Thank you cards for Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello!!

Today I have a Thank You card and tag that I made for my challenge blog

Paru's Card Making Challenges

I just love how this card turned out!!

I started by stamping the floral image from Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set in black and heat embossing it with a clear embossing powder.

I then watercoloured the background using warm fall colours.

Once the background was dry, I partially embossed the background using Cuttlebug 'swirls' embossing powder.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Winnie and Walter (which I did in two colours, using the Misti), and sequins from Craftangles and A1Craft supply.

For my tag, I started with a tag die cut from MFT. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter (using Tim Holtz distress ink) 

repeatedly to create a background.

To create the focal image, 

I die cut the square stamp using a Cuttlebug die, 

and then stamped the floral image (source unknown) on it. 

After colouring and distressing using Tim Holtz distress inks,

I added some Craftangles sequins and some green ribbon to finish the tag.

Do come over and play Paru's Card Making Challenges! 

We have a wealth of inspiration over on the challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have the best day!!

Navratri -BLUE

Good Morning!

Continuing my Navratri theme, here I am with a card celebrating BLUE, as promised!!

I thought I would play a couple of challenges too...

Retrosketches #185 

and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'CAS christmas' challenge

 

The Hugs die is brand new and  is my prize from Winnie and Walter, for playing the NBUS challenge #5. Thank You Darnell!!

The wreath is from Cuttlebug as is the embossing folder. I have made a card without any stamps after a really long time!

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow with the colour YELLOW!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Elephant themed cards

Hey!
I made these fun elephant themed cards a few days ago on order….

This cute little elephant is a cut using a cuttlebug die. The paper I used is a sheet of glossy photo paper which I coloured using wet wipes and photo inks. To give it added dimension, I popped up the elephant using a technique that Jennifer Mcguire demonstrated in this video recently. 

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and the card stock is cut using simon Says stamp stitched squares dies.

This adorable elephant is a stamp from Kaisercraft which I fussy cut and to which I added a googly eye for fun. the flower stamp is from Stampendous.

This background stamp used here  is from Penny Black.  I inked up with Memento inks and spritzed with water  before stamping onto the card stock. the elephant die is from Cuttlebug, which I coloured using Memento London fog ink. The got the idea of creating a vellum bubble from this video by Jennifer Mcguire. The sentiment is a peel off sticker from Anita's stickers.

Hope you enjoyed these cards as much as I enjoyed making them.

I am submitting the first card for the

simon Says Stamp 'in the middle' Mondaychallenge.

Thanks for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Blue giraffe

Hi there!

I just love the way this card turned out... I was playing around with some stencils when I got this idea. The stencil is from 'istencils' and the white ink from Memories.

The little giraffe is a die from Cuttlebug, which I cut out of printed paper from Creative imaginations.

I popped it up with 3D tape for interest and finished up the card by heat embossing the sentiment

(brand new from Simon Says stamp) with white embossing powder from Hero Arts.

 

I am playing  the Addicted to CAS #60 'CUTE' challenge, the Paper Players 'to die for' challenge, simply create too (anything goes) and the CAS-ology 'News' challenge  (card for a new baby).

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great evening!

Online Card classes Water colour for card makers Day 6

 Here's my Day day 6 homework!

I used some left over bits from other watercolour panels (which did not come out as I liked!) to die cut words and punched butterflies and circles to create this card...

While creating a background for my water colour panel in one of the cards above, I used the mft stencil on the diagonal. When i was done, I realised I had a lot of ink on the stencil. I spritzed it with some water and placed a piece of cardstock over it. I got two more fabulous background panels with this residual ink! To this I have added the punched shapes and and a die cut sentiment from Cuttlebug.

For this card I have heat embossed this gorgeous lilly stamp from Stampendous with whote embossing powder and then watercoloured the image using my Windsor and Newton Scholastic water colour cakes. Just love the effect!

Thanks for stopping by!

Will be back soon with more!

Have a fun day!

Online Card Classes Day 4

I have been struggling to keep up with the classes...there is so much that I  have been creating with the techniques I'm learning in class!

Here's what I have done with the Day 4 class techniques...

I started out by using some background stamps  and photo inks to create panels of watercolour paper.
The stamps I have used are from Stampendous, Hero Arts, Inkadinkado and Impression Obsession.

I then used these panels to make these cards. I have used sentiments from Hero Arts, Kaisercraft, Technique tuesday and die cuts from Cuttlebug.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I will have another post with Day 5 techniques.

Have a great evening!

Day 1 of Watercolours for card makers

Day 1 of Online card classes -watercolours for card makers was awesome! I had so much fun!

Here is what I made using the various techniques I learned today!

1. Stencilled water colour background...

to create this background I used a stencil from Faber Castell and my Cotman water colours. the butterfly is die cut out of red paper and silver and white printed vellum.the sentiment stamp is from Studio G.

This is also my official Craft adda post for today.

2. Creating a background by stamping with distress inks on an acrylic block. 

To finish the card I used this glittery peace sign brad from Recollections and a die cut sentiment from Cuttlebug, which I adhered using my xyron sticker maker.

3. Heat embossed Background and resist watercolouring.

The heat embossed background is from Hero Arts, the sentiment and speech bubble are from the Simon Says Stamp and Memory box Speech bubble and For The Record Stamp and die set. The feather and adhesive rhinestones are from my stash.

I can't wait to get started on the day 2 cards!

Be back tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a good night!

White wreath

Here is a card made with another fabulous die and matching embossing folder from Cuttlebug...the embossed wreath.
I decided to go white on white...and pop up the wreath with 3D foam tape for dimension.
Just love how it turned out!
I am submitting it fro the Addicted to CAS codeword Diecuts challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!

Puzzle love

Good morning everyone!
Today I am playing the Addicted to CAS Codeword Die-Cuts Challenge.

I have had this Cuttlebug die for ever  but somehow never played with it!
Today's challenge has inspired me to take it out and play!

As you can see I used the Cuttlebug puzzle die to cut three different colours of card stock and then put it together with sentiments from Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn.

Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Vellum flowers

Hi eveyone!

Here is my submission for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Challenge.

I cut the vellum flowers using my Cuttlebug die and for the background I used the Impression Obsession Striped background cling stamp  and heat embossed in white.

The sentiment is an outline sticker from Anita's and the little dragonfly charm is something a bought on a trip to Bangkok (at Chatuchak market where you can buy these charms by weight!!).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a nice day!

Happy 50th

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today  for my official post on the Craft Adda blog, I have another number birthday card for that special woman in your life!

On second thoughts, you could also use this card as a 50th Anniversary card!

To make this card I stamped the large circle and square stamps  (Stampendous retro squares stamp set) with memento lilac posies and lulu lavender  inks and then heat embossed over them with clear embossing powder. 

The small squares and circles were heat embossed with gold embossing powder. 

The numbers are die cut using cuttlebug dies and the medallion is cut using Spellbinders nestabilities.

A few self adhesive gemstones and ribbon and we are good to go!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

Friends Forever...

I haven't used Vellum in a while...so, I decided to try it for this card.
I stamped this gorgeous lace pattern stamp (I don't know where it's from...does any one recognise it?) with Versamark and heat embossed it with off white embossing powder from american Crafts.
The words  die is from Cuttlebug.
Sweet and simple isn't it?

I am entering this card for the 'Stamp Away With Me'  Monday Mood Board no.9

And the 'CASology' cue card challenge "word"

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy!

YOU DID IT!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Hope the week is going well and you are looking forward to the weekend.

I know I am!!

With exam fever on in full swing and with many having finished their exams as well, I thought it would be a good time to prepare for the arrival of the results!

I have, therefore, this card for you.

Here are the materials I used...

The page die is from Spellbinders Shapeabilities and the number dies are from Cuttlebug. 

The page stamp is from Impression Obsession. 

The A+ stamp is one of my own and the sentiment stamps are from Hero Arts. 

Inks are from Memento and I have lightly distressed the page with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

The red and blue banners on the side have been embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder using the letterpress technique. 

Hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!

My first Moxie Fab challenge!!

I am on a roll!!!!
I am enjoying playing all these challenges so so much!!
Why did I wait so long to do this?!!

I made this card to enter in the Moxie Fab Ombre Challenge and the CAS-UAL Friday CFC95 Challenge, which requires me to make a CAS card without using any stamps. I am also entering it for the Splitcoast stampers 'Monochromatic Madness' challenge.
Here I have used the stamp die  and from Cuttlebug and embossed it with the stamp embossing folder using the Letterpress technique that I learnt from Gina.K of Stamptv.
The Memento Inks I have used are Grape jelly, Lilac posies and Lulu Lavender.
The alphabets are cut out using Cuttlebug Alphabet Dies.
The self adhesive gem stones are from my local craft store.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Love to hear what you think!

Enjoy!

Number birthday

I am posting after a long time...life is a bit hectic these days!

I made this card for a very dear (older) cousin...I love the way it turned out...what do you think?

The numbers are die cut with cuttlebug alphabet and number dies and the sentiment is from Stampendous "B'day Candles" stamp set stamped with Versmrk 'OnyxBlack' ink. It is such a fun sentiment isn't it!

I used a 'Xyron 150 sticker' machine to make the numbers into stickers to adhere them to the card

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy!!