Be Thankful

I am back this morning to share a "thank you" card using one of my favorite stamps (Hydrangea Justrite) & my favorite flower too!  

Here is a pic of the gorgeous flower from my own garden - 

Here is how the pic inspired me!

I embossed the cardstock with a frame die from Avery Elle & splattered run down gesso in the background. Added the fussy cut bloom over the panel & finished off the card with a die cut sentiment & some clear drops. Colored the image with Chameleon pens.

Sharing this at - 

Stamplorations - Giving-thanks-blog-hop - 30.11

The Flower Challenge#2 - 25.11

CAS-ual Fridays#161 - 29.11

Crafty Friends Challenge#45 - 2.12 - TOP 3

Pile it On Challenge#121 - 26.11 - TOP 3

Colour Crazy Challenge#26 - 

DLart - November-linky - 30.11

Happy Little Stampers - 29.11

Die-cut-divas - 30.11

Freshly Made Sketches#264 - 30.11

The Paper Shelter#274  (flowers, sentiment, clear drops - gems) - 1.12

Thank you so much for visiting & taking the time to comment on my blog. I love to hear from you & truly appreciate your feedback. Have a crafty day!

Birthday Card - Justrite Stamp

Hello friends......................here is a card which was a part of a 5 card set I made for a swap.You can see the first card here. Used my favorite Justrite Stamp - Water lily & frog. The lilies are colored with Faber Castell water color pencils & fussy cut.

Linking this to - 

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.in/2014/08/tuesday-throwdown-207-mellow-yellow.html

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.in/2014/08/through-craft-room-door-challenge.html

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.in/2014/08/anything-goes.html

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.in/2014/08/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-47.html

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-127-anything-goes.html

http://reves2scrap.blogspot.fr/2014/08/challenge-3.html

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/flowers.html

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.in/2014/08/summertime.html (warm colors of summer)

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/favourite-papers-and-why.html (DCVW - pocketful of posies - this is my favorite paper stack having the best of colors & patterns - brights & pastels......abtstract & florals)

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/week-270-favorite-things.html

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.in/2014/07/289.html

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.in/2014/08/flowers-challenge.html

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-147-bright-summer-colors.html

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.in/2014/08/august-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-6/

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc730-sparkle-glitter-or-bling/

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.nl/2014/08/challenge-247.html

Thank you so much for visiting & taking the time to comment on my blog. I love to hear from you & truly appreciate your feedback. Have a crafty day!!

3D Matchbox Pop-up Card

Sharing a 3D pop up card I made using the current Justrite Friday Challenge#123 bold color inspiration - 

It opens like a match box & pops some gorgeous blooms. For the blooms I stamped the French Rose background stamp on white CS. The blooms were then fussy cut & colored with distress ink (mustard seed,  wild honey, worn lipstick & picked raspberry).

Some more pictures of the card box - 

Also linking this to -
http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-138-anything-goes.html
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/06/challenge-99-dots-andor-stripes.html
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.ca/2014/06/anything-goes35th-challenge.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/06/an-invitation-to-drop-in-at-beccys-place.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.ca/2014/06/challenge-77-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/06/craftitude-challenge-67-use-flowers.html
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.ca/2014/06/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-june.html
http://time4scrap.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-42-anything-goes.html

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.in/2014/06/here-comes-summer.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-266-things-with-wings.html

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-85.html

Thank you so much for visiting & taking the time to comment on my blog. I love to hear from you & truly appreciate your feedback. Have a crafty day!!

JustRite Challenge#122

Hello!!

Over at Justrite Friday Challenge#122 they have challenged us to create a card with a matching envelope. This is my second entry there. You can see the first here. 

The coordinating set I made using Justrite stamps -

Used the WRMK envelope punch board to make this - 

The stamped image is colored with distress inks -

 

Supplies Used - 

CS - purchased locally

Pattern paper - DCWV mattstack Pocket full of posies

Dies - CL lace corner deco E, SB Nestabilities Gold Labels 4

Stamps - Justrite stamps Seeds of summer, Grand sentiments

Inks - Archival ink, DI - peacock feathers, mowed lawn, picked rasberry, mustard seed

Others - brad, trim

Sharing this at - 

http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/justrite-friday-challenge/

http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.in/2014/06/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-136.html

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.ca/2014/06/its-time-for-another-fun-anything-goes.html

http://craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.ca/2014/06/june-challenge-at-crafty-bloggers.html (column A - die cuts, image, pattern paper)

http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/05/challenge-66-pop-it-up.html

http://avenue613.blogspot.ca/2014/06/challenge-75-anything-goesbest-friends.html

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.ca/2014/06/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-38-theme_10.html

http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/2014/06/ffc-53-anything-goes-challenge.html

http://blog.imaginationsonline.com/2014/06/we-are-back-with-bang-and-new-challenge.html

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.in/2014/06/sos-155-something-soft.html (soft trim)

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.in/2014/06/ttcrd-challenge-june-10-16.html

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/06/pinspirational-challenge-111.html (soft blue colors)

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.in/2014/06/ltscb-31-mind-your-banners.html

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/06/pile-it-on-23-use-some-patterned-paper.html

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-42-challenges-4-everybody.html

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Coloring with Bleach - A Tutorial

Good Afternoon lovely ladies! 

Sharing the tutorial for a very simple bleaching technique that I did for the Color Conceptions Challenge Blog.  I am sure many of you would have already seen or tried this earlier but for me this was a first attempt & I loved the effect. So sharing a small pictorial with you all.

These are the supplies you will need for this - card stock (darker colors give better results), embossing powder (clear/white/black), stamp, embossing buddy, versmark ink, heat tool, bowl, applicator brush, fabric bleach (I have used Rin fabric bleach. Please make sure you use fresh bleach for best results ).

Heat emboss the image.

Pour a small amount of bleach in the bowl from the bottle.

Apply bleach using a paintbrush to the portion of the embossed image you want. It is magic to see the color change almost immediately!

Continue to add bleach until the entire image is bleached out.

Here are the final images. 

Each color & card type will give varying results. By bleaching we are actually taking away color from the image. See how it reacts with a fuchsia CS. 

Let dry & your image is ready. Use it to make a card, a tag, a bookmark anything you want. 

Here is a completed card in which I have used brown cardstock.

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Justrite Challenge #120

Good Morning!!

This weekend I am sharing a lovely card in black & red using Justrite Stamps. 

The heat embossed sentiment is from the Grand Sentiments set. To create the chalkboard look around this I used a paper towel to blend white pigment ink (color box).

The fussy cut lily is colored using Steadler Luna water color pencils & is from the Frog & Water Lily set.

Playing this at - 

http://justritestampers.typepad.com/justrite-inspiration/justrite-friday-challenge/ - WINNER

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.in/2014/05/challenge-230-black-white-and-one-other.html

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/05/challenge-56.html

http://stamplorations.blogspot.in/2014/05/may-challenge-stamps-flowers.html

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/challenge-42-anything-goesbingo.html (flowers, sentiment, more than two layers)

http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.in/2014/05/4-ccc-193-flowers.html

http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.in/2014/04/challenge-85-use-embossing-powder.html

http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/05/imagination-crafts-may-challenge.html

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.in/2014/05/odbdslc201-wing-it.html

http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.in/2014/05/cmc46-emboss-it.html

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.in/2014/05/qkr-stampede-challenge-87-anything_9.html

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.in/2014/05/challenge-77-distressing.html

http://cutscropscreativity.com/2014/04/iron-craft-challenge-week/(used the first collage baord - Trends from Julie - Water color)

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