Rainbow layout

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I am thrilled to share a colorful new scrapbook layout today, themed around the beautiful and cheerful rainbow (VIBGYOR) palette. This project uses bold colors, stunning florals, and contrasting techniques to celebrate a special memory.

For this layout, I utilized a fantastic array of stamps and dies from Pinkfresh Studio.

Building the Vibrant Background

The foundation of this layout is a striking, textural rainbow design, perfect for adhering to the Pinkfresh Studio monthly challenge.

 * Fringe Background: I took leftover cardstock scraps in the VIBGYOR colors and cut them into strips. I then created fringe cuts along one edge of each strip. These fringed strips were then stacked and adhered in rainbow order to form a dynamic, textured background for the photo.

Layered Florals and Die-Cuts

To complement the bright background, I created contrasting layered elements using florals and delicate foliage dies.

 * Foliage Dimension: I used the Foliage Shaker Die to cut delicate pieces from two contrasting materials: translucent vellum and shimmering silver cardstock. Layering these pieces adds subtle texture and shine around the photo.

 * Contrasting Sunflowers: The beautiful Sunflower Washi Tape Stamp was the focal point for the stamping.

   * Vellum Embossing: I stamped the sunflowers onto a vellum sheet and heat embossed them with crisp white embossing powder.

   * Bold Black Contrast: For a dramatic effect, I also stamped the sunflowers onto black cardstock and heat embossed them in white. I then added just a mild shading of color to the black embossed flowers, allowing the strong contrast of white on black to dominate.

Finishing the Layout

The final arrangement places the two contrasting photo prints nestled among the layered foliage and bright florals. The page is finished with a simple sentiment and a few sparkling gemstones to tie in with the silver accents.

This layout perfectly blends a cheerful rainbow theme with sophisticated techniques like heat embossing and dimensional die-cutting, resulting in a fun, layered, and memorable piece.

Challenges entered:

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/june-2025-challenge

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-fur-or-feathers-featuring-spellbinders/

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/06/june-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ltccb-86-anything-goes-ltccb-85-winner.html

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ltscb-173-anything-goes-ltscb-172.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the layout.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Hello sunshine

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I am back with another card and this time its a CAS card. I was having the floral sticker with me for a very long time and didn't know where to use it. I was working on another card and had some vellum leftover which I decided to use for the card base. First I wanted to have a die cut background but changed my mind to embossed background using an embossing folder. After embossing, I adhered to a white note card and the look of vellum embossed is so pretty. I added the sticker to the center of the card and a sentiment and small flowers to finish the card. 

Challenges entered:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anythin-g-goes-featuring-penny-black/

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-2025-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/classic-design-challenge-02-2025-febmar.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2025/02/allys-angels-91-anything-goes-challenge.html

https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/02/anything-goes-weeks-689-690.html

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2025/03/challenge-3-wk-4-anything-goes-card.html

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2025/03/249-rachelle-anne-miller.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/ltccb-85-anything-goes-ltccb-84-winner.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Tag it along

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When I see challenge blogs, its all about easter joy and spring air. I thought why should easter always be about bunny and decided to use a deer jumps around for easter eggs this spring. I am playing in a few challenges with this card and keeping it very simple where there is a tree and below are two easter eggs. The deer has found the eggs and he is very happy (LOL)... This I made in a die cut tag and kept the sentiment very simple. 

Challenges entered:

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-253-tags.html

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-challenge-outdoors.html

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=30684

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-spring-and-or-easter/

https://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-challenge.html

https://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-204.html

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/krafty-chicks-challenge-656-all.html

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-202.html

https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/2023/03/march-challenge.html

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2023/03/wk-11-card-making-craft-challenge.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Frosted garden card

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I am back with another card using Frosted garden, Flowers and leaves 3D embossing folder, Evening gray ink, Evergreen ink and Mahogany brak ink from Altenew. I am playing with the theme for this month's challenge and I have a cute card here. I didn't have a gray cardstock that matches the theme so I inked a white cardstock with evening gray ink and embossed using 3d folder - flowers and leaves. Its a beautiful embossing folder and works with floral images. I wanted to incorporate all the colours in the theme and stamped one floral images with mahogany ink and leaves with evergreen ink. I felt something was missing and then gave some focus by colouring the stamped image so its more brighter. I die cut a frame and added some gold ink to it and a sentiment from the stamp set. 

Challenges entered:

https://blog.altenew.com/march-2023-inspiration-challenge/

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-68-challenge-67-winner-top.html
https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/challenge-255-anything-goes-with.html

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2023/03/wk-11-anything-goes-card-making-craft.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Crafty%20Wednesday

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/wk-6-card-making-craft-challenge.html

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/miucb-64-anything-goes-optional.html

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/03/anything-goes-weeks-587-588.html

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2023/03/qkr-stampede-challenge-463.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Beary birthday card

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I am back with a super cute birthday card here using Beary special birthday from MFT stamps and the stamp set has super cute bear images with birthday elements. I chose one image where the bear peeks out of the gift box along with gift boxes and balloons. I played along with this week's sketch challenge from MFT blog and made my card according to the sketch. I added a pattern paper and then dry embossed a white card stock and added the coloured images together and finished the card with gemstones and a sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/wsc633

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-emboss-it-7/

https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/stay-crafty-with-a-blog-named-hero-february-2023-challenge

http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2023/02/challenge-232-happy-9th-birthday-time.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Crafty%20Wednesday

http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-challenge-50-anything.html

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/02/anything-goes-weeks-583-584.html

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-anything-goes-woptional.html

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2023/02/199-paper-shelter.html

https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/02/anything-goes-february-2023.html

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2023/02/sos490-anything-starting-with-letter-b.html (bear,birthday)

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Destiny butterfly

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I made this card using my favourite image from LeAnns World 101 which is Destiny Butterfly. I love colouring this image and used pastel shades like pink and purple and enjoyed making this card. I fuzzy cut the image after colouring and added some white spots in the wings using a gel pen. I embossed a white cardstock (dry embossing) and added it to a pink notecard and to finish the card added some gemstones and a sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2023/02/wk-5-card-making-craft-challenge.html

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2023/02/anything-goes-weeks-581-582.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/ltccb-72-anything-goes-ltccb-71-winner.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Crafty%20Wednesday

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2023/01/wk-4-anything-goes-card-making-craft.html

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-66-challenge-65-winner-top.html

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/02/wk3-card-making-craft-challenge.html

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/02/february-2023-crafts-galore-encore.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/crafty-catz-challenge-623-anything-goes.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

CAS holiday card

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I am here today with another cute and simple card for christmas using TI Furry and bright from MFT stamps. Its a super cute one for holiday season with a dog and cat and a girl image holding a gift for her pet. For my card, I choose the dog here and used an old embossing folder to add the snowflakes on one side of the cardstock and inked in the center of the base used blue ink. I stamped and coloured the image and added them to the card base. I finished the card with a sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=29477

https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/stay-crafty-with-a-blog-named-hero-october-challenge

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-243-winter.html

http://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2022/11/hls-november-christmas-challenge.html

https://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-161-for-november.html

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/mttc-494-theme-is-critters.html

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-inspiration-picture.html

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/11/challenge-98-christmaswinter.html

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/favourite-christmas-image-or-animal-and.html

https://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/10/cupcake-inspirations-challenge-556.html?m=1

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Blue jasmine card

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I am here with another floral card for today where I am using White jasmine from Alex Syberia designs and its a beautiful digital image and I loved colouring it. I used alcohol markers to colour the flower and used blue for the flower and green for the leaves. I coloured the image and fuzzy it and then placed it on a mat and sprayed shimmer spray to give some shine and sparkle to the flower. While it was drying, I took a white card stock and embossed it using an embossing folder and the sides of the folder has some flower so I added some silver on the dots there. I added the flower to the center and finished the card with some gemstones and sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/week-658use-your-favourite-toolproduct.html

https://leighsbdesigns.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-9-main-post-anything-goes-in.html

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/krafty-chicks-challenge-629-cas.html

http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-flower-challenge-72-add-sparkle.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/crafty-catz-challenge-606.html

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Butterfly card

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I am back with another card usng Butterflies stamp set and Floral grid coverplate die from Pink fresh studio. I decided to play with inks and inked a white cardstock with shades of green in a gradient and then used the die to emboss for the background. The butterfly in the stamp set is a big one and I stamped and coloured it. I used colour pencils to colour the butterfly and then I sprayed shimmer spray for the sparkle and shine. I sprayed shimmer spary to the embossed background too. I wanted to add something more to the background so using a pencil, I added some lines and some dots with a pen. To finish the card, I added gemstones and a sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

https://digidoodlestudioschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-53-add-metalsparkle.html

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-challenge-spots-or-stripes.html

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-96-dots-andor-stripes.html

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/09/challenge-96-dots-andor-stripes.html

https://thecardconcept.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-card-concept-179-change-of-seasons.html

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=28838

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-stamp-it-4/

http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2022/09/469-anything-goes-twinkle-lane-design.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/crafty-catz-605-anything-goes-use.html

https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/week-36-anything-goes-colouring.html

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html

https://www.pinkfreshstudio.com/blogs/card-making-challenges/september-2022-challenge

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Springtime Azalea

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I love this card and this is favourite card of July. For this card, I used Springtime Azalea from Altenew and I used the outline image from the set to make this card. Along with this stamp set, I used Waffled diamond 3D embossing folder for the background. I stamped the flower and leaves with Ocean waves ink and Frayed leaf ink from Altenew. I used pencils to colour ink the flower and leaves. I fuzzy cut them out, they are super easy to cut since the outline is line up well. I die cut the sentiment from black cardstock and stacked them up with two more die cut pieces. I started layering all the pieces together (florals, leaves,embossing piece and die cut sentiment)  and finished the card with gemstones. 

Challenges entered:

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/ltccb-69-anything-goes-ltccb-68-winner.html

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/ltscb-156-anything-goes-ltscb-155.html

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-185-ag-fun-in-sun.html

http://bestieschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-challenge.html

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-2022-crafts-galore-encore.html

http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-challenge-mirtillamente.html

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-60-and-winner-of-challenge-59.html

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-97/#!watch

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2022/07/challenge-7-july-2022-anything-goes.html

https://blog.altenew.com/folk-inspired-hello-card-inspiration-challenge/

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Bitterrot flowers

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I am back with another card and its all florals this time with products from Altenew. For my card, I used Deck planks 3D embossing folder and Bitterroot Flower layering stencil along with inks from Altenew as well. 

I played along with their monthly challenge and I used the colours from the same. I went a step ahead to make it more fun by only stenciling one layer for the yellow flower. The stencil I used has 3 layering components for each element and its wonderful to use. There is coordinating dies as well for them but I went ahead and fuzzy cut it. I sometimes feel fuzzy cutting is faster for me unless there is a lot of curves like leaves..lol

I used Shades of purple for one flower, Tropical forest for the leaves and calyx and Warm sunshine for the yellow flower. I first did the purple flower, all three layers and fuzzy cut it. Then, I used warm sunshine to stencil the first layer of the large flower. I used my alcohol markers to add some interest to the flowers. I stenciled the leaves and calyx and cut them out as well. 

I wanted a fun background, so I used 3D embossing folder for the same. I trimmed it down and added it to the card base. I started layering the flowers and leaves and added a sentiment. To finish the card, I accented it with some pearls. 

Challenges entered:

https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/search/label/Stencil%20Challenge

https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/stay-crafty-with-a-blog-named-hero-february-challenge

https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/02/challenge-209-anything-goes.html

https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/02/challenge-229-anything-goes-with.html

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-15th-februarys.html

http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/02/anything-goes-challenge-15th-2022.html

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2022/02/card-making-crafting-challenge-wk-8.html

https://digichoosday.blogspot.com/2022/02/card-making-crafting-and-papercrafting.html

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2022/02/anything-goes-weeks-531-532.html

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2022/02/qkr-stampede-challenge-438.html

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/search/label/Ellibelle%27s%20Crafty%20Wednesday

http://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-2022-challenge-38-anything.html

https://blog.altenew.com/inspiration-challenge-bright-floral-duo/

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Die cut floral card

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I recently bought some stuff from Altenew and decided to put those together and make a card. I am using Waffled diamonds 3D embossing folder and Climber flowers die set. I didn't have colour card stock so I used mini ink cubes and inked up the cardstock. Sets I used here are Red Cosmos and Warm gray ink set. 

I used white cardstock and embossed the background first and added that by card base. I die cut florals and leaves from the inked cardstock and added them together. I put in all the die cuts together and added a sentiment from bejeweled stamp set. I finished the card with some gemstones. 

Challenges entered:

https://blog.altenew.com/are-you-up-for-the-challenge-a-year-in-review-challenge-2021/

(inspiration month - Janurary)

   

Thank you for stopping by and hope you all enjoyed the card.

Stay happy and keep crafting.

Cards using decoupage papers - Craftreat

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I have a video here to show how you can in-cooperate decoupage papers into card projects. I am using Rustic wood and Beautiful flowers decoupage papers. Along with them I will also be using stencils for the background which are Intertwined, Scattered leaves and Dancing. 

I love the dancing image and adding decoupage paper to it was fun. These cards here will be perfect for Women's day which is around the corner and the sentiments I used here are from Mudra stamps. 

Hope you all enjoyed the video....
Thanks for stopping by
Stay happy and keep crafting

Embossed stenciled and floral card

Hi there,

I am here today as a part of design team for The Creative Crafters blog and I used stamps and stencils from HNDMD. The stamp set I used for this card is a set of lovely lotus flowers called Hello lovely and used sentiment from the same set. 

I did some simple colouring and and fuzzy cut them. This is a one layer card and hence did stencil embossing. Stencil embossing is an easy and fun technique where I used an emboss pad to do some dry embossing instead of usual inking technique. 

I added the coloured images together and stamped the sentiment and finished with some gemstones. 

Hope you liked this card.
Happy Crafting

Ways to use critter sheets

Hello there,

I am back with yet another video today and I will be talking about ways to use critter sheets in cards and turn them into beautiful projects. 

Die cuts and more is an India brand where they have started with the new concept of critter sheets. They have 2 sets of such sheets where one is ready to colour and the other is coloured sheets. 

Link to video: https://youtu.be/R20-VU70wBo

Materials used:
1. Die cuts and more Critter sheets
   a. Ready to colour Wild Roses
   b. Ready to colour Japanese Magnolia
   c. Ready to colour Roses
   d. Vintage watercolours
   e. Golden blue delight
   f. Watercolored mauves
2. White card stock
3. Embossing folder
4. Distress inks
5. Kraft cardstock
6. Coloured pencils
7. Stencils
8. Die cuts
9. Pattern paper
10. Embellishments

I just have the images here below..... 

Challenges entered:
1. Creatilicious challenge
2. Lemon short bread challenge
3. Lil Patch of crafty friends
4. A bit more time to craft challenge
5. Creative fingers challenge
6. Crafty creations challenge
7. A gem of challenge
8. Cute card thursday challenge
9. QKR Stampede
10.Crafty Catz challenge
11. The paper girls challenge - Top 5 my favourite elements: burlap,die cut, flower, pattern paper, gem stones
12. The paper funday challenges
13. Creative knockouts
14. Papercraft challenge


Hope you all liked the video and cards
Follow my blog and stay tuned for more posts on crafting

Until my next post
Happy Crafting

Stencil embossing and digital image

Hello there,

I am happy to announce that I have joined Happy Craft Challenge as a design team member and its hosted by Megan Flynn from Australia. 

My first card as a team member and I have made an embossed background using stencils and added a digital image from Paper Shelter. The image I used here is Blue Marquise and I coloured her using pencils. 

For the background, I used a stencil to do dry embossing. I used an embossing pad to do the dry embossing and run it through my die cut machine. Foam sheets can also be used instead of embossing pad. 

I used a pattern paper for the background of the card and added the embossed sheet and the image to the card base. I finished the card by adding sentiment and some gemstones. 

Hope you all liked the card
Happy Crafting