Keep Sparkling ♥ Snow flakes & Glitter ♥

       Hi friends, Good day!!

       After a short gap, I'm back again with a new festive card I made for my crafty friend!!

       Before we get into that, I got these awesome stamps from Varna's Creation & I had to use them somewhere. So here we go ♥♥

       I stamped the snow flakes on the back of blue glitter paper & fussy cut them. 

       Used White & Liquid Platinum embossing powder to emboss those flakes on the front!!

       Used various shades of blue Distress ink to color a linen white card stock & added few drops of water to make the ink react with it.

       Used Liquid Platinum embossing powder to emboss some tiny flakes onto the card stock.

Pasted those 3 glitter flakes in a triangular pattern.

       Used alphabets from Itsy Bitsy & sentiments from Varna's Creations to emboss on a vellum strip.

Added the vellum strip & a bow to finish the front of my card.

       Used distress colors & white embossing to decorate the inside of the card.. 

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

Linked to : 

1. The Mixed Media Card Challenge #18 {Celebration}

2. Virginia's Take on Glitter

3. Peek-a-boo Designs ~ Challenge # 01 - Mood Board

4. Color Throwdown #373

Baby Girl ♥♥♥ Mixed media canvas ♥

       Good day friends, today I'm gonna take you on a mixed media journey.

       This is a mixed media canvas I did to celebrate with my friend, she delivered a baby girl ♥♥

       Let's keep this short as I'm kinda busy now & I meant to post my project this month!!

       I created lots of texture by pasting left over card stock cut into small pieces using matt medium.

       Then applied pearl colors in shades of pink & purple and blended them with a baby wipe.

       Used butterflies cut from a decoupage napkin & pasted them using gel medium. Used home made texture paste with Tim Holtz and Dylusions stencil to add some more texture to the canvas. Added color to the texture paste.

       Then used Crafters Corner stencil to add some text, again with my texture paste.

       Used Memento ink to stamp some flowers on a tissue paper, fussy cut them & pasted it using gel medium.

       Then used Inka gold to add some shine, which isn't visible much in the photos. But trust me, it is there ♥

       And finally added some hand written sentiments using Uniball signo white pen. Used Vintage photo DI to slightly darken the edges!! 

       Some more shots to finish my post ♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

Linked to : 

1. Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #18 - Texture

2. Rhedds Creative Spirit - November's Challenge

3. AlteredEclectics

Watercolor Explosion Card ~ ICR Watercolor Blog Hop ♥

       Good evening friends!! 

       It has been a long time since I updated my blog, got busy with my studies, health issues & some commissioned works. And then saw this ICR Watercolor Blog Hop & couldn't resist myself from creating a card ♥♥

       First of all, wonderful inspirations from the DT. Beautiful & subtle backgrounds, shadings using watercolors, highlights & texture ~ awesome works. Do check out their blogs for inspiration ♥

• Sathya
• Sharada
• Paru
• Pratyusha
• Shraddha
• Bhavana
• Gopi
• Ash

       Let's go back to my card!!

       For this card I used a 4x4 inch front panel with an explosive interior!! Used Ranger black embossing powder to stamp the images. Then used Distress ink & Memento ink to watercolor the images, trying to create some shading. Finally added some white highlights with Uniball signo white pen & added an outline using the same.

       The interior of the card is purple colored card stock, sponged with distress ink. Added sentiments from various stamp sets & used KaiserCraft triangles for the background ♥

With a matching envelope ♥

Few more shots to show the white highlights & clear embossing on the sentiment ♥♥

Inspiration for Explosion: Explosion Card! by Darlene DeVries

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

Linked to : 

ICR Watercolor Blog Hop

Congratulations Card ♥ Tulip fields ♥♥

       Happy day friends.

       Today I'm sharing with you guys a water colored card I created for my friend for her graduation :) :) 

       Oh, I was inspired by the Runway Inspired Challenge & wanted to create one. So I thought, why not now?!

       This is the photo for the current challenge. 

Source - style.com

       And as soon as I saw the photo I was reminded of the tulip fields with a background of blue skies!!

Source - wallpaperup.com

       So with that as my inspiration, I started painting my card with Distress inks. 

       I painted the sky first & then added strips of colors. Added clouds to the sky & tulips to the colored strips!! And slightly darkened the borders with corresponding colors. 

       Finally used Vintage photo DI to coat the edges of the card stock.

       Here is what happened ~ frozen in time for you guys ♥

       And then, I stuck the panel to my Iris Sg white card stock using double sided tape. 

       Cut a banner out of Neenah solar white card stock, embossed the sentiment from Bo Bunny stamp set & gave a distressed look using DI ~ Walnut stain & Vintage photo!!

       Drew a few hearts using a red marker & added Glossy accents 

       And, the best part of making this card ~ She loved it ♥♥

 ♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1.  Runway Inspired Challenge #93 - Emilio de la Morena

2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Wonderful Watercolor

3. BGC#72 - Anything Goes

♥ Bundle of Joy ♥

       Good day friends!!

       This is a card I made for my friend's baby shower.

       Since I forgot to take step by step photos, I will give details about its making in words!!

~I cut the Iris SG white card stock in the shape of a onesie.

~Then cut another onesie shaped card from linen white card stock, a bit smaller than the front panel of my card.

~I colored the panel using Distress ink.

~I stamped some stars randomly & embossed it using Wow clear embossing powder.

~Then fussy cut some scalloped edges from pink colored card stock & pasted it on the onesie.

~Stamped a line of stars along the fussy cuts & embossed it with Platinum sparkle embossing powder.

~Used white signo pen to add some lines to the edges!!

~Finally I stamped the sentiment using Tim Holtz worn letters & ItsyBitsy alphabet stamps.

~On the inside, colored & stamped with memento ink & sentiments added from a rub-on!!

       Along with the envelope ♥♥

♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

 Linked to: 

1.  BGC#72 - Anything Goes

2. The Mixed Media Card Challenge #16 - Black and Orange