Teal. Aqua and Gold

Hello everyone,

I am back again with a coffee-themed card...
I know that the Coffee Lovers Bloghop is over...but I just couldn't resist making one more Coffee-themed card...

I drew the cup on a piece of white cardstock and then coloured the cup with Peacock Feathers Distress and the cup sleeve with Gold acrylic paint...I stamped the leaves stamp from Design By Ryn on the cup to give it a tinge of design...and wrote the word "Love" with a marker...

I have used DI on background using Rug Stencils by Balzer Designs from The Crafter's Workshop...
Some doily, some twine, some foam tape and we are done... :D

Trying to capture the shine of the golden colour... :D

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
 

Tea & Books

Hello everyone,

Dropping by for a quick post.
I made this card for the Winter Coffee Loving Cardmakers' Blog Hop...
I used a freebie from Stamploration...love this one...
I just doubled up the books and added a cute little tea-bag to it...
I coloured it with Distress inks using a waterbrush...

After a long time...

Hello everyone,

Just dropping in for a quick post here...
I made a CAS card yesterday...

It has an acetate panel in between the curved stripes of coloured paper...

Watercolour Card - I

Hello crafters,

One my dear friends left our office yesterday...so I made a Farewell card for her...
This was a very quick card....
I used some new supplies...the yummy gelatos....and my new favourite stencil by Julie Balzer...

A mixture of techniques

Hello everyone,

It been quite some time since I posted something here...
Actually I have been busy trying my hands on Art Journaling and Scrapbooking...
I also started a new blog for documenting the same...
I would love if you would check out my new blog...My Journaling Journey...
Comments and suggestions are always welcome!

Well finally I made a card today...and quite a different one...
I have been playing around with some of my new purchases...embossing powder, gelatos, stencils....

There are oh so many techniques I used on this card...
Lets start with the panel with butterfly...I heat embossed a butterfly stamp (look at how shine and cool it looks...love it) on a piece of kraft cardstock...
Then I coloured the cardstock with pink and purple gelatos....
Next I kept my new Balzer Design Rug Stencil (so glad I finally have it :D) on it...and picked up the colours with a baby wipe...
I also tore and curled the cardstock at a few places...

Thank You card

Hello everyone,

I am back with another CAS card...
I always try to learn new techniques...but some techniques need new supplies...and sometimes you just cant invest in something...
And then there are frugal ways to recreate the technique...
So I set off to try making and using the homemade version of modelling paste(I love experimenting)...
I found many recipes with the following ingredients:
Acrylic paint
Baby Powder
Glue

I used my rose stencil and used a business card to swipe it through my stencil...It looked beautiful...
But after it dried...it looked translucent...I think it was because my quantity of powder was more....I will add more paint next time...
But the translucency gave it a very beautiful effect as the background stencil and colours were visible through the rose...

 Now, for the background I used a Hampton Art stencil and some distress inks...
I think this is the first time I have used 2 stencils on a single card :)
I also added a stitched border to it. I used some pink embroidery thread for the stitching....
The sentiment is handwritten with a white gel pen.

The card depicts the view through the grills of my window of the lovely shrubs of roses in the garden!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

            

  


   

( You can click on the images to go the respective challenge pages)

Blue CAS card

Hello crafters,

Another go at a CAS card...an also a one layer card...
I bought a small flower punch recently...
So I used the punch in a row...to get this lovely line of flowers...I have glued a brown piece of cardstock on the inside of the card behind the flower line.
Next I coloured the part of the card above the flower line with Tumbled Glass distress ink and a sponge.
I used this beautiful bird silhouette stamp from Hampton Art on a corner.
Then I sponged Tumbled Glass distress ink again but this time through a stencil from Hampton Art.
And last came the sentiment.

I like making these kind of cards. They are so quick to make and the end product makes you happy.

This card was done in 15 mins. It would have been quicker...but the punch wasn't very friendly... ;)

Hope you all like the card.

Do share your comments and thought on the card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
http://drsdesignsblog.blogspot.in/2015/01/challenge-155-hot-trends-stencils.html
http://stamplorations.blogspot.in/2015/01/january-challenge-stamps-inks.html
http://speedcraftchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/12/speed-craft-challenge-9-anything-goes.html
http://cceestampers.blogspot.in/2015/01/ccee1501-birds.html
http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/12/case-this-sketch-104.html
http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.in/2015/01/just-us-girls-274-word-week.html
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.in/2015/01/week-282-cold-and-frosty-colours.html
http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.in/2015/01/virginias-view-challenge-11-clean-slate.html
http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.in/2015/01/crazy4challenges-c4c267.html
http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/challenge-1of-2015-anything-goes-with.html

Gift Tags

Hello everyone,

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone...

When there is a time crunch, gift tags are one the best ways to pour out your creativity...
I made 2 gift tags yesterday...
It hardly took me 10 mins to make each tag...

            

 


As part of the Christmas fun, we had Secret Santa arranged by the HR department in my office.
We had to pick up a chit and get a gift for the colleague whose name was in the chit.

I was short on time...so I couldn't make a handmade gift...which I would have loved to do...
So I bought a gift...but I realized I had time to make a gift tag...

I made this gift tag to go with the gift...

These are the supplies I used:

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After I made the first tag, I was tempted to make another one...just for fun :)..

And these the supplies I used for the second tag

The bird stamp set, the background stencil , the rose stencil and the distress inks are all new in my collection.
So I am always looking for a chance to use them...

What do you all think about the tags?
I would love to hear your comments and thoughts...

I am entering both the tags in the following challenges:
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/12/challenge-96-cas-gift-tag.html
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.in/2014/12/merry-christmas-eve-new-challenge-here.html
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.in/2014/12/challenge-201-anything-but-card.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.in/2014/12/whimsy-challenge-78-anything-goes.html
http://speedcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/speed-craft-challenge-9-anything-goes.html
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-82-lots-of-cuteness-on.html

Tulip Card

Hello everyone,

I have been smitten by the CAS style of card-making lately...
It is hard for me to avoid adding layers or elements to the card...
So making a CAS card is kind of a challenge for me...but at the same time it helps me push myself to do and learn a new style...
The idea for this card just came to my mind out of nowhere...

I have coloured the stripes in shades of Turquoise, Purple and Pink with distress inks.

I used Postits for masking...

Then I drew the outline of the tulips from a stencil and coloured the tulips in white using Sakura White Marker and White gel pen...added the sentiment as well with White gel pen...And the card was done...

What do you think about the card???

I am entering the cards for the following challenges:

http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.in/2014/12/stampin-royalty-challenge-259.html

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/12/jugs-challenge-272-color-week.html

http://www.theshabbytearoom.blogspot.in/2014/12/week-242-shabby-chic-holiday.html

http://www.addalittledazzle.com/dazzling-diva-challenge-56/

http://vandicrafts.com/vandicrafts-artistry-challenge-22-anything-goes-cas-clean-simple/

Orange Birthday

Hello crafters,

Here today with a very simple card...
I bought this stencil recently and was very eager to use it...

I used Wild Honey Distress Ink on the stencil and attached the two pieces on a card stock...

I made 2 versions of the card...

In the first one I coloured the card base with the distress ink to blend with the panels...

For the second one, I kept the card base as is...

Here a closer look at the panels...

Which version do you think looks better???


I am entering this card to the following challenges:
http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/12/case-this-sketch-104.html
http://retrosketches.blogspot.in/2014/12/retrosketches-145.html
http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/12/all-things-distressed.html
http://runwayinspired.blogspot.in/2014/12/ric74-escada.html

First Art Journal Page (Beauty)

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I tried something new and I am really excited and happy about it.
Lately I have not been getting enough time to craft. I have been feeling restless because of the lack of creative outlet.
So I thought of giving Art Journalling a try...as it doesn't take much time.

I started by making a simple watercolour background...just some pink...some purple and a hint of red...And I just had to use my rose stencil on it...

Then I started wondering what to write in that empty space and found this quote...

I practiced some handlettering and wrote down the quote...

I gave the beautiful background a twist (to make it my kind of beautiful ;) ) with some tattered paper pieces distressed with Vintage Photo Ink ...

I don't know whether it looks good or not...but it did a hell of a good job calming my restless crafty mind. :D

What do you guys think about my first Art Journalling attempt? Are their any suggestions/tips you like to give?

Leave a comment below. :)

P.S. I blurred the board pins at the corners so that it doesn't distract from the page.

I ended up pinning the page on the display board of my cubicle in office :)

I am entering this journal page for the following challenge:

http://virginiasviewchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/12/virginias-view-challenge-10-guest.html