Splashy Mix April Challenge

Hello everyone!

Today I am sharing my inspiration for the SPLASHY MIX CHALLENGES - Papercraft Challenge.

The color palette for my card is inspired by this months mood board.

Though challenging, I loved the outcome of the colors I chose.

Please visit the challenge blog here for amazing inspirations from my teamies & all the rules to play along the challenge. 

For this card, I first created a background with 2 colors of distress inks - blueprint sketch & salty ocean on Neenah White card stock & added some splatters. The gold heat embossed image is from I Craft stamps, which is fussy cut.

Sharing this at the following challenges - 

Time Out Challenge#185 - 21/4

Simon Says Stamp Blog - Monday Challenge - 12/4

STAMPlorations April CAS Challenge - 1/5

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Stamplorations - I LOVE COFFEE

Hello Friends!

Sharing a card I made using the January sketch at Stamplorations - 

To make this one layer card I first masked a rectangle on the card panel & stenciled over the masked area following the layout in the sketch. I then stamped the coffee cup ( Coffee Happy Set)  & colored it with Zig Real Brush pens. The sentiment is one single stamp, so a masked a part of the sentiment & stamped as desired. 

Stamplorations - Theme & Sketch - 31.1

Stamplorations - CAS Challenge - 31.1

PCM Challenges - 25.1

NBUS Challenge#9 (NBUS is the new Coffee Stamp set )- 29.1

HLS - Jan Challenge - 31.1

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Just a Note.....with Peerless Watercolors

Hello all & a warm welcome again!

Recently I purchased a set of Peerless Watercolors & this is the first card made using these. Stamped the image from the 'Magnolias for her' set by Altenew on watercolor paper (Ranger). Cut a panel from one side & adhered a strip of coordinating foil sheet. Wanted to keep the sentiment simple to retain interest in the stamped image.

Linking this to - 

Addicted to Stamps#175 (inspired by the flowers) - 12.1

Simon Says Stamp - 13.1

Stamplorations Challenge - 31.1 - Top pick

Sweet Stampin Challenge#01 - 15.1

SSC#117 - 15.1 - TOP CUPS

Penny Black Challenge (flowers & pink color) - 2.2

Shopping our Stash#234 - 18.1

Crafty Friends Challenge#22 - 14.1

Crafty Calendar Challenge - 28.1

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CAS Card

Good Morning friends!

Sharing a card made for the Lulupu DT. You can find all the details & a tutorial for this over on the Lulupu blog.

Supplies used - 

Color box Q - Misty meadow

Paper Trey Ink stamp & die - Wonderful words - Teacher

Archival Jet Black ink pad

Doodle bug designs - Sprinkles

Crate paper - Flea market

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circle

White card Stock

Vellum

Sharing this at - 

The paper players#258 - (the aqua colored stamping & a sea of words!) - 21.8

CFC#142 - 28.8

Clean and simple on Sunday#65-vellum.html - 28.8

AAA cards#46 -  29.8

Liastampz#91 - 30.8

Papertake weekly - 25.8

Sir stamp a lot- 31.8

Cagi - 21.8

HIMCR#212b - 21.8

HIMCR#212d- 21.8

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CAS cards

Good Morning!

I am over at the Lulupu blog today where we are featuring CAS cards (totally out of my comfort zone!!!). Here are the two cards I made using the Simon Says Stamp stitched circles die for today's post there. Please hop over to the blog where I also share a small pictorial!

A blog named hero - 29.7

Crafty sentiments - 27.7

Papertake weekly- 28.7

A2Z scrapbooking - (Hero Arts Stamp) - 31.7

Addicted to Stamps#154 - 28.7

The paper players#254 - 24.7

CMC#70  - 29.7

Clean and simple on Sunday#63 - 31.7

Corrosive challenges#229  - 2.8

Stamped blessing - 31.7

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Bokeh Technique

Hi!!!

So glad you stopped by today.

Today is my turn to do a DT tutorial post at LULUPU & I have shared one on the bokeh technique. Looks awesome but really easy to do & such pleasing results. Hop over at the challenge blog here for the tutorial & details of both the cards. 

Sharing this at - 

Crafty Sentiments - 22.6

BGC#69 - 30.6

Scribble and Scrap Crafts#46.html - 20.6

Wordart Wednesday#187 - 17.6

Stamps fun Creativity# 254.html - 20.6

From the Heart Stamps#112/ - 28.6

Sharing this at - 

Fantastic Tuesday#90 - 22.6

Top tip Tuesday - 22.6

Picture and Scrap#98

Sir Stamp a lot challenge - 30.6

Crafty Cardmakers - 28.6

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Teachers Day Cards

Good Morning!

A very happy happy teachers day to all you crafty mommies! After all we are the first teahcers to are kids :-). Thank you all for the appreciation for the teachers day cards I posted here. Well  I had saved my fav collection to share today. CAS is not my style at all & it was rather hard for me to complete all these without distress inks & blooms! Made best use of two paper stacks from DCWV - Education pack & Grade school.

So here goes - 

 This card is linked here -

 http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.in/2014/09/53-tic-tac-toe-crafty-sentiments.html (stamp, sentiment, twine)

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.in/2014/09/september-challenge-1-back-to-school.html (16/9) (WINNER)

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-253-back-to-school.html  (FEATURED)

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-218-cas.html

http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.in/2014/09/cms-challenge-69.html

The next two cards are almost same. Note how a slight variation in the size of the layers gives a different look. I have been wanting to use a mason jar on a card for long. The school supplies in the vellum jar are stamped & fussy cut. The scale is a washi tape. I love the bright colors & patterns in the apples here.

This one is linked to the challenges below -

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/ch59-back-to-school.html 

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe266.html (WINNER)

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-229-back-to-school.html

http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-63-back-to-school.html (WINNER)

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.in/2014/08/going-grey-with-scrap-creations-back-to.html

http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-275-4th-of-september-back-to.html

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-226-school-supplies.html

http://craftandsmash.blogspot.it/2014/09/tema-scuola-penne-matite-quaderni.html (28/9)

 http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/back-to-school-challenge.html

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-50-anything-goesback-to-school.html 

In the next one the sentiment was built using a combo of different stamp sets & says it all.

Now won't every chemistry teacher love this! A while back I had seen something like this on pinterest & so wanted to use it on a card. The pattern paper is just perfect for this too!

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.in/2014/08/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-139.html 

And finally how about this to delight a geography teacher? The map, the planets...................purrrrrrrfect!! 

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-9-back-to-school.html

http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/09/case-this-sketch-91.html

 

How I wish I can go back to school either as a student to proudly had over these to my favorite teachers or as a teacher to receive these, what say?After this marathon session of CAS cards & loads of use of pattern paper I must confess that I now am a little comfortable running the scissors through my designer papers.................not to mention that I save the tiniest leftover piece!

Cards for Teachers

Good Morning!

Sharing a couple of cards I made for my daughters' teachers(in India September 5th is celebrated as Teachers Day).  You can view the cards & post it holders I made for them last year here, here & here.

Unlike the ones I made then, this time I decided to play around with some school theme pattern papers & go CAS. This is not my style & will eagerly wait for your feedback friends :-).

In all the below cards I used papers from the DCWV education stack. This is such an apt collection for teachers cards. The busy designs do all the work ;-).

Most of the sentiments are from the Teacher's Pet stamp set from Clearly Besotted.

Playing this at -

http://vandicrafts.com/vandicrafts-artistry-challege-week-six-thanks/

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.in/2014/08/clean-and-simple.html
http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/08/case-this-sketch-90.html

This card is linked to - 

http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/08/aloha-friday-challenge-31-school.html

 http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-99-clean-and-simple.html
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.in/2014/08/ch86-back-to-school.html

This card is linked to -

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-81-school.html 

http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.ca/2014/08/brand-new-friday-challenge-break-out.html 

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-136-back-to-schoolfor-teacher.html

For this card I have stamped a few sentiments (Justrite Grand sentiments) on the pencils.

 Linking this to -

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-222-back-to-school.html - TOP 3

http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-3.html 

http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/08/tag-youre-it-challenge-5.html

http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/back-to-school-challenge.html

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-171-back-to-school.html

The last card is a simple stamped (IO newprint) card.

  

http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/a-touch-of-kraft.html

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Father's Day

Happy weekend to you all...............sharing another masculine card I made. Here is the one I posted yesterday.

For this card the TCW stencil was sponged with vintage photo DI over the news print paper. The card base is in kraft.

Supplies used - 

CS & newsprint wrapping paper local buy

Stencil - TCW mini time travel

Inks - DI vintage photo, Archival black ink

Stamps - Kate & Co Oxford lane, Hero Ars CL335

Others - Tie sticker Itsy Bitsy

Sharing this at - 

http://www.fridaymashup.com/2014/06/fm164-lyndas-celebrating-dad.html

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/06/fathers-day-masculine.html

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.in/2014/06/going-grey-with-scrap-creations.html

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.in/2014/06/for-boys.html

http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.in/2014/06/one-for-boys-at-try-it-on-tuesdays.html

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.in/2014/06/tuesday-throwdown-199special-man.html

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/95-anything-goes-all-about-dad.html

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-217-fathers-dayfor-boys.html

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-158.html

http://mimchallegeblog.blogspot.in/2014/06/for-males-in-your-life_9.html

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/06/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe254.html

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/keep-it-clean-and-simple.html

http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/fathers-day.html

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.in/2014/06/dtbst-233-its-all-about-man.html

http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/2014/06/ffc-54-i-love-you-dad.html

http://www.thekraftjournal.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-175-just-for-him.html

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Create Something Catchy Challenge #2

Good Morning Friends & welcome April!!

We are back with a new challenge at Create Something Catchy Challenge #2. Below is the inspiration picture for this month - 

Here is my interpretation of the image - 

• To make this card I first stamped the hearts with the Kaisercraft stamp set using versamark, on white CS.
• Heat embossed the image with super fine clear embossing powder (Ranger). 
• Used a medley of distress ink colors - picked raspberry, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, mowed lawn & salty ocean over the image.
• Spritzed the inked background with a mister & then used a baby wipe to clear the colors over the image. 
• This was then glued under the negative  heart die cut in the cardstock. I have used foam glue dots to add some depth.

Sharing this at - 

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.in/2014/03/new-challenge-buttons.html

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/03/challenge-136.html

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.in/2014/03/113-youve-been-framed.html

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.in/2014/03/challenge-30-stitched-faux-or-real.html

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CAS Cards

Good Morning & welcome here again.

Sharing a few CAS cards I made for the current Color Conceptions Challenge#7. Please visit the challenge blog to participate.

Linking this card to the following - CMC#41, CAS(E)#85, Emergency Crafters, My Heart Pieces, Crafty Creations#257

This card is based on this sketch - 

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Linking this card to the following - CMC#41, Digi Darla's#103, Paula Holifields Challenge, CAS on Sunday#27, Vintage Stamping Challenge#17, Crafty Creations#157

Linking this card to the following - CMC#41

Linking this card to - OLLC#150

Linking this to - Make my Monday & also MUSE#56 (inspired by the soft colors of Lisa'a Card)

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