Wednesday 2 December 2015

Happy Little Stampers Dec CAS Challenge


Hello everyone, it's time to start a new monthly challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge and this month it's Your Favourite Technique - create a CAS card using your own favourite technique.


Our fabulous sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and the winner will receive this stamp set.



My favourite technique is colouring. For my DT card, I've coloured the deer and trees using Chameleon pens and fussy cut, added die cut stars and a sentiment from the HLS Mixed Christmas sentiments set.

Thanking you for visiting my blog and we look forward to seeing your CAS creations using your favourite technique! xx

Also joining in at:
AAA Cards - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes
Uniko - Christmas with optional twist of CAS

Thursday 19 November 2015

Snowflake


Hello everyone, I hope you're well.

The challenge at Time Out is to case Karen's beautiful card and here it is.


My background was made using gold and shabby white Frantage embossing powders and gold mica flakes. Added a die cut snowflake and banner and heat embossed the sentiment (Mixed Christmas Sentiments from Happy Little Stampers).

Also joining in at:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
CAS-ual Fridays - Precious Metals
CASology - Pretty
Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - Gilding

Thank you for your lovely comments! Have a nice day x


Wednesday 18 November 2015

Oh Happy Day



Hi everyone, I hope all is well with you.

My card today is inspired by the beautiful photo and sketch at Fusion and I've taken inspiration from the flowers, colours and sketch.
The flowers were stamped with black Memento and coloured with Promakers.
Also linking up to:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
CASology - Pretty

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and I hope you have a great rest of the week xx


Thursday 12 November 2015

Thanks



Hi everybody, my second card today is inspired by the colour theme at Less Is More which is FIRE.

I've inked my panel with various distress inks and stamped the trees and background, the sentiment was die-cut and sponged with DI.

Also linking up to AAA Cards - Thanks/Thanksgiving.

Thank you for stopping by today and for your comments, so much appreciated!

Have a great weekend x


Christmas Joy


Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good week!

My first card today is inspired by the theme at Merry Monday which is Pink, Green and White and also by Inkspirational - Anything Goes With Silver.

I die-cut my Christmas lights from silver foil card and inlaid with DSP, the Joy sentiment was die-cut from silver sparkle card.

Also linking Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes and CAS-ual Fridays - Precious Metals.

Thanks so much for looking!

 

Monday 2 November 2015

HLS November CAS challenge - Gilding


Greetings everyone, it's time to start a new CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers and for the month of November, the theme/technique is Gilding.

For my DT card, I've kept it very CAS.  The Joy sentiment was die cut and gilding flakes applied, I heat embossed the three little words in gold and added three die cut snowflakes cut from gold foiled card.

Our fabulous sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and the winner's prize is a beautiful Butterfly Birthday stamp set.


We have tutorial videos on gilding at the HLS challenge blog for you to check out and also the fabulous DT inspiration.

We look forward to seeing your creations!

Thursday 29 October 2015

Merry Christmas



Hi everyone, I hope you having a good week.

Just a quick post to show you a card I've made inspired by the sketch at Less Is More.

To make my card, the base was inked and dots of glue pen applied and heat embossed in white. Also used the same technique for the snow on the die cut branch and the owl was coloured with Chameleon pens and fussy cut.

Also linking up to:
Inkspirational - Cute Halloween or Pumpkin/Owls
Time Out - Christmas w/optional twist of pink or purple

Thank you for stopping by today and for your much appreciated comments!


  


Friday 23 October 2015

To a Deer Friend



Hi everyone, happy Friday and I hope you've had a good week.

When I saw that the theme at Merry Monday a Christmas card with a frame, I wanted to break out my new die and here's what I made. The little deer was stamped, coloured with Chameleon pens and fussy cut out.

Also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark 
and Christmas Card Challenges - Photo inspiration.

Friday 2 October 2015

Happy Little Stampers October CAS Challenge - Paper Piecing



Hi everyone, I hope you've had a good week!

This month's technique at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge is Paper Piecing.  Our fabulous sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and the winner's prize is a set of Bold Birthday Sentiments stamps.


For my DT card, I've stamped the flowers and leaves on DSP and cut them out. Please do check out all the beautiful DT inspiration at the HLS challenge blog and we look forward to seeing your paper piecing creations and visiting your blogs. 

Also linking up to:


Thursday 1 October 2015

Christmas Star



Hi everyone, linking my Christmas card up to the following:
Less Is More - Something Shiny
I've used SSS Confetti Circle die-cut, Memory Box star and a sentiment from the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Christmas Sentiments.

Sunday 27 September 2015

Merry Christmas



Linking my card to:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Addicted to Holidays
Merry Monday - Christmas card with watercolouring
The Card Concept - Forest Friends (Clean and Layered style)


Sunday 20 September 2015

Orange and green




Hi everyone, I hope you're well and having a good weekend.

To make my card, I stamped the birds and wagon with black Memento, coloured with Promarkers and pencils and heat embossed the sentiment in white on black card.

I'd like to enter in a few challenges:
AAA Cards - Autumn Colours
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark
Inkspirational - Orange and Green

Thanks so much for looking!




Daisies



Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.  My card today was inspired by the theme of Daisies at The Card Concept (Clean and Layered style).

I've used stitched die-cuts and a stencil to create the background for the sentiment.

Also linking up to House of Cards - Stitch It Up and Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog! x


  

Thursday 10 September 2015

Blue butterfly


Hi everyone, I hope you're having a good week, and enjoying the sunshine!

My card was made using distress markers and new marker spritzer to create a background, the sentiment (HLS Bold Birthday Sentiments) which I've used for the first time - heat embossed in white, the butterfly (HLS Butterfly Birthday) is heat embossed on vellum and coloured on the back with Promarkers.

Linking up to some challenges:
NBUS Challenge - Anything Goes
Time Out - Take Time out to Make Your Mark w/optional twist of Monochrome



Saturday 5 September 2015

Holly



Hi everyone, I hope you are well.

I've made a one layer Christmas card today. The holly was stamped in black Archival and coloured with pencils. I've added some Glossy Accents for shiny berries and a sentiment from the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Christmas Sentiments set.



Linking up to a few challenges:
Merry Monday - Use Holly
Happy Little Stampers Sept CAS Challenge - Colouring
Time Out - Take Time Out to 'Make Your Mark'
Inkspirational - One Layer

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog. Have a lovely weekend! x

  

Wednesday 2 September 2015

Happy Little Stampers September CAS Challenge



Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good week.

This month's theme at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge is COLOURING.

Our fabulous sponsor is Happy Little Stampers and the winner will receive one stamp set from their store.

To make my DT card, I stamped the flowers, coloured them with colouring pencils and added a sentiment from the HLS Butterfly Birthday set.

Don't forget to pop over to the HLS challenge blog for inspiration and we hope you can join in the fun!

Thank you for visiting my blog x

Saturday 15 August 2015

Golden butterflies



Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good weekend.

Here is a card I've made today using the Butterfly Birthday stamp set from Happy Little Stampers. To make my card, I used one of my favourite diecuts as a background, stamped the butterflies, used glue pen to add gold foil and stamped the sentiment.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Time Out - 'Friendship is Golden'
House of Cards - Metallic
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes w/optional topping of Anything That Flies

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for taking the time to visit my blog!

Friday 14 August 2015

Take time to smell the flowers



Hi everybody, I hope you had a good week.

Just a reminder that there is still plenty of time to enter the Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge where the technique this month is Masking.

My card today was made by masking off the central panel, the flowers were stamped with distress ink spritzed with water before stamping and coloured with pencils, sentiment was stamped round to frame the image with some masking and I've added a little glitter glue.

Also linking up to:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark

Thanks for stopping by my blog x

Wednesday 5 August 2015

Butterfly Birthday



Hi eveyone, I hope you're having a good week!

Did you know Happy Little Stampers has its own brand new range of stamps? You can check it at the online store here.

I would like to show you a card I've made using a butterfly and sentiment from the Butterfly Birthday set. The centre butterfly was stamped and masked before stamping the other butterflies in black Archival and coloured with distress inks and an aqua brush.

Would like to link up to a couple of challenges:
Less Is More - Berry Colours

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by my blog and for your lovely comments, always so appreciated!


Sunday 2 August 2015

Happy Little Stampers August CAS Challenge (DT)


Hello everyone, I hope you had a good weekend.

It was exciting to see so many beautiful entries in the Happy Little Stampers July CAS stamping challenge!

Our technique for the month of August is Masking.  Please do check out the HLS challenge blog for inspiration.


For my DT card, I stamped and masked the bunny, stamped the bears and coloured with Chameleon pens, die cut the speech bubble and stamped the sentiment.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - Include the word 'Happy'
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

We look forward to seeing your creations using masking techniques and visiting your blogs.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog!