#554 – Thanks

PE: CAS-ual Fridays Favorite!! Can’t believe it!!

I feel like my posts are just carrying black and gold now-a-days…but whatever! As long as it comes out good, right! 😉 😛

I wanted to make an easy-to-make card. So, everything is easy. I stamped a panel with MFT Lacy background using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then trimmed it into 5 equal strips. I foam mounted these on a white card base.

I then used Marianne Design Daisy and Leaves die to die cut some leaves out of Brustro Iridescent gold metallic paper – this paper actually has a pretty satin-pearly sheen, but I couldn’t capture it in these images :(. Anyway, I also die cut the sentiment from Paper Smooches Thanks from black cardstock and foam, and adhered these on the card. I then added a few glittery drops of Nuvo Glitter Drops Honey Gold. And finished my card!

Submitting this card to Virginia’s View #25: Stripe and Plaid and CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #161: Be Thankful –

Thank you for stopping by! 🙂

#533 – Winnie & Walter: WCMD 2016

PE: Winner (Top Pick) at Inkspirational Challenge!!

Hello! Have you seen the amazing set of challenges posted by Winnie & Walter, calling all us card-makers to a spectacular series of challenges? You should drop over to Winnie & Walter – they have a series of fantastic challenges lined up!

Well, I just had to take part!! My first card (yes, I’ve got a series of cards coming up!!) is for Rainbow Color With Gayathri. I’ve not made many rainbow cards, but I’ve always wanted to use multiple colors and have a color burst party on card! And this was just the right chance!! Here’s what I made –

I first used a toothbrush to splatter color on the card base – I used my Camel drawing inks, since I really love their vibrancy. Once this dried, I added the sentiment from Winnie & Walter My Precious stamp set by heat embossing in white.

Next, I added a die-cut the diamond from Winnie & Walter Flawless Diamond and added some diamond dust over it, adhering it using Multi Medium Matte. That’s it. Done. Easiest card ever!! 😉

I am also submitting this card to –

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes –

Inkspirational Challenge #118: Glamour –

Virginia’s Challenge #24: Focal Point (see how the focus is still on the white diamond (and the sentiment) even when surrounded by such vibrant colors)

Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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#524 – So Happy For You

PE:Winner at Virginia’s View Challenge!!

Favorite at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!!

Favorite at Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies!!

Hello! I made this easy-to-make card this time. Little ink smooshing, a little die-cutting, and done!! 😀

I first used an acetate sheet to smoosh some distress ink on a card panel – I used Peacock Feathers and Mustard Seed distress inks. Once dry, I die cut the flowers and leaves from Ellen Hutson Wild Garden. I then adhered the panel on my card base, and then adhered the flowers and leaves at just one point and when they dried, I lifted and curved the outlines.

I then added a few splatters of black Camel Drawing ink. I use this ink now-a-days while adding splatters, since they keep their color and vibrancy, no matter what is beneath.

I had the ‘happy’ leftover from a previous project – they come from the Happy panel from Reverse Confetti. I adhered this, then stamped the other portion of the sentiment from Reverse Confetti Whole Lotta Happy in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Finally I embellished the card with some white rhinestones. And that’s it – so so simple to make!! 😀

Submitting this card to the following challenges –

Color Throwdown Challenge #409 –

Virginia’s View Challenge #23: Spray, Mist and Splatter –

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #156: Dimension & Bling –

Happy Little Stampers (September): Anything Goes With Dies –

Thank you for stopping by! 🙂

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#501 – CASEing Yoonsun Hur

PE: Spotted by My Favorite Things!!

Honorable Mention at The Heart Desired Challenge!!

Its been quite some time since my last post! I actually made these cards a week ago, but am posting them only now….And as the title denotes, I am CASEing a couple of cards by the amazingly talented Yoonsun Hur!

My first card is a CASE of this card by Yoonsun. If you’ve seen my posts from beloew, you’ll know I love bold and bright colors – and Yoonsun’s card, where she combined this bold look with the muting kraft – just stunning!

For my card, I used flowers and leaves from  My Favorite Things Modern Blooms and a variety of inks, then using another flower center stamp, stamped the dots in black and grey. I also added the dotted lines using Winnie & Walter Scenery: Stripes. Finally came the sentiment – I used Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABCs dies for the sentiment.

Did I mention that I really loved the bright and bold look? 😀 Anyway, I did add a bit of embellishing using some gold and bronze sequins.

This card is made especially for My Favorite Things challenge, who are celebrating 10 years – what an awesome achievement!! 😀 The challenge is 10th Birthday Celebration Bonus Challenge, where we are to include 10 in some way in our creations. In my card, I’ve used 10 stamped elements (including flowers and leaves) and the sentiment carries 10 letters too! 😛

I am also submitting the card to the following challenges –

Virginia’s View (Summer Challenge) #22: All About Colors

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Flora & Fauna

The Heart Desires Challenge #2 (I’ve borrowed a few colors from the theme, and the flowers look quite tropical!)

For my second card, I was inspired by this card of Yoonsun. Now, I really love watercoloring – and watercolor backgrounds are just awesome – more so when done my a coloring genius like Yoonsun.. but I degress..

The only mistake I made in this card’s watercoloring – I chose the wrong watercoloring medium – I used watercolor cakes – I should have used inks.. but anyway, the end result is not so bad… and the lesson is learnt! 😀

So, for this card, I used mostly solid or thick-outlined stamps from Neat & Tangled Paper Cut Flowers and Ellen Hutson Bold Blooms and used Zing white embossing powder. Unfortunately, I did somehow end up smudge up the embossing, even after embossing twice, to avoid the exact thing! Talk about ironic! 😀

The sentiment, from Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. Finally the card is embellished using some silver sequins (which are looking black in the image).

I am submitting this card to Ellen Hutson Mix It Up Challenge: Neat & Tangled and Seven Hills Crafts July Challenge: Color Challenge –

Thank you for stopping by! 🙂

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#496 – Share The Love Week (3)

PE: One in Top 10 Favorites of Virginia’s View Challenge!!! Yay! And double yay!!

Its ‘Share the Love Week’ at Ellen Hutson and Winnie & Walter, where they have both combined their products and come up with some amazing cards and challenges over the course of 5 days.

I am sharing my next card in the series, to be exact, for Day 3: Background Building. Here’s my card –

For this card, I used one of the stamps from Winnie & Walter Scenery: Its a Wonderful Pennant along with my MISTI and used various Memento inks to get an ombre and colorful background. I then trimmed it and mounted it over the card base.

The sentiment, from Ellen Hutson Mondo Magnolia is heat embossed in white over a piece of trimmed vellum. I mounted it using silver dotted washi tape, along with some silver string for embellishing.

Its a simple card, but took quite some time in the making – I couldn’t even decide where and how to mount the sentiment (maybe having a die cut sentiment would have been easier, but I don’t own any from Ellen Hutson or from Winnie & Walter) or even what to embellish the card with. But I am mostly satisfied with the card, except for the fact that the string shows beneath the washi – wish I could have avoided that somehow.. any ideas?

I am also entering Virginia’s View Challenge #22: All About Colors and Winnie & Walter: The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. 4: Spectrum –

Thank you for stopping by, hope you liked the card! 🙂

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