You're Stinkin Cute | Lawn Fawn

September 29, 2020 Sidelle Menon 15 Comments

Hey there!

I always love to incorporate scraps/supplies that I have had for years and my quilling strips are one of them. Jennifer McGuire Ink has been one of my favorite crafters and from one of her videos, I got inspired to use the strips for the background.

I stamped a bunch of sentiments from the Essential Sentiments stamp set by My Favorite Things onto a few strips using my distress inks as I do not own any other colored inks.

I decided to use the current sketch at MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. After placing the sentiments on the background, I glued them and added a strip of vellum to create a band at the top.

I later stamped the cute fox from the Stinkin Cute Stamp set by Lawn Fawn onto some watercolored paper and colored it with my distress inks. Added a few details with a white gel pen and fussy cut it out.

To finish it off, I heat embossed the sentiment from the same sentiment in white and assembled the fox, sentiment, and a white heart using some foam squares.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

1) MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 508

2) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #136- U is for UNDER THE WEATHER/AG

3) LTSCB #137 - Anything Goes

4) Uniko Challenge #61 - Anything Goes + optional twist Thanks

5) Crafters Castle - September Challenge #33

6) We love chocolate baroque - September - Wings with an Anything Goes option

7) Creatalicious Challenge #195 ANYTHING GOES

8) Simon Says: Animal Antics

9) TTCRD Anything Goes Challenge September 22nd 2020

10) Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #128 ~ Theme ~ Dimensions

11) Creative Fingers - Challenge #193

12) Creative Craft Cottage - Challenge #133 Include an Animal

13) AAA Birthday Game #17 - Animals & Critters

14) Crafty Friends - Anything goes challenge

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Coloring with Sketch Pens | DCAM Critter Sheets

September 23, 2020 Sidelle Menon 16 Comments

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I have been checking out different types of floral images apart from hand-drawn and stamped images and I came across the lovely critter sheets by Die Cuts and More. I ordered the Ready to color Wild Roses one a few months ago to try it out.

Initially, I tried watercolors but since it's not printed on watercolor paper, the colors just seeped in and I did not like the result. Then I tried painting with my distress inks and got the same result. I was annoyed and decided to not work on it for a while.

I was cleaning my table after finishing a project and saw my stash of sketch pens that I have had for years, probably 10+ years, and thought of trying them on the critter sheet. The next morning I tried coloring one of the flowers and loved how vibrant it looked!

I colored two flowers in yellow, orange, red, a bit of brown, and the leaves in shades of blue. I used a dark background so that the colors of the elements could pop out and distressed the edges with some torn jeans distress ink.

After arranging the elements, I glued them down and added a sentiment heat embossed in white from Essential sentiments by My Favorite Things. Finished the card with a few black Pearl Drops from Little Birdie by Itsy Bitsy.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

1) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #136- U is for UNDER THE WEATHER/AG

2) LTSCB #137 - Anything Goes

3) Corrosive Challenge #09

4) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #123

5) Scrapping4Fun Challenge 175 - Anything Goes

6) Penny's Challenge #480

7) Allsorts Challenge - Week 590 My Lovely Garden

8) Crafty Catz Challenge #519

9) Creative Fingers - Challenge #193

10) MIUCB #41 - Anything Goes + Foiling

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Sending Love & Hugs | Altenew Adore You

September 22, 2020 Sidelle Menon 25 Comments

Hey there!

For a very long time, I have been meaning to try coloring images by ink blending using distress inks. I finally got my hands on the distress ink sponges and decided to make this card.

I blended out the picked raspberry, salty ocean, and mowed lawn distress inks onto some scrap white paper. Next, I heat embossed a bunch of flowers and leaves from the Altenew Adore You stamp set over the blended backgrounds.

I sprayed some water to get a nice effect and fussy cut all the elements. I had this lovely die-cut that I got from ShylaShree through a giveaway and put that in the center of my card.

It took me some time to arrange the flowers to get the final look and once I was pleased with it, I stuck it to the card base using some foam tape. Added the sentiment from the Essential Sentiments stamp set by My Favorite Things and finished off the card once again with a few sequins.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

1) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #136- U is for UNDER THE WEATHER/AG

2) Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Challenge September 22nd 2020

3) September Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #79

4) Crafters Castle - September Challenge #33

5) Let's Craft and Create Challenge #163 - AG + BEST OF FRIENDS

6) Corrosive Challenge #09

7) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #123

8) Just us Girls #554 ~ Color Week

9) Penny's Challenge #480

10) Scrapping4Fun Challenge 175 - Anything Goes

11) LTSCB #137 - Anything Goes

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You're a Blessing | Altenew Inked Flora

September 20, 2020 Sidelle Menon 23 Comments

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Today's card features once again my favorite - Altenew's Inked Flora set. I wanted to work with a different color palette and decided to make it colorful.

I stamped the flowers onto some watercolor paper by Anupam with VersaMark ink and coated it with silver embossing powder. First, I added a light wash of each color to a section of the flower. Once dried, I added a second slightly darker wash and I thought that It would suit it.

However, I wasn't happy with the result so I left it aside for a while and stamped two different sentiments - a blessing from the same set and you're by My Favorite Things onto black cardstock.

After some time, I decided to add some shading to the flowers using watercolor pencils and then a darker shade of the same color using the Itsy Bitsy Watercolor range. Finished off the card with a strip of silver glitter cardstock and a few sequins.

I'm entering this card to the following challenges:

1) Allsorts Challenge - Week 590 My Lovely Garden

2) Crafty Catz Challenge #519

3) If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Challenge #151

4) Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes challenge

5) Creatalicious Challenge - #195 ANYTHING GOES with optional use a punch

6) Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes Challenge

7) Scrapping4Fun Challenge 175 - Anything Goes

8) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #123

9) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #456-#457

10) Creative Moments - Challenge 198

11) Lets Craft and Create Challenge #163 - AG + BEST OF FRIENDS

12) Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #79

13) We Love Chocolate Baroque - Chocolate Baroque

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Fall Colors | Altenew Adore You

September 18, 2020 Sidelle Menon 26 Comments

Hello there!

It's been a while since I have posted something. The weather in my city has been changing drastically every day. We don't really experience fall but that didn't stop me from creating a fall-themed card.

I've always loved the idea of Fall - Warm tones, Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc. Today's card features one of my recent purchases - Altenew's Adore You stamp set.

I have been trying out various coloring techniques for the last few weeks but didn't like any of them. After a hundred tries, I really loved this one and decided to use it on my card.

I decided to include warm tones for the background. Stamped the flower multiple times onto some watercolor paper by Anupam Stores. Colored the flowers using my distress inks - festive berries, spiced marmalade, and scattered straw. Used Vintage Photo Distress Ink for the background and added some gold outliner over the top to get some shine.

After gluing down the card, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Essential Sentiments set by My Favorite Things in white. Added a piece of vellum and few sequins to finish off the card.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Friendship Challenge # 57 - Autumn

2) Creative Fingers Challenge #193.

3) Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes challenge

4) Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

5) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #123

6) Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #211 ~ Fall Colours!

7) ArtsyStamper Challenge #23 Anything Goes

8) Penny's Challenge #480

9) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #456-#457

10) Crafty Catz Challenge #519

11) Creative Moments - Challenge 198