Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Addicted To Stamps And More #442 - Christmas...

Hello again! I hope you are ready for some inspiration for the Addicted To Stamps And More challenge. We had a nice break for Christmas and New Year. And now me and rest of the DT team is ready to inspire you again! The theme this time is:



I recently got my order of Altenew products. I pulled out the Wonderful Wreath stencil to create this card.



I placed the stencil over a piece of watercolor paper and simply painted with my Zigs through the openings. I used light brown, rust and dark green pens. After the coloring was done, I spritzed the paper with the mister and let it air dry.



The sentiment is from the Altenew Lovely Ornaments stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I also added some along the edges for a more grungy look. To finish, I added some half pearls from my stash.

I hope you liked my card and will create something beautiful for this challenge. You can link your creations to the ATSM gallery. Please don't forget to visit the other DT who have some incredible inspiration for you. I look forward to visiting you in our gallery.

Entering this card in the following challenges:







Love,

Nandini












Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive 2023 Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)


Hi! Thanks you, Amy Hill, for sending you here. I hope you are enjoying this great hop.

Our goal is to send cards to the elderly that lives in nursing homes or shelters and let them know they’re not forgotten. Please do check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in your handmade cards.

My card today combines some of my favorite Altenew products.



I used the Fragrant Florals stamp and die set. The coloring was done using Zig markers. 




I ran the card base through the Illusion Triangles 3D embossing folder for some texture. 




The sentiment is from the One Go Birthday stamp and die set.


Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 03/20/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 03/21/2023.

 



Blog Hop List

Below is a complete list of the amazing designers/guests who are participating in this special card drive. Have fun hopping along!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
Love,
Nandini

Friday, March 10, 2023

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - March 2023...

Hi! I am here with the inspiration for the March challenge of the Happy Little Stampers Stencil challenge. I am excited to be back after the long break for Christmas and New Year!


I got some new supplies from Altenew recently and decided to use them to create two tags.


I used the Paint-A-Flower Camellia Outline stamp set along with it's simple coloring stencil. Once the tags were ready, I ran them through the Illusion Triangles 3D Embossing Folder.

Here is another look at the tags.


I hope my tags inspire you to create something beautiful. You can visit the Happy Little Stampers challenge blog for more inspiration and link your creations. I look forward to visiting you in our gallery.




Love,
Nandini

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge - March 2023...

Hi! Welcome back to the Happy Little Stampers Challenge. I hope you guys are looking forward to 2023. We are back after a nice, long break and I am eager to get started!


I created a card using the Fresh Freesia stamp set by Altenew.


I used Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers - Tropical Fiesta set for coloring the bloom. The sentiment is from the Altenew Calming Cluster die set.


Here is another look at the card.



I hope my card inspires you to create something beautiful. You can visit the Happy Little Stampers challenge blog for more inspiration and link your creations to our gallery.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

The Flower Challenge #78:



Simon Says Monday Challenge - Emboss It:

I heat embossed the flower before watercoloring it.


Retro Rubber Challenge 201 - Tic Tac Toe:

I chose diagonal - die cut, layers, my choice. The Fresh Freesia stamp and die set is 3-4 years old.

NBUS Challenge #48:

The Fresh Freesia stamp and die set is 3-4 years old.

Love,

Nandini

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Happy Little Stamper March Watercolor Challenge...

Hi! We are back after a long, refreshing break! I am happy and excited for the new year and the new challenges in 2023!

This month we have an optional prompt for the HLS Watercolor Challenge.




My card uses the Altenew Mariposa embossing folder and CrafTangles liquid watercolors.


I dropped the liquid watercolors into the embossing folder randomly and placed the watercolor paper over it. I sprayed the watercolor paper with water before placing it in the embossing folder. Once the paper was dry, I trimmed it to size and stamped the sentiment from the Altenew Fresh Freesia set with black Versamark Onyx ink.

I hope you liked my card. I look forward to your beautiful creations in the HLS gallery. Do visit the blog for some more inspiration by my teamies.

Entering this card in the following challenges:




Love,
Nandini