Plain Ol' stamping

Hey there! Today I am back with a quick..well relatively quick card using just stamps..no fancy watercoloring or shading using alcohol markers..just some stamps and ink pads. 

I have noticed that I am mostly using my zigs or my finecolor markers to make cards..and my ink pads were getting neglected..so for this anniversary card I decided to use my oldest stamp set..one which I had bought when I was just starting card making and had ignored it since then...But now no more :) .. I got out my stamps and my Kaisercraft pigments ink cubes and got stamping..

Since this was to be an aniversary card..I created a heart shaped outline using one of my heart dies and selected a few of the flower and leaf stamps and just went at it..

As mentioned, the card is pretty simple with major focus on stamping.. I just filled in the outline till I was happy. To finish it further, I added few dots using a gold gel pen.

I then stamped the sentiment using versamark ink and heat embossed using gold embossing powder. Since the card was so simple, I decided to dress up the card base a bit. Using some silver glitter washi tape I created a border along the two edges of  the card base. I then adhered the card panel using some foam tape. Few heart sequins finished the job. :)

Here is the finished card..

Like the simple look..hope the recipient likes it too! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Xx

Tej

Fall themed birthday card

I have done it again..been ignoring my blog again... *sigh* .. But it's so much more fun making cards than blogging about them, right 😜.. 

Anyways to get back to the card.. I recently got a leaf stamp set that someone was destashing and I immediately knew I wanted to watercolor the images.. Though its spring here in Melbourne, I wanted to try out some fall colors.. I stamped the leaves on a strip of White cardstock using some brown versa color ink. I am yet to buy some waterproof ink, but I was not too concerned of ink bleeding as I thought it would give a more realistic look, and it turned out better than I thought. I used my Zig clean color brush markers for watercoloring. I mainly used reds, yellows, oranges, greens and browns to stick with the fall theme. I also outlined the images with a light grey marker to make the images stand out better. This was how the panel looked before I adhered it to the card base.

As the panel was the main focus, I kept the card base simple. I dry embossed the base with dots embossing folder. I felt the panel was too simple, so I added a bit of silver glitter on the top and bottom edges. I adhered this to the card base using some foam tape to compensate for any warping due to watercoloring. Some sequins, a black twine tied in a bow and heat embossed sentiment finished the card..Here is the final look

This is also my entry for the YNS sketch & color challenge #48 where I chose the color scheme. Fingers crossed! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers,

Tej 

Playing with distress inks

Hi all! Today I am back with more birthday cards..you can never have enough! 😊

For a change, I did not make these with anyone specific in mind. I thought it would be great to have a few extra on hand.. I have tried to keep the design generic in the sense it can be given to any recipient..maybe the colors are not completely masculine, but hey..it's a birthday card..so bit of color is not bad huh? 😉

I am still playing with my distress inks..trying to get more used to the ink blending and all..so for the first card I took out all my distress inks and blended a smooth White cardstock in rainbow colors. This took a while, since I was using a smooth cardstock which is less forgiving for blending. So to avoid the color streaks, I had to go over the panel a few times to get a smooth look. After blending, I sprinkled some water and then dried it off with paper towel. Finally for more interest, I took some white pearl paint and splattered it on the panel and let the whole thing dry. 

I loved how cool the panel looked! 😊.. Now to convert that into a card, I cut a number of hexagons from the panel using a hexagon die. I then took a white card panel and splattered a bit of black pearl paint on it for added interest. I then adhered the hexagons onto the panel in a pattern using foam tape.

Finally I used a scripty Happy birthday stamp to stamp the sentiment. To tie in the card front with the card panel, I used a hexagonal stencil from Kaisercraft and some texture paste. 

Finally I adhered the whole panel onto the card front once it was dry.

A few gold sequins finished the card.. 

For my second card, I again went with distress inks. But this time I used an AveryElle balloon stamp set and did a fair bit of stamping. I wanted the distressed look to the balloons and so I chose some bright colorS that would look nice on a birthday card. I stamped few of the balloons using versamark clear ink and heat embossed them in dark gold embossing powder. This just created added interest on the otherwise simple panel. To tone down the look, I decided to cover the panel using a vellum sheet. I stamped my sentiment on vellum and heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I then adhered the vellum to the card panel and mounted the whole thing on a dark card base using some foam tape.

A few sequins to finish the job.. Love how colorful this card turned out..

Thanks for stopping by..

Cheers..

Tej

Father's Day cards and new desk

Hey all..fear not..I know I haven't been active for a while now..but was super busy and also was working on refurbishing my new desk! Yeah! I finally have a craft desk now..well it's the family desk but now I have a place to craft rather than the bed ! Super excited..

So now that I have my desk in place, it was so easy creating these couple of Father's Day cards..I broke out quite a few of my recently acquire goodies.. The stamp set I used is from LawnFawn called Monster Mash..it's so cute..and stamps so great! This was my first time using a photopolymer stamp and they are indeed superior..so happy I got them.. 

For the first card, I colored the monsters using Finecolor markers and fussy cut them out. For background I cut a scalloped circle using the dies I picked up a while back at a sale. I did some ink blending using distress inks and sprinkled some water for added texture. To make it stand out a bit more, I cut a scalloped frame from black paper and adhered both onto a patterned background. I adhered the monsters using foam tape for dimension. Finally I added a few embellishments in form of a balloon and a heart. Completed the card with a sentiment from the same stamp set and added some shimmer using wink of Stella clear pen. 

Glossy accents on the balloon and heart finished the card. 

For the second one I used different monsters and I wanted to use my zig clean color brush markers, so I heat embossed the images using some brown embossing powder. After watercoloring I fussy cut the images out. I wanted to keep this card simple, so for the background I did some ink smooshing using distress inks. After the panel dried, I tied a bow using some natural twine. For the card panel, I used some Kraft cardstock. It felt too bare, so I took some glitter washi tape and adhered it to the panel. Then I attached the watercolored panel using some foam tape. Finally I adhered the fussy cut images and stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set. For a fun look, I added some googley eyes to all the monsters..this also emphasised the sentiment 😊..

Here is the finished card..again could not resist using some wink of Stella 😊..

That was all for today..

Thanks for stopping by..

Cheers,

Tej

Xx

Two cards, same design

Hey people! Today I am back with a couple of birthday cards for twins. I generally do not make multiple cards with similar design. I love to try out new techniques and different products on every card I make, so generally I have cards of different make and model? Hehe..but since I wanted to make cards for twins I tried to use similar products and kept the design same. The cards are for a brother-sister pair, so other than colors, I have kept the design pretty much the same. 

Just like my previous card, I used another free digi stamp from Jessa's monster collection (https://uselesstrinkets.wordpress.com) as my focal point. This time it was Mutze, the bunny monster. Hehe, aren't the names she gives the monsters just sweet! 

I printed out two of them and used my Finecolor markers to color them. I used shades of blue for the boy card monster and shades of red for the girl card. The rest I colored the same, just to emphasise the fact that these were for twins. I then fussy cut both the images.

For my background, I wanted to use balloons that were shaped like no. 1 as these were for twins' first birthday. But since I did not have the exact stamp, I reused my numbers stamp from Kaisercraft (which by the way I got for a dollar at a flea market :) ). Again keeping in with the boy-girl color scheme, I used peacock feathers distress ink for one and picked raspberries for another and stamped out a bunch of number balloons, mainly towards the top of the card panel. To give them a water colored look, I used my water brush to just fill in the stamped space. As distress inks react with water, this was easy enough. Then I used the tail from another balloon stamp and stamped that below the numbers using memento tuxedo black ink to create the balloon effect. 

I felt the background was a little too bare to leave it as it,  so using a confetti stamp and a couple of color co-ordinating distress inks, I stamped the confetti image all over the background. Again I took care to stamp more of it on the top of the card and gradually reduced it towards the bottom. 

Finally I adhered my fussy cut images to the bottom right of the card using some foam tape to create dimension. I stamped the sentiment next to it. 

I wanted to personalise the cards bit more, so using Kaisercraft alphabet stamps, I stamped and fussy cut the twins' names and adhered the letters onto the card panel. 

For added interest, I added a bit of glitter using clear wink of Stella brush pen and finished with glossy accents and co-ordinating sequins.

Here are the final cards..

Love how they turned out! I am glad I thought of adding the names, gives it a nice personal touch that is possible only through handmade cards :) ..

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers..

Birthday card using texture paste

Hey all! I am back today with another cute birthday card. This time for a boy! This will go out to my friend's son who will soon turn 3! Wow..how the time flies! They stay in Brisbane, so we get to see each other maybe once a year..sadly neither of us have been able to make it for the kids birthdays.. So planning on sending him best wishes via a handmade card! 

For this card, I used another digital stamp. This time it was from Jessa's cutie monster collection. She has a bunch of freebies over at https://uselesstrinkets.wordpress.com and they are oh so adorable! They make for good coloring practice as well :) ..

 I used Fluffy Gustav..love his name by the way.. I colored him using Finecolor markers. To make him sparkle, I use my white gel pen to add dots around the edges. I then fussy cut him out leaving a slight border to give him a sticker like feel. As this is a birthday card, I added a small cupcake for Gustav to hold onto. 

For the card panel, I wanted to do something different rather than watercoloring or stamping. So decided to add some texture using my embossing paste. I colored the paste using spiced marmalade distress ink to give it a light orange color and used Kaisercraft stencil to add the required design. Then adhered the fussy cut image using some foam tape onto the embossed section once it was dry. 

The rest was simple, just stamped the birthday sentiment using Memento Tuxedo black ink and scattered a few sequins. Finished the panel with a twine bow on the bottom. Finally attached the section onto some grey cardstock and my card was done! 

I am very happy the way this card turned out..got to try some different techniques and products. 

Isn't it such a happy card! Hope it makes Om happy! 

That was all for now..see you soon!

Cheers..

Welcoming a new baby

Hey All! I am back with a sweet card for a sweet little baby..one of my friends recently had a cute little baby boy and we were planning on visiting them soon. I did not have a baby card in my stash, so decide to create one fast. 

I wanted to keep the card simple, so decided to have an image as the focal point. I googled for some baby images and came up with this cute little teddy hanging by the balloons..and thought it would be perfect for my card.

I printed it out on a pre-cut card panel and decided to watercolor it to give a softer look. I used my Zig clean color brush markers and a water brush to color the image.

Since the card was for a baby boy, I mainly went with the blues and greens..but had to throw in an orange balloon for some splash of color :) .. Once the panel was dry, I tied a blue twine around the top part and foam mounted it on some pattern paper. Then attached the whole panel onto some white cardstock. For the sentiment I used some gold embossing powder and heat embossed it on a piece of vellum with banner ends. Finally can't have a card without sequins, so finished with some co-ordinating sequins scattered around the image.

Loved the way it turned out.. I am having a lot of fun with my watercolours..look out for more watercolored cards :) .. That's all for today! 

Thanks for checking in!

Cheers..