12 Days of Christmas - Day Four

Hello! Day 4 already!

Each day I will create a Christmas card and hopefully inspire you to play along in my link up. I will be joined by a friend, daily, who will also create for you! 

Here is my card -

I created this card with an Australian Christmas in mind. A lot of people take to the roads with their caravan and camping gear and holiday around the country. Actually, if you are crazy enough to travel at Christmas time, you will see every second car is towing a caravan lol.

This little die set is new to me and the first time I've used it. It's probably the last time... it was so fiddly, I ended up needing a stiff drink!

Today I have Ina Grehan creating for us. I love the gold embossed poinsetta's and sentiment and that background is stunning!

Thank you for joining us with your inspiration, Ina!

I also have a little surprise for each of my guests. I decided that for each daily post, I would CASE one of their cards. 

Here is Ina's card

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Ina and comment on her post, then link up below with a Christmas Card. You will go into the random draw for a prize from Happy Little Stampers!

Happy Christmas Card making!

12 Days of Christmas - Day Three

Day 3 and more inspiration for you!

Each day I will create a Christmas card and hopefully inspire you to play along in my link up. I will be joined by a friend, daily, who will also create for you! 

Here is my card - using HLS Let it Snow
I embossed all my snowflakes and sentiment with Liquid Platinum powder. I blended distress inks all over the panel then flicked some water to create the texture.

Here's the surprise - I created a light up card!

Today I have Anita Bowden creating for us. 

Anita's embossing on vellum is beautifully elegant and her design is stunning!

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Anita!

I also have a little surprise for each of my guests. I decided that for each daily post, I would CASE one of their cards. 

Here is Anita's card -

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Anita and comment on her post, then link up below with a Christmas Card. You will go into the random draw for a prize from Happy Little Stampers!

Happy Christmas Card making!

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 :)

12 Days of Christmas - Day Two

Hi everyone! Are you ready for more Christmas inspiration?

Each day I will create a Christmas card and hopefully inspire you to play along in my link up. I will be joined by a friend, daily, who will also create for you!

Here is my card - using HLS Everyday Sentiments
I used a Brusho panel from my snippet tray and embossed the sentiment in gold.

Here is a close up of the gold mica powder throughout the Brusho mix.

Today I have Michelle Lupton creating for us. Michelle's watercoloured Christmas card is a beauty! I love the gold accents she added to the card :)

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Michelle!

I also have a little surprise for each of my guests. I decided that for each daily post, I would CASE one of their cards.

Here is Michelle's card

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Michelle and comment on her post, then link up below with a Christmas Card. You will go into the random draw for a prize from Happy Little Stampers!

Happy Christmas Card making!

12 Days of Christmas - Day One

Welcome! I am very excited because today is the start of my 12 Days of Christmas.

Each day I will create a Christmas card and hopefully inspire you to play along in my link up. I will be joined by a friend, daily, who will also create for you! 

Here is my card - using HLS Christmas Joy

I embossed and masked the poinsettia stamp and coloured it in with my Zigs. The sentiment is also embossed.

Today I have Jane Taylor creating for us. Isn't her card simply adorable! I love the patterned paper behind her perfectly CAS and cute design. 

Jane

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Jane!

I also have a little surprise for each of my guests. I decided that for each daily post, I would CASE one of their cards. I looked through just about every post these ladies had ever done and wow, the choices were nearly too much for my little brain ;)

I really loved this card below by Jane. It isn't a Christmas card but because I loved the design, I decided to CASE it and turn it into a Christmas Card.

Here is Jane's card -

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Jane and comment on her post, then link up below with a Christmas Card. You will go into the random draw for a prize from Happy Little Stampers!

Happy Christmas Card making!

HLS November Watercolour Challenge

Hi there everyone, time for a new month of challenges over at Happy Little Stampers :)

Our first challenge is -

Anything Goes! If you would like a break from the usual Halloween / Christmas themes, there is always a need for the odd get well card :)

I simply embossed my flower on watercolour paper, coloured it with my Zigs, fussy cut it out, then adhered it to my postage stamp die cut panel. The sentiment is also embossed.

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog.

You may have seen that the shop side of HLS is closing down :( The challenges will still run as normal!

Inkspirational #172

G'day everyone! Today starts the new challenge over at Inkspirational. I am actually the hostess for this challenge and decided to choose the following - Use Vellum!

Here is my card -

I started with a decent piece of vellum and sprinkled two different lots of embossing enamel. I heated from underneath and ended up with a beautiful embossed piece that I die cut my butterflies from.

I die cut the butterflies again in black cardstock to overlay them on.

I hope to see you over at Inkspirational!

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





Thanks for popping in :)

Tribute to Melissa Lane

Today I am joining in with the STAMPloration girls to honour our friend Melissa Lane.

Melissa unexpectedly passed away on the 2nd October.

Melissa was on the Design team for Addicted to Stamps and More! and Happy Little Stampers. Most recently she was a designer at STAMPlorations and made amazing cards and Mixed Media creations.

I was blessed to have met Melissa, her husband Chris, and her four children - Sarah, Ian, Hannah, and Abigail - at the HLS Craft Retreat in 2016.

I am truly lost for words about the loss of Melissa. Those who know me understand how I feel :)

For my tribute to Melissa (we both love butterflies), I decided to CASE one of her cards.

CASE of Melissa's card HERE

Here is my card -

When I saw this card, I knew it would be perfect. The red butterfly that had been gold embossed, the sentiment, the CAS creation. This is Just for You, My Friend :)

Instead of the wire, I used Embossing Enamel that I sprinkled on my paper and heated from underneath.

This is a scheduled post which goes live at 2am here in Australia. I will add it to the tribute post as soon as I can. For those of you wishing to create something, you can find all the details over at the STAMPlorations blog HERE. Thank you Shery for organising this :)

RIP, my friend xx

Pumpkin Day

Hi everyone. The weather is a little crazy here today so I've spent a bit of time making some cards.

I've actually made two cards because I wanted to join in with the Twofer challenge. The word this fortnight is Harvest. 'Harvest' is more an American term? Regardless, I decided to challenge MYSELF and play along :) I decided to use a pumpkin stamp to reflect Harvest.

Here are my two cards -

My first card used the pumpkin from a STAMPlorations set. I embossed and masked the image and watercoloured it with my Zigs. I then fussy cut the whole thing out, adhered it to my card base, and lastly added the die cut sentiment. 

Now bear with me... LOL. I also thought that with the Harvest theme, it is also the time that Thanksgiving is coming up in America? That's why I decided on the 'Thanks' sentiment :)

My second card was a light bulb moment. I decided to use the pumpkin to create my very own Jack 'o Lantern. This wasn't easy so I don't know how people cut through a REAL pumpkin to create these. Must be tough work! I then decided I HAD to have him light up just like a lantern so I used my Chibitronics supplies to do just that.

These cards were a lot of fun to make and made me think outside the box :)

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

Card 1 - Thanks Pumpkins

Sweet Stampers - Autumn or Halloween

Card 2 - Halloween Pumpkin

Cards in Envy - Spooky

Use your stuff - Halloween

That's it for me today - nearly time for bed! Thanks for popping in :)

Inkspirational #171 - Comfort

Hey everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational and we have a word prompt for you to play with over the next couple of weeks.

Here is my card -

At the time of making this card, I needed a hug. I had just heard that one of my good crafty/blogging friends had suddenly passed away. This card will go to her family.

The heart was die cut out of yupo paper that I had used to scoop up leftover paint after an acrylic pour. 

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

Try it on Tuesday - Black, White, and one other colour

The Crafter's Cafe - Black, White, and one other colour

Double Trouble Challenges - Black, White, and one other colour (thanks for the heads up, Cass)

I hope you will join us over at Inkspirational where our word prompt is - Comfort.

Inkspirational #170

Hey everyone and happy Saturday!

I'm usually at my 'other' job as a bartender when my Inkspirational posts go live and I can't ever check if they work until the next day. Does anyone else panic about this sort of thing? Lucky we have our crafting hobbies in our lives - it pretty much keeps me sane and we have a cool photo to inspire you for this challenge - it's all about CRAFTS

Here is my card -

This is one layer card. I embossed my butterflies with liquid platinum and stamped the little words around them. I included 'life' as one of the words because after my family, crafting IS my life!

Supplies Used:

HLS Especially for You

HLS Mixed Media Fun

MISTI

Here is the inspiration photo for the new challenge at Inkspirational -

I also dabble in other crafts and have a FB page called Makyaibe Crafts where I showcase and sell my pieces (including some of my cards).

Here is a set that I not long finished -

If you google 'acrylic pouring' you will find so many techniques to try. If you DO give this a go, please be warned that it is seriously addictive!

Ok, that's it for me and I hope to see you playing along over at Inkspirational!

HLS Spotlight - Mix Mash

Hi everyone! A quick post for me today. On the 20th of each month, we are spotlighting one stamp set from Happy Little Stampers.

This month we are showcasing Mix Mash (see the post over at HLS here)

I made a very simple Christmas Card -

I drew a line using a pencil and ruler as guide for my circles. Once they were stamped I went over the pencil line with a gold pen. I coloured the circles with glitter wink of stella pens. I combined the Mix Mash set with the Christmas Joy set - the star and sentiment. Easy!

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

 The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - using optional twist of CAS

Thanks for popping in and see you next time! xx