STAMPloration Spotlight - Winter scene !

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Fifth spotlight feature and I am excited as always :) I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing how to create a winter scene with these stamps :)

So, here's a look into the finished project...

I have used STAMPlorations new October release stamp set Joyful.  Please head over to the STAMPlorations blog for a photo tutorial on this card. 

I am linking this card up at Muse # 91 - Michele Ferguson (I Card everyone),  Christmas Card Challenge #48 - Anything Goes!  , Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes! and Party time Tuesday #187 - Anything Goes!

Okay, I have another card to share... I couldn't help creating yet another Halloween card. I used a fun and fabulous STAMPlorations Boo! stamp set

Making this card was easy, all I did was some stamping and masking to create the door and the wall and the shadow of the ghost. I am sharing this card at CASology Week 119 - GHOST, AAA cards - CAS Halloween, Creative Friday Challenge #114 - Halloween 

 

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

ATSM #119 - 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, 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 stamped and masked the owl. then I created another mask to ink the moon. Then I stamped the tree branch and some text BG. Added some ink splatter to finish my card. I am linking this at Time Out Challenges #17 - Inspired by words (I used a bird in my card) and Inkspirational #68 - Photo Inspiration.

  

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 Mememto Tuxedo black, Hero Arts Mid tone - Pool, Adirondack - Willow alcohol ink; Die - Sizzix Circle die; Stamps - Owl love you from Michael's, Recollections Valentine script

Happy birthday Shirley!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SHIRLEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

It's Shirley's birthday and we are celebrating her special day with some sweet special cards. The lovely party was masterminded by Maria F. Thank you Maria for organizing this :) So... I thought what could make Shirley more happy other than using the stamps designed by her :) I am going crazy over the STAMPlorations Bee's Knees - Rosebuds!! 

This is for you Shirley :) hope you will like it. I love your creations and your artistic style. Wish you a year full of love, happiness and creativity :)

To make this card, I stamped the card base with text BG wiping some of the ink over the stamp, to give it a more random effect. Next I stamped the roses, colored them and finished the card with the sentiment. I am sharing this at Crazy for CAS #56 - Sketch, CAS on Sunday #45 - One layer card and Color Me #43 :)

 

STAMPlorations is having a November 2014 Pre-Release Bundle Sale - 30% off (until November 11), you can check out the details by clicking HERE.

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Guest Designing for Catered Crop - End zone !!

Hello friends! I am back with a card :) Last week, I won Catered Crop - Seeing Red challenge and hence got a chance to Guest Design. Yay! So excited. The inspiration photo is simply awesome, who doesn't love bold colors and stripes. Please visit Catered Crop - End zone recipe swap to play along and for more details.

Here's a look into my card...

To make this card, I took a die cut piece and used a stencil to sponge black stripes with Distress Black Soot ink. On the card base, I stamped the cupcakes in Hero arts - Soft granite to create a subtle BG, I also lightly colored them with grey metallic pencil color. I stamped an colored one cup cake with markers and stamped the sentiment (from CAS-ual Friday's Wish big stamp set). Finally, I adhered the pieces on the card base and dressed with some sequins. I am sharing this at Freshly made sketches #159 and Seize the birthday - Anything Goes!

Thank you so much to Linda and Catered Crop team for having me over :) and thank you for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment.

Fusion #22

Hello friends!! time for another Fusion :) I hope you enjoyed playing along with sweet floral bunch in the previous challenge. Our new challenge is apt to the time of the year.  Now let's see what will you make this time ;)  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 photo inspiration. So here's my card...

To make this card, I distress inked and water stamped the card base. I took a black card stock and stamped the sentiment ans spider with White pigment ink and created some smudges for a chalk board effect. Next I adhered this panel on card base with some foam dots. I am linking this up to the following challenges AAA Cards Challenge #25 - Halloween, Shopping our Stash #174 - Halloween, Sketch Saturday #322 and The Male Room #21 - Halloween 

   

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

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

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Stephanie Severin

I have made another card, more on the masculine side :)

To make this card, I did some light swipes of ink with the ink pad (Hero Arts soft granite). Then I stamped the sentiment (from CAS-ual Friday's wish big set). Next I cut out triangular pieces from burlap and patterned paper (DCWV). On one of the triangle, I stamped the chevron (from CAS-ual Friday's Zigs and zags) Finally, I adhere these on the card base making a banner. Added some twine and sequins to finish it :)  I am sharing this with  Curtain Call - Burlap Banner, 613 Avenue Create #94 - Anything Goes! 

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

CAS-ual Friday's & Add a little Dazzle Blog hop!!

Hello! and welcome to day 3 of CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and Add a little Dazzle Blog hop. We have joined creative forces together to inspire you with projects that combine CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and Add a little Dazzle's gorgeous metal sheets. You can join us in this hop for some fun, prizes and inspiration :)

So, let me show you what I created. I went with a Christmas theme. With Christmas approaching fast, there is always a need to create Christmas cards :D

To make this card, I used Add a Little Dazzle's Scarlet red metal sheet to die cut CAS-ual Fri-Die Linked. I also stamped and fuzzy cut the images from Pinecones stamp set. Cut thin strips of metal sheet to make my ribbon. Next I laid it all on the card. Stamped the sentiment and added some sequins. I am linking this at Festive Friday #42 and Word Art Wednesday #155

Here is the list of stops in the hop, be sure to leave a comment on each stop for your chance to win a great prize.

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps

Add a Little Dazzle

Kelly Griglione

Deepti Malik

Martha Lucia Gomez

Vicki Dutcher

Keren Baker

Cathy Parlitsis

Kate Capper

Lee-Anne Crosse

Lee Ann Barrett

Lydia Evans

 Also join back tomorrow for more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Happy birthday Debra!!

It's Debra's birthday and we at STAMPlorations are celebrating it by making a card for her. Debra is my team mate at STAMPlorations and has an amazing style of hers :) I enjoy seeing her creative takes on the sketches :) You can check more of her creativity at her blog, I dream of color. 

Debra, I have made a sweet little card for you, hope you will like it :) Wishing you a wonderful birthday !!

I have changed the previous photo as I was able to take another photo of the card in the sunlight :) To make this card, I masked off the two vertical panel and inked them with Distress inks Black soot and Barn door. Next I stamped the STAMPlorations Bee's knees - Rosebud and colored it. To dress up the card, I silver embossed the sentiment, added a thin strip of silver metal sheet and added the vellum strip with hand written rest of the sentiment. I am sharing this at Runway Inspired challenge #70 and The Paper Players #218 - CAS with Silver/ Gold

 

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

Diwali Blog Hop 2014

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE to check out my card for STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22

Hello and welcome to the Diwali Bloghop 2014. You must be hopping over from Smriti's blog. This hop was master minded by Chaitali of Cuts, crops and creativity and just like last year, we are continuing our trend to make some festive, ethnic Diwali cards for inspiration and celebration of this festival.

Diwali is the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus to honor the home coming of our Lord Ram from a war after defeating Raavana. This festival also emphasizes on the belief that the Goddess Laxmi (The Goddess of money) will arrive in our homes and bring prosperity. Diwali can be compared to Christmas in terms of how important and big this festival is for us :) I am excited to celebrate this day with my family :)

But of course before I head off towards the preparations for the festival, I will share a card I created. 

The diya/ earthen lamp on my card was hand drawn and the BG was done with distress inks and water stamping using Inkadinkadoo Dots and flourishes stamp set. The sentiment was stenciled and hand written. I am linking this at The Paper Players #218 - CAS Silver/ Gold and Storie di timbri, carta e #9 - Combo colors (for me its red and yellow)

There is a lot more ethnic and elegant inspiration for you, please hop on to Indira's blog.

Also, here is the list of all the stops in the hop, in case you missed any spot...

Chaitali | Gayatri | Mayuri | Smriti | Deepti | Indira | Piali | Sindhu | Isha | Tasnim | Shilpa

Wish you all a very Happy and prosperous Diwali !

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

STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22

Hi friends! Its time for a new sketch challenge at STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22. This challenge ends on October 31st and the winners would be announced on November 2nd. We have a very talented Guest Designer Leslie Hanna joining us for this challenge. She makes amazing cards. You can check out more of her creations at her blog The Crooked Stamper

Let's get to the sketch and my card...

To make this card, I wanted to use the stamp from a new line of STAMPlorations called Bee's Knees - Rosebuds. These stamps are designed by our very talented Shirley Bampton. The stamps are so fab and trendy. So I started out by stamping and embossing the rosebuds around a lightly marked oval on a water color cardstock. Then I used distress inks to water color my card. Finally, to create a focal point, I drew an oval with white gel pen, stamped sentiment and added some pearls. I am entering this card to a few challenges - Crazy for CAS #55 - One layer and stamped, CAS on Sunday #44 - Emboss it, Inkspirational #67 - Purple and Grey 

  

Be sure to check out STAMPlorations blog for some amazing inspiration by our lovely team and don't forget to play along.

Note: STAMPlorations has started a Bi monthly Stamp Club. This is very interesting club that you might wanna look into. Click HERE!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used - Stamps: STAMPlorations Bees's Knees Rose bud; Inks- Versamark, Distress Pumice Stone and Victorian Velvet; Dies - Nestabilities Oval die

ATCAS #50 - Vellum

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is Marie and she has picked a wonderful code word for you... VELLUM. I really enjoyed playing with this code word! Also, I would like to welcome back our super talented and extremely creative Guest Designer Hannelie. Her creative style is unique and involves a lot of pretty die cut creations. You can see her projects by clicking here, Desert Diva

Our winner will win an awesome prize from our amazing sponsors Scribbles Designs. I am sure you love their digi stamps :)

Here's my card...

To make this card, I did some masking and inking, then I hand drew the trees and adhered the die cut bats on the card base. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum to finish my card. I am sharing this card with House of Cards October Challenge - Punches and/or Dies, Simply Create Too #72 - Halloween and Inkspirational #67 - Purple & Grey and 613 Avenue Create #93 - Anything Goes! (optional CAS) :)

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 :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

Supplies used - Dies: Li'l inkers - Bats n Broomsticks, Inks - Distress Victorian velvet and Pumice stone, Versamark ink; Sharpie fine tip marker; Whisper white opaque embossing powder

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Going Vintage

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Fourth spotlight feature and I am excited as always :) I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing how to go vintage with these stamps :)

So, here's a look into the finished project...

I have used STAMPlorations new October release stamp set Joyful.  Please head over to the STAMPlorations blog for a photo tutorial on this card. 

I am linking this card up at Word Art Wednesday #154 - Anything Goes . Also, just to remind you we are having a Vintage Challenge at Mixed Media Card Challenge #4. So don't forget to play along :)

   

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

ATSM #117 - Make your Mark

This is my second post for the day, if u are looking for my CAS-ual Friday's Stamps post, please click HERE

We are back with another favorite challenge at Addicted to stamps and more... MAKE YOUR MARK. This is a challenge that requires you to use Markers, Pencils, Pens, Chalks, Crayons etc. If it writes or colours - use it! I am sure you love coloring as much as I do :)

For my card I decided to go with the fall theme after being inspired by a few challenges...

To make this card, first I heat embossed the maple leaf on watercolor card stock. Then I  water colored it using distress inks. Once dried, I die cut the lower edge with PPP border die and colored it yet again. Also added some yellow color wash around the leaf. Finally, I inlaid the die cut piece to make a one layer card and stamped the sentiment :) I am sharing this at the following challenges CAS(E) this Sketch #96 (I turned the sketch at 90 degrees), Time out Challenge #16 - Casing Heather Telford, Heather's card is simply mind blowing, I couldn't get anywhere close to it :)  One Layer simplicity Challenge #10 - Turning to fall and Seize the birthday - Anything Goes

 

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 Stitchy bear Stamps. 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 : Stamps - Inkadinkadoo mini Maple leaf; Inks - Versamark, Memento Tuxedo black, Distress - Mustard seed, Spiced Marmalade, Barn door and Mowed Lawn; Pretty pink Posh border die; Whisper Clear gloss embossing powder

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - Thanksgiving !!

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps  feature post. For this post I thought it would be good to create some cards for the Thanksgiving :) which is right around the corner.

I created two cards using the CAS-ual Friday's Amber waves set and also incorporated the CAS-ual Friday's 4 Petal Fri-Die in one of the card. I had so much fun. Here's a look into my cards and how I made them....

Lately, I have been obsessed with water colors... so obviously I have used water colors. The watercoloring was done using distress inks, namely Mustard seed, Vintage photo and Antique linen. For the first card, I die cut the flowers in water color paper and colored them. On the card base, I added the sentiment in a curvy line linking the flower placement. Then I added some circular strokes of water color in yellow and brown. I also stamped the wheat from the stamp set. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment, added the flowers and sequins. I am linking this card to Virginia's View Challenge #8 - CAS and House of Cards October challenge - Use Dies, Keep it simple #50 - Three

In my second card, I did some watercolor wash technique starting with darkest of brown at the corner and going lighter to the inside. Then I stamped the wheat in distress inks and went over with a water brush to smudge the look. To finish the card, I heat embossed the sentiment.  I am linking this card to Simon Say's Wednesday Challenge - Use water colors, Just us girls challenge #262 - Ombre and Crazy for CAS #55 - One layer stamped

  

I enjoyed making these cards! I hope I was able to inspire you. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)