The MEGA Card...

Hi! I have a interesting card today. This is going to my son's school principal from his whole class. 

The card is is big - 7 inches x 10 inches. I used the Altenew Bountiful Bouquet stamp and die set for the flowers. The sentiment is from CrafTangles. 

Entering this card in the following challenges:

NBUS Challenge #76:
The sentiment die is couple of years old, never used before.

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #75 - Summer Birthday:

Love,

Nandini

Happy Little Stamper August Watercolor Challenge...

Hi! I hope you are ready for the fresh new challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

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

I created a birthday card for today's challenge.

I started by creating a watercolor background using the Liquid Watercolors by CrafTangles. The colors I used are Lemon Tart, Pretty Peony and Soulmate. After my paper was dry, I stamped the Delightful Daisies background stamp by Whimsy Stamps with the Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I cut a long strip around 2 inches tall. I set aside the rest of the panel for another card. I ran a piece of black cardstock through the Argyle Background embossing folder by Darice so added texture. After rounding one corner of the watercolored panel, I glued it to the card base. The sentiment is from the Altenew One Go Birthday stamp & die set by Altenew.

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.

Love,
Nandini

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:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Things with Wings

Can You Handle the Pressure? - Anything Goes Embossing with a twist of THINGS WITH WINGS

Park Hopping My Happy Place March 2023

Love,
Nandini

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - November 2022...

Hi! I am here with the inspiration for the November challenge of the Happy Little Stampers Stencil challenge.

I created a card using the CrafTangles foil and an old stencil.

I used a very old stencil by Fevicryl, CrafTangles Foil Magic Gilding Glue and CrafTangles Copper Reactive Foil. The sentiment is from Altenew Painted Greetings stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a scrap of black paper and then ran it through the laminator. To finish, I mounted the panel on a black card base and added the sentiment, popped up on foam tape.

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. I look forward to visiting you in our gallery. 

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps And More #438 - Birthdays...

Hi! I am here today with some inspiration for the Addicted To Stamps And More blog. The theme this time is:

I created a quick and simple card using the Sweet Cakes stamp set by Simon Says Stamp.

I simply stamped the cake image on some cream card stock and colored in using Altenew Artist Markers. after coloring, I re-stamped the outline with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The cake stand is heat embossed with Platinum embossing powder.

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with Rainbow embossing powder by CrafTangles.

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.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Die-cuts:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It:

Use Your Stuff #466 - Food/Drink:

The Sweet Cakes stamp and die set and the polka dot wrapping paper are from my stash. Both are at least 5 years old!

AAA Birthday Game #41 - Mood Board:

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps And More #425 - Die Cuts & Stencils...

 Hi! I am here today with some inspiration for the Addicted To Stamps And More blog. The theme this time is:

I made a quick and simple card today using a large sentiment die from CrafTangles that I bought recently. 

I started with a white card base and stamped the border from the Fanfare stamp set by Avery Elle in the rainbow order. A background like this is easy yo create with a stamp positioner. I die cut the sentiment from the stamped panel. And the shadow from black cardstock. I glued the black shadow behind the sentiment. And that's it! Like a said, this is a quick and simple card.

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.

Love,

Nandini

Addicted To Stamps & More #227...

Hi! The new challenge at Addicted To Stamps & More is up and this week it is 

You can make your mark with pens, markers, pencils etc.

Here are the two cards that I made

And here are the steps that I took to make them.

I started with a piece of cream drawing paper on which I had stamped the Justrite Floral Stiched background couple of times. I often do this and give the sheets to my kids to color. I used Faber Castell sketch pens to color the background. These are simple sketch pens that come in a pack of 50 shades.

After I had finished coloring, I cut the paper into two panels with the Double Stitched Rectangle dies by DCAM. These are my go to dies for panels since they cut like butter and add a lovely stitched detail to the outside edge. 

Rest of the cards were simple. I mounted the panels on some kraft cardstock cut with the same dies since drawing paper is very thin. I then mounted the completed panels on kraft card bases. here is a closer look at the completed panel.

The sentiment is from the Happy Day stamp set by CrafTangles, an Indian brand. I really love the font in this set. I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Metallic Pink EP by Wow! on a strip of black paper. I mounted the sentiment strip on some foam tape as well.

I hope you like my cards and are inspired to create something beautiful. Please link your creations here.

Love,
Nandini