Greetings From My Happy Place

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Time Out Challenge #185 begins today,. It is a photo challenge with the inspiration being the gorgeous photo above.

Our challenge runs from Thursday, April 8th to Wednesday, April 21. Our wonderful sponsor is Kitchen Sink Stamps. Challenge winner will receive at $25.00 gift voucher to the Kitchen Sink Stamps Shop.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Claire from Life On The Scrap Heap. Claire is an awesome designer. Please treat yourself to a visit to her blog for some awesome inspiration. You will be so glad you did.

To create my card, I used Kitchen Sink Stamps Isle of Big Bay Lake Multi Step Stamps for the ocean water. For the rest of the design, I used Hero Arts June 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit to complete the scene. 

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Helen and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Never Before Used Schtuff #25

My new Kitchen Sink stamps

Happy Little Stampers April AG With Dies

Salty But Sweet

Time Out Challenge #179 begins today.  We are challenged to create a card inspired by the word "YOU"! Create a card that says something about YOU. This could be your favorite card-making style, favorite food, movie, book...

 Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations

 

STAMPlorations is offering a prize of a $25 gift voucher for our winner!
 Additionally, the winner will be asked to be the Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is Anila. Be sure to visit her awesome blog and show her some love.

Nothing says "me" more than anything related to the sea. I always say that I was a mermaid in a former life. My place of peace is the beach. My favorite sound is ocean waves crashing on the sand. My favorite day is a day at the beach. So, I created a card with ocean waves and a mermaid tail using Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid stamps and die by Julie Ebersole.  It is very ME!

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Anila and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Happy Little Stampers January Anything Goes With Dies

Little Red Wagon #584 - Friendship

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Die Cuts and/or Embossing Folders

I Don't Wanna

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS: ATCAS #157: Code Word HUMOUR. Our Hostess with the mostest is Susan.

Our Guest Designer Ma-Mi, is the winner of challenge #155. Ma-Mi's designs are wonderful. Do treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

To create my card, I started with a Ninah Solar White 110# card base. I die cut the top panel with a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Die. I finally dug out Honey Bee's Blah Bunny who has been hibernating deep in my stash since I purchased him longer ago that I'd like to admit. I colored Bun with Copics, popped him up on a nice gingham blanket, added the sentiment  from Honey Bee's Blah Blah Blah, and that was it. Blah Bunny really, really cracks me up, so I thought he was perfect for the code word!

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces Ma-Mi and the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational #184 - Pop It Up

Happy Little Stampers April Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

ATSAM #336 - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Bingo (Row 2 - Stamping, Paper, Die Cuts)

Salty But Sweet

The Library Challenge #12 - The Little Mermaid

I really love mermaids, and so when I saw The Library Challenge #12, I was excited to play. I chose to make a shaker card using the following supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Borders and Ocean Shell Sequin Mix.

Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole stamps and dies.

Distress Oxide Inks. Versafine Majestic Blue Ink.

Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 dies

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackable dies.

Avery Elle stamp and die storage pockets.

Fuse Tool.

I'm also playing at :

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Summer Vacation

SimonSaysStamp Wedensday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

I Love You More Than Sushi

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge is up and running. I decided to take a break from Christmas with this card that I created for my son't 18th birthday. He is a big sushi lover, as am I, hence the theme. The sentiment inside is "I hope you have sushi great day!" printed from my computer.

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Please head over the the Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge and see what the wonderful Design Team has created for your inspiration.  Get your creative juices flowing nad make something to share in the gallery!

November Sunflower

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies November Challenge is up and running. I used some things from my snippet stash for this one. This gorgeous sunflower die cut was sent to me by a blogger friend Barb Ghigliotty quite a while ago. I finally inked it up with some distress inks and mounted it on textured card stock. The frame was a leftover from another project. The two went together beautifully for this card.

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Please head on over to the Happy Little Stampers November Anything Goes With Dies Challenge and check out the wonderful projects the Design Team has created for your inspiration. Get out your dies and die cut tools and play along with us!

Enjoy The Season Of Color

The October Happy Little Stampers October Anything Goes With Dies Challenge is up and Running. As always, the theme is Anything Goes as long as you use dies on your project. Winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the Happy Little Stampers Shop! Check out all the details HERE.

The leaves are die cut and stamped with PTI's Leaf Prints stamps and dies and fastened with a piece of linen twine. I distressed the edges of a panel of SU Confetti Cream paper, adhered the bunch of leaves to it, and stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches Fall Sampler using VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink. The word "autumn" from Winnie & Walter's Big, Bold Seasons was die cut from a watercolored panel from another project. I placed it across the bunch of leaves and added some Clear Nuvo Drops to simulate autumn dew.

Please head over the the Happy Little Stampers October Anything Goes With Dies Challenge and check out the awesome projects created for your inspiration by the HLS AGWD Designers. Get out your die cutting device and play along to share your creativity and for a chance to win!

I'm also playing at:

Less Is More #349 - Hot and Spicy

The colors I used put me in mind of Cayenne and Turmeric and Mustard and Wasabi...

Allsorts #436 - Trees and Leaves

CAS On Friday #118 - Fall/Halloween

Blowing in the Wind (Fall Leaves) Card Challenge

Hello Birthday Girl

The September Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge is up and Running. As always, the theme is Anything Goes as long as you use dies on your project. Winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the Happy Little Stampers Shop! Check out all the details HERE.

I die cut Cheery Lynn Designs Mandala Doily 2 from Neenah Solar White card stock and blended some DOX inks on it. I added a stitched circle from my my snippet box to the center of the mandala. The sentiments are from SSS + CZ Design Hello You Clear Stamp and Die set. The black die cut banner is from Concord & 9th's Happy Card Frame Dies.

Please head over the the Happy Little Stampers September Anything Goes With Dies challenge and check out the awesome projects created for your inspiration by the HLS AGWD Designers. Get out your die cutting device and play along to share your creativity and for a chance to win!

I am also playing at:

Seize The Birthday with Toppings - ocean colors of blue, green and/or aqua.

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It (no digi images allowed)

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It (no digi images allowed)

Watercooler Wednesday #135

Happy Peepster

Happy Easter, Happy Spring! 

I am playing at the following chllneges:

I used Freshly Made Sketches #282 for my design.

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies April 2017 Challenge

The three stitched squares are die cut with SSS Stitched Squares dies, and the peeps are die cut with SSS My Kind Of Peep dies. 

Inkspirational #132 - Spring

Pastel plaids (MFT) and peeps.

Darnell's 2nd Annual April Fool's Boo-Boo Hop and NBUS Challenge #11

I bought SSS My Kind Of Peep stamps and dies last year and never used them until today. I am also posting this card

for Darnell's My Big Fat Card Boo Boo. This was my first pass at Freshly Made Sketch #282. I loved it, and then I went back to read the fine print of the challenge, and saw the part that said that it's an all square sketch!  Oooooooops!!!!! My original card was 4/25 x 5.5. I love the sketch and wanted to enter the challenge, so I started over and made the square card at the top of this post. This cracked me up. Gotta leave it to Darnell to provide a place to share our bloopers!