Happy Little Stampers Watercolor December – Anything Goes

Posted on November 30, 2017 by melissadawnlane

I’m very happy to be back with you for this month’s HLS Watercolor challenge.

This is a sad post for me, as I will be stepping down from Happy Little Stampers after this month. I am so thankful to my teammates and especially Kylie for their friendship and support over the past 2 1/2 years. Ladies, I count myself blessed to be able to call you friends.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Here’s my card using Doodled Flowers.

I used Kylie’s fun flowers as snowflakes.

Here’s some music for you to enjoy if you’d like:

I heat embossed the flowers and then added blue Brusho crystal color.

I hope that you enjoyed your visit.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy Little Stampers Products:

Doodled Flowers

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Happy Little Stampers Watercolor November – Tag

Posted on October 31, 2017 by melissadawnlane

I’m very happy to be back with you for this month’s HLS Watercolor challenge.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Here’s my card, and coordinating tag, using multiple HLS Mix Mash.

I used a bit of die cutting, heat embossing and, of course, watercoloring, to create this birthday card and the tag.

I hope that you enjoyed your visit.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Happy Little Stampers Watercolor October – Gold

Posted on September 30, 2017 by melissadawnlane

I’m very happy to be back with you for this month’s HLS Watercolor challenge.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

I have 2 cards to share with you today.

Here’s my first card using multiple HLS products, Brusho Watercolor Crystals and a gold glass pen.

To make this card:

I made a stencil with a butterfly die and stamped in butterflies in the negative spaces of the stencil.
Removed the stencil and masked off the stamped images.
Sprinkled on red Brusho crystals.
Spritzed with water.
Allowed to the water dry and fussy cut the panel.
Added some gold accents with the glass pen.
Stamped, cut and added the sentiment.
Assembled the card with foam tape and snail adhesive.Here’s card#2. Comparatively, it’s a very CAS (Clean and Simple) card. I used stamps from Doodled Flowers.

I hope that you enjoyed your visit.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Places I’m Sharing Card #2:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

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Bold Birthday Sentiments

Happy Little Stampers April 2017 Mixed Media Challenge – Sprays

Posted on April 6, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m very happy to be here with you today with a card for Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge.

Our challenge:

This challenge is sponsored by

Here’s my card. Thinking Spring!

I used stamps from Happy Little Stampers’ Thinking of You

and Fun Birthday Sentiments.

I started this card by creating a smooshed blue and yellow Brusho Crystal Color background panel. Next, I used a butterfly die cut as a stencil and sponged on blue ink through the negative spaces. I stamped with the large script background stamp from Thinking of You stamp and the Happy Birthday in blue ink. I traced the large sentiment with white gel pen.

I started the panel with the Brushos last summer at the first HLS retreat in Swindon. I finished the card back at my house in Germany. I sprayed the panel with homemade blue alcohol ink and added blue gel pen around the stenciled butterfly. img_5888_edited-1