The Flower Challenge #70 CAS

July 4, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 6 Comments

Hey Hi Everyone,

Been in MIA and am back here with a floral card, this time for The Flower Challenge blog as their Design Team Member. Way too delighted to join in this Flower Loving Team of Artists. Thank you Team for the lovely opportunity and the Warm Welcome.

This month’s new challenge at The Flower Challenge – CAS card.

As always focus should be Florals.

Stamped Altenew ‘Always Be kind‘ bellflowers onto a watercolor cardstock using Antique Linen DI to attempt No line Watercoloring.
Watercolored using Karin Brushmarkers.
Trimmed the panel as shown and foam mounted onto a A2 sized Navy blue cardstock.
Scripty die cut Altenew ‘You’ is die cut from Navy blue cs twice and sub sentiment is diecut using Altenew Featured Sentiments Die cut.
Sentiments are added using adhesives as shown.

Hope you like it!

Do hop to The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Beautiful inspirations from the Guest Designer and my Awesome Team members.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this card to

Altenew July 2022 Challenge

Altenew May 2022 Lovely in Lace Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 23, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 29 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew May 2022 Lovely in Lace Collection Release Blog Hop

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Colleen Balija’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release. I have used different coloring medium on Embossed panels this time. Hope you like it!

Over to my cards,

This card features Hosta 3D Embossing Folder.

Applied metallic pigment ink pads over a white focal panel before and after dry embossing to reveal the beautiful patterns. Haven’t sprayed water on panel before dry embossing. Added a Gold diecut –Hello Fancy Die to finish off the card.

The following card features Vintage Lace 3D Embossing folder.

Used watercolor markers to color this pretty floral spray against a white lacy background.

Mounted the dry embossed painted panel onto an Olive green A2 sized Top fold card base and the sentiment strip is added from Sentiment Strip2 Stamp set.

The following card features Cherry Plum Blossom 3D Embossing folder.

Watercolored this dry embossed panel using markers and added a sentiment from Fancy greetings stamp set. Mounted the embossed painted panel onto a Navy blue A2 sized top fold card base using foam adhesives.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/31/2022.

Next in the Hop is Lovely Eva Bussom

Complete Hop Order

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out this Wonderful embossing folders and stencils from today’s release.

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!!

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Magnolia Rustica Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 22, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 17 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Magnolia Rustica Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Nandini Karmarkar Blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

This is such Gorgeous Magnolias. I gave a Monochromatic twist to these florals.

Over to my card,

This card features PAF: Magnolia Rustica Rubra Stamp set.

I used Black graphite and white charcoal pencils to create this Monochromatic card.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

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 05/30/2022.

Next Stop in the Hop is Awesome, Colleen Balija

Blog Hop List

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this Wonderful stamp from today’s release.

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!!

Altenew Mini Delight Release: You’re a Classic

May 15, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hey, crafty friends! I’m joining a fun Instagram Hop with @altenewllc today to celebrate the release of the Mini Delight: You’re a Classic

Feel free to start the hop over at @altenewllc!

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this cute stamp set from today’s release.

I appreciate you stopping by and participating in this Insta Hop.

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!!

Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Florescence Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 12, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 19 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Florescence Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Eva’s Blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Craft Your Life Project Kit: Florescence Product Description:

Enjoy floral florescence with stunning flowering blooms. Stamp the two elaborate clusters of poppies, chrysanthemums, and daisies to bring floral beauty to your projects. They are perfect to fill card backgrounds or frame your scrapbook layouts. Color the floral intricacies with watercolor or brush markers for a vibrant touch. Finally, stamp any of the uplifting sentiments or quotes to brighten a loved one’s day. Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6×8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil set and embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you’ll be good to go!

Over to my cards,

The first card features CYLPK Embossing Folder.

Blended light tones of purple on white cardstock before embossing and after dry embossing added darker tones to pop up the embossed portions. Added a die cut sentiment to finish off the card with clear dew droplets.

Other products are:

Shades of Purple Cube inks

Sentiment Strips 2

Featured Sentiment Die Set

This card features CYLPK Florescence stamp set.

It has wonderful floral blooms. Stamped on the Strathmore Toned Gray sketch paper using versamark ink and Pencil colored it.

Blended with lighter yellow tones around the die cut focal panel and stamped the sentiment.

Matted onto an Olive green A2 sized cardbase.

Finished off the card with dew droplets.

Following card features CYLPK Florescence stamp set.

Stamped a floral bloom onto either side of white card panel and did No line watercoloring using markers.

Added the sentiment as shown and splattered white calligraphy ink generously over the colored images.

Matted onto a A2 sized Olive cardbase to finish off the card.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 05/18/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/20/2022

The next Stop in Hop is Awesome Ann Taylor

Blog Hop List

Altenew Card Blog
Jenny Colacicco
Mindy Eggen
Virginia Lu
Cheryl Espie
Nathalie DeSousa
Nenette S. Madero
Terri Koszler
Angela Brennan
Jaycee Gaspar
Colleen Balija
Tenia Nelson
LauraJane
Maryam Perez
Preeti Chandran
Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.
Nandini Karmarkar
Laurie Patterson
Amy Hill
Bridget Casey
Linda Westfall
Eva Bussom
SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)
Ann Taylor
Rosie Neustaedter
Sande Woodson
Susan Stagno
Daniel Diaz
Hussena Calcuttawala
Natasha Davies

I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out these Wonderful products from this new release.

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!!

Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 7, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 29 Comments

Hello All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Butterfly Bush Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from Awesome, Preeti Chandran’s blog Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

Made a floral card using this new Butterfly Bush.

Over to my card,

Diecut different layers onto cardstocks and stacked using guidelines. Topped the inflorescence over a top fold A2 sized cardbase using foam adhesives and liquid adhesives for dimension. Stamped sentiment directly over cardbase.

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 04/13/2022 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 04/15/2022.

Blog Hop List

Next stop in Hop is Lovely, Susan Busada

Altenew Card Blog

Nenette S. Madero

Virginia Lu

Carol Hintermeier

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Rosie Neustaedter

Amy Hill

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nandini Karmarkar

Nichol Spohr

Preeti Chandran

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Susan Busada

I hope you are inspired by my card and will try out this Layering Die Set.

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!!

Altenew May 2022 Dreams Come True Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 4, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 23 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew May 2022 Dreams Come True Collection Release Blog Hop

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from Awesome Nandini’s Blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release.

Over to my cards,

This card features Always Be Kind Stamp set. One of my super favourites from this release for the Wonderful sentiments and for this Beautiful Floral Stalk.

I stamped on a Toned Gray sketch paper using White pigment ink and colored to my heart’s content using Colored pencils. It’s such a breeze to color this inflorescence. The Large sentiment and the sub sentiment are from this stampset. I diecut the focal panel and topped over a A2 sized cardbase.

Other product: Midnight Violet, Jet Black Crisp ink dye

Next card features Educators Rule Stamp and Die Set. I have clubbed this set with Beautiful Inside Add-on Sentiment, which perfectly matches with the theme of the card.

This card features Always Be Kind stamp set and Small World Die Set from previous release. They made a perfect match!

The final card is my most favorite card using Wispy Joy Stamp set. No line Watercoloring it is. This time I wanna them to look like Floral Ephemera kind of diecuts. Loose watercoloring style I tried here for that using markers.

I topped the colored diecuts over a oval embossed panel. The sentiment is from Beautiful Inside Add-on Set, which perfectly matches my floral.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/12/2022.

Blog Hop List

Next stop in Hop is Awesome, Susan Busada

Complete Hop List

Reiko Tsuchida***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Susan Busada

I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out these Wonderful products from this release.
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!!

Altenew Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

May 1, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 27 Comments

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Release Blog Hop + Giveaway.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from talented, Preeti Chandran’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have created a watercolor card using Magnificent Branch and paired with a heartwarming sentiment. This stamp set is my favourite for its loving quotes and sentiments with 2 different types of florals.

Build-A-Garden: Magnificent Branch Product Description:

Love genuinely, and bloom with grace. Create two card fronts at once with this first-of-its-kind floral stamp set! The imaginative set features a magnificent tree branch bearing flowers that you wouldn’t normally see together in nature. Cut the design just right for a card featuring the cupped rose and another card featuring the flat rose. Stamp the heartwarming sentiments and quotes to inspire your loved ones. We hope you love this stamp set as much as we do!

To create my Slimline card, I stamped the branches onto a watercolor paper using light ink and did No line Watercoloring. I went for a soothing pastel shades for the watercoloring. Used Altenew Woodless Watercolor pencils as coloring medium here.

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 05/07/2022 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 05/09/2022.

Blog Hop List

Complete Hop Order is shared here.

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

I hope you were inspired by my card and will try out this Wonderful stamp set from today’s release.

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!!

Altenew April 2022 Spring Garden Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

April 25, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 24 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew April 2022 Spring Garden Collection Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Nandini ‘s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

I have made few cards using the variety of products in this Awesome Release. I have used different coloring medium on Embossed panels this time. Hope you like it!

Over to my cards,

This card features Chevron Background Hot Foil Plate, Wonderfully Made Die.

Hotfoiled the blue foil onto a pastel blue cardstock and topped with a navy blue die cut to finish off the card.

This card features Detailed Webcover Die and Itty Bitty Branches Die Set.

Other products are

Featured Sentiments Die Set

Sentiment Strips 2

This card features Morning Blooms Hot Foil plate. It has a wonderful co-ordinating stencil set but I have used Colored pencils as my coloring medium here. I have added a script diecut word from a gold glitter cardstock.

Other product is

Fancy Hello Die Set

This card features Vibrant florals Hot foil plate. It has a wonderful co-ordinating stencil set but I have used Colored pencils as my coloring medium here.

Other products are

Featured Sentiments Die Set

Sentiment Strips 2

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 05/03/2022.

Next in the Hop is Lovely Susan Stagno

Complete Hop Order

Carol Hintermeier

Laurie Willison

LauraJane

Keren Baker

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Preeti Chandran

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Agnieszka Małyszek

Colleen Balija

Teresa Litchfield

Natasha Davies

Rosie Neustaedter

Ann Taylor

Sande Woodson

Linda Westfall

Nandini Karmarkar

SathyaKala Sankaran (You are here)

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nichol Spohr

Daniel Diaz

I hope you were inspired by my cards and will try out this Wonderful Products from today’s release.

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!!

Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Gerbera Revolution Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

April 22, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 22 Comments

Hi All,

Am SO excited and happy to be part of Altenew Paint-A-Flower: Gerbera Revolution Outline Stamp Set Release Blog Hop.

I feel so honoured and humbled by this Awesome opportunity.

You should have arrived from lovely, Preeti Chandran’s blog. Else if you are starting from here, I have a full blog hop list at the end of my post.

This is such Gorgeous Gerberas. I did No line watercoloring with Woodless Watercolor pencils on these large blooms.

Over to my card,

This card features Gerbera Revolution Stamp set

Other products are:

Featured Sentiments Die Set

Woodless Watercolor pencils.

Jet Black Crisp Dye cube ink

Made a simple CAS card for today. Did No line Watercoloring and then splashed with generous amount of White calligraphy ink and then let to air dry. Then fussy cut and mounted onto a white diecut panel. Sentiment from the today’s release set is added and die cut using Featured Sentiments Die set.

And now for the exciting part!! Giveaway!!

Giveaway Prizes

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 04/30/2022.