Author: Sathya

Bowl of Beauty : PowerPoppy

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Hi All,

My dear Mom’s birthday today and made a floral card for my Plant Nerd Mumma 🙂

She absolutely love plants and religiously maintains a huge garden at my hometown. This blog is the sample of her creative streaks which she transferred. Such a fabulous oil painting artist she is and all my childhood days were spent watching her create layers and layers of those artistic paintings.

Way back in 2011, this day, I made a handmade Quilled birthday card to Mom and from that there wasn’t no looking back…The moments were in search of “Me time” when little one was 2 yrs old and I ended up to this wonderland of Art and Handmade rightly!! Kind of soul-seeking!

Over to the card for today!

  • Printed Bowl of Beauty, a digital stamp from Powerpoppy.
  • Colored using Faber Castell polychromes colored pencils.
  • After finishing coloring, the bg around the flowers were made by Zig clean color brush pens.
  • I did a very light hazy bg with a baby blue brush pen.
  • Few enamel dots to finish off the card.
  • The focal panel matted to the black cs.
  • Then it’s mounted onto the 5Ă—6.5″ white card base.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!
Linking this to

Powerpoppy : Think Spring

CAS on Sunday Challenge : Spring 
Simon says stamp Work it wednesday : Spring flowers
The Card concept : Inspired by florals and the colors

Virginia’s April show and share (The floral digi is a new release from power poppy)

There’s Always Sunshine : Graciellie Designs

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Hello All,

Am here today with yet another Sunflower series card. Yay! Love this Summer Sunflowers Digital set from Graciellie Designs. This time, I have used one of the lovely paper from the co-ordinating digital paper pack called Summer Sunflowers . I absolutely love this duo release!!

  • I took print out of one of the digital paper which has collaged with the Trio Sunflowers and the sentiment.
  • Colored the florals using Cretacolor FineArt Graphite pencils – 4B,8B.
  • Then the colors are slightly smudged using Mont Morte paper stumps.
  • Floral centres are lightly colored using Prisma colored pencil: Cream.
  • Matted this panel to black cs.
  • And then to the cream top fold 5.5″ square card base.
  • To go with the sentiment, kept the florals simple with bright bg paper.
  • Just few grey enamel dots are added as accents.
Hope the sentiment, bg and the florals go together to convey the meaning 🙂 
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!
Supplies used:


Hello Sunshine : Graciellie Designs

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Hello Friends,

Am here again today with another Floral card. Yay! It’s another one in Sunflower series. Am smitten with these Summer Sunflowers from Graciellie Designs. Yesterday’s card is with alcohol markers coloring on florals and so today, took out my Zig clean color real brush pens and put to good use.

  • Arranged the florals in the desired look and printed out onto a watercolor cs.
  • Colored the florals using Zig clean color brush pens.
  • And bit of shadows using Prisma colored pencils.
  • The loose hazy bg is made using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Matted this panel over the black cs.
  • Trimmed the sentiment and matted over black cs.
  • This matted panel is added then to the ivory A2 sized card base.
  • Added the sentiment strip to the focal panel.
  • Few clear dew droplets are added as accents.
Hope you like this!
Happy Crafting!
Do check out this Gorgeous paper pack from Graciellie designs along with the Summer Sunflower Digital set.
Product used:

Summer Sunflowers : Graciellie Designs

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Hi Friends,

Made a card using the new release Summer Sunflowers from Graciellie Designs. This set has 2 gorgeous florals and lovely sentiments as always. This beautiful digital set has a co-ordinating paper pack- Summer Sunflowers Digital pack. Its just filled with awesomeness!!

  • Printed the sunflower to the desired size onto the white cs and colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Fussy cut the floral and trimmed the sentiment strip too.
  • Took a watercolor cs and did bg using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Adhered the floral to the focal panel and added the sentiment strip.
  • Wink of stella clear shimmer pen was used on top of the florals and the colored sentiment strip. 
  • This focal panel then mounted onto a A2 sized top fold kraft card base.
Product used:  Summer Sunflowers
Don’t miss to check this awesome pack too! Summer Sunflowers Digital pack
Hope you like today’s card!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!

Beautiful Day!

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Hi Friends,

Made a floral card using Altenew’s Beautiful day stamp set. This is one of my favorite floral stampset from this brand.

Recently bought Alcohol markers and so my experiments are into it with my ever favorite floral stamps.


Altenew Beautiful day stampset/ Mudra deco foil stencil/Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste/Broken china Distress oxide

  • Stamped the floral spray by masking it with Mudra masking sheet.
  • Stamped it using Alcohol friendly black ink – Memento tuxedo black onto Neenah crest white.
  • Colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Highlighted at few places with white gel pens for interest.
  • Fussy cut the florals.
  • Made a custom texture paste with Embossing paste +Broken china Distress oxide
  • Used Decostencil and partially stenciled an area in the white cs.
  • After letting it to air dry, splashed some black splatters.
  • Added the fussy cut floral spray using foam adhesive over textured base.
  • Took sentiment from same stampset and white heat embossed on black cs.
  • Added that sentiment banner to the focal panel glue runner.
  • Then the focal panel over the A2 sized white card base.

Altered MixedMedia Board : Dreams

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Hi Crafty Friends,

Am guest designing at Hndmd blog with an Altered Chopping Board using Mixed media touches.

I have used their mixed media essentials and art sprays for making this altered art.

My earlier guest designing project is here, if you wish to check.

Hndmd has wide range of art sprays  and MM essentials. Do check out their shop.

Hop over to the blog to check the tutorial on this.
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting
Linking this to 
Word Inspiration: Am much inspired by Fantasy world from my childhood. Fantasy means dreams and Imaginations to me.The focal image depicts my kind of Fantasy, which I housed inside the tangling mosses with underlying textural layers. The word band focuses on the inner meaning: “Reality has limits and Imagination is boundless”
Creative challenge : Used a pair of metal wings on a metal key Dreams.

Spring Love: Mudra DT projects

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Hi friends,

Am at Mudra blog today with some projects showcasing Spring!

There is no such seasonal demarcation in India as Spring or at the country, where I reside now.

So India is awaiting Summer with loads of flowers, fruits, chirping birds, squirrels 🙂

Hop over to view the projects in full!

Happy Crafting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this card to current Lindy’s March challenge

Supplies used:

LSG flat fabio Greased Lightnin’ Green
LSG starburst Sea Mint green
LSG embossing powder Hibiscus Rose Orange
LSG Starburst dauber Gregarious Grey

Linking this card to HLS March Watercolor challenge:

Happy Women’s Day: Insta Hop

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Hiya Crafty peeps!

“Find the stuff that makes your soul sing and Be your own Uniquely Beautiful Self”

“The Empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.”
Today as we celebrate the International Women’s day, we are having a 3-day Instagram hop (open WORLDWIDE) to celebrate such Empowered women. Let us all come together and lift each other up!
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Over to my Project for today


“Against and Amidst of all of Odds and Obstacles in Life, Let your Soul Shine through in a Unique Way, Your Way!! 
Be Unique, Be You, You are Enough!!! “
———  is the message intended to convey here… On a black gessoed  and embossed focal panel, have highlighted those unique motifs with several wax layers.. Hope you got the message here 🙂 
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Your Kindness : Graciellie Designs

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Hi Friends,

Made a CAS card using the floral stamps from “Your Kindness”, Graciellie Designs. One of my favorites for its lovely sentiments and floralspray.

  • Printed the digitals onto Neenah solar white 110lb cs.
  • Colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Added the white gel pen for highlights.
  • Used Black soot distress marker on the cut edges of the floral spray after its fussy cut.
  • Added this florals and sentiment banner onto the embossed Black cs (Weave 3D Embossing Folder WRMK)
  • Then matted over a white A2 sized card base.
  • Few yellow enamel dots as accents.
Hope you like this simple card.
Be sure to check the Graciellie shop for more gorgeous digital stamps.

Authentic Self: Graciellie Designs

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Hey Hi Crafty peeps,

Back again here with a floral card. This time, colored a digital image from Graciellie designs : Authentic. Absolutely love the florals, leaves and the sentiments in this stamp. Each sentiment style refers different mood.

It’s my first time, using alcohol markers other than Chameleon pens.

  • Printed digital stamps in the Neenah solar crest white cs.
  • Colored using my new Alcohol markers. Yay! that’s my recent gift of 80 markers. 
  • Using three color combos of light, medium, dark, colored the florals and leaves.
  • Added few white gel pen dots to the leaves and floral stamens.
  • Yet to learn loads as this is entirely different from pencil coloring and watercoloring which am used to!
  • Colored using cool grey on the outline of the floral spray.
  • Then fussy cut the florals and foam mounted onto a geometric patterned sheet (actually its a packaging sheet of a recent purchase)
  • Foam mounted the sentiment banner onto the florals.
  • Added this panel to the white top fold A2 sized cardstock. 
  • Few purple sequins are added as accents.
Hope you like this card.

Be sure to check Graciellie shop to grab your favorites.