HLS Christmas - Moose Greetings

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge for December! 

The optional theme for this challenge is to use festive animals. 

I chose a holiday moose stamp for my card. I stamped the moose once and fussy cut it. I stamped it again on making paper and then stamped the image three more times on the card front, slightly changing the height of each moose. They were coloured and I stencilled a sun and some clouds behind the images. A piece of white glitter paper was cut on an angle to use as the snow. Two parts of a holiday sentiment were placed at the bottom before the card front was adhered to a black mat and then a blue card base. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers and show us your Christmas creations. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Full Front Shaker Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge for December! 

This is always an anything goes challenge as long as the theme is birthday. 

I created a full front shaker card. The background was made with alcohol inks and I placed a Waffle Flower shaker element around the card front. Purple and gold sequins were placed inside and that was sealed. The frame and birthday sentiment were hot foiled in gold and placed toward the top and a smaller heat embossed sentiment was added at the bottom. There is a lot going on with this card so I decided not to add anything else to it. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas -Winterberry Christmas

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge for November!

The optional theme is "Bah, Humbug".

I stamped a background and embossed it in silver. Markers were used to colour in the leaves and the berries. The sentiment was done in two parts - Merry was embossed in white on teal cardstock and Christmas was stamped and coloured. I added a piece of turquoise twine at the bottom before adhering the card font to several layers of coloured cardstock. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Multi-Layered Floral Birthday Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers November Birthday Challenge! 

This is always an anything goes challenge, as long as the theme is birthday. 

I saw a card similar to this one on Pinterest and loved all the layers. I chose a blue and yellow colour scheme for my card. 

All the layers were cut (I had to figure out measurements for a larger card than what I usually make). The flowers and the sentiment were heat embossed and the flowers were coloured. The leaves were die cut and added under the flowers and some clear sparkles were coloured with a blue marker and added around the sentiment and the floral spray. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday cards!

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Blue Poinsettia Wreath

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge for the month of October. 

The optional theme for this challenge is to use stencils. 

I am heavily into my Christmas cards and have been for a while now. The poinsettias and leaves were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I chose blue as I love non-traditional colours for Christmas. The card base was inked with a light blue shade and I placed the snowflake background on top. The wreath is simple a hot foiled circle and I arranged the poinsettia pieces around that. A hot foiled sentiment was added in the centre, along with some blue metallic thread. I added some silver gems to each of the flowers to finish off this card. 

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas cards. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Golden Arch Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Birthday Challenge for October! 

This is always an "anything goes" challenge, as long as the theme is birthday.

I used one of my favourite colour schemes for my card - purple and teal. The arch was die cut from gold glitter cardstock and I also die cut a lace background from white cardstock. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut (I needed two sets of them...) and the sentiment was hot foiled in gold. The lace background was adhered behind the arch and I inked the edges of the card with teal ink before adding the arch. The flowers were arranged around the arch and I placed the sentiment at the side along with some gold metallic thread. Gold gems were added around the arch to finish off this pretty card. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have two weeks to link up with this challenge. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Snow Adorable

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge for the month of September! 

This is always an anything goes challenge but the optional theme this month is a snow globe. 

I have only one snow globe type of stamp set so that's what I used. 

The snowman image was stamped and coloured. That was set behind a snow globe and turned into a shaker with fine "snow" inside. I embossed the background using a snowflake embossing folder and adhered that to a black mat and then a turquoise card base. A few black enamel dots were added around the sentiment.

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Purple Crocus Stems

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Birthday where it's always an anything goes challenge (theme must be birthday). 

I created the background of my card using a jar of Lindy's Magical Powders. Those powders are amazing - what you see in the jar is definitely not what you get! I ended up with this gorgeous blue and emerald coloured shimmery background. I trimmed that piece down and put two cardstock mats behind it. The flowers were die cut and inked and I added them to an inked partial circle on the left side. A small sentiment was stamped and placed at the bottom. Some clear dew drops were placed around the flowers and the sentiment. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Have Your Elf a Merry Christmas

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Challenge! 

This is always an anything goes challenge for Christmas but the optional theme this month is "elf". 

I pulled out a set of elf dies and went to work die cutting and assembling the smallest pieces ever! Once the elf was assembled, I used a stencil for the background and inked that with two shades each of red and green. I applied a clear glitter gel over top and set it aside to dry. The ovals were die cut and I added green ink around the edges. The elf was adhered to the oval and I stamped and added a punny sentiment at the bottom. Some clear sequins were placed around the elf image to finish off this card. 

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas projects.

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Time to Celebrate

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge where it is always anything goes with a birthday theme. 

This card has more detail on it than what you see at first glance. 

The background was die cut with a stitched coverplate die and I die cut a second piece in white. That piece was cut to fit in the centre of the background but also arranged so the pattern would line up. I added a piece of white cardstock behind the white die cut piece and adhered that to the base with craft foam. The flower was stamped, stencilled and die cut and added to the white die cut background. I placed a hot foiled sentiment across the bottom and tucked the edge under the flower stem. Some gold glitter gems were added and I also added some clear Stills on the links of the flowers to finish off this pretty card. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Joy Wreath

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Christmas for the month of July! 

The optional theme this month is "twinkle".

I used some shimmery cardstock for the flowers and silver foil paper for the leaves so that's the shimmer (twinkle) component. The wreath elements were all die cut and arranged around a silver embossed sentiment on vellum. I embossed the white background with a holly embossing folder and adhered it to a turquoise border and then to the white card base. A silver gem was placed in the centre of each poinsettia and I added Liquid Pearls to the berry branches. 

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Acetate Leaf Front Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Birthday Challenge. 

This is always an anything goes challenge as long as the theme is birthday. 

I saw a card similar to this one on Pinterest and wanted to try it myself. I cut the card base approx. halfway down and also cut a narrow piece for the bottom. I used a stitched die to add interest to both of those pieces. A leaf die was cut several times and I arranged the pieces on the back of the card. I had to add a few extra images along the sides to fill in the gaps. A piece of acetate was placed over those leaves and I glued more leaf images on the back to hide all of the adhesive. The flowers and leaves were die cut and I added them to the leaves. A heat embossed sentiment was placed just above the acetate. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Penguins

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge!

This is always an anything goes challenge but the optional theme this month is to create a scene. 

I pulled out an adorable penguin stamp set from Gina K. Designs for my card. I stamped, coloured and die cut the penguins, the sled and the presents with a candy cane. The background of the card was stamped with snowflakes and heat embossed before I added blue ink to create a sky. The snowbanks were die cut and I arranged the sled and the penguins accordingly. I coloured in a shadow under each image and added a sentiment at the bottom. The edges of the hills were covered with Stickles to create some shine. 

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Purple Floral Arch Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge! 

I always need birthday cards so I just love this challenge - it forces me to make birthday cards on a regular basis. 

This one was a lot of fun - so many elements to it. I started with a hot foiled background and die cut an arch shaped from both white cardstock and the outline from black glitter foam. The white piece was lightly inked along the edges and the foam piece was placed on top. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut and arranged around the arch. The sentiment was die cut from both white cardstock and more black glitter foam and adhered across the centre of the arch. I added some purple gems to finish off this pretty card. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Two Trees

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge!

This is always an anything goes challenge but the optional theme for this month is Trim the Tree.

This is actually the second card I made for this challenge - the first one was truly a disaster! I ink blended a sunset with Distress Oxide inks and added two white panels at the bottom to simulate snow. I blended more panels with green inks and die cut the tree images. Once the trees were arranged, I added various colours of Stickles to the branches. The sentiment was adhered at the bottom and I added a star at the top. 

Come and join us at HSL Christmas and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - One Year Older Shaker Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge! 

The theme for this challenge is always birthdays and anything goes! 

I created a birthday shaker card. The centre circle was die cut and lightly inked in blue with the sentiment stamped in a darker shade of blue. I also stamped a circular birthday sentiment in dark pink for the outside. The floral spray was die cut and assembled as one piece. I embossed the background and adhered it with foam tape to the card base so the shaker would sit even with the other pieces. The floral spray was adhered on an angle while still allowing the inside sentiment to be visible. 

Come and join us at HLS Birthday and show us your birthday projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Christmas - Believe Ornament Card

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Challenge!

This is always an anything goes challenge with an optional theme - this month, that theme is Jingle Bells. 

I didn't have anything related to jingle bells so I had to choose another alternative. I went with a large ornament. 

The ornament was die cut in three colours and I used the inlay technique to place some small pieces back into the openings. I die cut a detailed snowflake background and used a medium blue sheet of cardstock behind that. The ornament was adhered to the centre of the card with a silver string at the top. The sentiment was stamped in two shades of blue and added at the bottom. A few clear sparkles were placed around the ornament to finish off the card. 

Come and join us at HLS Christmas and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month the link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Rainbow Glitter Card

Welcome to Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge! 

This is always an anything goes challenge with a birthday theme. 

I chose to make a glittery but simple card this month. I blended three Distress Oxide colours on a full background. Using a maze stencil, I inked over that with black DO ink and then brushed clear glitter gel on top. I also ink blended a panel from which the sentiment was die cut. Once the background was dry, I adhered it to a piece of black cardstock and also die cut a black shadow for the sentiment. I added some silver metallic thread under the sentiment and also coloured a few glitter gems which were added around the centre (they are hard to see in the photo). 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers Birthday and show us your birthday creations! 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

 

HLS Christmas - Cool Holiday Greetings

 Welcome to Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Challenge. 

This is always an anything goes challenge although there is an optional element that can be included. This month, that element is to use a candy cane. 

I don't have any images of candy canes... so I chose to use red and white candy cane striped background paper. I also coloured the sled base in red and white to simulate a candy cane. 

The images were stamped, coloured and die cut and I also die cut two pieces of white cardstock for the snowbanks. The sentiment was stamped and die cut using stitched rectangles. This was a pretty easy card overall. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers and show us your Christmas projects. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

HLS Birthday - Blue and Turquoise Plaid with Vellum Leaves

 Welcome back to Happy Little Stampers - Birthday Challenge! After a two month break, it's good to be back and we hope you will join in our challenge. 

This is always an anything goes challenge but with a birthday theme. 

I always need masculine birthday cards and I find them so difficult to create... I chose a colour scheme of turquoise and blue for my card. The plaid background was stencilled and I die cut two stitched rectangle frames. One was used for the border of the card and I cut the other one into long strips and inked them using the same ink I used for the stencilling. Two angled frames were die cut and then cut in half. The inside of the circle die was inked with blue ink to provide more emphasis before I adhered the foiled sentiment on top. The leaves were die cut from vellum and adhered around the circle. I added a few sequins to finish off the card. 

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers - Birthday and show us your birthday creations! 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson