HLS April Watercolour Challenge

Hello April! Well, this year is already flying by. I really can't believe it. The best thing about this month is that I will be getting a visit from my Mum! Yay!!!

The NEXT best thing is that our new challenges start over at Happy Little Stampers.

First up is our Watercolour Challenge -

You are going to love this one - I did! 

Here is my card -

You may have seen a card I made a couple of days ago using this new die? It is the Split Chevron Cover Up die. This time, I used the solid chevrons to create Inlaid die cuts.

I first started by using my Zig pens (yep, I was getting 'Ziggy with it') and just scribbled colour one under the other and went over them with my water pen. I ran that piece through my big shot using the cover die. I then die cut it again using white cardstock. I fiddled around a bit getting the pieces where I wanted them. I was going for a fairly random look.

I used my MISTI to stamp my sentiment in Versafine black ink and then heat embossed it with clear powder. The sentiment is from the HLS Rainy Days set.

Once finished, I went over the coloured panels with my WOS pen. I really feel this brings out the watercolours created with the Zigs. 

Here is a close up of the shimmer.

So that's me done for today! I hope to see you over at our Watercolour challenge - it is VERY popular!! Just goes to show how many of you love to watercolour :)

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

Timeout - Inspired by Words

'When it rains look for rainbows, when its dark look for stars'

AUD Sentiment Challenge - any sentiment except for birthday

Die Cutting Divas - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Sparkles

Thanks for popping in and see you soon. Mwah!

HLS CASE the Designer Challenge

Hi everyone. I can't believe it is March already!

This is a scheduled post for me as I am cruising around the South Pacific. I will check in when I get back with some photos :)

At Happy Little Stampers today is the day we kick off our

  

Kim Heggins came up with this amazing card using inlaid dies for us to CASE.

  

Here is my CASE of Kim's card -

I had to change up my layout to work with the dies I have in my stash but I love how it turned out. 

I've used Glitter paper for my negative cuts and stamped the sentiment (Fun Birthday Sentiments) in black. 

Here is another card I made because I was having fun with this technique.

I made the background for my inlaid dies by drawing with gelatos onto paper to create a rainbow, spraying it wit a gloss sealer and then die cutting my bits and pieces.

HLS Products used -

I hope you pop on over to the Happy Little Stampers blog to see the amazing inspiration by the Design Team. 

Thanks for popping in :)

Relax - Inlaid Dies

Good morning! I hope your Monday is off to a good start.

Today I am sharing a card with you that I have made for a few challenges. The first is to remind you about the CAS - Dies/Punches challenge at Happy Little Stampers. I am also playing over at Less Is More - One Layer with Water theme and Casology's Shape challenge

Here is my card 

I tried the inlaid die technique a few days ago for an upcoming HLS challenge and decided to try it again but with a few more elements. 

I used the stamps and dies from Lawn Fawns Life is Good sets. What a great way to create a one layer card with die cuts. I think it is really effective!

Thanks so much for looking xx