Stamped and doodled deer

Hello!

I have three christmas mini notecards today, the inspiration for which was this image on instagram!

I used the deer stamp from Winnie and Walter's  'Winter Wonderland' Stamp set and using my Misti tool, I stamped the dear in pale shades of memento inks.

The inspiration design had an etched design on the deer, so I decided to recreate a similar design using my white Signo gel pen.

A cut square stitched dies using Simon Says Stamp dies and stamped the pine leaves (Winnie and Walter 'Winter Wonderland') on two of them and dry embossed the third.

I used Memento 'Summer Sky' ink around the edges and added some buttons and sequins(craftangles)

to add some interest.

I then adhered the deer to the panels (except card no 2..where I stamped the deer directly on the panel) and finished the cards by adhering the panels to a 3"x3" card base.

I absolutely love how they turned out!!

 I am submitting these cards for 

The Craft Stamper Magazine 'Take it, Make it' Anything goes Challenge

and the 

Simon Says Stamp Monday  'All creatures great and small' challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Spritz and splatter at SSS Monday Challenge

Hello!

Today, I have made a money card or a cash gift envelope for the Simon Says Stamp Monday (Spritz and Splatter) challenge 

I have used two  of my favourite wood block stamps...The bottles from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Hampton Art.

I stamped the sentiment and the image with Versafine Onyx Black ink and the used Sakura Koi watercolours to paint the flowers red.

I then splattered some of the red paint to add some interest. 

The envelope can be used for cash gifts and has a matching flat card insert for a personal message.

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Have a great day!

Winter wonderland

Hey there! 

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp "winter wonderland challenge" today. 

Of all the christmas cards I made this year, this one is my absolute favourite!

To make this card, I cut a square panel using the Simon Says Stamp stitched squares die and dry embossed it with the Cuttlebug folder.

I then placed the building die cut (from Paper Smooches) on the panel, added a spellbinders shapeabilities leaf, added the sentiment (from Hero Arts) and the card was done!

I adhered some yellow paper behind the windows of the building to bring some warmth to the image. 

To me it represents a winter wonderland!

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Have a great night!

More diwali cards

Continuing with my diwali card reveal...

To make these cards, I watercoloured two pieces of card stock and then stamped and heat embossed the awesome fireworks (from Stampendous) with gold embossing powder. The sky line is from Memory box and the sentiment from the Hero Arts 'Holiday Sayings' stamp set. 

These were quick and easy...and I love how they turned out! I feel the festive mood creeping up!

 

I am playing a few cahllenges with these cards...

Virginia's view 'All thing Coloured' 

Winnie and Walter

WCMD 2015 Water colour with Vanessa 

WCMD2015  Use Gold/Metallic with Lydia

WCMD 2015 Build a background with Shay

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge 'Autumn colours'  

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Have a great day!

Scooting by!

 Hey there! I am playing the Paper players challenge #263, the Paper Smooches Sparks 'Anything Goes' Challenge and the Retro sketches Challenge# 182  and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 'Use a rubber /clear stamp this evening.
I used the Paper Smooches 'Spiffy scooters' stampset and the Mama Elephant dies and Tim Holtz distress inks to make this card.
I coloured the scooter with Faber Castell colour pencils and fussy cut the image.
The little leaves are from Stampendous and I like the fun way they seem to be flying in the wind!

 

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Have a great evening!

 

Inspired by Retro Sketches

Hey there!
 I was inspired to make these cards when I saw the retro sketches challenge last week. Unfortunately I missed their deadline!
I did however combine many of my favourite techniques to make these cards so that I could submit them for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Blog 'Love this technique' challenge.
My favourite techniques that I have used here are water colouring, rubber stamping, heat embossing, die cutting and using this gorgeous organza ribbon!
For the water colour panel, I applied some distress inks to my craft sheet, spritzed a lot of water on to it and then lifted off the colour with my card stock.
The sentiment (heat embossed in black on the yellow DCWV All about the Girls cardstock) is such a happy one from Simon Says Stamp and the blue ribbon from my stash was just the perfect colour.

I would love to give this card to a kid going off to college or maybe to someone going overseas…

I just love this globe die from Die-versions…and it went perfectly with my map background from Impression Obsession. I heat embossed the sentiment (from Momenta) on a vellum panel and added the organza ribbon from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by…

Have a great day!

Citrus with a twist!

Hey there!
I am playing the Simon Says Stamp "Citrus with a twist" challenge today with this card.

I just love the sentiment stamp from Verses rubber stamps! I don't use it very often, but it was perfect for this challenge. The lemons  are from the Stampendous 'little fruit' stamp set and the brads are from recollections.

I used  Faber Castell colour pencil and Windsor and Newton watercolour cakes to paint my background.

The heat embossed sentiment panel is popped up with double sided foam tape to give it some added dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great weekend…I have a busy one..entertaining the kids! ;-)

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.

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Have a great day!

A couple of thank you's!

Hey there! These a couple of quick thank you cards I made…

The supplies used for the first card are from W+9 and Winnie and Walter and the for the second card I used stamps from Papertrey ink  and Winnie and Walter.

Inks used are from Stazon, Memento and Versafine and watercolours from Camlin.

I am submitting the second card for the Simon Says Stamp focal point in the middle challenge.

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Have a great day!

Bollywood birthday!

I have always loved creating my own background papers but now I am obsessed!!!!
A cousin called and asked me to make a 60th birthday card for a man who loved old hindi (Bollywood) movie music.

So I started looking for inspiration on Google images and decided to take a screenshot of the images of the movie posters that came up. I printed it out onto some nice white textured paper and Voila!! I had a beautiful custom printed paper!

I then went a step ahead and typed out the lyrics (in photoshop) of a very famous hindi birthday song from a really old movie…one of my favourites! This became my second printed paper!

I then made two vinyl records with black and coloured paper to create the vintage look…added the numbers 60 and a birthday message to finish the card. I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink for interest.

This card just makes me smile…I hope it does to you too!

I am submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp 'B is for…' Monday challenge. B is for Bollywood…B is for Birthday!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by…
Have a good night!