Less Is More #413

Hello! Time for another cool challenge that will run for 2 weeks over at Less Is More. 

Our last challenge focused on the 'Less' and now we want you to focus on the 'More' but still keeping it all CAS.

How many small images/shapes/sentiments are you able to incorporate to your design but still keep your card CAS? For example tiny flowers, stars, snowflakes etc

Here is my card -

I stamped my first line of bears, masked them, then stamped the second line. I repeated this step for the third line. 

I coloured them with polychromo pencils and gamsol. Lastly, I added the die cut party hats and happy birthday sign

In total I have 21 bears on my card which really kept with the theme of having 'MORE' but keeping it CAS ;)

Our sponsor for this challenge is

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

Watercooler Wednesdays (Occasions), Timeout (Inspired by Words), Cute Card Thursday (CAS), Seize the Birthday (White Space)

      

Thanks for popping in!

Another total Eclipse

Hello!

Since I had my alphabet dies out I decided to create another card using the eclipse technique. I also needed a 40th Birthday card so I decided to get out my numeral dies and use them as well.

Card #1

Created using HLS 'Born to be Wild' stamp set and Papertrey Ink's 'By the Numbers' dies.

I used a little gold mica powder mixed with water to create my splats.

Card #2

This is a second birthday card for my Mum. I wasn't completely happy with the original one so I decided to create another. I heat embossed the flower with white powder, then coloured it in with a pink polychromo pencil and gamsol. I added a bit of orange into the mix as well.

I would like to enter my cards over at the following challenges -
Card #1 - Penny Black and More (Animals, Birds, and Butterflies), Crafty Animals (Anything Goes), Seize the Birthday (All Creatures Great and Small), A Place to Start (Masculine)
Card #2 - Stamping Sensations (Feminine), Creations in Pink (Anything Goes in Mainly Pink), Crafty Calendar (Use Die Cuts/Punches), Happy Craft Challenge (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Eclipse Technique

Hi everyone! I have a birthday card to share with you today. I made this for a wonderful co-worker.

I stamped the rose (from the set Merci Beaucoup by Clearly Besotted) and coloured it with my polychromo pencils and gamsol. I used my new 'Impact Alphabet' dies by My Favourite things to die cut the letters from my top panel, then die cut them another 3 times in white. This way I could layer them up for dimension.

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

The Flower Challenge (Add Leaves), Watercooler Challenges (Feminine), Lavinia Challenges (Anything Goes), Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (Flower Frenzy)

Thanks for popping in and enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

HLS February CAS Challenge

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

We want you to create something using the theme 'Positive'.

I thought my card showed a very positive idea -

I used the stamp set called Willy & Friends by Waffle Flower. After colouring my monkey, her bow, and her tutu, I die cut them all and assembled - she's so cute! I stamped the positive sentiment to finish off :)

I hope to see you play along!

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

Crafty Calendar (Use Die Cuts / Punches), Just us Girls (Add a Bow), Mod Squad (Animals), Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes), Cutie Pie Challenge Blog (CAS)

Less Is More #412

Hi everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Less is More! For this challenge we would like to see you use the tiniest and fewest images you can manage!

I made three cards using this theme -

Card #1
Created from the Waffle Flower set called Willy and Friends

Card #2 

I used a combination of two sets here - the image is from a Mama Elephant set called Season's Greetings and the sentiment is from a set called Dashing Deer.

Card #3 

I combined two sets by Whimsy Stamps for this card - Life is a Journey and Say What?

It is an exciting time for us because we are celebrating -

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our HOW TO PLAY and GLOSSARY OF TERMS pages as well as the theme for each particular challenge.

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

Card #1 - Cutie Pie Challenge (CAS), Try it on Tuesday (White Space)

Card #2 - CRAFT (Christmas), Fab 'n' Funky (Christmas)

Card #3 - Crafty Cardmakers (Black and White)

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

Lift the Flap Birthday Card

Hello! Like me, you probably have a heap of things in your stash that you haven't used yet. Either that or it hasn't seen the light of day for some time???

I decided to create a fun birthday card using my new dies from Lawn Fawn called Lift the Flap.

I started with a panel of watercolour paper and used three colours of distress ink to blend my background. I flicked water and some white acrylic paint over the entire thing.

I stamped, coloured (polychromo pencils), and die cut the dragon. 

(BTW, I die cut him using my NEW Gemini Jnr.... oh my.... I'm in love)

Then it was time for some embossing. I embossed the stars then used distress ink and flicks of water, once again, to create the background. I embossed the two sentiments (from a Ranger sentiment set) and used my guillotine to cut down to size. 

The gifts are from a Christmas set (MFT) which I coloured and die cut.

I adhered the two panels together to create the front of my card. The entire thing opens, as normal, for me to write inside.

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

Dies R Us Challenge (Birthdays), HLS Watercolour Challenge (Die Cuts), STAMPlorations Theme Challenge (Stamps and Splatters), Watercooler Wednesdays (Occasions), My Time to Craft (New Stash), Fairy and Unicorn Challenge (Anything Fantasy Goes)

         

Thanks for popping in today :)

Christmas Poinsettia

Hi there, I have a quick post tonight to share a card I just made. After a full weekend of work and nanny duties, I decided some 'colouring in' to help wind down.

I have a new Penny Black stamp from the brushstroke collection called Christmas Red. I was a little intimidated to use it so I went all out and even used a technique that I'm not comfortable with. No line colouring.

I used my MISTI to stamp the image with antique linen ink. My polychromo pencils were used to create the outlines and then blended my colouring with gamsol and blending stump. You won't be able to see it in this photo but I also covered the whole thing with glitter using a Spectrum Noir pen.

I fussy cut the poinsettia then used a guillotine to give it a nice edge. I stamped the sentiment (using my MISTI), then poped up the poinsettia with foam tape.

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

Penny Black Saturday Challenge (Sparkle and Shine), Penny Black and More (Flowers), My Time to Craft (Christmas Flowers), Day of the Month Cart Club (Poinsettia Day)

Thanks for popping in today. Only 3 more sleeps until Christmas! I hope you have a magical day :)

Holly Jolly Holiday

Hi everyone, I finished up a couple of cards this afternoon as I am still trying to get out a few more Christmas Cards. 

Card #1

I stamped Santa and Rudolph and coloured them with polychromo pencils and gamsol. They are from an MFT set called Santa & Friends

Card #2

I embossed this stamp from STAMPlorations with gold glitter powder then popped up the panel with foam tape.

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

Card #1: Just us Girls (Anything Goes), Winter Wonderland (Anything Christmas Goes), Timeout (Merry and Cheerful)

Card #2: STAMPlorations Theme Challenge (Stamps and Holidays), Just Add Ink (Photo Inspiration), Watercooler Wednesday (All about occasions)

     

   

Thanks for popping today :)

Challenge me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Hello everyone! Once again, I am joining Michelle with her yearly Christmas Card Challenge. Michelle has guest designers who challenge her to create a 'particular' type of Christmas card and we all create something as well. 

I challenged Michelle to create a 'Humourous' card.

Here is mine -

I sort of panicked when I started looking through my stash because I really don't have any humourous Christmas sets, LOL. So, I had to get a little creative. 

I stamped Santa (he always makes me laugh because of his 'whatever' look) and coloured him with my polychromos. I have a really nice stamp set by PTI which allows you to create letters to Santa. I decided that the recipient of this card would be on his naughty list. 

Don't forget to pop on over to Michelle's blog to see her funny card!

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

Sisterhood of Crafters (Christmas), Try It On Tuesday (Christmas is coming), Crafty Cardmakers (Christma), Christmas Crafts All Year Round (Santa, Mrs Claus, or Elves). STAMPlorations (Anything CAS Goes + optional Christmas Colours)

Working on the Christmas Stash

Happy Sunday everyone :)

This weekend was busy with me with work and then our Christmas party. I've spent today doing the dreaded housework plus a little spare time was spent in the craft room.

I had previously stamped some images for me to come back to so I could colour them and finish up the cards. I'm working on extras for my Christmas stash as they will need to be posted pretty soon!

Card #1

I masked my image first so I could create the background using distress ink. I coloured Santa with my polychromo pencils and gamsol.

Card #2

Once again, I masked the images. I tore some paper to create some 'snowdrifts'. While the images were still masked, I used a stencil and distress ink to create the background. I also flicked a little white paint for interest. Polychromo pencils and gamsol were used to colour these cuties.

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

Card #1 - Simon Says Stamp (Starry, Starry Night), Sparkles Christmas Challenge (Santa), 12 Months of Christmas (Anything Goes)

Card #2 - Cute Card Thursday (Winter), Penny Black and More (Christmas), STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Merry Christmas [from all of us]

Hey! I have been busy this weekend having a Nanny sleepover with my grandson Benjamin then working in the yard. For some downtime I decided to count my Christmas card stash and realising I needed quite a few more, it was the perfect time to start creating.

I really love combining stamp sets to create new and fun sentiments. I also love the craft destash sites on FB that I am a member of :) I bought this really cute set full of adorable animals and decided to use some for a Christmas card. 

I also have a new found use for my designer paper. I really never use it.... but it is a great way to add a simple background. I have a few more cards that I will post over the next few days using paper this way.

The images and sentiments were stamped using my MISIT. Images were coloured using polychromo pencils and gamsol.

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

Penny Black and More (Christmas), Watercooler Wednesday Challenges (All about Occasions), Daisy Chain Challenges (Christmas), Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in :)

Perfectly CAS #3

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Perfectly CAS. If you are unsure of how to get started with a card, there are guidelines over at the challenge blog.

It's nearly the silly season so we are making Christmas cards!

This is a set from MFT which I simply stamped using my MISTI and coloured with polychromos.

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

AAA Cards (One Image), Challenge up your Life (Black, White, + one colour), Sparkles Forum Christmas (Santa), The Alphabet Challenge (Q is for quick and easy), 

  

Thanks for popping in today :)

HLS November CAS Challenge

Hi everyone! This month at Happy Little Stampers CAS, it's all about Christmas!

I have made two cards -

Card #1

This crazy looking angel is from the Katzelkraft Sherlock Holmes set. I coloured him with my polychromo's. The sentiment is an oldie from HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments.

Card #2

This card was super easy to create. I embossed the sentiment with Liquid Platinum powder. That's it! This type of card would be perfect to mass produce as I used my MISTI for stamping. This sentiment is from a set from Mama Elephant called Season's Wishes

I hope you will play along over at the challenge blog :)

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

Card #1 - Creative Knockouts (CAS), AAA Cards (Maxi White Space)

Card #2 - The Sisterhood of Crafters (CAS), STAMPlorations CAS Challenge (Anything Goes)

Thanks for popping in today :)

Less Is More #407 - OLC Winter Flora

Happy Saturday. It's time for a new challenge over at LIM where we want you to create a ONE LAYER CARD with the theme of winter flora. Even though it's summer here in Australia at Christmas time, you can't go past good old Christmas cards using beautiful flora such as holly, mistletoe, and christmas trees (for example).

Here are my cards -

Card #1

For this card, I used a new stamp called Berry Kissed by Penny Black. I really like the watercolouring technique used with these stamps (incorporating the MISTI) but I haven't really mastered this technique. I decided to try no line colouring by stamping the image with Antique Linen ink then colouring with my polychromos. I went a little crazy with my white gel pen but the end result was okay :) The sentiment is an old one from the HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments.

Card #2

This card was created using another HLS set called Merry Kissmas. I stamped the Mistletoe and sentiment at the same time using my MISTI. I coloured the image using some glitter pens. Easy!

Card #3

This stamp is from Sugar Plum Fairy by CAS-ual Fridays.  I am embossed the image straight onto my linen card, then coloured the star with a gold sharpie. 

We have two guest designers for this challenge - Ankie (our August Winner) and our generous sponsor Bev (from Uniko).

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

Card #1 - Creative Sketchy Girls (Create a Christmas Card), Watercooler Wednesday Challenge (all about occasions), 

Card #2 - The Sisterhood of Crafters (CAS), The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge (Anything Goes)

Card #3 - Sweet Stampin' Christmas (Anything Goes + optional stars), Tuesday Throwdown (One Layer Wonder), CAS on Friday (Big Sentiment)

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see you playing along at LIM :)