Just For You | Card

Hello everyone,
I have a card to share today which I made solely with a stencil and watercolours. Here's a look at it :

To create this card, I first stenciled the design outline using the CrafTreat Poppy stencil on a piece of a watercolour paper using a black Microtip Pen. After I finished tracing the outline, I loosely watercoloured the poppies and the leaves using various shades of Distress inks.

I added this sentiment from the Altenew Label Love set. I also did some ink blending and added paint splatters to the background.

I added Nuvo drops in green, red and black to complete the card. I die-cut the card panel and popped it on a card base which was embossed using the Darice Woodgrain embossing folder and my card was done :)

I'm entering my card in the following challenges :

Winnie and Walter Stenciled Challenge with Kate

Winnie and Walter Lovely Layers Challenge with Keren

Winnie and Walter Background Building Challenge with Mayuri 

I hope you liked my card which I shared today. If you have queries regarding any of the techniques or the products used, please let me know in the comments below, I will get back to you.

Thank you so much for dropping by! Have a nice day everyone.

Trio of Gift Tags | Winnie & Walter

Hello everyone,
I have some really cute gift tags to share today. I love making these and it seems like I am very much into circular tags these days. :D Here's a look at all my tags :

Here is the individual view :

To create this tag, I went with the ombre look. I wanted to use the newly released dies from w and w as they are the perfect size for the tags. I'm especially in love with the Thanks word die.

I started with first die cutting some circles in white cardstock and then stamped and white heat embossed the background using the Mini Scenery stamp : Do You See What I See set. I then did some ink blending using Picked Raspberry Distress ink keeping the top part dark and gradually fading the ink blending, creating an ombre look.

I die cut the sentiment 'Celebrate' and colored it partially using Picked Raspberry Distress ink and the remaining half with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush pens. The flowers and leaves are stamped and die cut using the Winnie and Walter: The Big, the Bold and Extras set. The small poinsettia flower is from the In Bloom : Hollie's Festive Florals. I also added some Diamond Stickles over my die-cut sentiment to add some bling.

I made another tag keeping the design same, but changing the ink colours. I have used Fired Brick and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks to get the orange colour. I ink blended the colours and created an ombre background. 

                                                 
The flowers and leaves are stamped and die cut using the Winnie and Walter: The Big, the Bold and Extras stamp set. The small poinsettia flower is from the In Bloom : Hollie's Festive Florals. I also added some Diamond Stickles over my die-cut sentiment to add some bling.

Thanks Tag

The circle for this tag is cut from the w and w Ring in the Celebration cutaways. I love the scalloped look of it and even though it is not a stand-alone die, I think it looks great as an individual tag. 

I heat-embossed the Mini Scenery : Do You See What I See using Ranger Super Fine White embossing powder. This time I used Broken China Distress ink to create the ombre background. The poinsettia and the foliage are from the In Bloom : Hollie's Festive Florals. I also added the thanks die cut from the Thanks Cutaway to complete my tag.

I am entering these in the following challenges :

Winnie and Walter Variations Challenge with Shay (I have used the same background stamp on all my three tags)
Winnie and Walter Anything But a Card Challenge with Kelly

Winnie and Walter Lovely Layers Challenge with Keren

Winnie and Walter Background Building Challenge with Mayuri 

I hope you liked my tags :) I would love to hear what you think of them. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Sparkle & Shine | Card

Hello friends!
I have a new card to share today which I made using lots of techniques. Here's a look at it :

I started out by first creating my card background using Ink Smooshing.  I used Mustard Seed and Broken China Distress inks to ink smoosh the background. I also added few black and gold paint splatters.

I then started to work on the focal of my card. I wanted to create a diamond ring so I die-cut out a circle out of white cardstock and then foam mounted it to create a raised look. I then coloured it using Inka Gold in Old Gold. Next, I heat-embossed the diamond from the Winnie and Walter My Precious stamp set using Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing powder and I slightly coloured it using my Zig markers to give it a hint of colour like the light coming out from a faceted diamond.

I also stamped and heat-embossed the rays using the same embossing powder. The ring, the diamond and the rays were all popped on the card front using foam tape.  I then added some Gold Chevron Washi Tape on the four sides of my card to add some balance to the design. Finally, stamped the sentiment which is also from the My Precious set to complete my card. I have gone very CAS, which is not my forte, but this idea was stuck in my head and I just had to execute it.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges :

Winnie and Walter CAS Card Challenge with Heather

Winnie and Walter Smooshing Challenge with Lydia

Winnie and Walter Lovely Layers Challenge with Keren

Winnie and Walter Background Building Challenge with Mayuri ( I have created my own background by watercoloring the grey stripes)

Simon Says Stamp WCMD Challenge

I hope you liked my today's card. I tried to keep it clean and simple :) I would love to hear what you think of it. Thank you so much for dropping by!

Hi Fabulous | Card

Hi friends!
I am back again to share my this week's inspiration card for Honey Bee Stamps. Here's a look at it :

To start with, I cut-out several die-cuts of the Honey Bee Honey cuts - Fabulous die. I then used my Gansai Tambi Watercolor pan (Color number. 64) to colour all of them lightly and I arranged them on my card panel. Next, I die-cut the frame on the right side of the card using a Gina Marie Designs die and then coloured it using Faded Jeans Distress Oxide. The main pink floral is from the Honey Bee Stamps Lotus Blossom set. I have colored the flower as well as the leaves & foliage using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The leaves and foliage are from the Zen Florals set which have been stamped, heat-embossed & then die-cut using the Zen Florals die. The big sentiment 'Hi' is from the Hello Gorgeous set which is again stamped and die-cut using the coordinating die. As usual, I added few black paint splatters and sequins as the finishing touch for my card :)

Here's another look at my card :

I'm entering my card in The Flower Challenge - Embossing (I've clear heat-embossed the leaves and foliage).

I hope you like my card. Do let me know if you did :)

Thanks for stopping by & have a nice day!

Some happy news + Cards to share!

Hi everyone,
I know it's been a very long time since I posted anything on my blog. I was on a break + I find it much easier to share new projects on my Facebook and Instagram pages these days.
Anyways, I wanted to start this post by sharing some very happy news! I have been selected to be a part of the wonderful Honey Bee Stamps Social Media Design team. Wohoo, I'm so excited :) I'm here to share my cards I created for my first post.

This is the first card I created with grey watercolored stripes.

Second card with yellow stripes.

I have kept the card design same for both of them, I just changed the colour of the background stripes. To start with, I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps Country Blooms stamp and then used the coordinating die set for cutting the flowers and foliage. I coloured them using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers. Next, I die-cut a circle using the Stitched Circles die by Gina Marie Designs. The white frames on the card base have been cut using the Double Stitched A2 Rectangle Frame die which is also by Honey Bee Stamps. I ink blended the circles using Tumbled Glass Distress ink and stamped the sentiment from the HBS Happy Everything set. Finally I adhered few sequins from the Spring Mix and added black paint splatters to finish off my cards. What do you think? Which is your favourite. I would love to hear :)

That's it from my side today! I hope you like my cards. If you do , don't forget to leave me a comment!

Have a nice day everyone.

Sending Love and Hugs | Card

Hello friends,

Today I have another card to share for the Winnie and Walter 3rd Birthday Celebrations and this time its some really bright florals colored using my current favorite coloring medium - The Zigs. What I love about the Zigs are the intensity of the color it has, really vibrant!

Here's my card for today :

To create my card, I first die-cut a card panel using the largest die from the Gina Marie Cross Stitched dies. I then did some ink blending on it using Distress inks- Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron using a Winnie and Walter stencil Scenery: Do You See What I See? Creative Screenings. I then stamped and heat embossed flowers and leaves from the In Bloom: Anna's Flora set and the In Bloom: Elsa's Flora set using Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing powder and Versamark ink. I watercolored all my flowers and foliage using the Kurutake Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Pens. I also stamped and heat embossed a banner for my sentiment from the The Big, the Bold and Extras set from Winnie and Walter and die-cut it using the co-ordinating die. Finished my card with few black splatters and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

I am entering my card in the following Winnie and Walter challenges :

1. Sequins Challenge with Kate
2. Stencil Challenge with Kelly
3. Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia
4. Three Challenge with Shay

That's it from my end. Hope you like my card. Please do leave me your comments /suggestions. I love to hear from you.

Have a nice day everyone :)

Celebrate Your Day | Card

Hello crafty friends,

Hope you all have been doing good, I have been really busy these past few days as my son's exams have being going on... Honest to god, it sometimes feels like I am one giving the exams instead of him ..It's that stressful :)

Anyhow...I do have some cards to share which I had created for the Winnie and Walter 3rd Birthday Celebrations. I have been itching to share them for sometime now but was unable to do so due to the exam pressure!

Here'a a look at the card first :

This card was created using the Smooshing technique and  I do have a small pictorial of sorts of my creating process ...Have a lookie :)

I first smooshed some Distress Inks on a clear piece of acetate and spritzed it with water before smooshing it on a piece of watercolor panel. Then I directly stamped my flowers and leaves on it using Versafine Onyx Black ink and Winnie and Walter Stamps : In Bloom: Anna's Flora & In Bloom: Elsa's Flora. I fussy cut my images and arranged them on my card base till I was happy with it. I then added my sentiment which is also from another Winnie and Walter set :The Big, the Bold and Extras and finished off my card with a few ink splatters and clear sequins.

I am entering my card in the following challenges at the Winnie and Walter blog :

1. Three Challenge with Shay
2. Ink Smooshing with Heather H
3. Sequins Challenge with Kate
4. Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia
5. Stencil Challenge with Kelly
6. Ink Blending with Vanessa
7. HLS March Watercolour Challenge : Smooshing

Hope you all like my card. Please do drop in your comments I would love to hear from you!

Take care and have a nice day everyone :)

Congrats | Card

Hello, everyone!

I have a card to share today which I created for the Altenew A Year in Review Challenge. I am slowly getting my mojo back and decided to create a card for the challenge. Here's a look at what I created :

You can see the gray stenciling more closely here.

To create my card, I first die-cut a card panel using one of my Gina Marie Designs die. I then stenciled on the panel using the Heidi Swapp Square Lattice stencil using Hickory Smoke Distress ink.
Then, I started to work on the focal of my card. I used the Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set to stamp all the flowers and leaves. The flowers were stamped using the Altenew Red Cosmos inks. For the outermost layer, I decided to heat-emboss them using some gold embossing powder. I coloured the leaves using Hickory Smoke Distress ink. Once this was done, I fussy-cut all the images and popped them on some foam tape for dimension. I also added a tiny flower from the Altenew Vintage Flowers set. For the sentiment, I used the Altenew Sentiment & Quotes set which was also gold heat embossed. I added few Nuvo Drops in shades of pink to finish off my card!

I am playing along with Therese's Challenge from the month of August. I haven't worked with this colour combination before & was really happy to try it out.

That's it for today, I hope you like my card. I would love to hear your views on it!

Have a nice day everyone!

Thanks Card | Photo Tutorial

Hi, bloggy friends!

I have a card to share today I made using various stamps & dies from Altenew. Here's a look at what I created :

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Here’s a tutorial on how I made it :

Step 1 : I first die-cut a card panel for my base then using the Altenew Die – Thanks, I die-cut a sentiment using the Crate Paper Craft Market 6 X 6″ Paper pad & ran it through my Big Shot machine.

Step 2 : Then, I die-cut the word from my card panel base also & inlaid the previously cut die-cut from the pattern paper into the card base.

Step 3 : I stamped some flowers & leaves using the Altenew Floral Motifs stamp and colored it using Heidi Swapp Color Shine Mists.  I fussy-cut the images & popped them on foam dots.

Step 4 - Lastly,  I added few black acrylic paint spatters and sequins in gold to finish off my card :)

Entering my card in the Creative with Stamps - Sentiment, Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies, Crafting by Designs- Add a sentiment, Create & Makes - Anything goes/Use of Die and STAMPlorations- Monthly Sketch.

 

I hope you liked my card & tutorial. If you have any questions regarding any of the products/techniques used, please leave them in the comments below. I would love to hear your comments/suggestions regarding it !

Have a nice day everyone!