Debut Post at Mudra!!!

Am Debuting today as Creative Team Member at Mudra, a newly launched Indian Craft stamp company.

For the launch, there are some awesome 15 Awesome stampsets designed by young talented Stamp Designers Dr.Pon malar & Dr. Rhizwana Fathima. Both are Physicians,  pouring their loads of Artistic awesomeness with another Stamp Designer Aishwarya :) Oh yeah, Team is loaded with young talents much!!

Mudra -These stamps are made in High Quality Photopolymer, which gives crisp, clean images with almost all types of inks. Its such a pocket -friendly ones.

Am leaving a sneak peek for you, here. Head over to Mudra blog, to see full reveal and some close shots too!!

Project Supplies :

Hope i have inspired you well enough, to try out these stampsets :)

Thank You card!

Today's card is my last DT inspiration for Cardabilities blog for the sketch #118.

The sponsor for this time reveal is Flying Unicorn . Come and play along to win exciting prize from the sponsor.

Thank you Karan Gerber for the wonderful opportunity to work with your awesome sketches and talented Design teamies across the world. Absolutely enjoyed this DT term :)

Todays' card

Just stacked the Spellbinder and joycraft diecuts on a kraft CS and matted against a white CS. The bloom is made using joy craft die. 

The leaves are from Spellbinders foliage die. Few pearls and white acrylic ink splatters to finish off the card.

Challenges entered:

IBS customer gallery -  used IBS trendy circles

IBS color sketch  #91 - used kraft, white, green

Simon says stampblog - Anything goes

Layered Vintage Card :)

DT inspiration card for Cardabilities here! Very fond of inks these days and tried to create layered vintage bg for this card.

Here we go,

Sketch for this challenge

Watercolor cs is taken and built the layers from scratch, using various DIs - Aged Mahogany, Scattered straw, Vintage Photo. Adequately misting and drying every layer before adding each layer of inks. Then the edges are roughed and rolled at diagonal corners of the card.

Heidi Swapp Script stamp (new in my stash) is randomly stamped, and its shown vaguely at few places only as its been lost in misting and ink layerings.

Took heart diecuts in Red CS and distressed its edges in black soot DI. The CLD medium rose diecuts are distressed with aged mahogany and pearl centered. And Spellbinders foliage leave diecuts are distressed with evergreen bough and aged mahogany, misted and shaped.

Diagonally, Kaisercraft Heisian stamp(new in my stash) is stamped using Vintage photo DI for the extra textured look for the card.

Sentiment is from IBS Everyday Sentiment stampset which is selectively stamped using Ranger Archival ink and the banner edges are distressed using Vintage Photo DI. And random splashes of Black soot inks as the finishing touch!

This front panel is then matted in a black CS which is then on a white base CS.Few black rhinestones are added as accents on heart diecut.

Hope you like the overall look of the card!

Supplies:

CS- Fabriano CS
Inks- DIs- Vintage photo, Aged Mahogany,Scattered straw, Black soot, Evergreen bough
Stamp - heidi Swap script stamp, IBS everyday greetings, Kaisercraft Heisian stamp
Dies - CLD medium rose, Spellbinders foliage die, Itsy Bitsy heart thinlits


Challenges

IBS#90 - Hearts

IBS customer gallery - Used everyday sentiment

Inspired by...

Hey Hi!

A quick post today as my son gone for a dance practice for tomorrow's Tiny Tot's Day in school, had ample 6 hours to finish a DT post and this card today :)

This card is much inspired by very many things...

First the quote which comes in IBS Butterfly wings stamp set, which was a challenge win at IBS :)
Love the stamp set for the different butterflies and for the quotes.

Second which caught my eye ...was this Inspiration pic which is my screensaver in my lappy for a long time.

And last...those sunset colors and the images of it.

I wanted to try those colors and wanted to make a card and so this dare attempt from my end,
Now...you should say...how it looks?

Took a 5x5 white CS and started building the colors from scattered straw, rusty hinge, aged mahogany, vintage photo and black soot DIs. I enjoyed the process being so inky :)

I stamped those wild flowers, grasses and wheat stalk from Meadows stampset and the stamped the sentiment in versamark and white heat embossed.

And stamped the butterfly near the wheat stalk and just drawn the legs alone, as if its grabbing it.

Hope you like it! Do leave comments, as it means a lot to me :)

Supplies:

Fabriano White CS
Inks - DIs - Scattered straw, Rusty hinge, Aged Mahogany, Vintage photo, Black Soot 
Ranger Black Archival ink

Stamps  - Sentiment and Butterfly from Butterfly wings
Grasses, wild flowers from Meadows from Inkadinkado

WOW white embossing powder. versamark embossing ink, heat tool

Challenges

IBS customer gallery - used Sentiment and Butterfly from  IBS Butterfly wings

One stich at a time - Anything goes with something new (Inkadinkado Meadow stamp set,Scattered straw DI are new in my stash)

country view challenge - something new to u (Inkadinkado Meadow stamp set,Scattered straw DI are new in my stash)

Red Poppies :)

Hi Friends,

Wish to try some coloring with distress inks and this time, its with Poppies stamp. I heart this stamp and it was there in my wishlist for a long time. At last tried now.

Will be coming up with card variations using this lovely stamp soon.

Stamped with Black archival ink and colored using Festive berries DI. Layered Timeless rectangle diecuts on a base CS and distressed its edges too with the Festive berries DI.

Though am not satisfied with my outcome of coloring, dint feel like throwing in trash...so to pacify me, added IBS Sentiment, which i feel apt to my mood. Few pearls are added as accents.

Hope to improve in my future trials.

Leave your comments which means a lot to me :)

Supplies:

CS- Fabriano Brusto
Dies Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles
Stamp - Heroarts Delicate Blossoms,
              IBS Trendy circles

Challenges:
Crafty sentiments Design - Use diecuts ( Used Spellbinders Timeless rectangles)
BeyongGreyChallenges - Monochromatic
IBS -Customer gallery (used trendy circles sentiment stamp)
IBS#88 (used red and white)

I'm Thankful!

Hi Friends!

Am back again with am thankful card. Its for all the loving wishes for my birthday which just poured in my inbox and embellished my day in a very special way..

And also loads of craft supplies as gifts from my Mom, which just reached UAE few days before. And my hubby ordered lots of craft supplies which safely reached my Cousin at USA, which will reach me next year only..

And another happy news...Have been selected as the Design Team Member of Cardabilities. Love the wonderful sketches at the blog and am so very happy to be among the talented bunch of designers there. Thank you Karan Gerber, for the chance in your awesome team :)

Lot many reasons to say Thanks from my end :)

Made a 6x6 floral card. PPs are matted on the dark brown CS. All the florals except the central white flower is handmade ones. CLD gardenia strip is used to make the flowers and the small roses are made form Mft fancy blossoms die.
Florals are arranged on the tulle with CLD roses leaves and CLD Tropical flourish die.

Florals are distressed with Distress inks - Festive berries, Tumbled glass and dry embossed with the yellow pollens as centres. Sentiment is stamped on banner made from Marianne die

Joycrafts die - Butterflies are added . Few pearls, Raffia double bow as accents to finish the card.

Supplies:

CS - Fabriano Dark brown CS
PPs- Woody and Vintage Notes
Dies -Joycrafts Vintage florishes
          Marianne Banner die
          MFT fancy blossoms
          CLD gardenia strip
          CLD tropical florish
          CLD rose leave strip
         
DIs - Tumbled glass, Festive berry
Black Archival Ink
Sentiment - IBS Just Because stamp set
Cream Raffia - RAK from Pooja (Reusing with Quilling). Thanks Pooja :)

Challenges:

Cheerylynn challenges - Give Thanks (CLD gardenia strip
          CLD tropical florish
          CLD rose leave strip)

IBS - Customer gallery (IBS just because stamp set)
IBS - #87

Sketch saturday - #334

Floral Love Card!

This time a simple card with just diecuts.

This Memory box Sonora Rose die is a win from DCAM challenge and, took it from India home and was waiting to give a shot.

Its just a single rose die with 2 leaves of various sizes and with buds. I Diecut, embossed and colored the roses using Worn Lipstick, Tattered rose and Mustard seed DIs. And for leaves and buds, used Peeled paint  and at edges Gathered twigs DIs.

Just popped these on a doily using foam dots to give 3 D effects to roses. To make the small rose, i just cut the outer whorls of the rose and distressed with Mustard Seed DI

Sentiment is stamped, edges were rounded and few pink pearls as accents to finish off the card.

Hope you like this.

Supplies
Recollections Cardstock
DIs - Peeled paint, Gathered twigs, Tattered rose, Worn lipstick
Dies - Memory box Sonora Rose
Sentiment - IBS Sweet Valentine
Doily, pearls from Stash

Challenges:
MyTimeToCraft - diecuts only
Virginia view challenge - CAS

IBS - Customer gallery - Used sweet valentine stamp set
IBS # 86 color - Used pink, white

Vintage-y Love :)

Another Valentine card for today, a shadow box card with a vintage color scheme. This card technique and vintage style is my first time try. Hope you like it.

White, cream, black, brown, light mint green,kraft are the shades i have played with.
Made a shadow box with cream CS and mint green pp whose edges are distressed with momento rich cocoa are added on the outer frame. A square frame is cut from pattern paper which has music notes, is added as inner panel and to it added a heart diecut from same pp, is with stamped florishes and its edges too sponged with rich cocoa.

All the flowers are handmade. Florishes, roses, mum, are diecut from various dies  and distressed and dry embossed to make these. To add bit interest to the CLD tropical flourish, added a single petal flower with stryofoam ball centres. Big roses are made from Gardenia strips and small roses bunch are made from Memory box fancy blossoms and of course, single petal flowers too. Big bloom is from CLD sunflower die. Leaves are from olive branches.

Sentiment too is stamped on music note pp diecut, which i hope goes well with the sentiment saying :)
A small CLD butterfly and few pearls, rhinestones are added as final touch.

Hope you all like it...Your comments and visits are much appreciated.

Supplies:

PP - Handmade memories 12/12 stack, Papermania Christmas tidings
Dies - CLD sunflower die, CLD gardenia die, CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, Memory box fancy blossoms, Itsy Bitsy Heart Thinlits and Venetian Label frame.
Sentiment - Fiskars
Dye - Momento rich cocoa, Archival black ink

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs - Diecut flowers ( used CLD sunflower die (big bloom), CLD gardenia die (big roses), Memory box fancy blossoms (small roses and single petal flowers)
(CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, )   (W I N N E R)

PPS- All about Love

IBS blog hop - flowers

Lulupu -Try something new (Vintage Style and Shadow box card technique is new to me )

BGC - Love is in air

Valentine Card

A valentine card for the valentine month. Just 4 days away for my Wedding Anniversary and so this quick card with roses again :)

Made an easel card with roses and fluorishes. The card front has a pale pink pp whose edges are distressed and on it matted another red digi freebie. The lattice is made from tessatina border die and its added to the circle die and made as a focal point.

Cheery lynn gardenia strip die is used to make roses and tropical florishes diecuts are added in different tones. Red florish diecut and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV Mariposa collection.

MS double arches border punch is used to create a lace with the same pink pp from Zephyr paper pad and added just below the focal lattice.

Sentiment is stamped on the venetian label diecut and placed on a pp from Simple stories paperpad and this acts as a stopper showcasing the roses on card front :) Few pearls for final touch.

Hope you like it !!

Supplies :

Patterned papers  - Zephyr, Simple stories
Gardenia strip die, Florish die - Cherrylynn Desings
Stamp - IBS Trendy circles
Lattice - Tessatina border die
MS doucble arches loop punch, pearls, White CS,Red bug momento ink

Challenges entered

Cheerylynn Desings - Add a fluorish (Used Gardenia strip die, Tropical florish die)
Color conceptions -  Trendy chevrons, Triangles (inspired by colors and symmetrical patterns)
Kraftzone - Valentine connection (Easel card with pink, red, white)
Lulupu  - Oh so lovely (used red digi pp (card front), pink pp from Zephyr paper pad, red pp from Simple stories (pp below sentiment), for red florish and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV mariposa matsack)
IBS feb customer gallery (used trendy circles stamp set)
Crafty boots - Bingo ("Pink -stamp- diecut" "Embossing-Heart-Diecut )
Divas by designs - Diecuts
ABC challenge - E for embellish ( diecuts, punches, flowers, butterfly, florishes)

Thank You!!

Been in MIA for more than a month and just came to bid farewell to the year 2013 and to welcome 2014 :) Though am not into crafting, really enjoying time with my little son as he is in winter vacation now. And of course learning baking. Tried Cakes, Dessert mousse and traditional recipes too :)

And to my card now :)

A big Thanks to all visitors, bloggers pals who made your visit here and commented. And this card is for you  all dearies.

Card front made with the Spellbinders Timeless rectangle die from a White CS, whose edges are distressed using wildhoney DI. And on it matted with pp from Zephyr which has mild scripts and few ladybugs here and there. Floral spray is made with dual tone Mulberry flowers, roses, cherry flowers and few fillers and cherrylynn olive leaves.

A closer view:

MS monarch butterfly is distressed with same DI and added below the sentiment. Few pearls and rhinestones as final touch.

Wishing all readers, blogger pals a very very happy, wonderful and a creative New Year 2014. May all your days ahead be so beautiful!!!


Challenges Entered:

CLD- Thank You (used CLD olive leaves)
IBS - December customer gallery  (used small labels stamp set)
Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Shabby Chic Card

Wanted to share a card which i made today and its an inspiration from pinterest.

Straight away to card :)

Am super happy by the way the flowers turned out in the card. Pink purpley Chrysanthemum kind and small roses are handmade by me using the sunflower and Fancy petals flower dies.

Card front, squares are digi pp freebies. Scratched their edges with scissors and distressed with Rich cocoa momento. Squares are made using the Cuttlebug square dies. The chrysanthemum diecuts edges are distressed using victorian velvet and spun sugar and the flourish are cut from pp and distressed using shabby shutters. Roses are made distressing with spun sugar distress ink and  assembled using glossy accent.

Inner central scalloped oval is diecut from a digi pp and distressed using rich cocoa. The flowers , flourish, are arranged on it making it a focal point and Sentiment is stamped using Rangers black archival ink.

White pearls, butterfly, rhinestones are added as a final touch to the card along with the diecut butterfly which is distressed using tumbled glass and Danube blue momento inks.

Hope you like it!!!

Supplies:

White cardstock,Baby pink CS, embossing tools - Sudha
Glossy accent, Sunflower die, Shabby shutter distress ink - Crafters corner
Fancy flourish and IO butterfly die - Colorconception Craftshop
Fancy petals - Diecuts and more
Scalloped oval Conture die,Cuttlebug Square dies - Itsy bitsy,
Victorian velvet, spun sugar - Flourishes
Pattern Papers - Digital freebies

Challenges entered:
Cheerlynn Designs- Use diecut flowers (cherrylynn Sunflower die used along with Dienamics fancy petals die)
Lulupu - Fancy me (Layering, Distressing and Shabby chic style are recent fancy ones to me)
DCAM - Shabby is chic (Made it toTop 3)
Itsy Bitsy - P challenge ( pattern papers,pearls,pink)
Crafters corner - 321 ( 3 embellies - pearls, rhinestones, butterfly,brad, flowers; 3 digi pps; 1 sentiment)
(Made it to Top3)
Color conception - Distress inks (flowers (spun sugar, victoran velvet), butterfly (tumbled glass)are distressed)
Inspired by Stamping - September Customer Gallery (Sentiment used from small fancy labels 18)
Vintage stamp collection - Anything from garden (used flowers, butterfly)