#763 – Thanks with a Glittery Heart

PE: Addicted to CAS Top 3 Favorite!!!

Fusion Card Challenge Honorable Mention

Hello and welcome to another easy card making session post! This time I am joining Stamplorations in their birthday celebrations, and CASE-ing one of their ultra talented DT – Maria Fisher! Here’s what I made –

The glittery heart is something I had in my stash – it comes from Winnie & Walter From the Bottom of My Heart stamp set. I used my MISTY to set the stamp, dabbed the inks from a few distress oxide inks using a sponge dauber, then stamped the image. This helped me get a clean, blended image. I then added double sided sticky tape on top, added clear glitter. I used the co-ordinating die cut to cut it out. This gave me glittery thankful heart!! 😉 By the way, the smaller words are not clear in the image, since the glittery sparkle gets in the way, but it is clearly visible in real life.

For the rest of the card – I embossed a white panel using Itsy Bitsy Garden Flowers, trimmed the edges and foam mounted it on the card base. On this, I added two strips, a thinner black one and a striped one, which I got using the MFT Pinstripes stamp. Once I adhered these on, I foam mounted the glittery heart. I then added a few gemstones in rainbow colors.

I am joining the following challenges with this card –

Fusion Card Challenge: Floral Cupcakes (I followed the sketch)

Stamplorations 5th Birthday Celebration – CASE the Stampgirls challenge (I am CASEing Maria Fisher’s this card)

Addicted to CAS challenge #138: Rainbow

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#759 – Beachy Birthday

PE: Honorable Mention at Timeout Challenge!

Hello and welcome! We have a new challenge on Seize the Birthday blog. The challenge is to make birthday projects, and you also have the option of using a ‘Topping’ that is given in every challenge. And the ‘Topping’ this time is ‘Beachy Birthday’!

I usually love to make my birthday cards with the optional Topping, and oh, I had lots of trouble with this one. I neither have any stamp sets with a beach theme, not am I adept at creating a beachy scene.. I was totally lost! Thankfully, inspiration struck, and I was able to make this neat, one layered card.

I used stamps from Reverse Confetti ‘Weather it Together’, and drew some squiggly lines for the ocean itself. I colored the scene using Zig Brush pens. The sentiment comes from Bo Bunny ‘Sentiments’ stamp set.

With this card I am joining the following challenges –

Just us Girls challenge #443: Outside

Addicted to CAS challenge #137: Sea

AAA Card Challenge #116: 4th Big Birthday Bash

CAS Watercolor June Challenge: Ocean

Time Out Challenge #111: Holidays with an optional twist of One Layer Card

I hope you are inspired by this card! Check out the Seize the Birthday blog for more inspiration from out fabulous DT and also from our talented Surprise Party Guest, Sonja K! And don’t forget to join the party! 🙂

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#668 – Sending Hugs

PE: Team Pick at Tic Tac Toe!!

Hello! Somehow I’ve been making CAS cards lately, and been happy with the lot of them, especially since CAS comes hard for me.. I always tend to think that the card ‘needs a little more’ and so, nothing ends up CAS! 🙂 Here’s another one I just made last night –

I created the background by first stamping the ‘hugs’ using Honey Bee Stamps Hand Written Alpha, then stamped all the other images, from Honey Bee Stamps Zen Floral. Keeping this case, I heat embossed in black the flower from Ellen Hutson Mondo Peony on watercolor paper and then watercolored it using distress inks, then fussy cut it.

Before adhering the flower, I stamped the ‘sending’ part of the sentiment using Honey Bee Stamps Sentiment Builder stamp using Fossilzed Amber distress oxide ink. And that’s my card!

Submitting my card to the following challenges –

Ellen Hutson Mix it up Challenge: with Honey Bee Stamps

The Flower Challenge #12 (I used Embossing, Distress Inks, Sentiment)

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #15 (I used Monochrome, Yellow, Get Well)

Addicted to CAS Challenge #120: Florals

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#662 – Hello

This card has long been sent to a blogging friend of mine.. and I am publishing it, I think, months after. But even now, I still love the way it looks (in the photos, of course) as I did the day I created it! Right on top of the list of watercolor pieces I’ve created that have come out good! 😉

When I made this card, I had just bought the Waffle Flower Enveloper Birthday stamp set, and was so excited to play with it. I wanted some no-line coloring on the card, so I stamped it with a light ink, then colored it using distress inks. The sentiment comes from Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia stamp set.

With this card, I am joining the following challenges –

Addicted to CAS Challenge #118: Friends

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #257: Make Your Mark

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Clean and Simple on Friday Challenge #115: One Layer Wonder

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#610 – Addicted to CAS – Guest Designer

Hello! I am really happy to day to be Guest Designing at the Addicted to CAS Challenge blog! Thank you so much for having me over! 🙂

The theme this time is “Grunge”.

Now, I am not someone who makes grunge cards, and the theme was pretty difficult for me.. but that’s what challenges are for – guest designing or not!! 😉 After pondering on it for a while, I came up with this card –

The stamp set Adore You from Altenew is just perfect for a variety of techniques – starting from just outlining in beautiful colors, or coloring.. so why not make some grunge?…I thought.. So I mixed it with My Favorite Things Abstract Art stamp set to make this card. Of course, I used MISTI for great and perfect stamping, since the flowers are cut outs, foam mounted on the base, mounted to give dimension.

Finally, the sentiment, black base with heat embossed sentiment, came from Mama Elephant In My Heart stamp set.

Submitting this card to the following challenges –

Stamplorations April CAS challenge: Any Pastel color

The Heart Desires Challenge #11 : I went with the colors and the flowers

Addicted to Stamps challenge #239: Clean and Simple

Simon Says Stamp: Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Hop over to the Addicted to CAS blog for more amazing (and proper) Grunge cards, and join the challenge! Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

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#602 – You Brighten My Day

PE: Winner at Addicted to CAS!! Yay!!

Runner up at A2ZScrapbooking challenge!

Hello! I finally escaped took some time off from making a cards (for a few celebrations we have within family and friends), and made this card today –

Made this simple one layer card using some stash I’ve had with me since forever! You know, I become pretty happy when I use these old stamps so well, combine them and have something good come out! 😀

I used Hero Arts Color Layering Hibiscus, Hero Arts Leafy Vines for the flowers and background and Technique Tuesday Hello Sunshine for the sentiment.

Submitting this card to the following challenges –

Less is More #322: 3 Pastel Colors –

Addicted to CAS Challenge #108: Smile –

A2ZScrapbooking April Challenge: Getting to know you –

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday: Spring has Sprung –

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

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#584 -Doggy Love!

Hello! I love critter cards! And its even cuter when its about two cute doggies –

I wanted to try soft and messy watercoloring once again.. wasn’t completely successful, since I tried some darker inks, but the messy watercoloring came out pretty good.. and I even managed to keep the card clean! 😀

Supplies used:
Paper Smooches Fancy Frames & Labels
My Favorite Things Top Dog
Purple Onion Designs Bloom No.2
Distress inks for stamping and watercoloring and pencils for additional shading.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges –

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #227: Make Your Mark –

Just Us Girls Challenge #379: Word Week: Dogs –

Addicted to CAS Challenge #104: Pets –

CAS Watercolor February Challenge: Love –

Thank you for stopping by! 🙂