Addicted To Stamps And More #412 - Christmas...

Hi! I am back with another great challenge at the Addicted To Stamps And More blog. The theme this time is:

I decided to do some vintage style loose water-coloring this time. I am trying to master this technique and practicing a lot. Though I still have very far to go, I was quite happy with this panel.

I stamped the poinsettia image from the Jingle Bells stamp set by Mudra and colored it with distress inks. The sentiment is from the Christmas Greetings stamp set, also by Mudra Craft Stamps.

I stamped the sentiment and then die-cut the circle. I inked the edges for some definition and popped it up on foam tape. To finish I added the jute twine.

Here is another look at the 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.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

HLS August Watercolor Challenge:

HLS August Christmas Challenge:

The Flower Challenge #59:

Christmas Cards August Challenge:

I have poinsettias and a Christmas ornament on my card.

Die Cut Divas August Challenge:

Love To Scrap Challenge #148 - Old School

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #37:

World Wide Open Design Team Monthly Challenge - August:

Love,



Nandini

Rainbow Birthday with Pinkfresh Studio...

Hi! I am back after a short break post completing my projects for Altenew Academy. I am just a step away from my certification and super excited about it. The final challenge is conducting a workshop. I have always enjoyed teaching and I am having fun planning it. The workshop will be held in Mumbai on March 3rd. I have also started teaching CAS style cards. The card today is one of the projects we did. The technique is from the Clean, Simple and Colorful Techniques class taught by Laura Bassen for the Altenew Academy.

I started with a panel of ivory cardstock and a bunch of distress inks. I used masking tapes and did ink blending to get a rainbow background. I also added some splatters with gold acrylic paint. Here is a closer look at the blending.

While the panel dried, I used the Let's Celebrate stamp and die set by Pinkfresh Studio to create the top panel. Since the background was very colourful, I decided to keep the stamping simple. To finish I simply popped up the stamped panel with foam tape and adhered both to a top folding ivory card base. Here is another look at the final card.

I love the way this card turned out. And my student had a blast making it. I would love to make this into a shaker card too.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

Pinkfresh Studio February 2019 Challenge:

Yes Virginia... February Show & Share:

Stamping Sensations February - All Things Bright And Beautiful:

Cardz For Galz Challenge #90 - Weather:

Watercooler Wednesday WWC208:

Love,
Nandini

Addicted To Stamps And More #310...

Hi! The current challenge at Addicted To Stamps And More is a gorgeous collage.

Feel free to be inspired by any or all the elements here. You can visit the Addicted To Stamps And More blog for more gorgeous inspiration and linking your entries.

I was most struck by the beautiful colours of this pic. Unfortunately, I was really short on time since we were leaving for a brief holiday the very next day. So I dived into my big box of paper scraps and lo and behold! Found the perfect piece of paper! This background was made a long time back by one of the kids when they were playing with distress inks and stamps. Here is the card I made with it.

The background is made by smooshing distress inks. The stamp set is by Itsy Bitsy. I die cut the panel with the Fishtail Banners die by Itsy Bitsy. I brushed some Versamark ink along the sides and heat embossed with gold EP. The sentiment is from the Sweet Cakes stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. I popped up the banner with a strip of foam tape on a teal card base.

I hope you like my card and are inspired to create something beautiful. Looking forward to seeing your take on the photo collage in our gallery.

Entering this card in the following challenge.

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #335:

I am so thrilled to be entering this challenge this time. I have a huge stash which includes discarded backgrounds and it is always great when I can put it to use!

Love,

Nandini

Joseph's Coat Stamping Technique...

Hi! I am back today with my final post as Guest DT for Craftyscrappers. I have thoroughly enjoyed my term and enjoyed the great crafters that I have met through this.

Since Craftyscrappers has recently started dealing in stamps, we decided to make stamping techniques our main focus.

I chose to do the Joseph's Coat technique. It is an emboss resist technique, also called Emerging Colors technique. I have put together a small tutorial which I hope is helpful.

I started by going through my stash. I have a bunch of backgrounds that I tried some technique on. Sometimes there are extras and other times the technique didn't work. But the colors were really pretty. I tend to keep these and recycle them. The Joseph's Coat technique is really great for this. I selected three that I really liked.

I added a bit of texture on the first by stamping with the Kaisercraft Texture Script Stamp and Artistry Amazon Trail ink. For the second, I covered my Memory Box Texture Mesh stencil with gold acrylic paint and pressed it on the paper. For the third I used gold acrylic paint again with my daughter's Guides woggle.

Once the papers were dry, I went to next step which is to make the emboss resist with clear embossing EP. I used Striped Leaves stencils by Crafter's Workshop, Garden Flourish background stamp by My Favorite Things and a DIY stamp I made some fun foam.

Here is a closer look at the embossed papers.

Now comes the last step of the technique, which is most fun!

I applies several layers of the Artistry Dark Garnet ink with a blending foam. The ink blending tool is from Papericious and I love how light it is.

I cut the piece on which I had used the Garden Flourish stamp and applied Artistry Dark Garnet ink on one and Memento Tuxedo Black on the other.

I ended up making three cards with two of the backgrounds. The third one is in my stash.

Here are some closeups of the cards.

Finished with some cream ribbon and a button from my stash. The sentiment is from Altenew's Persian Motifs set and stamped with copper Delicata ink by Tsukineko.

I stamped the kraft card base with Ranger's Ground Espresso distress ink. The sentiment was die cut from gold foil paper with the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday die and mounted on translucent paper from my scrap bin.

This was my daughter's favorite. The sentiment is Wplus9's Hand Lettered Hello die which I die cut from some sparkly glitter paper.

I hope you liked my cards and will give this fun technique a try. Also do check out the Craftyscrapper's FB page for an amazing variety of die cuts and stamps. Their products are super high quality and very pocket friendly. And definitely check out the Craftyscrapper's blog for all the different stamping techniques that the DT have put together. I am sure you will be inspired to make something beautiful and participate in the Craftyscrappers Challenge #7 - Stamping Techniques.

Entering the cards in the following challenges:
Can You Case It - CYCI #108

Happy Little Stampers February Mixed Media Challenge: Paint

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Love,
Nandini