Some Odd Girl - Dakota Mermaid

Hello Everyone!
Welcome back to my blog! Today is my blog post as a DT memmber at Some Odd Girl. So let's have a look at the card.

When I first saw the image the only colors that came to my mind were blue & green. So I colored the image in shades of blue & green using Prismacolor pencils.

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:  

Some Odd Girl - Dakota Mermaid digital stamp : Link

Recollections A2 card base - White : Link

Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS

Hero Arts background stamp - Wave: SSS

Distress Oxide inkpad - Faded Jeans: SSS

Distress Oxide inkpad - Broken China: SSS

Hero Arts stamp set - Layering Seahorse : SSS
Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils : 12 set | 24 set | 36 set
Versamark watermark inkpad: SSS
Hero arts embossing powder - White : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Thank you Some Odd Girl - Day 2

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. 

Before we start I need to share a great  news with all of you here. I have selected to be a Design Team member at Some Odd Girl. I am extremely grateful of Kristy & the entire  team of Some Odd Girl to give me this opportunity!

So today I have my first card for their Monthly Community Challenge - November on the Some Odd Girl Community Facebook page. The theme for this month is "Fall colors".

Let's have a look at the card first, shall we??

I am submitting this card to :

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

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:  

Some Odd Girl - Weekend Kaylee : Link 
Recollections A2 card base - White : Link

Strathmore Bristol paper  : SSS 

Crate Paper Patterned paper - The Framer's Mark 

Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black : SSS

Fiskars Paper trimmer : SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS

Tombow Mono glue  : 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

Beautiful Plumage

Hello Everyone!!!

I am back with another post sharing my card inspirations  as the Guest Designer for the month of August at Newton’s Nook Designs!

After  seeing this Beautiful Plumage stamp set by Newton's Nook products  I could not just stop at just one card. So today I have two card inspirations for you using just that stamp set, Versamark inkpad and Zing gold embossing powder. Lets' take a look.

Process:

1. I started by stamping the peacock image and sentiment from the Newton's Nook Designs Beautiful Plumage stamp set on colored card stock using Versamark ink.
2. Then added Zing gold embossing powder to it and heat set it using a heat gun.
3. Maroon card: On a separate maroon panel, I did gold heat embossing  using just the peacock feather image multiple times on both the vertical borders to add interest.
4. Blue card: On a separate beige panel, I swiped Versamark inkpad on the edges and added gold embossing powder to create a gold background.
5. Then attached all the layers using glue and foam tape.
6. Finished the card by adding colored rhinestones to the peacock feather centers

I absolutely love all then swirl themed stamp sets by Newton's Nook Designs as it reminds me of all the quilling I did in the past! 

I am submitting this card to:

1. Paru's card making challenge - Anything Goes 
2. Craft Sentiment Designs - 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:

Recollection card base - Peacock blue, Maroon

 Recollection card stock - Beige, Peacock blue, Maroon

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

Zing Metallic Gold embossing powder : SSS

Misti Stamping tool original : SSS

Fiskars paper trimmer : SSS

Versamark watermark inkpad: SSS
Antistatic powder tool : SSS

Tombow Mono glue : SSS   

Foam Tape : Scotch | SSS

Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy : SSS
Rhinestones - Red, Beige

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

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

Happy Little Stampers - March Anything Goes with Die Challenge

Hello Everyone!!!

From this month I will also be a part of Happy Little Stamper's - Anything Goes with Dies Challenge. As  the name suggests, you are welcome to submit any card with some kind of die usage in it.

The challenge is sponsored by :

 Let's take a look at my card now.

As you all know, I have been on an "Ink Smooshing" frenzy recently, I have used the same technique for this card too. See my previous cards here and here showing the same technique.


Instructions:

• So I started it with watercolor card panel & Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors. 
• Using acetate sheet, Distress water sprayer, I created ink puddles and then placed them on the watercolor panel only on the left bottom corner.
• Taking the acetate sheet to the paper give you a bit of control as to where you want to place your color. I did not want to color the whole panel.
• After I had the ink pattern created to my satisfaction, I die cut the Poppy from white card-stock and adhered it to the panel on the colored background.
• Finally I stamped the sentiment and embellished using some Dew drops.

I am submitting this card to :

• The Flower Challenge #6 
• The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge
• Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - Make your own Background 
• CAS Mixup - March 2017

 

• CASE this Sketch #211

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-white
Canson watercolor paper -140 lbs
Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus watercolors - 2H, 3H. 5H
Memory Box - Perky Poppy Craft die

Stampendous -Happy Messages stamp set
Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black
Misti stamping tool (Also available in small size, large size)
Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue 
Pretty Pink Posh - Clear droplets 
3M  Scotch Double stick Foam tape 
Distress water sprayer
Acetate sheet 

Happy Little Stampers - March Challenge

Hello Everyone!

I'm back with this month's Christmas card for the Happy Little Stampers - Christmas challenge. This month's theme is "Star".

The challenge is sponsored by :

 

I was inspired to create 2 cards using this month's theme. Lets see the cards

I created 2 cards this month. I used Laura Bassen's famous "Ink Smooshing" technique to create the card backgrounds. For the 1st card I used the Distress inks in various shades of blues to create the background and for the 2nd card I have used Dr. Ph Matrins Hydrus inks in blue, pink & voilet. Then heat embossed stars on the background and stamped the sentiment as well. Finally embellished the cards using stars & sequins. Adhered the card panels on cards bases and I was done. Simple!

I am submitting these cards to following challenges:

• CASE this Sketch #211

I hope you all liked my card. 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 cardstock - white (card base)
Canson watercolor paper (140 lbs)
Distress inks - Broken china, Mermaid lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Black soot, Faded jeans
Dr. Ph Martins Hydrus watercolors -  5H, 7H, 9H
Happy Little Stampers stamp set- Christmas Joy 
Simon Says Stamp stamp set   - Seeing Stars 
Recollections embossing powder - Snow
Recollections -Metallic Iridescent Sequin shapes
Simon Says Stamp sequins - Frozen Fractals
Misti Stamping tool
Distress water sprayer 
Tombow mono glue   

Happy Little Stampers - December Challenge

Hello Everyone!
I'm back with this month's Christmas card for the Happy Little Stampers - Christmas challenge. This month's theme is "Wreath".

 

The challenge is sponsored by :

 Lets see this week's card.

I started by die-cutting a few leaves from 2 different colored cardstock using Spellbinders die. The dry embossed a white card panel using Cuttlebug embossing folder. Then in the center of the white panel I arranged the die cut leaves in alternate order to form a wreath. When I like the look of it, I adhered it to the panel using glue. Then attached a few red colored enamel dots to make the illusion of berries. Finally heat embossed the sentiment and adhered it to the panel. Finished the card by attaching the panel on a red A2 sized card base.

I'm submitting this card to :

• Paru's Card Making Challenge - Christmas theme
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge 
• Fusion Card Challenges - Its Christmas 
• Mixed Media Card Challenge #30 - Gold  
• Addicted to stamps #222  
• 12 days of Christmas with Kylie
• Uniko Challenge #38 - Christmas 

I hope you all liked my card. 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 cardstock, red, white, dark green, leaf green
Spellbinders Shapeabilities dies - Foliage
Cuttlebug embossing folder - Scrollwork
Happy Little Stampers stamp set- Christmas Joy    
Zing embossing powder - gold
Recollections enamel dots - red
Tombow mono glue