HLS Stencil April

Oops! I scheduled the wrong time for this post, so it’s a little bit late! I’m blaming the medication for brain fog!

 Welcome to the fourth of this month's challenges at Happy Little Stampers., the Stencil challenge.

I recently did one of Eileen Godwin's workshops on Facebook and afterwards made this card as a more simplified version, but using the same techniques.

 

To start I smooshed Distress Oxides onto a craft mat sprayed with water and mopped up with the card, repeating with different colours until I was happy with the result. Then sponged through a Tracy Scott stencil with Versafine Clair ink.  Some gold pen scribbling round the petals and a sentiment added completed the card.

Do check out all the inspiration on the challenge blog.

HLS Christmas in April

Welcome back to the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. As always it is Anything Goes but the optional twist this month is Under the Tree.

I'm not sure whether this fits the theme or is just a tree! I found this tiny stamp in my box of Christmas NBUS. Please remind me that I do NOT need to buy any more Christmas stamps!) I think it was a fairly old magazine freebie.

It started out as a very CAS card, but I had to add the bling as the black stars did nothing for me.

Somehow I doubt that I'll ever use it again!

There's a whole heap of inspiration on the challenge blog from my fellow teamies. Why don' you join in and get a head start on those Christmas cards - you know it makes sense!

HLS Watercolour April

Another month has flown by and it's time for the new HLS watercolour challenge. As always it is anything goes.

 

I have used a new stamp that has been sitting on my desk since before Christmas. I have to thank Darnell for enabling me!

I watercoloured it with some Whit Knights paints that had been mixed for another project - waste not, want not!

I added some splatters and a Uniko sentiment before matting onto some matching purple card.

Be sure to check out the challenge blog for more inspiration.

Rudolph Day April

Thank you all for your good wishes and comments on my post about lack of making. But without further ado its time for another Rudolph Day!

I used a NBUS Tim Holtz Stamp Set that fell into my basket last September! The border is a Penny Black die. 

Now that the meds have kicked in I am able to do a lot more but do still have to pace myself. It’s easy to  overdo things!

Perfectly Cas

It's time for aa new challenge at Perfectly Cas and this month we have a reallly easy theme for you - Birthday!

 

 

I decided to use the middle third of the card and stamped a row of cactus plants around the sentiment. I used the Misti, which meant I could stamp all the images at once.The stamp is an HLS one.

 

I added two score lines above and below the images to add a bit of definition, then coloured them with Polychromos pencils.

I look forward to seeing all your cas cards and if you need more inspiration pop over to the challenge blog.
 

 

Painting Collage

I haven't been doing much crafting for the last few weeks other than DT work and my online Zoom art class, as I have been feeling rather unwell, very stiff, achy and tired. Last week I decidd enough was enough and got on to the GP who ordered a blood test ehich I had Friday morning. Friday afternoon I got a call with the results and a prescripton. I have been diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica, and I have to admit I had never heard of it. Anyway I'm now on steroids for at least a year and after only one dose I found it easier to turn over and get out of bed this morning!

Anyway to make up for my lack of cards I thought I'd show you some of the artwork I've done at the Zoom classes.

Hopefully once the meds have really kicked in I'll be back to cardmaking!

HLS Stencil Challenge

Welcome back to another HLS Stencil Challenge.

 

 

As always it is anything goes. I have used a stencil from Uniko that has been sitting in my stash foor sometime.

 

I used various distresss oxides to ink through the stencil. The sentiment is from a large slimline set from Simon Says Stamp. Another fairly simple and quick card. Do try to join us and check out the rest of the makes on the challenge blog as well

HLS Christmas Angel

Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge for March. 

 

 

The optional twist of angels is really easy or at least that's what I thought until I realised I didn't possess a single image of an angel. Not to be beaten I searched for some digi stamps and certainly found some but none I liked. Next stop the Silhouette store where I found just what I wanted.

I cut the angel out from some gold shimmer card and used the same card as a mat. The white mat is cut with a Penny Black die. I added a strip of gold printed vellum with the first two lines of Silent Night under the angel.

There's lots more inspiration if you need it on the challenge blog

HLS Watercolour Hare

It's time for the March challenge at Happy Little Stampers. There are no optional twists this year and I'm finding it really hard to think of what to do.

 This is my second attempt. The first went in the bin! I started by making a Brusho background in blues and yellow. When it was dry I stamped the Pink Ink Hare in Versafine Clair Nocturne and added some extra colour to his ears. I still wasn't happy with it so used some of the smaller stamps from the set to fill in the background.

I added a blue mat and called it finished.  Do pop over to the challenge blog and see what my fellow team mates have come up with.

Rudolph Day February

I originally made this card with the intention of entering it into both Rudolph Day and Cas Christmas challenge. But then found when I went to post it that I was too late, and I'm nearly too late for Rudolph as well. This short month has really caught me out!

 I love this Little Claire Designs stamp, sadly they are no longer trading. It makes such perfect cas cards. I'm also going to share at Addicted to Cas, where the theme is Animals.