CAS card : Canvas

Hi All,

Am back here with a non-floral card for today. CAS : Clean and Simple cards are not my forte as this heart loves all layered, textured stuffs more. I admire CAS artists a lot and their aesthetic way of playing with stamps, stencils, dies yet making the card look Fabulous with loads of white spaces.

My Mom is an Oil painting artist and my second half of name ‘Kala” refers to ‘Art’ in my Indian regional language. Learnt Music and Dance from my childhood yet ‘Art’ always reminds me of the colorful splatters of inks, paints, brushes.

Over to my card,

  • Took a 4×6″ white cardbase and using Mudra World stencil, dry embossed it.
  • Love the subtle embossed bg of world map.
  • Using Kaisercraft stains stamps, (Brand new in my stash) stamped the splatters using various Altenew inks.
  • In a canvas sheet, stamped the sentiment from Stamplorations ‘Art is’ stampset using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Cut the sheet around the sentiment and frayed the edges for an added interest. 
  • No embellishments added to keep the focus on dry embossed bg and the sentiment.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Linking this to following challenges:
NBUS : Used Kaisercraft stains stampset for the first time
May Stamplorations Stencil challenge (World map stencil is dry embossed on bg)

Word Art Wednesday : Anything goes

Stamplorations : Never ending Anything goes

Guest Designing at ICR Bloghop

Hi Crafty Friends!!

Am happy to welcome you all for ICR Year End Bloghop. Am even more happy to start Bloghop at this year 2016 beginning and to join them at the year end too!!!

Thanks for inviting me, for being part of this Blohop!

This bloghop emphasized on Technique : “Wet/Dry Embossing”

  • I throughly enjoyed making this card, as its my first trial at no line coloring.
  • I wanna showcase all Embossing possibilities in this card to give participants an idea to work along for the bloghop challenge.
  • Done dry embossing on the background,before which i distressed the central portion heavily with Evergreen bough Distress ink in a circular portion and faded out at the periphery.
  • Then Dry embossed it with WRMK 3D embossing folder- Weaves
  • For Wet embossing, applied Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste to the central portion to create a texture and sprinkled mini art stones generously for extra added textures.
  • Using foam adhesives added the colored image along with a piece of cheesecloth.
  • Sentiment is Heat embossed using White Embossing powder on vellum and tucked near the image.
  • Few clear droplets added to finish off the card.
Hope you like this card.
Blog hop order:

Akshma (Host): 







Sathya  (You are here)




Our Sponsor this time is Nagasri arts and there is an awesome bag of goodies to grab as prize!!!


Thanks much again for the ICR team for the opportunity.

Dream Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Friends!

Today i have a Mixed media canvas, which is a Guest Design post at Lulupu – Craft Lounge .

Here’s a look at my MM canvas. Oh yeah…Tutorial too πŸ™‚

Took 9.5 by 11.5 inches primed flat canvas.
Took Dylusions Lemon zest in a palette and Peeled paint Distress stain dabbed in craftmat. Using separate wet wipes swipped these mists from top to bottom of canvas. This gives a neat coverage.
Then took a 5”x7 β€œ white cs and used Sizzix- TimHoltz mixmedia thinlits dies to diecut it diagonally.

Used Wendy Veicchi Embossing paste (translucent) and TimHoltz  Honeycomb stencil in the diagonal portion of cs. It gives such lovely sheen after drying.
When the paste is still wet, sprinkled generously Prima- Finnabair Mini artstones on it. Leave it to dry as such.
After drying, smooshed the versafine pad directly on the diecut areas and heat embossed it using Ranger Silver Embossing powder. Then mist the cs with LSG spray – Azure sea asters and sponged the edges with frayed burlap distress ink. And then it was matted with a pp, whose edges are distressed with Rich cocoa momento ink.
Using Sizzix –Pete Hughes, Magical butterfly die, diecut the butterfly from a white cs. Colored using Metallic Gelatos and heat embossed twice using Ranger’s UTEE clear. Prima junkyard metal zipper – Inspire, is smooshed with Picket fence stain is added as Butterfly body using foam adhesive.
A resin piece randomly colored using Prima Art alchemy paint– Steampunk copper is added on the matted cardstock with  ivory sisal at centre. Butterfly is then topped on it.
Few handmade florals are made using Sizzix- TH Tattered florals – diecut from pp, sponged with Shell pink, edges sponged with frayed burlap Distress ink, shaped and used pink rhinestones for centres.  Sizzix – TH Elegant flourishes die is used to diecut from a white cs, sponged slightly with frayed burlap DI. 
Leaves are from Sizzix Garden greens, diecut from pp, stamped with Bobunny script stamp randomly using Archival ink -sepia, sponged with Frayed burlap DI on edges.
TimHoltz word band is added to cs using natural hemp twine. Flowers, flourishes , leaves are arranged as per pic with few crocheted ribbon and white tulle. Stamped Kaisercraft stamp on a ivory cs and sponged with peeled paint DI and Archival sepia ink, added using foam adhesive.  Negative of leaf diecut is used to stencil at canvas corners using peeled paint ink. Same ink splatters finally on the canvas. Edges of the canvas is smooshed with vintage photo Distress stain for that final framed look. 

Hope you liked the stepwise instruction for the simple Layered MM canvas .

Linking this to

Stamplorations Mixed media April challenge – Used TH honey comb stencil, Negative diecut of Sizzix garden greens is used as leaf stencil here.

Anything but cute challenge -April – Earth day–  Inspired by flowery meadows, blues, butterfly

Ranganjali Challenge – Embossing (Butterfly is Heat embossed, The front panel diecut diagonally heat embossed)

Craft stamper – Make it Take it challenge – Flowers are handmade using Sizzix tattered florals, Kaisercraft Sentiments are stamped using Archival sepia ink.

Floral Birthday Card

Been in long slumber..and yeah am back again with a floral birthday card πŸ™‚

Hubby’s Europe trip for 2 weeks and other family commitments kept me away from Crafting and…atlast made this card to blog again here before my India trip in coming week…Ya its 2 month vacation at India πŸ™‚

This card is for a sweet friend of mine who is celebrating Birthday today!!! Very Happy Birthday dear πŸ™‚

Wanted to keep it sweet and simple!

Embossed the front panel and added a Blossom four largest diecut as focal point, for mounting the stamped flowers. Flowers are heat embossed in watercolor paper and Distress ink – Fried brick is used for coloring it. Vellum diecut fluorish is added by coloring it with Distress ink – Crushed olive.

Butterfly is heat embossed with Black Zing Embossing powder in watercolor paper and colored with Distress ink –  Wild Honey.

Then these are cut and mounted on the focal diecut which is distressed on edges using Distress ink – antique linen.

Sentiment is added on the banner and added just below the floral arrangement.

Hope you like the card.

Thank you visitors, fellow bloggers who constantly visited  and commented. Special Thanks to those dearies, who mailed me to know my absence here in Blogoland πŸ™‚

Supplies: 

White CS – Watercolor paper
Dies :  CLD tropical florish , Spellbinders Ribbon banner, Spellbinders Blossoms four
Distress inks – Wild honey, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive
Darice Interlocking embossing folder
Sentiment stamp – IBS Lovely Birthday 
Stamped Flowers – IBS Summer Flowers
Stamped Butterfly – IBS Butterfly wings 

Challenges:

Crafters corner –  Stamp, color and cut with Birthday theme ( Flowers, butterfly are heat embossed, colored,cut and used on birthday floral card)

Imaginations – Anything goes with DIs (used Distress inks – Wild honey, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive)

IBS – Customer gallerySentiment stamp – IBS Lovely Birthday 

Stamped Flowers – IBS Summer Flowers
Stamped Butterfly – IBS Butterfly wings )


Floral Birthday Card

Been in long slumber..and yeah am back again with a floral birthday card πŸ™‚

Hubby’s Europe trip for 2 weeks and other family commitments kept me away from Crafting and…atlast made this card to blog again here before my India trip in coming week…Ya its 2 month vacation at India πŸ™‚

This card is for a sweet friend of mine who is celebrating Birthday today!!! Very Happy Birthday dear πŸ™‚

Wanted to keep it sweet and simple!

Embossed the front panel and added a Blossom four largest diecut as focal point, for mounting the stamped flowers. Flowers are heat embossed in watercolor paper and Distress ink – Fried brick is used for coloring it. Vellum diecut fluorish is added by coloring it with Distress ink – Crushed olive.

Butterfly is heat embossed with Black Zing Embossing powder in watercolor paper and colored with Distress ink –  Wild Honey.

Then these are cut and mounted on the focal diecut which is distressed on edges using Distress ink – antique linen.

Sentiment is added on the banner and added just below the floral arrangement.

Hope you like the card.

Thank you visitors, fellow bloggers who constantly visited  and commented. Special Thanks to those dearies, who mailed me to know my absence here in Blogoland πŸ™‚

Supplies: 

White CS – Watercolor paper
Dies :  CLD tropical florish , Spellbinders Ribbon banner, Spellbinders Blossoms four
Distress inks – Wild honey, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive
Darice Interlocking embossing folder
Sentiment stamp – IBS Lovely Birthday 
Stamped Flowers – IBS Summer Flowers
Stamped Butterfly – IBS Butterfly wings 

Challenges:

Crafters corner –  Stamp, color and cut with Birthday theme ( Flowers, butterfly are heat embossed, colored,cut and used on birthday floral card)

Imaginations – Anything goes with DIs (used Distress inks – Wild honey, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive)

IBS – Customer gallerySentiment stamp – IBS Lovely Birthday 

Stamped Flowers – IBS Summer Flowers
Stamped Butterfly – IBS Butterfly wings )


Just for you!

A card with a rare combination. These color combos hasn’t fascinated me until i tend to make this card.
But when things fell in place, i started to like it πŸ™‚

White embossed card is taken and distressed with yellow pigment ink at the corners leaving a central portion. And french pastry doily diecut is taken in halves and placed at top and bottom.

Victorian panel diecut is made from a white crepe paper, added to the centre of card. Sunflower die,olive branches, Small exotic buterflies #1 are from Cherrylynn designs. Few pearls and rhinestones are added. Sentiment is  inspired from stamping store and a portion of victorian panel die is used to cut the sentiment diecut.
Then the whole card is matted on a black handmade paper, which is added to white cs.
Hope you like it!!
Supplies:
White and Yellow CS – Nupur Priya
Black handmade paper, Victorian panel die – Itsy bitsy
French pastry doily diecut – Kavitha
Swirls Embossed card  –  Priya Sivaraj
Sunflower, Small exotic butterfly, Olive branches – Crafters corner
Sentiment – Small fancy labels 18 – Inspired by Stamping
Tuxedo black momento ink – Jovita
Yellow Pigment ink, pearls, rhinestones, white crepe paper – Stash 
Challenges entered:
Cherrylynn designs – Things with wings (used butterfly)
IBSIC #66 – White , black , yellow (used green color for leaves which taken from pic inspiration) 
IBSIC – Customer gallery contest – September
Cutrain call challenges – Sunflower surprise

Just for you!

A card with a rare combination. These color combos hasn’t fascinated me until i tend to make this card.
But when things fell in place, i started to like it πŸ™‚

White embossed card is taken and distressed with yellow pigment ink at the corners leaving a central portion. And french pastry doily diecut is taken in halves and placed at top and bottom.

Victorian panel diecut is made from a white crepe paper, added to the centre of card. Sunflower die,olive branches, Small exotic buterflies #1 are from Cherrylynn designs. Few pearls and rhinestones are added. Sentiment is  inspired from stamping store and a portion of victorian panel die is used to cut the sentiment diecut.
Then the whole card is matted on a black handmade paper, which is added to white cs.
Hope you like it!!
Supplies:
White and Yellow CS – Nupur Priya
Black handmade paper, Victorian panel die – Itsy bitsy
French pastry doily diecut – Kavitha
Swirls Embossed card  –  Priya Sivaraj
Sunflower, Small exotic butterfly, Olive branches – Crafters corner
Sentiment – Small fancy labels 18 – Inspired by Stamping
Tuxedo black momento ink – Jovita
Yellow Pigment ink, pearls, rhinestones, white crepe paper – Stash 
Challenges entered:
Cherrylynn designs – Things with wings (used butterfly)
IBSIC #66 – White , black , yellow (used green color for leaves which taken from pic inspiration) 
IBSIC – Customer gallery contest – September
Cutrain call challenges – Sunflower surprise