Post 474: Six Simple Mixed Media Cards (for AB Studio)

Hi friends :)
Hope you are having a relaxing Sunday.

Today, I'd like to share A Set of Six Simple Mixed Media Cards I made as part of my DT work for AB Studio, Agabaraniak.com. I used AB Studio's beautiful new stencils here. To check out the online store, please click HERE. They have gorgeous papers, stencils, rubber stamps etc with worldwide shipping. 

Supplies Used: 

AB Studio's Stencil 82, Stencil 75, Stencil 91, Stencil 114, Stencil 100, Stencil 93

Finnabair's Heavy White & Black Gesso, Modelling Paste

Lindy's Gang Sprays- Hydrangea Blue, Autumn Maple Crimson, Bougainvillea Fuchsia

Washi Tapes

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inkpads

Canson Watercolor paper 

Here are some photos of the cards:

Card 1: Grateful

Card 2: Heart

Card 3: Lucky 

Card 4: Good

Card 5: Appreciate

Card 6: Charming

Thanks a lot for your precious time :) 

Stay Blessed!

Post 354: Floral Card- Sending Hugs

Hi folks!

I'd like to share a Floral Card today. I like making cards which have neutral sentiments like "sending hugs" or "thinking of you" since they can be used for many occasions. How about you? 

For this floral card, I blended pink distress oxides onto the edges of the scalloped rectangle die cut (watercolor paper) and then sponged on the picked raspberry distress ink through the Icraft floral stencil. Then stamped on the pretty flower from a Designs by Ryn stamp and sentiment from a HLS stamp and did watercoloring on the flower. The cardbase was stamped with a background script stamp in light grey ink. Finally, the panel was foam mounted on the cardbase. 

List of Supplies:

Designs by Ryn Stamp- Flowers (flower)

Happy Little Stampers Stamp- Doodled Flowers (sentiment)

Icraft floral stencil

Hero Arts Background Cling Stamp- Thanks Script (background)

Winnie & Walter Essentials- Audrey Cutaways

Distress Inkpad- Picked Raspberry

Distress Oxide Inkpads- Picked Raspberry & Worn Lipstick

Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad

Archival Inkpad- Shadow Grey

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Canson Watercolor Paper

White Cardstock

Ranger's round blending tool and foams

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Designs by Ryn Customer Creation Challenge- December

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your sweet comments

Stay Blessed!

Post 281: CAS Card- You are Terrific (OLC)

Hi folks!

I'd like to share a Clean & Simple, One Layer Card today. This was featured in my GD post for stencils, all the details can be found here. This is a 5 by 7 inches card. For this CAS Encouragement Card, I stamped the background with the Hero Arts Cling Stamp- Thank You Definition Background using peacock feathers distress ink and then sponged on black soot distress ink through the stencil, then mixed some silver glitter with Prima’s Modelling paste and applied this glittery paste through one of the dress designs of the stencil. The sentiment "You are Terrific" was stamped multiple times using Versafine onyx black ink from the Casual Fridays- Casual Elegance Stamp Set. To finish the card, a blue strip was created by masking and a few black gems were added.

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

A Blog Named Hero Challenge

Addicted to stamps- stamp a background

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your comments 

Stay Blessed. 

Post 229: Floral Birthday Card

Hi folks!

How've you been? I haven't been feeling too good lately, I think it may be the flu. So have less energy to sit and create. Hopefully, it will get better in a couple of days. For now, I'd like to share a floral birthday card I made a couple of days back but wasn't able to blog about. This is a standard A2 sized top folding card. This card was my way of salvaging a card panel that I wasn't entirely happy with. I started out thinking it will be a CAS card but as the stamping progressed, I wasn't happy with the design, so I decided to stamp all over the panel and create a flowery themed card instead. I used a mix of blue and green Ranger inkpads I had (sorry don't remember which ones I used exactly), colored in with some pencil colors and in the end added a few details with a couple of zig markers. Added a few watercolored and die cut butterflies as well. The sentiment is stamped on a tag that's been watercolored and tied with some twine. 

List of Supplies:

Winnie & Walter Essentials: Audrey Cutaways

Winnie & Walter Essentials: Lana Cutaways

Winnie & Walter Stamp: Eva's Favorite Flowers

Hero Arts Stamp & Cut- Birthday 

Canson Watercolor Paper

Derwent Pencil Colors

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

Ranger's Archival Inkpads and Dye Inkpads

Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad

Aqua Brush

Twine

Tombow Mono Multi Glue 

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. Winnie & Walter- July Color Combo with Heather H

2. A Blog Named Hero Florals with W & W

3. Butterfly Challenge #82- M (butterflies + pairs of stamped floral images)

4. SSS Monday Challenge- Get in shape (used 3d butterflies here)

5. PCM July Challenge- Birthday 

Thanks for your time!

Love reading your sweet comments :)

Stay Blessed. 

Post 218: Floral Thanks Card

Hi friends :)

Hope you are having a good start to the weekend. I have spent most of my time crafting for the past couple of days. My desk and shelves have become messy because of all the projects. I will have to take the time to clear everything and sort through things so everything is better organized. A clean space helps me feel uncluttered and motivated to create. But I must admit, the cleaning and organizing part is difficult, time consuming and soo tiring! (therefore, I avoid it as long as possible). Ah well, you gotta do what you gotta do, eh? Also, I have a small crafty giveaway running through the month of July with 2 prizes on offer. Its open world-wide. In case, you are interested, all the details are here. 

Today, I'd like to share a Clean and Simple Floral card. This is a side folding 5 by 7 inch card. I stamped the script background on the oval panel (watercolor paper) with yellow archival ink with a Hero Arts stamp and then stamped some butterflies. (I wanted the tone on tone look with a bit of interest with respect to the scripty background.) Then I created a yellow water color wash using an aqua brush and zig markers. Then stamped the floral images from a Winnie & Walter stamp set. The sentiment is stamped on labels which were water colored in hues of pink and blue. Finished off the card with a few blue crystals. 

List of Supplies:

Hero Arts Wood Mounted Stamp- Artistic Butterflies 

Hero Arts Wood Mounted Stamp- (Background french script)

Hero Arts Clear Stamp- Month August (Sentiment)

Winnie & Walter Stamp-In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya (flowers) 

Ranger's Archival Inkpads- Magenta Hue, Manganese Blue and Chrome Yellow 

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Aqua Brush

Canson Watercolor Paper

Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Rectangle Die (label)

DCAM Double Stitched Oval Die 

Iris white and blue cardstock 250 gsm 

Blue crystals

Tombow Mono Multi Glue 

                                               Here are a couple of photographs of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. W & W June Color Challenge with Heather H. 

2. A Blog Named Hero- June Challenge (Floral)

3. SSS Wednesday Challenge- Summer Sunshine (Sunshine depicted by the yellow hues and background)

4. Word Art Wednesday #290-291 (1st entry here)

5. CAS on friday #111- flowers 

Thanks for your time!

Love reading your precious comments :)

Stay Blessed. 

Post 150: Plaid Christmas Card

Hi Folks :)

How are you doing? I hope all is well with you and the weather is pleasant in your part of the world. It is scorching hot summer time here which is not my favorite season. Hoping the showers come soon and offer up some respite. 

Onto the card, I'd like to share a Clean and Simple Christmas A2 size card today. I wanted to go for the organic-water colored look so the plaid pattern and the blue watercoloring on the wreath are in keeping with that look. I've used red tinsel embossing powder here, so its quite shiny and sparkly which doesn't show up on the pictures.

Synopsis of the Process:

Embossed the images and sentiment on the die cut rectangle card panel with red tinsel embossing powder. Then did some loose water coloring on the wreath with an aqua brush and a blue zig marker. Adhered clear sequins to the card panel with glossy accents. Then prepared the card base by creating an organic plaid pattern using zig markers and an aqua brush. In the end adhered the card panel to the card base in a titled way for added interest. 

List of Supplies:

1. Hero Arts- Lia Griffiths- Happy Merry Messages Stamp

2. Ranger's Red Tinsel Embossing powder

3. Versamark Watermark Mini Inkpad

4. Homemade Emboss Buddy

5. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

6. Aqua Brush

7. Mudra Clear Sequins

8. Glossy Accents

9. Tombow Mono multi glue

10. Iris Cardstock 250 gsm

11. Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles Die
12. Ranger's heat tool

Here are a couple of pictures of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

A Blog Named Hero- April Challenge

HLS Christmas Challenge April- I've done embossing here

April Rudolph's Day Challenge

CASology Week 246: Season (I've made a card about the holiday season)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes 

Crafty Christmas Collaboration#3- Sharnawaksmulski (I was inspired by the watercoloring in Sharna's cards and the plaid pattern and color combo in Jessica's cards) 

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your precious comments.

Stay Blessed!

Post 148: Mixed Media Butterfly Tag 2

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share the second mixed media tag I made. The color scheme here is black, white and yellow. The sentiment reads "If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies". 

Synopsis of the process:

- On the die cut tag added some color with distress inks then did some stamping with archival ink. 
- Then to create some texture added some gesso through a clock stencil 

- Colored the cherry blossoms with a yellow camlin brush marker

- Used sprays to add color and create drips 

-Created some depth in the clocks with a black zig marker and an aqua brush

- On a snippet of cardstock stamped the butterfly in distress ink and archival ink, fussy cut it and adhered the 2 layers together to make a 3d butterfly, added stitching details to it using a black sharpie and adhered it to the tag

- Darkened the edges of the tag with distress ink

- Adhered this tag to another tag to give additional strength and also attached it slightly off center for interest, distressed the white edges of the tag at the back so the deckled edges can be seen from the front. 

- In the end, tied some twine and organza ribbon to the tag

List of Supplies:

1. Stamplorations Stamps- Trendy Butterflies 2

2. Carabelle Studio Stencil- Time Flies

3. Hero Arts Wood Mounted Butterfly stamps

4. Delta Wood Mounted stamps- cherry blossom

5. Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- fossilized amber and black soot

6. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers 

7. Camlin Brush Markers

8. Organza ribbon and twine

9. Sizzix Tim Holtz Tag Collections Die Set

10. Iris cardstock 250 gsm

11. Water Sprays Bottle

12. Tim Holtz distress tool

13. Ranger round blending tool and foams

14. Camel Fabric glue

15. Color Splash Sprays- Lemon Zing and Charcoal 

16. Camlin White Gesso

17. Palette knife

18. Ranger Archival Ink- Jet black

19. Aqua brush

20. Fine point black sharpie

Here are a few pictures of the tag:

I am playing along with the following:

Rubber Dance Theme Challenge- April - I have used black, white and yellow on this tag.

Stamplorations April Mixed Media Challenge (1 clock stencil has been used here)

Stamplorations Things with Wings Linky Party

Stamplorations Theme and Sketch April Challenge  (I have gone with the theme of wings-butterflies)

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

HLS MM April Challenge (sprays have been used to create the background)

WordArt Wednesday Weeks 278-279

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Splash it on (the sprays do the work of splashing on)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- showers and/or flowers (there are flowers here)

Simon Says Work It Wednesday April 2017 (flowers)

Butterfly challenge #77- (I have used both the color jasmine in creamish yellow and faux stitching on the butterfly)

All Sorts Challenge- week 412:I spy- "B for blooms, butterflies and black"

Addicted to Stamps Challenge 146- Not a square card 

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your comments.

Stay Blessed!

Post 127: CAS Birthday Card

Hi friends !!

I'm so glad you've taken the time to visit me here. I truly appreciate it :) Today I'd like to share a clean and simple birthday card.

This is a top folding A2 size card. I wanted the focal image to be of a sparkly and shiny birthday cake. 

Synopsis of the Process:

On snippets of black cardstock, the cake, decorations on the cake, the candle and the sentiment were stamped (from the Hero Arts Birthday set) with versamark ink and then heat embossed in gold. Then the images were die cut with coordinating dies. A banner was created out of a snippet of purple cardstock which was layered under the black sentiment banner to accent it. Some ink blending was done in the center of the cardbase and then the die cut stamped images were adhered with tombow glue. To finish off the card, 3 gold sequins were added. 

List of Supplies:

1. Hero Arts Stamp and Die- Birthday 

2. Ranger's gold embossing powder (fine detail)

3. Ranger's heat tool

4. Homemade emboss buddy

5. Tim holtz mini distress inkpad- peacock feathers

6. Golden sequins

7.Iris white cardstock 250 gsm, snippets of black and purple cardstock

8. A pair of scissors

9. Sizzix Big Shot Plus for die cutting

10. Ranger's round blending tool and foam

11. Tombow mono multi glue 

12. Versamark watermark mini inkpad

Here are a few pictures of the card:

(the shine and sparkle of the gold embossing is more visible in this picture)

I am playing along with the following challenges:

A blog named hero- march challenge- bling it up (Have used hero arts stamp and die here and gold embossing and gold sequins to bling it up)


PCM Challenges- March (3 colors have been used here besides the neutrals- gold, purple and blue) 


Stamplorations March CAS Challenge (sky blue is present behind the die cut cake)


HLS March CAS Challenge (The cake and the cake stand are die cut and stamped images)

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!