Happy Birthday Dude! - Dt post for LCC challenge Blog.

Hey guys
I have a DT inspiration post for you all today for the Let's Craft and Create Challenge blog. The theme for this month is Hey Dude! and so I have a birthday card keeping this theme in mind. This challenge runs for an entire month and you still have 2 weeks to put in your entries. Please click the link HERE to go the challenge blog.

I am putting this card up at the following blog challenges:

1. Cards and more challenge #191- One Layer cards
2. Addicted to CAS challenge#171 - One Layer Cards
3. CWS challenge#17 - Boys to Men
4. Addicted to stamps and more challenge#255 - Photo Inspiration - This picture has inspired me to do the layers of balloons on my card.
5. Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #296-297 - Anything Goes
6. Scrapping4fun challenge #97- Anything Goes

This is a fairly simple card and it took me hardly 15mins to do this.So I started with a standard A2 size card base in white and stamped balloons on it using 4 different distress inks...all in the shades of blue....Tumbles Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty ocean and Faded Jeans. I stamped the same image with different colors in each row. You can add more rows with more shades but I had 4 shades and so I did 4 rows.

What's the fun of using distress inks without a little water... so I sprinkled a little water and waited for the magic to happen. Lifted the water with a tissue napkin and dried my card with a heating tool.
Then, I added silver strings to my balloons with a silver sparkle pen....but i did not press my pen too much and lightly drew all the strings using a t- ruler.

To finish my card, I stamped the sentiment with versamark and Black embossing powder from Wow. Sprinkled some fun sequins to give it a little hit of sparkle.
So here I finish my quick and easy birthday card...I hope you liked it and will give it a try. Thank you for reading this post and have a great day ahead.

Supplies used:

1. Distress inks - Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans
2. White cardstock
3. Sequins
4. water
5. Wow Black embossing powder
6. Versamark
7. Balloon stamp -  KAISERCRAFT Pop!- Treats stamp set.
8. Sentiment - Geometric Nature - Mudra Craft Stamps
9. Silver Gel pen
10. Heat embossing tool - Wow

Handmade card - Wishing you Peace and Tranquility ( LCC DT Inspiration).

Hello guys
I have a wonderful news to share with you all today. I have started my term as a DT member of Lets Craft and Create challenge Blog from July onward and today is my first blog post for them. I have an inspiratin card to share with you all today and the this month's challenge is Just Beachy or Red, white and Blue.  So here is my card for this month's challenge. I would encourage you all to join in this month's challenge which you can enter by clicking this Link

Now onto my card, it is a very simple card and took me 20 mins to complete it. to begin I took a white textured cardstock and did some ink blending with just 2 distress inks - Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon. I splattered some water and lifted some color off. I heat set this and then I did the waves using Modelling paste and Papericious Frosting Powder. I heat set everything and then stamped my sentiment using Archival Ink Black. the slippers are fussy cut from Red cardstock and it was fun to sketch and cut something out. I used my white gel pen to do the straps. I matter this panel with a Kraft cardstock and then mounted it on a standard A2 size white cardbase. Finished my card with some sequins from Mudra stamps.
I hope you like this quick and easy card....super fun and easy to make.

Supplies used:

1. Prima Marketing Modelling paste 
2. Papericious Frosting Powder
3. Kraft , Red,  White cardstock (270gsm) - Itsybitsy
4. Textured White cardstock (250gsm) - ItsyBitsy
5. Distress inks - Tumbled Glass and Mermaid lagoon
6. Mudra stamps- Wishing you stamp set
7. Mudra stamps - Sequins -Clear and Pumpkin Harvest
8. Black Archival ink
9. White gel pen

I am putting this card up at

1. Cards and more challenge #189 - Holidays and Summertime - My card is inspired by my holiday to Goa which is full of beaches and a must for summertime.
2. Try it on Tuesday - Let it shine - I have used sparkling frosting powder on my card.

Follow your dreams - Shabby chic handmade card

Hello everyone

today I am breaking my watercoloring streak and got back to doing what I love making....shabby chic cards! A big shout out to everyone who loves shabby chic cards... I love shabby chic and cant get enough of them.

I am putting this card up at the following blog challenges:

1. SimonSaysStamp - Monday challenge - Get in Shape - I have incorporated hexagons and  #d elements
2. Butterfly challenge#82 - M is matching Pairs and O is color of Orange Peel - I have used 2 same butterflies and orange color.
3. Craft Addiction design Team Challenge #07 and #08 - Summer in mixed media style - I have made a shabby chic card
4. Cute card Thursday #486 - Ribbons/ Bows - I have incorporated bow in my card.
5. DLART July Linky challenge
6. DLART Thankful thursday #208 - Anything Goes
7. Scrap and Craft Challenge #5- summertime with butterflies - My card complete summer with flowers, butterflies and honeycombs
8. Craft Milka - I love math challenge #6 - Hexagons

I started with a white cardstock cut to 4" x 51/4" and I did some distress ink blending with Spiked Marmalade through a honeycomb stencil I just used 1 ink and just varied my pressure to get the gradient effect. I distress ed the edges with a distressing took and then added some neutral hemp twine around the front panel and finished with a cute bow. I mounted this onto a 41/8" x 53/8" orange cardstock which was also distressed on the edges using some fun foam. I mounted this onto my white card base cut to 41/4" by 51/2".

Once everything was assembled, I added some cheesecloth and then assembled all my flowers. Finished off the card with the sentiment and sequins. But then, I thought something was missing and thats when I decided to add butterflies which are white heat embossed and then colored with Spiced Marmalade distress ink. I shaped them and added them on my card and then added glossy accents to few of the honeycombs...super fun when you look up close.

So, that completed my card...I hope you all like it.

Supplies used:

1. White cardstock (270gsm) - Itsybitsy
2. Orange cardstock (270gsm) 
3. Glossy accents
4. Distress inks - Spiced Marmalade
5. Mudra stamps- Geometric Nature
6. Mudra stamps - Sequins - Harvest Mix
7. Stencil- Honey comb- ItsyBitsy
8. Ranger heat embossing powder - Superfine White 
9. Versamark watermark inkpad
10. Wow Heat gun
11. Ranger multi medium matte
12. Tim Holtz distressing tool
13. Hemp twine - Neutral - ItsyBitsy
14. Butterfly stamp set - Hampton Art 
15. Flowers - Personal Stash
16. Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink

Happy Birthday - Geometric flower card

Hello guys
So today I have a handmade card which is again inspiration driven and here is the picture which inspired me to make this card. I was going through Pinterest for some inspiration for a project and I saw this picture. I was so driven by it that I decided to make a card.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Paru's Card making Challenges - July - Happy Birthday
2. Polkadoodles Week#28 - Anything Goes
3. Scrapping4fun Challenge #94- Birthday
4. SimonSaysStamp - Monday challenge - Distress it.
5. YNS color challenge#68 - I have used Pale pink, Bright pink and Green color.
6. Color Throwdown #451
7. DLART July Linky challenge
8. DLART Thankful thursday #208 - Anything Goes
9. The Flower Challenge#10 - Embossing Dry/Heat
10. HLS July CAS card - Birthday

It took me a while to make this as all the flowers and leaves are stamped and heat embossed on a watercolor cardstock and then individually watercolored using Distress inks. I fussy cut everything out and kept them aside while I readied my card base.

For the base, I started with a white cardstock(270gsm) cut to standard A2 size. I cut a frame out from the front of this cardbase leaving a 1/2"border for the frame. Then, I arranged and adhered my flowers and leaves on the front panel. Then, I added a piece of clear acetate behind my frame and secured everything.

On the inside, I added Kraft cardstock which was splattered with white acrylic paint and heat embossed sentiment which I glued behind my front panel. I finished my card with few sequins and a coat of wink of stellar sparkle on the flowers and leaves. I hope you all like liked my card.

Supplies used:

1. White cardstock (270gsm) - Itsybitsy
2. Kraft cardstock (270gsm) 
3. Watercolor cardstock (250gsm) - Personal Stash
4. Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive and Cracked pistachio
5. Mudra stamps- Geometric Nature
6. Mudra stamps - Sequins -Sugar Plum Mix and Harvest Mix
7. Watercoloring Brush
8. White Acrylic Paint
9. Ranger heat embossing powder - Superfine White 
10. Versamark watermark inkpad
11. Wow Heat gun
12. Ranger multi medium matte
13. Clear Acetate sheet - Itsybitsy
14. Wink of stella - Clear

First attempt at Watercolor Smooshing card - For a Friend

Hello guys
I have yet bright and colorful card to bust all the blue mood due to heavy rains in Mumbai........Its raining so heavily since couple of days....I am worried the trains might stop working due to water logging very soon. Today, I was going through some of the photos I took when I was on vacation last month and saw this beautiful Lotus...So pretty and serene. I took inspiration from it and made this card.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. SimonSaysStamp - Monday challenge - Distress it.
2. Craft stamper Magazine - Take it Make it July
3. Polkadoodles Week#28 - Anything Goes
4. The Ribbon Girl - July challenge - Anything Goes
5. Addicted to Stamps and more challenge#250 - Photo Inspiration (Got inspired by the colors in this photo)
6. Mod Squad challenge - Make the sentiment the main focal point
7. YNS color challenge#68 - I have used Pale pink, Bright pink and Green color.
8. Color Throwdown #451
9. DLART July Linky challenge
10. DLART Thankful thursday #208 - anything Goes

So here is my new card which I have made using the smooshing technique. I have never done this technique before and it was super fun to try something new. For this card, I dabbed Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Twisted Citron on a clear acetate sheet and spritzed it with water. Then I smooshed this onto a watercolor cardstock cut to 4" by 51/4"and then picked the acetate sheet. I didnt have much patience to wait for it to air dry and so I used my heat gun.

Once everything was dry, I heat embossed the sentiment on the panel using Ranger Tinsel Gold. I made sure to use a anti static powder and it a must before heat embossing. Now, I cut a standard A2 size cardbase from Black Cardstock and added gold glitter cardstock on it which was 1/8" smaller than the cardbase. I then added my panel on this cardbase using strong adhesive as the panel was a little warped due to watercoloring. To add more interest to my card, I added a white frame on my card to make it look like I had framed my sentiment.

To finish my card, I added some sequins in white, iridescent clear and gold. I have made this card for my BFF as Friendship Day will be coming up next month and just wanted to start making few cards before I got too busy with work.

Supplies used:

1. Balck Cardstock (270gsm) - ItsyBitsy
2. Gold Glitter Cardstock - ItsyBitsy
3. Watercolor cardstock
4. Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Twisted Citron - ItsyBitsy
5. Sequins 
6. White cardstock (250gsm) - ItsyBitsy
7. Versamark watermark inkpad
8. Wow Heat gun
9. Ranger multi medium matte
10. Ranger heat embossing powder - Tinsel Gold
11. Kaisercraft - Best Friends stamp set
12. Clear Acetate Sheet - ItsyBitsy
13. Anti static powder tool

Summertime Birthday -Watercolor card.

Hello guys

Welcome back to my blog. I have a watercolor card or you all today. everything you see from the panel to the butterfly is all watercolored using distress inks...They are my favorite goto for watercoloring. I am new to this technique and have recently stumbled upon it and trying my hand as much as I can. So, here I have made a Birthday Day with lots of bright coloring and splatters which I feel would be perfect for a girl...... or even someone young at heart.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps and more challenge#250 - Photo Inspiration (Got inspired by the colors in this photo)
2. SimonSaysStamp - Monday challenge - Distress it.
3. CAS(E) this sketch #230
4. Craft stamper Magazine - Take it Make it July
5. HLS July watercolor Challenge - Optional Twist - Blue
6. Paru's Card making Challenges - July - Happy Birthday
7. Polkadoodles Week#28 - Anything Goes
8. Scrap and Craft Challenge#5 - Summertime + Butterflies 
9. Scrapping4fun Challenge #94- Birthday
10. The Ribbon Girl - July challenge - Anything Goes

So, I started with a textured white cardstock which I had bought maybe years back and I hoarded it for as long as I could possibly....Today was the last piece I could do with it and I am glad with the way my card turned out to be.....Ok ...so back to the process. I started with the cardstock cut to standard 41/4" by 51/2" and then generously spritzed it with water and then started watercoloring my panel. I have used 3 Distress inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Pinked Raspberry and Crushed olive. They blended and forned Violets and hints of Oranges. I let this panel air dry and it took good 4 hours before I could work with it again. I cut my front panel 1/4"from all the sides and then divided into 3 parts and assembled everything on a standard A2 size white cardbase (270gsm)

The Butterfly is from Mudra Stamps and I loved this stamp set....so much can be done with it. I heat embossed this stamp with white and then watercolored the geometric pattern with the 3 distress inks I used on the panel. I mixed then at few places and the result is simply unexpected.

Once the butterfly was all dried, I fussy cut it out and then adhered it to my panel along with some cheesecloth. Finished my card with the sentiment from the same stamp set which I heat embossed with White. To add more interest, I added sequins and splatter of white acrylic color.
I hope you like my card. Thank you so much for stopping by.

Supplies used:

1. White cardstock (270gsm) - Itsybitsy
2. Textured White cardstock (250gsm) - Personal Stash
3. Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Crushed Olive and Mermaid lagoon
4. Mudra stamps- Geometric Nature
5. Mudra stamps - Sequins -Sugar Plum Mix
6. Watercoloring Brush
7. White Acrylic Paint
8. Ranger heat embossing powder - Superfine White 
9. Versamark watermark inkpad
10. Wow Heat gun
11. Ranger multi medium matte
12. Cheesecloth

Congrats......on your new home (Handmade card)

Hello guys
So today I have for you yet another very simple and easy to make card which took me 20 mins in all from start to finish.

I am putting my card up for the following challenges:

1. Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
2. Butterfly Challenge #81 - K for key and V for vermillion
3. Cute Card Thursday Challenge #484 - Anything Goes
4. The Ribbon Girl July 2017 challenge - Anything Goes
5. Word Art Wednesday Week #288-289-  Anything Goes
6. CWS Challege #16 - Celebrate 

I have used a 220gsm Vermilion cardstock as the cardbase cut to standard A2 size. Then, I stamped my butterflies on a 270 gsm watercolor cardstock using Ripe Persimmon distress ink. The stamping was a little splotchy but I wasn't bothered too much as I desired that effect and I misted it with water rather than adding big drops of water and dabbed it with a tissue and everything kind of got smoothed. I fussy cut my butterflies out and kept them aside.

Now, the center frame is fussy cut from Forever and Always paper pack from ItsyBitsy. I then took an old key I had and traced it out on 270gsm cardstock and fussy cut it out too. I heat embossed this with Ranger Tinsel gold embossing powder and then tied a jute twine throught it. Assembled everything on a white card panel cut to 4"by 5 1/4" and added little vermilion watercolor sprinkles.

Finished my card with few sequins,, a small bow on the key and Congrats Sentiment on the outside and "......for your new home"on the inside (But I was in a hurry and forgot to take a picture.) with Memento tuxedo Black Dye ink

Simple and easy card.....I hope you like this.

Supplies used:

1. Ranger Tinsel Gold heat embossing powder
2. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
3. Versamark watermark inkpad
4. Ripe Persimmon Distress ink  (ItsyBitsy)
5. Forever and Always paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
6. Jute twine (ItsyBitsy) 
7. Vermillion Cardstock 220gsm (ItsyBitsy)
8. White cardstock 270gsm  (ItsyBitsy)
9. Sequins - Gold and Clear (Mudra)
10. Camel Watercolors
11. Memento tuxedo black dyeink
12. Hampton Art Vintologic butterflies stamp set.
13. Inkadinkado Birthday Wishes Stamp Set.

Mudra GDT post - Handmade Interactive Cards

Hello guys

I am honored to be doing a GDT post for Mudra Stamps today and I want to thank you Varshistha for this opportunity...... I have made 3 interactive cards and here are the sneak peeks....for complete blog post...please visit me HERE and leave me some love.

2 of the 3 cards I made are my first time and I really hope you will be lenient with me. I also have 3 small video clips shows you all the interactive elements in action....so know the list of supplies, more pictures, videos and how I made these cards please stop by the link above.

 1. Mermaid slider card.

So this is a really fun card and to be honest...its my first ever slider card I made and it took me one day to make this card but I am sure you guys will do it faster than me. To make this card, I have used Mudra Mermaid stamp set...such a fun set with so many cute fishies.....

2. Simply Floral Explosion Box card

The second card I made is again a first attempt by me....I have never made an explosion box card and so I took a day to make this one.....but thats just me. A lot of heat embossing and watercoloring went into making this card and I got this beautiful bouquet at the end....

3. Winter Shaker Card.

My third card is a fairly simple card and was super fun to make. I have made a triple time stamped card with a shaker window in the center and this card is based on the thought of "Christmas in July" For this card, I have used Christmas Decor stamp set and sequins from different packs from Mudra.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges

1. Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
2. The Ribbon Girl July 2017 challenge - Anything Goes
3. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #248 - Holiday ( Winter Shaker Card.)
4. Inky Chicks Challenge #85 - Christmas ( Winter Shaker Card.)
5. CWS Challege #16 - Celebrate (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
6. HLS July 2017 watercolor challenge - Optional twist - Blue (Mermaid slider card.)
7. CAS(E) this sketch #228 (Mermaid slider card.)
8. Scrapping4fun challenge #93 - Summer (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
9. Mod squad July 2017 challenge - Special Fold (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
10. Paru's Card making challenge July 2017 - Birthday (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)