STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Reminder Three!

STAMPlorations has turned a year old and is celebrating with a blog hop and new release. Today I am up with my fourth and final card :) Don't forget to hop over to win a lot of prizes. You have until Wednesday, July 2, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Sunday, July 6.

I have my forth and last card (actually not last, I can make tons with set lol) to share using the same set VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes set  here's what I created... 

I am so inspired by the beautiful card by Donna Mikasa that I had to CASE it. To make this card, I inked the card base, then I stamped the images with water. As distress ink n water reacted, it gave this result. This is one technique that looks awesome and I ought to do more of it :) Finally, I did some gold embossing of the sentiment, added a die cut and a gold embossed vellum butterfly to finish my card.

I am entering this card to the following challenges -

1. Time Out Challenge #8 - CASE Donna Mikasa

2. Simon Says Monday Challenge - I ought to use more of this!

3. Paper Crafting Challenges #13 - Anything Goes!

4. Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes!

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Design Team:

Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki

Guest Designers:

Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

Have fun in hopping  and thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Stamps: STAMPlorations Vignette Retro Mod shapes, Subway Art Builders -Dare and Martha Stewart Butterfly set; Ink: Distress Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard seed, Versamark; Ranger fine gold embossing powder; Die  CAS-ual Fri die - Trees

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Reminder Two!

STAMPlorations has turned a year old and is celebrating with a blog hop and new release.  I was lucky enough to be invited as a Guest Designer.  So today I am up with my third card :) Don't forget to hop over to win a lot of prizes. You have until Wednesday, July 2, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Sunday, July 6.

Today I have my third card to share using the same set VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes set  This stamp set is so versatile and here's what I created...

To make this card, I masked around the focal rectangle and inked it, then I stamped the images with water. As distress n water reacted, it gave this result. Finally I added some ink splatter and heat embossed the sentiment and framed the focal image using a ruler and a pen.

I am entering this card to the following challenges -

1. Inkspirational #59 - Blue with white

2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

3. Shopping Our Stash #157 - Your Favorite color

 
*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Design Team:

Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki

Guest Designers:

Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

Have fun in hopping  and thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Stamps: STAMPlorations Vignette Retro Mod shapes, Subway Art Builders -Dare; Ink: Distress Chipped Sapphire, Versamark; Whisper Opaque white embossing powder, Post it notes for making, Blue gel pen and water

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop - Reminder One!

STAMPlorations has turned a year old and is celebrating with a blog hop and new release.  I was lucky enough to be invited as a Guest Designer.  So today I am up with my second card :) Don't forget to hop over to win a lot of prizes. You have until Wednesday, July 2, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Sunday, July 6.

Today I have my second card to share using the same set VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes set  This stamp set is so versatile and here's what I created...

To make this card, I stamped the square stamps on the card base in happy summer colors and then die cut the hello, I then layered the hello doe cut multiple time to raise it. I added Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins to finish my card :)

I am entering this card to the following challenges -

1. Cure for the Monday Blues #22

2. Catered Crop Summer Lovin recipe swap

Edited to Add : Moxie Fab World's Wonderful words challenge - Word dies

  

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Design Team:

Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki

Guest Designers:

Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

Have fun in hopping  and thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used : Stamp - STAMPlorations Vignette Retro Mod shapes; Inks - Hero Arts Shadow inks - Butter bar, Fresh peach, Mint Julep, Raspberry red and PTI Summer sunrise; Die - Paper Smooches Hello die; Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins

STAMPlorations Birthday Blog Hop!!

STAMPlorations is turning a year old and is celebrating with a blog hop and new release. I am lucky enough to be joining the celebrations as a guest designer. When Shery invited me join in her celebration I was more than excited and honored. 

There's all together 14 blogs participating in the hop: 9 STAMPlorations design team members and 5 guests. Visit all the stops on the hop and leave a comment for a chance to win stamps. We're giving away over $120 worth of stamps!

FOURTEEN (14) lucky hoppers randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a stamp set and ONE (1) lucky hopper randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win all the stamps in the July release. You have until Wednesday, July 2, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Sunday, July 6.

Shery was kind enough to offer one stamp set of my choice from the store to create my project/s. I love all the stamps in their store but I was particularly inclined towards VIGNETTE: Retro Mod Shapes set and one lucky winner will win this set which is being offered by STAMPlorations at my blog. So, don't forget to leave a comment!

This stamp set is so versatile, I see a whole lot of possibilities when I pick this stamp set. And when ever I sat down with it I created a new card :D Here's one...

The shapes in the stamp set can be used to create much of variation in ur design :) To make this one, I stamped two of the stamps to create my candles in Hero Art Soft Granite and PTI Summer sunrise, inked the card base with Distress Mustard seed and the stamped the circle stamps from this set to create the bokeh effect. To finish the card I added the die cut birthday and hand wrote the sentiment "wishes". Hope you like my first creation :) 

I am entering this card to the following challenges -

1. CAS on Sunday #36 - BIRTHDAY

2. Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes!

3. A Blog Named Hero #46 - BOKEH

Don't forget to hop over to win a prize and be inspired...

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

Design Team:

Cornelia | Debra | Kylie | Maria | Monika | Nonni | Shery | Shirley | Vicki

Guest Designers:

Ardyth | Chrissie | Deepti | Melissa | Mynn

You take a peek into the new release, by clicking HERE. These stamps are available to buy on the shop during the hop and all 6 sets  are for $30 (17% off) + free shipping in the US (flat rate to other countries).

Have fun in hopping and thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

ATSM #101 - Anything Goes!

Hello crafters, I am glad that you all played along with us in our 100th challenge and now its time for your favorite challenge at Addicted to Stamps and more... ANYTHING GOES !! I am sure you all enjoy this challenge as much as I do, it gives us an opportunity to explore so may unlimited ideas. So, get going and create what your heart desires. This is what I created...

To make this card, I stamped the birds, masked their tails and stamped the frame around each, I then also masked the bird frames and randomly stamped different sizes of squares in colors inspired by Be Inspired challenge and the frames from Monday Blues inspiration picture. The thought was since the birds are not in a single frame they are missing each other. Quite a logic, u see!! LOL, I also colored the non overlapping area of the green and blue squares with my pastel markers. Finally stamped the sentiment and hearts. Since the stamps are never used before I am playing along again at Darnell's NBUS challenge. 

There is a lot more lovely inspiration from the DT, Please visit our challenge blog here. The winner will receive a wonderful prize from our sponsor this week Eureka Stamps. Take a peek at their store here

I am playing this for the following challenges -

1. Be Inspired #54
2. Cure for the Monday Blue Challenge #22
2. One Layer Simplicity challenge #6 - I've been framed
3. NBUS challenge #1

   

I am excited to see what you will come up with ....
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used : Stamps - TAWS Pieces, hearts from TAWS Nap time, birdies from TAWS Lighter than air set, Inks - Hero arts Shadow inks - Fresh peach, Bubble gum, Mint Julep, Distress Peacock feathers, Memento Tuxedo black; Spectrum Noir Markers; Post-it notes for masking

ATCAS #41 - SUN

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . The code word for this week is SUN and the challenge is being hosted by our very talented Loll. I would like to welcome our talented Guest Designer Karen D back with her amazing creation.  You will be amazed by her interpretation of the code word. You can see her projects by clicking here, Snippets

Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps :) Winner will get 7 digis from the store.

So here's my card....

 

To make this card, I created the sun ray by masking and inking using a post it note. I had these diecuts fro Mama elephant sent by a sweet friend that I wanted to use. I also heat embossed the plane and flowers on the panel. Finally I stamped the sentiment.

I am linking this up to a few challenges -

1. Case Study #196 - Pamela Ho 

2. Color Throwdown #297 

 

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) 

Thank you for visiting my blog n leaving me a comment.

Supplies used - Stamps CAS-ual Friday Comfort, American crafts Blue skies, Pink Paislie sentiment series; Inks - Distress Mustard seed, Peacock feathers, Memento Tuxedo black, Versamark ink, Whisper silver embossing powder; Dies - Mama elephant Crative cuts City scape and landscape trio

Fusion with CAS(E) this Sketch!

Hello friends!! time for another Fusion :) but this time it's a very special Fusion challenge we have put together for you :) We are getting together with CAS(E) this Sketch challenge for a wonderful sketch for you which means you can link up your projects at CAS(E) this sketch too :) This is going to be so much fun!  So here's the Fusion inspiration n sketch for you...

FUSION is a very interesting, it gives us a photo and a sketch, so possibilities are endless with the freedom given in the challenge. You can just work with the sketch or just photo, in my case I went with the Fusion, I was inspired by votive and the gold, so I created this...

For my card, I first gold embossed the bullb, butterfly on vellum and then I stamped the image of the bulb on card base, drew the string with a marker, inked the card base around the bulb. Added some water splatter on ink. Gold embossed the flourish. Stamped the sentiment and adhered all the elements to finish my card. I am linking this up to the following challenges -

1. CAS(E) this sketch ! for the obvious reason

2. Simon says Wednesday Challenge - You Gotta have friends 
3. Butterfly Challenge #9 - Monochromatic

There is a lot more inspiration available for you by our lovely team and the team of CAS(E) this Sketch. Go and check out :) Also, for more details about the challenge please visit Fusion Card Challenge 

Betty J
Cathy Weber 
Dannielle Robeson
Deepti .....<you are here>
Jeanne Jachna
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Sindhu
Stephanie Severin

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Inks: Versamark, Distress Mustard seed and Memento Tuxedo black; Ranger Fine gold embossing powder; Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Dots and circles, TAWS - Lighter than air and Martha Stewart butterflies; Sequins from Ellen Hutson, Sharpie Black fine tip marker

The new challenge...

Hi friends! I made a card for a new and fun challenge "The Cutting Edge" started by fantastic, talented and superb Jackie Rockwell of Rockwell Designs. Jackie is back in action with not just one but two amazing challenges. The other is Tag You're it! for all the tag lovers out there :)

But my card is for The Cutting Edge and as the name suggests is for all those who are crazy about die cuts. If by chance you are not... you will definitely become one with this challenge and its amazing DT. So this first challenge is a contest for a Guest Design opportunity :)

So here's my card...

I was inspired by the card in the bottom right corner. To make this card, I die cut all the elements and inked them, drew a faint line as a guide to place my die cuts. Before placing my elements, I masked the lower edge of the card and created a sky by inking. Then I placed the elements with sun being the first, followed by trees and then birthday diecuts. I hand drew those tiny birdies. The unique thing about this is that I used the twig for marshmallows as the tree trunks :) 

I am also linking this up at Paper Crafting challenge #12 - In summer and CASology Week 100 - Celebrate as its their birthday and I wanted to be a part of this celebration :)

   

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Dies: MFT Roughing it, MFT Little Lower case alphabets, CAS-ual Fri Dies Tree(to make those tiny flowers) and sizzix circle die; Inks - Distress Spiced Marmalade, Mustard seed, Mowed Lawn and Tumbled glass, Memento Bamboo leaves; Spectrum Noir markers; Martha Stewart Glue pen

Happy 2nd Birthday to ATSM!!

Yippee!! its our second birthday :) and I am so glad to be a part of this special day. Kylie and my team mates are the sweetest friends I have found and I truly cherish this part of my life. Hope you will join us in our celebration with this challenge. The challenge this week at Addicted to stamps and more...  is an inspiration image that has the rainbow colors, I am sure you all love rainbow as much as I do. Here's the  inspiration photo and my card...

To make this card, I did masking and inking of the horizontal panel, followed by generational stamping of the dots in the same color to create the bokeh effect. Then I heat embossed the birds and stamped the sentiment.

There is a lot more lovely inspiration from the DT, Please visit our challenge blog here. The winner will receive a wonderful prize from our sponsor this week Stichy Bear's Digi Outlet. Take a peek at their store here

I am excited to see what you will come up with ....

I would like to submit this card to the following challenges -
1. A Blog Named Hero #46 - Bokeh
2. Sketch Saturday #314
3. Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes!
4. The Paper Players #200 - OLC CAS

  

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used are -  Stamp: Hero Arts Best wishes clear set, Scrappy cat dots; Inks: Distress inks Dust concord, Chipped sapphire, Peacock feathers, Mowed lawn, Mustard seed, Spiced Marmalade, Barn door, Memento Tuxedo black and Versamark ink; Whisper Opaque embossing powder; Heat tool Darice, Post it notes

Yay! Guest Designing at Stamplorations bi-weekly challenge #14

If you are looking for my Merry Monday Guest Design post, please click HERE...

Yippee! I am just getting lucky :) I won a sketch challenge #11 at Stamplorations and was invited to Guest Design for the bi-weekly sketch challenge #14. I am so excited to be designing with the amazing and talented team of Stamplorations. Thank you so much for having me over :)
So here's the sketch and my card...

I have a tendency to make my card as CAS as possible so I saw scored lines in the horizontal strips on the sketch. I worked on the focal image, I created a mask for the heart and stamped it with Stamplorations - SUBWAY Art builders stamp - dare, multiple times in different inks. Then I added an inlaid die cut heart and added butterflies with some hand drawn stitched lines. The heart and butterfly were picked to match up the sentiment :) The colors used are from Color Q #245, so I am linking this up there as well. Also, linking it up at Less is More Week 176 - OLC Off the edge

Hope you like my card and will join in the fun at Stamplorations :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Supplies used - Stamps: Stamplorations Subway Art builders Dare, Technique Tuesday Happyville cars; Dies: Nestabilities Heart dies; Punch - Butterfly Picture punch from Darice; Inks: Hero Arts Shadow ink - Mint Julep, Pool; Fresh peach, Butterbar and Memento bamboo leaves; Martha Stewart Score board; Sharpie fine tip marker

Yay!! Guest Designing at Merry Monday #113

Hi friends!! recently I won the challenge #111 at Merry Monday and was invited to Guest Design. I am so glad to be designing with the lovely and talented team of Merry Monday. Making cards for Christmas challenge is a real help in taking the load off ur head when holiday season is nearing.

So, we should keep participating just to help build up our Christmas Stash :) The inspiration image is adorable for this challenge and I love it :)

So here's my card...

To make this card, I masked the edges and heat embossed snowflakes and also inked the edges. I then did some inlaid die cutting of the Christmas trees. I also partially heat embossed these in silver. To finish my card, I added some glitter on snowflakes and added some sequins.

Hope you like my card :) and will join in the fun at Merry Monday.Thank you to the entire team of Merry Monday for having me over.

I am linking this up at
1. AAA Cards #7 Create - Embossing n add some pink
2. Word Art Wednesday #136 - Anything Goes!
3. The Paper Players #200 - I picked the OLC CAS

 

And thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Supplies use - Ink: Versamark, Distress Sugar Spun, Memento Rose Bud; Embossing powder Whisper Opaque, Metalic Silver; Dies - MFT Roughing it up; Stamps: Inkadinkadoo - Christmas Characters; Pretty Pink Posh - Transparent sequins

New stamps and more !!

Hi friends, how are you all? I finally managed to take some time out to make a card with the new goodies I ordered from TAWS. I have been eyeing on the new release and few other stamps for a long time, finally I managed to buy them and make a card :) These stamps are so good, I have so many ideas flowing into my head with these stamps but due to shortage of time... I could make just one :) More to come soon...

Also, my dear and very popular Darnell from djkardkreations is celebrating a landmark of 500 followers on her blog by a NBUS #1 challenge. I am sure u know what NBUS is... its a cool term coined by Darnell - Never Before Used Schtuff :) She is one talented lady, if u don't follow her, I bet u r missing some real fun in life :) So I decided to join in her celebration with my new NBUS :)

I was inspired by the TAWS Be Inspired #53 photo inspiration to create this card. 

To make this card, I did some inlaid die cutting. Stamped the heart with the rainbow colored crossing lines stamp. I stamped, colored and fuzzy cut the birdies and laid them on the card base over the heart. Stamped the sentiment and some diamond shapes to finish my card. Since this card has birdies and is CAS, I am linking this up to two more challenges

1. Inkspirational #58 - CAS

2. City Crafter Challenge Week 215 - it's for bird

    

Also, thought I would share the things that I have been busy doing :) One is a water color painting of a bird, which I did coz I felt like... seeing water colors all around in the blog land. I hand drew the bird and then water colored it :)

And another is a canvas painting in Acrylics of Lord Ganesha, our Hindu God who brings prosperity and all things good in life. I made this one for my sister-in-law :) who recently got married. Hope she likes it!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Stamps: TAWS - Crossing lines, Bugging out and Lighter than Air; Inks: Hero arts Butter bar, Pool, Memento Bamboo leaves, Grape jelly, Tuxedo black, PTI Summer sunrise and Distress barn door; Dies - Nestabilities heart dies; Spectrum Noir Markers 

ATSM #99 - CAS

We have a wonderful new challenge for you this week at Addicted to stamps and more... Addicted to CAS. We all know what clean and simple is right? It's all about the design, not the technique,  not the tools, not the embellishments. It's all about the design uncluttered, lots of white or open space and one main focal point and here's my card....

To make this card, I did some masking and stamping of sea animals, followed by masking and inking to create the waves. Then I stamped a few circles to give the illusion of bubbles and finished my card by added balloons and birthday sentiment banner
I was inspired by the following challenges -
1. Retro Sketches #118 
2. CAS Colors and Sketches #77
3. Seize the birthday - Summertime
4. Inkspirational #58 - CAS

  

There is a lot more lovely inspiration from the DT, Please visit our challenge blog here. The winner will receive three digis from our sponsor this week QKR Stampede. Take a peek at their store here

I am excited to see what you will come up with ....

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment :)

Supplies used - Inks Hero Arts Shadow ink Butter Bar, Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Mowed lawn, Peacock feathers; Spectrum Noir markers; Stamps: Recollections - Sea Creatures, Scrappy cat - Mini dots and rings, Martha Stewart All Occasion sentiment set; Dies - Li'l Inkers Balloon dies