Addicted To Stamps & More #221...

Hi! The latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More is live and the theme this week is 

Our lovely sponsor this week is

DRS Designs - a family owned company since 1950 - boasts hundreds of original rubber stamp designs. All images are available fully mounted, completely unmounted or mounted on cling cushion and are proudly hand crafted in the USA.

Our rubber stamp collection includes a wide assortment of images including sentiments for all occasions, easy background designs and fun technique stamps such as our stained glass and plaid designs.

The DRS Designs website features a huge card sample gallery, online demos and tips, a secure shopping area and more. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our fantastic design team for inspiration and ideas.

Website: http://www.drsdesigns.com

Prize: $10.00 gift certificate

I made two very simple cards as inspiration since I wanted to try out the stamps and some inks. Here are my cards

I started with plain white card stock and stamped all the layers of the large bloom from Altenew's Peony Bouquet stamp set using the Stampaholic. I used Memento dew drops and Altenew Red Cosmos inks. After my stamping was done I die cut a panel with the Gina Marie X-cut dies. I stamped the sentiments from Altenew's Painted Greetings stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I just popped the die cut panel with some fun foam to finish the card.

I hope you like my card and are inspired to create something beautiful. Please do check out the inspiration by rest of my talented teamies at the ATSM blog. And don't forget to link your creations here.

Love,

Nandini

Make My Monday Challenge #35...

Hi! There is a new challenge up on the Make my Monday Challenge blog and the theme is CAS Christmas. Here is my inspiration

I love this card since it came together very quickly and exactly as I envisioned it! I used a new die called Christmas Snowflakes die by Nagashri Arts. She has recently ventured into manufacturing dies and I really loved the designs when I saw them. 

I used the largest die to cut my panel and used the negative space. I covered a small piece of white paper with thin double sided tape and added Navy Blue and Light Blue glitter. After buffing it well to ensure that the glitter will not come off, I glued the panel to a dark blue card base. I popped the white panel on some double sided tape and placed it over the glitter panel. Here is a closer look at the snowflake.

The sentiment is from Essential Sentiments by Bo Bunny. I stamped it with Versamark on the white panel and heat embossed it with the Lapis Lazuli Blue EP by Lindy's.

Hope you like my card and are inspired to create something beautiful. You can link your projects at the Make My Monday Challenge blog here and also check out the fantastic inspiration by my team mates.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Players Challenge PP322: Clean & Simple Christmas

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #200

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps & More #219...

Hi! The current challenge at the Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #219 is Clean & Simple.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Founded in June 2013, California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. From just a handful of stamps, we now have 100+ stamp designs, 4 stamp designers, our exclusive line of stencils, and 20 amazing crafters spread across 3 teams who constantly produce gorgeous projects featuring our products. Our clear stamps are perfect for creating CAS, one layer, and mixed media cards, and they can be combined to create a variety of paper crafts. All of our stamps are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest, non-yellowing photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and

experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!" 

Blog: http://stamplorations.blogspot.ca

Prize: 2 digital images

Here is my inspiration card

I made this card when I was in Goa on a vacation and had minimum supplies. In fact I went to the local Itsy Bitsy outlet and bought the stamps. I had only carried some plain white paper, few ink pads and my trusty Stampaholic. Just goes to show that you don't need tons of supplies to make cards!

I had a white card panel cut with the Gina Marie Xcut Rectangles. I placed the panel in the Stampaholic and stamped the sentiment from the Autumn Sayings stamp set by We R Memory Keepers with Memento dew drops Red Letter ink. I then stamped various blooms from the Delightful Daisies stamp set by Itsy Bitsy around the sentiment with black ink from the Blackboard mini ink pads set by Hero Arts. Here is a closer look at the stamped panel.

To finish, I simply mounted the panel on a white card base with some double sided tape. 

I hope you find my card inspiring and create something beautiful. Please remember to check out the Addicted To Stamps and More blog for more amazing inspiration by rest of the DT. There is also a DT call on along with the current challenge. If you want a chance to be a part of a great team be sure to DT after your name when you link up your creations.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Players PP320 - Theme Challenge

AAA Cards: Cas Game #77

CAS on Sunday Challenge #95 - Flowers

Lawnscaping Challenge #141 - CAS

Love,
Nandini

Make My Monday Challenge #34...

Hi! The latest challenge at the Make My Monday Challenge blog is Get Well. I made a quick, one layer card with very limited supplies while I was in Goa on a holiday. Proof that you don't need a whole lot of stuff to create a card!

I carried a white card base, my trusty Stampaholic, the Dogs stamp set by Inkadinkado, Blackboard mini ink pads set by Hero Arts and a couple of dew drop pads by Memento to Goa. 

I started by stamping the largest image from the stamp set with black ink. I stamped three times to get a good, solid coverage. I then masked the image and started with the sentiment. The technique for creating sentiment backdrops is by Jennifer Mcguire and you can find her wonderful post here.

I first used the Memento Rose Bud ink to stamp the sentiment. I then simply moved the card base by half inch increments to stamp using Charcoal and Granite inks for an ombre look. The whole process must have taken me less than 30 minutes!

I hope you liked this simple card. Make sure to visit the Make My Monday Challenge blog for more inspiration and to link up your entries.

Love,
Nandini