STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 11th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the June 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for the month of May. Continuing my obsession with kraft :)

To make this card, I heat embossed the bear, fuzzy cut them and inked time in rainbow colors. Background was created with some polka dots stamping.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent and Vignette Retro Mod shapes;  Inks - Hero Arts Latte, Coup a joe ink, Distress Peacock feathers, Mowed Lawn, Mustard seed, Spiced Marmalade, Picked raspberry, Versamark ink; Corner rounder punch from We r memory keepers

ATCAS #63 - Birds

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Jan and she has chosen the code word... BIRDS. Possibilities are endless, I was particularly excited for this one as I get to use my new stamp set :). I would also like to welcome our Talented Guest Designer Monika of Imagine the impossible blog! She is also my teamie at STAMPlorations and the cards she made, her design ideas and her creativity is just amazing. Her card this week is just adorable :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win $20 gift certificate stamps from our amazing sponsor CAS-ual Friday's Stamps 

I went with water coloring my birdie. Here's my card...

To make this card, I simply stamped the image and did some water coloring. Fun and easy ! We are also having a DT call, so if you are interested in CAS cards and working with an awesome team, don't forget to apply :) I am sharing this at Less is More Week 223 - OLC Water and The Pink Elephant #297 - Thanks

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.

Supplies used -  Stamps: STAMPlorations The birds and the blooms and Mixed media grunge; Koi water colors; Archival Jet black ink, Hero arts Forver green and Cuppa Joe

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 8th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the June 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my first inspiration cards for the month of May. This month I will be obsessed with kraft and blues, mostly kraft :)

To make these cards, first one focuses on embossed focal image and second one on paper pieced stamped image. The stripes on the second card were created by inking and masking.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent;  Inks - Archival Black ink, Hero Arts Latte ink, Memento Black ink, Versamark ink; Heidi Swapp - Dreamy and DCWV - Basics stack patterned paper; Twine from Twinery and wood veneer from Studio Calico; Dies - Pretty Pink Post stitched border -1; Spectrum Noir markers

Mixed Media Card Challenge #11 - WINGS and CASEplorations #4 - Kim Makortoff

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps April/ May 2015 Release Day!

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #11 - WINGS. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about.  So let's see what our challenge is,

WINGS with an optional element of Foil.... This is what I created.

To make this card, I took a water color card stock, I added some colored crackle paste using the sun burst stencil and let it dry. One dried I colored with water colors. Then I stamped the butterflies and did some mixed media grunge stamping along the edge. I took a die cut butterfly, inked and stamped over it and layered half of it with another die cut butterfly. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment and adhered it all together :) I want to thank Loll for sending me this fabulous sunburst stencil and another sweet friend for the lovely die cut :)

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration.

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps April/ May 2015 Release Day!

Hello friends! Welcome to day 4/ final day of release at CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and I am sure you loved all of the release so far and I am pretty sure that this last day will not disappoint you. Today on the day 4, we are showcasing the one new stamp set "Calm and Loving" you will love this for the versatility of the stamps.

So here are my cards...I ended up creating two cards

Making these card was fun, 'coz it was pure stamping delight :) with a touch of patterned paper :)

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE and there is an awesome prize... one random winner drawn from one of the sneak peek days to win a $25 gift certificate to the store. Today is the release day :) Hope you enjoyed!

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