New Year, New Challenge!

Helloo Crafty Friends!!! :)

Happy New Year to you all! Wish that this year is full of crafty things, may you get a room full of crafty stuff. LOL! (That is secretly my wish ;))

So, we have first Thursday of the month and here we go with a new and exciting challenge of STAMPlorations CAS challenge! 

This month, we are going with silver or grey- two of my favorites I must say. 

I made this card-

I have used ARTplorations- Bloom Factory for the background and Becca's Big Grin- Strong Women stamp set from STAMPlorations! I loved the sentiment- so inspiring and apt for all the strong women in your life! The sequins are from Bobunny.

Find out what my amazingly talented friends have made on the STAMPlorations blog.

I am going to be active blogger from now (fingers crossed :P) Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs xx

Birthday Elements!

Heyyaaa Dear Friendssss!! :)

Happy Friday to you all! I am back and this time with a Birthday Card! 

If you are looking for my Giveaway, find it HERE!

I made this card using STAMPlorations- Party Mates stamp set. I had this set on my wishlist since like ages! But finally, I got my hands on it! :)

I started by masking the gift boxes and stamping them one besides the other as shown. Then, I stamped over another panel with Chocolate stamps and cupcakes- all the cute little things! I colored this pane using Hickory smoke distress ink.

Later on, I colored these elements using distress inks (rainbow colors) and stamped the sentiment using white pigment ink. 

I must say that if you know basics of stamping well by now, MISTI can take the quality of stamping to a whole other level. Your stamping gets precise and very clear. :)

I am entering this card for-

Freshly Made Sketches#249

and

Mixed Media Card Challenge#26 - Rainbow with an option of dragonfly.

Thanks for stopping by!:)

Spring and Coffee 2016!

Heyy Guys!!

You are right! It's all started- Coffee Lover's Spring Bloghop!! :)

These crafters are amazing! 50+ sponsors, so many cards and so many stops to hop!!

Well, I got my card to share here!

As you know, STAMPlorations is one of the sponsors of #SpringCLH giving away $20 Gift Certificate+Coffee Happy stamp set! Shery has provided us all with Free digis so that we can be a part of it! How cool is that?!?! Also find the STAMPlorations blog hop HERE.

You can find the Digi stamp HERE. 

BTW, STAMPlorations is giving 15% discount on all stamps and stencils! And Becca is also having a giveaway HERE!! Grab your stuff soon!! :)

I am also entering this card for lovely sketch by Kim of  Freshly Made sketches#228! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs xx

Spring's around!

Heyy Friends!! :)

How have you all been? I am playing along a few challenges!

Here is my card-

For the card, I masked the white stripe area using washi tape and stamped using distress inks. The stamp set is from STAMPlorations- Vignette Retro Mod Shapes. I also stained the background lightly using Worn lipstick distress stain. The sequins are from Bo bunny.

I am playing along Muse #157 - Got inspired by the very gorgeous Anita Bowden

The Card Concept#51- Naturally pink (Clean and graphic)

Thanks a lot for stopping by!
Hugs xx

New Technique using distress ink!

Heyya Sweet Crafters!! :)

Its been a while since my last post! I had a short trip to one of the beautiful beaches of Konkan area!

So, I am playing along a few challenges! I came up with this card-

 As you all know, I love playing with distress ink! That day, I saw a video of Jennifer McGuire showcasing distress ink lifting. I thought why not try something like this using a stencil! Looks like I found a new technique altogether (which I was not aware of before whether it existed or not :P )

I started with masking the card base with washi tape to make that sketch. I used Seedless preserves, Salty ocean and Peakcock Feathers to sponge the background. Later, I covered the card with ARTplorations - Tribal Swirls stencil. I used water brush over the exposed area and wiped it using baby wipes. (I know it is a lot of work but the results are amazing! )The ink lifting worked wonders and I was happy with the result. Let me know if you want a video of it, if more people ask for it, I will definitely make one! :)

I added a few sequins to finish up this one layer card. And yes, the sentiment is also multicolored using DI. :)

I am entering this card for-

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge # 4 - Distress ink, stencil and sequins

 

CASology#186 - Distress

and

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Before ending, I want to share with you the click of a romantic sunset of Konkan -Laadghar beach! :)

Happy Stamping! 

Hugs xx

STAMPlorations Feb Challenge - Stamps & triplets

 ** My Giveaway LINK **

Heyyaaa Crafting ladies!! :)

Wow! This is my very first post for STAMPlorations as a DT! :)

For Feb, we have theme and sketch as on the STAMPlorations blog -





So, my card here for February is using the THEME.

For the card, I have used Three types of balloons in a group of three and have used three distress ink colors! (That's so many threes! :))

I masked the stamps and colored them using distress ink - Worn lipstick, Picked raspberry and Fire brick! The stamp set is from Dee's Artsy Impressions - Balloons and Banners. I also stamped the background using same stamp set.

The sentiment was heat embossed using Versamark and Golden embossing powder on vellum to add shine. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations-Bloom sketches. Here is a close-up of my card! I used three sequins on the card too! ;)

Hope you liked my card?

I am entering this card for

Make it monday- Valentine ombre stamping



Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Have a heart


and

AAA Cards #57 - Love me like you do




Thank you so much for stopping by!! :)
Hugs xx

A Watercolored Card

Helloo Sweet Crafters! :)

My second card for December is here

For the card, I used Fiskars-Petals from scratch stamp for those gorgeous flowers! Then I watercolored them using Distress inks from Tim Holtz. I heat embossed the sentiment with Gold embossing powder and used Dee's Balloons & Banners stamp set from STAMPlorations.

The strip on the base is stamped using Bo Bunny- to the point stamp set and Distress ink -Salty Ocean.I have adhered the flowery panel and sentiment on the base using double sided tape to add dimension.
BTW, those cubes besides my card?!.. are origami cubes- handmade - created by my FIL. :)

Hope you liked my card? 

I am entering it for Runway Inspired Challenge#97 .

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Two of my fave techniques- Embossing and No line watercoloring



and
STAMPlorations - Anything Goes


Thanks a lot for hopping by!
Hugs xx

Blossoms

Hellooo All,

I have created a blossom card inspired by the beautiful spring.

Here is my card

Technique:

I have kept it Clean & Simple. I have used kind of little paper piecing (by adding branches of the tree by using a patterned paper). I stamped the sentiment using Bo Bunny Sentiments Stamp and Worn Lipstick distress ink. I used flower punches on foam and added cute little sequins over it.

Material:

1.Foam punched flowers

2.Bo Bunny Sentiment Stamp

3.Worn lipstick distress ink

4.Brown patterned paper

5.Sequins

Challenges:

I am entering this CAS card for:

1. CASology # 138 -Blossom which ends on 22/3

2.The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #108 - what season are you in?- which ends on 24/3
3.AAA Challenge #35- Bare Naked CAS -which ends on 28/3

Did you like this CAS card?

Hugs! xx

Jack Sparrow

Oh man! Its been a long long time since I held my brush and canvas! My last Art post was in December 2014 ! (I missed my brushes and colors and palette!)
Not that I wasn't creative! I was busy Crafting !! ;)

I was pretty excited when I got to know that the theme for this week's Pin(spirational )Challenge  # 134 (Top 3) is this guy and Kraftin Kimmie Stamps # 268 had a Movie theme!

Who doesn't get excited seeing HIM? Mr.Johnny Depp!! :P

So, I got my creative juices running and came with something that I hadn't tried before on Canvas! A Mixed Media Art. What I came up with is -

Hehe...Take 1 at Mixed Media made me so happy that I have decided to make more of these! (Also, I will paint more often!) Mr. Jack Sparrow's quote "Now, on deck! Batten down the hatches, weigh anchor! We sail..with the tide!" is the one that I have used on my canvas!

Umm...there are sooo many things that I have used here - Acrylic, oil paints, Gel pens, distress ink, photo transfer, fabric color, stencils, digital stamps, clear stamps , sequins, Homemade embossing paste, bubble wrap! Phew! :P

I was carried away with the painting so couldn't do the tutorial ;). I will do it for the next time!

Did you like my mixed media attempt?

I am also entering it for Rhedd's Creative Spirit Challenge and Frosted Designs  (I have used inks, paints, home made embossing paste in the design to get messy ;) ) 

A Teddy Bear Shaker Card!

Hello Crafters!!

I have created a Teddy Bear Shaker card! Teddy bears are really cute and can melt your heart if someone gifts you a teddy card! My hubby and I had a little fight..so I decided to give him a card! He loved it! <3 :D

So, here is the card!

I have used a Red, Pink and White theme. I am using heart as my inspiration here (Muse celebration)..

I have added a teddy bear Connie Stamp and fussy cut it. I have used a red fabric color to fill in the heart. It gives your card a three dimensional look.

I have stamped the inside of the shaker card with Love stamp using seedless preserves distress ink! I am really loving the effect! :)
I added these little sequins and stuck the circle using 2 sided glue tape. I added the sentiment and cut out a pink heart and bordered it using the red fabric color. I used the heart stencil and fire brick distress ink to border the card with hearts! :D

I am entering them into the below challenges:
http://www.addalittledazzle.com/dazzling-diva-challenge-58/ -done
http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/-done
http://stampedblessings.com/ -done

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.in/ -done

http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2015/01/w-1st-birthday-bash-sketch-challenge.html  -done
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.in/search/label/challenges -done

Thank You Card!

Hello Crafters!!

I have created a quick CAS card! I have used "wild honey"distress ink and water for the background. I have used mowed lawn distress ink for the sentiment-"Thank You".
I colored the card light brown using water colors. I stuck a few sequins and was done!
This card took me hardly 15mins. I have used just 1 set of stamps- Alphabet clear stamp!
I got my inspiration from our very own Catchy Designs Lovely Lady Deepti Stephens.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

http://www.blog.winniewalter.com/2015/01/w-1st-birthday-bash-one-challenge-with.html
http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/sketchchallenge
http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.in/

A Cupcake Shaker Card!

Helloooooo my dear friends!! :)
I came across a few challenges that tempted me to make this card!
The card is a Cup Cake Shaker Card!

Here is how i started,

I printed a CupCake with Stars Digi and pasted it on a Pink Cardstock. I used some pretty colourful star-shaped sequins and added them at the border of this card! I used White and Pink card stock for its borders.This all makes a fancy shaker card..!! :)

I must say that making a shaker card in a small area is not easy at all! It takes a lot of your patience and energy! But in the end, all is worth it baby! :D

 

I used water colors to paint the digi and used "worn lipstick" distress ink and applied it to the border. I shaded the outer border of Digi with magenta colored water-color. Here is a look at it:

I have made a tag using distress ink (salty ocean and mowed lawn) and stamped the sentiments using alphabet clear stamps.

And finally the card is ready! Wohoooo!! :) :)

 I am entering them for the following challenges:

http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/2015/01/cure-for-monday-blues-challenge-38-and.html

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.in/  - ends on 22nd

http://catchychallenges.blogspot.in/ - ends on 25th jan