MHK November/December Challenge

Dear Friends!

Have come up with a card for MHKDesigns‘ challenge,which is our last challenge for the year 2016.

Challenge inspiration :

My take on this:

  • On a wet watercolor paper, sprinkled brusho powders in dark brown and emerald green and drying up at intervals to set the color.
  • Then colored, fussy cut the butterflies from Butterfly wisdom digiset and mounted on the focal panel.
  • The sentiment from Tulip of Thanks digiset, is printed on the focal panel itself.
  • Few peach pearls are added as accents.
  • Then this panel is matted on the Country farm digi paper and then matted on a dark brown card base.
Hope you like it!

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MHK Oct/Nov Challenge

Hi Friends!

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

Christmassy themed Challenge 🙂 




My take on this:

  • Took a white A2 cardbase.
  • Took a white cardstock for matting and dry embossed it with SIzzix wood grain Embossing folder.
  • Distressed it heavily with Rich cocoa momento ink.
  • Wreath from Wonderful wreath set is colored using Faber castell bicolor pencils and topped up with peach pearls.
  • Sentiment banner is notched at both ends, slightly sponged with rich cocoa momento ink at edges.
  • Fussy cut wreath and banner are added on embossed panel using foam adhesives.

Hope you like this inspiration.


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MHKD Sep/Oct Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

Autumnal Colors for this Challenge:


My take using these colors 🙂



Fall colors are so apt for the forthcoming season. I have taken mustard color cardbase and dryembossed that with florishes Embossing folder. Then distressed it with Aged Mahogany Distress ink. Then took a piece of kraft cardstock, dry embossed with woodgrain embossing folder, diecut it with frame folder. And used the negative to distress with Vintage photo Distress ink and framed the sentiment behind it.

Few leaves diecuts from Beautiful brocade papers, distressed it with Aged mahogany distress ink,arranged around the sentiment.

Light grey ribbon added and few peach pearls as the finishing touch.

Hope you like my take on the inspiration.



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MHK August/September Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration is such a beautiful Pansy flower colors 🙂


My take on the inspiration :



Am a big addict…Whether its Digi or Physical stamps…Absolutely love collecting/using Butterfly Stamps 🙂

Here i have used Butterfly wisdom digiset Butterflies and Sentiment is from Butterfly Elements.

Took a A2 sized lavender base cardstock. The focal panel with sentiment is distressed heavily at a corner with Shaded lilac Distress ink and Momento ink.



Few splashes of white acrylic paint on the distressed focal panel.

Then butterflies are printed, colored using Faber castell bicolor pencils and fussy cut and mounted on the cardpanel which is matted with a black cs. Then that is again matted on lavender cardbase.





Hope you like it!

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MHK June/July Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration:



My take on this:


  • Took vanilla colored A2 base cardstock
  • Sentiment is printed on a cs, torn at edges and distressed heavily with Mustard seed DI.
  • Flowers from Open Bloom digiset are printed in cs, colored with Faber castell bicolor pencils, fussy cut and mounted on base cs with centering the focal piece.
  • Then splashes of Fired brick DI to finish off the card.


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MHK Challenge and Birthday Bloghop :)

Hello, and welcome to our SURPRISE Birthday Beach Blog Hop for the lovely Asha!  You should have arrived here from Rocky’s blog.  If not, start at the MHKDesigns blog to complete the hop for more chances to WIN!  We are celebrating a very special lady today, and we’re doing so by creating birthday cards to wish her many happy returns!


“Very Happy Birthday Asha Martins”

  • The cardbase is distressed using Mustard seed DI
  • Its matted with Beautifully brocade designer paper.
  • The florals and blooms are from Blossoming Digital set
  • The florals are printed, colored using color pencils and sentiment is distressed using Mustard seed DI
  • Mini butterflies are from Butterfly wisdom set.
  • All are assembled as shown. 
Thank you so much for joining in our hop to say “Happy Birthday” to a dear friend!  Your next stop on the hop is  Shawna’s blog!  

MHK May/June Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration:


My take on this:

The polka dot designer paper is from Sunflower sampler collection, matted on a white A2 sized cardbase.

Perfect poppies are colored using Watercolor pencils and Zig clean color brush pens, fussy cut and mounted on the floral frames diecut which is embossed using Sizzix woodgrain EF.


Sentiment banner from Stitched Sunflower Digi set is added near floral frame. Few black rhinestones are added as accents to finish the card.

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MHK April/May Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration:





My take on this:


Took A6 white cardbase and to it matted a black cs and Party Hardy -Digipaper in red. 

Digi image and sentiment  are from the stampset “Stencil in the roses”  

The image panel is matted with a black cs and mounted on the cardbase. 



The image is precolored. The leaves and main large rose is popped using 2 fussy cut layers using foam adhesives. The top layer of rose flower edges were distressed using aged mahogany DI and the leaves using Peeled paint DI. Distressed the top panel using tumbled glass DI.





Black satin ribbon added to the card and top on it the sentiment banner added. 
Used 2 black rhinestones as accents.

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MHK March/April Challenge

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration:






My take on this 🙂



Took 6″ square white cardbase, matted with Stenciled roses pink dp. Love to keep the Tulip as focal element. Colored the base image with Zigcleancolor brush pens. 




Stenciled the surrounding using Ranger pigment ink in pink and rounded the corners. Colored the petal portion alone from another set, fussy cut and added using foam adhesives. 




Wink of stella clear applied liberally and glossy accents touches to finish off the card. Sentiment from the same set is used.

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200th post + MHK Feb/March Challenge

Hi Friends,

Officially today, this is my 200th post in 4 yr 4m of crafty blogging and blog hits more than 1 million visits too..  ðŸ™‚

My Heartfelt Thanks to all my blog visitors, readers, blogger pals, who constantly encouraged me by their comments and visits here 🙂

Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

This month’s inspiration:

My take on the inspiration pic 🙂

I luckily had the exact colors in my stash…as Gelatos Metallic 🙂
And must say, the Butterfly Wisdom set is one addictive and i cant get enough of it.

Took A2 sized Fog colored card. Watercolored those butterflies with Metallic Gelatos, fussy cut. Heat embossed the beauties, using my trusted UTEE clear Ep 🙂

Sentiment is diecut and while on die, its sponged with Tumbled glass DI. Splattered few gelato mists by flicking the brush and popped the butterflies on foam adhesive.

The whole idea is , When the skies are grey too (fog cardbase)…Just Keep Faith, spread wings, fly, Sky is limit (Sponged blue bright sky)

One more close shot!

Can you spot all those magical pixie dust on her wings 🙂 She is SO pretty in real.
Feel free to zoom in and see the cutie 🙂

Hope you like it!!!

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