HLS August CAS Challenge

G'day everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

This is a really easy way to keep your cards Clean and Simple!

I have made two cards for this challenge with a fruit theme :)

Card #1

Card #2

This is a new set from Close to my heart I bought off a destashing site. Even though I use my MISTI when I stamp, the orange was a little disappointing. It took me forever to try and get a decent image.

I hope to see you over at Happy Little Stampers!

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

Card #1 - Scribbles Designs (a slice of summer), Lavinia World Challenges (Anything Goes),

Card #2 - AAA Cards (see graphic below),

HLS July CAS Challenge

Hey everyone, it's July and it's time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

This is a really fun theme!

Here is my card -

I used a feather die to create my space and placed some travelling themed paper behind it using foam tape. Easy!

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog where you will link up your CAS creations!

HLS June CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! It's time for a new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. 

We want you to create something that is humourous :)

Here are my cards -

Card 1 - 

I stamped this fella using the Gull Gang set from Create A Smile. I coloured him with my new polychromo pencils so this was my first attempt at using them. The sentiment tells the story...

 Card 2 -

This is a paper artsy set that makes me giggle. This crazy sheep was also coloured with polychromo pencils.

I hope you will play along with our Funny theme this month. See you at the challenge blog :) Thanks for popping in xx

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

Card 1 - Create a Smile (Sketch), CAS on Friday (Birds), 

Card 2 - Sweet Stampers (Animals), Colour Crazy Challenge (Colouring)

HLS April CAS Challenge

Hi there everyone! We have had a really change in the weather. It's gone from stinkin' hot, what is this hell? to beautiful rain and pleasant temperatures. Hopefully it lasts.. it is the 2nd month of Autumn here in QLD, Australia but that means nuffink. Summer is still here and winter doesn't hang around for very long :(

We have a new monthly CAS challenge starting right now over at Happy Little Stampers!

That's right - one layer card. It's one of my favourites! No mess, no fuss!

I cut down a piece of watercolour paper and simply folded it in half to create my cardbase. I embossed the rose and coloured it in with my Zig pens.

I went over the entire thing with a glitter pen -

Don't forget the rules for a Clean and Simple card - lot's of open space, no clutter, minimal layers, and minimal embellishments. A one layer card is simply that - no layers whatsoever - just a piece of card folded in half .

See you over at the challenge blog :)

HLS March CAS Challenge

Good morning, over at Happy Little Stampers we have our newest CAS challenge. This is the theme for this month -

There are so many special day's to choose from - what will you decide on?

I went with two cards - one for an engagement and one for a birthday. Both my cards are black and white with a pop of red.

Card #1

This is a Paper Artsy set that I have had in my stash for a few months now but have only just stamped it up. I used the sentiment from the HLS Born to Wild set.

Card #2

I used grey ink for the large heart then stamped my sentiment over it. I little glitter heart that I had laying around finished it off. I used the HLS Simply Said set for this card.

I hope to see you over at HLS with your CAS creations :)

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

Card #1 - 2 Sisters on the blog (CAS), Scrap from your Heart (CAS)

Card #2 - Creatalicious Challenges (AG with option of CAS)

HLS February CAS Challenge

Hello again! It's time for our brand new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. 

You may have noticed a change in my blog header. I have kept the same blog address but decided that a name change was in order. I created a name for my facebook page a while ago due to creating clocks, canveses etc. I really like the name even though it may be hard to pronounce. 

I say it as 'Ma-ky-a-bee', or something like that lol. 

How did I come up with it? I took the first two letters from some important names in my life.

Ma = Maree and Matt (my mother and father)

Ky = Kylie (me)

Ai = Aidan (my son)

Be = Benjamin (my grandson)

Anyway, enough babbling and on to the challenge!

Here are my cards -

Card #1

Simply created using the stamps from the Whimsical Friends set (HLS) and coloured in.

Card #2

Another simple card using stamping and a small die cut. 

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

I would like to enter my cards into these wonderful challenges -

Card #1 - Crafting by Designs (Animals), Crafty Friends (Animals / Birds)

Card #2 - Crafty Gals Corner (CAS)

HLS January CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! Time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. Our CAS theme for this month is -

I don't think I have ever used washi tape on a card! I do have some in my stash, however, so it was good to put it to use :)

I started by stamping a background stamp in different coloured inks, stuck some washi tape on, then popped up my die cut sentiment. Easy!!!

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog where you will find more ideas from the Design Team.

HLS December CAS Challenge

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

Our monthly theme for you is -

Once again, I used one of my leftover pieces that I had created with Brusho and a Stencil and simply embossed a sentiment right on top.

Easy peasy! Okay, I hope to see you over at the challenge blog with your embossed (wet or dry) CAS creations!

HLS November CAS Challenge

Hey there everyone! Time for our CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. Just a really quick post for me today.

Yep, this could be a tricky one but I thought outside the box!

My fantasy/dream would be to move to the UK. I love it over there! I used the HLS Wish you were here set for the London skyline and sentiment. I crossed out 'you' and replaced it with 'I'. 

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

HLS September CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! It's time for our CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers and this month we want you to be -

This could mean anything - flowers, animals, jungle, wild partying, wild party animals... LOL

I went with some butterflies and a 'wild' sentiment.

I kept the colour combo to pink and grey. I randomly stamped my butterfly from the 'Especially for You' set and then used my MISTI for the sentiment from 'Born to be Wild'. Easy!

Supplies Used:

HLS Especially for You

HLS Born to be Wild

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

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

Thanks for popping in! :)

HLS August CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! It's a new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers and we have a fun theme for you this month.

We all love using die cuts! I made a little Christmas scene :)

I simply die cut a circle out of my panel as an aperture for my scene. For the background I used embossing enamel and the snow drift has textured snow. I used distress inks on my house and tree to create depth.

Supplies Used:

HLS Neighbourhood Die

HLS Christmas Tree Dies

HLS Let it Snow

HLS Sparkle Snow

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

HLS July CAS Challenge

Hello! Yay, it's time for a new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. We have a fun theme for you this month!

Here is my card

My Zebra and sentiment are stamped from the Born to be Wild set. I framed this handsome boy with a frilly frame. I'm sure he won't mind :)

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

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





Sunny Day Crafting - Any Animal

Thanks for popping in today! xx

HLS June CAS Challenge

Hi everyone, we have a fun CAS challenge for you over at Happy Little Stampers this month! 

We want to Smile! We also have our watercolour challenge with the same theme so if you create something watercoloured AND CAS, don't forget to link up to both challenges :)

Here is my card -

I went with a simple black and gold colour scheme. I embossed the word smile with gold powder and embossed the rest of the sentiment with black ink. The top stamp was masked off a little so I could create my own greeting.

The little hearts are from the Christmas Joy set! Makes it quite a versatile set to have!

I flicked a little black acrylic ink just to break up all the white space but not so much as to take away from the rest of the card.

Supplies:

HLS Smile!

HLS Christmas Joy

HLS Multicoloured Sequins

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

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

CAS on Friday - Embossing
Moving along with the Times - Black, White, + 1 other colour

That's me! I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

HLS May CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! Today is the start of a new Clean and Simple challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

We have a great challenge for you this month -

Argghhh, I can here you groaning! LOL. I find the easiest way to deal with a one layer card is to just concentrate on stamping. Easy!

Here is my card -

I created a background using a stencil and Antique Linen distress ink. I then simply stamped and embossed my Lion and sentiment.

Supplies Used:

HLS Born to be Wild

MISTI

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

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

Papercraft Challenges - Clean and Simple

Try it on Tuesday - Stencils, or Die Cuts, or both

Make My Monday - Embossing wet or dry

That's it for me today and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

HLS April CAS Challenge

Hello again! Yes, it is time again for a new CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

We would like you to use Chevrons on your Clean and Simple cards.

Here is mine -

These chevrons came home with me all the way from England. While over there for the HLS Craft Retreat, I was able to stay with Sarah P and was able to raid her stash of dies :)

I coloured the strips with Sharpies and covered them with glitter using my Spectrum Noir glitter pen.

Here's a close up of the sparkle -

The sentiment is from the new Dandelion Wishes set and the sequins finished it off.

Supplies:

HLS Dandelion Wishes

HLS Multicoloured Sequins

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see you playing along at the Challenge Blog.