Post 352: CAS Friendship Card

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a Clean & Simple Card. This was part of my DT work for Peekaboo designs. All the details can be checked out here.

Process & Supplies:

1. The stitched rectangle die cut was created using the PABD Scalloped Rectangle Die & Canson Watercolor paper. 

2. The PABD Chloe die was used to create the black silhouette die cut. 

3. Ink smooshing was done on the background (to create a loose organic look) using zig markers, a piece of acetate & a water spray bottle. 

4. The black die cut was adhered to the panel & the sentiment was stamped with versafine onyx black ink using the PABD With Love Daisy Stamp.

5. To assemble the card, the stitched rectangle panel was foam mounted on the card base.

Here is a photo of the card:

Thanks for your precious time :)

Love reading your sweet comments.

Stay Blessed!

Post 332: Mixed Media Friendship Card

Hi friends!

I'd like to share a Mixed Media Friendship Card today.

I've created texture in the background with modelling paste and a stencil. For layering I've added a doily, gauze, flowers & buttons. Watercoloring was done using pigment powders. A hand drawn border was created with acrylic paint. I also did some journalling with a white gel pen. In the end, finished off with some white splatter.

List of Supplies:

Prima's Heavy White Gesso
Prima's Modelling Paste
Prima's Crochet Doily Die
Tim Holtz Mini Stencils Set 26
Tim Holtz Paper Dolls
Tim Holtz Ideaology Big Chat & Small Talk Stickers
Gauze
Niro Craft Pigment Powders
Little Birdie Flowers
Buttons
Black and White Cardstock

Here is a full photo of the card:

Here are some close-up photos:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Country View Challenges November- Stencils 

HLS November Watercolor Challenge 

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your sweet comments.

Stay Blessed. 

Post 318: CAS Friendship Card (Smile)

Hi friends!

I'd like to share a Clean & Simple Friendship Card today :) 

The process was simple enough, I did a little ink blending with yellow and green inks to create a soft background for the die cut word "smile". To get the pink hue on the die cut, I blended Picked Raspberry Distress Ink onto white cardstock. Used Jennifer Mcguire's brilliant tip to line up the letters, by using the negative of the die cut. 

Supplies used:

MFT Dienamics - Words for Friends

MFT stamp- Because you 

Distress Oxide Inkpads- Cracked Pistachio and Fossilized Amber

Distress Inkpad- Picked Raspberry

Archival Inkpad- Aquamarine

Nuvo Jewel Drops - Sea Breeze

Here are a couple of photos of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 356

MFT Color Challenge 80

CASology 272- Cherish (cherishing friendship)

AAA Cards Challenge 102- Ink Blending (did ink blending to create a soft background for the sentiment)

Addicted to stamps & more #265  (was inspired by the pink and "smile" in the photo)
SSS Wednesday Challenge- anything goes

Thanks for your precious time :)

Love reading your sweet comments.

Stay Blessed!

Post 226: Mixed Media Layout- Friends

Hi folks!

How are you doing ?
Today, I'd like to share a Mixed Media Layout titled Friends.
This is 12 by 12 inches in size.
I was inspired by the photo of the 2 little ones walking hand and hand and decided to make a layout with it. It signifies friendship and a beautiful happy day spent with friends.
There are mostly butterflies and flowers on this layout with the color scheme: white, black and lavender.
The base is white cardstock on which I have done watercoloring with gansai tambi colors and stencil work with distress oxides.
Then, did some background stamping for interest.
Further, added stamped (on canson watercolor paper), watercolored and fussy cut images in layers.
I've tried to create texture with multiple layers and patterns.
In the end, few splatters were created with watered down white gesso and inks.
I've used the following Altenew stamps here: Bamboo Rose, Floral Frame and Fresh Freesia. 

Here are a few photographs of the layout:

(Closeups)

(full photo)

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. White with 1 July Challenge- Lavender Lane (I was inspired by the color and flowers)

2. Altenew Sketch Challenge #3 (I was inspired by the sketch)

Thanks for your time!

Love reading your comments :)

Stay Blessed. 

Post 153: CAS card: Friends are like Wine

Hi folks :)

I'd like to share a Clean and Simple Card today with a friendship theme :)
This is a A2 sized top folding card.

Synopsis of the Process:

Stamped the images with archival ink on watercolor paper and then water colored them with an aqua brush and zig markers, then fussy cut them and darkened their edges with a black marker. Stamped the sentiment on the wonky stitched rectangle die cut panel with versafine ink and then adhered the fussy cut images. Then adhered the panel to the card base with liquid glue and finished it off with sequins. 

List of Supplies:

1. Dare2bartzy Fine Wine Stamp Set
2. Cutplorations Double Running Stitch Rectangle Die
3. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
4. Bielo Cardstock 300 gsm
5. Canson Watercolor paper 
6. Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad
7. Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Jet Black
8. Mudra Sequins- Sugar Plum Mix
9. Tombow Mono Multi Glue 
10. Aqua Brush
11. Memento Tuxedo Black Marker 

Here are a couple of pictures of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Dare2bartzy April Challenge- Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

Stamplorations April Cutplorations Challenge (I was inspired by the green color in the photo)

HLS April Watercolor Challenge (Did watercoloring with zig markers and an aqua brush)

HLS April CAS challenge (blending with watercoloring)

Word Art Wednesday Weeks-280-281

Thanks for your time!

Love reading your precious comments :)

Stay Blessed.

Post 137: You're My Type of Friend Card

Hi folks!!

Today I'd like to share a blooper card. I must admit it is difficult sharing the projects that have gone wrong or the ones that one doesn't feel particularly proud about but in the past few months I have realized that it's ok to share anything and everything one makes, especially when the process of making has given one so much joy :) and the mistakes certainly add to one's experience. 

The blooper project I had originally saved for the occasion is lost somewhere in my crafty space but I remember keeping this current one on the side as well. The blooper on this was that I wanted to make a clean and simple card with lots of white space and I accidentally spilled some pink ink on the card, so to rectify the situation I ended up adding a few pink hearts and also splatters of pink (I went overboard with the splatters as well!!) but today when I look at it, honestly, it doesn't seem too bad, so I didn't toss it. It actually got used. The Never-Before-Used supplies used on this one are a batch of cardstock I bought in destash and hadn't used at all and the hotp typewriter stamp. Just in case you can't make out the sentiment, it says "you're my type of friend!" The stamping was done with archival jet black and magenta hue inks , the splatters and the grey grounding was with zig markers and an aqua brush. 

Here is a picture of the card:-

Playing along with:--

NBUS challenge #11

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #276-277 (anything goes)

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments

Stay Blessed

Post 123: Spring Card 1

Hi!!

I'm so glad you've taken the time to visit me here. I truly appreciate it :) Today I'd like to share a floral card in celebration of spring and good friends.

This is a top folding A2 size card and there are 3 colors used on it besides the neutrals: pink, purple and green. 

The process is pretty straight forward, I took the panel which is a stitched rectangle die cut and did ink blending through a beautiful floral stencil by artplorations, to get a soft pink floral pattern in the background. Then I stamped the floral images and the sentiment from the uniko stamp set onto the card using archival ink. Did some simple coloring with zig markers. And finally adhered the panel to the card base in a tilted "off the edge" way for added interest.

List of Supplies:

1. Uniko Stamps- Originally Organic

2. Artploration Stencil- Bloom Boldly 

3. Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles Die 
4. Tissue Tape

5. Iris Cardstock 250 gsm

6. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers 

7. Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Jet black
8. Sizzix Big Shot Plus for die cutting

9. Ranger's round blending tool and foam

10. Tim holtz mini distress inkpad- picked raspberry

Here are a few pictures of the card :--

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Uniko Challenge #40 - Spring 

Stamplorations March Challenge - Theme & Sketch

CFC 169- Off the edge

Casology week 240- Foliage

Spring Festival Challenge 4- Erica- Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Bit O' Green

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #274-275

PCM Challenges- March (3 colors have been used here besides the neutrals- green, pink and purple) 

Spring Festival Surprise Challenge with Jessica (threes) - (3 colors have been used here besides the neutrals- greens, pinks and purple, 3 stamps from the set have been used on this card, the mini flowers have been stamped thrice on the bottom left)  

Paper Sweeties March Challenge (I was inspired by pink and green color and the flowers in the vase) 

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

PS: I'm also excited to share that I am having a small crafty giveaway which is open to anyone worldwide (international folks are most welcome). All the details can be found here -- I'd be super thrilled and honored if you play along :) the prize is a 25 USD gift certificate to any store you like. It is open till the end of march and you can do as many or as few steps as you like. 

Thanks for your time :)

Would love to read your comments. 

Stay blessed!

Post 122: Floral Card (Lucky to Have You)

Hi friends!

I'd like to share a Floral card and since it is St. Patrick's Day, here is wishing my Irish friends a very Happy St. Patrick's Day :)

This is a side folding A2 size card. The panel is a stitched rectangle die cut. I stamped one of the floral images (the second detailed one from the biggest flower) from The Ton Stamps- Fresh Cut Peonies set in Archival Manganese Blue Ink onto the panel in 2 corners, following this 2 of the leaves from the same set were also stamped in the corners using Archival Emerald Green Ink. Even though this is a layered stamp set, I wanted to create a whimsical design so I decided to use just 1 stamp out of the 3 and on top of that I used the color blue which isn't the traditional color for peonies but I tend to take creative liberties and do what feels good at the time :) Then using zig and camlin markers along with an aqua brush, the background was watercolored. The sentiment is from Verve stamps- Lucky Day digi stamp, this was die cut with the Gina Marie Designs Stitched Squares Die set. To add details to the flowers and leaves, shading was done with markers and then some white dots were added with a white gel pen to make the images pop. To add more interest to the background, one of the mini leaf stamps from the ton stamp set was stamped onto the background to give a cohesive look. The panel was adhered to the card base with tissue tape.

List of Supplies:

1. The Ton Stamps- Fresh Cut Peonies

2. Verve stamps- Lucky Day Digi stamp 

3. Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles Die 
4. Gina Marie Designs Stitched Squares Die

5. Tissue Tape

6. Tombow Mono Multi Glue

7. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

8. Aqua Brush

9. Iris Cardstock 250 gsm

10. Camlin Brush Pens

11. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers 

12. Scissors
13. Ranger's Archival Ink- Manganese Blue and emerald green
14. Sizzix Big Shot Plus for die cutting

Here are a few pictures of the card :--

I am playing along with the following challenges:

The Ton Challenge- March (Lucky)

Verve Stamps Blog- Lucky Day Linky

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #274-275

Spring Festival Challenge 8- Use Watercolors 

Spring Festival Challenge 7- Keeway- Colors (These 4 colors have been included in the card)

Spring Festival Challenge 4- Erica- Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Bit O' Green

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge 

Rubber Dance Challenge (there are flowers and leaves on the card and the colors of spring) 

PS: please do check out the giveaway I'm hosting. Click on the right sidebar under "giveaway" for all the details. 

Thanks for your time :)

Would love to read your comments. 

Stay blessed!