CAS CARD FOR CATCHY CHALLENGES

Hello, here is a super simple and quick card for you. Please head over to Catchy Challenges blog to learn more details about the card and also there is still time to play along the challenges. Thank you :)

CREATING BACKGROUNDS WITH CAMLIN BRUSH PENS | VIDEO

Hello everyone! Today I have three cards with beautiful water colored backgrounds. The backgrounds were created using Camlin Brush Pens. These are water based markers and any water based markers can be used for this technique. The technique I used was the good old Ink Smooshing Technique :)

HOW I MADE THESE CARDS

• I started by applying the brush pens on a slick surface, spritzed lots of water and ink smooshed the card stocks. By the way, I used heavy weight card stock for the technique.
• I added layers of colors by ink smooshing the panels again and again and I let the panels dry. I did it in Single Color, Dual Color and Multi Color.
• Since the backgrounds of my cards pretty beautiful and colorful, I decided not to color the stamped image.
• I stamped the floral from Persian Elements from Mudra in Archival Jet Black Ink, fussy cut it and adhered them onto the card panels with Tacky Glue.
• Before adhering the florals, I stamped the sentiment from the same set.
• Finally adhered the card panel over the A2 top folding card and finished by applying Wink of Stella Clear to the flowers.

A FEW MORE SHOTS FOR YOU

Single Color

Dual Color

Multi Color

And that's all for today. Thank you so much for visiting! See you soon! :)

BUTTERFLIES | ONE LAYER CARD

Okay! I made this pretty purple butterfly card for a couple of challenges. Yes! it's one layered (not the butterflies). I used minimal supplies (stamps and inks) and it took me less than 10 minutes to make this one. You can easily mass produce this type of cards once the card design is finalized. That's the beauty and simplicity of 'one layer cards'.

I feel very happy while making this type of cards. I really enjoy doing simple things and I love being simple all the time! ;)

CARD MAKING DETAILS

I started by layering the butterflies from Mudra - Butterfly Layers stamp set with Pixie Dust and Flirty Fuchsia (dark one) and Sweet Sixteen and Pixie Dust inks (light one) by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Next I added a few trails or dots for both the butterflies with a black permanent marker to enhance the beauty of the card design.

Then I stamped the sentiment from Mudra - Dream Big Lil' One stamp set in Midnight Ink. By the way, the card base I used was a heavy weight white card stock and it's standard sized.

I am entering this card for the following challenges

• CASology Week 286: BUTTERFLY 
• Mudra Challenge #18 - Mood Board (the mood board is very attractive and hence I wanted to give it a try)

Thank you so much for visiting. Take care and I will see you soon. :)

Three Simple Cards for Mudra Craft Stamps

Hello! My post is up on Mudra Craft Stamps Blog. Kindly visit the blog to know more details. For my cards I used the beautiful Carnation Stamp Set from Mudra. 

Mirror Stamping and a Few Cards | Mudra Craft Stamps

Hello! I am up on Mudra's blog with a few cards, kindly visit the blog for more details. Thank you :)

Monochromatic Tags with a pop of color | Mudra Stamps

Hello my dear friends! Today I'm up on Mudra Craft Stamps blog with the monochromatic tags. See you there! :)

Interactive Mermaid Cards

Hello! Today I'm up on Mudra's Blog with an interactive card and a bonus card. I used Mermaid Stamp Set for my project.

Here is just a sneak peek of the project. Please visit the blog for more details. Thank you :)

Stay Magical

I'm back to my daily routine - designing, card making, blogging, making videos, editing and etc. It's so happy to be finally in my work station. I have been missing in action but finally I am back. And just to get my mojo back I have chosen one of my older cards as inspiration and created this card. To be honest I wasn't in the mood of coloring and I don't want to color them either so I kept the castles as is. :)

CARD DETAILS

I started by ink blending the background with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink and added splatters of water. This created a beautiful oxidized effect to the background.

Next I stamped all the castles from Mudra's Stay Magical set with Archival Jet Black Ink, fussy cut them and adhered them onto the ink blended card panel.

Just to achieve that dimensional look, I used foam tape for the front images. Before adhering the images I stamped the sentiment from the same set with Archival Jet Black Ink.

And for some shimmer I applied a nice coat of Wink of Stella clear glitter and finished it off with a few clear sequins from Mudra.

I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by. Take care and I will see you next time :)

Sending You Sunshine | Video

In India, the Summer has already started and the temperature today at the place where I live is 38°C.. phew!! So I would like to send some Sunshine to my foreign friends who are still experiencing snow fall. You know you guys are really lucky! Wish I live in cool place like yours! :)

CARD DETAILS

Last night I made a card with the pink flowers, I loved it and I wanted to share a video with you as soon as I woke up! - Gerbera Blooms, Party Dress, Rockin' Red, Flirty Fuchsia. By the way the stamp set I used is from Mudra, the inks from Catherine Pooler and the designer foil is from Clear Snap.

I took a side folded/landscape white card stock (I usually buy my card stock from a local stationary store, I use it for almost all the techniques because it is really heavy and sturdy) and stamped the first layer of the flower with Tiki Torch, followed by Orange Twist and Tutti Frutti.

Layering these stamps is so much easy and fun. You can eyeball it and stamp it. For the leaves I used - Lime Rickey and Grass Skirt. I slightly overlapped and stamped the leaves over the floral images as it adds a beautiful artistry look for my card. 

I stamped the sentiment (from the same stamp set) with Midnight Ink. Once all the stamping part was done, I added tiny dots of glue on the center of my flower. I let it dry for a minute or so or till it becomes a little tacky. Then I placed the gold foil over the glue and burnished it with my fingers and bone folder. There you'll have it, beautiful gold foiled image! I am very new to gold foiling so if I made any mistakes kindly excuse me! :)

I just love the over all look of my card - the layers, the colors, the foiling oh! I am so satisfied with the results. :)

VIDEO DETAILS

I have filmed a video for you where I have shared the whole process in detail. I hope you'll enjoy watching my video. :)

I am entering this card for Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge. Thank you :)

Love you to the Moon and Back

Hello everyone! Today I have a fun card for you made using Mudra's Stay Magical and Universal Love stamp sets. 

CARD DETAILS

I started by stamping the sentiment and the half moon image (actually it's an outline image, I filled the ink inside the moon with Versamark Pen) on a black colored card stock with Versamark Ink. Then I poured the Clear and Cream Embossing Powders and heat set it with heat it tool.

Then stamped the unicorn image with CP's Midnight Ink and colored it with Faber-Castell Bi-Color Pencils, fussy cut it and adhered it onto the card base!

Finally added splatters of Picket Fence Distress Paint with a paint brush and applied shimmer to the Unicorn with Wink of stella clear glitter pen. I just wanted the chalk board effect so I applied Picket Fence along the edges of the black card stock and smudged it with my fingers! Do you like it?

Thank you so much for visiting! See you soon :)

Be a Unicorn!

May the Lord give us the Strength of the Unicorn!!

Happy Women's Day Everyone! :)

Hello everyone! I love to create water color backgrounds for my projects but I couldn't find a nice and proper medium for water-coloring. I have been using the Camlin School Water Colors for quiet sometime but I didn't get the results that I wanted and expected but they looked good though!!! You can find my projects here, here, here, and here. But recently I purchased Koi Water Colors 12 pack, the day I got it I fell in love with it. The colors are so vibrant and they don't leave a chalky texture as the other inexpensive water colors do :)

Loose and Messy Water-coloring Technique

Loose and Messy Water-coloring Technique is such a fun technique that anyone can give it a try. Simply apply water to the image or background and then add paint or load your paint brush with lots of water and paint or color your images! The paint starts to flow by itself. Such a Magical sight to watch!!! :)

CARD DETAILS

I started by water-coloring the background with the blue color, I applied three layers of color and let the panel dry in between each interval. I stamped the Unicorn from Stay Magical stamp set with Archival jet Black ink and water colored it as well. Next I fussy cut all the images and adhered it onto the main card base. Finally stamped the sentiment with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink.

I made a little boo boo! Can you spot it on? I didn't realize until I published the post on Mudra's Blog. Yes, this card was a part of Mudra's Challenge Inspiration. I hope you like it. :)

Entering this card for Simon Says: Make Your Own background and Simon Says: For A Special Lady/Girl

Mudra's First Birthday Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to Mudra's First Birthday Blog Hop! If you've arrived from Sathya's blog then you are right on the track and your next stop is Ujjwal. Today the design team girls and guests are sharing some fabulous projects to help celebrate Mudra's First Birthday. We have so many fun things lined up throughout the month with lots of chances for you to participate and win some cool prizes. :)

RULES

•  Follow Mudra Blog
•  Like Mudra Facebook Page
•  Follow Mudra Instagram page
•  Subscribe to Mudra's Youtube Channel
•  Visit all the designer's blog hop post and leave them some love.
•  After finishing the blog hop, add your name through inlinkz in Mudra Blog Hop Post.

PRIZES

To celebrate, Mudra is giving away a beautiful pack of crafting supplies from Mudra to 1 WINNER, selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. You have until Wednesday, March 15th at 11:59 PM IST to enter, and the winners will be announced here on Monday, March 20th.

One Additional Goodie Bag to a random participant sponsored by The Craft Shop, Chennai. 

And to sweeten the deal, some of our designers in the hop also have giveaways, so make sure to leave comments on all the blogs for a chance to win!

I would like to giveaway this sweet prize to one lucky winner :)

Yep! I made that book.. :)

BLOG HOP DETAILS

Mudra Blog Hop Post (start here)

Sathya Kala Sankaran

Deepti Stephens (You're here)

Ujjwal Gupta (your next stop)

Mirella Rogan

Linda Langes

Ekaterina

Indira Tanwar

Kanan Pandya

Ria Banerjee

Tasneem Ilyas

Yulianna

Manu Gupta

Neha Bhatt

Rhizwana Fathima 

Tejal Mehta-Shah

Ponmalar

Gayatri Viswanathan

Kavitha 

Jasleen Kaur

Ruchi Crafeteria

Uma Iyer

Rajni Chawla 

Varshitha Nagarajan

Okay! Now let's move on to my card! :)

CARD DETAILS

I started by water-coloring the background on a piece of heavy white card stock with a flat paint brush and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Next I stamped the hat from The Man stamp set with Butter to Orange Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pad and also stamped the bunny from Playful Bunnies Stamp set with Archival Jet Black Ink, water-colored with Spun Sugar, Festive Berries and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.

Finally stamped the sentiment from Mixed Sentiments Stamp set with Archival Jet Black Ink and adhered the images with Tombow Glue and foam tape. Lastly I finished my card with a few sparkling sequins. :)

VIDEO DETAILS

I have filmed a video for you from start to finish on how I put this card together! I hope you'll enjoy watching the video.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Take care and I will see you soon :)

ETA : Thank you so much for all your lovely comments! And now it's time to announce the winner of my special giveaway! The winner is Karthika Uday. Congratulations! Kindly write a mail to deeptistephen@gmail.com to claim your prize. Thanks everyone for your participation! Don't worry I am coming up with another giveaway, stay tuned! ;)