Category: distress oxides

Inkblended-Embossed-Stencil Love Card | Brutus Monroe

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 Hi Friends,

Made a card for Brutus Monroe‘s monthly inspiration card. 

This time took Brutus Monroe’s Pinwheel Stencil and ink blended and embossed through the stencil to get a beautiful pattern using a subtle and soft toned shades.

Over to my card,

Love how the plain stencil other than using for Ink blending technique, when clubbed with dry Embossing technique, gives such a whole new texture to the card panel.

Hope you like it!

Part of You | Darkroom door

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 Hi Friends,

Made a card today in my non-floral card series. Yup, just an ink blending and die cutting taking centre stage with an awesome quote.

Over to my card,

  • Took a watercolored cardstock, ink blended using Distress oxides : Bundle Sage and Worn lipstick as shown.
  • Diecut the ink blended panel and White cardstock with Spellbinders Elegant Twist Oval Die.
  • Die cut hearts from the ink blended panel with Hero Arts Love & Heart die.
  • Then hand cut small fish tail banners from the ink blended panel.
  • Matted all as shown using adhesive on the ink blended panel.
  • Then the oval panel is matted onto Rosewood colored A2 top fold cardbase using foam adhesive.
  • Few pearls added as final touch.
Hope you like this simple card.
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!

Believe in Yourself | SSS

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 Hi ya Friends!

Am here today with a dry embossed floral card.

Over to my card,

  • Stamped SSS Mom flowers onto Strathmore Toned Tan using Mudra Mai Jet black ink.
  • Pencil colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Die cut using matching dies and kept aside.
  • Took a white panel and ink blended with Distress oxides: Worn Lipstick, Squeezed lemonade, Wild honey
  • Then die cut with an outer heart die of Spellbinders Vines of Passion.
  • Die using Inner ornate heart die on gold mirror and white cardstocks.
  • The embossed panel is matted onto Cream A2 sized top fold cardbase using foam adhesive.
  • The gold mirror and white diecuts are layered and added onto the negative space of the panel.
  • Arranged the diecut flowers as shown.
  • Timholtz metallic sticker used as sentiment here.
  • Few peach pearls added as finishing touch.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!

Linked to following challenges:

Flower challenge: Add spots/strips (Added pearls for spots)

Life’s Little things : Kaisercraft

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Hi Friends,

As an Introvert my daily routine hasn’t changed much! Working in isolation and maintaining a social distance has been a Lifestyle. It can be overwhelming for some to stay home during this Covid-19 Pandemic. Go back to what you love to do. Rearrange your interiors. Spend time with your Family and learn new art.

Idea of this CAS card born when am shifting my Pothos plants from balcony today, as our part of India is experiencing peak summer.

My Mom is a Plant Nerd and she maintained a huge garden in our Home. I grew up seeing her do rose stem grafting, collecting and sowing seeds, preparing soil beds for our Rose plants. My deep interest on Gardening is what my Momma sow in me and it continues to grow well here.

Over to my card for Today,

  • Took watercolor cardstock and sponged Antique Linen DI around leaving a central portion.
  • Then stamped a text stamp from HNDMD Old Newspaper stamp on the background on the edges randomly to give a subtle texture using Antique linen DI.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Kaisercraft Blue Bay (new in my stash) using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Started to stamp the leaf twig from Uniko Just because stampset (new in my stash) using Peeled Paint DO on the lower half of the panel around the sentiment.
  • Liberally splashed same waterdowned DO splatters on the card over the leaves.
  • Added three clear dew droplets for the visual interest.
  • Trimmed a bit and added this to A2 sized top fold black card base.
Hope you like this card!
Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to

Time out challenges: The Arts

CASology: Plant

NBUS challenge 14 (Kaisercraft and Uniko stamps are brand new in my stash)