Less is More #461 - Pink & Gold

 Hello and welcome to Saturday! It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More

We have a colour challenge for you. I decided to use a pink and gold brusho panel that I had in my stash. I die cut it using a stitched rectangle die. 

The sparkle word die was cut using gold mirror card. The sentiment was heat embossed and I used a banner die to pop it up on my panel.

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

CRAFT Challenges (Anything Goes), Little Red Wagon (Emboss), Creations in Pink (Anything Pink Goes), Daisy Chain Challenges (Use Dies), Die Cut Divas (Birthday), Sweet Stampers (CAS)

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see your Pink & Gold creations at Less is More :)

HLS March CAS Challenge

 Hey everyone! It's March... whaaaat? Time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge.

I had many ideas for what I was going to do for this challenge and most of those ideas went in the bin. I ended up having fun with some distress inks and acetate. 

I used the ink smooshing with acetate technique. I rubbed some distress ink on some acetate (or you can use plastic sleeve, plastic that your stamps/dies come in, etc.), used some water to spread the ink around, then smooshed it on to my watercolour paper. I dried in between smooshes and changed colours as well.

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

Crafter's Cafe (Make your own Background), Use your Stuff (Birthday), Die Cut Divas (Birthday), Love to Craft (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in, see you over at Happy Little Stampers.

Magic Picture Changer

 The Lawn Fawn magic picture changer die has been around for some time, but I have only just added it to my stash. I've loved making interactive cards for years and any die set that will help me create them easier, I have to have!

I started with a fairly basic scene for my first time making this card. I stamped the dog then created a mask so I could stamp the fireplace and rug 'behind' him. The trick was stamping it a second time and trying to get the colouring somewhat similar.

I also used the Magic Picture Changer Add-on (the rectangle die) to frame my scene.

When you pull the tab, it is revealed that on the night before Christmas, the dog is dreaming about a yummy bone!

I had some spare presents that I had already coloured to add. The sentiment was heat embossed and die cut using LF Extra Sentiment Banners.

All stamps (except the previously coloured presents) are from the LF Christmas Dreams set.

The base of my card is a panel I had previously created with brusho and mica powders.

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

Christmas 24 (Christmas Night), Christmas Crafts all Year 'Round (I = Interactive Card), 12 Months of Christmas (Anything Goes), Crafty Catz (As cute as you like), CRAFT (Christmas), Fezziwigs (Sentimental), Watercooler Wednesdays (Any Occasion), Simon Says Stamp (Four Legged Friends), NBUS (Anything New Goes)

Thank you for popping in today, enjoy your weekend xx

Less is More #432 - Colour Challenge

 Hi there and welcome to Saturday which means a new challenge over at Less is More.

We have a colour challenge for you -

I obviously love making Christmas cards and these colours were perfect for me!

I have made a few cards to help inspire you -

Card #1

This card is very simply made. A die cut sentiment with silver mirror card, a few stamped snowflakes, then sequins to finish it off.

(the snowflakes are from a CAS-ual Friday set called Sugar Plum Fairy)

Card #2

Once again, a die cut sentiment (this time covered with a clear sparkle pen), a small stamped sentiment, then plenty of sequins :)

Card #3

I created a watercolour panel using brushos and mica powder. I used the ink smooshing technique which produced a beautiful piece. Then I die cut the letters out, popped them up with foam tape, stamped the sentiment, and added yep you guessed it sequins :)

Where is the gold. In different light, the gold mica powder makes an appearance and looks beautiful!

Card #4

Using my left over red and gold brusho panel, I created a small panel, die cut the sentiment with gold mirror card and stamped my sentiment. No sequins this time!

Here's a closer look at that gold mica mixed in with the brushos.

Our guest designer for this challenge is the amazing and wonderful Kathy K!

Our wonderful sponsor is

I hope to see you play along with this challenge :)

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

Card #1 - CAS on Friday (Christmas), Papercraft Business Challenge (Christmas)

Card #2 - Do-Al(l) Kreatives (Christmas Greeting + Sparkle), Dragonfly Dreams (Christmas)

Card #3 - Christmas Craft Creations (Christmas Music - Joy to the World), Sparkles Forum Christmas (Gold or Silver or Glitter)

Card #4 - Sisterhood of Crafters (Use Gold), Mix it Up Challenge (Make your own Background)

Less is More #430 - CASE

 Happy Saturday! It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More. This fortnight we are asking you to CASE our amazing leader, Sharon!

Here is Sharon's amazing card -

I absolutely loved CASEing this one. I loved the layout so kept it pretty much the same (the only difference is my placement of the sentiment). I changed up the colours - I used an ink smooshing technique with brushos and water to create my background panel using scraps of watercolour paper.

I added some silver mica powder to my brusho mix to give it shine. The flowers are by Paper Artsy which I coloured with polychromo pencils. I added a dot of silver sparkle with a pen to the middle of the flowers.

The flourish was die cut using a scrap of silver mirror card.

Our fabulous sponsor is -

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

Crafty Friends Challenge - Use more than one Die, Inkspirational (Angle It), Cut it Up Challenge Blog (make a card using a die), Craft Rocket Challenges (Add Sparkle), Creative Knockouts (CAS), Fab 'n' Funky (Birthday), Simon Says Stamp (Make it Sparkle), Watercooler Wednesdays (Feminine)

   

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 :)

Thanks!

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great weekend. I have popped into my craft room this afternoon to create a card for the Surgeon who operated on my mum back on the 21st of October.

Mum was diagnosed with possible ovarian cancer due to an enormous cyst on her left ovary. Long story short, the cyst was removed (it was approx twice the size of a shoebox..), as was both mum's ovaries, her bowel was disected off the cyst as it had wrapped itself around it. Mum was having trouble with her appetitie - well, her stomach had been pushed up into her lung cavity. 

So! A HUGE thank you to Dr Robyn Sayer (and her team) from the Lifehouse Cancer Hospital in Sydney AND the amazing nursing staff. This card is going to them :)

I started by sprinkling turquoise brusho on my craft mat, then spritzed it with a bit of water. I smooshed my card into the brusho. I also used some gold mica powder mixed with water picked up with a paintbrush to flick it over the card. This created my background. 

I then smooshed another panel but also heated some embossing enamel for a bit of texture. I die cut my buttrflies twice - once with the smooshed panel and also using black card. I popped up the smooshed butterflies using a little foam tape.

My mum is now home recovering well. Thanks to everyone in the crafting community who has been sending their best wishes :)

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

The Crafters Cafe Challenge Blog (Insects/Butterflies), Mix it Up Challenge Blog (Anything Goes + Watercolour), Cut it Up (Thankful theme + Smooshing Technique and Die Cuts), Watercooler Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Inkspirational #179

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. For this fortnight, we would like you to take inspiration from our photo.

I used the pink and gold theme for my colour scheme and was inspired by the word Love in gold script.

I created my background using Brusho (I tried to create a Pink colour) and smooshing it onto my cardstock. I add some water to gold mica powder and smooshed it as well.

I die cut the heart and word from gold mirror card. This photo really shows you the shine of the mica powder :)

There is plenty to inspire you in this photo. I hope you will play along :)

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

Daisy Chain Challenge (Add some Sparkle)

Creations in Pink (Anything Goes mainly in Pink)

Thanks for popping in today :)

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 :)

HLS June Watercolour Challenge

Hi everyone, we have a new watercolour challenge happening over at Happy Little Stampers!

Here is my card -

I smooshed yellow, orange, and rose red brushos onto my panel. I also watered down some gold mica powder and smooshed that in as well. I had a small piece leftover so I stamped a butterfly and die cut it to pop it up on the card.

Once my panel was dry, I used my MISTI to stamp my sentiment. I added my sequins using glossy accents to adhere them. While I had the glossy accents out, I smothered the butterfly to make it all shiny :)

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!

Supplies -

HLS Butterfly Birthday

HLS Butterfly Dies

HLS Smile!

HLS Multicoloured Sequins

Brusho Watercolour Crystals

I hope to see you over at the challenge!

World Bee Day

Hi there everyone! Today I am honoured to be part of a blog hop that has been organised by the very talented Milka Gubo. The aim of the hop is to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apiculutral products.

You should have come to me from the lovely Kathy Curry's blog but if you have missed someone along the way, please find the complete list further down my post.

Last December the UN officially declared that the 20th of May is officially "World Bee Day". If you are interested you can see the press release HERE.

I had to improvise for my card as I don't even have anything related to bees in my stash! I will have to fix that :)

I created a honeycomb effect using a die which I placed over a Brusho background. I used yellow and orange brushos, smooshing them and drying in between smooshes.

I created my sentiment by die cutting the letters and then masking a Happy Birthday sentiment so only the Happy was inked up. 

Happy Little Stampers is sponsoring this event as are MANY other sponsors. If you would like the chance to win a prize, you need to hop along with all the amazing sponsors/designers.

Milka Gubo

Alice Wertz

Amy Tsuruta

Barbara Sproatmeyer

Beverly Brown

Birka Reinitz

Kaja Vezensek

Kathy Curry

Kylie Purtell (you are here)

Neha Bhatt

Samantha Mann

Sonja Kerkhoffs

Sue Hastead

Tina Pavlovic

Zrinka Beric

Ksenija Rizova 

Here are all the amazing sponsors participating in the hop (all the prize details can be found at Milka's blog)

Milka is also giving away Jane’s Doodles ‘Garden Friends’ stamp set to two lucky winners.

17 prizes will be given away to 17 winners. 

For your chance to win, hop along blogs of the participating designers and leave comment on each blog hop stop. After commenting, return back to Milka’s blog and add your name to Inlinkz, but prior you do, please read Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka's blog post below Inlinkz.

Inlinkz closes tomorrow, May 21st 2018, 11:00 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog next day.

Have fun hopping along!

Guest Designing for Less Is More

Hi everyone! I am very happy to be Guest Designing for this channge and sponsor for the month at Less Is More.

This challenge is a CASE challenge and the amazing Aileen has a beautiful card to inspire us.

Here is Aileen's card -

Here is my card -

I decided to use the blue colour for my background after embossing my dandelions (from the new release set Dandelion Wishes). I smooshed Turquoise Brusho onto my panel, drying in between smooshing.

I die cut my sentiment out of sliver glitter paper. A few blue sequins finished it off.

Happy Little Stampers is the sponsor this month!

I would like to thank the girls over at Less Is More for having me and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

HLS March CAS Challenge

Yay! Time for a new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

We have a wonderful Guest Designer joining us for this challenge. Darnell is over at the challenge post with inspiration for you too!

Here is my card -

I smooshed my background panel with Brusho, stamped my sentiment (from the new Perfectly Succulent set) and attached my die cut birdhouse. Nice and simple!

Supplies:

Brusho Watercolour Crystals

HLS Perfectly Succulent

HLS Birdhouse Die

Ok! See you over there!

HLS March Watercolour Challenge

Hi there! Time for a new monthly challenge over at Happy Little Stampers! We kick off March with our Watercolour challenge.

Here is my card -

I have used the new Perfectly Succulent stamps set from HLS. I know that I have received many plants when moving into a new home so I wanted to create this card using one of the cactus plants.

I used brusho smooshing for my background panel. I embossed the sentiment. I also embossed the image and watercoloured it with my zigs. I fussy cut it out and popped it up with a little foam tape.

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!

Supplies:

HLS Perfectly Succulent

Brusho Watercolour Crystals

HLS Purple Sequins

I hope to see you playing along and check out the Designers over at the challenge blog for more inspiration :)

Ta ta for now xx