Inkspirational #159

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational. We have a word for you to 'play' with this fortnight.

When I saw our word prompt, I immediately thought of dress ups and playing as a kid. This pirate is from a set that I bought while over in the UK. I stamped the little skull and crossbones to create a background. The pirate was coloured using Wink of Stella glitter pens and fussy cut out. I popped him up with foam tape. Last but not least, I stamped the sentiment.

That's it from me - I hope to see you over at the challenge :)

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Inkspirational #158

Time for another awesome challenge over at Inkspirational! We have a cool photo to inspire for this one :)

A very simple card. Stamped image and sentiment then I used a bit of a criss-cross colouring style using Zig glitter pens.

Take any element you like from the photo. I feel a bit sorry for this bloke - that rain is pelting down hard and just on him!!

Supplies:

HLS Rainy Days

See you over at Inkspirational!

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Merry and Bright

Hello! I had some fun last night playing in my new home. I have a two car garage which is now my craft room! Who puts their car in the garage anymore?? Not me!! LOL.

It's a pretty cool setup because I can either have music playing or even watch Netflix on the computer while crafting. 

I combined two of the new release stamp sets from Happy Little Stampers to create this Christmas card.

I stamped the sentimet (from the Let it Snow set) using my MISTI. I then randomly stamped my Christmas berries (from the Merry Kissmas set) around the edge of my panel. I coloured them with two different shades of red (Sharpie Markers) and then went over them with a glitter pen. I also used a white gel pen to highlight.

Supplies:

HLS Let it Snow

HLS Merry Kissmas

Sharpie Markers

MISTI

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

Stamps and Fun - Clean and Simple

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything Goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping today :)

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HLS April CAS Challenge

Hello again! Yes, it is time again for a new CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

We would like you to use Chevrons on your Clean and Simple cards.

Here is mine -

These chevrons came home with me all the way from England. While over there for the HLS Craft Retreat, I was able to stay with Sarah P and was able to raid her stash of dies :)

I coloured the strips with Sharpies and covered them with glitter using my Spectrum Noir glitter pen.

Here's a close up of the sparkle -

The sentiment is from the new Dandelion Wishes set and the sequins finished it off.

Supplies:

HLS Dandelion Wishes

HLS Multicoloured Sequins

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!

Thanks for popping in today and I hope to see you playing along at the Challenge Blog.

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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!

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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.

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Inkspirational #157

Hello! Well another fortnight has whooshed by and it's time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

Our Designer's Choice for this challenge was chosen by Carol and she would like us to create something 'Mythical'.

When I think mythical, I think of fairies, unicorns, dragons, etc. I went with this cute little fairy clothesline for my card. I stamped it with versafine ink and clear embossed over the top. I sponged a little distress ink (Dusty Concord) in the background. I think purple is the perfect mythical colour :) I splashed a bit of water to create my splats and finished off by stamping my sentiment.

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog and join in with this fun word prompt!

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Happy Little Stampers New Release Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! Woooo hoooooo. It's new release time at Happy Little Stampers and a few of us Designers are participating in a blog hop giving you the chance to WIN prizes! Check out the details below!

You should have come to me via the Happy Little Stampers blog -

Ok, so there are 6 new stamp sets that have been released and, of course, I have played with them all :)

Let's start with Dandelion Wishes

A simple spritz of water and turquoise brusho to create the background and once dry, I stamped my dandelions and sentiment using my MISTI.

Now for - Smile!

Another Brusho spritz, this time in purple. I stamped my sentiments with versafine and embossed with clear powder.

Born to be Wild

A CAS card with a stamped image and sentiment with a little pop of colour.

Let it Snow

I used repetitive stamping in a grey ink for the background. The sentiment was inked with versafine and clear embossed. Sequins added extra sparkle.

Merry Kissmas

Perfectly Succulent

I embossed all my images and sentiment then coloured the images with Zig watercolour pens.

Well! I hope you enjoyed all the cards I have made for you. 

How to win? You need to do the following -

1. Comment on this blog post

2. Follow the links below to our Designer's blog posts and leave them a comment.

3. The Blog Hop will run for 1 week from 12th March 2018 @ 6am until 19th March 2018 @ 6am AEST.

3. That's it! Enjoy the show!

Happy Little Stampers

Kylie (you are here)

Anita

Heidi

Jane

Michelle

Linda

Stephanie
Helen

Good luck to everyone :)

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Inkspirational #156

Hi again! Time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational!

Our word prompt for this challenge is 'Work'.

I had to think hard about this one but decided to go with a simple one layer congratulations card. I thought this would be good for someone who had a new job, had received a promotion, or even perhaps retiring.

Supplies:

HLS Simply Said

HLS Bold Birthday Sentiments (retired)

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

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Clean and Simple

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Clean and Simple

I hope to see you over at the challenge blog with your work inspired cards.

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Guest Designing for AAA Cards

Hi everyone! I am delighted to be the Guest Designer and sponsor for the new challenge over at AAA Cards. We would like you to create a CAS Ombre card :)

I have embossed the snowflakes and sentiment from the new HLS Let it Snow stamp set. I used Broken China distress ink to create my ombre effect by layering the colour using a sponge tool.

Supplies:

HLS Let it Snow

MISTI

Happy Little Stampers is giving away a gift voucher to the store to one lucky entry.

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

My Time to Craft - Monochromatic

Monochrome Magic - Anything Goes

Thanks to the girls at AAA Cards for having me xx

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HLS March CAS Challenge

Yay! Time for a new CAS challenge over at Happy Little Stampers!

We have a wonderful Guest Designer joining us for this challenge. Darnell is over at the challenge post with inspiration for you too!

Here is my card -

I smooshed my background panel with Brusho, stamped my sentiment (from the new Perfectly Succulent set) and attached my die cut birdhouse. Nice and simple!

Supplies:

Brusho Watercolour Crystals

HLS Perfectly Succulent

HLS Birdhouse Die

Ok! See you over there!

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HLS March Watercolour Challenge

Hi there! Time for a new monthly challenge over at Happy Little Stampers! We kick off March with our Watercolour challenge.

Here is my card -

I have used the new Perfectly Succulent stamps set from HLS. I know that I have received many plants when moving into a new home so I wanted to create this card using one of the cactus plants.

I used brusho smooshing for my background panel. I embossed the sentiment. I also embossed the image and watercoloured it with my zigs. I fussy cut it out and popped it up with a little foam tape.

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:

HLS Perfectly Succulent

Brusho Watercolour Crystals

HLS Purple Sequins

I hope to see you playing along and check out the Designers over at the challenge blog for more inspiration :)

Ta ta for now xx

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Inkspirational #155

Hi there everyone, time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational. I hope you enjoy our fortnightly challenges!

We have a photo to inspire you for this challenge and here is my card -

Here is the photo -

I was inspired by the colours, the butterfly, and the 'bubbles' in the froth.

For my card, I used a die as an embossing background. I have used embossing enamel on my butterfly and card panel.

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Thanks for popping in! xx

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Perfectly Succulent

Hi everyone, I'm back with a card using the new release stamps by Happy Little Stampers.

This card is perfect for the gardener's in our lives! It is certainly a hobby that I like :)

This is a one layer card! I used my MISTI to stamp my images and sentiment then coloured them in. I popped a little sparkle over the top using a Spectrum Noir glitter pen.

Supplies:

HLS Perfectly Succulent

I would like to enter my card over at the following challenges -

Southern Girls Challenge - Nature

Thanks for popping in :)

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