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Altenew Mini Delight: Smile Blooms release Instagram Hop

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Hey, crafty friends! I’m joining a fun Instagram Hop with @altenewllc today to celebrate the release of the Mini Delight: Smile Blooms Stamp & Die Set! Feel free to start the hop over at @altenewllc!

My card for today!


To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 4 lucky winners! For a chance to win, please follow @altenewllc and @sathyakala.23 and leave a comment by 03/20/2021. 


Altenew will draw 4 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this Instagram hop and announce the winners on Altenew’s Mini Delight: Smile Blooms Instagram hop post on 03/22/2021. @altenewllc What are you waiting for? Gorgeous project inspiration and fun prizes await you! 



Complete Insta Hop List


Altenew (@altenewllc)

Nicole Watt (@pixelmavensretreat)

Keren Baker(@craftstampink)

Virginia Lu (@yesvirginialu)

Michelle Short (@thecardgrotto)

Svitlana Shayevich (@craftwalks)

Terri Koszler (@altenew_planner_girl)

Laurie Willison (@laurie_willison)

Jenny Colacicco (@jenccards)

LauraJane (@mammacooksalot)

Verity Biddlecombe (@prettylittlebutton)

Nathalie DeSousa (@tachita55)

SathyaKala Sankaran (@sathyakala.23) —This is Me—

Carol Hintermeier (c.ann.h)

Seeka (@skypaperscissors)

Amanda Baldwin (@happy_arty_days)

Tina Smith (@cardsandcoffeetime)

Erum Tasneem (@glitternswirls)


See you via Insta!!


Happy Hopping!


Thanks for stopping by!

Dahlia Blossoms : Altenew

~ Sathya ~ 5 Comments

 Hi Crafty pals,

                                              “Happy World Cardmaking Day”

I managed to make a card for today using the stamped images, which I coloured recently.

Over to the card,

  • Took a watercolor cardstock and stamped Altenew Dahlia Blossoms using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Colored this images using Prima Art Philosophy Watercolors Tropicals half pan set.
  • Fussy cut and splattered white acrylic paint over it liberally.
  • Then took a white cardstcok and sponged partially using Altenew Limestone ink pad with Altenew Sunburst stencil.
  • Stamped the sentiment from the same stampset.
  • Mounted the fussy cut images over the stenciled panel.
  • Matted this focal panel over to a A2 sized Top fold black cardbase.
  • Added enamel dots as accents to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!
Linking this to 

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!!

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


You are my Sunshine – Floral card

~ Sathya ~ 14 Comments
Hiya Crafters,

Recently had a chance to color on Strathmore Toned gray sketch paper. Love the way, the pencils play on those subtle textures.

  • Took inspiration from colors of current Altenew challenge. Purplish violets, blues of succulents and the greens are my inspiration.
  • Stamped Altenew’s Best Mom using a light shade of ink.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Generously splattered with white ink.
  • Added the fussy cut butterflies from Patterned paper.
  • Finally stamped the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Trimmed the focal panel and added to A2 sized White card base.
Hope you like it!
Linked this to following challenges:

Floral card : You Complete Me

~ Sathya ~ 11 Comments
Hi Hello Crafty peeps!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my blog visitors and crafty friends.

Whipped up a quick floral card using my favorite Noline coloring using Danielsmith watercolors Dotcard on Arches Cold pressed watercolor paper. First ever try using these combos and highly convinced by  the way the colors move.

Over to pics,

  • Stamped Altenew’s Dahlia blossom using Antique linen DI on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Used Daniel smith watercolors of SSS Debby hughes  color palette for greens and Sharri carols palette for yellows and a tinge of orange for the shadows.
  • Took Strathmore Tan paper is used for the stenciled base using Altenew class stripes stencil and Prima Modeling paste.
  • Stenciled base is matted onto a white top fold cardbase.
  • Fussy cut florals are added on the stenciled base with different dimensions for interest and yellow enamel dots as finishing touch.
Hope you like it!
Colors are inspired from current Altenew’s monthly challenge

Beautiful Day!

~ Sathya ~ 22 Comments
Hi Friends,

Made a floral card using Altenew’s Beautiful day stamp set. This is one of my favorite floral stampset from this brand.

Recently bought Alcohol markers and so my experiments are into it with my ever favorite floral stamps.


Altenew Beautiful day stampset/ Mudra deco foil stencil/Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste/Broken china Distress oxide

  • Stamped the floral spray by masking it with Mudra masking sheet.
  • Stamped it using Alcohol friendly black ink – Memento tuxedo black onto Neenah crest white.
  • Colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Highlighted at few places with white gel pens for interest.
  • Fussy cut the florals.
  • Made a custom texture paste with Embossing paste +Broken china Distress oxide
  • Used Decostencil and partially stenciled an area in the white cs.
  • After letting it to air dry, splashed some black splatters.
  • Added the fussy cut floral spray using foam adhesive over textured base.
  • Took sentiment from same stampset and white heat embossed on black cs.
  • Added that sentiment banner to the focal panel glue runner.
  • Then the focal panel over the A2 sized white card base.

Beautiful day!

~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment
Hi Friends,

Am back again today with a simple card using today’s coloring for Kathyrac’s 30day coloring challenge. Today is 10th day and am happy as am able to color all these 10 days religiously!!

Over to today’s card.

  • Took a A2 sized kraft cardbase.
  • Embossed the front side using WRMK 3D embossing folder
  • Inked a oval mdf cutout with blank ink.
  • Stamped the altenew florals from “Remember this” stampset using Altenew inkcube – Jet black and colored using Prisma coloring pencils.
  • Fussy cut it using Fiskar titanium blade scissors.
  • Assembled on top of oval mdfcut with cheesecloth and lace layerings. 
  • Tugged spring moss behind the florals for the fullness. 
  • Sprinkled artstones randomly.
  • Finally added yellow rhinestones as accents.
  • Sentiment from Peony bouquet stampset is added on a ivory cardstock, mounted onto the cardbase.
Hope you like it!
Made this card especially for the ongoing altenew challenge. The Oh-so-beautiful color palette made me to plunge into this challenge!

Watercolored Floral card

~ Sathya ~ 8 Comments
Hi Friends!!!

Am here today with another floral creation, a card this time. Watercoloring is my recent crush and added to it my calligraphic attempts 🙂 Am enjoying both equally 🙂

Today’s card is especially for the ongoing Altenew Challenge. The current inspiration challenge pic is such lovely and the beautiful colors made me to create this card.

My November Altenew win recently reached me…I have bought few stamps using the GC…One of which is this Oh-So-Beautiful….”Remember this” stamp set.

  • Gold heat embossed the florals and buds onto a watercolor paper and colored using my ever favorite Zig clean color brush pens and watercolored it.
  • Onto a pattern paper, stamped the smaller florals and colored with Faber castle polychromos with a lighter touch, so as to keep the beauty of the pp.
  • The pp is distressed at the edges using the scissors.
  • This pp has a beautiful printed script which faded on the middle and had florals on the corner.
  • The sentiment is such uplifting and i love to continue the same mood with the muted bg and 
  •  a focal using bright florals at a corner.
  • Fussy cut the watercolored florals and added using foam adhesives and few directly on the pp to create a dimension.
  • Stamped the sentiment from the same set and splattered black soot distress ink.
  • Added few clear droplets and matted this onto a A2 sized black top fold cardstock.

Hope you all like this card. Love to hear from you all!

Watercolored Roses

~ Sathya ~ 8 Comments
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)