HLS May 2022 CAS Challenge~Blend...Oh, Happy Day Ice Cream Mouse Mini - No Blend Copic Colouring

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Welcome to Happy Little Stampers May 2022 CAS Challenge, where this month's inspiration is "Blend". While many of us will lean towards ink blending, blend offers other directions you might consider; a blend of ingredients/drinks pops to mind. Baking/cocktails/coffee/tea, anyone? Kylie has another great blend example on the blog: consonant blends, where two letters are sounded as one: FLowER, THanks. Lots of words to use! Blending tools/inks or beyond...as long as a blend is involved, we'll be delighted to see you in the gallery!

My card is a twist on blend; namely, wonderful Yana Smakula's blend free Copic colouring technique. I love this style, especially with this adorable image from Colorado Craft Co. 

An ice cream cone the size of me would definitely make my day happy! LOL!

Looking forward to seeing how *BLEND* inspires you!

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Color Hues Challenge #40~Blue and Tan (Light Brown)...Apron Cards

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Happy May 1st (already!!) and a warm welcome to Color Hues Challenge #40, where I'm inviting you to use hues of blue and tan over the next two weeks. 

Two cards to share, using products from Canada's own Pigment Craft Co: the Apron Strings stamps/dies, along with the Cozy Stitches and Dashed Diamonds cover plates. The aprons on both cards lift up, leaving plenty of space to write a message. This design style means no real need to add the panel to a regular card base (of course, you could, if you wanted).

I used the dots from the stamp set to decorate this apron:  

 For this one, I die cut and adhered all the little hearts. Yes, yes I did! Took no time, thanks to adding Die Cut 'n Bond to the back of my cardstock. Once the hearts were 'sticker-fied', they were quick and easy to place. 

No sentiments on the front, leaving them open for a variety of occasions. 

Please visit the blog, where you'll see amazing inspiration from my talented team using this combination.

Looking forward to a gallery filled with blue and tan/light brown! 

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This challenge will be open until May 14th @ 9AM!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live.

The overall winner will have the opportunity to be a 

future Guest Designer!

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Inkspirational Challenge #264~Word Prompt - BARK...BARK! Translation: I Love You (A Lot!)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #264, where BARK is our Word Prompt for the next two weeks. Plenty of directions to explore with this prompt and we know you'll dazzle us with your creativity!

Of course, I *had* to go dog-version with my card, creating a dog-speak background (all products Lawn Fawn) for my star of the show, Lily, my mini schnauzer! She speaks BARK incredibly well! 

Check out my fabulous team's takes on BARK, then join us in the gallery with yours.

Marina (taking a break), Pia, Marlena, Lindsey 

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Just Us Girls #630~WILD CARD Week...Tri-Fold Sunshine and Rainbows (Concord & 9th)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #630, where our lovely hostess, Lisa K., invites us to make a tri-fold card as this week's *wild* inspiration! Hard to believe we're this close to May...and 1/3 through 2022! 

My talented team, as well as our fabulous April guest designer, Mac Mable, have created some AWE-mazing tri-fold/z-fold cards! Truly, works of art.

Mine is not one of them!! 

As this is my first tri-fold, I sought out the inspiration from card-making, crafting pro, Jennifer McGuire. One of her cards used Concord & 9th products I have and that was it: I totally cased her. Totally! 

I'll try this technique again at some point and aim to be far more inventive! For now, I'm happy with the way this initial attempt worked out. If I can tri- or z- fold, so can YOU!

See you in the gallery!

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Just Us Girls Challenge #629~PHOTO INSPIRATION Week...Choose to Shine and Smile

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #629, hosted by our lovely Cécile, who has selected this delightful painted rocks photo as this week's inspiration. Cheery colors, encouraging words, pretty patterns...so many possibilities. 

Mac Mable, our April guest designer, and the team have been wonderfully creative with their takes on the image. Please check them out, leave them some love, then play along with us. 

Pretty obvious which rocks caught my eye! Both makes are little note cards that my sister-in-law can tuck into my niece and nephew's lunches. Bits of fun to brighten up their day! The smile and circle dies are from My Creative Time; the sun, jazzy glasses, clouds and sentiment are from Paper Smooches (we need them to come back!!). 

Looking forward to seeing how you *ROCK* this challenge! 

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Color Hues Challenge #39~Purple and Green...It's An Add-to-Cart Kind of Day (Becky Roberts/Shopping Cart)

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Welcome to Color Hues Challenge #39, where sweet Tracey invites us to play with hues of Purple and Green for the next two weeks. Those of you who love flowers will be happy dancing that green is part of this fabulous pairing.

Yes, I am on a roll with my Becky Roberts/Spellbinders Shopping Cart die and add-ons. Indeed, this is my second version shared today! Sorry...okay, not really sorry! Love the collection and it just makes sense to use what we love, right? Right! Plus, it fits with all kinds of colour combinations....

My team has created awesome cards with this combination; please visit and, if you have time, share some love.

Looking forward to a gallery filled with purple and green delights!

This challenge will be open until April 28th @ 9AM!

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge goes live.

The overall winner will have the opportunity to be a 

future Guest Designer!

Thank you for dropping by!

Inkspirational Challenge #263~Technique Challenge - Watercolour... Quintet of Missees

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #263, where *Watercolour* is our Technique Challenge for the next two weeks. Watercolour offers a wide variety of possibilities, so if you've used inks and water in any fashion, we look forward to seeing you in the gallery!

Watercolour: ACK! Just not my thing because I just can't get the colours right, or the blending, or...well, any aspect of it down to an art. BUT, I tried...using a quintent of Missees.  I'll grade myself an A+ for effort (I mean, who choses to watercolour faces when she doesn't have a clue how to do so! Pick me!) and a generous C for the results. I like parts of what I've done but lots of practice (or not! HA!) needed. Yes, I should have 'outlined' then with background shading or a wash of some nature, however...by the time I was done, I'd reached my limit. Besides, I didn't want to mess up any more than I already had! 

Check out my fabulous team's watercoloured delights, then join us in the gallery with yours.

Marina, Pia, Marlena, Lindsey 

PS. New Missees collection has been released and the stamps are awesome...but they require colouring of some nature (and likely fussy cutting...another stretch for me)! Oh dear! Still...I am a Missees fan! May need to up my creative game!

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