Bookmarks for Teachers

Hi friends. I made a couple of bookmarks for my son's teachers at his preschool. They are his first teachers and I wanted to make something special for them. I made a few cards too which I shall share very soon.

I used a mix of stamps from PABD - Summer Cooler, Avery Elle - Alphabet Stamps and Maya Road - Ornate Frames, to complete the sentence "A scoop of thanks, sprinkled with love, from Neil". I mounted the sentiment stamps all at once on my Stampoholic tool and that made my work so much easier. I stamped the wordings with Versafine Onyx black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

Then I white embossed the ice cream cup image and colored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. I used multiple colors for the ice cream scoop to give it an 'Ice Cream Sundae' look.

I applied glossy accents in swirly motion on the ice cream scoop and it looks oh so yummylicoius in real life!! Have a closer look!! I also stamped the small sprinkles image from the same PABD stamp set and embossed it with Zing hot pink embossing powder.  

At last, I mounted the white panels on colorful card stock and tied a ribbon on the top.

Challenges entered

PABD Challenge #9 - Color Inspiration

Sending Hugs - PABD Humming Blossom

Hello everyone!! I am back with another card using PABD Humming Blossom Stamp Set. I ordered myself some of their newest releases and got my friend who visited India recently, to bring them for me here in Manila. I also wanted to try out their stencil so took out my Dreamweaver Stencils Metallic Gold embossing paste and created the layered background using it. 

To start with, I took a big sheet of paper, almost 6x8", and embossed it all at once so that I can use it for various cards. Trimmed down a part of it for this card and adhered it to the card base using a strong double sided tape. Before that I also distressed the edges a bit to give a torn look. 

I stamped the floral branches several times on watercolor paper using Versamark ink and embossed it with Ranger Gold Embossing Powder. Then I colored them all in different colors using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. 

I used a die cut to create a focal image for my card. Then I stuck the floral branch on the bottom right using foam squares. I trimmed a part of the branch to stick it towards the top left of the die cut. It made it look as if the bird was sitting on the branch. 

To embellish my card further, I added lots of seed beads and few rhinestones here and there to add glitz to the card. 

The sentiment is also from PABD - Lotus Delight Stamp Set. I embossed it in white and popped it with foam tape on the card. 

The card actually has a royal look with all the gold in the background and gold embossing and golden beads. The pictures are not doing full justice to it :( But I hope you do get the idea :) 

Here is a look at the card from various angles.

This is the all the coloring that I was referring to earlier :D

Thanks a lot for dropping by!!

Challenges Entered

PABD Challenge #8 - Only Layers

Congrats Shaker Card with PABD Peonies Love

Hello everyone!! I am back with the second card made using PABD Peonies Love stamp set. I did a lot of watercoloring at once and fussy cut the flowers. You can see my other card here.
I wanted to make a shaker card, probably my first, with the yellow flowers. 

I used a die cut frame and white glitter background for the shaker window and filled it up with loads of sequins and seed beads. Then I adhered the shaker window on a white matting and stuck it onto the card base. The flowers were glued using white glue and few foam dots.

A front view of the card...

Here is a peek of the watercoloring that I did....

PABD Peonies Love Stamp Set

Hope you like my card. Do leave some love. Thanks for being here.

Challenges Entered

PABD - Anything Goes  (I have used die cuts that I had got from someone long time back and also the glitter sheet used as backing for shaker window is a very old craft supply lying in my stash. New supplies used are the PABD stamp set)

PABD Stamp Set Peonies Love

Hi everyone!! It feels so strange to blog after a really long time! This has been my longest break from my blog. A lot of things kept me away from crafting. I moved to Manila, Philippines and was busy settling down here. Now that things are settling, and I have my new craft space set up, I am getting back into the groove :)

I may not be crafting, but I hoarded a lot of craft supplies before moving to Manila. And now its time to get them out and put them to use. So, I tried out my new stamp set from PABD called Peonies Love. And what a gorgeous stamp this is... amazing crisp stamping. I happened to attend a watercoloring class recently and practised my watercoloring to color these stamps.

Here is one of the cards I made.... 

I did some watercoloring on a white panel and used it for matting. Then I stuck a tag die cut on top of that panel and stamped my sentiment on it. Once that was done, I popped up the fussy cut flowers with foam tape and arranged them on the card. Added few punched out gold leaves and few sequins here and there. To finish up the card, I splattered some pink and blue ink on the card.

Hope you liked my card. Thanks so much from dropping by!!

Challenges Entered

PABD - Anything Goes  (I have used my old leaf punch to punch the golden leaves. New supplies used are the PABD stamp set)