Guest Designing for Just Us Girls Challenge #328 - Wild Card Week

Hello my dear friends! It has been a wonderful month being a Guest designer for the awesome Just Us Girls Challenge .Every week in the month of January JUGs challenge blogs brought fabulous challenges that sparked my creativity and I so enjoyed creating with all the lovely ladies of JUGs :) Thank you sooooooo much JUGs for having me over, it was a fabulous one month.

The final challenge in January is for the Wild Card Week #328 - Tic-Tac-Toe which is being hosted by awesome Chris :)

For my card I picked the diecuts, stamps and flowers and here's what I created...

To make this card, I took a white card stock about 1/2 inch smaller in length than a regular A2 card and stamped along the upper edge with some flowers and leaves stamps (using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Frames and Flowers and Wplus9 Spring blooms) Then I die cut the sentiment friends (using SSS Friends die) and layered it 3 times. and stuck it over the stamped images :) I also stamped the second part of the sentiment (using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Friends and flowers ) right below the die cut sentiment. Finally I adhered this panel on a kraft card base and added some stitch lines to finish the card.

I hope you like it and will play along with us, HERE

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

STAMPlorations Inspiration - January 26th 2016

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts. But wait there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!!

Let me show you my fourth Inspiration card for Jan 2016...

To make this card, I took another panel and diecut a window (using SSS Double stitched rectangle dies), then I stamped the image on the card base (using HOPE Bloom) and colored it with the markers. I then temorarily adhered the panel with the window on the card base, masked the stamped image and the lower 3 edges of the card base and did some inking. I then popped this panel with foam dots and stamped the sentiment.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)

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ATCAS #80 - Red

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is very talented Doni and she has chosen the code word... RED. Huge possibilities with this code word too :) you can go with the red color or even something that reminds or signifies red for you. I would also like to welcome our Talented CAS Guest Designer Ardyth Percy Robb, you can admire more of her awesome inspiring creations on her blog Maskerade

Our winner will a $15 Gift Certificate from our amazing sponsor Happy Little Stampers

For me red signifies love so I chose to create a love theme card:). Here's my card...

To make this card, I stamped the pot and the stem (from MFT stamps) and colored these with markers. I then die cut the heart (using Nestabilities heart die) and alphabets (using MFT Little Lower case dies) and layered and colored these and adhered them to finish my card.

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.

Guest Designing for Just Us Girls Challenge #327 - Photo Inspiration Week

Hello my dear friends! I am super excited to be the Guest designer for the awesome Just Us Girls Challenge for the month of January 2016. Every week JUGs challenge blogs brings a unique challenge to spark your creativity. It is full of fun and creative inspiration. 

The fourth challenge in January is for the Color Week #327 - Photo Week which is being hosted by awesome Sharyn :)

I was inspired the colors and the nautical theme and here's what I created...

To make this card, I took a white card stock and die cut it SSS double Stitched rectangle dies I then stamped the lower half of the panel with Chevron (using Winnie & Walter V for Chevron set) I then stamped and fuzzy cut the anchor and life saver on patterned paper (using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Anchored) I then adhered these with some foam dots and stamped the sentiment from the same set to finish the card.

I hope you like it and will play along with us, HERE

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

STAMPlorations Inspiration - January 19th 2016

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts. But wait there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!!

Let me show you my third Inspiration card for Jan 2016...

To make this card, I took a water color paper panel and heat embossed the feathers in gold embossing powder (using Vignette - Trendy feathers) and stamped the sentiment from the same set. I water colored it with gelatos. On the card base I added a gold foiled patterned paper (from DCWV) along with this water color panel.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Guest Designing for Just Us Girls Challenge #326 - Color Week

Hello my dear friends! I am super excited to be the Guest designer for the awesome Just Us Girls Challenge for the month of January 2016. Every week JUGs challenge blogs brings a unique challenge to spark your creativity. It is full of fun and creative inspiration. 

The third challenge in January is for the Color Week #326 - White, Light Blue, Dark Blue which is being hosted by awesome Maria :)

If you know me then you prbably also know that I am crazy about water coloring and these colors were perfect for the idea that I had in my mind and here's what I created...

To make this card, I took a water color panel and heat embossed the lotus(using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Lotus Love) in white embossing powder. Then I water colored these using Koi Water colors. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment (using Fond expressions - 2) and adhered some PPP sparkling clear sequins.

I hope you like it and will play along with us, HERE

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

STAMPlorations January 2016 Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Everyday since last four days we have been showcasing a new stamp set by each of the designers and today is the day to hop along for the STAMPlorations January 2016 Stamp Release Blog Hop :) Besides the ton of inspirations each of the DT member will give, there are loads of prizes to be won! So don't forget to hop along with us...Commenting closes on January 19. Winners will be announced on January 21.

Prizes:

• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs (January 15/Day 5 post) wins a $25 gift certificate to the shop
• TWO (2) commenters randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs each win a $15 gift certificate to the shop
• FOUR (4) commenters randomly drawn from Designer & Stamp Spotlight posts (Days 1 to 4) win the stamp set featured for that day

Let me show you the cards I created with each of the sets...

Using Reindeer Games, Balloons and Banners set

I am sharing this at Time out challenges #47 - Birthdays and 613 Avenue Create #158 - Anything Goes with optional twist of birthdays

Using New Beginning

I am sharing this at Paru's Card Making challenge - New and Addicted to Stamps and More #176 - Anything Goes

Using Big Greetings, Frames and Flowers set

I am sharing this at Inskpirational #99 - Thank you with something New

Using Winged Things, Fond Expressions - 2 set

I am sharing this at House of Cards January Challenge - Embossing, City Crafter Challenge Blog #294 - Butterfly and Craft Stamper January Take it Make it Challenge - Anything Goes!

Hope you enjoyed my creations using these sets, I had so much fun and every set provides a myriad of design options for you to experiment with :) Dont forget to leave a comment and visit the STAMPlorations blog for rest fo the inspiration. HERE.

The stamps are 10% off each until January 22; when bought as a bundle, it's 20% off.

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

STAMPlorations January 2016 Stamp Release - New Beginning !!

The release week at STAMPlorations kicked off yesterday with Becca's newest stamp set - Reindeer Games and today at STAMPlorations Blog, we are showcasing my newest stamp set called "New Beginning" released under my stamp line Dee's Artsy Impressions  I am super excited to showcase this set... I designed it keeping in mind the New year which calls for a new start.

I focused on the images that showcase a sunrise indicating that there is always a new start. I have also incorporated some motivating sentiments :) I have made a few cards to showcase the versatility of this set.

 

Here are some of the cards I created with this set... 

I am sharing this at Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #1 (embossing, sparkles from Delicata ink swipes and new) and Mixed Media Card challenge #19 - Beginnings and House of Cards January Challenge - Embossing and/or Color Inspiration

  

I am sharing this at Retrosketches #197 and Shopping Our Stash #234 - Something New (new stamp set)

I am sharing this at CASology Week 180 - Open (my interpretation open or clear sky)

Hope you enjoyed it, there are more releases from Shery and Shirley in next two days and then there will be Release Blog Hop from all of us on the January 15th. Don't forget to join us for the hop for inspirations and to win prizes :) You can find the details HERE. Don't forget to comment here and STAMP blog for your chance to win this set.

Prizes:

• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs (January 15/Day 5 post) wins a $25 gift certificate to the shop
• TWO (2) commenters randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs each win a $15 gift certificate to the shop
• FOUR (4) commenters randomly drawn from Designer & Stamp Spotlight posts (Days 1 to 4) win the stamp set featured for that day

The stamps are 10% off each until January 22; when bought as a bundle, it's 20% off., click HERE.

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

STAMPlorations Inspiration - January 12th 2016

Welcome back to STAMPlorations Inspiration post. We the inspiration team at STAMPlorations are here to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration posts. But wait there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!!

Let me show you my very second Inspiration card for Jan 2016...

This card is pretty simple... I took a water color paper panel and added some simple water color brush strokes. then I heat embossed the anchor and sentiment in silver embossing powder (using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Anchored) and stamped the hearts from the same set in blue and went over with wink of stella for a soft shimmer. Fun and easy.

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

ATCAS #79 - Cake

We are back in the new year with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is very talented Jaydee and she has chosen the code word... CAKE. Huge possibilities with this code word too :) and much needed code word after creating tons and tons Christmas and Holiday cards :) I would also like to welcome very talented Elizabeth Stewart our Guest Designer. She has a fabulous Flickr Gallery, you can check it out HERE

Our winner will a $10 Gift Certificate from our amazing sponsor STAMPlorations

I had so much fun creating my Cake theme card:). Here's my card...

To make this card, I took a water color card base, did some brush strokes using Koi water colors and stamped the cupcake and sentiment in Archival Jet black ink. Easy peasy!! I am sharing this at A blog Name Hero January Challenge - One layer Card and One layer Simplicity challenge - Sky's is the limit (I interpreted it as sky is the limit when it comes to creativity)

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.

Guest Designing for Just Us Girls Challenge #325 - Trend Week

Hello my dear friends! I am super excited to be the Guest designer for the awesome Just Us Girls Challenge for the month of January 2016. Every week JUGs challenge blogs brings a unique challenge to spark your creativity. It is full of fun and creative inspiration. 

The second challenge in January is for the Trend Week #325 - Use Metal/ Metallic which is being hosted by awesome Sue :)

Embossing with gold is what hit me when I saw this week's challenge and here's what I created...

To make this card, I took a water color card base and heat embossed the leaves and sentiment (using CFS - Casual Comfort) in gold embossing powder. Then to add a next level of metallic sheen, I used Twinkling H2O and created a brush stroke panel over the embossed area. Finally, I added a gold foiled patterned paper along the lower edge after die cutting it (using SSS Wavy Scallop dies)

That finishes my card! I hope you like it and will play along with us, HERE

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

STAMPlorations Inspiration - January 5th 2016

STAMPlorations Inspiration Team welcomes you in 2016. Like last year, we would continue to inspire you with our creations using STAMPlorations products through these weekly inspiration post. Now you will see this post on every Tuesday :) But wait there is more to inspiration... We'll have a monthly random drawing -- 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate Yay!!

Let me show you my very first Inspiration card for 2016...

This card is pretty simple... I took a patterned paper panel, heat embossed the flowers (using Floral Bliss) and then did some shading (using white Prisma Color pencil) Once done I die cut the sentiment thanks (from Paper Smooches Quote Tag dies), using the negative of the die cut I finished my card :)

Hope you like it! Head over to STAMPlorations Blog, HERE for more inspiration :)

Thank you for stoppping by and leaving me a comment !

Guest Designing for Just Us Girls Challenge #324 - Word Week

Hello my dear friends! I am super excited to be the Guest designer for the awesome Just Us Girls Challenge for the month of January 2016. Every week JUGs challenge blogs brings a unique challenge to spark your creativity. It is full of fun and creative inspiration. I want to thank the awesome team of JUGs for having me over :)

The very first challenge for the year 2016 is for the Word Week #324 - Thank you which is being hosted by awesome Nancy :)

For me Thank you cards and flowers usually go hand in hand, so I ended up creating a floral thank you card. 

To make this card, I adhered a green patterned paper on the card base and I cut another wood grain patterned paper with one edge cut diagonally. This forms the upper dimensional layer of the card, where I also stamped the sentiment (using Fond Expressions - 2) Then I stamped the watering can with flowers image (from Dee's Artsy Impressions Friends & flowers set) colored with Prisma Color pencils and fuzzy cut it. To finish the card I adhered it all together and added some sequins.

That finishes my card! I hope you like it and will play along with us, HERE

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

CASEplorations Jan 2016 - Laura Bassen

Hi friends! Welcome back and wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR. Hope you had a creative 2015 and will continue to be even more creative in 2016. Afterall, this is what we want ;)

It's time for CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the first of every month, the STAMPlorations girls share CASEs of some of our favorite cards - maybe even one of yours. Be sure to stop by the blog  for the very first installment of CASEd inspiration for 2016.  You can find more details HERE.

Our artist for the month of January is the queen of rainbow colors... Laura Bassen of Doublestick Heaven. She needs no introduction, we all love her style :) So let me show you her beautiful card (click HERE to see her original post) and my CASE...

I got inspired by the colors in Laura's card but instead of using embossing paste... I ended up using both dry and heat embossing, here is my card...

I started out by die cutting stitched edge panel of water color paper (using SSS Double stiched rectangle dies), then I heat embossed the rose with white embossing powder (using Blossom Overture). I water colored around the rose using Koi water colors. To finish it, I embossed the card base with cuttle bug embossing folder and I adhered it all on card base and stamped the sentiment (using Fond Expressions - 2 ) :)

Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team,HERE

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