Save The Crafty Youtuber Video Hop 2020: Border Stamping

Hello Everyone!!!

Today's post is an exciting one. I have once again been fortunate to be a part for the "Save Crafty Youtuber Video Hop". Last time I did this , it was so much fun. I got the discover so many new fellow makers through the video hop.

The Save the Crafty YouTuber Video hop is a celebration of cardmaking video tutorials created by a group of talented crafters of all different styles. We are coming together to give our viewers a chance to discover other amazing cardmakers and help reach monetization goals! All you have to do is watch, like the video, consider subscribing, and click the link in the video description below to hop to the next video. Let yourself be inspired! Don’t forget to comment because we have tons of prizes to give away. Please indicate if you are located in the USA or International so that prizes can be awarded appropriately as some prizes (not all!) have restrictions on them. 

You can find more information about the video hop on Justine's blog . So do subscribe to my channel and do leave me a comment with your views.

My video is been generously sponsored by Catherine Pooler Designs. So keep watching!

Now let's have look at the cards I made using the backgrounds I created in the video tutorial.

I am submitting this card to :

• Time-Out Challenges 
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge
• Happy Little Stampers - CAS Challenge
• Craft Stamper - Anything Goes

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)  

Supplies Used:
Strathmore A2 sized card base :SSS Simon says stamp - black cardstock: SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Wilted Violet: SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Spiced Marmalade: SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Picked Raspberry: SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Peeled Paint:SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Peacock Feathers: SSS Distress oxide ink pad - Abandoned Coral: SSS Versamark ink-pad - Onyx black: SSS Catherine Pooler Designs - Geo Builder stamp set: CPD Hero Arts - From the Vault Bugs - CM354: SSS Pretty Pink Posh - Blissful Butterflies stamp set: SSS Crystal Katana jewel picking tool: SSS Tombow mono liquid adhesive: SSS Waterbrush:SSS or SSS Blending palette: SSS Rhinestones: SSS
Fiskars Paper trimmer : SSS

CAS Mixup March Challenge - On Your Birthday

  

Hello Everyone!!!

After a long break I am back with a card today for all of you. I have been trying a few background techniques but wasn't getting much inspired to convert them into cards. But the CAS Mixup challenge for March helped me through it. Their technique for this month is "Faux Stained Glass"

Lets have a look at the card. 

I have used various Tim Holtz Alcohol ink sets (Beach Deco & Spring Break ) to create the focal panel for the card. Then using Spellbinders - Chinese Traditional Fence die, I die-cut multiple layers of white card-stock to create the stain-glass window. I adhered the alcohol ink background to the multiple layers of white die-cut pieces, this creates dimension for the faux stained glass effect. Finally I filled Ranger's Glossy Accent's  in the spaces between the die-cuts through which the alcohol inked background is visible. Attached the whole panel on a slightly larger black card- stock panel. Finished the card by attached the entire panel to the left-center of the card & stamping the sentiment. 

I am submitting this card to :

• CAS Mixup Challenge - March 
• Sunday Stamps Challenge 200

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)

Some Odd Girl - Pressie Tia

Hello Everyone!
I am back with another card inspiration using a very cute image from Some Odd Girl.
Lets have a look at the card first.

These are the steps I took to create this card:

1. I printed the "Pressie Tia" image on Strathmore Bristol smooth card stock.
2. Colored the image using Chameleon markers (colors mentioned in supplies below) and fussy cut the image .
3. Mounted the image on a die cut from Spellbinders beaded oval dies.
4. Finally created a fancy card panel using pattern papers from MFT, DCWV & SSS.
5. Attached the card panel to the A2 sized card base and finished the card.

I am submitting this card to :

1. Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes
2. Seize the Birthday

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)  

Supplies Used:  

Recollections card stock - White : Link
Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS

Some Odd Girl  - Pressie Tia image

Chameleon pens - (Eyes: YG3, GR1, Face: NU2, NU3, Hair: BR4, NU4, Dress: VO4, CG8, Gift & shoes: PK3, PK4, CG8) Link, Link

Distress ink mini - Wilted Violet : SSS

MFT 6 x6 Plaid Pattern Paper pack :Link

DCWV Patterned Paper - Maps, text & Ledgers : Link

Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS

Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS 

Spellbinders - Beaded oval dies : Link

Cuttlebug die cutting machine + Cutting plates : SSS

Simon Says Clear Stamp - Sketch Ranunculus : SSS

Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Technique of the Month - Repetitive Stamping

Hello Everyone!!!
Welcome to my blog! I am back with "Technique of the Month" for August 2017. This month's technique is "Repetitive Stamping". 

The techniques is really very simple and the supplies needed are also very less. 

So before we dive into the technique, let's have a look at today's card first, shall we...???

Technique: The technique is really very simple. I have created a short video to explain the process.

I am submitting this card to:

• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)  

Supplies Used:  

Recollections A2 card base - White : Link

Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS 

My Mind's eye Patterned paper - The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine 

Crate Paper Patterned paper - The Framer's Mark : 

Memento Dye  inkdrops - Dandelion : SSS

Memento Dye  inkdrops - Grape Jelly : SSS

SSS Hybrid ink - Orange Slush, Key Lime : SSS

Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black : SSS

Misti original stamping tool : SSS

Spellbinders Embossing Folder - Grid  : SSS

Cuttlebug diecutting tool : SSS

Fiskars Paper trimmer : SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Tombow Mono glue  : SSS

Foam Tape - Scotch / SSS

Recollections vellum 

Sketch Saturday #481

Hello Everyone!!!
I am back today with another card for the Sketch Saturday Card Challenge. This week's sketch is mentioned below:

This week's sponsor's are Sasayaki Glitter. So let's have a look at the card, shall we???

I am submitting this card to:

• CASology  #266 - Cake
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Clean & Simple 

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)  

Supplies used:

Recollection A2 card base - white
Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS 

Sasayaki Glitter image - Baby Elly's Birthday : Link

Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - 050, 200, 202, 222, 220, 095, 092, 097, 091, 099: SSS 

Verve Stamps - Plain Jane Happy Birthday to You sentiment stamp

Authentique patterned paper : SSS

Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black:  : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Rhinestones

Newton Loves Cake

Hello Everyone!!!

Today I am back again with my last installment of card inspiration as Guest Designer at  Newton’s Nook Designs for the month of August!!!

I really struggle a lot with critter cards as they need to be cute or tell some story through them. I wanted this card to be as special as the other three. So for this week's card I have used the Newton Loves Cake from the latest Newton's Nook Designs. Lets' take a look at the card now.

Here is a close up of the unicorn showing the coloring

Process:

1. I started off by stamping the the image from the  Newton Loves Cake stamp set on Strathmore Bristol cardstock.
2. Then I colored the images using Zig clean color real brush pens (colors mentioned is description) & fuzzy cut them using scissors.
3. Using Spellbinders Oval die, I die-cut an oval from a post-it not to create a mask.
4. On a separate Strathmore Bristol card panel that's smaller than A2 size, I attached the negative of the die-cut oval post-it. 
5. Using Distress ink mini cubes I did some ink blending inside the oval area that was open through the mask. Then heavily sprayed it with water and added some salt on the wet surface and let it dry.
6. Once the surface was dry, I scratched off the salt from the card panel .
7. I added some doodled pattern around this oval using Sharpie black pen.
8. Later I added a few splatters of Finetec gold watercolor on the card panel to add interest.
9. Next I stamped the sentiment on a vellum strip using Versamark inkpad and heat embossed the sentiment in Hero Arts black embossing powder.
10. Then I attached the vellum strip to the card panel using glue on the ends and tuck the vellum strip around the card panel.
11. Finally I attached the colored image slightly over the vellum strip using foam tape, 
12. I finished the card by attaching the entire panel on an A2 sized top folding black card base and added a few sequins to the card  as finishing touches.

I am submitting this card to:

1. AAA Cards - CAS Game #97
2. Happy Little Stampers August Watercolor Challenge 
3. Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

I had so much fun creating all these cards and I am really very grateful to all those who gave me this chance, stuck by my side  & appreciated my work. 

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)    

Supplies used:

Recollection A2 card base - black 
Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS 
Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Newton Loves Cake : NND | SSS
Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - 095, 096, 099, 900, 901, 036, 025, 222, 050, 052, 803 : SSS
Distress ink mini - Salty Ocean : SSS
Distress ink mini - Picked Raspberry: SSS

Misti Stamping tool original : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS

Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS

Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS 
Distress Sprayer  : SSS
Sharpie 0.5 Black pen : SSS
Spellbinders Classic  Oval die : SSS
Finetec Mica watercolors : SSS
Bazzill 40LB Vellum : SSS
Versamark watermark inkpad: SSS
Antistatic powder tool : SSS
Hero Arts Black Embossing powder : SSS

Simon Says Stamps - Frozen Fractals sequins : SSS
Pretty Pink Posh Friendship mix sequins : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS
Salt

Beautiful Wings Birthday

Hello Everyone!!!

I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all today, that I am the Guest Designer for the month of August at Newton’s Nook Designs!

The card I have today uses a mix of Newton's Nook products along with stencils & inks from other brands. Let's take a look.

Here is a close-up showing coloring on the butterfly image.

Process:

1. I started by sponging ink using Memento Dew Drops through Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil on 4 x 5 1/4 inches Strathmore Bristol paper card panel.
2. On another Bristol card panel, I stamped various butterfly images from the Newton's Nook Designs Beautiful Wings stamp set using black ink.
3. I colored all of those images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and then fuzzy cut them.
4. I arranged all the images on the stenciled card panel , then decided the position for the sentiments.
5. The sentiments are a combination of stamps from the Newton's Nook Designs Beautiful Wings  & Newton loves Cake sets.
6. Finally I attached all the butterfly images to the card panel using foam tape. 
7. Lastly I finished the card by attaching the entire card panel to an A2 sized top folding card base.

I absolutely love this stamp set as it reminds me of all the quilling I did in the past! 

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)    

Supplies used:

Recollection card base - Navy Blue

Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS 

Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Beautiful Wings : NND | SSS

Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Newton Loves Cake : NND | SSS

Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - 202, 222, 025, 031, 036, 037 

Tim Holtz Collection stencil - Dot Fade : SSS

Versamark inkpad - Onyx black : SSS

Memento Dew Drops - Summer Sky, Bahama Blue, Danube Blue :SSS

Misti Stamping tool original : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS

Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS

Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS 

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Shop Your Scraps - Striped Backgrounds

Hello Everyone!!!

Last week while organizing my card-stock and patterned papers, I realized that over the past few years I have accumulated a lot of paper scraps. I have always thought about throwing them away, but I can't come to do that. So I have decided to make cards just using those scraps.

While I was at it, I felt that it would be a good idea to share the process of creating those card ideas with you, thus I will be showcasing a new card idea using just scraps on my blog every month. How is that???

So let see this month's cards.

Technique: The technique is really very simple. I have created a short video to explain the process. I hope that helps.

I am submitting these cards to :

• Stamp Ink Paper # 109
• Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes Challenge
• TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge
• Happy Little Stampers July Anything Goes with Die

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-)  

Supplies Used:  
Recollections A2 card base - White
Recollections card-stock
Spellbinders Shapeabailities  Dies - Flutters
Spellbinders Shapeabailities  Dies - Les Papillons : https://goo.gl/8NRYLH
Recollections Die- Butterfly
Lil' Inker Designs stamp set - Mehndi : https://goo.gl/hj8sFu
Verve Stamps stamp set - Floral Notes
Stampendous stamp set - Happy Messages : https://goo.gl/4pkFHU
Tsuekineko Memento Dye  inkdrops  - Lilac Posies : https://goo.gl/qZ87mb
Tsuekineko Memento Dye  inkdrops  - Grape Jelly : https://goo.gl/qZ87mb
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Misti original stamping tool
Cuttlebug dieecutting tool
Mini ink blending tools : https://goo.gl/pLeuaP
Mini ink blending foams : https://goo.gl/uJaHU6
Ranger Stickles - Forsted Lace : https://goo.gl/9rmGEf
Fiskars Paper trimmer : https://goo.gl/sWcUWy
Fiskars Tweezers : https://goo.gl/1gGj61
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : https://goo.gl/mrYa5V
Tombow Mono glue  : https://goo.gl/UKmXDV
Foam Tape - Scotch / SSS :  https://goo.gl/psjn6Q   or   https://goo.gl/9Api5P

 
 

Sketch Saturday #473

Hello Everyone!
I am back with this week's card for Sketch Saturday Challenge. This week's sketch is mentioned below.

This week's sponsors are Digital  Stamp Boutique

Lets have a look at the card now

I have used Digital Stamp Boutique's Hetty & Cupcake image for this card. I have tried to color the image in Adobe Photoshop using Wacom Intuos and then took a color print. It was a nice experience.    

Do participate in the card challenge to win £10 gift card to Digital  Stamp Boutique. I would love to hear back from you all. I hope you all liked my card. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: 
Recollection card base - white
Adobe Photoshop CS6
Wacom Intuos pro
Patterned paper - generic
Distress ink mini's - Worn Lipstiick, Old paper, Vintage Photo
Stampendous stamp set - Birthday wish 
DCWV - The Maps,Text & Ledgers Stack
Mini ink blending tools
Mini ink blending foams 
Tombow Mono glue   
Recollections - Metallic Iridescent Glitter Shapes