#The100dayproject : Half way through

Hello everyone!!!
Let me start by apologizing for being MIA again from my blog for such a log time. But even though I have been absent from here, I have been actively participating on my Instagram feed. Since April I participated in "The 100 Day Project". It started on 3rd April & ended on 11th July.

I tried to complete it, but could only reach half-way point by the deadline.  Although I have decided to complete the entire 100 days as and when possible.

Today I will post the initial 50 projects here for you to view together.  Let's have a look.

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

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

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
 

 

Simon Says Stamp - Feb 2017 Card Kit

Hello Everyone!!!

I am back with my 5 unique cards which I created using Simon Says Stamp - February 2017 card kit. The contents of the card kit are so cute, "lovey-dove" & beverage related that they are perfect to create love and tea-coffee themed cards.

Here are all the cards I have created using this kit. All the supplies used apart from the kit are mentioned separately below.

	Card 1
	Card 2
	Card 3
	Card 4
	Card 5

I am submitting these cards cards to:

•  The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge

• CAS Mixup - March 2017

 

•  Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday 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:

Simon Says Stamp - Feb 2017 card kit     (this card kit is now sold out but its contents which can be purchased separately. They are linked below)

Simon Says Stamp Clear Stamp Set Coffee and Tea

Simon Says Stamp - Coffee Love Wafer die  

Doodlebug 6x6 Cream and Sugar Papers 

Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink Cardstock

Simon Says Stamp Surf Blue Cardstock

Simon Says Stamp 120# White Cardstock

Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock - 80 lbs

Below mentioned are supplies used in all cards:

Strathmore Bristol cardstock  

3M Foam tape  

Tombow Mono glue

Card 1: Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - Peach Pink,  Cobalt Blue, Mid Brown Simon Says Stamp - Frozen Fractals sequins Wink of Stella - glitter clear Versafine - Onyx Black

Card 2: Recollections A2 size card base - white Ranger Ink texture paste AtrC tag die Ranger Ink Dylusions stencil - Hearts Distress ink minis -  Picked raspberry, Worn lipstick Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens - Carmine red, Beige, Gray brown  DMC metallic thread - silver Recollections rhinestones - black Versafine - Onyx Black

Card 3: Recollections A2 size card base - blue Darice heart die Distress ink minis - Picked raspberry, Worn lipstick

Card 4: Recollections A2 size card base - brown Sizzix Framelits circle dies

Card 5: Recollections A2 size card base - white

 

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 

Technique of the Month - Ink Smooshing

Hello Everyone!!! 
In 2017 while setting my Crafting goals, I decided to challenge myself and so I settled on the thought that each month I will come up with a card using a technique. I will try to demonstrate the technique and create a card using the technique.So today marks my 1st installment for the same. 

From my previous blog post and my Instagram posts you must have realized that I have become a great fan of "Ink Smooshing tehcnique", I guess which is introduced to all of us by Laura Bassen. There are a lot of tutorials available on Youtube and various forums about this technique.  It can be recreated using any kind of watercolors available at your disposal. I tend to get best results using either Tim Holtz Distress inks, Dyan Reavley's Dylusions ink sprays, Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens or Dr. Ph Martin's liquid watercolors.

I have created a card using the same technique . Let's look at the card first .

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Technique: The technique is really very simple. You need to remember to select colors that blend in well with one another so that you don't create a muddy mess. I had posted a short video on my Instagram feed showing the technique. You can view it here:

Doing a little ink smooshing today #zigcleancolorrealbrushpens #inksmooshing by @parabn17

Card: For this card I started off by stamping the image first in black ink on watercolor card stock.  The I have used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen to create the background. Once the background dried up, I added a few silver splatters  on the background using Fintec Mica palette. Then  I stamped the sentiment and adhered the card panel to purple card base using glue. Finally added a squins and finished the card.

I am submitting this card to :

•  The Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge
• Simon Says Stamp - Work It Wednesday Challenge
• Seize the Birthday - Anything goes challenge 

• The Flower Challenge #6 
• 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 base - purple
Canson watercolor paper -140 lbs
Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens 
Finetec MICA watercolor palette
Altenew Beautiful Day Stamp set
Stampendous - Birthday wishes set
Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black
Recollections sequins 
Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue