Art Impressions Challenge 140 - BIG BIRTHDAYS

For the Art Impressions Challenge 140, a birthday card was the challenge.  The Golden Oldies stamps from AI are always perfect for my friends since we are all getting old and can clearly relate to these images.  I used my new Avery Elle dotted images to make the border on the stamped paper which I put on glossy photo paper for that crisp image.

The big problem I have now, is who gets this card?  I have several friends who qualify . .

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OWH - July Daily Bread Challenge

For the July Daily Bread Challenge, the challenge was Things with Wings.  I thought the black and white simplicity of this card makes the embossing stand out.  This is a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  My daughter collects owls so I have quite a few of those birds in stamps and dies as well.

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OWH - June Daily Bread Challenge

For the June Daily Bread Challenge, this was an easy challenge for me to use die cuts.  I think die cutting is my favorite technique since it always turns out the same.  These are the Paper Smooches Drink Glasses dies and it is always easy to make a card with them.

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MY HUSBANDS BOOK

I am so proud of my husband.  My husband has always had a dream to write a book.  He has worked very hard at the computer, typing away and putting together a wonderful story about a man and his dog.  At the end of each day, I would read through and help edit for grammar and spelling mistakes.  I think I have read some of the chapters four or five times.  It is now available for sale at Amazon.  Way to go Richie, I love you even more . . .

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OWH - May Daily Bread Challenge

Embossing was style of the card for May Daily Bread Challenge.  I found a leaf die and realized it was perfect for the flame and then embossed them for a bit more character.  Embossing one candle also helped balance the design.  The "Happy Birthday" is an old brass stencil and I tried clear embossing paste and it had lots of texture, but being clear it did not show up very well. So, I used distress ink and blended up the card and then it just pops out!

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OWH - April Daily Bread Challenge

For the April Daily Bread challenge for Operation Write Home, you were to use Insects. There have been some really adorable cards already posted, but the insect I remember the most were the fireflies you would see at night.  As a child, I would collect them in a jar and then release them when we were ready to go to bed.  Simple card but the best part is the Wink of Stellar glitter touches on the fireflies, but the camera just does not capture that.

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

For the Anything Goes with Buttons challenge at Simon Says Stamp, I had the perfect paper.  I have had this forever and when I say this cute expression, it came together quickly.  I tried to glue some buttons on, but they were lost in all this paper.  Sometimes, less is more.  But I am qualifying by using my Crafter's Companion adhesive which is my favorite adhesive.  A bargain and it sticks really well.  That kind of ties in with my expression about holding things together.

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