Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge

over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Love" twist.
Here is my card for this month

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌹Lisa 🌹

Happily Ever After Times 2

Good morning crafty friends! It's my day on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog and I have 2 

classy cards to share with you using the Happily Ever After stamp set.

I'm so smitten with these stamps and I had an idea for a card

using the sweet images and some really pretty flowers.

For my first card I used the Watercolored Stripes Cover Die 

from Altenew for the background.

I love the thick uneven stripes on this die!

I cut it out in black card stock and adhered it to a white card base.  

I wanted a black and white background 

so that the pretty red roses would really stand out.

I colored the sweet couple from Happily Ever After with my Copic markers 

and cut them out with my scan n cut machine.

I watercolored and cut out several roses and leaves from the Altenew 

Rose Flurries 3-D die set and arranged them in a bouquet

in the top left corner. I popped my sweet couple up on foam tape in the

bottom right corner and added a few Kat Scrappiness 

Clear Jewels for some sparkle and shine.

For my sentiment I added a large "Love" die cut in 

silver foil layered on a vellum background.

This beautiful die is from the Kat Scrappiness I Love You Shadow Dies.

For my second card I used the same couple but with a much lighter

and softer background. I used the Linked Circles Cover Panel from Reverse Confetti.

Instead of cutting it out, I decided to emboss it this time. 

I love the subtle texture it gives to a card background. 

I colored the couple with my Copic markers and

sent them to the scan n cut once again. For my flowers on this card I used the 

Altenew Rose Flurries 3-D die set again. For this card I used 

smaller roses in a simple cluster at the top middle of the card.

I added the same Kat Scrappiness Clear Jewels for shine and I embossed the sentiment

from Happily Ever After on to a piece of vellum at the bottom of the card.

One stamp set with 2 very different looks!

I hope you enjoyed my 2 cards today, I'd love to know 

which card you liked best!

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Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a great day, I already am!

👰🏼Lisa 🤵🏼

Papertrey Ink Create Along With Us January 2018

I love the days where I can spend time crafting.  Lately I've had a lot of them and I am very grateful.  Today I am playing along with Papertrey Ink and their Create Along With Us for January 2018.  I've been following PTI for years and I am always in awe of the cards and projects that their design team comes up with.  These are some crazy talented women and they never cease to amaze me.  I have always loved Melissa's shabby style, Betsy's use of bright colors and Dawn's clean and simple cards.  Today I got some inspiration from Melissa's card from release day 2.  She layered a heart over a fancy frame and I love that look!  

Since Valentine's day is just around the corner I decided to watercolor a Wonky Heart die from Simon Says Stamp. Kristina Werner recently shared a video where she used Arteza markers to watercolor with a piece of acetate so I tried it and loved it.  I used the Uppercase Block Alphabet dies from Papertrey to cut out the word LOVE in gold foil paper.  I used the inlaid die cutting technique to nest the letters back into the heart. A scalloped vellum rectangle with some gold print was the perfect backdrop for the pretty heart.  I finished off the project with some gold thread and a few dainty sequins from The Ton. 

I also bought a new toy recently that I wanted to share.  It's called a Crystal Katana and it works really well at picking up sequins and gluing them down.  It's the best placement tool I've ever used!  You can see a demo on YouTube of it.  They sell it on Amazon and at Kat Scrappiness, check it out! 

I am in love with this card and I can't wait to get my new PTI goodies in the mail that I ordered last night.

Have a wonderful week everyone and get some crafty time in!

💖Lisa💖