Rainbow Tears, a Golden Hello, and a Bouncy Balloon

Hello, Stamplings!

We've almost whooshed through another week, haven't we?!

In my neck of the woods, Mother Nature's fever broke for a couple of days and it was so lovely to have the Playhouse windows open. Hammy spent most of yesterday with his nose pressed against the screen. He was fixated and fascinated by the comings and goings of the hummers while enjoying the fresh breezes that would blow up his fur knickers from time to time!

I've got a long line-up for you today and I know you've got a side dish to make for the barbecue (potato salad? baked beans?), so I'll try to keep my ginfers from typing on willy-silly as they are wont to do.

The first two cards which feature rainbow tears are a CASE of a card I made ages ago.

The designs are simples using the water drops from Designs by Ryn.  The "thinking of you" sediment might be from MFT, but I'm not for sure. The "Sending Hugs" is from PTI.

Challenges

• AAA Cards: Rainbow.
• Retro Rubber: Over the rainbow. I have had the Water Droplets stamps since 2013!
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes!

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Next down the runway is a sweeping golden hello with a matching gold floral wreath draped over a jewel-tone chiffon, shot through with gold:

In my last post I made a card that fit the brief at Less Is More, but I biffed it when I wrote my post by submitting it to too many challenges. Slap! I'd already linked to everybody, so I couldn't make a withdrawal. Well, by golly, I decided to make it right by creating another card just for LIM! 

Sorry you can't really see all the glitz and shimmer of this card because the gold metallic paper is so hard to photograph. To make this "no stamps" card, I took one item from Mt. NBUS (the Cascadia Wreath from Memory Box enabled by my friend Sheri), one item from my UCB box (the gold-splattered-tissue-paper-and-ink background enabled by my friend Loll), and the hello die (also in gold) from WPlus9.

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And in case you were just drifting off, how about a splash of pink passion?!

This card is to celebrate the 5th birthday of one of my very favorite Clean and Simple Challenges: CASology! Congratulations to Melissa and everyone who has been a part of her team over the last five years! Cheers to many more years!

There is a sponsored (meaning prizes!) Blog Hop happening at CASology and the theme for this birthday celebration is "Balloons." I wanted to come up with a design that included a critter, so Hammy immediately thought of this old, but well-loved, Penny Black hedgie stamp which I heat embossed and painted with my Ziggies. The sediment is from Technique Tuesday.

Other Challenges

• Cards in Envy: Baby blue or pretty in pink.
• The Challenge: Black and white and one other color.
• Double D Challenge: Black and white with a pop of color .
• Happy Little Stampers July CAS Challenge: Birthday.

I liked it so well in pink, I made one in blue.

I think I might make a batch of these in every color. I forgot how much I love that hedgie's happy little face as he's bouncing his balloon across the floor! I'm pretty sure he is letting some air out every now and then to make fart noises and then giggling historically! It's a wonder he hasn't fallen off!

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