Monday 29 November 2021

'Zest in life' layout using stamps

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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I have a layout using Lemons and blueberries stamp set from Pink fresh studio and I turned it into a layout. I stamped the images on white cardstock and before I stamped them I ended up cutting the stamp into pieces. Its a large stamp set and I had some difficulty in stamping it, so I carefully cut the images so I can use them individually. 

I coloured some of the images and kept some not coloured. I also heat embossed some of the small images using gold powder on vellum sheet. The layout is A4 size and I tried to make it different. The focus stays on the image and the stamped elements and I added some die cuts as well. I also inked one side of the white cardstock using Yellow ink and on the edge I added the vellum embossed image and added a sentiment to it. I finished the layout, by adding my picture, sentiment and gemstones. 








I will be entering this layout for November challenge at Pink fresh studio where the theme is wreaths. 



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Thursday 25 November 2021

Mini slimline card

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I have a mini slimline card for today's post and to make this card I used Adorable adventures from My favorite things and made a scene using images from the stamp set. Its a large set 6' x 8' with almost 31 pieces and I used the mountains, stones, grass and two girl images to make this card. 

To create a scene, I made it look like they are having adventure trekking trip at a national park. This totally reminds me of the time I visited Yosemite national park and it was one of the most beautiful parks I have been to. 

I added mountains, grass, plants and stones and then two girls with one on the left calling her friend who seems lost. It was definitely fun to make this card. For the sky, I inked with blue ink and I die cut some grass and inked with green ink. I assembled all the elements together and finished with a sentiment. 






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Wednesday 24 November 2021

Holiday ornament

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I am back with a fun card. It is a card and a gift ornament as well. This is the best way to stretch your stamps and mix them up with other supplies in hand. I mixed up stamps and stencils from Waffle flower to make this card. Stencil I used here is Holiday strips and Happy day stamp set from which I used only the leaves and floral elements. 

I first inked up a white cardstock and and kept it aside. Then, I die cut star from a couple of white cardstocks and stacked them together and added a twine as well. I added the stamped and coloured images along with a sentiment. Then, I added a velcro on the back of the star as well on the inked background. I added the star to the card base and finished with some embellishments. When the recipient receives the card, they can remove the star and hang it on the tree. 

I am participating in this month's challenge at Waffle flower for week 3





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Beary holiday wishes

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I am steeping out of the comfort zone to make non-traditional holidays cards and stretching my stamps to make cards. For my card I used Happy day stamp set from Waffle flower and used the bear image and some a couple of florals. I inked up the background with blue ink and added some grass die cuts and tucked in the image along with the florals. I added some white splatters and a sentiment with embellishments to finish the card. 

I am participating in this month's challenge at Waffle flower week 2




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Non traditional holiday cards

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Its a CAS non-traditional holiday card using Hello stamp set from Waffle flower. I used shades of pink, red and orange to ink the middle part of the card stock. I also masked parts of the card stock and inked it up. This gives a different look to the inked portion. Then, I used a boy and a girl image from the stamp set holding hands and added some stars here and there and also filled it with white gel pen. I added the image and a sentiment with embellishments to finish the card. 

I am participating in this month's challenge at Waffle flower blog for week 2




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Masculine holiday card

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For today's card, I have a masculine holiday card using Pattern play stamp set from Waffle flower. For my card I used shades of blue with the beautiful stamp set. They make great backgrounds and I repeatedly stamped the patterns diagonally. Further, I added the mini image from With Love from Russia stamp set and added a sentiment and some embellishments to finish the card. 

I am participating in this month's challenge at Waffle flower challenges for week 1




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Tuesday 23 November 2021

Altenew Nov challenge

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I have another card for November challenge - Brilliant Autumn leaves. For my card, I am using Magnolias for her stamp set and this is my all time favourite stamp set. Love the large magnolia flowers and the leaves and I thought it will be totally different to make a card using magnolias and a different colour scheme and keep the leaves yellow and colour the flowers with purple and pink. 

I stamped the flowers and leaves and proceeded to colour them with the colours provided for the challenge. I used shades of purple and pink with a touch of yellow for the flowers. For the leaves I used yellow and a hint of yellowish green.. I added them together and finished the card with a sentiment and embellishments. 

I will be participating in November inspiration challenge - Brilliant Autumn leaves by Altenew



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Monday 22 November 2021

Altenew Nov inspiration challenge

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For this month, Altenew has a beautiful and unique colour scheme for Autumn leaves. I incorporated all three colours in my card here. I took a white cardstock and I wanted to do some inking using Lavender fields and Coral berry ink. I tore masking paper to masked off the cardstock and inked one side using the inks. 

I used Beautiful day stamp set for my card and stamped one flower and leaves. I coloured the flower with yellow colour and left the leaves uncoloured. I fuzzy cut them out and kept them aside. Using Morning frost from Warm gray ink set, I stamped some floral bunches and they are very light. I added the leaves first and then the flower. I finished the card with a sentiment and some embellishments. 

I will be participating in November Inspiration challenge - Brilliant autumn leaves by Altenew





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Sunday 21 November 2021

Sketch your birthday

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Birthday cards are real fun to make especially while using tiny critters and making them colourful. For my card, I used a teddy from Balloon buddies stamp set and made him hold a balloon in his hands. I used a sketch from Your next stamp challenge. 

I masked off some areas with a masking paper and inked the top most part of the card and made it colourful. Then I partially inked a little from the bottom of the card and added the critter holding a balloon. To finish the card, I added a sentiment and some gemstones. 


https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/crafty-catz-challenge-573-anything-goes.html

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CAS leaves

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I have a CAS birthday card using leaves from 'Where flowers bloom' stamp set from Gina K designs. I think the stamp set is retired as I couldn't find it in the website. They have other beautiful sets available as well. 

I used only the solid leaves stamp from the set, and stamped with Frayed leaf ink from Altenew. I used colour pencils to give some highlights to the leaves and added a sentiment to finish the card. 




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Monday 15 November 2021

Unicorn rainbow

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This is a colourful card with rainbow coloured background and a beautiful unicorn from Your next stamp - Magical unicorn. Its a gorgeous unicorn image and I made it quite fun card. For the background, I used distress oxide ink and masked up each line. I added a black frame and added the unicorn and some gemstones and finished the card with a sentiment. 




Challenges entered:
http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/11/anything-goes-challenge-16th-november.html

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Sunday 14 November 2021

Gathering gratitude hop video tutorial - Join and win prizes

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I am very excited to be a part of Gathering gratitude hop along with some extremely talented crafters. I have an Acorn theme interactive card for this hop. I have not used any specialty dies to make this card. I have lots of squirrels moving around and playing with acorns while the mom squirrel prepares a thanksgiving meal. Its a super fun card and at the end of the post I have the video tutorial. I have a prize as well from my channel. And to win rules are simple, like and comment on the video, subscribe to my channel and share the video as much as you can and use hashtags - - #kraftempress. 








Video

Challenges entered:
https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge-11-anything.html
https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/ltccb-64-november-anything-goes.html
https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/ltscb-151-anything-goes.html
https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2021/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-177-ag-entwined-use-twine.html
https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/classic-design-challenge-november-11.html
https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/welcome-to-challenge-74.html
http://bestieschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-crafts-galore-encore.html
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge-427-anything-goes.html
https://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-challenge-47-octobers-winner.html
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-158-anything-goes.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/11/c-169.html
https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-205-give-thanks-thank-you.html
https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2021/11/give-thanks.html
http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge-35-anything.html

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Saturday 13 November 2021

Stencil highlight - leaves

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For my card for today, I focused on stencil highlight using Leafy stencil from Mudra for the background of the card and added some die cuts and floral elements along with a sentiment. 

I inked the stencil using Frayed leaf from Altenew and used pencils for highlighting and added some white dots on one side of the leaf. Then, I used two flowers and coloured with pencils and fuzzy them. I had other flowers but they turned out to be too big for the card. I love this film strip die and I added that to the background. I wanted some more of leaves and used small leaves and added them behind the flowers. I finished the card with a sentiment. 

**At the end of the post, I have an image of the highlighted background along with the stencil**








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Tuesday 9 November 2021

Wings of nature

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 “Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” — Robert A. Heinlein. What a beautiful quote for Butterflies. For my card for today, I have a CAS watercoloured card where I have used butterfly stencil and for the background, I used butterfly die cut from Your next stamp. 

I have used my favorite water colour, Beyond inks. It's an Indian brand and brilliant selection of colors. At the end of the post I have a video for the same. The card is very simple and focus stays on the butterfly. 








Challenges entered:
https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2021/11/hls-november-anything-goes-with-dies.html
https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2021/11/hls-november-stencil-challenge.html
https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2021/11/hls-november-watercolour-challenge.html
https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge-11-anything.html
https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/ltccb-64-november-anything-goes.html
https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/ltscb-151-anything-goes.html
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-177-ag-entwined-use-twine.html
http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2021/10/november-challenge-with-fabrika-fantasy.html
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-11-november-2021-anything.html
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2021/11/qkr-stampedechallenge-431.html
https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/11/november-2021-challenge.html
https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/card-making-craft-challenge-anything.html
https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-218.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2021/11/c-169.html
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/challenge-158-anything-goes.html

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Friday 5 November 2021

Magical birthday

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Who doesn't like Aladdin and Jasmine?? Craftyscrappers has this amazing stamp set Aladdin whee there is a cute Aladdin and a super cute Jasmine. I used only Jasmine to make my card and coloured her with pencils. I fuzzy cut the image and used Lemonade ink to mildly ink the background and then add the image to it. I also used my white gel pen to add some details to her dress and head band. In the stamp set, there is a lamp and I used a light grey ink to stamp the lamp and added a sentiment with black ink. 



Challenges entered:
http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/
https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2021/11/cardmaking-and-papercrafting-challenge.html
https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2021/10/card-making-crafting-challenge-wk-44.html
http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/11/anything-goes-challenge-2nd-november.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2021/11/new-challenge.html
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/week-43-anything-goes-colouring.html
https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/11/miucb-55-anything-goes-3-d-project.html
http://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-51-and-winner-of-challenge-50.html
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-156-winners.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-146.html
https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-218.html

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