A little French one layer!

Here I used a couple of Penny Back stamps and stamped using Versamark and then added embossing powders in a variety of shades and textures without shaking off the excess between each addition. I used WOW powders in Verdigris, Copper, Gold, Pepper and Green.

Some time ago we had a bit of a debate at "Less is More" about whether inlaid dies count as one layer or not!

The general consensus was that it's OK so here is an inlaid card using a sentiment from SSS and a stitched snowflake die from Memory Box!

The challenge at "Less is More" this week is for a one layer card with the theme French, so I've gone along with French Christmas for both cards!

Blue and Brown

A simple die cut with additional flower heads added...the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

This one is not quite so clean and simple having a layered base but the elephant (Memory Box) is standing in a little white space!

I love this Penny Black border die... the paper is just a snippet  from the scrap drawer, which I think is from Cuddly Buddly. The sentiment is from Penny Black too.

The challenge this week from Less is More is a colour one and those chosen are blue and brown, a lovely combo I think!

HLS CAS August Challenge

Th CAS challenge at Happy Little Stampers this month is to use masking!

Here I used a flower from HLS Doodled flowers, stamped and masked several times. It was coloured with a few Spectrum Noir pens and gently twinkled with Glamour Dust. The frame was cut with dies from Memory Box, SSS and Spellbinders. The sentiment is from HLS Butterfly birthday

This challenge is sponsored by

Tutorials:
One Layer Scenery by Ingrid Blackburn (10:22)

Quick and Easy Masking Technique by Unifyhandmade (6:13)
Masking and stamping a Christmas Tree by Kylie Purtell (6:42)

Masking and Ink Blending by Juhi K (8:11)
Masking and colouring on Black Cardstock by Kylie Purtell (4:59)

Why not join in  with this fun technique, there are a few videos  here to give you some ideas!

Back from the HLS Craft Retreat

At the weekend, I went to Swindon for the Happy Little Stampers first Craft retreat organised by  Kylie, their head honcho.... from Australia!

How she managed to do this from the other side of the world is nothing short of amazing, but the whole weekend went smoothly with a great time had by all!

Here you may spot some familiar faces...  Anne (ex DT from Less is More) and Sarah, Anita and myself as current incumbents. 

A very famous face amongst us is the inimitable Darnell from California, can you spot her? and Melissa (Honey Bee Lane) who drove up from Germany with her family to be there!

The table displays the cards we made collectively... we were working with Brusho for much of the time and it was really fun!

Here are most of the ones that I made. We did a lot of sharing of resources, which was great fun in itself, but I think that there have been quite a few purchases as a result of doing this!

Darnell was crowned  Miss USA, but graciously let me borrow her regalia!

Well done Kylie for a great job done!