Author: Sathya

Altenew 9th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

~ Sathya ~ 115 Comments

 Hi from Chennai, India

Greetings!

I am SO honoured and humbled to be part of this 9th Anniversary celebration Blog Hop at Altenew. Every crafter has a special place in their Heart for Altenew and likewise, here too. Altenew’s pretty and unique designs of floral stamps and various colouring medium has increased my colouring ability. Thanks so much Altenew for this Awesome Opportunity.

Today is Day 2 of the Blog Hop with amazing artists. You would have arrived from the talented Kelly Griglione‘s blog. Am the last stop in the Hop. Hop over to Altenew blog and don’t miss to check all the stops and beautiful cards churned by the Wonderful Artists around the world.

Over to my card,

My card features

Greens from Set E Artist markers

Dry embossed a piece of white cardstock from Neenah solar classic crest using Beautiful Bergenia Embossing Folder and coloured using various artist markers from Red Cosmos set. Then matted that panel over an olive green panel using liquid adhesive. Then took a matching A2 sized card base and foam mounted the panel as shown. Then ‘Happy’ script die cuts and sentiments are added from Mini Delight Cupcake Stamp and Die set. Finally added 2 heart embellishments and notched the corners of the card base for an added interest.

9th Anniversary Special Offers

  • 4/5/2023-4/6/2023: Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY9TH or $9 OFF shipping on international orders over $29 with code ANNIV23 at checkout and receive a FREE brand-new Playful Wildflower 3D Embossing Folder ($8.99 value) on orders over $69. Shop here: https://altenew.com/ (Promotional banners are uploaded HERE.)

4/3/2023-4/10/2023: FREE Mini Blending Brush Set(worth $26.99) with every order of the brand-new Billowing Peonies Complete Bundle. Shop here: https://altenew.com/products/billowing-peonies (It will go live in our store on 4/3/2023 at 12AM EDT. Promotional banners are uploaded HERE)

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway

Giveaway Prizes


Over $2,500 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 10 lucky winners. There are also 24 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

 

 


Be sure to leave comments by 4/16/2023 for a chance to win one of 56 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with “Hi from (city or country where you’re from)!” 56 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on 4/21/2023.


BlogHop List

Am the last stop in the Hop. Hop over to Altenew blog and don’t miss to check all the stops and beautiful cards churned by the Wonderful Artists around the world. 


I hope you were inspired by my card. I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this BlogHop.

Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.


Happy Hopping!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Monochromatic card | Fragrant Florals | Altenew

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 Hi Friends,

Am here today with a floral card, but as Monochrome Goodness.

Just with Charcoal pencils in White and Black with a gel pen here and there.

Over to my card,

  • Stamped the Altenew Fragrant Floral onto a slate colored cardstock using Altenew Limestone cube ink.
  • Colored the florals with Charcoal pencils in White and Black and used White gel pen for centres.
  • Splashed White gouache generously around the florals.
  • Added sentiment sticker from Tim holtz small talk.
  • Matted over A2 sized off white card base to finish off the card.
Hope you like this simple card. 
I appreciate you stopping by!
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Crafting!

Love & Hugs |Beautiful Flowers| SSS

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 Hi Friends,

Am here today with a floral card using Simon says stamp’s June 2018 Kit: Beautiful flowers. I just purchased this Kit for these beautiful floral spray and florals, along with pretty big fonts of lovely sentiments.

Over to my card,

  • Stamped the floral spray onto Strathmore Toned Tan Sketch paper using DI- Antique Linen as it is the lightest tone I use for Noline coloring.
  • I colored the florals with Copics Ciao – My ever first coloring using those markers!!! 
  • (DH bought Copics Ciao 75 markers set (Taiwan Only) during his visit to India this time.
  • Given shadows and highlights using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Die cut using MFT Stitched rectangle die.
  • Stamped sentiment from the same stamp set.
  • Mounted the focal panel onto a Olive green A2 sized card base using foam adhesives.
Hope you like this simple card. 
I appreciate you stopping by!
Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my Instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.
Happy Crafting!

The Flower Challenge #78 Diecuts or Stencils | Reminder | Altenew+PFS

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 Hi Friends,

It’s time for the floral card, a reminder for the ongoing challenge at The Flower Challenge blog.

Over to my card,


  • Stamped the Altenew Celebrate Us floral in Antique Linen DI onto Neenah classic crest cardstock.
  • Did Noline colouring using Altenew Artist markers.
  • Diecut the florals with co-ordinating dies.
  • Took a white focal panel, gave a warm glow using Scattered straw DI and splattered the areas with water for a mottled look and splashed with green watercolor paint.
  • Added the diecut floral using foam adhesives, which was splashed generously with white gouache and air dried.
  • Then added the diecut sentiment as well as the stamped sentiment from the same stamp set.
  • Notched the corners of focal panel to give a neat look.
  • Topped the panel over an A2 sized Olive green card base.
  • No embellishments were added so to keep the floral in focus.
Hope you like it! Do hope to The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful inspirations by my Awesome Team mates.
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive 2023 Blog Hop + Giveaway

~ Sathya ~ 11 Comments

Warm Greetings to All,

Am totally thrilled to be part of Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive 2023. 

Thank you so much, Altenew for this Awesome opportunity.

You would have arrived from Maria’s blog. Am the last stop in the Hop. Hop over to the Altenew blog to check all the stops and beautiful cards churned by the Wonderful Artists around the world. 

South Indians call their Mother as AMMA, and I grew up with my granny and lovingly call her MA. These words are SO much filled with emotions and must say, all my Creative Streaks are from both of them! Today’s card is dedicated to to them.

Over to my card,

My card features Always Be Kind Stamp

Other products are:

Woodless Watercolor pencils

Fine Alphabets Die Set

Best Mom Stamp set

I have used the pretty florals from Always Be Kind stamp set. I recently gifted Lavender shaded Morning glory plant to my Plant Nerd Mom. So I coloured my florals in Lavender shade as am gonna gift this card on her birthday in April. Used Woodless watercolor pencils for colouring.

The word ‘AMMA’ is diecut from Fine Alphabet Dies from ombre bg created by the woodless watercolor pencils. 

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes


$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/20/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/21/2023.


I hope you were inspired by my card. 

I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this BlogHop.


Like to see more of my projects, do give a follow over on my instagram (@sathyakala.23) and/or follow my blog if you haven’t already.


Happy Hopping!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


The Flower Challenge #78 | Diecuts or Stencils

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 Hi Crafty friends,

Am back with a new floral card for the challenge at The Flower Challenge Blog. This time, its Diecuts or stencils with florals as focus, as always.

Over to the card,

  • Stamped Altenew Rosy blooms outline stamp over a black cardstock using Hero Arts White Unicorn pigment ink.
  • Die cut with its co-ordinating die.
  • Added this onto a Off white A2 card base using liquid glue.
  • Sentiment is stamped from Altenew Fancy Greetings set.
  • Few clear dew droplets are added as accents.
Hope you like it!
Do hop to  The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by my 
Awesome Team mates.
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!!

The Flower Challenge #77 Use latest Stamp/Die | Reminder | Altenew+PFS

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 Hi Friends,

It’s time for the floral card, a reminder for the ongoing challenge at The Flower Challenge blog.

Over to my card,

  • Stamped my new stash from stash – Celebrate today,  a collaborative release form Altenew and PFS.
  • Stamped with Antique Linen DI.
  • Did Alcohol coloring using Altenew Artist markers.
  • Inkblened the focal panel using Distress oxides.
  • Die cut it with scalloped die 
  • Stamped the sentiment from the same set and splashed generously with White calligraphy ink.
  • Mounted the panel over the A2 sized purple cardbase.
Hope you like it!
Do hop to  The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by Guest Designer and my Awesome Team mates.
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!!

The colors are inspired from current  Altenew challenge. Linking this card to the challenge

The Flower Challenge #77 | Use latest Stamps/Dies | Altenew

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 Hi Crafty peeps,

Happy New Year to all visitors and bloggers.

Am here with a floral card for current theme at The Flower challenge blog .

  • For my card, Stamped the florals from Altenew and colored using Artist markers.
  • Then diecut the focal panel with Notbook die.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Altenew Forever in Love stamp set.
  • Mounted on Olive green A2 sized cardbase.
  • Added few clear droplets as accents.
Hope you like it!
Do hop to  The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by my 
Awesome Team mates.
Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!!

Favourite Projects of 2022

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 Hi Craftypeeps,

Heading towards 2023 and I take up this moment to thank all souls out there who took out time to like, comment on all my projects over my blog here and in other social media links.

Your words mean a lot to me and that is the driving force into my craft passion.

Sharing here few of my projects in different interests as favourite 9s in collages.

First collage showcases my Watercoloring Interest 🙂 

All the projects are for Altenew for their Guest Designing.

This showcases my Pencil coloring / Alcohol marker coloring interest 🙂  All from Altenew products.

These showcases Wax pencils and Pastel pencils projects 🙂

This showcases Embossing Folder fun 🙂 
Some EF are inkblended, loaded with wax, colored with Gouache, wax pencils, watercolored etc., to make it a focal panel.

This showcases my Favourite PowerPoppy Projects 🙂 

This showcases my TFC Designer Projects 🙂 

This collage showcases my Digital illustration in Procreate 🙂  This year, I invested to develop the skills and gonna work more on that in forth coming days.

Hope you like as much as I love it!
Wishing you all my blog visitors, fellow bloggers a Fabulously Wonderful & Blessed New Year 2023

Happy Crafting!

Thanks for stopping by!

HeartFelt Thanks | Altenew

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 Hiya Friends,

Sharing here a Floral card as my last card for this year 2022.

Thanks so much for sharing love and affection over here with all your comments.

Over to my card,

  • Stamped a floral spray from Altenew Castle Garden in watercolor cardstock using Memento Black ink to attempt Watercoloring.
  • Used Altenew Woodless Watercolor pencils to do watercoloring here.
  • The colored images are diecut using co-ordinating die set and foam mounted onto a focal base, dry embossed with Altenew Hosta 3D Embossing Folder. 
  • Then the focal panel is foam mounted on to Olive green A2 sized top fold card base.
  • The scripty ‘Thanks’  diecut from Altenew is added using liquid glue.
Hope you like it! 

Thank you for stopping by! I truly appreciate your time and encouragement here on my blog and instagram (@sathyakala.23) as well.
Crafty Hugs 🙂