Personal Impressions Robin Christmas card

Hello and welcome to the new Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. As usual, this is an anything goes as long as it's Christmas challenge but we have a fun twist to inspire you if you choose to take the challenge! Our twist this time is Nature so that gives you plenty of scope to choose from.

I used a very old Personal Impressions stamp from my stash, simply called 'Robin'

I stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed with clear EP, before watercolouring it with Zig Clear Colour Pens and a wet paintbrush.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and the white frame is from Studio Katia. I finished it off with glaze for the berries and little pearls.

You will find lots of inspiration from the team over on the HLS Blog and you can link your entry to the gallery over there.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #46 - anything Christmas goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' -March - anything goes

Double D Challenges - Watercolour

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

Personal Impressions Word Tree Christmas card

Hello there. Well the weather hereabouts is cold, grey and snowy but to my mind, that is a great excuse to get cosy in the craft room, so welcome back to a new challenge over at 

Our themes this time are

C- Clean

and or

D_ Distress

and our kind

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I went for a clean design that will be easy to mass produce and be light on postage charges.

1) Take a rectangle of white card and use a corner rounder on the bottom before stamping the word tree stamp from Personal Impressions Peace stamp set in red ink.

2) Use a glue pen on the pot bow and trim, and add glitter.

3) Mat onto red card and round the corners again before raising it onto the base card with fun foam.

4) Finish off by adding a couple of die cut bows from the Penny Black Little Ornaments die set, and a red pearl at the top of the tree.

There were 94 entries last month, so it seems like lots of people want to get a head start on next year's cards! Why don't you hop over to the blog to see some fabulous inspiration from my talented teamies and join in with us to get your pile started?

I'd like to play along at

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Use mainly red

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge # 23 - anything goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge #5 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Personal Impressions and Happy Little Stampers Christmas candle card

Hello there and welcome to the last Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge of 2017. Wow did 2017 go fast! 

Our optional fun twist this time is Christmas, so we all get another chance to add to the Christmas card pile. Not only that -

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

I came up with this traditional festive card 

1) Stamp the candle image from the Personal Impressions Robin and Candles stamp set onto watercolour paper with black ink,

2) Colour the image with Zig Clean Colour Real Brush watercolours in shades of red, green, and yellow.

3) Paint around the image with pale blue watercolour and let everything dry.

4)Stamp the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers Mixed Christmas Sentiments in PTI scarlet jewel ink, above the image.

5) Add some glue pen to the candle drips and sprinkle with some glitter.

6) Die cut a frame from scarlet jewel card using one of the Sue Wilson Classic Adorned Square Noble dies, and use it to frame the image.

7) Layer everything onto the square base card and add a little bow in the top right corner.

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the HLS blog, and I hope you will join in with us this time. Remember the twist is optional and you can enter any watercolour project you choose.

I'd like to play at

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes

Fab'n'Funky #373 - Christmas

The Merry Christmas Challenge #45 - anything goes

Make my Monday Challenge #60 - Happy Christmas

Thanks for stopping by.


Hugs
Carol x