HLS August Watercolour Challenge

Hi everyone! Time for a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. The 1st of the month sees our Watercolour Challenge kick off. It is always Anything Goes but we offer an optional theme for you to play along with.

Today I am sharing with you something I have never made before - a mini book. I cut all my pieces out of watercolour paper using the Sizzix Passport Die.

The die allows you to cut your covers, inside pages, and spine to bind it all together.

I used the smooshing technique using Crimson, Orange, and Lemon Brusho colours.

I decided I wanted to create a book just for butterflies.

I used a number of HLS stamps and a couple of stencils with texture paste. I also hand wrote some butterfly quotes.

Once I had all my pages ready and dry, it was time to bind it all together. I used Baker's Twine and added a little butterfly charm.

   

    

 Here is what the die looks like (it is an XL Bigz Die)

I added a couple of little blooms using a stencil and ink but my main focus was the butterflies.

I hope you will join us over at the challenge blog! Here is a recap of the stamps I used from HLS

             

      

     

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Thanks for popping in today and I can't wait to see your watercolour entries.

HLS June CAS Challenge

Hi again! Are you ready for the CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers?

Here is our theme for this month -

You can smoosh with any water soluble inks - Brushos, Distress Inks, Watercolour pens etc. I used Brushos for my card.

I sprinkled some rose red brusho onto my craft mat, misted it with some water and smooshed my watercolour paper into the ink. I actually love that you can even control where you smoosh. I only wanted the red on one side so I could then add the orange to the other side. During the process there was a little blending of the two and I love how it turned out. The unfortunate part is this is a sympathy card for someone who has just lost her dad :(

Once the panel was dry, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment and butterfly which are from the HLS 'Thinking of You' set.

        

Thanks for popping by today. I hope to see you over at Happy Little Stampers for our CAS challenge!

HLS March Watercolour Challenge

Hi everyone, welcome to March hey? Time just flies these days. At least we have lot's to do in our craft rooms!

This month our HLS Watercolour challenge is

That's right! You can make anything as long as you have watercolouring as your main element. You can also choose whether or not you play along with our optional twist.

Now, smooshing is one of my favourite watercolouring techniques but I actually didn't use it for my card.

Here it is -

I'm still playing with my new Zigs. I simply scribbled straight onto my cardstock and then spritzed the colour with a little water. I dried the panel in between adding more colour. I also scribbled colour straight onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water, then picked it up with a paintbrush to add my splats. 

Once the panel was dry, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment. 

I stamped three butterflies onto acetate and embossed them with black powder. After fussy cutting them out, I folded up the wings so I could use glossy accents on the body to attach them to my card. 

Here are the products that I used which you can purchase from HLS -

       

Over at the challenge blog you will find heaps of inspiration from the girls!

See you there!

Watercoloured Forest

Hi everyone! I've had a quick play tonight. I seem to be crafting more when the sun goes down as it is so stinking hot here at the moment. We even have an extreme weather alert for the next few days. High heat and humidity - not a nice combo. So, once the sun goes down and I have the ceiling fan on full ball (not good when trying to emboss...), it makes it a little bearable to do things.

Tonight I played with my new Zigs again - I call this 'Getting Ziggy with it'. I chose to combine my HLS Christmas Joy set with the Thinking of You set but not to create a Christmas card. 

Please excuse the photo but it is night time :)

I started by stamping my trees (masking as I went). I used drawing gum to mask the trees again so I could add a blue wash to the background. Once dry, I coloured the trees with my Zig pens and then added more blue straight from the pen to darken some of the areas. So much fun!

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

A Bit More Time to Craft #35 - Anything Goes

Don't forget that Happy Little Stampers has a new monthly challenge -

Thanks for popping in! I'm off on a 4 night cruise tomorrow so I will check in with you all when I get back xx

Happy Little Stampers October CASE Challenge

Hi everyone! I hope you are well and had plenty of time to get your mojo working in your craft room. 

Today is the start of a new month of challenges over at Happy Little Stampers! The 1st of the month kicks off our CASE challenge.

We are CASEing Birgit this month.

Here is Birgit's card -

I love Birgit's vintage look. My inspiration came from the colour of the bird, the die cut behind the bird, and the embossed sentiment.

Here is my card -

To create my background, I smooshed yellow and orange brushos together onto watercolour paper. The die cut is from Sizzix and a fabulous one! I was lucky enough to get this at the HLS Craft Retreat earlier this year. I embossed the sentiment from the HLS Thinking of You set with WOW embossing powder.

I would like to enter my card into these fabulous challenges -

Cute Card Thursday - CAS

Make My Monday - No patterned paper

I hope you will join us over at Happy Little Stampers for our challenge. Don't forget we have 5 monthly challenges for you and we also have a DT call right now!

Here is the HLS stamp set that I have used today 

See you over at the challenge blog!

Addicted to Pink and Grey

I really do love this colour combo. I'm not sure why I don't use it more often!

I created another card last night. When the mojo is hot, it's hot! Make the most of it, I say :)

Here is my card -

I created my background using Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. I put some ink on to my craft mat, misted it with water and picked up the ink with Mixed Media Paper. I did the same with a smaller piece that I embossed my butterfly onto and die cut it out. 

I flicked some acrylic paint (white and grey) on to my larger panel. 

I also used a white gel pen to add some extra interest to my butterfly.

The sentiment was stamped with grey ink.

Here are the HLS products I used for my card

            

The challenges I would like to enter are

Fashionable Stamping

Butterflies

Creative Knockouts

Die Cuts / Punches

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Doodle Flowers are here!

Hi everyone! I'm stopping in to say hi as I am now officially back from my holiday. The cruise was wonderful. Thank you to all my teamies that helped out while I was away with the various challenge blogs I run. I would be lost without you.

Today was exciting because the newest stamp set from Happy Little Stampers arrived.

Doodled Flowers

I couldn't wait to play even though I have a stack of housework to do.... oh well it isn't going anywhere lol.

Here is my card 

Over at Less Is More, Happy Little Stampers is the monthly sponsor. I wanted to create a card for that challenge and let you know that if you play along all month, you have a chance to win a prize from HLS. The theme for this challenge is 

CITRUS

Here is the new set that I used -

I used a strip of post-it note to mask off the center of my card. I also created a mask for the flower. I stamped my first lot of flowers then used the mask to stamp a few more. I also added the leaves while the mask was on.

I coloured everything using gel pens.

The sentiment is from the HLS Thinking of You set.

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

My Time To Craft - One Layer

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes with Glitter (my gel pen is glittery)

Thanks for popping in :)

Happy Little Stampers Februrary CAS Challenge

Hi everyone.

We have a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. It's time for our Clean and Simple challenge.

Each month we love bringing you new challenges (4 per month!) and inspire you to use new techniques or products. 

This month we want you to use the Stamping with Embossing Folder technique.

If you haven't tried it before, give it whirl! It's easy and lots of fun.

Here is my card -

I misted some Crushed Grape in by Dylusions onto my embossing folder and pressed it onto Mixed Media papaer. The sentiment is from the HLS Thinking of You set.

Here is a video tutorial that I put together a little while ago

Also, over at the Happy Little Stampers blog, there are others for you to have a look at.

We have a WONDERFUL Guest Designer with us for this challenge - Cornelia is definitely a fan of ours at Happy Little Stampers and she makes extraordinary cards!

Just by playing along you could win a $15 certificate to the shop!

See you over there!