Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!

This is the most favourite card that I made this year!!

I was inspired by this card  by Paper Luxe that I saw on Pinterest.

It is the first time I have tried something like this...I created an ink blended sky using Tim Holtz distress inks. Before blending, I used my Versamark pen and Ranger white embossing powder  to heat emboss some snowflakes.

To create the snow banks, I used the Mama Elephant dies, which I distressed as well. 

 I then die cut two bicycles from Memory Box..one in black and one in white and adhered them a little off set..to create the look of snow.

I added a couple of punched holly leaves and a red ribbon to the handle to finish the image.

I completed the card with a holiday sentiment from Hero Arts.

I hope you liked the card...I would love to hear from you if you did!!

Thanks so much for stopping by..

Have a great christmas day!!

Monochrome with a splash of colour

 Hey there!
I am playing the retrosketches RS#189 challenge with this card.
I decided to play with a monochromatic colour theme with a pop of colour...I was so happy to find this paper pack...I had forgotten I had it! It is the 'Mono Paper Pack' from Paper mania.

I decided to over lay the papers with vellum(..just 'cause I liked the printed paper so much) and stitched the vellum paper on with white embroidery floss.
The flowers  and leaves are made using punches and the sentiment is a peel-off sticker from Anita's.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Goodies from Craftadda!

Hi there!
I was so thrilled to receive my first DT package full of goodies  from CraftAdda, last week!
So, I sat down and had some fun with them!

For this card, I used the gorgeous printed papers and washi tape on brown card stock so as to make them pop!

I also added a the sparkly washi tape, just for a bit of interest.

I then die cut  the word Happy (from Winnie and Walter) from this panel. I then die cut the Happy a couple more times with white card stock so that I could raise the word and give it some dimension.

I then heat embossed  the sentiment, added some sequins and adhered the panel to a white card base.

Its the first time that I have tried this technique, and I am thrilled with the result!

For this cute tag, I used the same paper and wash tape as I used above, but not the sparkly tape.

I added a  butterfly button from my stash and stamped the sentiments (from Winnie and Walter) to finish  the card.

I created the black border for the ribbon hole using circle punches.

I've had a lot of fun…Hope I have inspired you to try out some of these awesome products from CraftAdda!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

My attempt at Grunge!

Hey all!
Today, for my official Craftadda post,  I have a card for which I have attempted a grunge look...I'm not sure if I have pulled it off, but I like the end result.

To create this look, I used a stencil and distress inks(Tim Holtz) to create a partial impression. 

I then went over the entire panel with a texture cube from Stampendous and more distress ink. 

To finish I stamped a sentiment on a torn strip of paper and and adhered it with metallic brads (recollections)

The two vellum punched dragonflies completed my scene.

I love its soft muted look...what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a nice day!

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!

Hug enclosed

Good Morning Everyone!Today I am playing the Clean&simple sketch challenge.

For this card I used the Simon Says Stamp and Memory box Custom envelopes stamp and die set.

I cut the envelope out of Vellum so that the vellum punched hearts would be visible on the inside.

finally I stamped the sentiment and border from the stamp set onto white card stock, trimmed it and stapled it on.

Bright and cheery don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy your day!

Love YOU

Hello everyone! Today I have a CAS card which I am submitting for the CAS-ual Friday 'in a word' challenge.

The card is really simple and I think pretty self explanatory!

the alphabet punches are from Carla Craft and the buttons are from my local market.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fabulous evening!

50th anniversary card

Hey everyone!

I've ben MIA for a while...it's been a busy two week with cousins visiting...

I am back today with a card which I made to order for a 50th wedding anniversary.

To make this card, I used a 6"x8" gold card.  

I used my corner heart punches to hold the embossed cardstock.

I heat embossed the sentiment from verses rubbber stamps in gold and die cut the numbers fro the same gold card stock as the card.

It has all come together quite nicely, don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great evening!

Peeking flowers

I decided to name this card peeking flowers, 'coz I just love the little white flowers on peeking through the black circles!

I made this card for the CAS-ual Friday CFC100 tic-tac-toe top 10 challenge.
The three elements I am using are black and white, text and punches or dies.

The fabulous sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps.
For the black and white punched circles, I  first stamped flowers from my Inkadinkado stamp set, onto black paper, with Brilliance white ink.
I then punched out circles of different sizes using my circle punches in such a way that every circle had a bit of the flower peeking through.

Fun effect, don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

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!

CAS(E) This sketch no 22

I had a panel of the Washi Tape Plaid design which I had used in my card for the Playdate Cafe Au Natural challenge.
I decided to use it for another challenge.
So, here is my card for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge no.22.
Since the colours remain the same , I am entering it for the Playdate Cafe Challenge as well.

Here I have embossed the background panel with the Cuttlebug Happy birthday embossing folder. 

The tag has a plaid design which I created using Washi Tape. 

The little diamonds  were punched using my Carla craft punch.

the sentiment is from Hero Arts 'Birthday Messages' stamp set stamped with Memento rich cocoa and distressed with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

The ribbon and the scallops makes it more feminine, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!

Happy Easter!

Good Morning Everyone!
Here is a clean and simple easter card for you!

This is also my post on the 'Craft adda' blog.

I have used Carla Craft egg punch for the pretty eggs in the jar. 

The coloured papers are from Eskimo kisses  6"x6" paper pad and Making Memories 6"x6" paper pad.

The Mason Jar stamp is from Impression Obsession which I cut out and raised with double sided foam tape.

The sentiment stamp is from Hampton Art which I have heat embossed with Stampendous Pearl Lustre Carnelian embossing powder.

Have a wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy!

Playing with Backgrounds 10

Another background from the 'Stamped Stiches' stamp set from 'Hot Off The Press'. 

This is my absolute favourite...the leaves have been cut by Spellbinders dies and embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

The flower is made with punches from 'Punch Bunch'. The sentiment is from  the Die-namics 'Tag you're it' stamp set  from mftstamps. 

Cute heart shaped button and raffia from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy!

ANIMAL CLOTHESPIN MAGNETS AND WOVEN BOOKMARKS

A few things we've made in the last couple of weeks...

 We tried paper weaving using quilling strips...quite successfull I thought!
Our project was inspired by a project from the book, "big book of papercrafts" by Vivienne Bolton.
The kids decorated the bookmarks in a variety of ways, as you can see...
In the picture above, my student Millie, used various stips of paper to make an evening sky and then she stamped an image of palm trees and sea gulls in black to make a silhouette. It looks remarkable...don't you think?!
Stamps are from Inkadinkado's 'coastal maritime' stamp set.

 Here, my younger students made animal clothes peg magnets. Asimple project, they made it by drawing, colouring and cutting out animal faces and then fixing them to wooden clothespins. They then attached magnetic strips to the back of the pegs making them perfect  and useful fridge magnets to delight their moms!

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Enjoy!

TWO WEEKS OF CLASS...

I just realised haven't posted about my classes for the last two weeks...
We resumed classes after the summer holidays, in June.
Since then, this is what we have been up to...

We printed! We took a piece of coir rope and stuck it to a piece of cardboard to form a simple shape..like this heart and the flower. the we covered it with acrylic paint and printed. Here Amy  and Jun printed on an envelope and a sheet of letter paper, to make a matching set.

Here, Ila used the same technique as above to print a background for her scrapbook page. Its not very visible, but you can see the white swirls peeking out from under the photographs.

Last week we made "explosion boxes". They were really really easy to make and a lot of fun. You can find the tutorial a thttp://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/explosion_box/.

Hope you enjoy making one as much as we did!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

GIFT ENVELOPES

I made these gift envelopes for a friend on order.
Each one is one of a kind and comes with a matching card on which you can write your message.
This also allows the person you give this to, to reuse the envelope...thereby spreading the enjoyment!

Thanks for stopping by...
Enjoy!