BLOG HOP WINNERS!!!!

Wow! What a successful blog hop we had. Considering it was our first one, I was so happy to see how many of you turned up to check out the new stamps and what the designers had created.

Speaking of the designers. Aren't I the luckiest to have them on my team? Wow, I was simply blown away when I saw their cards and I'm sure you were too. 

A HUGE thank you to my Design Team. I can't begin to tell you what you mean to me :)

We have our winners to announce from the blog hop and I can't wait to spill the beans.

I have just been through the entire blog hop myself and checking off my list of commenters. The winners were chosen by random.

The winner of the entire first release is

Karen Mead

Congratulations Karen! Please email me within 5 days to claim your prize. You are the lucky winner of the entire first release with a value of $69!

We also have some gift certificates to give away to the store -

The winners of the gift certificates are -

nancy littrell

Aileen (mum)

Nora N

Chriss Blagrave

Bobby

Congratulations to all of you! Please email me within 5 days to claim your prize.

There was also a random draw for a stamp set over at Melissa's blog. You better pop on over there to see if you were the lucky winner. Thanks so much to Melissa!

Thank so much to everyone who participated in our first blog hop and made it so successful.

Don't forget you still have time to join in our current monthly challenges. All the links are at the top of the page.

Happy Little Stampers Blog Hop - CLOSED

Welcome to the Happy Little Stampers first release blog hop. We hope you'll like what you see. We have four new sets of stamps and to celebrate, we are having a blog hop with prizes.

How to win?

Comment on the blog HLS, and then continue on to our Designers. You must comment on all the blogs in the hop to be eligible for prizes.

GRAND PRIZE

One lucky commenter (selected randomly) will win the whole release. That's four sets of stamps with a value of AUD$69

RUNNERS UP

Five lucky commenters (selected randomly) will win a gift certificate to the HLS store! I know the graphic above said a $15 gift certificate but I am feeling generous today ;)

The blog hop will last for a week giving you enough time to hop through and check out what the designers will be creating, so you do not want to miss anything!

Here we go!

Happy Little Stampers  (you are here)

Kylie Purtell

Loll Thompson

Linda Walmsley

LesLee Stone-Rasmus

Gail Townsend

Gloria Lee
Ingrid Blackburn
Birgit Norton
Melissa Lane

Sue Trembeth
Anita Bowden
Carol Steedman
Carol Dunham
Susan Bridgman

Bonnie Klass

Valentyna Komisarenko

Thanks for popping by and good luck!!

HLS September Challenges Reminder Post

Hi everyone! We are back with a mid month reminder from some of our Designers to inspire you to play along in our challenges this month.

Let's start with our

SKETCH CHALLENGE

Birgit

(using HLS Butterfly Birthday)

 

Melissa

 

Kim

CAS CHALLENGE

Riti - Guest Designer

Loll
(using HLS Butterfly Birthday sentiment)

Anita

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

Kylie

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Loll

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Mary 

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

BożenA

Please click the tabs at the top of the page to take you directly to the challenge(s) you would like to participate in.

August Challenge Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who played along with our challenges last month. Wonderful entries from everyone!

We have lots to get through so lets get started!


SKETCH CHALLENGE

and the recipient of the prizes from

and

is

#10 Magic Flying Boots

The design team LOVED your card based on our sketch! Congratulations! Please grab your badge to display on your blog and email me at kyliepurtell@gmail.com within 5 days to claim your prize.

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Congratulations to our Favourites! Please grab your badge to display on your blog.

CAS CHALLENGE

#67 Sarah

Congratulations Sarah! Wow, we were dazzled by your glittery CAS design. Please grab your badge to display on your blog.

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Congratulations to our Favourites! Please grab our badge to display on your blog :)

A special shout out to Hannah (entry #11), for her wonderful entry.  Hannah (age 12) is the daughter of Melissa (Design Team member at Happy Little Stampers), and she not only posted this amazing card, but she included music to listen to while viewing a slideshow of her creative process.  Thanks you so much Hannah.  You are so very talented, and we look forward to seeing more of your work.

Hannah's card

CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

#68 Bonnie

Wow, Bonnie. Your brusho background and sparkly die cut are sensational!

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Thank you to EVERYONE who played along last month. We have wonderful challenges for you running all through September so we hope to see you playing along.

There is plenty happening here at Happy Little Stampers -

1. Registrations are now OPEN for the Craft Retreat - Details HERE

2. Happy Little Stampers is the proud sponsor of Darnell's famous NBUS challenge - Details HERE

3. New Release? You betcha! Coming soon!

4. New goodies in the store? Absolutely - Coming soon!

HLS September Christmas Challenge

Welcome back everyone! It has been so wonderful to see all your Christmas cards in our gallery. Amazing inspiration for our Christmas card stash. 

This month we have a new word for you to work with

Any style of card making is accepted, any projects are accepted. Just make sure that there is HOLLY on your creation :)

Starting this month, our Christmas Challenge is being sponsored by HLS and you could win this amazing stamp set!

A fantastic assortment of sentiments just perfect for your Christmas projects.

Don't forget to check out the shop for more of our goodies.

Here we go with our Christmas inspiration!

LesLee

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Kylie

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Loll

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Carol D

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

Ingrid

(using HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments)

BożenA

Carol S

Gail

Susan

Mary

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HLS September CAS Challenge

Hi everyone.  Welcome to the HLS CAS challenge for September.  We had lots of creative entries last month for our Masking challenge.  The team was so impressed with all the beautiful cards and the innovative ways in which people used masking.  Thanks to everyone who participated.  The winners will be announced on Sept. 10.

We did have a lot of entries last month that were not CAS (clean and simple) ... so please remember that this is a CAS Challenge and only CAS cards should be entered.  Thank you!

Here's our new challenge ...

We are excited to announce that we now have a prize for the winning entry for the HLS CAS Challenges.  Happy Little Stampers had their first stamp release last month, and will now be sponsoring the HLS Challenges.

This challenge is sponsored by

Winner will receive this stamp set

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There are lots of ways to include colouring on your cards.  Whether you like using markers to colour images (alcohol, water-based ink or distress) ... or you enjoy watercolouring (paints, inks, pencils) ... or colouring with pastels or gelatoes, etc. --- there are many different mediums. And within each of the mediums are many different techniques.  Lots of options with this challenge. :)  Interested in trying something new??  Check out the video tutorials below and try a new technique, or use whatever you like best.  It's all about having fun and sharing our experiences.

Please remember to keep your card entries CAS ...

At Happy Little Stampers, CAS  (clean and simple) is defined as:

- one main focal point
- lots of white or open (no pattern) space
- minimal layers
- minimal embellishments

We are thrilled to have Riti (A Lil Piece of Heaven) as our Guest Designer this month.  Welcome Riti!

Riti - Guest Designer

Bonnie
(using HLS Butterfly Birthday)

Linda

(using HLS Butterfly Birthday)

Loll

(using HLS Butterfly Birthday sentiment)

Kylie

(using HLS Butterfly Birthday)

Sue

(using HLS Birthday Butterfly sentiment)

Anita

Hazel

Valentyna

Toni

Chrissie

Lots of wonderful inspiration for you!  Speaking of inspiration, make sure to check out our HLS September CAS Challenge board on Pinterest, which has the Design Team, Guest Designer and participant's cards!

Here are links to some wonderful colouring tutorials on YouTube to help inspire you ...

Colouring with Alcohol Markers by Kylie Purtell (5:25)
Watercolouring with Distress Inks by Loll Thompson (5:34)
Marker Layering by Karen Barber (8:02)
Thumping Technique by France Martin (4:30)
Floating Re-inker Watercolouring Technique with Sage Kimble (6:32)
Watercolour Spritz Technique by StampTV (5:21)
Watercolouring with Zig Clean Color Brush Markers by Debby Hughes (5:31)


Come join the fun and link up your Coloured CAS cards below.

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