Celebrating PINK- 9 days of Navratri

Hey there!

Yesterday was the 7th day of Navratri...the day of the colour PINK.

I decided to play the Friday Mashup 'So Sweet' challenge...so I pulled out my Hero Arts doughnut stamp, Hero Arts white embossing powder and my Cotman water colours and went to work!

The sentiment die and stamp is from Simon Says Stamp and I though it lends itself well to this image.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by...Have a great day!

 

I am glamette again at Friday Mashup!!!

Yay!!! Two challenges in a row! I am  glamete again!!!
Thanks so much everyone at fir day Mashup…especially Breelin!

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Have a great night!

Motorcycle shaker

Hey there!
I made this quick motorcycle shaker card for the Friday Mashup challenge. I didn't make it a congrats card as I wanted to send it as a birthday card to my favourite uncle who loves bikes.

I created my own custom motorcycle theme printed paper, cut it out, and made a shaker using Simon Says Stamp Stitched rectangles. 

The sentiment is beloved one from an old hero Arts cling stamp set.
It was quick and easy!
The metallic shaker sequins are from a stash collected a long long time ago!

I am also submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp  Monday challenge 'In the middle' .

Thanks so much for stopping by…
Have a great day!

I rocked the Friday Mashup!!!

Yippie!!! Yay!!!
I rocked The Friday Mashup 200 challenge with this card!

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Have a great day!

Dreamcatcher

Hey there!
I am playing the Friday Mashup 200 challenge and the W+9 'Throwback Thursday' challenge today.

For the Friday Mashup challenge, I have used the die cut  requirement from from FM174 and the
Vellum requirement  from FM178.

The dream catcher die is from W+9 and the stamps used are from W+9 and Stampendous.

I masked off the sides of the card topper with masking tape and used Tim Holtz distress inks to create the soft panel.

This card is quite out of my comfort zone and I have been dying to use my Dream Catcher Die…I'm glad it finally came together!

Thanks so much for stopping by…
Have a great day!

I am the Mashup Glamete!

Yippie I won at Friday Mashup!
I just loved the way this card turned up and am so happy to be named the 'Mashup Glamette'!

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Have a happy day!

A Wobble Card

I am very excited with the card that I have created today!
I have recently been coming across cards which 'wobble'!
As I did not have access to the 'wobble' mechanism, I decided to create my own...using the plastic spiral wire that the stationer uses to spiral bind books.
My stationer was kind enough to give me a free strip of wire for me to experiment.
It wasn't easy and I have a few kinks to work out...but, I am quite happy with the card I made.

The image and sentiment are free digis from Paper Smooches. the background stamp is a cling stamp from Penny Black and the inks used are from Memento.

As I had to cut out the antennae of the bees, I used  white flower centres (coloured them black with a marker) to create the antennae.

Once the card was made, it wouldn't fit in an envelope, so I fit it into the clear plastic box. I quite like the look of it!

And see how it wobbles!!!!!

                                         

I am entering this for the Paper Smooches Sparks 'Anything goes' Challenge as well as the Friday Mashup 'Cards that move' Challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by to share in my excitement!
Have a great evening!

Cutie Pie

I am playing the Friday Mashup Challenge as well as the CAS(E) this sketch challengethis evening!

The stamps I've used are from Lawn Fawn (pie and sentiment) and Hero Arts (background).

I love the way it turned out...cute and to the point, no?

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your evening.

Washi Cityscape

Hello everyone!

I have a card today for the Friday mashup 'Washi Tape challenge and the Cas(E) This Sketch challenge.

To make this card, I applied two strips of bubbles Washi Tape to a sheet of paper.

I then punched out the cityscape using Martha Stewart's cityscape punch.

To make sure I would be able to adhere the cityscape to the cardstock properly, I used the Xyron 250 to make into a sticker. 

The cityscape was then adhered to white cardstock, cut to size and framed with another piece of white cardstock.

Once the sentiment from Hero Arts added the panel was popped onto the card using 3D foam tape.

Quite effective, don't you think?!

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Enjoy your day!

Teacup smile

I have a quick card here which I made for the Friday Mashup challenge today.

The Challenge is to use elements which begin with A,B and C and /or use the 1,2,3 receipe, that is 

use 1 embellishment, 2 stamp sets and 3 colours.

For A,B,C part of my card, I used the colour Aged Mahogany distress ink from Tim Holtz to stamp the sentiment on the Banner and a Cup as the motif.

For my 1,2,3 receipe, I used the banner (from the Simon Says Stamp 'tilted banners die and stamp set') as an embellishment.

The 2 stampsets that I have used are, the  Simon Says Stamp 'tilted banners die and stamp set', and the  the Technique Tuesday 'Eat Chocolate' stamp set. 

The 3 colours that I have used are 'Dandelion' from Memento, 'Habanero' from Versafine and 'Aged Mahogany' from Tim Holtz. 

To create interest, I cut the top flap of the card and placed the banner on the inside of the card.

for the purpose of photographing the card, I have stuck the top flap down.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!

Pencil shaded background

Remember when we used to use a pencil to emboss the image of a coin on paper? What fun that was !
Well, today, I have applied the same technique to create this awesome background for the
Friday mashup challenge.

I rubbed my 2B pencil over a sheet of paper with my Hero Arts swirls cling rubber stamp underneath.
The effect is gorgeous, as you can see!!
I then added the sentiment (from Hampton Art) and this fun armchair (from Lawn Fawn Dad's day stmap set and cushion from Papersmooches Vogue Abode stampset) for a pop of colour!

I made another card for the same challenge..
I stamped this image (cling stamp from Penny black) using smokey grey ink from Versafine. I then shsded some of the flowers with pencil and one with red Color pencil, to add pop!
I then cut up the image to create a collage, to add interest.
The sentiment is from Hero Arts

This is also my official post for  the Craft Adda Blog this week.

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Have a great day!

I am a Glamette at the Friday Mashup!

I am a Glamette at the Friday Mashup challenge! YAY!!
I am over the moon!!

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Enjoy!

You did it !!

I can't seem to get enough of making graduation caps!!!

Good Morning everyone!!
After the Grad card I made yesterday, I still hadn't had my fill of making little graduation caps! So, I decided to make another card for the Friday Mashup challenge and link it up with the Clean and Simple FTL239 challenge as well.

The FTL sketch was perfect for the replicating the Friday Mashup image...So, here's what I came up with..

I used my square and circle punches to make the graduation caps...with some trimming with my scissors!

For the tassels I used anchor embroidery thread and used a needle threader to pull it through the cap.

I added the sequins for additional pop and shine.

The heat embossed sentiment is from Hero Arts.

My blue panel is cut into strips at the bottom to create a visual impression of gradation as I saw it in the Friday Mashup image.

Quite fun, don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fabulous day!!

Brilliant Grad!!

Hello all! 

Hope you have had  a great weekend!!

Mine has been busy and very productive!! 

Here is what I have been upto!

I made this card for the Friday Mashup challenge and the Dynamic Duos challenge.

My inspiration for this card came from a vector image of a graduation cap that I found on google images. 

The background stamp, I'm sure you will all recognise by now...Starburst from Hero Arts!

The light bulb and sentiment are from  the Technique Tuesday 'Bright Idea' stamp set...another favourite!

Inks are memento Dandelion and Versafine Onyx Black.

The sentiment is heat embossed with American Crafts embossing powder.

To make the graduation cap, I used my square nestabilities dies and my circle punch. I cut and trimmed till I got the right effect. The tassels are made with Baker's Twine from the Twinery.

I thinks it looks really cool...don't you?!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Sunshine

I took a while to figure this one out, but here is my card for the Case Study challenge no 138. and the Friday Mashup 107 Challenge showcasing Sunshine.

The stamp that I heat embossed with White embossing powder is from the 'Meadow' stamp set from Inkadinkado. 

The sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps.

For the background I used water colours from Camel and then intensified the colours with Tim Holtz Crushed Olive distress ink  and Summer Sky ink from Memento. 

I made the sun's rays by masking them one at a time  and colouring over with dandelion ink from Memento. 

I think the effect looks lovely and peaceful.

 Here are my challenge inspirations

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a good night!!

Sending love in the mail...

I struggled with the Friday Mashup Challenge this week...But then inspiration came by way of
'Nicole's Craft Nook' and this card.

Here's my card..

The stamps I have used are from the lawn Fawn 'You've got mail' stamp set. 

Inks are from Versafine (imperial Purple), Memento (lulu Lavender) and Memories(Sand).

Here is the image for the Mashup...I got inspired by the little packet of mail in the mailbox!

I hope you are inspired to play too!

I will be back later today with my post as DT for the Craft Adda Blog so stay tuned!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy!