Time to 'Layer' it Up at Happy Little Stampers

Can you believe we are half way into the year!

I know I can't. 

Our Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

starts with our Watercolour Challenge.

This month our Anything Goes Option is Layers

Every now and then it is nice to go back to a technique

or something in your stash that is a favourite.

This is what I did here. I got out two that go so well together - 

SU Manhattan Flower EF and Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set.

Heat embossed the flowers in white then watercoloured  with

Nuvo Powders and fussy cut, popping up the smaller one .

This was attached to hand cut Manhattan Flower.

To add more layers I added more dry embossing with

Kaisercraft Leaves with paper to blend with the flower.

Corner rounded for effect. 

To finish my card I added Diamond Dust to the

 embossed background and front flower

instead of adding a sentiment.

Finished by adhering to my white card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates chose to inspire you

and join us in our Gallery this month.

Live - Laugh - Love

Time just seems to be flying by and it is already May!

Our Watercolor Challenge for Happy Little Stampers

is now Live!

I took the easy way out here after finding the above piece

already made up in my bit box and simply attached it to 

my optional embossed background gently inked in grey.

Unfortunately I didn't think to add any details to the back

for the future (which is now) so will try and do that

from now on.

Pop over and see what's in store from the 

Talented Designers and come join in the fun this month.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks for dropping in. Love reading your thoughts!

Wish Upon a Star

It's April Fool's Day so don't get caught with

all the silly things that happen today.

I'm not here to fool you but to show you my make

for our New Watercolour Challenge over at 

Happy Little Stampers

It's Anything Goes with the Option

this month of Stars!

I started by doing a galaxy background

with Tim's Oxide Inks, drying each time 

till I got a nice night sky.

Cut out on an angle and adhered to

my background of lightly inked stars.

Splashed a Perfect Pearls mix for twinkling stars.

My Wish Big Dies are new ones from

CUTplorations which were inked also

with oxide inks.

Punched a few stars spritzed with PP.

Finished with some Starform strips to the side.

Do you still have a container full of these like I do?

Card base is from Bazzill.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and we'd love to see you join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in

A 'Thank You' with Flowers

It only seems like yesterday that it was Christmas 

and now we are 'March' ing on with our third challenge

of the year over at Happy Little Stampers.

The first day of the month means its our

Watercolour Challenge and you are going to 

want to play with us this month as our

Option is FLOWERS!

and who doesn't love playing with them?

My first go to was Tim's Wild Flowers.

I recently bought the stencil so that is where I started.

 Found this watercolour background piece in my bit box.

I know I would have used up some Lindy's Sprays here

also Nuvo Shimmer powders.

I stenciled with Cadence Champagne Relief Paste

thickly, let dry then added some plaster's tape

and die cut flowers. 

Sentiment is from Altenew and finished my card

with some Art Alchemy Waxes and attached to

cream card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join us in the Gallery.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks for dropping by - 

XOXO For You

Welcome to February at Happy Little Stampers
and first up is our Watercolour Challenge
We are an Anything Goes Challenge and each month
we have an Option to choose if you wish
and this month is
  BLING!
and who doesn't love that!

Once again I had fun with Lindy's Magical Powders
smooching, drying with different colours.
I adhered my popped, corner rounded watercoloured piece
 to cream card stock, attached a metallic heart die
and the xoxo (using a mix of Magical's)
Finished with some bling by adhering
purple glitter to the back of some gemstones
and my card is complete.
Pop over and see what my Team Mates created
and come join in the glitter this month.
Hope to see you in the Gallery.
Thanks for dropping in

It's a New Year at Happy Little Stampers

Happy New Year! and Welcome.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas and

didn't celebrate too hard bringing in the New Year.

It's our first Challenge of 2020 at Happy Little Stanpers

and of course it starts off with our Watercolour Challenge.

With the New Year we have New Designers joining us

and they are Carole, Swapna and Anna. 

A Big Welcome to the Happy Family.

Our Watercolour Challenges are always Anything Goes

but we do have an Option and this month we are looking for

Watercolour Creations using Die Cuts.

We all have an abundance of those, so should be

an easy task for you to join us!

I started by smooching my watercolour background with

 Lindy's Magical Shakers in Magnolia Magenta Gold

 adding some texture pasted stenciled dots.

I then inked another piece of watercolour paper,

this time with Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim

and cut out various die cuts - some coloured and

a few in white. While I had a bit of colour left over

I smooched my SB tag on one corner and added 

the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers.

Added some splatters for effect then

placed my die cuts and popped die cut sentiment.

Finished with adhering to blue card base.

Have you been over and checked out what my 

Team Mates created? Hope you were inspired by 

what you saw so you can add yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in on me.

'tis nearly Christmas Time

It really is 'Nearly' Christmas Time as December is upon us. 

It's the first day of Summer here in Australia so

for our Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge at

Happy Little Stampers and our Option being Christmas

I went softly softly with my watercoloured floral card.

Too hot here for the traditional reds and greens.

It's hard to believe but the only item I used to

colour my Large Christmas Flower from STAMPlorations

         is from Lindy's Magical Shaker

in Oom Pah Pah Pink. I heat embossed it in white then

  tapped some powder onto my work surface

 and spritzed it with water and painted with a water brush.

I lightly smooched the background with

some of the leftovers and added

heat embossed random text.

Die cut a simple Merry Christmas sentiment

and finished by adding some Little Birdie

Texture Embossing Paste and puffed it up.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join in the festivities by adding yours 

to our Gallery this month. 

Hope to see you there. 

As this is my last post for our 

Watercolour Challenge for the year

I would like to wish you all a

Merry Christmas.

See you in the New Year. 

Born to be Wild

Hello November and Welcome to

Happy Little Stampers
Time for our Watercolour Challenge

and our Optional Twist is

When I saw this option I knew exactly what stamp set
I was going to use. It's
Happy Little Stampers Born to be Wild
My background is made from
Magical's Sprays (of course)
and the surround circle die of the lion
is also with Lindy's Sprays/Shakers.
I stamped my lion with VersaFine Clair in
Fallen Leaves then heat embossed in clear.
I like the effect I got with the different outline shades.
I cut out a Kaisercraft die that I thought
could look like part of a cage. Again I used
Magical's and used my fingers to cover it.
(I still have coloured fingers a day later)
Needing something more I cut several leaves from
Carta Bella Spring Greenery arranging them
around the lion and 'cage'.
Lucky I have some Glad Press and Seal
that helped me hold all of this in one piece
so I could glue them all down.

I really had a lot of fun getting inky here.
Hop on over and see how my Team Mates
chosen to play this month and
come join us in our Gallery.
 Hope to see you there.

This lion is roaring over to join in the Silhouettes
at Double D Challenge



UPDATE!
Just saw that over at
Mix It Up Challenge their
Anything Goes Current Challenge
optional twist is Watercolouring!
My card above fits perfectly.

A Floral Hello

Hello and Welcome. 

Spring has certainly sprung here in Oz

and over at Happy Little Stampers we are going

Botanical for this month's 

Anything Goes Watercolour Challenge.

I went with some of Tim's Wildflowers 

and for my watercolour effect I

inked them with his Oxide Inks in

Seedless Preserves/Aged Mahogany

Wilted Violet and Blue Print Sketch

sprayed with water then stamped onto photo paper. 

Once they were dry I buffed them with a paper towel.

I didn't quite get the washed out look I intended.

I added some white dots with a gel pen to the

centres of some of the flowers.

This was cut with a stitched die. 

Added a strip of SU ribbon and a brad

adhered to some SU paper and onto white card base.

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in.

A Simple Tropical Climbing Orchid

Hello and Welcome to October! 

It's Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge Day

and we have an awesome Option for you this month.

It's Tropical and what's the perfect flower for the Tropics?

Orchids of course - and that is the way I headed here.

I received the beautiful SU Climbing Orchid stamp set

as part of an early birthday gift - so perfect timing.

The background is stenciled with

Little Birdie Frosty Fizz Embossing/Texture Paste

and when heated puffs up beautifully.

I then started on the orchids with

Wow Blush Embossing Powder and coloured them with

blending Lindy's Clam Bake Beige and Cape Cod Coral

on my glass mat and spraying with water. 

These were fussy cut and popped on to a

Memory Box Branch.

The leaves are inked with Tim's Oxide Pealed Paint

and the centres lightly coloured.

Had a bottle of shimmer left over so decided to add

a touch of colour to the background 

as I thought it needed a little something.

Sentiment is from the set.

Finished by adhering to coloured grainy card stock.

Pop over to Our Blog to see what the other Designers created

and come join in this month.

Love to see you in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in - till next time

What Beauty Lives 'Under the Sea'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's the first of the month so that means it's our

Watercolour Challenge. 

Our challenges are always Anything Goes but

we do have a Twist that you are welcome to use.

This month it is Ocean.

It's certainly not the weather for having a dip here in Australia

so I have gone with the beautiful sea horse

that live deep down among the colourful sea bed.

My sea horse is from the AAandCreate #137 stamp set 

I bought at a recent craft show.

I heat embossed the sea horse and sentiment in

Deep Water embossing powder from Colour Blast.

The fun then began with using Lindy's Sprays in

Tiffany Lou Blue, Glory of the Sea and

Cowabunga Copper for the sea bed.

Heat embossed some pebbles 

with Midas Touch Embossing Glitter

and the sea shell with 

Wow Chocolate Caramel Embossing Powder.

Some Impression Obsession Bubbles were heat embossed

coming from the sea horse's mouth.

Added some final touches with Rusty Patina Texture Paste,

Nuvo Mouse in Coastal Surf and Toasted Almond.

Glossy Accents on the sea horses eye.

Cut my ocean scene with a stitched die,

attached to matching card stock and then to  my card base.

It certainly was fun creating this underwater scene.

Hope you get a chance to pop over and see what

my Team Mates created and come join us this month.

Love to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

Thinking of You

Hello and Welcome to July!

Today's post is for our new Monthly Watercolour Challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers

It's always 'Anything Goes' but Fun when you

play with our Monthly Option.

This time round it's 'Wings' 

And we ALL have plenty of 'winged things'

so no excuse for not joining us this month.

I continue my obsession with powders

and this time using Nuvo Blue Blitz Shimmer Powder 

and added a darker colour with

 Lindy's Afternoon Delight Denim.

I inked my dragonfly with VersaFine Clair Warm Breeze

and decided while the ink was still wet to

add some Deep Water embossing powder from Colour Blast.

A close up of the shimmer!

Sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers 'Thinking of You'

This was done on watercolour paper and cut 

with a stitched die and adhered to  matching card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and join us this month. Love to see you in our Gallery.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!

Hello and Welcome to May. 

Oh yes we are nearly half way through the year

and isn't it scary how time is just flying by!

You know what that means - it's our

Watercolour Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

and we are looking for HAPPY  as our

Optional Twist this month.

I made this card a little while ago while playing with

my fascination for Nuvo Shimmer Powders.

I used Cherry Bomb and Green Parade

on water colour paper. I inked randomly

using an acetate sheet to colour in the floral image

I heat embossed my

 STAMPlorations In Bloom Precious Plumerias

twice giving it a shadow effect.

Sentiment is from Pink & Maine.

Attached to white card base and I'm done.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping by - 

What if Nothing Ever Changed?

Today is April Fool's Day but I'm not fooling you

'cause it really is the first of many Challenges each Month

 over at Happy Little Stampers 

It is of course our Watercolour Challenge.

 Here is what we are looking for this month

if you choose to do our Optional Twist.

 My play time was very limited in March 

so I rummaged through my 'Bits Box'

to find something watercoloured brightly

and found the piece I used above.

It has a mixture of my favourite products - 

Brusho's, Magicals, Nuvo Shimmer Powders

and thrown on was some Art Alchemy Metallic Paints

and good old Inka Gold.

I added some script from Kaisercraft

then carefully tore it in 3 then adhered to

my white card base.

I went looking for a nice butterfly stamp

and found this one - an oldie but goodie from Gina K.

This was heat embossed and then coloured 

with some of the above products and fussy cut.

Added a few drops of Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Before popping it I cut out a few small MB ringlet dies.

Finished with my STAMPlorations sentiment.  

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created

and come join us this month in our Gallery.

Love to see you there.

Thanks for dropping in

UPDATE! We have a New Designer joining the Team
and it's the most amazingly talented colouring Artist -
 Gwendolyn Goh
A lot of you will have already seen her talents in Blogland
and I feel so lucky to again be working with her here.
A HUGE Welcome to the Team Gwendolyn.

It's Your Day to Shine.

We're marching in to March already and that means

A New Water Colour challenge over at

Happy Little Stampers

Our Optional Twist for March is

I've certainly gone all misty here

playing with my limited Lindy's Sprays.

I sprayed Gecko Green and Witches Potion Purple 

with Tim's Mermaid Lagoon Distress Stain

 with water on to acetate
and adding to my watercolour paper.

I then heat embossed my sentiment in white and stars from

STAMPlorations in Memento Eldenberry.

Also flicked some iridescent medium to the background,

cut out with a stitched die and adhered to white card base.

Here's a closer look at the Sentiment.

Pop on over to Our Blog and check out what
my Teammates created and come join us this month.
Love to see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for popping in

Make a Wish

It's a New Month and time for a 

New Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers

Here's how I made my card.

I recently got a new Feathery stamp/die set from

STAMPlorations and had to try them out.

First I lightly sprayed my Lindy's Sprays in

Gecko Green and blotted to leave a soft colour.

Heat embossed with green pearl powder on the feathers and

blended the same colour as above.

I inked my watercolour paper with 

Lindy's Tiffany Lou Blue and die cut.

To add my metallic effect I added

Stampendous Embossing Enamel in

Aged Copper to the tips.

The one feather was popped.

Added some gold splatters and

Nuvo Copper Penny Drops.

Finished with a MFT die cut sentiment

from the same set.

Adhered to coloured card base.

Pop over and see what my Team Mates created.

Hope you get to play with us this month

and see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.