HLS July CASE the Designer

Hello! Wow, it is the 1st of July. Time for a brand new month of challenges at Happy Little Stampers. 

We kick off July with our CASE the Designer challenge. This month we have the amazingly talented Carol as our designer. I had so much fun CASEing Carol's gorgeous card.

    

Here is my card -

I thought Carol's card was adorable with the aperture she created. While making mine I had a bit of a light bulb moment and went with making a shaker card.

I also wanted to create the punny sentiment like Carol did. 

Here is a close up off all the cute shaker elements.

I used the set by Happy Little Stampers called Birthday Friends. The small 'Happy Birthday' is from the Fun Birthday Sentiments set. Perfect for mixing up with other sets.


    


We can't wait to see what you come up when you enter this challenge.




See you there!

HLS December Sketch Challenge

Hello! Welcome to December, woo hooo. It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!

Over at Happy Little Stampers there is a brand new sketch challenge for you.

Here it is

Lot's of scope here to play with this sketch. I decided to make a birthday card for this one ;)

My little hippo from the HLS Birthday Friends set was stamped onto a leftover panel that I had created using Brushos, Starch and Cling Wrap. I love making these backgrounds in advance to be used whenever I need them. You can check out my video tutorial HERE.

I have used the new HLS Enamel Glitter Dots (Pink) to finish off the card. Nice and easy to make :)

We have a wonderful guest designer with us this month - Darnell from djkardkreations. You know her, you love her. Thanks for joining us Darnell!

We have two sponsors for this challenge -

Winner will receive a $15 discount code to the Happy Little Stampers store!

You have the chance to win 5 digis

Pop on over to the challenge blog because there is wonderful examples from the Design Team to get you inspired and motivated :)

Thanks so much for popping by :)

HLS New Release Stamps - I've been having fun!

I was one excited Happy Little Stamper yesterday afternoon! A big box of new stamps from Happy Little Stampers arrived. 

Yep! We are up to our Second release and I am going to introduce to you the new sets!

I am going to start off with

BIRTHDAY FRIENDS

For this card, I created a smaller panel that I could pop up with foam tape. I laid the panel on my card and stamped my hippo and sentiment first. Then I stamped the balloons making sure that some were over the edge of the smaller panel. 

Card #1

I coloured everything with my Wink of Stella pens to add some sparkle. I hope you can see it in the photo below.

Next up is

WHIMSICAL FRIENDS

I really love this set, especially the elephant. I created the two smallest birds especially so they could hitch a ride with him/her.

I stamped my images and sentiment in grey ink. Something I don't do very often. I usually go straight for black... I need to rethink my stamping from now on ;)

Card #2

I coloured the elephant and bird with Spectrum Noir markers. I added clear Wink of Stella to the blanket and her toenails (yep, I decided this elephant was a girl).

Now we are up to

MIX MASH

Another set I LOVE. I have made this really fun and bright card using only the circles and 1 sentiment. How versatile will this set be! 

The circles were stamped with neon inks!

Card #3

Next is

FUN BIRTHDAY SENTIMENTS

A must have sentiment set for your collection.

First, I embossed the sentiment on watercolour paper. I used red and orange brushos to create my colour. Love it!

Card #4

Next is 

This is a really pretty set of lovely sentiments. I can't wait to play with this one more!

My photo doesn't do this card justice. I have embossed all the stamps in gold. It turned out very elegant!

Card #5

Last but not least is

EVERYDAY SENTIMENTS

Seriously, this is another must have set for your collection! 

I sprinkled brushos onto glossy cardstock. Once dry I stamped my sentiment. I added a few little rhinestones too.

Card #6

If you would like to see how I create my backgrounds on glossy card stock, please check out my video:

I would like to enter these challenges

Card #1 - Lia Stampz: Animals

Card #2 - TimeOut: Inspired by Words challenge (I was inspired by 'smile' when I think of friends)

Card #3 - CAS on Sundays: Polka Dots

Card #4 - CAS-ual Fridays: Tic Tac Toe (I used colouring, spritzing, die-cutting)

Card #5 - Less is More: Use Jewel Colours (I used Gold)

Card #6 - AAA: Word Play

Thanks so much for looking xx

HLS October CAS Challenge and NEW RELEASE

Hi there everyone.

This month at Happy Little Stampers our CAS challenge is

I don't usually do a lot of paper piecing but it is quite fun and therapeutic. 

I am happy to show you a new stamp set that is now available at the HLS Shop!

Introducing - Birthday Friends

I have paper pieced my elephant with a pink and white polka dot paper. Isn't she adorable! I sprinkled some brushos and misted with water to create a spray coming from her trunk. I think I got it looking ok as it was hard to control the colour. The sentiment is from the same set.

Here is the set 

Head on over to the challenge blog as there is plenty of inspiration for you. 

Thanks so much for looking