ATCAS #58 - DISTRESS

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Kylie and she has chosen the code word... DISTRESS. Possibilities are endless, you can use distress inks, you can use distress edges of paper or even work with theme. I would also like to welcome back our Guest Designer Ellen Parker of "In a world of craft"! You will love the beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win £15 E-Gift Certificate to use on the website from our amazing sponsor Uniko Studio  

I went with my all time favorite distress inking. Here's my card...

To make this card, I took a white card stock panel, inked it up with some distress inks. Added some water splatter and stamped the sentiment. I also stamped the birds and banner on another card stock, fuzzy cut and colored them. next I laid it all on my card base. I am sharing this at CASology Week 135 - Mini, Freshly made sketches #175, Inkspirational #77 - Sprinkle and 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.

Supplies used -  Stamps: Mama Elephant - Nursery Deco, Purple onion designs Finch & Robin, Recollections Mason jar set; Ink - Memento Tuxedo black, Distress Chipped Sapphire, Peacock feathers, Black soot; Spectrum Noir Markers

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 27th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for you. I went with patterned paper background :)

This card was pretty simple to make. To make this card, I took a patterned paper and cut it to the size of card front. then I took water color card stock to create two fish tail banners, I stamped the sentiment in one and the coffee cup in another and the added some water color washes. I adhered it all on card base to finish my card. I am playing along with Spring Coffee Lovers bloghop! You might already know about it... Coffee lovers now have a blog dedicated to them, HERE.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations VIGNETTE : Eat drink & be merry; Inks - Archival Black; Faber Castell Gelatos; AC Amy Tangerine Plus one 6x6" paper pad

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Clean and elegant card

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Tenth spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a the step by step process to make a clean and elegant card

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

I am sharing this at The Card Concept #29 - Get Well soon; The Pink Elephant #287 - Anything Goes! and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes!

I have used the Trendy leaves, Bloom Sketches, Tree Silhouette stamp set and Artplorations Stencil - Shutters

 

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 23rd 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for you. I went with silhouette look over an inked background :)

To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock and inked it on green with maximum intensity at the base. Then I stamped the poppies, and colored them in black to give the illusion of silhouette. To add more interest I cut out the panel into multiple diagonal strips and then laid these on the card base.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations Bloom sketches, Vignette: Trendy feathers; Inks - Mowed Lawn, Versamark; Sharpie black marker; Wow white embossing powder

Making cards for fun!

Well! today is one for those special days when I got a chance to make cards just to play along a few challenges. I hardly get a chance to play along, the way I used too ;)

 My first card uses distress inks and masking, quick and CAS. To make this card, I used a post it note to cut three different wavy shapes to serve as my masks. I took a panel and distress inks and inked these with variation on intensity of the inks while masking simultaneously.

I am sharing this at CASology Week 134 - Monochrome, AAA card challenge #33 - Orange and Stamping Royalty #267 - Photo Inspiration

 

Then I created another card. Here I was inspired by a few challenges and also one of the designs from fabulous Therese Calvird from one of her cards HERE. She is just amazing... I am always inspired by her :) Thank you for all your awesome videos and amazing inspiration :) In my card instead of stamping on the base, I used some patterned paper panel :)

I am sharing this card at Curtain Call Photo Inspiration - Donut Delight, As you see it Challenge #74, Freshly Made Sketches #174 and ATSM #132 - Make your Mark

  

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

Supplies used Card 1: Inks - Distress Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Wild Honey, Archival Black; Dies - Memory Box Cloud dies; Stamps - STAMPlorations Vignette - Silhouette Trees; Sharpie fine tip marker

Card 2: Inks - Hero Arts - Soft Granite; Stamps: STAMPlorations Sugar rush; Dies - Li'l inkers Balloon dies; Patterned paper - Basics Stack, Amy Tangerine Plus one and Heidi Swapp Favorite things 6x6" Paper pads; Spectrum Noir Markers

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - Building backgrounds with your dies!

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps  feature post. For this post I am showcasing different ways to use your dies to build backgrounds :)

I have created these cards using the CAS-ual Friday's Funky Square Tag Fri-Dies and CAS-ual Friday's Heart Board Fri-Dies. Besides these, I used Shuffle Fri Dies and Beanstalks, In the cards stamp sets to finish my cards. Here is a look into my cards...

To make these card, I took the die as a guide to trace the number of die cuts I would need to cover my panel. I then cut these dies and inked them in different shades of Distress ink, then I laid them all on the panel. To finish the card, I added the sentiment. You can also work with colored papers/ patterned paper or use different dies to create variations :)

It was fun creating these cards, I hope I was able to inspire you.

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

ATCAS #57 - MASK

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Hope you are having an amazing day with your loved ones :)

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Harriet and she has chosen the code word... MASK. Possibilities are endless, you can work with the literal word and use a mask in you creation or you can do a very popular technique of masking . I would also like to welcome our Guest Designer Ellen Parker of "In a world of craft"! You will love the beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win a $20 Gift voucher from our amazing sponsor Inspired by Stamping  

I went with the masking in my case. Here's my card...

To make this card, I took a white card stock panel and stamped the sentiment, the little boy and cherry on cupcake, masked them and stamped the cupcake. Next I colored these with markers. I also added an inlaid panel of die cut patterned paper for some interest and yet keeping it one layer. I am sharing this at A Blog Named Hero - Small scale, One Layer Simplicity challenge #13 - You blend and Addicted to Stamps & More #131 - 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.

I am not done yet! I am adding this card to a previously written post, I created this card for my husband :D yesterday and I had to share it. This again used Mama Elephant goodness...

I did masking to stamp the little girl and the boy in Archival black ink, and did some water coloring on them. There dresses are paper pieced using a news print patterned paper. I am sharing this at CAS(E) this sketch #110, CASology Week 133 - Love and Color Q #279

  

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.


Supplies used -  Card 1 -Stamps: Mama Elephant - Carnival  cupcakes, Carnival Toppers and In my heart; Dies - Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched border 1; Ink - Memento Tuxedo black; Spectrum Noir Markers; PPP Marshmallow sequins; Patterned paper - AC Amy Tangerine - Plus one
Card 2 - Stamps Mama Elephant In my heart; Inks - Archival black, Distress Barn door; Patterned paper - AC DIY Shop

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 13th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for you. I went with a fairly simple design this time I was inspired by the colors from the patterned paper I used :)

I adhered the patterned paper on the card base. On a white panel I cut out a scalloped edge. Stamped the tree and stenciled the hearts. I also stamped the house, colored it and fuzzy cut it. After stamping the sentiment, I adhered it all together to finish my card. I am sharing this at Stamping Royalty #266 - Trees, Addicted to Stamps & more #131 - Anything Goes! and 613 Avenue Create #110 - Anything Goes!

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations The Bee Knee's - Houses, Sentiment Builders: Christmas & New year  and Tree Silhouettes; Stencil - ARTplorations - Hearts all over; Inks - Distress Barn Door, Memento Tuxedo black and Hero Arts - Wet cement; Spectrum Noir markers; Patterned paper - Studio Calico Wanderlust collection; Dies - PPP Stitched border -1 dies

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Fun Stencil Technique

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Ninth spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a fun technique with stencil and embossing paste.

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

I have used the Stamp set Sentiment Builders: Love and ARTplorations Stencil - Hearts All over 

 

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

GIVEAWAY Winner and a card!

Hello friends! I am back to announce the winner for my GIVEAWAY! I am so thankful to all of you who stopped by my blog. It means a lot to me :) Your constant love and support has helped me to make it to the place I am. With you all in the blog land, crafting has become all the more exciting, inspiring and meaningful :)

I asked my husband to randomly pick a winner from the chits made with all your names and the winner is....

Lynn of Creative Crafts by Lynn

Congratulations  Lynn  ! I will email you and get the giveaway on your way :) 

I can't thank you guys enough... giveaway was just a little gesture to show how much I appreciate you all :) I have a lot to catch up on your blogs too, will be visiting you soon but for now I have a card to share. 

I have been eyeing on Mama Elephant for a while, they have the cutest stamps ever :) Finally, I got a few sets as a Valentine gift from my dear husband ! There is no gift better than a crafty gift ;) LOL

I created a shaker card. To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock, cut out an oval window, behind the window I adhered a patterned paper. I then stamped and fuzzy cut the roses and the little girl. Next I colored these in Spectrum Noir markers. Added some PPP sparkling clear sequins for the shaker element and some pink splatter on the panel. I am sharing this card at Virginia's View #12 - Shaker cards, Less is More - Pink & Grey (Celebrating 4 years), CAS on Sunday #51 - Flowers and City Crafter challenge #248 - You Matter

 

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment!

Supplies used - Mama Elephant Carnival Toppers and In my Heart; Dies - Nestabilities Oval; Inks - Memento Tuxedo black and Distress Sugar spun; Spectrum Noir Markers; Patterned paper - AC Amy Tangerine Plus one and Pretty Pink Posh - Sparkling Clear sequins

STAMPlorations Inspiration - February 9th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we are got a ton of inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and I invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find  InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show you my first inspiration card for you. I went with a fairly simple design because the sentiment does the work for you :D

I did some water color wash on the base with Distress ink. Then added some splatter in same color. Next I stamped the sentiment in two colors black and red, indicating that all the color splash is from the sentiment itself. Finally, I stamped the rose and shaded is with a charcoal pencil.

I am sharing this with Inkspirational #75 - Rose colors, CAS on Sunday #51 - Flowers and Simon Says Wednesday challenge -All things bright and beautiful

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - STAMPlorations Rosebud and Hashtag Authentic; Inks - Distress Barn Door, Memento Rhubarb Red and Archival Black

Mixed Media Card Challenge #8 - LOVE

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CASEplorations #1

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #8 - Love. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about.  So let's see what our challenge is and what I created...

LOVE with an optional element of Buttons.... this is what I created,

To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock, die cut the hearts. Next I masked, inked and text stamped the loved edge of this panel. I also inked the die cut hearts in various shades. I also added some hearts using a stencil and embossing paste on the panel. Finally, I stock the panel on the card base and in laid the hearts. To finish the card, I added the sentiment and button on the edge of baker's twine. I am sharing this at Color Q #277, House of Cards Feb Challenge - Love, AAA cards #32 - Love love love and Shopping our Stash #186 - Love me do

  

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration.

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

Supplies used - Dies: CAS-ual Friday's Frie dies - Heart board; Stamps - CAS-ual Friday's Love notes, Recollections - Valentine set; Stencil - Heidi Swapp Confetti; Inks - Distress Pumice Stone, Worn Lipstick, Brick red, Hero Arts Fresh Peach and Memento Tuxedo Black; Wendi Vecchi White embossing paste; Recollections Baker's twine; Buttons from my stash.