The Flower Challenge #70 CAS l Reminder

July 15, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 3 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

It’s time for the reminder post for the current Flower challenge with the theme CAS.

For my card, I have used Altenew Morning Flowers Stamp and Die set.
Stamped using Altenew purple crisp dye inks and Diecut the florals.
Mounted the florals onto a scalloped die cut frame.
Added the panel to a Purple A2 sized top fold cardbase after stamping the sentiment.

Hope you like this card.

Please do stop by The Flower Challenge blog to see all the inspirations from Guest and my Fellow Team mates.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sketches of Spring | PowerPoppy

July 12, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 1 Comment

Hi Friends,

Am here today with a fresh bouquet of Daffodils’ Illustration by Marcella from Powerpoppy. The beautiful digi stamp called Sketches of Spring, tempts you to color it with any coloring medium and I colored it with Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils.

Over to my card,

Printed PowerPoppy Sketches of Spring Digital stamp onto a textured cardstock meant for Pastel Pencils.
Colored using Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils.
Diecut using Ginamarie Scalloped frame largest die.
Matted onto canary yellow A2 sized top fold cardbase using foam adhesives.

Hope you like it!

Linking this card to

TO challenge #217 Kind

Simon says stamp Monday Challenge – Fabulous florals

You make me Smile | Altenew

July 7, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hi ya Friends,

Happy Thursday!

Made a CAS floral card using Altenew Mini stamp set – Flower Delight and used Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils for coloring.

Over to my card,

Stamped the Altenew Mini stamp – Flower Delight onto a watercolor cardstock using Antique Linen DI.
Colored it using my new coloring medium – Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils.
The surface of the cardstcok gave a nice tooth for the Pastel pencils to work on.
Diecut the focal panel using Gina Marie Scalloped frame die.
Added the Altenew Script word diecut and the sentiment form 2 different sets.
Mounted the panel onto a canary yellow A2 sized cardbase using adhesives.

Hope you like this Floral CAS card.

Happy Crafting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Bloom with Grace | Altenew

July 6, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hi Crafty peeps,

Am here today with a floral watercolor card using using Altenew – BAG Magnificent Branch. As always did online watercoloring and churned a simple CAS card.

Over to my card,

Stamped the image onto Canson Montval watercolor paper using Antique Linen DI.
Colored using Karin Markers.
Fussy cut and added white calligraphy ink splatters generously.
Mounted the fussy cut image using foam adhesives onto a diecut panel.
Added the sentiment from same stamp set using Altenew Crisp Dye ink- Coral Berry.
The focal panel is mounted onto a Baby pink A2 sized top fold cardbase using adhesives.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stay Kind | Castle Garden | Altenew

July 5, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 1 Comment

Hi Everyone,

Am here today with a floral card using a new to me Colouring Medium. Yes you heard me right. I love to experiment my coloring skills with a variety of Colouring medium and this time, its happened to be

Faber Castell Pastel Pencils.

They are chalky and unlike the regular wax based/oil based / or any other coloured pencils. The cardstock I used was Brustro Pastel assorted pack. It has a wonderful texture/tooth to pick the medium and the layering was pretty good.

Being my maiden attempt with this medium, I took a small floral spray from Altenew – Castle Garden for coloring.

Over to my card,

Stamped Altenew – Castle Garden using Antique Linen DI.
Colored using the Faber Castell Pastel Pencils.
Used Brustro Paper stumps for smudging and layering the colors.
Used Brustro kneadable eraser to take off the colors which was smudged around the image during coloring process.
Sentiments are from 2 different Altenew stamp sets, yet wonderfully worked together. Stamped using Altenew Coral Berry crisp ink pad.
Diecut the panel using scalloped outline die set.
Mounted this panel over the ivory A2 sized cardbase using foam adhesives.

Hope you like it!

Linking this to

TO Challenge 217 : Kind

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 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 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 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.