WINNERS and final dose of Christmas Card Inspiration!!

Hello and welcome back! Today I am so happy to announce the Two Lucky Winners of my Christmas Color Revelations Card series! This series was 25 days of Christmas cards and focused on various color palettes as a source of inspiration :) You can find all the inspiration here on my pinterest boards Christmas Color Revelations and Christmas Colors

I am so thankful to all of you who left me their lovely inspiring comments :) It means a lot to me. Since I am giving away two of the Christmas Stamp sets from my stamp line Dee's Artsy Impressions... "Santa is here" and "Christmas Bell Medley", here's how I drew the winners out. I randomly drew two names from the comments made on each day using Random.org. I then made chits of these 50 names and asked my DH to pick two names of course randomly :) and here are the winners 

Diane Jaquay

Karen Petitt

Congratulations ladies!! Please email me your mailing address so I can send out the respective stamp sets your way :) Can't wait to see what you will create with these :)

Apparently, I was running short of the Christmas cards, I needed quite a few more... so I ended up making a few cards sets. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics of two of the sets that I made for the collegues of my husband :( nonetheless I still have two sets to show you. It took me about 2 hrs to finish 10 cards of each set following the assembly line production :)

Hope you like these :) thank you again for being the awesome that you are!!

Have a wonderful Holiday season and Christmas :)

I will be posting less from now onwards as I am nearing my due date :) Though you will continue to see my posts as a part of DT. I am super excited for the arrival of our little one :) 

Love you all!!

STAMPlorations Special Stamp Release - Anchored!

Today we are having a Special Stamp Release Blog Hop at STAMPlorations. I am super excited about this mini release as this set is another one of my designs called "Anchored". I always have loved the nautical theme, they make for some awesome masculine cards, baby card and many more. I have also included some great sentiments in this set.

We are doing a mini Blog Hop to showcase the versatility of this stamp. You are welcome to hop along and leave comments on STAMPlorations blog and all the Design Team blogs for your chance to win this set. The Winner will be drawn randomly from comments made on all the blogs. The commenting closes on December 18th and the winners will be announce on December 20th.

Here is a preview into the set "Anchored".

Let me show you the cards I created with this set...

My first card showcases inking, I embossed the horizontal stripes on card base using a score board. Then I took another panel and die cut a wavy scallop edge using SSS die. then I did some distress inking and stamping with white pigment ink. I added a wood veneer boat and also cut the panel to add some interest. This was so much fun to make :) I am sharing this at Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Die crazy and Simon says Monday challenge - Just a pinch ( a splatter of water on distress inks adds the perfect interest)

This card is super CAS and super quick water colored fun! As you might know by now, I love water coloring and it totally made sense to do water coloring with a life saver :) I will showcase multitude of different ways in which you can use this set in the near future ;) I am sharing this at Happy Little Stampers December CAS challenge - Favorite Technique (watercoloring in my case)

  

Hope you enjoyed my creations:) Also till December 23rd (one week), Anchored is available at 10% off ($10.80 instead of $12), Click HERE

Please click HERE to find all the stops in the hop for your chance to win this set.

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

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia !!

Hello and welcome to Advent Calendar Extravaganza :) I am super excited to be a part of this event which has been giving you tons of inspiration since last 15 days :)

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are over 60 special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises wait behind the door!

So let me show you what I created... 

I decided to create a  shaker card and a coordinating shaker tag. I wanted to keep the color scheme red and black for the most part to emphasize of the Santa :) 

I stamped, fuzzy cut and colored the Santa images. Diecut all the pieces necessary for the shakers and created my shaker card and tag. I had so much fun making these :)

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is supplied by my stamp line Dee's Artsy Impressions so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! I am giving away the stamp set "Santa is here" that I have used in my project :) Simply leave a comment on this post to enter - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too to double your chances! Here is a peek into my set...

GIVEAWAY - Santa is here

Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 7am EST on Thursday 31st December to leave all your comments! 

Don’t forget the Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

I am sharing this at the following challenges As you see it #116 - Santa Claus, Shopping Our stash #231 - Let it snow, Just us Girls challenge #323 - Sequins and MUSE #146 - Michele Ferguson

  

Supplies used - Stamps: Dee's Artsy Impressions Santa is here, STAMPlorations Vignette: Christmas Block; Dies - SSS Double Stitched Rectangles dies, Tag dies and CFS Shuffle Fr-die; Inks: Hampton white pigment ink and Memento Tuxedo black ink; PPP clear sequins; Cord Hemp - Black and Prisma Color Pencils

FINAL DAY!! 25 Days of Christmas Color Revelations :)

Hello my dear friends :) I can't believe that I have come to the end of this 25 Day Christmas Card series. Time flies so fast. Back when I decided to do this series, I had two things in mind, one to build up my stash and two to get as much creative as I can :) As you might remember we are expecting our first child in January :) I am pretty close!! and I want to make as many cards as possible before I get busy with our little one :)

I have been preparing the home for our baby :) I am super excited. I hope I was able to give you a lot of inspiration on Christmas cards and colors all this while. I want to thank each and everyone of you who visited and left me your amazing comments :)

If you want to get an easy access to the Christmas Color Palette you can follow my Pinterest Board called "Christmas Colors" and for all the 25 cards I created for this series, you can follow my Christmas Color Revelations board.

"25 days of Christmas Color Revelations"

GIVEAWAY... to enter the giveaway leave a comment on any and/or all of these posts and by the end of 25 days I will draw TWO winners to receive the following Christmas Stamp sets designed by me "Christmas Bell Medley" and "Santa is here" respectively

As for the GIVEAWAY, I will very soon pick up the winners and announce on my blog :)

Now let me show you my final card. My day twenty five card is inspired by colors in THIS pin. 

Here is my card...

To make this card I have used Blossom Overture & Dee's Artsy Impressions - Christmas Bell Medley stamp set. I created a partial wreath for this one . stamped the rose and holly and twigs, colored it with prisma color pencils and embellished with  gold twine :) I am sharing this at Time Out Challenge #46 - Photo Inspiration, Fusion Card Challenge - Season's Greetings, Can you Case it #99 - Holiday Color challenge  and Christmas Card Challenge Week #2

  

 

I am glad I was successfully able to complete this series and I hope, I was able to inspire you.
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment and stay tuned for the two lucky winners !!

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Dec 14th 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 November 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 your 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 the month of December..

To make this card,  I used Dee's Artsy Impressions - Christmas Bell Medley stamp set. I started out by drawing the lines that will serve for hanging of the ornaments. I then stamped the ornaments and drew the strings. I also layered this with patterned paper panels. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment. Fun, easy and colorful Christmas card :) I am sharing this at Can you Case it #99 - Holiday Color challenge, MUSE ChristmasVisions #32 - Kimberly Wiener (I was inspired by the colors and the ornament) and 613 Avenue Create #154 - Anything Goes!

 

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

25 Days of Christmas Color Revelations - Day 24

Hello my dear friends :) I am back with another Christmas card as a part of my 25 days card series. In this series, I am showcasing a Christmas card using a Christmas Color Palette that I have on my Pinterest Board called "Christmas Colors". 

"25 days of Christmas Color Revelations"

GIVEAWAY... to enter the giveaway leave a comment on any and/or all of these posts and by the end of 25 days I will draw TWO winners to receive the following Christmas Stamp sets designed by me "Christmas Bell Medley" and "Santa is here" respectively

My day twenty four card is inspired by colors in THIS pin. 

Here is my card...

To make this card I have used SSS Wavy Scallop stitched die. CFS Shuffle Fri dies and Snowflake Greetings stamp set. All I did was to use a combo of patterned paper die cut those and layer it all together as seen in the image :) I so love making such quick cards :)

Stay tuned for more inspiration tmrw. You can find all the cards I have created under this series on another Pinterest board, Christmas Color Revelations

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !!

25 Days of Christmas Color Revelations - Day 23

Hello my dear friends :) I am back with another Christmas card as a part of my 25 days card series. In this series, I am showcasing a Christmas card using a Christmas Color Palette that I have on my Pinterest Board called "Christmas Colors". 

"25 days of Christmas Color Revelations"

GIVEAWAY... to enter the giveaway leave a comment on any and/or all of these posts and by the end of 25 days I will draw TWO winners to receive the following Christmas Stamp sets designed by me "Christmas Bell Medley" and "Santa is here" respectively

My day twenty third card is inspired by colors in THIS pin. 

Here is my card...

To make this card I have used Dee's Artsy Impressions - Frames and Flowers & Christmas Bell Medley stamp set. All I did was to use a combo of patterned paper, making a pencil mark for the wreath, stamping the wreath using the twig, flowers and leaves

Stay tuned for more inspiration tmrw. You can find all the cards I have created under this series on another Pinterest board, Christmas Color Revelations.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !!

STAMPlorations Inspiration - Dec 11th 2015 & Christmas Color Revelations - Day 22

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 November 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 your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my first inspiration card for the month of December...

Since I have been doing a 25 Days of Christmas Color revelations card series, I thought I will include this card to the mix too :). Here I share a card each day inspired by colors on my Pinterest board card Christmas colors.
I was inspired by THIS pin...

To make this tag,  I used Dee's Artsy Impressions - Party Mates and Yuletide Cheer stamp set. I took a panel and masked and stamped the snowman and candies. Then I inked the background and colored the snowman with Prisma color pencils. To finish the card, I layered the panel on a patterned paper.

I am sharing this at The Paper Players #274 - Let it snow and City Crafter Challenge blog #291 - Winter

 

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration and come back tmrw for more  of Christmas card inspiration.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

25 Days of Christmas Color Revelations - Day 21 & STAMPlorations Spotlight feature !

Hello my dear friends :) I am back with another Christmas card as a part of my 25 days card series. I am showcasing a Christmas card using a Christmas Color Palette that I have on my Pinterest Board Called "Christmas Colors". Today I have combined my Christmas series with the STAMPlorations Spotlight feature. I created a plaid pattern using mixed media stamps.

"25 days of Christmas Color Revelations"

GIVEAWAY... to enter the giveaway leave a comment on any and/or all of these posts and by the end of 25 days I will draw TWO winners to receive the following Christmas Stamp sets designed by me "Christmas Bell Medley" and "Santa is here" respectively

My day 21 cards are inspired by colors in THIS pin.  I went traditional both in colors and design.

Here is my card...

Here is a closeup into a couple of my cards from the set :)

To find out how I created this card set, please headover to STAMPlorations blog, HERE...

I have used Mixed Media Elements, the October 2015 Stamp Club set and Dee's Artsy Impressions - Christmas Bell Medley, for the sentiment

    

I am sharing this card at the following challenges, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Dec Pick a previous challenge , Cardz 4 Guys #100 - Traditional Christmas Colors, Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge - Holly Jolly Stamping and Addicted to Stamps and More #174 - CAS

 

That finishes my spotlight feature :) I hope you enjoyed it and will give this a try. 

Happy paper crafting! 

Stay tuned for more inspiration tmrw. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !!

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 2 & Christmas Color Revelations - Day 20

Welcome to Day 2 of ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop. Besides, your chance to win prizes by commenting, you can also win awesome prizes by linking a stencil project in the Flash Stencil Linky Party :) You can find all the details... HERE

PRIZES

• FIVE (5) winners will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil (standard size - 5x7). Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.
• ONE (1) winner will receive a $15 gift certificate OR her choice of 2 ARTplorations stencils (standard size - 5x7). Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog. Commenting closes on Dec 13th 2015

Extra prizes for those who participate in the Flash Stencil Project Linky Party and link up by December 13: 

• TWO (2) winners whose projects feature stencils (any brand) will each receive their choice of one (1) ARTplorations stencil (standard size - 5x7)
• ONE (1) winner whose project features an ARTplorations stencil will receive her choice of three (3) ARTplorations stencils (standard size - 5x7) OR a $15 gift certificate to the shop.

I decided to create another Christmas card for this hop and also make it a part of my 25 Days of Christmas Color revelations card series. Here I share a card each day inspired by colors on my Pinterest board card Christmas colors.

Let me show the card, I created...

To make this card I used Some Birds stencil. I took a water color panel and created a cloudy sky effect. Once died, I added creal embossing paste on the flock of birds and sprinkled glitter white it was still wet, Once dried, I hand drew a string of sequins and stars and stamped the sentiment (from Yuletide Cheer set)
I was inspired by THIS pin...

I am sharing this at Virginia's View Challenge #21 - Glitter, Sparkle and Shine #19  and 613 Avenue Create #153 - Anything Goes

 

Hope you enjoyed my creation and will come back tmrw for more inspiration. Don't forget to comment and link up ur stencil project for your chance to win :) HERE
Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.