STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 29th 2020

Welcome to the 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 this post is extra special...

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Let me show you my final Inspiration project for December and the year 2020...

For my final card of the year, I wanted to work with something I love the most... flowers and water coloring :) I made a slim line card to keep up with the trend. I stamped the images and used Gansai tambi water colors for coloring. To finish I added the sentiment. I used Lotus Love, Peace Love Joy phrase die, You & me [for sentiment]

Here is a close up into my card...

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Crafty Meraki - December 26th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with Crafty Meraki goodness. Today I am featuring Crafty Meraki Little Things again. I am kind of addicted to floral stamps :) Crafty Meraki released a  huge collection of  their own Slimline Dies and Stamps in October and I have been sharing cards I made using these over on my Instagram account and also here for last two months. This release is gorgeous, you can check it out HERE. 

Let me show you what I made... 

To make this card, I simply stamped the image along the lower edge and water colored it. I used Gansai Tambi watercolors for coloring :) Working with different combination of colors is my favorite thing to do :)

Hope you like this card!

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love. 

I made another card from this same set, I colored this image during 30 Day coloring challenge organized by Kathy Rac, all I did was to stamp the sentiment using Altenew Bergenia Builder Stamp Set

What do you think about my choice of colors? 

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 22nd 2020

Welcome to the 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 $15 gift code. Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my fourth Inspiration project for December 2020...

Here is another clean and simple floral card. I heat embossed the cherry blossom on watercolor card stock and cut it our along one edge. For the front panel, I used a card stock to die cut that pattern using a cover plate. I colored the floral using Distress Oxide ink :) To finish I stamped the sentiment and adhered the water colored piece on top. I used  In Bloom: Charmed Cherry Blossoms, Thank you Coffee and Circles All Over Texture Cover Plate. How do you like it?

Here is a close up into my card...

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Crafty Meraki - December 19th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with Crafty Meraki goodness. Today I am featuring Crafty Meraki Little Things, this stamp set is very special to me for two reasons... one it is one of my illustrations and two it is a floral set and who doesn't love flowers ;) Crafty Meraki released a  huge collection of  their own Slimline Dies and Stamps in October and I have been sharing cards I made using these over on my Instagram account and also here for last two months. This release is gorgeous, you can check it out HERE. 

Let me show you what I made... 

To make this card, I first decided to make a background and for that I used paisley stamp from another newest set Diwali Greetings from Crafty Meraki. I heat embossed the paisley 

Then used distress oxide inks to make a swiped ink background. Distress oxide inks overlap better to make an even background. I then heat embossed the floral cluster on a water color card stock and used Distress Oxide inks to watercolor it. I then adhered it with some dimension. To finish I adhered the sentiment from Crafty Meraki Special Edition Watercolor Kit

Hope you like this card!

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love. 

Oh! I made couple more cards using the same set which were not shared here. 

What do you think? 

STAMPlorations Spotlight - December 17th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with another spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. I hope I will be able to inspire you. For this Spotlight post I had a light bulb moment ;) I saw this Coordinating Balloon die and decided to use it as an ornament. I am kind of happy with the end results. I made a couple of CAS Christmas cards. Let me show you... 

I used  Kathryn's Big Wishes Coordinating Dies, Christmas Sentiments Phrase Dies, and Bloomdala Bliss

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 - December 15th 2020

 Welcome to the 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 $15 gift code. Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my third Inspiration project for December 2020...

I was inspired by Pantone 2021 colors Ultimate Grey and Illuminating for this birthday card. I simply heat embossed the flower stamp with white embossing powder and water colored it using Chalkola Brush pens for the flowers I used Weathered wood Distress Oxide ink :) I used Blossom Sprays #2, Skinny Sentiments. How do you like it?

Here is a close up into my card...

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Crafty Meraki - December 12th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with Crafty Meraki goodness. Crafty Meraki released a  huge collection of  their own Slimline Dies and Stamps. These are gorgeous, you can check them out HERE. Today I am featuring Crafty Meraki One of Kind stamp set. Those gorgeous flowers were calling me for water coloring and that's what I did :) 

Let me show you what I made... 

To make this card, I stamped the flowers with Antique linen Distress ink on a water color card stock and water colored it using Distress inks. I added further depth and dimension using Prisma color pencils. To finish I stamped the sentiment from Altenew's Bergenia Builder stamp set. 

Hope you like this card!

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love. 

Oh! I made another card using the same set which was not shared here. This one was colored with Sharpie markers :)

What do you think? 

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 8th 2020

Welcome to the 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 $15 gift code. Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my second Inspiration project for December 2020...

I decided to make another clean and simple water colored Christmas card, only here I tried to capture a winter scene. I masked and stamped the gift boxes and watercolored them using Distress Oxide and Distress inks. I used some twig to make it look more wintery, I was inspired by Shirley's card here to use the twig/ branches. I used Warm hands, warm hearts and Wooded. I used a white watercolor paint for some snowy details.

Here is a close up into my card...

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Crafty Meraki - December 5th 2020

Hello friends! I am back with Crafty Meraki goodness. Crafty Meraki released a  huge collection of  their own Slimline Dies and Stamps. These are gorgeous, you can check them out HERE. Today I am featuring Crafty Meraki MERAKI stamp. Oh this butterfly is simply gorgeous... I can see how Bindu put her heart and soul into this gorgeous stamp. What I like about this is the large size and the intricate details :) and through my card I have tried to highlight how delicate a butterfly is...

Let me show you what I made... 

To make this card, I stamped the butterfly in a light shade of Distress ink on a water color card stock and water colored it using Distress Oxide inks. I added further depth and dimension using Prisma color pencils. To finish I stamped the sentiment from Altenew's Bergenia Builder stamp set. 

Hope you like this card!

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love.

STAMPlorations Inspiration - December 1st 2020

 Welcome to the 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 $15 gift code. Yay!! Inspiration team is sharing some super amazing projects 

Let me show you my first Inspiration project for December 2020...

I love making birthday cards, they are one of my most used cards :) I made a card full of balloons and spotlighted one of the balloons by adding a floral twig. I stamped and water colored these for a no line water coloring. I used Kathryn's Big Wishes, Wooded and Party Time. For Water coloring I used Chalkola Watercolor Brush Pens. for the background I used Distress ink Stormy sky. I used a white gel pen for adding dots on the balloons

Here is a close up into my card...

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

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Crafty Meraki - November 28th 2020

 Hello friends! I am back with Crafty Meraki goodness. Crafty Meraki released a  huge collection of  their own Slimline Dies and Stamps. These are gorgeous, you can check them out HERE. Today I am featuring Crafty Meraki Stitch-A-Cross Slimline die. You can use it for stitching or just as a cool background like I did for my card :)

Let me show you what I made... 

To make this card, I die cut the panel with Stitch-A-Cross die using a kraft card stock. To add more interest, I tore the edges for a little grunge.  I then stamped the Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Paeonia Japonica Outline Stamp Set on a watercolor card stock and water colored it using Gansai Tambi watercolors. I then fuzzy cut these and arranged them on my card base.  I used the printed sentiment strip from Crafty Meraki Special Edition Watercolor kit

Hope you like this card!

For those of you who are not on Instagram I am sharing one more clean and simple card I made using the same die. 

Cross Stitch pattern of the flower is my own :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me some love.