12 Days of Christmas - Day Nine

Day Nine? Where has the time gone? The time is NOW to start getting those Christmas Cards ready so I hope we are inspiring you to create and play along.

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 - a simple die cut and sentiment for the perfect quick and easy card!

Today I have Carol Steedman creating for us. Carol's wreath is just stunning! Perfectly embossed with the perfect sentiment.

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Carol!

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 ;)

Isn't Carol's card simply adorable! The little birds on the tree are gorgeous and I love her snowy scene.

Here is Carol's card

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Carol 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 Eight

Welcome to Day Eight!

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 simply stamped the snowflakes with two colours of archival ink and finished off with the sentiment.

Today I have Chrissie Stokes creating for us. Her card just screams elegance with her perfectly CAS design and the gold embossing as a feature.

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Chrissie!

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 ;)

Here is Chrissie's card -

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Chrissie 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 Seven

Hello! Day Seven already! I hope you have been making heaps of Christmas cards by now and linking them up. 

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 combined the Christmas Joy sentiment with the Wreath from Merry Kissmas. I embossed them straight onto mirror card. Wasn't that a b*tch to photograph... Oh well, it looks really nice in real life :)

Today I have Julie Beech creating for us.

Wow, this colour scheme just makes my heart sing!

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Julie!

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 love this design by Julie. The non-traditional colours really caught my attention.

Here is Julie's card -

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Julie 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 Six

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 6 of my 12 Days of Christmas with friends :) Halfway there.. I hope you have been enjoying our cards and have been linking up your Christmas cards too!

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 -

This card was created by using a watercolour panel which I embossed my snowflake and sentiment on. I then used a few colours from my Zig collection to scribble on the paper and used a water brush to blend it all together. A few little gems finished it off :)

Today I have Kathy Kirby creating for us. What an adorable snowman surrounded by all that sparkle!

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Kathy!

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 Kathy's card

Here is my CASE

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Kathy 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 Five

Welcome to Day 5!

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 and Merry Kissmas.
I stamped the sentiment and image then die cut the panel with a border die. I backed it with red foil card.

Today I have Barb Ghig creating for us. I love this  crisp snow scene she has created with inlaid die cuts. Just beautiful!

Thanks for joining us with your inspiration, Barb!

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 Barb's card -

Here is my CASE -

Now, all you have to do to play along is comment on my post, visit Barb 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 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!