Fun With Cover Dies Take 2...

Hi! I am back with my third card using cover dies. The first card was with the Flower die by Gina Marie Designs. You can find it here. I shared the second card yesterday, made using an old Spellbinders die. You can find that card here.

For the third card, I combined a background stamp with a cover die. This is the card I came up with.

I stamped the gorgeous Ornate Background stamp from Simon Says Stamp with grey ink on a panel of ivory cardstock. I love this stamp set, it always looks beautiful. I cut the stamped panel with the Classic Stripe cover die by Mama Elephant and saved all the pieces. I also cut two more pieces out of ivory cardstock. Using the positive die-cut as a guide, I adhered the negative stripes into place taking care to keep the design intact on an ivory card base. I also added one of the plain ivory die-cuts. I covered this with a piece of vellum. The other two pieces were adhered together with the stamped piece on top and glued over the vellum. Here is a closer look at the completed panel.

For the sentiment, I took a scrap of pink paper and added several layers of Ranger's Enchanted Gold embossing powders. I die cut it with some alphabet dies. Since I don't have the exclamation mark die, I simply cut an extra 'I' and turned it into one. To make the alphabet dies pop, I backed each with black die-cuts, offsetting slightly so that the black peeked through. Here is a closer look at the sentiment.

To finish, I added clear drops from my stash around the sentiment. Here is another look at the completed card.

I love the way this card turned out. There is something so beautiful about the way the background pattern continues seamlessly over the die-cutting. And I really like the pop that the pink sentiment adds.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

HLS April Anything Goes With Dies Challenge:

April Show & Share by Virginia:

The Card Concept #113:
I was inspired by the ivory, grey and pink colour palette in the picture.

Watercooler Wednesdays WWC217:

Craft Rocket Challenge #58 - For Men/Boys:

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps And More #275...

Hi! The new challenge is up at the Addicted to Stamps and More blog. This is the Photo Inspiration week and we have a set of three beautiful pics for you.

There are many elements here that capture the attention. The classic black, white and gold combo, the bold stripes etc. My attention was drawn immediately to the cake. I loved the bands of colors and decided to use that as an inspiration.

I cut strips of paper and arranged them on a piece of scrap paper. I trimmed the panel and then mounted it on a black card base with foam tape. The sentiment was cut using the Thanks die by Mudra Craft Stamps. I cut it multiple times and then stacked the pieces for added dimension. To finish I added some star die cuts.

A quick and easy card, I really like how it turned out! I hope you like it too and are inspired to create something beautiful. Please do visit the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge blog to check out more amazing inspiration and also to link your entries.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Time Out Challenges #100 - Thankful:

HLS January Anything Goes With Dies:

Love,
Nandini

Make My Monday Challenge #40...

Hi! The current Make My Monday Challenge #40 is up and the theme is Birds. So you can create anything to do with birds, feathers, nests, eggs, flying etc.

I honestly struggled with this theme. Though I have I few stamps with bird images, I couldn't think of anything to make. One of my favorite things to do when I am stuck is to go through Pinterest. I was doing this the night before the challenge was due when I came across this beauty by Bhavana Kesarkar. You must check out her blog Blending Art And Craft which is full of amazing creations. So I decided to CASE her card and here is what I came up with.

I started with a piece of white card stock that I cut with DCAM's Double Stitched Nested Rectangle dies. I blended some purple, pink and peach distress inks in the middle. I used the Script texture stamp by Kaisercraft and lightly stamped with Artistry Lavender Dash ink. I then added some splatters with silver pink acrylic paints. I stamped the bird image from the Winnie and Walter You've Got Love Mail stamp set with Picked Raspberry ink and heat embossed it with Ranger's Holographic EP. The sentiment is also from the same set and I stamped it thrice with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The only reason I got such crisp stamping was because of my trusty Stampaholic.

Here is a close up of the panel.

I mounted the panel on a kraft card base that I had lightly stamped with the same Script stamp by Kaiserkraft. Some sequins from my stash finished the card.

Hope you like my card. Do check out the Make My Monday challenge blog for more fabulous inspiration by rest of the DT.

I am entering this card in the CAS(E) This Sketch #209. 

Love,
Nandini

Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge #217...

Hi! The latest challenge at Addicted To Stamps and More is

Our wonderful sponsors are 

QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps was purchased by Stamp On It in 2013 from the state of Colorado and moved to its new home in Michigan! We(Stamp On It) had its humble beginnings over 25 years ago and is now a mobile(on-the-road) family owned and operated business. We travel coast to coast and attend as a vendor over 25 retail stamping and scrapping shows each year. 

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Prize: 3 digital images 

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor of Addicted to Stamps and More. 

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. 

Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion. 

Website: http://robynsfetish.com

Prize: 3 digital images (does not include designer papers)

I created two masculine cards for this challenge.

I started with a piece of white card stock on which I stamped a plaid pattern using Hero Arts and Memento inks and the Plaid Background Builder set by My Favorite things. Once my plaid panel was ready, I die cut it using the X cut stitched rectangle dies along with some red and black handmade papers. I used the Hip Hip stamp set by Kaisercraft to stamp two sentiment blocks with Versamark and heat embossed it with black & silver EPs. I simply layered the die cut panels and my cards were ready. I added some tiny black die cuts as embellishments as the final touch.

Here is the close up of the first card:

I used the tiny stars cut with the Confetti die by Mama Elephant to accent the card. The plaid panel is popped up with foam tape.

I used the hearts cut with the Confetti die by Mama Elephant. I popped up the sentiment panel and the plaid frame with foam tape this time.

I hope you like these simple cards. Please do visit the ATSM blog for more fabulous inspiration and don't forget to link up your creations to our gallery.

Love,
Nandini