STAMPlorations October Sketch and theme challenge!

Heyyyaaa All!!!

We are BACK after a quarter at STAMPlorations!! Yay!!! 

The theme and sketch for October is-

And here is my card!!

I have made this card using Best Mom Ever (Dee's Artsy Impressions) and The Winged Things (The Bee's Knees) from STAMPlorations! :)

I have used water color panel. Firstly, I  heat embossed it using Ranger's white embossing powder and then colored using Zig real brush pens! Hope you liked my card?

You can find what my amazing teammates have made from HERE.

Thank you so much for all your love and comments! :) They inspire me a lot!!

BTW,
You can use STAMPGIRLSUCHETA for 20%  to buy STAMPlorations products! :)
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Watercoloring & Zigs!

Hellooo All!! :)

I have made a card just to play along a few challenge after a long time. I have made this card-

I have used Altenew- Wild Hibiscus Stamp set. I have masked the flowers and then used no line water coloring using Mr. Heuy's water colors and Zig Clean Real Brush Pens. I thoroughly enjoyed coloring these beautiful flowers. I added splatters and hints of Glossy Accent over the yellow part. The paper used is Brustro Water color paper.

You can see the CAS card closely here-

Hope you guys liked my card?

I am entering it for 

Altenew May Challenge

CAS Mix Up Challenge- Stamping + Splattering + Masking

and

CAS Watercolor - Flowers

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Anything CAS with Purple- STAMPlorations Nov!

Hellooooo Alll!!!

It is November! NOVEMBER!!! Reallyy???!! This year was fast...whoa!
Oh wait!
It is time for another CAS Challenge at STAMPlorations as we have a new month! :)
 

As always, we have anything CAS goes but this time we have an optional color- Purple.
Well, you all must know, purple is my favorite color. I LOVE it! That's why I have purple all over my blog. I have a lot of purple dresses as well as lots of purple colored cards. Now, this got me thinking, I don't have purple shoes, I should get them and sooonnnnn! :P

This card is inspired by Heather Hoffman- a brilliant and genius lady from the House Built of Cards. Her cards have a story, would love it if you check it there. :)

For the card, I sponged the background and sprintzed water over it.
The flower stamp is from STAMPlorations- Smile (Dee's Artsy Impressions) set which I stamped using pigment ink over the black panel. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations- Balloons and Banners.  Easy?

Find out what my amazing teamies have created HERE on STAMPlorations blog. Would love it if you leave some love on their blogs too. :)

I am entering this card for

CAS on Sunday #95 - Flowers


Inkspirational Challenge #120- Black and one other color


and

Less is More(http://simplylessismore.blogspot.com)  - they are celebrating 300th week! Whoa!! :) Congrats team!! :)
Celebrations and Festivals



Thanks so much for stopping by here!
It is always a pleasure to hear you out!
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ATSM #209- Anything Goes

Heyyaaa Dear Friends!! :)

This week we have Anything CAS Goes at Addicted to Stamps and More #209 !



and Sponsor is



I made this card for you all!

Here you go- a new card with a NBUS stamp and a new to me technique (I have also used a new color scheme here)! ;)

I used Altenew stamp- wild hibiscus. Though I have used this set before, this particular stamp was never put to use. I think Darnell's NBUS Challenge gives us a good chance to bring such stamps into action. I have also used a new teal color pigment ink.

The sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things- Adorable Elephant stamp set. I added hints of cream color on the edges.

I am playing along-

My Favorite Things - Color Challenge


NBUS # 7 by Darnell K - Used the NBU stamp from this Altenew stamp set. Also the teal colored pigment ink


AAA Cards - New to you technique - Offset stamping



Thank u so much for stopping by- find out what my wonderful teamies have created on the ATSM blog!

Cya tomorrow with STAMPlorations Color Blooms blog hop! ;)
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Mudra Stamps on Lulupu!

Hellooo Sweet Crafters!! :)

Here are the four cards that I have made using Mudra Stamps! We are featuring them over at Lulupu! These are really gorgeous and the quality is good!

It is hard to say goodbye to Lulupu as this is my last post for its term!
I thank Karuna for giving me this opportunity!
Don't forget to visit my post on Lulupu! :)

I am entering the one with Kraft base and Black base at Craft Stamper- Take it Make it Challenge

Let's get inky - Used Salty Ocean and Seedless Preserves distress ink

and

The one with pink and grey base for AAA Cards#66 Watercolors - Water coloring with Mr.Heuy's water colors and Koi brush

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On a lighter note, I want to share this AMAZING light box made by my hubby for me! The size is 18*18*18 inches. The box is made of card board and vellum. The focus lights are LED.

The blue background is of course changeable and the light we have is perfect! Most of you must have seen the pics on my FB! So glad that you guys liked it! :)

Sharing on my blog today for everyone! :)

Thanks for your love and support!

It always keep my spirits high! :)
Hugs xx

Playing with water and colors!

Heyyaaaa Dear Stampers!! Happy Friday to you all! :)

This is my other card! You remember , right? I had shared sneak peek of it in my last post! Well, here it is! 

For the card, I smooshed the background using distress inks - mustard seed, peacock feathers and picked raspberry. Later, I adhered a colorful strip patterned paper. The flowers are from STAMPlorations- Bloom sketches. I stamped them using Black soot DI and shaded with grey colored water colors. :)

I am entering this card for-

Lawnscaping Challenge - Watercoloring. I have used grey colored water color to color those flowers and using distress ink for smooshing.

Happy Little Stampers - CASEing Kylie

I was inspired by the smooshed watercolored background and black colored sentiment over it. :)

and

STAMPlorations- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for hopping by my blog!

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I love U 2 ! ;)

Heyyaaa Sweet Crafters!! :)

While I can see pretty Christmas cards floating through-out our blog-land..I thought why not make 1-2 cards more before starting my Christmas ones? :)

My first card is a black and white with a tinge of gold!

For the card, I stamped flowers from STAMPlorations - Blooms sketches and Fiskars- Petals from scratch stamp set. I used jet black archival ink. I used Rangers gold embossing powder and versa mark to heat emboss the sentiment. I also added golden color to the petals! :)

I am entering this card for Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Gilding

and
My second card is inspired by this month's Time Out#44 Guest Designer Karen.
Look at her gorgeous card!! I loved the sketch and doesn't that stenciling look just perfect ?? :)



My second card is here:

For this card, I inverted the sketch of Karen's card and did loads of  masking for it! :P I used the STAMPlorations- Bloom sketches and Bo Bunny- It is written stamp set. I used 3 different shades of yellow distress ink to color the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is heat embossed using gold embossing powder from Ranger.

Also, I am entering both of the cards for
STAMPlorations Anything Goes

and

AAA Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters hardly find time for anything, but still that's the one thing we all manage to find time for! I have a time saving hack for you ladies..as Christmas is just around the corner, you may not find enough time ..So, you can use one black card stock and make a sheet for heat embossed sentiment like this. It helps, really! (and if you already know what kind of cards you are gonna make, then this one is a life -saver ) I have made this sheet using white and gold embossing powder. :)

Hope you liked my CAS cards! 

Enjoy! :)

  

Dreamy Background

Heyyaaaa Lovely Crafters!! :)

I am bringing before you the card I made yesterday..

That's the dreamy background I am talking about.. I sprinkled water on the stamp before stamping on the card base to make that colorful background.. I used distress ink wild honey, mowed lawn, salty ocean, seedless preserves and worn lipstick. For the vellum flower I have used Fiskars - Scratch from petals stamp set. Heat embossing with Ranger's white embossing powder and colored the back side using worn lipstick DI.

For the sentiment, I have used STAMPlorations - Hashtag Authentic stamp. And for the sparkle & shine, I used silver gel over the sentiment and also on the background. Here is a close-up with the shining captured successfully!(after several attempts..phew! ) Also, added a few sequins over the card.. I kept it simple as I didn't want my CAS card to be too shiny... :)

I am entering this card for TIME OUT Challenges - inspired by the beautiful card of TRACEY as shown below

Also for Lulupu Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

Addicted to CAS - DREAM

and 

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you like my card..

** REMINDER: Link to my GIVEAWAY is here**

Happy Weekend!! :)

An accessories box!

Hellooo Sweeettt Craftersssss!! :)

It is nearly the end of August and I wanted to make something different.

I made this mixed media box !

I came across this Iphone box that I kept with me since ages! Thought could put into some use? 

I started off by painting the entire box using Gesso from Sakura. And let it dry. 

I used two stencils from ARTplorations:

1. Bold Florals - for the cover

2.Leaf print - for the bottom

I used a gold marker to trace these stencils over the box. Giving it a metallic start. I also colored the flowers on the front using black acrylic.

For the box, I struggled at positioning the flowers and finally kept in the way shown. :)

Later, I layered it with gesso and gave shades with white and black acrylic. I again layered with white acrylic and when half wet I brushed Bronze Dust all over. I didn't want too many embellishments. So , kept the bottom as it is. :)

Did you like this box? We can actually use it for keeping jewellery items and accessories. Or of course, craft embellishment! ;)

I am entering it for 

1.Stamplorations - Mixed Media Challenge 

2.House of Cards Challenge -Metallics

3.Frosted Designs - Metals/Metallics

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hugs xx