In Memory of Bill Blog Hop...

Hi. Today I am here as part of the blog hop to support Sue Trembeth during a difficult time. Sue is a beloved member of the design team at The Rainbow Card Challenge Blog. Her elder brother Bill passed away from esophageal cancer some time back. Losing a loved member of our family is always tough. My thoughts and prayers are with Sue and her family during this difficult time. 

The theme is periwinkle, the color of esophageal cancer awareness. Here is my card.

I started with a panel of watercolor paper on which I stamped the flowers from the Lil Inkers Inky Flowers stamp set with Versamark ink. I heat embossed the flowers with white embossing powder. After the heat embossing was done, I used distress inks in shades of blue and violet for ink smooshing. I allowed the panel to dry and then added some more ink to the flowers with a brush to make them pop a bit more. Here is a closer look at the left side of the panel

And the right side

I kept the rest of the card very simple. After trimming the panel, I mounted it over a black mat on a grey card base. The sentiment is from the Forest Friends stamp set by Pinkfresh Studio. I heat embossed it in white on a scrap of black paper.

Here is another look at the completed card.

Your next stop is the awesome Mary Ellen Driggs. You can also start at the beginning. Here is a list of all the stops of the blog hop.

Mynn Kitchen
Rocky Crafter
Em Fairley
Nandini Karmarkar - That's me!
Mary Ellen Driggs
LeAnn Skinner
Lee Ann Barrett
Gietje Boja-Ligthart
Ewa Pas
Jacqueline Mantle
The Rainbow Card Challenge Blog

Love,
Nandini

Artsy Card with Pinkfresh Studios...

Hi! I am here today with a card which is a bit different from my usual style.  I made this card for the STAMPtember celebration, where Simon Says Stamp is releasing a new collaborative set with different companies every day. One of the brands is Pinkfresh Studios. I am a big fan of Pinkfresh Studio products. I love their designs, especially the dies. The delicate Floral Squares die set is really beautiful, with six different designs. I used three of the squares to create my card.

I started with a piece of white watercolour paper by Itsy Bitsy and smooshed distress inks in red, yellow and green with pieces of acetate on it. The secret to getting a good look with smooshing is to dry the colour between layers. Otherwise, the colours mix and become muddy. Once I was happy with the colours, I splattered some water droplets for a distressed look. After drying the panel, I splattered black ink with a brush. Here is a closer look at the panel.

The squares were die-cut out of black paper and adhered to the panel with liquid glue. I glued the panel to a black card base directly, tilting it a bit for a more artsy look. The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set by Altenew. I stamped it on a scrap of black paper and heat embossed it with Wow! Rich Gold embossing powder. Here is a closer look.

Here is another look at the completed card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio STAMPtember 2019 Collaboration:

Color Throwdown #560:

HLS September Watercolor Challenge:

The Flower Challenge #36 - Anything Goes:

Love,
Nandini

Rainbow Card Challenge - Passion For Purple...

Hi! I am back with another great challenge for the Rainbow Card Challenge. Here is the inspiration pic.

I just love all the gorgeous shades of purple here. My favorite is the bottom right pic with the black and purple combo. Here is the card I created for you.

I decided to do some ink smooshing with distress and distress oxide inks. I used my Waffle Flower Water Media mat as my work surface. I was one of the lucky people to win it when it was released. It is an amazing product, very well designed and useful. I added the inks directly to the work surface and sprayed with water. After pressing the paper into the inks, I dried it with my heat tool.  Since the water media mat is made of heat resistant silicone there was no need to keep moving the paper around. And cleaning up the inks between layers was super easy! Here is the piece I created along with the inks I used.

I added several layers until I was happy with the look. 

I dried the panel thoroughly and trimmed it to fit an A2 size card base. 

I die-cut some wreaths from black card stock and glued them to the smooshed panel which was glued to the black card base. 

The sentiment is from the Wishing You stamp set by Mudra Craft Stamps. I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black ink on a scrap of paper left over after I trimmed the smooshed panel. I matted it with black and added it to the card after popping it on some foam tape.

To finish, I die-cut a few tiny flowers from black cardstock and glued them to the wreath.

Here is another look at the completed card.

I hope you liked my card and are inspired to create something beautiful You can visit the Rainbow Card Challenge blog for more inspiration from the design team and link your entries. 

Love, 
Nandini