Less is More #495 – Thinking of You

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Happy Saturday everyone. It’s time for a new challenge over at LIM. The challenge is to create using the theme : Colour Challenge – Blue, Pink & White.

Today’s card features Stampendous – Hydrangea Tin stamp coloured with a combination of Distress inks. Altnew watercolor pencils and Art Philosophy – Metallic watercolors.

It’s so difficult to see the pretty shine but I hope this clos-up helps.

The frame is from Altnew Fine Frames Cover Die and the sentiment is Gina K -Peaceful Friends set stamped on the heart from Sizzix – Tags die.

Please head over to our blog and check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Happy crafting

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

PIP Challenge 2340

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge – Words Challenge

Cut it Up Challenge #289 ~ Add a Sentiment

Stamping Sensations October challenge – Autumn Colours or Anything Goes

Have a Fabulous Birthday (PB Saturday Challenge)

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Just a reminder about the September Challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge!  The theme  is  Anything Goes (Optional – Halloween Bingo).

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome

Today’s card features this fun PB – The Lookout stamp. An old favourite.

I’m back with another non- Halloween card! 🙂 I used the Bingo prompts. So be sure to enter even if Halloween is not for you!!

After stamping and Distress Ink watercolouring, the main image was cut using a circle die. The pot of flowers was stamped again and fussy cut.

It was added to a square card base along with a strip of dark blue card. Wink of Stella gave the curtain and the flowers a bit of shimmer! So difficult to see but pretty IRL!

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time !

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Stamping Sensations October challenge – Autumn Colours or Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge – Week 751 Autumn Colours 🟧 🟫 🟨 or Anything Goes

PIP Challenge 2341

We Love Stamping October challenge – Mood Board or Anything Goes

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – October

The Card Concept #200 {Autumn Chill}

Make a Wish

Hello and welcome

Today I am sharing a background I made after watching a video by Jennifer McGuire.

I started by ink blending Distress inks, then blended over a variety of stencils using different colours. To finish I stamped a floral image and stencilled some past in sections.

I was so pleased with how pretty it looked.

After adding to the card front, I added the sentiment die from IO dies and a narrow strip of silver card to finish the edges.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a good day and stay safe!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

AAA Cards Game 250- Ink blending with 3 or more colours

PIP Challenge 2340

Allsorts October Challenge – Add some texture

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – October

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

Less is More #494 -May today be filled with SUNSHINE

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Happy Saturday everyone. It’s time for a new challenge over at LIM. The challenge is to create using the theme: One Layer Card – Hell0 Sunshine.

This week it is a ONE LAYER card so I started by stamping the pup from SSS Chillin’ Frenchies. I fell in love with these fun pups when it came out in 2019.

After stamping the area was masked off and ink blended using a sunray stencil before the cool pup was watercoloured.

It was then time to stamp the sentiments – SSS – Circle Sayings, MFT – Sweet Forest Friends and

Please head over to our blog and check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Happy crafting

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Stamping Sensations October challenge – Autumn Colours or Anything Goes

We Love Stamping October challenge – Mood Board

PIP Challenge 2340

Retro Rubber Challenge 217 | Anything Goes!

This Season Always Make Me Think of You and Smile (HLS – Dies)

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We’re back with a new challenge over at Happy Little Stampers –  Anything Goes with Dies – October .   As always, anything goes in this challenge. So, I hope you’ll find time in  your busy life to join in the fun this month!

My card features MFT – Winter Songbird stamp set. Images were copic coloured and fussy cut.

The stars are MFT – Star Stax and the centre die cut is MFT -Stitched Mod Squares Die cut from vellum.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and heat embossed in gold.

Time to head over to our blog to check out the great work by the rest of the Design Team!

I look forward to seeing what you create this month!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Have a good day and stay safe!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Time Out Challenge 248 – Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement – Optional Free Digi!

MFT – Sketch Challenge

MFT – Color Challenge

MFT – Ready Set Christmas Challenge

AAA Card Challenges #250: Colorful Inkblending and a DT call

Sweet Wishes – Happy Birthday(PB Saturday Challenge)

I would like to thank everyone over at PIP Challenge 2339 for selecting my card for an Honourable Mention. I really appreciate it.

Hello and welcome

I’m back with the October Challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge!  The theme  is  Anything Goes (Optional – Halloween Bingo).

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome

Today’s card features this very cute PB – Hopping By stamp. An old favourite.

I don’t celebrate Halloween so decided to work with the Bingo game to create a birthday card.

After watercolouring and fussy cuttin it was added to the panel die cut using PB – Simple Stackers die set.

The balloon is from MFT – Blueprint 16 die set and the die cut sentiment is PB – Sweet Wishes die.

The sentiment is an old one from Verve stamps that I’ve had for years.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time !

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas October Challenge – Use A  Layer Die Set or be sure to Layer a die cut on another die cut.

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #54 – Favourite Colours

Addictd to Stamps and More Challenge #455 – Die Cuts and/or Stencils

We Love Stamping October challenge – Mood Board

PIP Challenge 2339

Love & hugs (HLS – Watercolour Challenge)

Hello again

Welcome to a new challenge at HLS Watercolour Challenge for october 2023. As always it’s Anything Goes with the option this month of Tropical. Just be sure it features watercolour. So easy to join in!

My card features HA – Swirl Stencil, then second generation stamping of HA – Friendship background stamp. The edges were inked in Sotress inl.

HA – Sunburst Bold Print was heat embossed onto vellum and trimmed.

HA – Floral Rose stem was heat embossed and watercoloured using Distress ink before being fussy cut and added to a circle die cut featuring matching stencilling, a sentiment from the set as well as some gold thread.

(This little stamp set is a firm favourite since I purchased it about 3 or 4 years ago. I’ve used it on so many cards and tags.)

The circle lies up with the circle vellum.

Please head over to our blog and check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments.

Stay safe

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero September Challenge – I’ll Be There For You.

Time Out Challenge 248 – Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement – Optional Free Digi!

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Retro Rubber Challenge 216 | Tic Tac Toe! (watercolour, circles, die cut)

Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge – SHAPES