Craft for the Craic April!

Heyyaaa All!!

 Guys, don't you think time's flying very fast? Jan-Feb-March- where does the time go?!

This month we have "Anything Goes except a card" on Craft for the craic April Challenge! :)

I finally broke my jinx( of not painting) and started on mixed media canvas. 

I have used acrylic paints for the background of a 6*6 canvas cloth.( I have a 5m roll of canvas and I am glad I am putting it to use again!) The stamps used are from Bo Bunny- it is written and STAMPlorations-small birds! The alphabet stamp is from Kaisercraft. :)
Hope you liked my canvas?
Come on, join us in the fun and link your entries HERE!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs xx

STAMPlorations-Mid month reminder!

Helloo My Sweet Friends!! :)

We are showcasing mid-month inspiration for March at STAMPlorations- Sketch and Theme Challenge

As you know the 

Theme is

and

Sketch is

Here is my take- I am using both sketch and theme.

I have used STAMPlorations- Bloom Sketches stamp set. I have used weathered wood distress ink for the background. However , after adding white pigment to it, it turned bluish! 

Hope my background counts for grey color! :)

The background texture is from Bobunny-it is written and Bloom Sketches. I have used white gel for the bubbles and colored the blooms using Picked raspberry DI. The sentiment is also shaded.

Did you like my card? Would love to hear what you wana say about it!

Come play with us HERE at STAMPlorations!! I want to know how you - my talented friends, interpret this theme! :)

Find out what my teamies created!

Becca

Julie

Laura Jane

Sari

Suchi <--You are HERE

Tenia

Wei Wei

I am entering this card for-

Inkspirational Challenge- Pink and Grey

Time Out # 52 - Inspired by the blooms of the very talented Marjan

and
Take it make it Challenge- Anything goes with stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs xx

Colorful mixed media card!

Hello Fellow Crafters! Happy Friday to you all! :)

Today I am bringing before u a mixed media card. This month's theme at Mixed Media Card Challenge is Family! I got these "Houses" stamps recently and they are perfect for the theme!

For the card, I stamped those adorable houses on American Craft patterned papers with Archival jet black ink and paper pieced them. I also colored one of the houses with Distress ink and filled windows with black gel pen. 

The background sky is masked using DI and decorated used white pigment ink and black gel pen. I have used texture paste and distress ink for the ground using Craftslane stencil. Also, I used STAMPlorations set - Bloom sketches for the sentiment and Dee's Artsy impression-Balloons & Banners for those little heart clouds! :)

I am entering it for Mixed Media Card Challenge- November 

and 

STAMPlorations- Anything Goes

Hope you like my card! :)
Have a great weekend ahead!
Hugs xx

Mixed media - Orange and black!

Heyyaaaa Super Cool Crafters!! :)

I am back ! This time with a mixed media card inspired by the colors of Halloween - Orange and black! :)

I started off by heat embossing the lower panel using Ranger white embossing powder and Versamark. Over it I adhered a black colored panel and used Crafter's workshop stencil to add the splatters! :)

I used Ranger's Texture paste for the same. On the orange card stock I stamped STAMPlorations- Trendy Butterfly stamp and fussy cut them out. The sentiment is from Dee's Artsy impression set - Balloons and Banners. I used Color box pigment ink to stamp the sentiment.

I have used double sided glue tape to adhered the upper panel of the card and the butterflies! :)

I am entering this card for Lulupu Challenge#54 - Embossing Magic

Mixed Media Card Challenge- Orange and Black

 

CASEplorations - CASEing wonderful Deepti Malik. I ADORE her cards and stamps..She is one of the gems in our blog - land. You can find her blog here.

I have used her sketch and got inspired by heat embossing white on black.. Deepti's card is also a CASE of Greta Hess's. She is one of the very talented crafters! You can find her blog here- she is featured for this month's CASEplorations. :)

and

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes

**My 100th post Giveaway is ending soon- CLOSING on 15th OCT!  This is one last friendly reminder for my Giveaway.**

You can link up HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Happy Crafting! :)

The Damsel's Birthday! :)

Hellloooo Sweet Ladiesss!!

It has been a long time since my last post! Things have been so busy lately! I wish I had more than 24 hrs a day! :P 

I made this card for Becca- The Damsel of distressed cards who celebrated her birthday recently! :)

Happy Birthday dear Becca!! I am sure you will love her work ! Her comments are colorful and full of life too! :)

She is having a birthday blast by sharing a mood board!

Inspired by it, you need to make a card and she is not giving one but SEVEN prizes! Woohooo!! :)

Here goes my card! I hope she likes it.. :)

I am inspired by the colors of the mood-board. For the tag, I used Shutters-from ARTplorations and color box pigment ink. I outlined a few shutters with black marker. For the heart, I used yellow card stock and over it I used "generation stamping" technique using seedless preserves distress ink and Trendy Leaves from STAMPlorations. 

I used the sentiment stamp set from Bo Bunny for the sentiment and white pigment ink from color box. I adhered all of them using the sketch from STAMPlorations #36. I used texture paste over the purple card and stencil is from Craftslane.

I am also entering it for STAMPlorations Anything Goes.

and City Crafter Challenge -using twine

Before ending this post, I wanted to share my poem with you all! My family has been going through a lot lately as my mother-in-law is suffering from the deadly cancer. She is fighting hard and we all are too! :) 

Right, so, when the emotions flow in, poems come out.. I wrote it after a long time...hope you guys like it.. :)

It is titled as "The Catapult"

Look! The catapult

That we are playing along..

Unavoidable, irresistible,

Thought nothing could go wrong..

Watching other stones

Swinging in the sky high..

Confident it was fun

That no one could deny..

Oh God! I swear!

That stone went far away..

And here is another one

That just went half way..

Didn't know we were

After all prepared..

Dared, compared or

Were we declared..?

Thought the catapult

Would make our stone rise..

You know as may

Had a dream in our eyes..

But now that the stone is

Pulled back for the leap..

Don't know for how long

The stone is going to weep..

Faith is there..

As is hope and love..

The catapult is pulled backward

Only to be soared high like a dove!

Hugs,

Geometric!

Heyya Lovely bloggers!! :)

Thank you so much for supporting and loving my work - It's my 87th post, 40 followers and yes, it has hit 10,000 mark already!! Thank you so much dear ladies! :)

I am gonna sharing with you a fun card inspired by Time Out Challenge#34.

My card:

I starting by water coloring the background. I didn't exactly use the same shades as the picture but I colored the hues of orange and pink. I used the stencil from STAMPlorations- Shutters and highlighted with black gel pen. I used texture paste over it again.   I colored the remaining and stamped the butterflies using trendy butterfly from STAMPlorations. I used Seedless Preserves and Worn Lipstick DI for them.

I am also entering this card for AAA CAS Cards which has texture + Stencil as their theme 

and for STAMPlorations Anything goes.

So, did you like my card?

Thanks a lot for stopping by! :)

Love xx

Purple and Yellow

Hellooo Sweet Friends!!!

I am back! The virant colors of this card are inspired by Twinkle Twinkle Little star challenge for using purple+purple+yellow! :) Great contrast colors!

I sponged the background using distress ink. I used Bold Leaves stencil from ARTplorations and sprinzted it with water. I adhered it over the card and then took it off slowly. It gives a great texture! :)
I used a paste of gesso +mowed lawn DI and textured it sideways.
I adhered die cuts and stamped the sentiment using Bo Bunny Sentiment stamp set.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

1.Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Purple + Purple + Yellow

2.CraftStamper -texture

3.AAA cards- Texture +paste

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog ladies!
:)
Love xx

White Magic

Hello Sweet Crafters!

I am back with another card- A white on White! :)

Here is my card

I first used texture paste from Ranger and stencil from Craftslane over the white card. Then used punched foam flowers and leaves and colored them using acrylic color. I fuzzy cut out the butterfly which was a freebie and embellished it using pearls. The sentiment is from Fiskars - For the birds stamp set and Old paper distress ink.

I am entering this card for Color Me challenge! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by Ladies!

Hugs,

Remembrance!

Heyyy Ladies!!

"Time is Precious" isn't it?

What we have today is a Gift , that's why it is called a Present!

Time flies by, we get old, memories remain. 

Wish we could freeze time, rewind, fast-forward it. 

My Mixed Media Art today is inspired by Time, Numbers, and clock.

Here it is! :)

Technique:

I used a cardboard which was a part of a new shirt and up cycled it ;)

I applied 2-3 layers of Sakura Acrylic Gesso over it. I adhered Number Washi tapes shown and primed with another layer of gesso.

I used a stencil from Craftslane for the texture and Number stencil from local store for the numbers.

I used texture paste for the same.

Later, I used loads of patterned paper scrap and adhered it at the centre. I applied Gesso and acrylic white over them.

I used a feather, Wooden embellishments- Camera & clock, buttons, Mulberry flowers, foam punched flowers, leaves, eyelets, glass glitter.
I arranged these as shown and later primed them again with gesso. I used Acrylic colors- black, white gold, pearl colors, Bronze dust & water colors.
For the butterfly, I fuzzy cut it out and adhered it with glass glitter and acrylic white color. It gives such a cool texture! :)
I used a few stamps from Fiskars over the layout using wild honey and old paper distress ink.
The sentiment is hand-written.

Hope you guys like this new style of mixed media attempt that I tried? :)

I am entering it for:
1. STAMPlorations April Challenge - Stamps & Numbers



2. House of Cards - Butterfly or Colors


3.Create Something Catchy Challenge - Anything goes

Quote for today! ;)


Take Care guys!
Cya xx

Mixed Media Flowers

Hello Creative Crafters!!

I have come up with a mixed media card! I am learning and learning about mixed media. It is so vast and the more I know, the more I think I don't know? How's that possible? :P

Ok! Let me show you my card! :)

Technique:

I used the chevron patterned paper from American Craft. I stamped over the paper using Fiskars "for the bird" stamp set. I hand -wrote a few lines over the paper. The edges were distressed using old paper ink. I used black soot and Bo Bunny - to the point stamp over the background.

I splattered acrylic white and black colored(enjoyed it thoroughly and reminded me of my child-hood.. ;)) I used glass glitter from Prima Marketing and adhered it over the paper(you may see them if you really stare closely above the sentiment) .The sentiment "Inspire" is from the same stamp set. I used texture paste with Craftslane stencil to add some texture.

Now, for the flowers, I stamped them over a white card and fuzzy cut them out. I colored them using water colors. The stamp is from Fiskars- Petals from scratch.After this I adhered it over a Red Card Paper.

Challenges:

I am entering this card for:

1. Mixed media card challenge -Flowers (ends on 25/4)

2. Fusion Cards - Inspired by the Photo(ends on 5/5)


3.Lulupu # 48 -Watercoloring (ends on 30/4)

Alright, this made me laugh! :)

Hope you like it (Card and quote both :P)?

Love xx

Happiness..

Heyyyyaa Beautiful Ladies!!

I have come up with a card that has bright and happy colors!

Here is my card:

Technique:

I recently won Mr.Huey's water colors set in Lulupu # 47. I was very eager to use them! :)

 The card's base was colored using water color and colors are - Fuchsia, orange and I sprinkled brown water color over it.

I textured using Craftslane stencil and texture paste from Ranger.

Later, I stamped the Sentiment from Bo Bunny Sentiment set over the card base.

I fuzzy cut out the colored butterflies and stamped using black soot distress ink.

The sentiment "Happiness" is from Fiskars-For the bird stamp set.

 This card is a CASE inspired by Samra. Her cards are subtle, beautiful and I am sure you will get inspired by her cards too! :)

So,did you like my card?

Challenges:
I am entering it fo the following challenges:

1.Cardabilities#120

2.Creative color#32 -colors Fuchsia, orange, brown and butterflies

3.Try it on Tuesday - They who have wings

4. Lulupu#48 -Watercolors

Before ending this post, I want to share a quote:


Cya then ..Hugs xx