A Rainbow of colors!!

       Hi friends, today I'm sharing with you guys a card I made for my friend's birthday. 

       I didn't have much time to create an elaborate card which resulted in it being a CAS card!! But I must say, it turned out pretty with a rainbow of colors.

       First I started with a white card stock & coloured it with Distress inks diluted with water. I used the colors of the rainbow & let the colors blend a bit!! Then I sprinkled some water, let it react with the DI & used a tissue paper to absorb the excess.

       Then I cut a square panel from the same white card stock & applied Distress ink directly to it, again in colors of a rainbow.

       I cut a square piece of vellum a bit smaller than the square panel & embossed the sentiment using Ranger black embossing powder & pasted the vellum on the back of the square panel.

       And finally I stuck that to the front of the card.

       I created a pop-up cake on the inside & pasted some fussy cut candles to it & stamped the sentiment using DI.

       I am definitely using this rainbow design again, I love it ♥♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1. Lulupu challenge 54 - Embossing Magic

2. AAAcards - Game #49: Word Play

3. BGC#72 - Anything Goes

To Travel is to Live ♥♥♥

       This is a card I made for my friend Naveen, whom I met for the first time during my Goa Sailing trip in January, 2015. He is someone who loves travel, who did a lot of treks & likes cycling a lot!!

       We went for parasailing there in Goa & had lots of fun during that trip. So I wanted to make a card incorporating all of those memories into it. ♥

       So tried a masculine card for the first time ever & love how it came out.

       I used Distress inks to paint the background, creating a secluded beach, the sea & the sky!!.

       Then used Archival black ink to stamp some wild flowers & a fence.

       Then I drew the images of a cycle, a sail boat & a chute. Colored them using sketch pens & fussy cut them.

       Pasted them onto the front panel & stamped the rope of the chute!! Used glossy accents on them liberally.

       Pasted the panel to a black card stock.

       On the inside of the card, I drew the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge to remind him of the short trip he took there a few weeks back!!

       Them stamped a few more images & embossed them using Ranger white embossing powder!!

       That finishes the card & I hope he likes it!!

       A few more images, zoomed in!!

       The Ranger glossy accents is just fab ♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1. Lulupu challenge 54 - Embossing Magic

2. BGC#72 - Anything Goes

3. WCMD 2015 | Make it Masculine with Julie

Mixed Media Canvas ~ Happy Birthday ♥♥

       Hi friends, good day!!

       Sharing with you a mixed media canvas I made for friend's daughter who is celebrating her 1st birthday this week. 

       It's been a few weeks since I did a mixed media work & I enjoyed the process. ♥

       I took a Brustro's canvas board & pasted several layers of torn & crumpled tissue paper.

       Then applied a coat of gesso & used texture paste with Crafters Workshop & Tim Holtz stencils to create some texture. 

       Colored using Distress ink first but then switched to pink & green spray paint to add some bright colors. 

       Then brushed golden colored Inka Gold liberally over the textured area to give it a shine. And I must say I am totally in love with Inka Gold ♥♥♥

       Then I used pink & green pearlized card stock to give a frame for the kid's photo. I went with shades of pink, red, green, orange & gold to match the photo I'm using.

       Then used a flourishes stamp from ItsyBitsy to add some gold embossing to the canvas.

       Fussy cut some gold embossed leaves to added to the decor.

       Once done I applied gloss medium onto some paper flowers from ItsyBitsy & used them as decor along with the leaves. Added glossy accents to create the drops!!

       Name at the bottom handwritten & embossed with Ranger black embossing powder & highlights done with Signo white pen.

       Hand written sentiment at the back.

       Few more snaps I took!!

       Yay,, I'm done ♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1. Lulupu challenge 54 - Embossing Magic

2. Rhedd's Creative Spirit - October Challenge

3. BGC#72 - Anything Goes

Wish Big ♥ Explosion card!!

     Good day friends!! 

     Today I'm sharing a card I made for my friend's birthday. I was inspired by "Stampin' Up! Owl Punch Explosion Card!" by Darlene DeVries. 

     I used colored card stock, blue for the outer panel & yellow for the exploding panel!! As usual I forgot to take snaps along the way, so I'm attaching Darlene DeVries's YouTube video at the end of this post.

     Used Wow platinum glitter & Ranger gold embossing powder. 
     Platinum Sparkle & Golden Shine ♥♥

     Used sentiments from various stamp sets & DI to decorate the card.

     Stamped & coloured the back panel using DI.

     Happy Birthday!! ~ hand drawn on the envelope ♥

     It was a simple card to make but I loved how it came out!! ♥♥♥

Inspired by ♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1. Lulupu Challenge #53 ~ Sparkle and Shine

Platinum Sparkle & Golden Shine ♥♥

Double Slider Birthday Card!!

       Hi friends, Happy day!!

       Today I am gonna share a card, a Double Slider Card to be exact that I made for my mom's 50th Birthday. As it was the 50th year, I made it all gold & glittery.

       I had to arrange everything for the party myself & I only had 30 min to make the card. And I forgot to take any photos while making the card.

       So linking the video by Darlene DeVries whose cute birthday card was the inspiration behind my card.

       I took three 5x3.5 inch white card stock, coloured the front panel using Mustard Seed DI & used a leaf stamp set from ItsyBitsy to create a border. Used Ranger gold embossing powder to add Sparkle & Shine to it. The sentiment is from BoBunny Sentiment stamp set.

       Then I coloured the two slider tabs using the same DI & added the sentiments from Hampton Art stamp set. Put them all together using double sided foam adhesive & voila ~ my card is ready ♥♥

Here is the video of my card in action ♥♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1. Lulupu Challenge #53 ~ Sparkle and Shine

       A Golden Sparkle card for 50 years of shining through her life ♥


2. BGC #71 CAS cards or Layouts