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 :-)

Save The Craft YouTuber Video Hop

Hello Everyone!!!
Today's post is an exciting one.  Welcome to the Save the Crafty YouTuber Video Hop Event! I am super excited to be a part of  this event with over 55 video makers that have come together to help out some of the crafters just starting to make videos. YouTube has changed some rules about who is allowed to earn money from their channels and many are at risk so I put together a hop with plenty of prizes to help increase views and subscribers before the end of February (the deadline).  You can find more information about the Video Hop on Justine's blog.  So do subscribe to my channel and do leave comment with your views.

My video is been generously sponsored by Simon Says Stamp & Catherine Pooler Stamps. 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 these cards to:

• CAS Watercolor February Challenge 
• AAA Cards - Cas Game #108 : Love
• CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #192
• CASology Week 286 : Butterfly
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge : It Must be Love
• Paru's Card Making Challenge - February : love

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, Grey, Purple : Michaels
Strathmore - Bristol Smooth paper :  SSS
Ranger texture paste : SSS
Dylusions stencils - Heart Edge : SSS
Dr. Ph Martin Hydrus watercolors : Amazon
Distress Oxide ink pad - Wilted Violet : SSS
Distress Oxide ink pad - Picked raspberry : SSS
Distress Oxide ink pad -  Salty Ocean : SSS
Distress Oxide ink pad - Peacock Features : SSS
Faber Casetell Gelatos -  : SSS
Simon Says Stamp LOVE wafer die : SSS
My Favorite Things HEART STAX dies : SSS
Spellbinders Shapeabailities  Dies - Les Papillons : SSS
Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts - Butterfly pair : SSS
My Favorite Things A2 RECTANGLE STAX SET 1 Die-Namics  : SSS
Catherine Pooler Stamp - Everyday mod : CP
Memento Tuxedo black inkpad : SSS
Cuttlebug dieecutting tool : SSS
Fiskars Paper trimmer : SSS
Stamping Block : SSS
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS
Tombow Mono glue  : SSS
Foam Tape  : Scotch / SSS   
Rhinestones & Heart sequins

Thank You Card - Day 3

Hello Everyone!!!
Welcome back to my blog.Today I am back with another "Thank you" themed card for you. If you have just dropped in here, you can view few of my past thank you cards here. 

Today's card is inspired by this week's Fusion Card Challenge

Shall we have a look at the card now???

I am submitting this card to :

• Paru's Cardmaking November Challenge - Thank you card
• Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Thanks / Thanksgiving
• Fusion Card Challenge - Autumn Leaves

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 cardstock - Brown, Beige, Green, Red, Yellow : Link

Distress ink mini - Rusty Hinge :SSS

Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS

Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS 

Simon Says Stamp - Ornate stamp : SSS

Papertrey Ink - Keep it Simple Thank you stamp set : Link

Versamark watermark inkpad: SSS

Cuttlebug Die-cutting machine : SSS

Spellbinders Die D-Lites - Leaves : SSS

ArtC - Tag die : Link

Stamping Block : SSS

Fiskars Paper trimmer : SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Tombow Mono glue  : SSS

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Diwali Cards - Mudra Stamps Guest Designing

Hello Everyone!!!

I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all today, that I am the Guest Designer  for Mudra Craft Stamps today and I'm so happy about it! I was thrilled when Varshitha, the wonderful owner of Mudra gave me this opportunity. 

Mudra Craft Stamps is an Indian Company and they manufacture beautiful stamps, stencils, sequins etc I had a lot of fun playing with the supplies. 

I've shared 5 cards on the Mudra blog today. I hope you like what I have to share. 

You can check out the blog post with all the details here. 

Here are a few sneak peeks of my cards.

I hope you all like my cards. 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 :-) 

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

Believe In Unicorns

Hello Everyone!!!

Today I am back with another card inspiration for you all as Guest Designer at Newton’s Nook Designs for the month of August!!!

This week's card is created using the Believe In Unicorns stamp set from the latest Newton's Nook product release for the month of August. Lets' take a look.

Here is a close up of the unicorn showing the coloring

Process:

1. I started off by stamping the unicorn & rainbow images from the Believe In Unicorns 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. Then using the Sky Border die, I die-cut various cloud shaped pieces. To add interest to them, I did a bit of ink blending on the edges of those die-cuts using Salty ocean Distress ink mini.
4. On a separate Strathmore Bristol card panel that's smaller than A2 size, I stamped the sentiment in the left top corner from the same stamp set & I attached the cloud shaped die-cuts from the bottom up using foam tape to create dimension.
5. Finally I attached the unicorn & the rainbow using foam tap as well and added the entire panel on an A2 sized Lawn Fawn patterned paper.
6. I finished the card by attaching the entire panel on an A2 sized top folding card base, added a few sequins to the card and added a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the rainbow & unicorn  as finishing touches.

I am submitting this card to:

1. Paru's card making challenge - Anything Goes 
2. Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies

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 Bristol paper  : SSS 
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Petite patterned paper : SSS
Newton's Nook Designs stamp set - Believe in Unicorns : NND 
Newton's Nook Designs die - Sky Border die : NND  | SSS
Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - 200, 222, 036, 072, 069,  083, 041, 050
Distress ink mini - Salty Ocean : SSS

Misti Stamping tool original : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS
Versafine inkpad - Onyx black : SSS

Distress mini ink blending tool : SSS

Distress mini ink blending sponges : SSS 

Wink of Stella - Clear : SSS

Simon Says Stamps - Frozen Fractals sequins : 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

 
 

Technique of the Month - Textured colored backgrounds

Hello Everyone! Welcome to my blog!

I am back with "Technique of the Month" for June 2017.  I missed a couple of months but I am back on track now. This month's technique is "Textured colored backgrounds".

I am a huge fan of adding any kind of texture to my cards. It could either be on the background using embossing folders, embossing paste or it could be using embellishments. I can never make just plain and simple one layered cards. 

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

Close-up of the texture

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





So here is a small description how I created this card:

• Die-cut 2 circles from the background panel created using We R Memory Keepers - Nesting circle dies
• On an A2 car base, adhered the smaller circle die-cut using glue.
• Then adhered the larger circle die-cut to the card base using foam tape
• Stamped the happy birthday sentiment from the Concord & 9th Happy Day set using Versamark ink and heat embossed using Ranger embossing powder.
• Cut out an additional 1/4" strip from the background panel and attached it to one side of the card base using glue.
• Attached a few embellishments around the sentiment to finish the card. 
• I also stamped a few coordinating sentiments inside the card (can be seen in video).
• Finally sponged the envelope flap to match the colors on the card using Memento dye inks.

I am submitting this card to :

• CAS Colour and Sketches #227
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It  
• Where Creativity meets C9 - Layering
•  CAS Watercolor challenge - Summer
•  CAS Mix Up  June Challenge
   

 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  
Strathmore - Bristol Smooth paper  
Golden - Modeling paste / Ranger Texture paste

Dylusions Dyan Reaveley stencil 5 x 8 Squares Small
Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors 
Concord & 9th stamp set - Happy Day
We R Memory Keepers - Nesting Circle dies
Versamark inkpad
Distress Sprayer 
Ranger embossing powder - silver
Memento dye inks
Recollections sequins 
Ranger Ink - Palette Knife 
Tombow Mono glue 
Foam Tape - Scotch / SSS
 
 
 

For You..

Hello Everyone!!!
As you all know due to personal reasons my crafting mojo was MIA for past couple of months. So I was going through the various challenge blog to get it back and that's when I came across Simon Says Stamp's - Monday Challenge - it said "Touchy Feely". I got right up, went to the craft desk and got working.

So today I am here with a bright and colorful summer themed card for all of you. Lets have a look at the card first.

I always like working with embossing/modeling paste and stencils. This was the absolute correct moment to use them. So here is a small description how I created this card:

• On Strathmore Bristol Smooth card panel applied Ranger Texture paste through Hero Arts stencil
• Ink smooshed so Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors
• Diecut the Spellbinders sentiment and the Concord & 9th Blossom die.
• Adhered the die-cuts to the card panel using glue
• Attached a few embellishments to the card panel.
• Finally attached the card panel to an A2 sized card base using foam tape.

I really loved how all the colors mixed on the card panel so I am submitting this card to :

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Touch Feely
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It
• Where Creativity meets C9 - Layering
• CAS Watercolor challenge - Summer
• The Flower 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
Strathmore - Bristol Smooth paper
Ranger Ink Texture paste - white
Hero arts stencil - tilework
Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors
Concord & 9th die- Blossom
Spellbinders die-  Phrase Set Two
Recolletions sequins
Ranger Ink - Palette Knife
Tombow Mono glue
Foam Tape - Scotch / SSS