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 Challenge #189 - Garden

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at Inkspirational. I hope you will play along.

To be honest, I struggled with this challenge. I tried a number of cards trying to reflect garden. In my garden, we have a variety of native plants and lot's of flowers. We also have quite a lot of wildlife - kookaburras, wallabies, etc. I also own 2 Indian Running ducks that roam around the yard. We even have snakes at times... So, I was going to create an Australian themed garden card but nothing worked :( 

I went with a good old flower. Even though it's winter in Australia, where I live the temperature doesn't get too cool so everything flowers all year around.

Here is my card -

I embossed the flower and leaves (from CAS-usal Fridays) and coloured them with my Zig watercolour markers. I also embossed the sentiment and die cut it with a banner die. I popped everything up with foam tape. The background is a cover die which is really pretty.

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

Fab 'n Funky Challenge (Blooms), Inspire.Create.Challenge (Embossing), Watercooler Challenges (Occasions), The Alphabet Challenge (F is for Flowers)

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 July Watercolour Challenge

Welcome everyone! How are you? July?? Where did you pop up from?

July is actually my birthday month and we have a very fitting theme for our new watercolour challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

Well, anything goes really but you may like to join us with our optional twist :)

Here is my card -

I had actually looked around pinterest and found a card that I loved and wanted to CASE it. Now I can't find the link for it because I made this card some time ago but it was a lady from PTI.

I die cut my panel and embossed my stars with clear powder. I used my zig markers to scribble colour and wash it out with a water pen. I embossed the sentiment from Dandelion Wishes on a smaller panel that I had watercoloured the same way.

Supplies:

HLS Dandelion Wishes

I hope you will join in with us over at Happy Little Stampers!

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!

CAS on Friday Guest Designer

Hey everyone! I was very lucky to be chosen as the winner over at CAS on Friday for my Smile card and am now the Guest Designer for the new challenge starting now :)

The theme for this challenge is Splash - Make a card with Watercolours.

Here is my card -

I used my Zig Watercolour pens to create my background by scribbling one colour, blending it with water, then drying it with my heat gun. Then I would add the next colour. I also spritzed the panel a little to fade out the edges. 

I die cut a butterfly from a leftover watercoloured piece then overlayed it with a coordinating die using Vellum. 

I decided to use something new in my stash that I had ordered from blitsy. Crushed Glass! I added some glossy accents and sprinkled the crushed glass over my butterfly. It looks awesome!

My sentiment is from the Happy Little Stampers Dandelion Wishes set which I embossed in gold.

Thank you for taking the time to pop in today and a big thanks to the girls at CAS on Friday for having me as their Guest Designer :)

HLS May Watercolour Challenge

Hello and welcome to May! The first of the month is the start of a new round of challenges over at Happy Little Stampers. We kick off with our Watercolour challenge :)

Anything Goes but you may like to play along with our optional twist.

I masked and embossed my butterflies and coloured them with Zig watercolour pens. I fussy cut them out and popped them up on my card panel with foam tape.

Once dry, I put an overlay of glitter using a clear glitter pen.

I think this gives the colours much more depth.

Supplies:

HLS Butterfly Birthday

HLS Dandelion Wishes

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 April Watercolour Challenge

Well, hello April! I hope you are ready for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers? We always kick off a new month with our Watercolour Challenge.

We would love if you played along with our optional twist but you don't have to. Anything Goes!

Here is my card -

I stamped my sentiment with Versafine black ink and embossed with clear powder. I masked it off and placed a stencil over the entire panel and used my versamark pad to smooch ink through the stencil. I then embossed it all with white powder. 

Using Zigs, I watercoloured the panel to create a rainbow.

Below is actually my first panel that I made but for some reason I didn't quite like it. It will grow on me and end up on a card, I'm sure :)

Supplies Used:

HLS Smile!

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 have finally moved house. It took nearly 5 days of solid moving - thank god it was just around the corner! Unpacking has nearly come to an end. 

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

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.

Inkspirational #152

We have a brand new challenge over at Inkspirational. I hope you will play along. 

I've made two cards using our inspirational photo.

The first card used Vanilla cardstock instead of white. I felt it gave it a nice vintage feel.

I would like to enter this card at -

I used Vintage, Pearls, Floral

I would like to enter this card at

Here is the photo inspiration for you -

I have obviously taken the colours, flowers, and pearls as inspiration for my cards.

Check out the creations made by the DT - they will wow you!

See you soon and thanks for popping by :)

HLS January Watercolour Challenge

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to 2018!

The first challenge of the year at Happy Little Stampers is our Anything Goes with Watercolours - our option this month is SEQUINS.

Here is my card -

I have smooshed brusho colours onto watercolour paper. I've used yellow, orange, and crimson.

When smooshing with more than one colour, start with the lightest first. Build up your layers by drying in between smooshes.

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:

Brusho Powders

Echo Park - Birthday Party Word Dies

Quickie Glue Pen

Multi-coloured Sequin Pack

Thanks for coming by and I hope to see you over at the challenge blog :)

Addicted to CAS - Sparkle!

Hi everyone and happy Saturday to you.

Today is exciting because I have a bit of a cameo role over at Addicted to CAS :) I am your hostess for our current challenge!

Let's see all things Sparkle on your creations. Don't forget to keep them clean and simple :)

I have made 3 cards for this challenge -

My first card is using a brusho panel which I have smooshed, overlayed with die, and then finished with a word die cut from glitter foam.

My next card is for my gorgeous new Grandson, Benjamin. Watercolouring and wink of stella for added sparkle :)

I have used HLS Christmas Joy for this card. Embossed the holly and sentiment and coloured with wink of stella.

I hope you will play along at Addicted to CAS over the next two weeks and Happy Little Stampers is the sponsor!

I would like to enter the following challenges -

The Merry Christmas Challenge (Card #3) - Anything Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers (Card #2) - Animal Magic

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - (Card #2) Anything Goes with a Critter 

Sheepski Designs (Card #1) - Sparkle and/or Shine

Card #3

Card #1

Thank you for popping in today and have a great weekend :)

Cute Purple Dragon

Hi everyone. My life is busy, busy, busy at the moment. Between work and Happy Little Stampers there isn't much else happening! I have only 10 more sleeps until I leave for the UK so I am very excited about that!

I received a fun stamp set and dies in the mail a couple of days ago and wanted to create something quick before I fly off for work this afternoon.

I embossed my dragon on to watercolour paper and coloured him with my Zig Markers. I added some white dots using a gel pen and then covered him with wink of stella.

I embossed the sentiment and created my background by blending Dusty Concord Distress Ink and then flicking some water over the top. 

The sequins and stars were the finishing touch. Easy!

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

(I used purple/free/sequins)

Daisy Chain Challenges - Happy Birthday

Mix it Up Challenges - Anything Goes + option of Watercolouring

Thanks for popping in today! xx

ATSM - Clean and Simple Week

Hi there! It's time for a new weekly challenge over at Addicted to Stamps and More and this week we want to see Clean and Simple creations.

I used the HLS Simply Said for this card. The heart was embossed with silver powder then coloured with Zig Watercolours. Once again, I coated it with clear Wink of Stella when it was dry.

I used my MISTI so I could get a nice, crisp result.

These are great guidelines for when you are creating CAS cards. 

I hope to see you playing along this week!