Monday, January 4, 2016

Celebrate

Hi friends,
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
Hope this year fulfills all the expectations you have and brings you a lot of joy and hope.

I wanted to start this new year by sharing a card I made using my favorite Altenew stamp ..This is one of their older release but I recently laid hand on it for the first time and I was quite happy to play with it...The only catch for me though is this stamp has open images meant for coloring and I have quite limited skills when it comes to coloring :( Nevertheless, I gave it a go using a new coloring medium which was gifted to me by a dear friend and fellow blogger Tejal...Its the Nirmal transparent watercolor booklet. This is small book which is filled with vibrant colors something along the lines of Peerless watercolors. I really had fun working with it.
And here's what I have created with it :

And a  close up of the glittered sentiment which is die cut from glitter washi tape:

To create this card, I first stamped and heat embossed images from Persian Motif set and colored it using the Nirmal transparent water colors. The butterfly is from the  Altenew Wild Hibiscus set and the  stripes on the side panel is stamped and heat embossed using a Bo Bunny stamp. Finished this card with some sequins from Winnie and Walter and spattered some droplets on the card using the same colors as the ones used for coloring the image.

Before I created this card, I first practised my coloring skills on some gift tags!
Here they are :

 Hope you like my card and tags!
Before I end this post I have some happy news to share. I have been selected as design team member for the PPS blog. PPS is an UAE based online craft store and I am quite thrilled to join their team. I can't wait to start working with the talented ladies on the team.

I am entering my card in the following challenges :
Paru's cardmaking challenge : New.
Stamping smiles Design : Tic Tac Toe (I have used the  middle row embossing, sparkle and new).



17 comments:

  1. Lovely coloring, Hussena! Beautiful card.

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  2. Such a vibrant beautiful card Hussena and a big congrats on your new DT post,
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  3. Just love your card dear Hussena!! Your colouring is fabulous!
    Please display the challenge story board and the challenge logo on your blog.
    Also please follow us on social media and tag us. These details are given on the blog.
    Thanks again

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  4. Gorgeous stuff Hussena, I also just got this stampset, waiting to try it out....the watercoloring is awesome.

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  5. Beautiful card Hussena ! Loved the bold colors :)

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  6. Beautiful card! Stunning colours! Love that glitter die cut!

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  7. So lovely as always... Congrats on ur new DT post!!

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  8. watercolours!!! beautiful Hussena. Happy New Year!!!

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  9. Pretty! And the tags are just lovely!

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  10. Very beautiful and elegant card, Hussena. Love it. :)

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  11. Congrats on your new DT gig!
    Lovely creations here. Those watercolours look really yummy! I should try to get my hands on some.

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  12. Hello Hussena,

    Thank you for participating in the first Stamping Smiles Designs, Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I am happy to see your beautifully colored card. The embossing adds so much detail to the flowers. Lovely!! Congrats and have fun on your design team.

    Tracie Pond
    Stamping Smiles Designs
    Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge
    Design Team Member

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  13. Wow!! These are stunning!! Love the watercoloring on your card and your tags!! Thank you for playing with the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!

    Nora Noll
    Stamping Smiles Designs
    Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge
    Design Team Member

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  14. Beauty! Fabulous coloring Husenna :)

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  15. This is so beautiful Hussena! <3

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