HLS March CAS Challenge

Hello!

Over at Happy Little Stampers we have our new monthly CAS Challenge.

My favourite technique is to use Brusho powders. For my cards I have created two similar designs using the Smooshing technique.

For both cards I used glossy cardstock. I smooshed a couple of panels and then used my MISTI to stamp. This is very handy because it is hard to stamp on glossy cardstock without moving a little while stamping.

I fussy cut all my flowers then adhered them to a base which I had sprinkled brusho on and gave it a light spritz with water.

I would like to enter my cards over at the following challenges -

Happy Little Stampers (Watercolour + optional flowers), Mix it Up Challenge (Anything Goes + Smooshing), Penny Black and More (Spring Flowers), 

Thanks for popping in and I hope to see you at the challenge blog :)

HLS November Watercolour Challenge

Hi there everyone, time for a new month of challenges over at Happy Little Stampers :)

Our first challenge is -

Anything Goes! If you would like a break from the usual Halloween / Christmas themes, there is always a need for the odd get well card :)

I simply embossed my flower on watercolour paper, coloured it with my Zigs, fussy cut it out, then adhered it to my postage stamp die cut panel. The sentiment is also embossed.

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

You may have seen that the shop side of HLS is closing down :( The challenges will still run as normal!

Inkspirational #167

Hi there everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. This fortnight we have a fun and colourful photo to help inspire you.

Here is my card -

and the inspiration photo

My first thought was to go with rainbow colours but I also wanted to think outside the box.

I used a cupcake die to create my ice cream tops and cut out a cone from kraft paper. I used distress ink on all my pieces to give some depth, then assembled them.

The sentiment is from the HLS Doodled Flowers set.

Supplies:

HLS Doodled Flowers

HLS Silver Sequins

Thanks for popping in and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

HLS August Watercolour Challenge

Hi everyone, it's time for a new Watercolour Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

Anything Goes but you may like to play along with our twist just like I did by making a number of cards :)

Card 1

I embossed all my little images from the Doodled Flowers set, watercoloured them with Zig Markers, then fussy cut them out. 

I  also used my Zigs to scribble on my background and blend them with water. I dried each colour with my heat gun before adding the next.

Card 2

Another masked and embossed card!

Once again coloured with Zigs. This is a combination of two stamps - Especially for You and Everyday Sentiments.

Card 3

This cute flower arrangement is a Woodware stamp that I bought at a sale while in the UK. Sarah and Anita were with me at the time and we had LOTS of fun!

I embossed the image with Liquid Platinum powder. I coloured everything with Zigs then went over it with a clear glitter pen. I die cut the Thanks out of the panel and then die cut it again 3 more times in black cardstock. I layered them all together so the sentiment would pop up a little. The 'for everything' is from the HLS Simply Said set.

Supplies:

HLS Doodled Flowers

HLS Everyday Sentiments

HLS Especially for You

HLS Simply Said

Thanks for popping in and I hope to see you watercolour up a storm and enter over at the challenge blog :)

Turquoise Thanks

Hey everyone. I'm here today just for fun :) I have been trying to get ahead with my DT stuff and made a number of cards. The one I am sharing with you today is just something that I made because I could lol.

I created this using a combination of Brusho watercolour and Zig Watercolour pens.

I started by sprinking Turquoise Brusho crystals onto my craft mat, spritzing them with water and smooshing my card. I also added a bit of turquoise mica powder to the mix. I dried my panel in between smooshes.

I used my MISTI to stamp all of my images and embossed them with white powder. 

I coloured my arrangement with my Zigs (Light Blue, Turquoise Green, Cobalt Blue, and May Green). Once dry, I fussy cut them out and adhered them to my panel. I finished them off with an overlay of glitter.

Supplies:

HLS Doodled Flowers

Brusho Watercolours

MISTI

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

(Turquoise & Thanks)

Craftaholics R Us - Turquoise

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #161

Over at Inkspirational we have a new challenge for you. We have a photo for inspiration and I hope you will play along.

Here is my card -

Here is the photo -

Hmmm, I know you're thinking.... what??? How did this photo inspire me to create the card that I made?

To be honest, I REALLY struggled with this one. I even emailed teamie Sandie for help. Sandie gave me some great ideas which helped, thanks!

I concentrated on the arch of the tree, stamped and embossed my flowers in the same manner, then fussy cut around them. I had planned on colouring them in pink and greens but once I had finished the card, I quite liked the monochrome look.

Supplies -

HLS Doodled Flowers

HLS Smile!

I would like to enter my card into these challenges -

Time Out Challenges

Monochrome Magic - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping - Floral

I hope you will find inspiration and play along over the next two weeks! See you there :)

Watercoloured Flowers

Hello again! Just a quick post from me (which is two for me today) as I wanted to share this card that I made using a new stamp by the amazing Deepti Malik. 

Deepti was one of my designers at Addicted to CAS and Addicted to Stamps and More! and she now has her own stamp line in conjunction with STAMPlorations. I am very proud of her and I couldn't help but add this set (Blossom Sprays #1) to my collection :)

I embossed the image with white powder and then colored it in with my zigs. I covered it all with some WOS for sparkle.

I added some dimensional 'raindrops' by adhering them with drops of glossy accents.

I stamped the sentiment (HLS Doodled Flowers) using my MISTI because I didn't want to take the chance of mucking up my finished card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges -

Craft Rocket Challenges - Something beginning with F

CAS on Sunday - Pencils or Markers

Eclectic Ellapu - Flora and Fauna and or Nature

Thanks for popping in today - ta ta for now xx

Inkspirational Photo Challenge

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday. Today is a new challenge over at Inkspirational and this fortnight we have a photo to inspire you -

I liked the black and white elements of this photo plus the blackboard sort of look. 

Here is my card -

Very simply done - an embossed image and sentiment then a doodled line and dots for the border using a uniball pen. Classic and one layer.

I hope you will find time to play along with our challenge. I can't wait to see you there :)

Thanks for popping in xx

Happy Little Stampers sponsors Time Out!

Hi there. Today I am sharing a card that I have made for a special challenge over at TIME OUT. They are celebrating their 3rd birthday and Happy Little Stampers is sponsoring.

Congratulations to Sandie, Nonni, and their designers for a wonderful and successful challenge blog!

The theme for their challenge is

FRIENDSHIP / LOVE with the optional twist of Spotlight Stamping

Here is my card -

Of course, I had to 'Get Ziggy with it' and combine the HLS Doodled Flowers set with my Zig markers.

I trimmed a piece of watercolour paper to use as my card base. I started by stamping and masking my images over the front of the card. When I was happy with the end result, I used a circle die to cut out a portion of the card front. I coloured that piece in with Zig watercolour pens and once dry, I covered it with clear wink of stella. I used some double sided tape to pop up the panel after lining it back up with the orginial stamping. This created my 'spotlight'.

I have used the following HLS products

      

Thanks for stopping in and I hope to see you over at TIME OUT!

LIM Guest Designer

Happy Saturday everyone! 

Today is the start of a brand new challenge over at Less Is More and I am delighted to be their Guest Designer! Also, Happy Little Stampers is sponsoring so don't forget to play along for the chance to win a $15 gift certficate to the shop :)

The theme at LIM for this challenge is

ADJACENT HUES ON THE COLOUR WHEEL

I decided to go with colours that were always 'never to be seen' together. Blue and Green!

Here is my card -

I cut a panel of watercolour paper using a stiched die. I 'Got Ziggy With It' and started laying down colour using Cobalt Blue and Light Green Zigs. I used a waterbrush to move the colour around. I dried it between layers with my heat gun. 

I stamped my flower and leaves from the HLS Doodled Flowers set onto watercolour paper using Archival ink. I heat set the ink so it wouldn't bleed once I started to add the colour and water. I fussy cut them out ready to assemble onto my card. Once the colour was dry, I went over them with clear wink of stella to add some pretty sparkle.

I stamped the sentiment from the HLS Mix Mash set onto a strip of white cardstock. I used glue to assemble most of the card - I also used fun foam behind my watercolour panel to add dimension. The raindrops are from PTI.

Voila - done!

Here are the sets that I used to make this card

     

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

By the way, check out the new look for Less Is More! Well done girls!

HLS February CAS Challenge

Hi there. Welcome to my blog! Today is the start of a brand new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers :)

We would like to you use blue in the way it inspires you!

Here is my card -

For me, I just like the colour blue so decided to emboss my butterflies and colour them with my Zigs. I even used the pens directly onto the stamps for the splats and sentiment!

      

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

Doodled Flowers with new Zigs!

Hi everyone. I had some fun yesterday after receiving my new Zig Real Colour Watercolour pens. LOVE them!!

Here is my card -

I started by creating masks for my flowers and then stamping them with versafine ink and embossed with white powder. This is a very easy way to watercolour images as your ink doesn't go 'outside the lines'. 

When I was finished, I covered the images with Wink of Stella.

Here is the set that I have used from Happy Little Stamers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

My Time To Craft #337 - Something New

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Something New

Dream Dream - Watercolour

Come and Get it Challenges - Something New

Dream Valley Challenges #147 - Something New

Thanks for popping in today!

HLS June CASE the Designer

Hi everyone!

It's so good to be blogging again. I have been so busy with the house move and just life in general that it has taken most of my time and my mojo with it.

Today starts a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. We have a brand new designer to CASE!

We are CASEing Rahmat this month!

and here is my card -

I have heat embossed my entire card! I don't do that very often. 

The circles from the Mix Mash set were heat embossed in white and then the circle outlines in silver.

I used Distress Ink to create an ombre effect over my panel.

I heat embossed the flower from the Doodled Flowers set and fussy cut it out. The leaves and sentiment were also heat embossed. I used vellum for these elements.

The last step was to add a glitter enamel dot in the center of the flower.

Using Rahmat's card as true inspiration I really only changed a few bits and pieces of my card.  Thanks for the inspiration!!

I hope you will join us over at Happy Little Stampers. 

Here are the products I used on my card -

 

See you there!