CAS-ual Friday's Stamps November Release - Day 3

Hello friends! It a new release time at CAS-ual Friday's and I am super excited for this release. Today we are showcasing the new Fri-Dies called "Truth blooms". These are dies that coordinate with the flowers in "Truth is" stamp set 

So here's are my cards... I ended up created two cards :)

To make this card, I took a water colored card stock and stamped the bloom set from Truth is set in archival ink. Next I water colored it with Distress inks Vintage photo and Antique linen. I also stamped the sentiment in antique linen to build the base. Next I stamped and die cut the blooms in water colored card stock and colored it with Worn lipstick. Next I adhered these blooms with some foam adhesive. to finish the card I stamped the sentiment and adhered a twine bow and framed the panel with a patterned paper before adhering it to the card base.

To make this card,  I took a white card stock, stamped the truth blooms and inked the panel with distress inks, then I die cut the blooms from the panel. I also diecut the same number of blooms from another card stock, stamped them in yellow ink and colored them with markers. Next I stuck the panel on card base and inlaid the blooms , To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from Casual Elegance and added twine and some enamel dots

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE and don't forget to comment for your chance to win!

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

ATCAS #53 - DOTS

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps November release - Day 2

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is Loll and she has picked a wonderful code word for you... DOTS. Who doesn't love Dots, whether its polka dots or random dots, they add so much to your design.

Our winner will win an awesome prize from our amazing sponsors Inspired by Stamping. I am sure you love their stamps :)

Here's my card...

To make this card, I die cut the numbers using MFT little numbers and inked them in Mint colors, I also die cut a big zero using oval dies and a strip to make the one. Next I stamped some Dots using STAMPlorations Retro Mod Shapes set. Finally, I adhered it all on the card base with some glue and foam adhesive. To finish the look of a girly card I added a punched flower on 10. This card is for a sweet girl :) Sharing this at Less is More #200 - Celebrations, CAS on Sunday #47 - Children's card, Uniko Studio #16 - Anything Goes!, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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.

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps November Release - Day 2

Hello friends! It a new release time at CAS-ual Friday's and I am super excited to be a part of the release. Today we are showcasing the new Fri-Dies called "Bubble box". These are the box dies with the largest of the size of an A2 card.

So here's are my cards... I ended up created two cards :)

To make this card, I adhered a striped patterned paper on the card base. then I took another patterned paper and cut out the bubble box to make my shaker element. I also added some flowers and leaves using 4 Petal Fri dies and Stalk up Fri dies. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from In the cards set. I am linking this at Just us Girls #269 - Anything Goes, The Pink Elephant #278 - Anything Goes and Catered Crop - Say yes Recipe Swap

To make this card, I adhered a blue wood grain patterned paper on card base, then I took a black card stock to create chalk board look using the bubble box die. to build up the design I  added some twine and stamped the sentiment from Bold wishes and the vine using CASual Elegance. I also added some embellishment like a wood veneer camera, some die cut vine from CASual Vine Fri die. I am linking this at Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes (option leaves), Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes and City Crafter #239 - Technique (I used the Chalk board technique)

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE and don't forget to Shop as these dies are available at a 15% discount :)

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

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Christmas Card set !

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE for my CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Release - Day 1 post

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Sixth spotlight feature and I am excited as always :) I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing how to make a Christmas Card set.

So, here's a look into the finished card set...

I have used the October Stamp set Joyful, Holiday Sketches - Christmas bells and Holiday Sketches - Christmas Candles. For the sentiment I used Oh! Christmas Tree

  

Please head over to the STAMPlorations blog for a photo tutorial on this card set and to take a closer look into each card individually :)

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

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps November Release - Day 1

Hello friends! It a new release time at CAS-ual Friday's and I am super excited to be a part of the release. Today we are showcasing the new Fri-Dies called "Flurry". These are the snowflakes dies of three different designs. They are big and will give u lot of ideas to design ur cards.

So here's are my cards,,, I ended up created two cards :)

To make this card, I adhered a wood grain patterned paper on the card base. then I took another patterned paper, cream in color and partially cut the snowflakes from that piece to showcase that the snowflakes are on the snow hills. I also die cut one of the snowflake and cut it's extensions to reduce the size and added it to the rest along with some twine. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment from Must Love snowflakes and added some gem stones. I am linking this at Inkspirational #70 - Designer's Choice, Shopping Our Stash #179 - Free is good ( I got the patterned paper by winning a contest at PC &S 

To make this card, I adhered a snowflake patterned paper on card base, took another white panel and embossed it with the snowflake die. then Cut of the snowflake to make the shaker element.  To finish the card, I added some twine ans stamped the sentiment from Snowflakes Greetings  I am sharing this at CAS(E) this Sketch #101, Simply Create too #75 - Snow and Time out challenge #19 - Emboss 

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE. Also the product is being released today, so shopper get to enjoy a 15% discount :) Go shopping!

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

Guest Designing for The Alley Way Stamps - Day 4

Hello friends!! I am back with my Guest Designer post for The Alley Way Stamps for the month of November :) Today is the last day and I had so much fun playing with TAWS.  I love their sweet and cute stamps. I want to thank Alison and Chrissie for having me over :)

Today I have two cards to share with you and I created this using the Nap time. The idea focuses on using those sweet little images and putting them together to create a bigger image.

To make these cards, I drew some diagonal lines on a white card stock panel, I used some circle dies in white and pink/blue patterned paper to make the core of the flowers, then to make the petals, I used those tiny little images stamped and colored them. I again used the patterned paper to make the floral stem and leaves :)

Please visit TAWS blog :) and once again a big thank you to TAWS for having me over :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

ATSM #123 - Holiday

We are back with another amazing challenge this week at Addicted to stamps and more... HOLIDAY which opens up a wide range of ideas, from projects for any festive holiday or for some holiday destinations or whatever comes to your mind when you think about holiday... There are numerous possibilities. Now to my DT card, I went with the Christmas theme for my Holiday card...

To make this card,  I heat embossed the snowflakes (from CAS-ual Friday's - Must Love snowflakes) in white and did some distress inking at the base. I also created a sun burst using some post it notes to mask off. Finally, I stamped the sentiment twice creating a shadow image. I am linking this at Simply Create too #75 - Snow, Time Out Challenge #19 - Embossing and 613 Avenue Create #99 - 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 Rick St. Dennis. 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 :)

STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #24

Hi friends! Its time for a new sketch challenge at STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #24. This challenge ends on December 28th  and the winners would be announced on January 1st 2015. We have a very talented Guest Designer Julie B joining us for this challenge. She makes amazing cards and her designs are always beautiful. You can check out more of her creations at her blog Crafted by Jules

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

To make this card, I used Joyful stamp set and Holiday Sketches - Christmas Flower. I used some patterned papers to create this card. Did some paper piecing and arranged all the elements together to finish my card. Quick and easy :) though it took me a while to pick the right papers LOL.
I am sharing this at Less is More Week 199 - Jingle all the way, Merry Monday #136 - Red, green and white and 613 Avenue Create #99 - Anything Goes

  

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 :)

STAMPlorations November Release Blog Hop - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5, the last day of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on Trendy Leaves. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

Let me show you what I did with these amazing leaves. I had a blast creating my cards using all the stamps from this release. I have created two cards yet again. For my first card, I inked a panel in Distress Vintage photo and Mustard seed. I stamped and fuzzy cut one of the leaves in Yellow n brown shades of ink (Hero arts) On the card base I randomly stamped the leaves to build the BG, finally adhered it all together 

In my second card, I stamped the leaves in various shades of green, I also fuzzy cut a couple of leaves to add dimension. Then I adhered a patterned paper panel on the lower half of the card with the foam adhesive. To finish the card I added some punched daisies.

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

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

The new stamps will be available to buy on the shop during the hop. The November bundle will be $50 (15% off) from November 12 to November 25. Please click HERE to take a peek.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to hop along ! 

STAMPlorations November Release Blog Hop - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on CityGirl, another fabulous stamp set that Shirley Bampton designed. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

Here are my creations... I was dying to use Neon Inks, some how this trendy City Girl goes perfectly with the Neons :) In my first card, I stamped and masked the city girl. I then inked the city stamp with two shades of Neon inks and did generation stamping to build the BG. I also used some Distress Floral Swirls to add more interest. Removed the mask colored the girl and adhered the sentiment.

For my second card, I did the same thing except I used Retro mod shapes and 4 shades on Neon Inks to build the BG. I also used Holiday Artsy for the rings and pencil eraser for small dots.

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

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

The new stamps will be available to buy on the shop during the hop. The November bundle will be $50 (15% off) from November 12 to November 25. Please click HERE to take a peek.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to hop along ! Will catch u tomorrow for more inspiration !

Fusion #24

Hello friends!! time for another Fusion :) I hope you enjoyed playing along with the previous challenge. Our new challenge focuses on nearing holidays but you can always interpret it the way you want. It is so pretty and gives so many ideas for fabulous designs.  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 adhered the doilies on the card base, I die cut the jingle bells and heat embossed them in silver. I tied some red twine and ;aid it all on the card base. To sinish the card, I stamped the sentiment and added some red sequins. I am linking this up to the following challenges Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #135 - Christmas Bells, Inkspirational #69 - Shine, Time Out Challenges #19 - Embossing and CAS on Sunday #46 - Twine/ Ribbon 

  

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
Deepti .....<you are here>
Jeanne Jachna
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Stephanie Severin

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

STAMPlorations November Release Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on TYPOGRAFIA. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

Here is my creation... The quotes in this set are so inspiring, a must have collection :) I wanted to showcase both the desert and water on my card. To do that, I used crackle paste, colored it with some Distress Vintage photo to get the shade of sand. Partially inked the panel in blue to indicate water and applied the crackle paste. Once dried, I stamped the sentiment, hand drew some dried bushes. and splattered some water to react with blue :)

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

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

The new stamps will be available to buy on the shop during the hop. The November bundle will be $50 (15% off) from November 12 to November 25. Please click HERE to take a peek.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to hop along ! Will catch u tomorrow for more inspiration !

STAMPlorations November Release Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the November Stamp Release Blog Hop here at STAMPlorations! For complete info on our hop, including how you can win stamps, click here.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on VIGNETTE: Eat Drink Be Merry. Plus we've got a special guest designer joining us, the talented Amy Tsuruta! We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

And here's my project... I just love this cute little set... the sweet images give endless possibilities to design your card/ tag. I created two. For my first card, I tore a kraft card stock and crushed it, straighten it and inked it, adhered it on my card base. On the card base I added some coffee stains, stamped the sentiment and coffee cup. Stamped the coffee cup again fuzzy cut it and adhered it on card base with some foam adhesive. 

For my second card, I took a patterned paper and stamped the images to to build a BG, Inked it . I took a die cut tag and stamped the image and sentiment to finish my card :) 

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

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

The new stamps will be available to buy on the shop during the hop. The November bundle will be $50 (15% off) from November 12 to November 25. Please click HERE to take a peek.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to hop along ! Will catch u tomorrow for more inspiration !

STAMPlorations November Release Blog Hop - Day 1

It's stamp release month at STAMPlorations! Every day in the next 5 days, the STAMPlorations girls and I will be sharing projects we created featuring the new stamps. Visit and leave a comment on all the stops on the hop for a chance to win.

FIVE (5) lucky hoppers randomly drawn from the designers' blogs will each win a stamp set from the November release and ONE (1) lucky hopper randomly drawn from the STAMPlorations blog will win a $25 gift certificate to use towards products in the STAMPlorations shop. You have until Tuesday, November 25, 11:55 p.m. PST (GMT -800) to comment here and on my fellow designers' posts for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on the STAMPlorations blog on Friday, November 28.

Today, we're putting the spotlight on Rosebuds, the stamp set designed by Shirley Bampton. We'll be picking one commenter to win this set so leave a comment here and on the rest of the STAMPlorations girls' posts for a chance to win the set.

And here's my project... I have made quite a few cards using this set and it is so fabulous that I ended up creating two :) My first card is more bold in colors. All I did was some random stamping of the single rosebud and coloring, sentiment was added on a circle with some gold twine behind it.

My second card is more soft and subtle. I stamped the rose bouquet, inked the background in Distress Antique linen and did a generation stamping of the definition stamp to build the BG, colored the roses with markers and to draw attention towards the focal image, I added a vellum oval die cut.

*** The stops in the hop*** 

STAMPlorations Blog

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

The new stamps will be available to buy on the shop during the hop. The November bundle will be $50 (15% off) from November 12 to November 25. Please click HERE to take a peek.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :) Don't forget to hop along ! Will catch u tomorrow for more inspiration !