Post 395: Inspiration for Craft Stamper Magazine's Take it Make it Challenge-February

Hi friends !!

I'd like to share a Mixed Media Card I made as inspiration for Craft Stamper Magazine's Take it Make it Challenge for February. This time, the beautiful prizes are sponsored by Darkroom Door. Please do participate in the challenge for a chance at prizes, a Guest Design Spot and an opportunity to be published in the magazine!! All the rules are mentioned on the blog and we can't wait to see your wonderful creations :) 

Here are a few photos of the card:

Process: 

First, I stamped the coffee image onto the watercolor paper panel and then did watercoloring with  zig clean color real brush markers, inktense pencils and a waterbrush. Then added a few highlights and shading with prisma color pencils. To add more interest & texture to the background, I added white gesso through a stencil in a few different areas.  Then stamped on a border and darkened the edges of the panel with black soot distress ink. Added the sentiment which is a die cut. (It was layered white on black and adhered slightly off-set to get a shadowed look). Finally matted the panel with black cardstock and foam mounted it on a white cardbase, 5 by 7 inches in size.

Supplies:

Stamper's Anonymous Cling Mounted Tim Holtz Stamp- Fresh Brewed Blueprint

Ranger's Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Cling Stamp- Inbetweenies

Tim Holtz Stencil- Dots Fade 

Winnie & Walter: In a Word- Cheers Cutaway

Prima's Heavy White Gesso 

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad 

Prisma Color Pencils

Inktense pencils

Canson Watercolor Paper 

Water Brush

Black Soot Distress Inkpad 

Mini Ink Blending tool and foams 

White and black cardstock

3d foam tape 

Please remember to play along with our beautiful challenge, all the details are HERE 

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Grid Challenge with Keren (white grid pattern on the stencilled design- dots fade)
Four Challenge with Shay (4 mediums used- gesso, pencils, watercolors & inks)
Watercolor with a Twist Challenge with Heather (used prismacolor pencils and inktense pencils in addition to zig clean color real brush markers)
Repetitive Stamping Challenge with Crystal (repeatedly stamped the alphas in the background to add interest and also created the border by repeatedly stamping the zig zag design around the main panel)

Thanks for your precious time!

Stay Blessed.

Preeti 

Post 384: Mixed Media Card- Celebrate

Hi friends!

I'd like to share a Mixed Media Card today. I wanted to keep it flat with minimal embellishments so it could be mailed easily. This was part of my DT work for Peekaboo Designs, all the details are here. Essentially, I created the background with washi tapes and Lindy's sprays & magicals and then did some stamping, stenciling and added die cuts. I created splatter with ink and white gesso for added interest. The panel was matted with black and then foam mounted on the white cardbase. 

List of Supplies:

Prima's Heavy White Gesso
Prima's Matte Gel
PABD stamps- Blotchy
PABD dies- Scallop Rectangle, Celebrate
PABD washi tapes- Vintage Post
PABD stencil- Quarterfoil
Distress Oxide Inkpad- Broken China

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Potting Soil
Distress Inkpad- Black Soot
Lindy's Shimmer Spray- Tibetan Poppy Teal and Lindys Magicals- Cowabunga Copper from the Totally 80s Shimmer Magicals Set , Magical Mai Tai & South Shore Sand from the Hawaiian Islands Flat Magicals 
Canson Watercolor Paper
White and black cardstock

Here are some photos of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Lindy's January Challenge (was inspired by the colors from the moodboard) 

Country View Challenges Jan 2018- Anything Goes
SSS Wednesday Challenge- Something New (used new supplies)
PCM Jan Challenge- New (New year celebration)

Mixed Media Place Dec Challenge (was inspired by the browns in the moodboard)

Frilly & Funky Challenge Blog- 3 is not a crowd

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your comments.

Stay Blessed!

Post 357: Warm Wishes Card

Hi friends !

I'd like to share a winter themed card today. I did stenciling on the cardbase with a snowflake design stencil using blue and grey inks. Then softened the look by lightly ink blending vintage photo distress oxide on the card base. For the die cut panel, I stamped the tea cup in brown & hearts in dark grey, then did ink blending around the edges of the die cut. The panel was then foam mounted on the card base & a natural jute twine was added in the end. 

List of Supplies:

Winnie & Walter Stamp- Warm Wishes to You
Winnie & Walter Essentials- Lana Cutaways
Snowflake stencil
Distress Oxide Inkpads- Vintage Photo, Peacock Feathers & Broken China
Altenew Crisp Dye Mini Inkpads- Silver Stone, Industrial Diamond
Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Cube- Doe
Ranger's round blending tool & foams
Jute twine
3d foam tape

Here are a couple of photos of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

2017 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 

Winnie & Walter's November Color Combo with Heather H.

Winnie & Walter's Rerun No. 26- Challenge (I was inspired by Heather's Cards - to use stencil on the background, add twine & the card designs)

Thanks for your time :)
Love reading your sweet comments.
Stay Blessed. 

Post 236: Mixed Media Layout- Delight in the Little Things

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a Mixed Media Layout titled "Delight in the Little Things" today. The picture is of a cup of hot coffee with biscotti :) how yummy is that? so I thought I would make a layout about it, I'm a huge foodie and enjoy indulging in many tasty delights, almond biscotti is one of my favorites, what about you? I've done watercoloring with sprays here and added gold acrylic for highlighting. The chipboards were heat embossed to give a shiny look. Background stamping and stenciling was done to create interest. Layers and textures have been added using die cuts, chipboards and threads. Ink splatter was created at the end.

Here are a few closeup photos of the layout:

Here is a full photo of the layout:

List of Supplies:

Stamplorations Stamp- Fond Expressions 2

Mudra Mini Stamps- Washi Tape and Old Script

Prima Finnabair Mini Stamp- Checkered

Tim Holtz Stencil- Dot Fade

Sizzix Thinlits Die- Gearhead and Alphanumeric

Papericious Sprays- Ocean Blue, Deep Teal, Bamboo, French Roast

Papericious Acrylic Paint- Gold and Black

Papericious Chipboards- gears and criss-cross
Papericious Black Jute Cord

Ranger's Archival Inkpad- Jet Black

Brads

Blue Sequins

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

White and Black Cardstock 270 gsm

Wow Embossing Powder- Blue Lagoon
Ranger's Distress Inkpads - Black Soot, vintage photo
Blending tool and foams

I am submitting the layout to the following:

DT call at ScrapsnPieces

Papericious Monthly Challenge- Tic Tac Toe (chosen the top line- chipboard+sequins+diecuts)

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Food/Drink  (coffee and biscotti)

Mixed Media Place- July Challenge (was inspired by the blues and browns)

Pixie's Snippets Playground Weeks 291-292 (used snippets of black cardstock for the die cut gears and snippets of watercolor paper for the stamped layers around the photo)

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your precious comments

Stay Blessed!

Post 213: CAS One Layer Card: Snarky Love

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a Clean and Simple One Layer Card today. This is a standard A2 size top folding card. This is a snarky love card :) the first one I've made. The sentiment is quite fun I think, it reads, "I love you more than Coffee. (but please don't make me prove it)". I've kept the color palette bright, happy and summery with the yellows and oranges.

I sponged 2 distress oxide inks through a splatter design stencil and created the yellowish-orangish blobs of colors. Then stamped the sentiments in brown archival ink. I thought of stamping the snarky sentiment on the bottom right to look as a post script :)

List of Supplies:

Reverse Confetti Stamp- For the Love of Latte
Distress Oxide Inkpads- Fossilized Amber and Spiced Marmalade
Ranger's round blending tool and foam
Ranger's Archival Ink- Potting Soil
Craftyscrappers Stencil- Color Splash
White Cardstock 250 gsm

Here are a couple of photographs of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2017

AAA cards challenge #93- Words Take Centre Stage

TIME OUT challenge #86- Celebration OLC (Celebrating love with a little laugh and a snarky olc)
SSS Monday Challenge- Stencil It
SSS Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes
SoSS #87- A for Arty (Used arty color splashes here)


Thanks for your time :)
Love reading your precious comments.
Stay Blessed.

Post 210: CAS Card- Latte Love

Hi friends :)

Today, I spent a few hours cardmaking and it was so much fun! I didn't even get enough sleep after watching movies till very late but as soon as I woke up I felt the need to do some water coloring. It is so so much fun! I'm only a novice but I enjoy it tremendously :)

I'd like to share a Clean and Simple Card. This is a side folding 5 by 7 card. This is a summer themed project depicted by the warm yellow and orange colors I used around the coffee mug.

The procedure was simple enough. The panel is a wonky stitched rectangle die cut of watercolor paper. Stamped the images on it. Then did watercoloring and then adhered the clustered heart die cut (added 3 watercolored hearts in the negative space for added interest.) to the panel. Finally, adhered the card panel to the card base. The sentiment reads, "Sending a whole latte love your way mom"

List of Supplies:

Stamplorations Stamp- Latte Love (Shery Russ Designs)
Cutplorations Die- Clustered Hearts
Cutplorations Die- Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Die
Lawn Fawn Stamp- Best Pun Ever (sentiment-mom)
Canson Watercolor Paper
Iris White Cardstock 250 gsm
Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Aqua Brush
Snippets of red cardstock
Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad

Here are a couple of photographs of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2017


Cutplorations June Challenge (I was inspired by the red and white in the photo)

Stamplorations June CAS Challenge 

Stamplorations Theme & Sketch Challenge (I went with the theme of family)

Stamplorations Anything Goes

Stamplorations Spotlight Showcase (I was inspired by Shirley's projects to include the negatives in the die cuts for added interest)

HLS June Watercoloring challenge

HLS June Anything Goes with Dies

CASe this sketch #227

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
D2BA June Challenge- Summer

Thanks for your time!
Love reading your precious comments :)
Stay Blessed. 

Post 132: CAS Coffee Card 1

Hi friends!!

So the big event is finally here and I'm late to the party :( I was sooo looking forward to the spring coffee lovers hop, having bought new tea/coffee stamps and all ready to get inky but then I've been feeling exhausted since Friday, so basically slept through most of the weekend in addition to completing pending work and sneaking in 1 card making session today. But I'm happy to finally get the ball rolling and here I'd like to share my first clean and simple coffee card for this wonderful hop. Please do check it out! There are loads of prizes to be won, hundreds of entries to be inspired from and tons of cool sponsors. All the details are HERE. 

Synopsis of the Process:

The process of making this is pretty straight forward. This is a side folding standard A2 size birthday card. I used 250 gsm kraft cardstock to create the card base. The fancy border on the front of the card was created with a Martha Stewart Border punch. Then, I stamped the coffee mug and sentiment from the Stamplorations- Latte Love stamp set in Ranger's archival jet black ink. Added 3 hand drawn flowers with a fine point sharpie. Then lightly colored and did some shading with Derwent colored pencils. To add some interest, the small solid heart stamp was stamped from the Lawn Fawn- Best Pun Ever Stamp set in Hero Arts Unicorn pigment ink and outlined with Uniball Signo white gel pen. 

Supplies Used:

1. Kraft cardstock 250 gsm
2. Stamplorations Stamp- Latte Love
3. Lawn Fawn Stamp- Best Pun Ever
4. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Inkpad
5. Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Inkpad
6. Derwent Colored Pencils
7. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
8. Fine Point Sharpie Marker
9. Martha Stewart punch

Here are a couple of pictures of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

Paper Sweeties March Challenge (I was inspired by the coffee theme and also the white and brown color combo) 

CFC 170- No Dies Allowed

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #400 (Was inspired by the CIC #319- Coffee & Cupcakes and have included a coffee glass along with a coffee reference "latte" in the birthday sentiment

PS: I'm also excited to share that I am having a small crafty giveaway which is open to anyone worldwide (international folks are most welcome). All the details can be found here -- I'd be super thrilled and honored if you play along :) the prize is a 25 USD gift certificate to any store you like. It is open till the end of march and you can do as many or as few steps as you like. 

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

Post 121: Coffee Card (Irish Blessings)

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a Coffee Card today and since it is St. Patrick's Day, here is wishing my Irish friends a very Happy St. Patrick's Day :)

This is a 5 by 7 inches side folding card. Three colors have been used on this card, besides the neutrals; rust, green and brown. I used a rust colored pattern paper from the DCWV Autumn Melody Adhesive Cardstock stack as the mat, the edges of this were distressed with a Tim Holtz Distress Tool. Then I took the coffee beans pattern paper from the DCWV Snack Stack and trimmed it down slightly smaller than the mat and distressed it's edges. The Verve stamps Lucky Day Digi Stamp has been used here. The coffee mugs were fussy cut and colored with zig markers. The sentiment was die cut with the stitched scalloped oval die set by Gina Marie Designs. Then ink blending was done on it with two distress inks- cracked pistachio and twisted citron. Some white dots were added to this die cut with a white gel pen. Then some steam cut outs were hand drawn and fussy cut. A pennant/banner was cut out of the green paper from the DCWV Autumn Melody Adhesive Cardstock stack. All these elements were arranged on the card panel following the DCWV sketch. Tissue tape was used to adhere the mat and panel to the card base. In the end 2 enamel dots were added to accent the sentiment. 

List of Supplies:

1. DCWV Snack Stack

2. DCWV Autumn Melody Adhesive Cardstock stack

3. Verve stamps- Lucky Day Digi stamp 

4. Gina Marie Designs Stitched Scalloped Ovals Die Set

5. Tissue Tape

6. Tombow Mono Multi Glue

7. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

8. Enamel dots

9. Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- cracked pistachio and twisted citron

7. Iris Cardstock 250 gsm

9. Scissors

10. Ranger's round blending tool and foams

11. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers 

12. Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Here are a few pictures of the card :--

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Verve Stamps Blog- Lucky Day Linky

DCWV Stackaholic Challenge-March

PCM Challenges- March (3 colors have been used here besides the neutrals- rust, brown and green)


ICR- March (Coaste Ride)- Masculine Theme

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper March 2017 Challenge

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #274-275

Spring Festival Surprise Challenge with Jessica (threes) - (There are 3 colors on this card besides the neutrals: rust, brown and green, also there are 3 lil cut outs emanating from each coffee mug symbolizing steam)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Bit O' Green

Paper Sweeties March Challenge (I was inspired by the coffee theme and also the green color) 

PS: I'm also excited to share that I am having a small crafty giveaway which is open to anyone worldwide (international folks are most welcome). All the details can be found here -- I'd be super thrilled and honored if you play along :) the prize is a 25 USD gift certificate to any store you like. It is open till the end of march and you can do as many or as few steps as you like. 

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.