CAS Shaker Card...

Hi! I am here today with a quick CAS shaker card. The idea for this card came to me as I was making another card. Initially I wanted to make a one layer card. But the design developed into a shaker card.

I used a very old stamp by Fiskars called Petals From Scratch. The sentiment is from the Fancy Banner 2 set by Taylored Expressions. I colored the flower using my Zigs. Here is a close up of the shaker element.

And another look at the completed card.

Entering this card in the following challenges.

Freshly Made Sketches #513:

Color Throwdown #670:

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes:

Addicted To CAS Challenge #211:

Perfectly CAS Challenge #21:

STAMPlorations November CAS Challenge:

Love,

Nandini

Playing With Plaid...

Hi! I was cleaning up my stash and came across a half finished plaid card base. I think I had started it when I got my first set of Altenew inks. Since I wanted to enter the challenge at Pixies's Snippets, this worked perfectly! Here is the card I created.

I just added the stitching lines with an old Itsy Bitsy stamp set. The sentiment is part of the Graphic Greetings series by Taylored Expressions and is called Birthday. I stamped it with Versamark ink and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I blended some pink colour around the edges to make it stand out. To finish I cut a mat out of some translucent cream paper and popped up the sentiment on foam tape. I also added four half pearls from my stash at the corners.

Love the way this card turned out. Entering it in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge 342:
The challenge that started it all! I have been following Di's big giveaway posts fairly regularly and wanted to add my snippets card to the gallery.

Watercooler Wednesday WWC202:

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 563 - Anything Goes:

Incy Wincy Designs - Celebrate 10 Years:

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps And More #245...

Hi! It is another Wednesday and that means a new challenge at the Addicted To Stamps And More blog. This time around we have an interesting photo to inspire you.

Isn't this great? There are so many ways to interpret it and I am looking forward to your takes on it.

I decided to concentrate on the subway style lettering. Here is my card inspired by today's pic.

One of my favorite ways to test new inks is by creating plaid backgrounds. I created this top folding card base on which I stamped a plaid pattern using a DIY stamp and the Red Cosmos mini ink cubes set by Altenew. The black stitching lines were stamped using an old Itsy Bitsy stamp set.

I took a piece of white card stock and die cut it with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card. I stamped the Graphic Greetings - Birthday stamp with Versamark ink and heat embossed with a pink EP by Wow!. I mounted my panel with foam tape on the card front.

To finish up I added three heart shaped gems to the bottom of the panel.

I hope you like my card and are inspired to create something beautiful. Please link up your creations to our gallery here. Also don't forget to visit the blog and check out the fabulous inspiration by my teamies.

Entering this card in the following challenges.

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It Make It Challenge - June:

CAS On Sunday Challenge #109 - Use a Repetitive Image
I think my card qualifies since I used one stamp to create the plaid pattern and another to create the stitching lines.

AAA Cards Game #91 - 3rd Big Birthday Bash

Just us Girls #396 - Word Week 
I die cut the sentiment panel.

Love,
Nandini