STAMPlorations Inspiration December 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 final Inspiration card for  December 2016...

Looking back at this year, I am very happy with what I created, including my son LOL
To make this card, I diecut the background panel from polka dot patterned paper, I then heat emboosed the poinsettia in gold, diecut the sentiment in gold foil paper and put it all together to finish my all gold card :).  I have used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies. Peace Love Joy Phrase die,  Holiday Sketched : Christmas Flower stamp set and Anna Griffin patterned paper :)

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop!

Yay! Its the final day ofARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop at STAMPlorations. There have been 6 days of amazing stencil inspiration for you and today is the last day.. You can see all the details HERE.

I made a card using the Peony Number two Stencil. Let me show the card first...

Well as you can see, I did watercoloring yet again. The design layout of this card is inspired by fabulous Therese Calvird's Card, HERE. She is so amazing, I am always inspired by her stunning creations :)

So once I did all the cutting of my watercolor panel. I used the stencil to trace it on my paper with a pencil. I wanted to achieve some delicate watercoloring effects. Then I watercolored it. I also traced the central part of the peony on another watercolor card stock. Colored it and layered it over the base. Yay! you can do layering with stencils too ;)

To add more interest, I hand drew fine lines on each petal with a white gel pen and did some text stamping and sentiment stamping. I then adhered this panel on my base panel :)

I have used  ARTplorations Peony Number Two Stencil, Friends and Flowers, Mixed Media Elements Stamp set , Edge Border Dies and Gansai tambi watercolors.I am quite happy with the results. Let me know your thoughts too and don't forget to hop, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment. 

Guest Designer at Great Impressions Stamps - December 17th 2016

Hello friends and welcome to my blog. Today is my final day as Guest Designing at the Great Impressions Stamps :) I had so much fun playing with the GI stamps and want to thank GI Stamps, Ruza and entire GI team for having me over :) 

So let me show you the card I made...

For this card I decided to make the image the focal point. I stamped, colored and fuzzy cut the image. I then layered it on diecut circle and diecut scalloped circle which was inked in yellow. On the card base I added a polka dot patterned paper to match the focal image. I then stamped the sentiment to finish the card   
I have used GI Just Chicken Rubber stamp, GI Chicken Soup Rubber Stamp, Sizzix Circle Dies, Nestabilities Scalloped Circle Dies, DCWV Basics stack Paper pad and Prisma Color Pencils 

I hope you like my card. The GI stamps have their December Monthly challenge running. It's an Anything Goes challenge, so don't forget to link your cards :), HERE

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

CAS Watercolor December Challenge - Reminder

I am super excited to be joining in the CAS Watercolor Challenge Team as the Guest designer :) Today is the reminder for the challenge. I had so much fun playing along with the team :) Thank you so much Loll and Bonnie for having me over :)

The challenge for this month is watercolor resist. Such a fun technique. There are a number of way sthat you can do watercolor resist. One is of course embossing resist, others are crayon/ any oil based pencil/ marker or color resist.

For my card. I did the traditional embossing resist technique. Let me show you the card first...

To make this card, I heat embossed the panel and did some wet on wet wayercoloring. I decided not to color the whole panel. To finish the card I added the diecut sentiment.

I have used Hero Arts Background stamp, PTI Hugs diecut (sent by a sweet friend) and Gansai Tambi watercolors.

Here is a closeup...

I hope you like my card :) Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop!

Yay! Its time for yet another ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop at STAMPlorations. Not only will there be loads of inspiration for 7 days but alsp prizes to be won. You can see all the details HERE.

Today on the day one STAMP Team is ready to inspire you and so am I :) I made a card using the ARTplorations Broken Glass Stencil. Let me show the card first...

Well as you can see, I did watercoloring. I can't seem to get rid of the idea of watercoloring :) So to make the background, I laid the stencil on watercolor cardstock. Then I watercolored each piece with a brush. Once dried, I added some dot with my gel pen to add some interest. To accent the card further, I added the flowers after, coloring and fuzzy cutting those. To finish the card, I added the diecut sentiment. 

I have used  ARTplorations Broken Glass Stencil, Floral Bliss, On So Grateful Stamp set , Grateful Word die and Gansai tambi watercolors.I am quite happy with the results. Let me know your thoughts too and don't forget to hop, HERE

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment. 

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 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  December 2016...

To make this card, I stamped , watercolored and fuzzy cut Kathryn's image along with the bells.  did a watercolor wash on the base panel and did some inlaid die cutting using the word die.  I have used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies. Jingle Bells Word die,  Kathryn and Christmas stamp set and Gansai Tambi Water colors :)

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Guest Designer at Great Impressions Stamps - Dec 10th 2016

Hello friends and welcome to my blog. Today is my Day two as Guest Designing at the Great Impressions Stamps :) Yay! and I am pretty excited to share yet another card made using their fabulous stamps :) 

So let me show you the card I made...

For this card I decided to create a Bokeh background to give the illusion of lights so as to match the sentiment. On a diecut rectangular panel, i did inking and then stamping of solid circles with white pigment ink. I also did some water splatter. Next I stamped, colored and fuzzy cut the cow image, stamped the sentiment and adhered the cow with some foam tape.  
I have used GI Wow Rubber stamp, GI Party Protector Rubber Stamp, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, STAMPlorations Retro Mod Shapes stamp, Prisma Color Pencils  and Distress inks - Mustard seed, Spiced Marmalade, Barn door and Dusty Concord.

I hope you like my card. The GI stamps have their December Monthly challenge running. It's an Anything Goes challenge, so don't forget to link your cards :), HERE

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

Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

I am sure just like me you all are super excited about the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! Not only do we get to make some amazing winter cards and tags but also we get a chance to see so many beautiful creations sipping our favorite Cup of coffee ;)

Today I am joining Coffee Lovers Hop as a part of STAMPlorations team :) A few of STAMP designers will be inspiring you with new Coffee stamps :)

I couldn't resist making some tags using the fabulous new set Coffee Petites. Here's what I created...

Isn't this set just adorable!! We can do so many designs with this one and I think its perfect for the tags :) To make these I diecut the tags using some AC Christmas Patterned paper and also from white card stock. Then I stamped the images, colored them and fuzzy cut them. I stamped the sentiment and assembled all the tags together.

Besides Coffee Petites I have used Joyful set and Cutplorations Luggage Tag dies. PrismaColor Pencils for coloring.

Here are some more clicks...

These Tags are perfect to add an accent to your Holiday Gifts :) Now its time for you to hop :) Don't forget to comment coz Shery has loads of prizes for you. Besides Sponsoring the Hop with a $25 GC + 3 flash prizes, STSMPlorations is also offering a couple of prizes on our blog hop post on the STAMP blog: one $10 gift certificates and 2 stamp sets.

So check out the Blog HERE :)

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

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 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  December 2016...

To make this card, I stamped the balloon and the string and the sentiment on watervolor card stock. then I watercolored the balloon and the background. To add more interest I added a tiny flower and some leaves on the balloon.  I have used Kathryn's Big Wishes stamp set and Gansai Tambi Water colors :)

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

CUTplorations December 2016 Challenge

I am here with "CUTplorations challenge" for the month of December :) I hope you will play along with us.All you have to do is create a project based on the inspiration photo and using die cut(s). You must use at least one STAMPlorations/CUTplorations product (there's always the free digi stamp from the Never Ending Challenge). Then link up to the gallery which will be open until 11:55 PM PST on the last day of the month. You must also share the challenge graphic and link to the CUTplorations post in your blog posts.

The DT will select three top picks from the gallery to receive a winner's badge and one random winner will receive her pick of any two of the CUTplorations word dies used by the DT in today's post. Sounds like fun and rewarding. You can link as many times as you want.

This months Photo is perfect for this time of the year! I had so much fun with this new challenge.

Here is the card, I created inspired by this photo :)

To make this card, I diecut the rectangular panel using a patterned paper. I also die cut the Beleive word die in white card stock. Then I masked, stamped the images and colored them with Prisma Color pencils, for the dress and the hat and the ornament I did some paper piecing :)I finally fuzzy cut the put all the images together to finish my card :)

I have used Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies Believe Word Die and Kathryn and Christmas,

I hope you like it and will play along with us, For more inspiration and details on the challenge, click HERE.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Guest Designer at Great Impressions Stamps - December 4th 2016

Hello friends and welcome to my blog. Today I am Guest Designing at the Great Impressions Stamps :) Yay! and I am pretty excited about this :) Thank you so much Ruza and the fabulous Great Impressions Team for having me over. I won the October Challenge at The Great Impressions Blog and was invited to be their Guest for the month of December :)

I got some awesome goodies from the GI stamps and had so much fun creating the cards with these. Not only are these stamps fun to color but also the sentiments are so funny :) I will be showcasing two more cards after this one in the month of December.
So let me show you the card I made...

A pretty simple card... I want to keep the awesome image the focal point. All I did was adhered a floral patterned paper to coordinate with the flowers in the image, then on a white diecut panel. I stamped the image and colored it with Prisma Color Pencils. Isn't that dog adorable!!

To finish the card I stamped the sentiment and adhered the panel with some foam tape :) I have used GI Buzzing by Rubber stamp, GI Potted Puppy Rubber Stamp, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies, Prisma Color Pencils and Heidi Swapp Favorite things 6x6" paper pad

I hope you like my card. The GI stamps have their December Monthly challenge running. It's an Anything Goes challenge, so don't forget to link your cards :), HERE

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

Guest Designer at CAS Watercolor December Challenge !

I am super excited to be joining in the CAS Watercolor Challenge Team as the Guest designer :) Hooray!! I won the October challenge and was invited for the December challenge. Thank you so much Loll and Bonnie for having me over :)

The challenge for this month is watercolor resist. Such a fun technique. There are a number of way that you can do watercolor resist. One is of course embossing resist, others are crayon/ any oil based pencil/ marker or color resist.

For my card. I did oil pastel resist technique. Let me show you the card first...

I have these oil pastels and anything oil based would resist watercolors. So for my card, I took a watercolor panel and hand drew some concentric circles with white pastel. Then I water colored the background in grey. To dress up the card, I heat embossed and watercolored the flower, diecut the edge and assembled it all together.

I have used SSS scalloped edge dies, PTI Hugs diecut (sent by a sweet friend), Blooming Buds Stamp set

Here is a closeup...

I hope you like my card and will give this technique a try :)

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2016 !

Every Year Tracey McNeely of In my creative Opinion Blog organizes this fabuous event "25 Days of Christmas Tags". where each day a company brings a load of Christmas Tag inspiration. Today on the final day of the event, STAMPlorations and the team is showcasing their products through Christmas Tags.  

Here is the tag I created :) 

I cut of the tag, and a frame for the tag using nesting dies. O also added acetate on the frame. On the base, I heat embossed the sentiment and the houses. Then I inked the background using Distress ink. I added sequins and layered the frame on top. Then I added the little Kathryn's image with a string of lights after coloring it with Spectrum Noir marker.

I have used Luggage Tag Nesting dies, Kathryn and Christmas and Houses stamp set.

I hope you like it, Head on over to Tracey's Blog for more inspiration HERE.

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

ATCAS #102 - Congratulations and a fond Farewell !

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is awesome Jaydee and she has chosen the code word... CONGRATULATIONS. This challenge is really special for us as we celebrate the 4th birthday of ATCAS :) So congratulations code word seems just right for it. 

Though its a day to celebrate but for me... I am happy but sad at the same time :( I have been with ATCAS for a long time, but I had to take this hard decision of stepping down. With my little one it is becoming harder to pull enough time out to commit to my DT responsibilities and hence I decided to step down. These has been the most wonderful creative years for me :) ATCAS was my first DT ever and I can still recall the disbelief I had when I saw Kylie's email. I can't thank her enough to give me this opportunity. And she has been the most wonderful Leader. I will miss you :( I am thankful for the awesome team I have worked with and Barb for organizing things so nicely for us all :)

Love you all, will catch u in the blog land and play along with ATCAS whenever I will get a chance :)

Since its our birthday we have loads of sponsors lined up for you.You will win a Gift certificate from our fabulous sponsors Happy Little Stampers, A day for Daisies, Sami Stamp Shop, Eureka Stamps, Create a Smile Stamps and STAMPlorations

Here's my card... I went with the news on the baby for my Congratulations card.

To make this card, I diecut a stitched panel and a cloud die. On the base panel, I did some soft inking using Distress inks. I stamped the birds, colored and diecut these too. I then put it all together with some foam dots. I have used ME Cloud die, SSS Double stitched rectangular dies and Tweet Love stamp set. For coloring I used Prisma Color pencils :)

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.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - November 22nd 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 November 2016...

To make this card,I heat embossed the image and colored it with Prisma Color Pencils. I then stamped the sentiment in white pigment ink and gave a chalkboard look :). I have used Oh so Grateful Stamp set, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting 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 Giving Thanks Blog Hop 2016!

Like last year, this year too STAMPlorations is doing a Giving Thanks Blog Hop. Only this time it is bigger and better with loads of inspiration and prizes. We have a lot of challenge Blogs joining us in the hop :) Check out the prize, you have so much to win. Link up a Thankyou/ Grateful/ Thanksgiving cards and your chance increases :)

PRIZE

Giving Thanks Hop

• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blogs will receive a $50 gift certificate.
• THREE (3) winners randomly drawn from all comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and participating designers blogs will each receive a $20 gift certificate to the shop.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from our Facebook page will win a $15 gift certificate for herself and a $15 gift certificate for one friend she tags in her comment.
• ONE (1) commenter randomly drawn from our Instagram account will win her choice of Giving Thanks bundle (Be Thankful, Oh So Grateful, or Many Blessings)/

Giving Thanks Linky Party

• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from all entries linked up will receive the Be Thankful bundle (stamp set with coordinating die, word die, and stencil)
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from all entries linked up will receive Oh So Grateful bundle (stamp set with coordinating die, word die, and stencil)
• ONE (1) winner randomly drawn from all entries linked up will receive Many Blessings bundle (stamp set with coordinating die, word die, and stencil)

Commenting ends on November 30 at 11:55 p.m. Pacific. You have until November 30 to link up their projects to the linky party.

Winners will be announced on December 9 in the November Challenges and Hops winners post. Winners have until December 20 to claim their prize.

Let me show you the card I created :)

I am always drawn towards the white color of the pumpkins, so I thought I would make one on my card :) To make it I heat embossed the image on watercolor cardstock and diecut it with the coordinating die. Then I watercolored it. Next I diecut a frame and layered it all on a patterned paper with frames :) Here are a few more shots...

 I have used the following products Oh, So Grateful Bundle, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies and Gansai Tambi Watercolors

I hope you enjoyed the creation, there are a lot of stops in the hop. Please find the links below or go to the STAMP blog HERE.

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

 

STAMPlorations Inspiration - November 15th 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 November 2016...

To make this card, I stamped the images using water resistant ink. I then watercolored the images and the background. I have used Faerie Door stamp set,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 #101 - Ombre

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is awesome Barb and she has chosen the code word... OMBRE. I guess we all love this, Barb has even shared some videos showcasing various ways on creating this effect :)I would like to welcome our fabulous guest Vicki Dutcher of All I do is Stamp Blog , she is amazing design, I love her bold style :)

You will win a Gift certificate from our fabulous sponsor Happy Little Stampers

Here's my card...

This is a quick card, on a stitched diecut panel, I did some inking, water splatters and adhered the diecuts pieces sent by a sweet friend to finish my card :) Inks used are Distress Stormy sky and Black soot.

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 Mini Release Hop 2016!

Hello friends! There is yet another CUTplorations release at STAMPlorations :) The Art edges and the ATC Tag Builder... Oh my! you will love these. Me and the STAMP Inspiration team is showcasing some fabulous variety of creations using these. You can find all the details HERE.

Prize: ONE (1) winner of a $15 gift certificate and ONE (1) winner of her choice of either Art Edges or ATC Tag Builder dies

Don't forget to comment for your chance to win...Commenting closes on Tuesday, November 15. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog and designers' blogs. We'll announce the winners on December 9 as there are a few more hops coming your way :) Keep a Tag on STAMPlorations Blog :)

Let me show you the projects I made...

To make this card, I heat embossed the poinsettia on the kraft card stock. I took a red card stock and diecut the angled edge and Be Jolly diecut. I then layered this piece on Kraft base. To finish I added the holly wood veneer. Here is a closeup...

 

Next I made a Tag following the same color scheme.

Beside the new dies, I have used Holiday Sketches - Christmas Flower, Yuletide Cheer, Kathryn and Christmas and Be Jolly Word die

I hope you enjoyed the projects, Check out what the teamies did HERE. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)