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Happy Thursday evening .... It's time for the last of this months challenges from Happy Little Stampers.  It's the turn of the ATC challenge  this evening. What are ATC's, or Artist Trading Cards? Well, they're miniature pieces of art work, that measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches.  They can be swapped or traded ...... hence the name Artist Trading Cards ..... but never sold. And they must also have the artists details on the back, and be dated when they were created. Each month, HLS hosts an ATC challenge, with a different monthly theme to follow. For May that theme is ...... GOLD I immediately thought of Gold Embossing ...... I came across a piece of black cardstock in my stash, that had been smooshed with metallic inks and I thought it would make a fabulous base for my set of ATC's I cut it down to size and then using silver and gold metallic inks I stamped one of the the pretty images from the  HLS Dandelion Wishes  ..... heat embossing the gold ones I love how these...

Good morning ... and Happy Friday! The weekend is here .... again!  This week has simply flown by ....... could be something to do with all the birthday celebrations I suppose. Time to calm down a bit now ..... I've a busy weekend coming up. Let's get the weekend started with a little reminder about this months Craft Stamper challenge ..... have you got your entry in yet?  Not to worry if  you haven't, there's still lots of time to play along. The theme as always is Anything Goes ..... as long as there's some actual rubber stamping on your project somewhere. And don't forget you can have up to three different entries ..... each one must have it's own blog post and remember .... only one project per post. I've been busy having fun with some new stamps this week ..... and here's a sneaky look at one of them It's a brand new set called Dandelion Wishes from Happy Little Stampers made up of two gorgeous dandelion head stamps, and lots of lovely s...