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Happy Tuesday evening ...... Welcome to October!  I know ..... I can't believe it either.  I do love this time of year though, all those gorgeous, rich Autumnal shades, and I must confess I am looking forward to crisp, frosty mornings ..... brrrrr!  Of course a new month means new Blog Challenges.  We've already made a start on the  Happy Little Stampers Blog with October's Watercolour challenge.  Now it's time for a bit of CAS .......   The theme for this month's challenge is ..........  Vellum Not something I use a lot of I must admit but, when I see it being used I do love the soft look it gives. One way I like to use vellum is to heat emboss my sentiments on there,  tear the edges and then add the strip over the top of my cards I love how the design underneath still shows through, but with a much softer look. The flowers were stamped onto a piece of watercolour cardstock using the Nocturne Versafine Clair ink.  (The pretty bloom is ...

Happy Thursday ...... It's almost the weekend .... not sure where the rest of the week went though!!  It's been a bit of a busy one but, I don't seem to have got very far.  At least the sun is still shining though .... for now. There's something new going on over on the Happy Little Stampers Blog.   Each month, starting with July,  Kylie is going to be putting the Spotlight on one of the fabulous HLS stamp sets, and if any of the DT have got that particular set in their collection then we can join in with the showcase. To start things off this month's Spotlight is on ....... the super cute  Whimsical Friends I love the little birds in this set, they're so much fun ...... Perfect for fun, CAS designs, suitable for many different occasions, and they're even great for those men in our lives They can be any colour you like ....... I've used ZIG markers to colour these little guys in ..... With a touch of shimmer on their tails from a Stardust Gel Pen .... O...

Happy Saturday evening ...... Welcome to June ....... we're almost half way through 2018 ...WOW!! I hope you're having a good weekend. It's time to have some fun and get this month's Blog challenges underway. Happy Little Stampers are already off to a great start with the Watercolour Challenge, you can check out the details here . If watercolouring is not your thing, then how about Clean and Simple?  We've got a great theme this month for the CAS Challenge ......... go on, join in the fun and give us a Smile! As with all the Happy Little Stampers challenges there's a $20 Gift Certificate for the winner, to spend in the HLS store .  And .... don't forget if the winner has used HLS stamps on their project then that prize amount is DOUBLED! You don't get much more CAS than this ........ Lots of white space ........ with one focal point I used stamps from the HLS Smile!  set to create the sentiment.  Using a gold metallic ink I stamped the large 'Smile...

Happy Thursday evening .... It's time for the last of this months challenges from Happy Little Stampers.  It's the turn of the ATC challenge  this evening. What are ATC's, or Artist Trading Cards? Well, they're miniature pieces of art work, that measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches.  They can be swapped or traded ...... hence the name Artist Trading Cards ..... but never sold. And they must also have the artists details on the back, and be dated when they were created. Each month, HLS hosts an ATC challenge, with a different monthly theme to follow. For May that theme is ...... GOLD I immediately thought of Gold Embossing ...... I came across a piece of black cardstock in my stash, that had been smooshed with metallic inks and I thought it would make a fabulous base for my set of ATC's I cut it down to size and then using silver and gold metallic inks I stamped one of the the pretty images from the  HLS Dandelion Wishes  ..... heat embossing the gold ones I love how these...

Hello again ...... I'm back with another Blog challenge for you, and it's time to get into the Christmas spirit for the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge ..... Ho! Ho! Ho! As always the theme is Anything Goes with this month's optional twist being ...... STARS Stars are not just for Christmas though .... this design could actually be used anytime of the year, just change the sentiment! CAS and quick and easy ..... perfect when you have a lot of cards to make. The stars have simply been die cut from gold and silver glitter card, and attached to the card front around the sentiment, which in case you were wondering, is from the HLS Let it Snow  stamp set. One of the stars I used foam pads, to add a bit of dimension And I finished off with a few dots of glitter glue here and there. This would make a fab Congratulations card don't you think ...... or a birthday card.  What about a party invite even ...... stars are definitely not just for Christmas! Thanks for poppi...

Welcome back ....... This is becoming a habit isn't it .... twice in one day, again! I did say it was going to be a busy week. OK  .... own up ..... who's pinched the sunshine?  Whoever it is please can we have it back .... it absolutely poured down this afternoon.  Come on ..... I've got garden furniture that needs sitting at! Enough about the weather ..... it's time for another blog challenge ....... why not pop over to the Happy Little Stampers and join in the fun with the CAS (Clean and Simple) Challenge (I bet it's not raining in Australia!) What exactly is CAS?  Just in case you're not sure here's the HLS definition ....... Not only does your card have to be CAS for this challenge ....... the theme for this month is .......  One Layer.  Always a favourite ...... or not!! Don't get me wrong ...... I love one layer cards, they're great for posting!  They can be a bit tricky to create though.  No room for error ....... you can't just cover up...

Happy Thursday folks ...... It's almost the weekend ..... yeah! March saw the launch of a new Blog Challenge, especially for Christmas Cards.  And, as the brains behind it are two of my lovely blog buddies ...... the talented Loll Thompson and Bonnie Klass , what else could it be for but .........  CAS Christmas Cards ,  one of my favourite styles. The challenge started on the 3rd of the month and runs through to the 24th ...... so I'm a little late joining the party but ..... I made it! As you can see the theme is Holly ....... surprisingly I don't have a lot of Holly stamps in my collection, not ones I wanted to use anyway!!  In the end I decided on this little guy ..... he's got holly He's a little Penny Black hedgie from one of their T for Transparent sets and he's been stamped in the centre of a square card and coloured using ZIG markers A little sentiment underneath (from  Happy Little Stampers ) stamped in gold ink. A few dots of white Enamel A...