Altenew Persian Motifs Glitter Overload

Hi all. This card was made for Altenew's June challenge but I felt it wasn't good enough to enter the challenge, hence didn't post it then. If you overlook the design of the Altenew Persian Motifs stamp set, on its own the card looks fine. I put in a lot of hard work for this card but it didn't turn out as intended. 

I started by heat embossing the design on watercolor paper and then stamped the sentiment above it. Thereafter, I filled in the pattern using very fine glitter from Pie Lane. I added glue into the tiny spaces in the design and that is where some of the details of the design got lost. But on the whole, if you see, the design looks fine.

Once the glitter part was over, I watercolored the background using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. Then I felt the design got lost with watercoloring around it, so added yellow highlights in the spaces which was not filled with glitter. 

Lastly, I finished off the card with some ink splatters and sequins.

Here's a glimpse of how I added the glitter on the pattern....

I would love to know your views about the card. Thanks a lot for stopping by.

Center Step Card - Mudra Lotus Blooms

Hi friends, today I have a very special card to share. It's special because after a long time I made a special fold card.  As I was looking at my old creations, I realised how many different types of folds we used to create as opposed to the simple top folding cards that we make nowadays. So I thought why not try something different with these beautiful watercolored Lotus Blooms.

To begin with, I watercolored and fussy cut my stamped images. Then I created a center step card base and distressed the front part with distress inks. I splattered some water droplets on it to give a nice look on the background. I adhered a couple die cut image on the first step fold and added the lotus bud and a leaf at the last fold of the center step card. 

I arranged the floral images and leaves on the front portion of the card and embellished it with some mdf leaves and added a few sequins to complete the card.

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)

Black Lattice Window Card

Hey guys! This is another card in the series of lattice cards that I have been making in the last couple of days. This time I wanted a red and black combo. The red poppy flower goes pretty well with the black backdrop. I got this digi from the net and colored it using Faber Castell color pencils. It was a bit tacky to fussy cut this, as it have many closed spaces which had to be cut-out with a craft knife. Instead of adhering it with 3D tape, this time I glued it directly on the lattice frame. The sentiment is heat embossed and the stamp set is from TPC.

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge #27 - Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special [L: Lattice, Leaves, P: Pencil Water colors, C: Card Stock, Cutting by hand]

 Elphine House - #55 Make your own background

Penny's Paper-Crafty - #167 Anything but Square

Paper Shelter Challenge - #148 Anything Goes

Framed Flowers

Hi All. Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend. Today I am sharing a card wherein I tried making a frame with some paper cutting and punching. I used a pre-embossed sheet to make the frame. Then I weaved the ribbon onto the frame by punching holes at various positions. Punched the edges with an MS punch.

The image is from Beccy's place. I printed and then colored it using Faber Castell watercolor pencils. Added some pearls on 4 corners to finish my card.

Challenges entered

Create Something Catchy Challenges #1 - Picture inspiration 

Lulupu Challenge #27 - Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special [L - Leaves, P - Punches, Pearls, Pencil colors, C - Coloring digis, Card Stock]

Lattice Window Card

Hi everyone!! I have been meaning to try out a lattice window card since a very long time, and finally I got the time for it. Though tedious, I loved creating this lattice window. I am also going to try out different versions of it. I first created this panel and then mounted it on a green card base. Love how the green peeps out of the white panel.

I also have been doing a lot of watercoloring these days... my cards in coming days will reveal those! I printed a whole lot of these pretty digis from the net and colored them using Faber Castell watercolor pencils. This one is from Beccy's blog. When I completed coloring this, I had a vision in mind as to how I wanted my card to be and I was able to achieve what I had thought of. I wanted a very subtle but intricate background for this.

Here's a look at behind the scene pics... I used an old piece of CS to create the lattice, thus the coloring on the strips. 

That's all for today... Ciao!!

Challenges entered

BGC #46 - Love is in the Air
Lulupu Challenge #26 - Try Something New !

Using Multiple Stamps on one card

Hey there. Here is a card that I created using stamps from multiple stamp sets simply because one stamp set did not have the kind of images I was looking for. I found this technique quite fun and I now feel I can get more from my stamps by combining them this way. The overall card is inspired by Jennifer Mcguire's this card.

I first stamped in the sentiment 'Hello' and then positioned the flowers and leaves around it. After stamping all the images with black ink, I started coloring with my Faber Castell color pencils. The alphabet stamp that I used here only has the outlines, so I filled the alphabets using silver pen. Then I finished the card with some gemstones in flower centers. For the border I have used a washi tape in the background.

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge #26 - Try Something New !
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC90 Washi Tape
Sweet Stamps - # 157 Anything Goes

Set of 3 paintings

I had made these 3 set of paintings in blue color just after my 12th exams. I had seen this set at a restaurant in Chandigarh and wanted to have a same set for myself. So I just made it with whatever material I had.