Happy Little Stampers June ATC Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the June

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for June is Christmas.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For this month's challenge I decided to go with a more traditional 

mixed media design.  The PEACE die cut is from Papertrey Ink and I cut it

from red foil cardstock.  I must admit it felt a little weird making Christmas

crafts in June but it was a change of pace from all the flowers and 

summer themed projects!

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a badge to display on their blog!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎄Lisa 🎄

Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge

over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Love" twist.
Here is my card for this month

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹

Happy Little Stampers May Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge

over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Happy" twist.
It't time to celebrate Mom in May so what better card
to make than a Happy Mother's Day card for the happy theme.
Here is my card for this month.

I'm loving this new die from Paper Smooches called Rad Roses!

I used pink and green Kuretake pearlescent paints on watercolor paper

and cut out the roses and leaves.  

I used gold foil card stock for the outlines of those beautiful roses.

The "mom" die cut is from Lil Inker and I used the gold foil card stock

again to match the outline of the roses.

The Happy Mother's Day sentiment is from a C.C. Designs stamp set

called All About Mom.

And last but not least, the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle frame is from

Kat Scrappiness and I layered it over a panel that I 

dry embossed with a rose embossing folder.

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹

Happy Little Stampers April ATC Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the April

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for April is Pretty Papers.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my ATC I decided to use a piece of pretty paper from the Julie Nutting

Tag pad.  I fell in love with that muted rose the minute I saw it!

I knew it needed some gold accents so I cut out the word love

from the Kat Scrappiness "I Love You Shadow Dies" in gold foil card stock.

The butterflies are Stampin Up punches and I love how they 

look layered on each other!

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a badge to display on their blog!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹 

Happy Little Stampers April Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge

over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Bright" twist.
Here is my card for this month.

After I made my card I realized that the twist this month was Bright.
Since I loved my card so much I decided to use it anyway.
It's not very bright but I do love the muted colors.

I used some gorgeous watercolor flowers from a fabulous 

website called Angie Makes.

She has some free clipart as well as some beautiful watercolor

clipart for sale.  I printed that beautiful flower out and cut it out

with my scan and cut.

I layered it on to some pretty gingham paper from Papertrey Ink

and a Stitched Hex Tag die from Reverse Confetti.

The Thank You word die is from Heidi Swapp.

Watercoloring is one of my loves but I'm not always very good

at it.  Using the pre-painted flowers is a fun way to still get that

whimsical look on your cards!

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

Happy Little Stampers March ATC Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the March

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for March is Hearts.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

Here is my ATC card for this month:

For my ATC this month I decided to use a brick embossing folder on

my card base and do some blending over it with Vintage Photo

Distress Oxide ink keeping it lighter in the middle.

I darkened the edges with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink 

to bring more focus to the center of the card.

Next I took some Barn Door Distress Ink and did

some ink blending on white card stock until it was nice and dark.

I then punched out 2 heart shaped die cuts out of it and

inked their edges with Black Soot to match the edges of the card.

My Tim Holtz sticker book had the perfect sentiment to tie

into this month's theme of hearts so I cut it

into smaller pieces and inked the edges as well.

To finish off my ATC card I tied red and brown twine

around the top of the card for a little more interest.

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a badge to display on their blog!

Have a great day, I already am!

❤️Lisa ❤️

Happy Little Stampers March Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge
over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Mist" twist.
Here is my card for this month.

For my card I decided to do some watercoloring with Distress Inks.

I used the Stitched Flowers dies from My Favorite Things and 

I watercolored a few panels with different combos of inks

and then cut out a bunch of flowers to play with.

I randomly paired them up so I'd have lots to choose

from and I picked my 3 most favorite flowers for my card.

For the base of my card I cut a piece of card stock from some PTI 

Hawaiian Shores. I used one of the dies from the 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies from Kat Scrappiness to 

place my flowers on.

For some added texture I embossed that panel with 

the Fancy Floral Coverplate also from Kat Scrappiness.

Before I added the flowers I misted the panel with some

distress ink splatters in Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers.

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

If you decide to go shopping at Kat Scrappiness for any of these products

don't forget to use my code Lisa10 to save 10% on your purchase!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

Happy Little Stampers February ATC Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the February

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for February is Stencils.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my ATC I decided to use the honeycomb stencils from Papertrey Ink and

blend 4 different colors of distress inks in yellows from light to dark.

I couldn't resist adding in a few cute bees from Paper Smooches 

and their pretty LOVE die in red foil card stock! 

Just in time for Valentine's Day!

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a badge to display on their blog!

Have a great day, I already am!

🐝Lisa 🐝 

❤️

Happy Little Stampers February Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge
over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Metallics" twist.
Here is my card for this month.

For my card I decided to do some watercoloring with Distress Inks and since the

theme this month is metallics I heat embossed my image with

gold embossing powder before I colored it.

I chose one of my favorite flower stamps from the 2018 Stamp-A-Faire

with Papertrey Ink. Betsy Veldman designed a beautiful stamp set called 

Painted Poppy and it is just perfect for watercoloring!

First I stamped the poppy with Versamark Ink onto a watercolor 

panel that I cut with a die from the My Favorite Things 

Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner.

Next I heat embossed the flower with WOW gold embossing powder.

I used 4 different distress inks in these colors for my flower:

Spun Sugar

Picked Raspberry

Old Paper

and

Crushed Olive

I also stamped the "thank you" sentiment from the Painted Poppy set in 

Crushed Olive distress ink to match the card.

For the base of my card I die cut a piece of paper from some PTI 

Rustic Cream card stock. I used the largest die from the 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies from Kat Scrappiness.

For some added texture I embossed that panel with 

a script patterned embossing folder.

I adhered the watercolor panel on the diagonal and finished 

off the card with some rustic twine.

I love using distress inks to watercolor, there are so

many gorgeous colors to play with!

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐

Happy Little Stampers ATC January Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for January is Vintage.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my vintage themed ATC I decided to use a large My Favorite Things script word stamp 

on the background of my card and do some stenciling over it with a Heidi Swapp decorative stencil.

For some extra interest to the background I stamped from vines from a Lawn Fawn

set and a rose in the bottom corner from Papertrey Ink.

The 4 hearts down the center were punched out of some script background patterned paper

also from Papertrey Ink and decorated with a 3-D rose on each.

To finish off my card I inked the edges of the card and the hearts

with Vintage Photo distress ink.

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a badge to display on their blog!

I am also very excited to announce that this month my daughter 

Taylor is joining us on the HLS ATC team and has designed her

very first gorgeous ATC card!

You can check out her card and all of her wonderful 

planner layouts on her blog here:

Pretty Paper Pieces 4 U

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹 

Happy Little Stampers January Watercolor Challenge

Hello crafty friends and Happy New Year!

Starting this month I am joining the Watercolor Design Team over at 

Happy Little Stampers.

I've been on the ATC challenge team for a while and since 

I enjoy Watercolors so much I decided to give that team a try as well!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Texture" twist.

For my card I decided to do some watercoloring with Distress Inks.

I started out by doing some ink blending with 3 different color distress inks.

I used Broken China, Twisted Citron and Worn Lipstick.

They are so pretty when they blend together!

After I blended them out I used the Simon Says Stamp

Outline Floral Frame to cut out a panel.

It really was so pretty to see where the colors came out among the flowers!

I backed that panel with vellum to soften the card.

For the main focal point I die cut the Simon Says Stamp

Devonshire Butterfly out of gold foil card stock and added foam tape to the back.

SO PRETTY!

To give a little more interest to the card I added some gold floss 

behind the butterfly in a random bunch.

For the sentiment I stamped Happy Birthday from the Essentials by Ellen

stamp set Wish Big.  I ALWAYS need birthday cards so this was an easy pick!

I watercolored the sentiment strip to match the floral die and adhered it to the butterfly.

I am so in love with watercolors, I love the soft random colors you 

can achieve depending on the amount of water you use.

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge this month!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🦋Lisa 🦋

Happy Little Stampers ATC December Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for December is Pets.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my pet themed ATC I decided to emboss the background of my card with a 

paw print embossing folder and paint it with some off white paint

followed by some soft inking in blue.

I added a cute little doggie from Pretty Pink Posh 

and a sentiment from My Creative Time!

To finish it off I added some cute red glittered hearts.

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop!

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER,

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Have a great day, I already am!

🐶Lisa 🐶

Happy Little Stampers ATC November Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for November is Sew (real of faux).  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my real of faux Sew ATC I decided to include some real AND faux stitching on my card.

I had a hand sewn yo-yo from my mom in my embellishment box and it was the 

perfect addition for this month's theme!

I added some fun faux stitching with the Button Boutique stamp set from Papertrey Ink and 

the adorable Handmade stamp panel was the perfect background for my sweet yo-yo!

The vintage heart button, lace trim and the 2 pearl stick pins were the 

perfect accents on this gorgeous little ATC card!

Be still my shabby little vintage heart!

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop!

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER,

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎄Lisa🎄

Happy Little Stampers ATC October Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

Every month Happy Little Stampers has an 

ATC challenge and the theme for October is Holiday.  

For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini

works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world.

Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my holiday ATC card this month I decided to made a mini Christmas card.

I mounted my chalkboard style sentiment onto a red and white 

polka dot glittered card stock background.

I also added some holly leaves with berries to the upper corner in some green and red glittered card stock.  It was a very glittery project and I might be cleaning up glitter for months.

😂😂😂

I hope you'll play along with us this month

 and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop!

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS 

AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER,

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Have a great day, I already am!

🎄Lisa🎄

Happy Little Stampers ATC September Challenge

Hello everyone!

I am back again with the 

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge.

 Every month Happy Little Stampers has an ATC challenge and the theme for September is Vintage!  For anyone who isn't familiar with ATC cards, they are mini works of art that measure 2.5" x 3.5" and are traded around the world. Usually they are numbered and signed on the back by the artist.

For my project I created an ATC card complete with a vintage sewing graphic, pretty lace, a piece of a vintage french dictionary page 

and a shabby flower. 

The sentiment is from a Tim Holtz 

idea-ology sticker book.

Here is the card I made for this challenge.

I hope you'll play along with us this month and enter the ATC challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers!

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! 

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Have a great day, I already am!

❦Lisa❦