Butterflies' Birthday Wish

Hi Friends!

Am here today with a simple birthday card with a bit of Watercolor play with Brusho.

It's been a long time since I played with it!

• Took watercolor cardstock and sprayed water with a mister.
• Added the Lime green Brusho pigment. One of my favorite of all for the pigments it holds : Green, Yellow and a dash of blue.
• Heat set when the pigments moved and formed a desired look,
• Using TCW 'Art is' stencil, stenciled over the colored area with Prima's Platinum crackle paste.
• Being a thin font style, the crackles aren't that prominent. Nevertheless I love the metallic sheen of the platinum paste.
• Stamped the sentiment from Inspired By Stamping 'Wishing you' using memento black ink onto the focal panel.
• Using Ranger White EP , heat embossed the butterflies from Stamplorations Trendy Butterflies2  onto Vellum.
• Fussy cut those butterflies and added to the focal panel.
• This panel is trimmed and mounted onto a baby blue top fold 4x6" card base.
• Few clear dew droplets added as final touch.

Hope you like it!

Happy Crafting!

Linking this to following challenges:

Simon says Wednesday challenge: Happy Birthday

CAS Stencil : May challenge (Used Lime green Brusho for coloring the panel and Used TCW Stencil over it)

Stamplorations Things with Wings (Used Stamplorations Trendy butterlies 2 stampset)

Stamplorations May Mixedmedia Challenge (Used TCW Art is stencil)

Stamplorations Never ending challenge (Used Stamplorations Trendy butterlies 2 stampset)

Color Trio challenge (Green Yellow Blue on Bg)

Simon says Monday Challenge: Metallic (Used Platinum crackle paste for stenciling)

AAA Birthday Anything goes

Take it Make it Challenge: Anything Stamping goes

A2Z scrapbooking challenge May flowers

 

Love you card!

Hi Friends,

Made a quick birthday card using Hydrangea Lawns paper pad.

This gorgeous paper pad has loads of beautiful prints and culdn't resist myself using it.

• Just matted the designer papers on top on Cream colored A2 sized top folding card.
• Added the Stamperia diecut chipboards which perfectly matches with this paper pad.
• Took some mini roses which matches my paper pad and turned it into a cute little bouquet with burlap bow, which ends are frayed for artistic touches.
• Few mini butterflies and few clear droplets are added as accents.
• TimHoltz sentiment sticker to top the diecut chipboard.

Supplies:

Craftercorner Hydrangea Lawn paper pad

Stamperia diecut chipboard

Adornos mini roses

Letz craft cream colored A2 size cardbase

Timholtz sentiment stickers

clear droplets

Mixed media Layout with Textured Background

Hi Friends,

Am sharing a Mixed media Layout as my Debut post on Pretty Paper Studio blog today.

Have shared a picture tutorial of building up the Layout bg with textures.

Head over to the blog to see the process.

Sharing here a sneak peek for you all.

Linking this to following challenges:

Morethanwords : Used woodgrain designer paper. Adventure, Explore are interpreted for Outdoors.

Mixedmedia place: Earthy tones, textures, floral bushes are taken as inspiration

Stamplorations November MM challenge: (Timholtz Burlap stencil used)

Mudra DT inspiration : Butterfly Kisses & Birthday Wishes.

Hi Friends!!

Am at Mudra blog today...with 2 cards for current challenge theme. Head over to the blog to have a look.

Hope you like the card...

MHK Challenge and Birthday Bloghop :)

Hello, and welcome to our SURPRISE Birthday Beach Blog Hop for the lovely Asha!  You should have arrived here from Rocky's blog.  If not, start at the MHKDesigns blog to complete the hop for more chances to WIN!  We are celebrating a very special lady today, and we're doing so by creating birthday cards to wish her many happy returns!

"Very Happy Birthday Asha Martins"

• The cardbase is distressed using Mustard seed DI
• Its matted with Beautifully brocade designer paper.
• The florals and blooms are from Blossoming Digital set
• The florals are printed, colored using color pencils and sentiment is distressed using Mustard seed DI
• Mini butterflies are from Butterfly wisdom set.
• All are assembled as shown. 

Thank you so much for joining in our hop to say "Happy Birthday" to a dear friend!  Your next stop on the hop is  Shawna's blog!  

Hop on to have fun :)

HopList:

MHKDesigns Blog

Asha Martins 

Bernie Cuttino (Guest)

Donna Thielker

Jerrie Mead

Jessica Kaiser

Judith Smith (Guest)

Judy VanZandt

Julie Odil (Guest)

Lilian Forsyth

Michele Henderson

Mynn Kitchen

NanaConnie

Rocky Crafter

Sathya Sankaran  --- You are here -----

Shawna Standish

Andrea Whisman (Guest, TT)

Bridget Collins (Guest, TT)

CraftyGirl (Guest, TT)

Davi Reid (Guest, TT)

Debi Brile (Guest, TT)

Emily Lauritzen (Guest, TT)

Jacqueline Meuller (Guest, TT)

Rachelle Olaridge (Guest, TT)

Sarah Marney (Guest, TT)

Tracey Mowbray (Guest, TT)

Tuesday Throwdown

Butterfly Wisdom | MHKDesigns

Beautifully Brocade Papers | MHKDesigns

Blossoming | MHKDesigns

Dream Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Friends!

Today i have a Mixed media canvas, which is a Guest Design post at Lulupu - Craft Lounge .

Here's a look at my MM canvas. Oh yeah...Tutorial too :)

Took 9.5 by 11.5 inches primed flat canvas.

Took Dylusions Lemon zest in a palette and Peeled paint Distress stain dabbed in craftmat. Using separate wet wipes swipped these mists from top to bottom of canvas. This gives a neat coverage.

Then took a 5”x7 “ white cs and used Sizzix- TimHoltz mixmedia thinlits dies to diecut it diagonally.

Used Wendy Veicchi Embossing paste (translucent) and TimHoltz  Honeycomb stencil in the diagonal portion of cs. It gives such lovely sheen after drying.

When the paste is still wet, sprinkled generously Prima- Finnabair Mini artstones on it. Leave it to dry as such.

After drying, smooshed the versafine pad directly on the diecut areas and heat embossed it using Ranger Silver Embossing powder. Then mist the cs with LSG spray – Azure sea asters and sponged the edges with frayed burlap distress ink. And then it was matted with a pp, whose edges are distressed with Rich cocoa momento ink.

Using Sizzix –Pete Hughes, Magical butterfly die, diecut the butterfly from a white cs. Colored using Metallic Gelatos and heat embossed twice using Ranger’s UTEE clear. Prima junkyard metal zipper – Inspire, is smooshed with Picket fence stain is added as Butterfly body using foam adhesive.

A resin piece randomly colored using Prima Art alchemy paint– Steampunk copper is added on the matted cardstock with  ivory sisal at centre. Butterfly is then topped on it.

Few handmade florals are made using Sizzix- TH Tattered florals – diecut from pp, sponged with Shell pink, edges sponged with frayed burlap Distress ink, shaped and used pink rhinestones for centres.  Sizzix – TH Elegant flourishes die is used to diecut from a white cs, sponged slightly with frayed burlap DI. 

Leaves are from Sizzix Garden greens, diecut from pp, stamped with Bobunny script stamp randomly using Archival ink -sepia, sponged with Frayed burlap DI on edges.

TimHoltz word band is added to cs using natural hemp twine. Flowers, flourishes , leaves are arranged as per pic with few crocheted ribbon and white tulle. Stamped Kaisercraft stamp on a ivory cs and sponged with peeled paint DI and Archival sepia ink, added using foam adhesive.  Negative of leaf diecut is used to stencil at canvas corners using peeled paint ink. Same ink splatters finally on the canvas. Edges of the canvas is smooshed with vintage photo Distress stain for that final framed look. 

Hope you liked the stepwise instruction for the simple Layered MM canvas .

Linking this to

Stamplorations Mixed media April challenge - Used TH honey comb stencil, Negative diecut of Sizzix garden greens is used as leaf stencil here.

Anything but cute challenge -April - Earth day-  Inspired by flowery meadows, blues, butterfly

Ranganjali Challenge - Embossing (Butterfly is Heat embossed, The front panel diecut diagonally heat embossed)

Craft stamper - Make it Take it challenge - Flowers are handmade using Sizzix tattered florals, Kaisercraft Sentiments are stamped using Archival sepia ink.

You're Special!!!

This fortnight's DT inspiration for Cardabilities blog. Blogging for the first time from Chennai..Oh yeah...Enjoying winter vacation now here with such heavy downpour :)

Sketch#113 is

Hope you like my attempt on the inspiration. Play along the challenge and visit Cardabilities to see fellow DTs inspirations.

About the card:

PP is distressed at the edges and matted against the White CS. Another PP is used  as frame diecut, and on it arranged a simple floral cluster with the baby pink roses, pale blue rose and a simple florish.

Tifany border strip is diecut from a light blue pp and matted on the frame under the floral cluster.
A large IO butterfly die is added near the floral cluster to add an extra interest.

Few pearls as accents. and IBS sentiment added on a banner.

Supplies:
Base PP, Tiffany border strip PP - Zephyr paper pad
Frame diecut PP - Docrafts Paperpad
Dies - IO butterfly, CLD gardenia strip, MFT florish, Joycrafts frame die
DI - Spun sugar, Tumbled glass

Challenges:

IBS - customer gallery (used just because stampset)

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 Thank You card :)

Yet another post and of course a last one before my India trip on 24th June :)

In my last India trip, carried few craft supplies and it was lying almost 1 month unused. Atlast now find some time to use those.

Stenciling is done with TH honeycomb stencil using Texture paste and by masking a central portion of the card using a scallopped oval diecut, misted the card with Heidi Swapp Georgia peach shimmer mist.

MFT fluorishes are added and Flowers are made from CLD Gardenia strips by misting, distressing with various distress inks - Tumbled glass, Fired brick, Dusty concord and those CLD ivy fluorish leaves are distressed at edges by Crushed olive distress ink.

And a butterfly is stamped on White CS, colored using distress inks - Mustard seed and Wild honey and fussy cut and added near floral spray.

Used Gauze on adhesive side of masking tape and  sponged it with Distress ink Victorian velvet. A sentiment is stamped, then diecut it using Spellbinder Ribbon Banner die and added to the card. Misted stenciled cs are used as banners at right top of cards and few pearls are added as final touch.

Hope you like the card!!

Supplies:
White CS 
Inks - Dusty concord, Tumbled glass, Fired Brick, Wild honey, Mustard seed, crushed olive, victorian velvet, Rangers Archival Black
Dies - Spellbinder ribbon banner die, MFT florish die, CLD gardenia strip, CLD ivy florish die
Stamp - Stampendous Butterfly, IBS - Small label frame sentiment
Stencil - TH honey comb
Mist - Heidi Swapp Georgia peach shimmer spray

Challenges :
Lulupu - Inspired by Lulupu logo    (used colors from palette given and banners are used )

BGC - Stamping in fabric and misting (misted with Heidi swapp georgia peach spray on bg and stamped sentiment on diecut gauze)

IBS June customer gallery - (used sentiment from Small label frame)

Imaginations - Anything goes with DIs (Dusty concord, Tumbled glass, Fired Brick, Wild honey, Mustard seed, crushed olive, victorian velvet)

Curtain call challenges -Sweet pea theme (inspired by colors)