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Monday, November 9, 2015

STAMPlorations Inspiration - November 9th 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 November 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 card for the month of November...

To make this card, I used Dee's Artsy Impressions - Santa is here stamp set. The card was fun and easy to make. On the card base, I added the Christmas patterned paper panel and also stamped the "HO" sentiment from the set on this panel. Next I cut out a frame with my dies, stamped, colored and fuzzy cut the Santa and adhered it all on the card base to finish my card :) I am sharing this at City Crafter challenge Blog #286 - Getting ready for Christmas, Christmas Card Challenges #49 - Anything Goes and Time Out Challenges #43 - Christmas

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

Saturday, November 7, 2015

ATCAS #76 - Hero

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is very talented Anja and she has chosen the code word... HERO. Huge possibilities with this code word too :) I would also like to welcome our Guest Designer Gerrina of Gerrina's creative world. She creates unique and artsy cards, you will always find a ton of inspiration at her blog :)

Our winner will win a stamp set from our amazing sponsor Create a Smile

I had so much fun creating my Hero theme card:). Here's my card...

To make this card, I die cut the alphabets hero multiple times (using MFT Little Lowercase dienamics) and layered them to create some dimension. I also die cut the heart (using CFS Shuffle Fri-dies) and layered it the same way. I also inked the heart and added wink of stella on it. I stamped, colored and fuzzy cut the bird (using POD Robin) and stamped the remaining sentiment (using ME in my heart set) and adhered it all on a white die cut panel (using SSS double stitched rectangle dies)

I am sharing this at Addicted to Stamps and more #169 - CAS and Muse #138 - Ardyth Percy-Robb

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.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

CASEplorations #10 - Suchi Paithankar

Hi friends! it's time for CASEplorations inspiration post at STAMPlorations. On the first 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 seventh installment of CASEd inspiration.

CASEplorations will serve as a starting off point for our Inspiration Project Posts. We show you how we CASE a card so you can, in turn, CASE the inspiration cards we share throughout the month. You can find more details HERE.

Our artist for the month of November is the very creative and fabulous Suchi of Suchi's Cardstock. You will love her beautiful and unique cards. So let me show you her beautiful card (click HERE to see her original post) and my CASE...

I got inspired by the text, colors and die cut bird in Suchi's card, here is my card...

I started out by die cutting stitched edge panel of text patterned paper (using SSS Double stiched rectangle dies), then I stamped the flowers and leaves along one corner of this panel (using Dee's Artsy Impressions - Frames and flowers). I then diecut a Heart note Fri-dies from CFS over the stamping and layered under it, three more black card stock die cuts to add dimension. To finish it I adhered it all on card base and stamped the sentiment :)

Here is a closeup...

Hope you enjoyed it. I am sharing this at CASology Week 170 - HEART, Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday - Thank you and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes! Thank you Ardyth for suggesting, I am sharing this at Muse #139 - Tracey McNeely

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

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

Thursday, October 29, 2015

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Coloring one stamp with another!!

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 24th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am showcasing a step by step process to make this card, the idea is to use one stamp to color another :) fun and super easy!

So, here's a look into the finished card ...

I am sharing this at Color Q #314, CAS Colors & Sketches #147 and Simon says Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes!

I have used Mixed Media Elements, the October 2015 Stamp Club set and The Birds and the blooms, the June 2015 Stamp club set

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

CASEing Kelly Blog Hop!!

Some of you must be wondering who is Kelly??!!?? and most of you already know her for her gorgeous floral, bright, bold and colorful creations... Yes!! I am talking about Kelly Latevola of You and your big dreams blog :) A few months ago, she started out this amazing feature on her blog called "CASEing Genius" and she has invited tons of awesome crafters, interviewed them, shared their gorgeous cards and most of all CASEd their creations into her master pieces...

So, the idea for this CASEing Kelly Blog Hop originated from the feature done by Kelly and it was master minded by fabulously talented Marika Rahtu of Me and minime crafting. She brought together all the awsome crafters who were featured by Kelly and now we are ready to roll in reverse, meaning... each one of us will pick 3 cards from Kelly and CASE them into one :) Sounds like fun!!

It was super fun for me :) Hope Kelly will enjoy seeing her cards being CASEd by us all :) And wait... no hop is fun without the prizes. We have loads of sponsors and prizes :) All you have to do is leave a comment for your chance to win :) I am also one of the sponsors and you can win any one stamp set of your choice from my stamp line Dee's Artsy Impressions

Here are the links to our sponsors...

What is a blog hop without some fun prizes?! Leave a comment by 11:59 pm EDT on Thursday, October 29th along each stop in the hop to increase your chances of winning a prize from one of our sponsors: a2z Scrapbooking, Altenew, Create a Smile Stamps, Dee's Artsy Impressions, djkardkreations, Hero Arts, Ink Road, Lia Stampz and Simon Says Stamp,! Winners will be notified by email after October 29th.

So let me show you the cards from Kelly that inspired me...

Card - 1

Card - 2

Card - 3

So I decided to go with water coloring inspired by first, the design layout from the second card and the theme and color scheme from the third card to make my CASE :) Here is my card....

To make this card, I did no line water coloring. I used my very first stamp set "Blooming Buds" for this card. I hope you enjoyed this card and will hop along for more fabulous inspiration. I am sharing this at The Daily Marker - 30 Days Coloring Challenge

Here are the stops in the hop...