The Flower Challenge #73 Use a Sentiment | Reminder

October 15, 2022April 13, 2023 ~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

It’s time for the reminder post for the current Flower Challenge with the theme Use a Sentiment.

Made a simple marker colored floral card for this 6th birthday reminder post.

Over to my card,

Stamped Altenew Wispy Joy florals onto a Neenah solar crest cardstock.
Colored using Altenew Artist markers.
Die cut using co-ordinating dies.
Mounted the florals onto the Mehndi colored A2 sized cardbase with foam adhesive and liquid adhesive.
Sentiment is stamped using Altenew Crisp dye ink – Evergreen.
Added few clear droplets as accents.

Hope you like it!

Do hop to The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by Guest Designer and my Awesome Team mates.

Happy Crafting!

Linking this card to

Altenew Oct Challenge:

The Flower Challenge #73 Use a Sentiment | Altenew

October 4, 2022April 2, 2023 ~ Sathya ~ 7 Comments

Hey Hi All,

Am here today with a Watercolored Floral card for The Flower Challenge Blog for their 6th Birthday and the current challenge is Use a Sentiment. Of course, as always, Florals are the main feature of the card.

Over to my card,

Onto a watercolored cardstock, stamped Altenew Bountiful bouquet using Antique Linen DI to attempt No line watercoloring.
Watercolored using Altenew Woodless Watercolor pencils.
Liberally splattered white calligraphy ink on the watercolored image.
Added Altenew diecut Happy scripty word and sentiment from Altenew Mini Delight Cupcake Stamp and Die set.
Matted the focal panel as shown.
Added few clear droplets to finish off the card.

Hope you like it! Do hop to The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by Guest Designer and my Awesome Team mates.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Linked this card to

Altenew Oct challenge

The Flower Challenge #71 Circle/Circles

August 4, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ 6 Comments

Hey Hi All,

Am back with a floral card for the new challenge at The Flower Challenge Blog – Circle/Circles.

As always focus should be Florals and the Circles can be interpreted as Stamped image, Diecut, Embossed or any version which fancies you.

Over to my card,

Stamped Altenew Book Club die using Memento Black ink onto Neenah classic crest cs to attempt alcohol marker coloring.
Used Altenew’s Alcohol Artist markers to colour it.
Diecut using co-ordinating die.
Sentiment from Altenew Mid Summer Bouquet.
Diecut a patterned paper from Spellbinders Expressions Pack using Gina Marie Scalloped largest die.
The focal panel mounted onto a white A2 sized top fold cardbase and onto which the focal element is added using foam adhesives.

Hope you like it! Do hop to The Flower Challenge Blog to see the Wonderful Inspirations churned by Guest Designer and my Awesome Team mates.

Thanks for stopping by!

Just For You | Altenew PAF Anemone

August 3, 2022 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hiya Friends,

It’s been a long time since I shared a card here. Life is keeping me so much busy these days. Squeezed in some time to watercolor these beautiful anemones from Altenew PAF: Anemone.

This is my very favorite stamp set and I had colored this particular stamp set in different coloring medium- Graphite and Charcoal pencils, Gouache and Colored pencils. You can check here, here and here.

Over to my card,

Stamped Altenew PAF Anemone onto a watercolor paper using Antique Linen DI to attempt a Noline watercoloring.
Used Altenew Woodless Watercolor pencils for coloring.
Then notched the corners using corner punch.
Generously splashed white acrylic paint and then stamped the sentiment from Altenew Fancy greetings.
Then its mounted onto a Mauve A2 sized top fold card to finish off the card.

Hope you like it!

I appreciate you stopping by!

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.

Crafty Hugs 🙂

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

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

$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 05/29/2022 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 05/31/2022.

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

$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 05/28/2022 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 05/30/2022.