Month: April 2020

Watercolored Peony : Stampendous

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Hi Bloggy buddies,

Hope all are staying home and doing their bits to flatten the curve at this moment of Pandemic.

Stay Strong! Stay Safe! Safe Home! Stay Creative!!

And for today,

  • Stamped Stampendous Peony spray using Antique Linen DI over arches CP watercolor paper.
  • Did no line watercoloring using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • After drying, added prisma color pencils to deepen the areas of shadows.
  • Fussy cut the floral and set aside.
  • Took a white panel, ran through big shot with Altenew Class stripes stencil to get the subtle texture for the bright floral.
  • Splattered diluted colors of the used colors over the stenciled bg diagonally.
  • Then mounted the floral using foam adhesive.
  • Matted this panel to a A2 sized light beige colored card base.
  • And generously splattered Perfect pearls powder+water and white ink over the floral and background to tone down the brightness.
  • Stamped Sentiment from Stamplorations Trendy butterflies-2 over a piece of chipboard using Mudra Mai Jet black ink and trimmed it to add near floral spray.
  • Finally few enamel dots in mixed colors and sizes to finish off the card.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to following challenges:

ASTM: Make your mark (Used Watercolors +Prisma colored pencils)

SSS Wednesday challenge: Anything goes

Bouquet of Sunshine – Powerpoppy

~ Sathya ~ 2 Comments
Hi blogger Friends,

How y’all have been?

Brought in yet another Floral card to brighten your day.

  • Printed the digital image from Powerpoppy – Send home some Sunflowers in grayscale, to do some no line coloring with Prisma colored pencils.
  • Fussy cut the bouquet and the sentiment in a shape of a tag and set it aside.
  • Took a watercolored cardstock and with Brushos – Limegreen, gave  a background wash of color.
  • Then with TCW- Art is stencil and Prima Light paste, gave a texture in the focal panel,
  • Took the fussy cut floral bouquet and tag, ran black marker around the edges to give a defined look.
  • Mounted the bouquet and Tag using foam adhesives on textured focal panel.
  • Matted this textured panel over A2 sized black card base.
  • Few dew droplets added to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Stay Safe , Stay Home, Stay Strong!!
Linking this to following challenges:

Virginia’s Show and Share

Thank you : Floral card

~ Sathya ~ 7 Comments
Hey Hi Friends,

Colored this bunch of flowers from Varadasharma Designs. Varada Sharma, a new illustrator in town.
Thanks you, Varada for sending your illustrations my way 🙂

  • Printed the design on to watercolor card in grayscale to do No line watercoloring.
  • Colored using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Pencil colored using Prisma colored pencils to deepen those shadows.
  • Generously splashed with white splatters and light green watercolor splatters.
  • Die cut the floral panel and matted over A2 sized card base.
  • Few enamel dots to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Linking this to following challenges:

Time out challenge: #160  Inspired by the colors

Stamplorations April CAS challenge

Thinking of You : Powerpoppy

~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments
Hi Friends!

Kathyrac’s daily marker coloring challenge is going on and that’s one lovely reason for me to sit down and color daily at least for 20 minutes. Spring is in the air and so I pull out all Floral Clear stamps and digital stamps to color down to my heart’s content.

Today’s card is showcasing a digital stamp from Powerpoppy, one of my super favorite stamp company.

  • Printed Powerpoppy – Luminous Bouquet digital stamp onto a white cardstock.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Fussy cut and set aside.
  • Took a black cardstock and die cut using Spellbinder frame die.
  • Sponged with Colorbox frost ink over black cardstock using TCW Stencil – Mini quatrefoil.
  • White heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock from Powerpoppy’s Dynamic Duos clear stampset.
  • Foam mounted the fussy cut floral bouquet onto the stenciled panel and splattered Prima Frost white ink generously.
  • Mounted this focal panel onto a 4×6″ white top fold card base.
  • Added few white enamel dots for interest.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Linking to following challenge:

Stamplorations April Stencil challenge

Full Bloom Floral card : Uniko Peony

~ Sathya ~ 3 Comments
Hi Crafters,

Back here today with yet another floral card. Its a perfect spring in many countries and it onset of Super Indian Summer here. Garden is in full bloom and its just elevates my mood to do floral cards.

And over to my card,

  • Stamped Uniko Peony floral on to a Arches CP watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored it using DanielSmith watercolor dot cards.
  • Fussy cut it and set aside.
  • Took a 4×6″ top fold white card base.
  • Stenciled it with TCW Mini quatrefoil stencil using Altenew silver stone inkpad.
  • Stuck the big bloom onto the stenciled base using foam adhesive.
  • Liberally splashed Prima Frost white ink.
  • Sentimen is then stamped from Altenew Daisy stampset.
  • Added few grey enamel dots for interest.
Hope you like it!!

Pencil colored Floral card : Smile

~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments
Hiya Friends,

Lockdown and Social distancing are continuing and so the online classes for the kids have started at most Indian Schools here to keep them occupied at these unprecedented times. Am amazed by the ways, these Teachers co-ordinate and handle 28 kids at a time with their super informative and interesting classes. It took me back to my school days and I sat with my son for few of his classes and was taking notes.

Back to my card for today. This card’s color palette is inspired from ongoing Altenew Challenge.

  • Stamped Altenew Forever in Love Roses bunch onto Strathmore Toned gray sketch paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Die-cut the colored image using Spellbinders die for the framed edge look.
  • Then buffed the edges using the Colorbox-Frost white ink to keep the central floral areas darker and rest a faded look.
  • Then generously splashed white ink splatters over the colored florals.
  • Matted this panel onto a black cardstock using liquid adhesive.
  • The sentiment from same stampset is stamped using Mudra Mai Black ink.
  • Then this focal panel added to the white A6 sized Top fold card base.
  • Finally dew drops added for interest.
Hope you like it!

Spring Floral card : Janesdoodles Digitals

~ Sathya ~ 12 Comments
Hi All,

My dear Mom’s birthday today and made a floral card for my Plant Nerd Mumma 🙂

She absolutely love plants and religiously maintains a huge garden at my hometown. This blog is the sample of her creative streaks which she transferred. Such a fabulous oil painting artist she is and all my childhood days were spent watching her create layers and layers of those artistic paintings.

Way back in 2011, this day, I made a handmade Quilled birthday card to Mom and from that there wasn’t no looking back…The moments were in search of “Me time” when little one was just 2 yrs old and I ended up to this wonderland of Art and Handmade rightly!! Kind of soul-seeking!

Over to the card for today!





  • Printed Janesdoodles digital image onto a Strathmore toned gray sketch paper.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Fussy cut the florals and set aside.
  • Took a white A2 sized top fold card base.
  • Stenciled with Altenew limestone ink using Altenew’s Classy stripes stencil.
  • Generously splashed watered white paint over fussy cut florals and set aside for air drying.
  • Stamped SSS sentiment using Mudra Mai black ink.
  • Mounted the floral bunch using foam adhesives.
  • Added few enamel dots to finish off the cards.
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!

Stay Safe, Stay Home, Much Love!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to the challenge:

Janesdoodles Challenge  (Each flower represents colors of the Rainbow)


SSS Wednesday challenge : Spring Moodboard


Power Poppy Creative Confetti : Let’s go digital (Floral image is digital)


AAA Birthday card  challenges


Just Because..

~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments
 Hey Hi Dearies,

Just Because….
The world is facing unprecedented chaos, doesn’t mean its gonna be so forever.

Hang on, Hold on! Stay Strong!! Good times are on its way!!!

And for today’s project,

  • Printed Powerpoppy Digital stamp – Everything even rosier onto a textured cardstock in a lighter mode to achieve a no line coloring look.
  • Colored the image using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Coloring over a textured base is such an experience. Love the way the textures peeking through the colored portions.
  • Then matted this panel over to a black cardstock.
  • Took a strip of vellum and stamped the sentiment from Powerpoppy’s clear stamp – Everything’s Rosy using Mudra Mai Black ink.
  • Added to the panel and over to a A2 sized vanilla top fold card base.
  • Added few rose colored enamel dots to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Linking this to following challenge:
Powerpoppy’s Creative Confetti : Let’s go digital (My floral image is digital stamp)

Thinking of you : Floral Card

~ Sathya ~ 9 Comments
Hi Crafty peeps,

Made a floral card for today.

Am thinking of those, who are pressured, under more stress to keep countries wheels in motion. Am thinking of those, who have lost or worried about their loved ones, Am thinking of those, who have few hours left to leave this earth and am thinking of those most vulnerable ones at this moment of Pandemic.

Am thinking of you all today and everyday!

Be Safe, Be strong!!

Stay Home, Stay Safe!!

  • Stamped SSS Even more Spring flowers – floral and leaves on to Neenah solar crest cardstock.
  • Colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Bit of Prisma pencil coloring for all the highlights.
  • Took a purple cardstock, using color box Frost white ink, stenciled with Altenew Classy stripes stencil.
  • Onto a die cut vellum, heat embossed the sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh – Thoughtful greetings using Zing lavender EP.
  • Die cut the purple panel and mounted onto A2 sized white card base.
  • Added floral onto vellum and mounted onto panel.
  • Few white enamel dots to finish off the card.
Linking this to following challenges:
Uniko Challenge: Stripes + Spots (Used Stencil for stripes, Enamel dots used here as spots)

Stamplorations April challenge: 

YNS Challenge #137 Stripes