Week of May 14-20 (Monday)

Was fun making a few Father’s Day cards with a few alphabet letter stickers, a strip of leather from an old purse, pop tab, and subway art from 

http://paulaposts.blogspot.com/2013/06/gallery-idol-2013-round-2-defining-dad.html. 

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We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- Man Cards

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Open Minded Crafting  Challenge- Mighty Men

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I co-owned a stamp store in South Dakota years ago and Art Impression stamps were one of our best sellers! I loved that the characters all had their own unique personalities… and actually had names! One reason I started this blog was so that I could enter challenges so I was thrilled to recently learn that AI has a blog with challenges! I made this fun card (complete with a torn corner "burned" with brown ink sponging.)

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Art Impressions- Dots & Stripes

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Crafters Café Challenge Blog- #173 Birthday

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This card meets the requirements of a few challenges PLUS I got to use vellum, one of my favorite stamping supplies.  

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Simon Says Monday Challenge- Home Sweet Home 

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Poppy Power Challenge- Frame It Up
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Artistic Inspirations Challenge-#179 Anything Goes
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Living in the Midwest, one of my favorite spring flowers are peonies. For this card, I stamped a single peony and small butterfly on a vintage piece of music that is from my husband's grandmothers basement. (Most of the music books are 60-80 years old. And the antique lace is from my mother.)

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Whimsie Doodles Anything Goes Challenge- In the Garden

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