STAMPlorations Inspiration - September 27th 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 and 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 September 2016...

Its been a while since I did some inking, so this one is for my love towards inked backgrounds :) To make this card, I inked the panel with some distress ink, spritz some water over it. then I stamped the leaves and texts in darker shades of green. I also stamped, fuzzy cut and water colored the flowers and stuck these with some foam adhesives on the panel. I have used Floral Bliss, Mixed Media Elements, Trendy leaves and Fond expressions - 2

  

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Create frame, background and edges!

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 40th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you.  I am showcasing a step by step process to make frames backgrounds and edges using the lastest Stamp Club set :)

Here's a look into the finished cards...

Here is a closeup into one of my card and I am sharing this card at CASology Week 216 - FRAME, Addicted to Stamps and More #212 - Make your mark, Stamping Royalty #347 - Monochromatic

 

I have used Artsy Tribal Doodles, the August 2016 Stamp Club set, The Birds and The Blooms, Floral Bliss, Fond Expressions - 2 and Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies

   
  

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 - September 20th 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 and 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 September 2016...

To make this card, I diecut a watercolor card stock and stamped the birds. Then I did a watercolor wash. once the background was dried, I went over the words and watercolored them with darker tones. Yo finish the card I stamped the sentiment. aren't those birds super fun!!  I have used Birds of Paradise, Crazy Double Running stitch Rectangle Nesting dies and Gansai Tambi watercolors.

  

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

ATCAS #97 - Stitched

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is awesome Ceal and she has chosen the code word... STITCHED Yay!Stitching is the in thing these days, be it the faux or real stitching.  Let's see how would you interpret it. I would also like to welcome our fabulous guest Maria of White Mood Blog I am totally blown away by her CAS style :) you will love what she created for the challenge :)

You will win a Gift certificate from our fabulous sponsor Create a Smile Stamps

Here's my card...

I am continuing my love for watercoloring ;) To make this card I did some masking and stamping. then watercolored the focal panel. Layered it on a blue card stock panel.

The supplies I have used are STAMPlorations Tweet Love and STAMPlorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting rectangle dies, Gansai Tambi Watercolors.

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.

CUTplorations Christmas Release Blog Hop - Day 3

Welcome back! Today is Day 3 of the CUTplorations Christmas Release and we are showcasingWord/ Phrase Dies, Envelope Dies and Edge/ Border Dies

There are lots of prizes to be won so dont forget to comment here and on the rest of the team blogs, HERE. Commenting closes on September 20th and winners will be announced on September 22nd.

PRIZES

• THREE (3) commenters randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs (Days 1 to 3 posts) wins a $10 gift certificate to the shop
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from the flash diecut linky party wins her choice of any 3 holiday-themed word dies
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from the flash diecut linky party wins her choice of stamp set & coordinating dies (Christmas Reindeer or Warm Hands, Warm Hearts)

This post has loads of photos ;) I have made 5 cards and one gift card holder that coordinates with my card :) Let's begin the parade and let me tell you I am loving each and every die!! Also, I have continued with my love for watercolors...

Used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies 

and Christmas Bell Medley

 Used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies 

 Used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies 

and Holiday Sketches: Christmas Candles

 Used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies 

and Warm Hands, Warm Hearts

  Used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies 

and Santa is Here

 Used Santa is Here

For this card, I created a bokeh effect :)and the dots were made using Retro Mod Shapes set. All the watercoloring was done using the Gansai Tambi Watercolors :) I love my watercolors, thanks to a sweet friend for this amazing gift :)

I hope you enjoyed this overload of card inspiration, I had fun making these :)

There is also a Flash Diecut Linky party, so don't forget to link up your diecut creations (any brand) for your chance to win a prize. You can find all the details HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment. 

CUTplorations Christmas Release Blog Hop - Day 2

At STAMPlorations we are having yet another fabulous release with two amazing stamp sets and many fabulous dies :) You can find tons of inspiration in this hop. Today is Day 2 of the CUTplorations Christmas Release and we are showcasing Warm Hands, Warm Hearts Stamp set and co-ordinating dies.

There are lots of prizes to be won so dont forget to comment here and on the rest of the team blogs, HERE. Commenting closes on September 20th and winners will be announced on September 22nd.

PRIZES

• THREE (3) commenters randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMP blog and designers' blogs (Days 1 to 3 posts) wins a $10 gift certificate to the shop
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from the flash diecut linky party wins her choice of any 3 holiday-themed word dies
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from the flash diecut linky party wins her choice of stamp set & coordinating dies (Christmas Reindeer or Warm Hands, Warm Hearts)

Let me show you the stamp set and the card I made with it :)

I was inspired by colors from a PIN on my Christmas Colors Pinterest board :) to make this card. You will also see a superb word die on my card ;)

To make this card, I watercolored the base (Crazy Double running stitch Rectangular nesting dies), stamped and die cut the mittens and stocking. I also stamped and fuzzy cut some banners (from Balloons and Banners set). Colored the images and assembled it all along with the Be jolly diecut :) 

Here is a closeup...

There is also a Flash Diecut Linky party, so don't forget to link up your diecut creations (any brand) for your chance to win a prize. You can find all the details HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment. I will see you tmrw with loads of diecut inspiration :)

STAMPlorations Inspiration - September 13th 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 and 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 second Inspiration card for September 2016...

To make this card, I took a patterned paper and cut it diagonally along one edge. I then adhered it with a black cardstock on my card base. I stamped and watercolored the floweres and taking the cues from my pattern paper I also handdrew some lines on petals of the flowers.  I have used Buttercups and Butterflies and coordinating dies.

  

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

STAMPlorations Inspiration - September 6th 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 and 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 first Inspiration card for September 2016...

To make this card, I stamped the elephant doing a second generation stamping to create my background. on another card stock I stamped and diecut the elephant and the balloon. I colored these images with Prisma color pencils, I also colored the sentiment banner same as that of the balloon and adhered it all with some foam dots.  I have used Tweet Love , Kathryn's Big Wishes

I am sharing this with The Paper Players #311 - Circles and Stamp Ink, paper #64 - Clean n Simple

 

  

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

CASEplorations September 2016 - Ksenija

It's time for CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the fifth 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 next installment of CASEd inspiration for 2016.  You can find more details HERE.

Our artist for the month of  September is our fabulous teamie... Ksenija of Sweet Kobylkin. She is a very amazing in creating CAS and gorgeous beauties, I am always left speechless seeing her creations :). So let me show you my CASE of her beautiful card (click HERE to see her original post)
Here is my card...

I was totally fascinated by the colors on the mug, and I decided to enlarge those on my card :) The watercoloring here is pretty easy :) I dabbed the inks on stencil, sprayed some water with mini mister and placed my watercolor card stock over it. The result is what u see on my card :) To finish the card I stamped the sentiment with White pigment ink on black card stock banner and stapled it :)
I have used Coffee Happy, ARTplorations Coffee Cup Stencil and CUTplorations Crazy Double Running stitch Rectangle nesting dies, Distress inks - Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Peacock feathers :)

Here are a couple of closeups of my card :)

Check out the amazing CASE creations by our team and Ksenija, HERE

I am sharing this at Inskpirational #116 - Primary colors, CAS colors and sketches #189 - Color challenge, AAA cards #72 - New to you technique and Virginia's View #23 - Spray, Mist and Splatter

 

 

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

ATCAS #96 - Harvest

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Sweet Kobylkin and she has chosen the code word... HARVEST. Yay! we get to bring out all those harvest stamps, fruit baskets and so on.  Let's see how would you interpret it. I would also like to welcome our fabulus guest Wendy Johnson of Pink and Dotty

You will win a Gift certificate from our fabulous sponsor A day for Daisies

Here's my card...

This is a card with a pretty simple design. To make it on a watercolor cardstock, I stamped the wreath by inking it in Distress inks and then spritzing water with a mini mister. I also splattered some yellow ink with my brush and stamped the sentiment to finifh my card :)
Here is a closeup ...

The supplies I have used are CAS-ual Friday's Stamps - Wheat wreath and STAMPlorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting rectangle dies, Distress inks - Vinatge photo and Mustard seed.

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 sharing this with HLS September CAS challenge - Watercolor Spritz, Craft Stamper Take it make it Septmber challenge - Anything Goes! and 613 Avenue Create #189 - Anything goes! (optional twist of fall colors)

 

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