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You inspire me | Slimline card

Hey everyone,

It's been quite a few months since the slimline card trend took the crafting world by storm. I've been seeing such gorgeous slimline card creations all over the internet. Since it's a different size as compared to the regular A2 card, the supplies available are also different. 

However, I didn't want to purchase specific supplies for this card so I tried working with my existing supplies. When I saw the current Altenew card challenge, I knew that I wanted to create a card with a dark and striking background. 


The Cardbase is the Cairo Creme pre-cut slimline cardstock by LetzCraft. For the background, I used a pink cardstock that I found at a local craft store. I clear heat embossed the Geometric Grid background stamp by MyFavoriteThings. Then I ink blended a picked raspberry, seedless preserves and dusty concord distress inks to get a nice shaded look.

The flowers and leaves are from the Peony Scrolls set by Altenew and are gold heat embossed and colored with squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, mowed lawn and peeled paint distress inks. I did a bit of shading using a local sketch pen brand. The sentiment from Altenew's Adore You set is also heat embossed in gold. After arranging the flowers and sentiment, I finished the card off with a few gold sequins from my local store. 

I'm really happy with the royal look of the card. I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Altenew February 2021 Inspiration Challenge

2) ATSM Challenge #399 - Any Occasion

3) Penny's Challenge #490

4) Creative Fingers Challenge #202.

5) Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Weeks #479-#480

6) Through the craft room door Anything Goes Challenge 23rd February 2021

7) Simon Says: Anything Goes

8) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #135

9) Allsorts Challenge Week 613 👗 Feminine







Heartfelt Wishes | Cross Stitch Rectangle Background

 Hey,

Today's card features the My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Rectangle Background die once again. I really love how classy and elegant these cross stitched cards look.

For the design, I decided to follow the MFT Printable Resources and used the background heart design. Even though Valentine's Day has just gone by, I think this card would be perfect to let anyone know how much they mean to you.

I used two colors - red and cream for the pattern as I wanted a soft look. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Essential sentiments stamp set. I added a few silver stones over the hearts so that they could pop up. The cardstocks used are once again from Letzcraft.


I'm entering this card for the following challenges:




With Thanks | Cross Stitch Rectangle Background

Hey everyone,

It feels great to be back crafting after a while. I took a break for sometime as I felt a bit overwhelmed with all that was happening. I did make a few crafty purchases during this time and I got quite a few new supplies that I'm so excited to try!

Today's card features the My Favorite Things Cross Stitch Rectangle Background die. During my school days, I used to have needle work as a subject. While I loved how different it was in comparison to my other subjects, I wasn't a fan of it as all that we used to do was learn basic stitches and create simple designs on home decor pieces.

After that, I almost stopped anything related to embroidery/stitching until during lockdown last year, I came across a bunch of posts with stitching on cards, bookmarks, tags, etc and I instantly knew that I had to give it a shot.


I tried to play around with the background a couple of times until I finalized this one. I love how the combination of blue + yellow stands out on a dark background. For the background, I decided to do a mixture of two shades of blue in a chevron pattern inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video. For the flowers, I used the Altenew Adore you stamp set and stamped the two smallest flowers and leaves onto some watercolor paper and colored them with my Distress inks. I heat embossed the sentiment from the Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus onto some black cardstock. Lastly, I added all the elements to the panel and foam mounted it to a white card base by LetzCraft. (I really love their wide selection of good colors and quality papers that comes at a great price and in great sizes too)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

1) ATSM Challenge #399 - Any Occasion

2) We love Chocolate Baroque - Flowers, Butterflies and Birds

3) Through the craft room door - Anything Goes

4) CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #134

5) Simon Says: Add Some Texture

6) The Flower Challenge #53 Use your latest Stamps or Dies

Thanks for stopping by!

Love,

Sidelle.

 
 

Autumn Florals | Altenew Inked Flora

Hey there!

I've seen a lot of white embossed flowers all over the internet for a while and was always intrigued by it. I finally decided to try it out using my favorite stamp set by Altenew - Inked Flora. I once again used autumn colors on my card inspired by the color theme at My Favorite Things Color Challenge 150.

After heat embossing the florals in white on a piece of watercolor paper, I colored them using a bunch of products like watercolors, distress inks and detailed it with my sketch pens. For the background, I used the Antique Linen distress ink to create a light wash.

After arranging the florals, I added a sentiment from Essential Sentiments by My Favorite Things and finished off the card with a few sequins.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:


You're Stinkin Cute | Lawn Fawn

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:






Coloring with Sketch Pens | DCAM Critter Sheets

Hey there!

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.


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

Sending Love & Hugs | Altenew Adore You

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



You're a Blessing | Altenew Inked Flora

Hey There!

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:

Fall Colors | Altenew Adore You

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

12) Scrapping4FunChallenge 175 - Anything Goes

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

14) We Love Chocolate Baroque - Chocolate Baroque

15)  Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - October Challenge

Pastel Floral Card | Altenew Inked Flora

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well!

I have always been in awe of pastel flowers as they look so subtle yet elegant. However, I have been equally scared of trying them out as it can tend to look a bit plain. When I saw the current challenge at Color Throwdown and If You Give A Crafter A Cookie, I decided to give it a go!

The card features just three colors - pink, aqua, and gold. First, I stamped the flowers and leaves by Altenew's Inked Flora set (Favourite flower stamp set) and heat embossed it in gold. I colored the embossed images in Worn Lipstick and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Inks by Tim Holtz.

I took a lot of time to figure out the background for the card. I tried a lot of styles but settled on these gold diagonal stripes which I drew with my gold marker. For the sentiment, I heat embossed it in gold, cut it into a banner, and added a strip of gold glitter paper around the edges. 

I tried a few placements and settled on this one. I finished off the card by gluing everything down and drawing a gold border around the edges to get everything together. I really loved how elegant the card looks!


Entering this card for the following challenges:

4) If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Challenge #144 (Inspired by the white, aqua blue, pink colors of the cookie icing. Used the golden color from the golden cookie base as a base for the card)






Mini Book Covers Card

Hello everyone!

A Little Reading is All the Therapy a person needs sometimes.

Today I decided to try out something different. While casually going through my bookshelf, I remembered checking out these cute little mini books at a bookstore a while ago. I instantly decided to incorporate them in today's card as it's something that everyone loves!


I recycled old wedding cards for all of the books and the background as well. The background is made with strips of vintage book paper. I distressed the edges with my vintage photo distress ink and archival jet black in and added a few splatters of white and black colors. The sentiment is from the wrapping paper of a bookstore! 

I took the entire day to make this card but I really loved the outcome and it's a perfect greeting for my dad on fathers day as he loves reading!

Even though I'm not a novel fanatic, I really love the covers, especially of the classics!

My favorite miniature is The Alchemist, what about you?

Entering this card for the following challenges:



Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Hello everyone!

There are a lot of summer project challenges going on right now so I decided to start making summer cards even though it is the monsoon season here in India! Whenever I think of Summer, I always remember having Lemonade (Nimbu soda) to quench my thirst as summers in India can get really harsh at times.


I got inspired by a lovely orange slices background pin on Pinterest. Once I drew the lemons on a piece of watercolor paper by Anupam stores, I colored them with my Itsy Bitsy professional watercolors. 

For the background, I used my watercolor pencil in the shade green to get that rough finish. The sentiment is the transparent letter stickers by American Crafts. I had to finish off the card with my white 3D Pearl drops again.

Entering this card for the following challenges:

8) FUSION - Beach  (Inspired by the sketch)


Clean & Layered Bright Colors Card

Hello there!

Today I am back with a Clean and Layered card inspired by the current challenge at The Card Concept and the sketch at Hero Art's Challenge.

I recently purchased the professional watercolors set by Itsy Bitsy and decided to use it for the card.

I colored the background panels with colors black and sky blue. The rectangle is colored with dark blue. Then I distressed the edges to give it a nice edge with my distress inks. 


Next, I doodled the butterfly and colored it with pink, orange, brown, and crimson. The sentiment is from an old magazine and I finished the card with a few black 3D Drops again by Itsy Bitsy.



Entering this card for the following challenges:




Bright Florals Mixed Media Card

Hello everyone!

Today I decided to upcycle an old card and book cover to create this Mixed Media bright-colored card inspired by the colors and pattern at The Card Concept's latest challenge. 



The background is made with 3-4 different shades of blue and purple acrylic paints. The flowers and leaves are hand-drawn and painted with acrylic paints. All the acrylic paints that I use are from Camlin as they're high quality, affordable and easily available in my city.



I doodled with a black marker, added some shadows with sketch pens, and 3D Pearl Drops by Little Birdie Crafts for the flower center. Finished off the card with a few blue sequins and white splatters.



Entering this card for the following challenges:

6) The Sisterhood of Crafters - Favorite Technique Challenge (Adding multiple layers- mediums/ mixed media)
10) Sketch Saturday Week #612 (Using Sketch #494)

 

A Yo-Yo card

Hey everyone,

The 90's kids played with a lot of cool toys and yo-yo's were one of them. A yo-yo is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is played by holding the free end of the string known as the handle, allowing gravity to spin the yo-yo and unwind the string. When I saw the current challenge at the butterfly challenge, I was pumped up to make this card. The colors are inspired by mood board at Altenew. Stamps used are Peony Scrolls and the sentiment is by Wplus9. Stencil is Mini Punchinela by The Crafters Workshop. Added a butterfly sequin the yo-yo end.








Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) ALTENEW INSPIRATION CHALLENGE POST
2) Butterfly Challenge - #142 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with Y for YoYo Spinner Card. (Yo-yo card with butterfly)
3) TTCRD - Anything Goes Challenge week Beginning 19th May
4) Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes challenge
5) PENNY'S CHALLENGE #471
6) Stamping Sensations - May - Say it with Flowers
7) Craft Stamper - Take It Make It Challenge: May
8) Simply Create Too Ch. #160- Use Flowers
9) Stamplorations - May Stencil Challenge
10) May Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #75

Instant Recycled Christmas Card

Hello everyone!

Recently, I won the April Technique Challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and was invited as a guest designer for their upcoming challenge.

The challenge is:


Since its an embossing challenge, I was a bit hesitant at the start as I do not own any Christmas stamps nor dies. While going through my stash of old Christmas cards, I found one card which gave me an idea for an instant Christmas card. Along with some Christmas patterned paper from an old pack, I glued down the image to create this fun grid look. I heat embossed the edges of the patterned paper to get a nice gold effect that would match the colors of the image. I love making such instant cards as they are so versatile and at the same time I get to recycle old cards!




You can check out more details of the challenge here!

Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Simon Says: Recycle
2) Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2020 challenge
3) May Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #75
4) Trimmies Craft Challenge 556 Christmas / First
5) Little Red Wagon Challenge #550 - Reuse/Recycle
6) 613 Avenue Create CHALLENGE #233 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Diamonds and Lace
7) The Holly and Ivy Anything Christmas Goes Challenge # 72
8) Creatalicious Challenge #187 ANYTHING GOES with optional pink & purple
9) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #132 - Q is for QUARTZ PALETTE/AG

Spread your wings and fly

Hello everyone!

For today, I decided to make a simple card with minimal colors - blue and white. The butterflies were hand drawn and painted with watercolor paints. Added some crackle paste to the card base with my honeycomb stencil for some added effects.


Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May 2020 challenge
2) May Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #75
3) MIUCB #37 - Anything Goes + Masking
4) Stamplorations - May Stencil Challenge
5) Friendship Challenge # 53 - Everything that can fly
6) Unstampabelles Challenge May - Wings and Wind: Twist is - Predominantly blue and white......
7) Alphabet Challenge - C is for Checks
8) Allsorts Challenge - Weeks 571/2
9) Crafty Catz Challenge #506 Anything Goes with optional twist - Outdoors
10) Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #390 - Photo Inspiration (Inspired by the shades of blue and white)



Favourite Color to pair with Purple - Mixed Media Card


Hello everyone!

For the last few days, I have been enjoying making mixed media projects and thus I decided to make a mixed media card today. Purple along with shades of blue has been one of my favourite colors to work with and thus I decided to use them today as I was trying out something new. I have a few bottles of food coloring out of which I have not used the purple color for a while. For the background, I stacked and glued together scraps of patterned paper and clothing tags. Recycling such things give me pure joy! Once I finished gluing down the papers, I added a coat of gesso and used some modeling paste with one of my stencils. After that, I started adding drops of purple food coloring here and there and sprayed water. While doing this, the purple color started to bleed - it gave me shades of blue so I did not need to add any more blue colors. I worked a lot on the background and added a few drops of purple acrylic paint too so that the background could be purple. When the background was dry, I added splatters of black paint and white gesso. 

For the focal point, I wanted to use a butterfly and found this stamp by Stampendous to be the best fit. I colored the stamp with different shades of purple and blue. I added some bandage cloth and lace to give a definition to my element. Once I was happy with the placement, I added the butterfly, a sentiment from an old card and a few sequins to finish off the card. I really loved the outcome as it was achieved by playing around with the purple food coloring and I will be having many more posts including it in the coming weeks.






1) Creatalicious Challenge #186 ANYTHING GOES with optional add sparkle
2)  www.creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.com.au
3) AllSorts Challenge - Anything Goes
4) Crafty Catz Challenge #505 - ATG with optional twist Baby
5) Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #118 ~ Anything Goes
6) MIUCB #37 - Anything Goes + Masking
7) Creative Fingers Challenge #185.
8) Friendship Challenge # 53 - Everything that can fly
9) Craft Stamper - Take It Make It Challenge: May
10) TTCRD - Anything Goes
11) More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Pink
12) Crafty Sentiments Anything goes challenge
13) Cute Card Thursday Challenge 633 - Anything Goes!
14) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #438-#439
15) Crafters Castle - May Challenge #29
16) Challenge #5 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge at We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles
17) Double D - Lavenders~Lilac~Purple Challenge
18) As you like it challenge - Favourite colour to pair with Purple
19) Through the purple haze - Challenge #167 Anything goes with a twist
20) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #132 - Q is for QUARTZ PALETTE/AG
21) The Rainbow card Challenge #17: Vivaciously Violet

Thanks for stopping by!