Hi! We have a gorgeous picture as inspiration for this week's photo challenge at Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge blog.
Isn't it beautiful? Here is my card inspired by the lovely butterfly and the shades of blue.
I started with a panel of watercolor paper. The stamp I used is from the Mindscapes set by Inkadinkado. I smooshed various shades of blue distress inks on the stamp, lightly spritzed it with water and then stamped on my panel. I quickly covered the stamped area with Ranger's Holographic EP and heat set to get a lovely shimmer effect.
The sentiment is from the Geometrical Patterns stamp set by Craftscrappers which has been designed by me. This is the very first set I designed and I am very proud to see it action! Here is a closer look at the panel.
I hope you are inspired by my card to create something beautiful. Please also check out the amazing inspiration on the Addicted To Stamps And More Challenge blog by my fellow DT. I can promise you will be dazzled!
Love,
Nandini
Hi! This week the theme of the challenge is
You can make projects inspired by your favorite holidays.
I have made a card celebrating the festival of colors, Holi.
I started with a piece of watercolor paper and used the reverse smooshing technique to color. I started with a bunch of distress ink cubes that I pressed on my craft sheet.
I then sprayed the watercolor paper generously with water and pressed the paper over the ink. The result was a richly colored panel. I let it dry completely and then splattered some gold acrylic paint on top. The panel looked so colorful and beautiful that I decided to leave it as is. I just added a strip of translucent paper towards the bottom. The sentiment is a die from Stamplorations which I cut several times from black and gold paper. I mounted the panel on a black card base.
Here is a closer look at my panel.
I hope my card inspires you to create something beautiful. Please do check out the ATSM challenge blog for some more fabulous inspiration by my fellow DT.
Entering this card in the following challenges.
HLS March Watercolor Challenge:
HLS March Anything Goes with Dies:
HLS March CAS Challenge:
Stamplorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge:
Inkspirational Challenge #130:
Love,
Nandini
Hi! The new challenge is up at the Make My Monday challenge blog and the theme this time is - Colors of the Rainbow. You need to use at least three colors from the rainbow.
I made a card using red, orange and green.
I was very impressed by a card by Jennifer Mcguire made from left over scraps of distress oxide backgrounds. You can find the original post here. I started with a panel of hand made paper that I cut with my DCAM Double Stitched Rectangles die. Next I cut long strips of handmade paper. I got several sheets of these papers from The Paper Shoppe by Naheed Hafiz. She has the most beautiful handmade papers at extremely reasonable rates. I simply wove the strips like a mat and then glued the whole thing on my panel. The sentiment die is by Simon Says Stamp. I cut it several times and then layered the die cuts for added bulk. The top most layer was from some gold foil paper. I die cut one last layer from the cream handmade paper and adhered it slightly offset over the gold paper. Here is a closer look at my card.
To finish I mounted the panel on a kraft card base. I am very pleased with this clean and simple card. Do visit the Make My Monday blog for some more amazing inspiration by my very talented team mates.
Entering my card in the following challenges:
The Paper Players: PPP334
I used the Painted Happy Birthday die by Simon Says Stamp for the sentiment and my scissors to cut the strips of handmade paper to create the background.
Cut It Up Challenge 116 - Birthday Cards
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make your own background
I created a mat for my sentiment by weaving together strips of paper. I hope this qualifies for the challenge.
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C374 - Use Your Words
Love,
Nandini
Hi! The new challenge #231 is up at the Addicted to Stamps and More and this is the week for
Which means you can go wild and create anything that your heart desires!
I decided to go way out of the box and create something that has been on my mind for a long, long time.
My brand new visiting cards, with a special artistic touch! A huge thanks to my husband who designed and printed the cards for me. And an equally large thanks to my Stampaholic which enabled me to stamp 100 cards in well under two hours. I used the Altenew Painted Flowers stamp set and a mix of Altenew and Memento dew drop ink pads for the stamping.
Here is a closer look at one of the cards.
I hope you are inspired to create something beautiful. Please do visit the challenge blog to link up your creations and also check out the fabulous inspiration by my fellow DT.
Love,
Nandini
