Fusion #22

Hello friends!! time for another Fusion :) I hope you enjoyed playing along with sweet floral bunch in the previous challenge. Our new challenge is apt to the time of the year.  Now let's see what will you make this time ;)  So here's the Fusion inspiration n sketch for you...

FUSION is a very interesting, it gives us a photo and a sketch, so possibilities are endless with the freedom given in the challenge. You can just work with the sketch or just photo, in my case I went with the photo inspiration. So here's my card...

To make this card, I distress inked and water stamped the card base. I took a black card stock and stamped the sentiment ans spider with White pigment ink and created some smudges for a chalk board effect. Next I adhered this panel on card base with some foam dots. I am linking this up to the following challenges AAA Cards Challenge #25 - Halloween, Shopping our Stash #174 - Halloween, Sketch Saturday #322 and The Male Room #21 - Halloween 

   

There is a lot more inspiration available for you by our lovely team. Go and check out :) Also, for more details about the challenge please visit Fusion Card Challenge 

Amy Tsuruta
Betty J
Dannielle Robeson
Deepti .....<you are here>
Jeanne Jachna
Julia Aston
Katie Brooks
Kelly Griglione
Kimberly Wiener 

Lyndal Higgins

Lynn Mangan 

Michelle Williams

Michelle Lupton

Stephanie Severin

I have made another card, more on the masculine side :)

To make this card, I did some light swipes of ink with the ink pad (Hero Arts soft granite). Then I stamped the sentiment (from CAS-ual Friday's wish big set). Next I cut out triangular pieces from burlap and patterned paper (DCWV). On one of the triangle, I stamped the chevron (from CAS-ual Friday's Zigs and zags) Finally, I adhere these on the card base making a banner. Added some twine and sequins to finish it :)  I am sharing this with  Curtain Call - Burlap Banner, 613 Avenue Create #94 - Anything Goes! 

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

CAS-ual Friday's & Add a little Dazzle Blog hop!!

Hello! and welcome to day 3 of CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and Add a little Dazzle Blog hop. We have joined creative forces together to inspire you with projects that combine CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and Add a little Dazzle's gorgeous metal sheets. You can join us in this hop for some fun, prizes and inspiration :)

So, let me show you what I created. I went with a Christmas theme. With Christmas approaching fast, there is always a need to create Christmas cards :D

To make this card, I used Add a Little Dazzle's Scarlet red metal sheet to die cut CAS-ual Fri-Die Linked. I also stamped and fuzzy cut the images from Pinecones stamp set. Cut thin strips of metal sheet to make my ribbon. Next I laid it all on the card. Stamped the sentiment and added some sequins. I am linking this at Festive Friday #42 and Word Art Wednesday #155

Here is the list of stops in the hop, be sure to leave a comment on each stop for your chance to win a great prize.

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps

Add a Little Dazzle

Kelly Griglione

Deepti Malik

Martha Lucia Gomez

Vicki Dutcher

Keren Baker

Cathy Parlitsis

Kate Capper

Lee-Anne Crosse

Lee Ann Barrett

Lydia Evans

 Also join back tomorrow for more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Happy birthday Debra!!

It's Debra's birthday and we at STAMPlorations are celebrating it by making a card for her. Debra is my team mate at STAMPlorations and has an amazing style of hers :) I enjoy seeing her creative takes on the sketches :) You can check more of her creativity at her blog, I dream of color. 

Debra, I have made a sweet little card for you, hope you will like it :) Wishing you a wonderful birthday !!

I have changed the previous photo as I was able to take another photo of the card in the sunlight :) To make this card, I masked off the two vertical panel and inked them with Distress inks Black soot and Barn door. Next I stamped the STAMPlorations Bee's knees - Rosebud and colored it. To dress up the card, I silver embossed the sentiment, added a thin strip of silver metal sheet and added the vellum strip with hand written rest of the sentiment. I am sharing this at Runway Inspired challenge #70 and The Paper Players #218 - CAS with Silver/ Gold

 

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

Diwali Blog Hop 2014

This is my second post for the day, please click HERE to check out my card for STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22

Hello and welcome to the Diwali Bloghop 2014. You must be hopping over from Smriti's blog. This hop was master minded by Chaitali of Cuts, crops and creativity and just like last year, we are continuing our trend to make some festive, ethnic Diwali cards for inspiration and celebration of this festival.

Diwali is the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus to honor the home coming of our Lord Ram from a war after defeating Raavana. This festival also emphasizes on the belief that the Goddess Laxmi (The Goddess of money) will arrive in our homes and bring prosperity. Diwali can be compared to Christmas in terms of how important and big this festival is for us :) I am excited to celebrate this day with my family :)

But of course before I head off towards the preparations for the festival, I will share a card I created. 

The diya/ earthen lamp on my card was hand drawn and the BG was done with distress inks and water stamping using Inkadinkadoo Dots and flourishes stamp set. The sentiment was stenciled and hand written. I am linking this at The Paper Players #218 - CAS Silver/ Gold and Storie di timbri, carta e #9 - Combo colors (for me its red and yellow)

There is a lot more ethnic and elegant inspiration for you, please hop on to Indira's blog.

Also, here is the list of all the stops in the hop, in case you missed any spot...

Chaitali | Gayatri | Mayuri | Smriti | Deepti | Indira | Piali | Sindhu | Isha | Tasnim | Shilpa

Wish you all a very Happy and prosperous Diwali !

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

STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22

Hi friends! Its time for a new sketch challenge at STAMPlorations Bi-weekly Sketch Challenge #22. This challenge ends on October 31st and the winners would be announced on November 2nd. We have a very talented Guest Designer Leslie Hanna joining us for this challenge. She makes amazing cards. You can check out more of her creations at her blog The Crooked Stamper

Let's get to the sketch and my card...

To make this card, I wanted to use the stamp from a new line of STAMPlorations called Bee's Knees - Rosebuds. These stamps are designed by our very talented Shirley Bampton. The stamps are so fab and trendy. So I started out by stamping and embossing the rosebuds around a lightly marked oval on a water color cardstock. Then I used distress inks to water color my card. Finally, to create a focal point, I drew an oval with white gel pen, stamped sentiment and added some pearls. I am entering this card to a few challenges - Crazy for CAS #55 - One layer and stamped, CAS on Sunday #44 - Emboss it, Inkspirational #67 - Purple and Grey 

  

Be sure to check out STAMPlorations blog for some amazing inspiration by our lovely team and don't forget to play along.

Note: STAMPlorations has started a Bi monthly Stamp Club. This is very interesting club that you might wanna look into. Click HERE!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used - Stamps: STAMPlorations Bees's Knees Rose bud; Inks- Versamark, Distress Pumice Stone and Victorian Velvet; Dies - Nestabilities Oval die