Pencil colored Floral card : Smile

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!

Floral card : Smile

Hiya Crafty peeps,

Yet another floral card on this Valentine season. This time I have used my brand new Altenew’s Forever in Love stampset and watercolored it with Gansai Tambi watercolors.

  • Stamped the florals using Antique linen to achieve a noline watercoloring look on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored using Gansai Bambi watercolors.
  • Added pencil detailings with Prisma colored pencils.
  • Spalshed watered white paint generously over the florals.
  • Fussy cut them an kept aside.
  • Took the focal panel slightly smaller than A2 sized card and stenciled stripes using Altenew’s classy stripes stencil and Limestone dye ink slightly and in a faded fashion.
  • Then stamped sentiment from the same stampset using Memento Tuxedo ink.
  • Then generously splashed the black paint to the focal panel.
  • Matted this to the A2 sized top fold card base.
  • Then topped the fussy cut florals onto the card and the card is ready.
Hope you like it!

Linking this to the following challenges:

Craft Stamper : Anything goes Feb challenge

Flower challenge : Add leaves


HLS Feruary Watercolor challenge

PowerPoppy : Creative Confetti :Anything but a Heart

Papercrafter Magazine Issue 138

Hi Crafty peeps,

SO Stoked to share that am on PaperCrafter magazine Issue 138, “Designer for the Day”.

My Heartfelt Thanks to the entire friendly Editorial Team for their lovely follow up and support.

A card made using Altenew boldblossom roses and watercolored using Kuretake Zig clean color brush pens.

You are Awesome: Floral Card

Hiya Crafty peeps,

Happy Tuesday!

Am here today with a last moment entry to the current Altenew challenge.

Over to the project!

  • Onto Canson Watercolor card, stamped roses and leaves from Altenew’s Bold Blossoms stamp set in Antique linen distress ink.
  • Tried no line coloring using Zig clean color brush pens.
  • The florals and leaves are fussy cut once done.
  • Onto the watercolor cs, misted the bg heavily with water and dropped the colors of blue followed by yellow from Gansai Tambi watercolors to create a hazy bg.
  • I went for a hint of colors in the bg.
  • Once dried, splattered fine black paint over the panel.
  • Added a chipboard and onto which the fussy cut florals and leaves are added with adhesive tapes.
  • Then generously spattered white paint onto the panel to make the whole card come together.
  • Sentiment from Altenew’s You are stamp set is white heat embossed onto a black cs and added to the panel.
  • Few clear dew droplets for added interest.
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!

Watercolored Roses

Hiya Friends!

How you all doing!

Days are lovely here as we enjoy super foggy mornings and chill weather at UAE.

2 months back i won Altenew FB giveaway and bought Bold and Blossom set, which reached my home few days back.

Yay!!! You got me right!

Watercolored those Roses using noline coloring technique, which am still in learning the nuances of it.

Have chosen colors from the January altenew Challenge

Am so in love with the colors here in the graphic.

  • To create my card, took a watercolor cardstock, stamped outline Roses and Leaves, from Bold and Blossom set using Masking technique with a 3rd generation stamping using Archival ink.
  • Colored using noline coloring technique with Zigclean color brush pens.
  • Then fussy cut and kept ready to mount on a stenciled base card.
  • Prima min art stones are sprinkled generously and to add bit more texture added a honeycomb chipboard and a cheesecloth, to which fussy cut florals are added.
  • Left it as Sentiment-less card for now 🙂     

Hope you like this card 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and soon to catch up with next project 🙂 
Simonsaysstamp Wednesday challenge – New something (Altenew Bold and Blossom stampset is new in my stash)

Paru’s Card Making challenges – Anything goes

HLS Jan watercolor challenge (without optional twist)