Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer December 2016

Wow, it is December already.  Hard to believe that the year is almost over.

We have a special challenge at Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer this month.  Half of the design team is putting their CASE cards up again for another opportunity for you to CASE.

Perhaps you missed a card the first time around....or you liked CASEing something so much, you want to try it again.

Whatever your approach, I hope you will play along with us this month.

Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers CASE the Designer blog to see all the possible inspiration cards, and happy crafting.

And, on a personal note, this is my last month posting as a designer on the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer Challenge.  My current DT term ends this month and I have decided not to renew due to lack of time and too many competing priorities.  I expect to play along next year as a participant in the revamped version of this challenge as a Water Coloring challenge.  I've loved my time on the Happy Little Stampers team, and want to thank Kylie and all my teammates for putting up with me.

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Time Out #70...Reminder...Celebrate

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is a home sweet home challenge where we have this photo to inspire you.

There are so many ways to be inspired by this photo--the gold butterfly on the wall, pink sofa, pillows, the geometric pattern on the mirror, the roses in the left corner, or perhaps the birdcage on the floor?

I chose to take my inspiration from the large gold butterfly dominating the wall in the photo.  As I did not have a butterfly stamp or die big enough to be the kind of focal point I was thinking of, I decided to randomly stamp gold butterflies all over my card front.  I used my favorite butterfly from the Happy Little Stampers Butterfly Birthday set.

I am also entering this card at Anything Goes with HLS Stamps.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Hazel, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.

This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer November 2016

Wow, it is November already.  Hard to believe that the year is almost over.

We have a special challenge at Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer this month.  Half of the design team is putting their CASE cards up again for another opportunity for you to CASE.

Perhaps you missed a card the first time around....or you liked CASEing something so much, you want to try it again.

Whatever your approach, I hope you will play along with us this month.

I am reposting the card I provided when it was my turn to post the inspiration card in April.

Here is a link to the original post, with more information about how I made this card.

Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers CASE the Designer blog to see all the possible inspiration cards, and happy crafting.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer October 2016...Birthday Wishes

Hello and happy October.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Birgit.  Take a look at this gorgeous inspiration card.

Birgit's Inspiration Card

I love the vintage-backgrounds that Birgit often creates for her cards, and I tried to so something similar on my card.  I started with a Soft Stone card front and stamped a text background stamp repeatedly over the entire page in very pale grey ink.  I added some snowflakes in Stormy Sea ink, stamped off once.

I also was inspired by the bird focal point on Birgit's card, and so that is what I used on my card.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of October.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer September 2016...Happy Birthday

Hello and happy September.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Åsa.  Take a look at this gorgeous inspiration card.

I was inspired by Asa's colored bird, her theme of happy birthday with a big 'happy' and also the focal point on a die cut circle.

I used my Technique Tuesday Chickadees, lightly colored with Copics.  I die cut a stitched circle, and then inlaid it back into the card front, after popping up the card front with foam tape.  I wanted a little bit of added dimension to the card.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of September.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer August 2016...Wishing You a Beautiful Day

Hello and happy August.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Gloria.  Take a look at this gorgeous inspiration card.

I was inspired by Gloria's masking, as well as how she placed her sentiment in the white space of her focal point.

I created a mask of a butterfly using computer paper, and then stamped many overlapping butterflies all around my card front.  When I removed the mask, I had a nice white butterfly shaped space to put my sentiment.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of August.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer July 2016...Just a Note To Say Hello

Hello and happy July.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Carol.  Take a look at this adorable inspiration card.

I was inspired by the adorable critter in a window as well as the scene behind the critter and Carol's sentiment placement.

I used PTI Hello Foxy, and paper pieced the fox.  I cut a window in the card using a die from PTI Sending You, and then created my background behind the fox using some patterned paper with constellations on it and some itty bitty cloud die cuts.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of July.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer June 2016...Mother's Love

Hello and happy May.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Ramat.  Take a look at this gorgeous inspiration card.

I was inspired by Ramat's beautiful pink flower and her silver embossing.

I used Altenew Wild Hibiscus stamps.  After heat embossing them in silver, I colored the flowers and leaves with colored pencils, then fussy cut them.

I added some woodgrain texture to my card front, before adhering the flowers and leaves.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of June.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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CASology Week #198: Stencil

This is my second post today.  If you are looking for my ColourQ post, please click here.

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is
Stencil.

I used a stencil from Stamplorations to create a backdrop for my butterfly focal point.

To create greater interest in my stencilled area, I first sponged a light coating of Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, then sponged the same ink color over the same area using the Stamplorations Stencil.

I am also entering this card at Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes.

Now, it's your turn.  How does STENCIL inspire you?  I hope you play along this week. Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Ardyth

Diedre

Hannelie

Hazel

Jacquie

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Judy

Kymona 

Melissa

Sherrie

Tracey

Guest Designer:  Shelly

We are sponsored this week by Stamplorations

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Happy Little Stampers Case The Designer May 2016...Happy Mother's Day

Hello and happy May.  I'm here to post a card for Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer challenge.

Our inspiration this month is provided by Melissa.  Take a look at this gorgeous inspiration card.

I was inspired by Melissa's dark card base, her use of embossing paste, and her watercoloring.

I used a floral stencil from Stamplorations and white embossing paste on an Enchanted Evening card front.

After my embossing paste dried, I did a rough water coloring over the white paste.  I stamped and white heat embossed my sentiment, fussy cut it, and then popped it up with foam tape.

Our challenge will run for the entire month of May.  I hope you will play along.  Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Case the Designers blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

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