Author: Sathya

Guest Designing at ICR Bloghop

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Hi Crafty Friends!!

Am happy to welcome you all for ICR Year End Bloghop. Am even more happy to start Bloghop at this year 2016 beginning and to join them at the year end too!!!

Thanks for inviting me, for being part of this Blohop!

This bloghop emphasized on Technique : “Wet/Dry Embossing”

  • I throughly enjoyed making this card, as its my first trial at no line coloring.
  • I wanna showcase all Embossing possibilities in this card to give participants an idea to work along for the bloghop challenge.
  • Done dry embossing on the background,before which i distressed the central portion heavily with Evergreen bough Distress ink in a circular portion and faded out at the periphery.
  • Then Dry embossed it with WRMK 3D embossing folder- Weaves
  • For Wet embossing, applied Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste to the central portion to create a texture and sprinkled mini art stones generously for extra added textures.
  • Using foam adhesives added the colored image along with a piece of cheesecloth.
  • Sentiment is Heat embossed using White Embossing powder on vellum and tucked near the image.
  • Few clear droplets added to finish off the card.
Hope you like this card.
Blog hop order:
Akshma (Host): 







Sathya  (You are here)




Our Sponsor this time is Nagasri arts and there is an awesome bag of goodies to grab as prize!!!


Thanks much again for the ICR team for the opportunity.

Guest Designing at So Suzy Stamps : Day 2

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Hi Crafty pals,

Am at SoSuzystamps today with GDT Day 2 project. You can view Day 1 project here and here. 
Today’s card is using SoSuzy stamps : “Rose Bloom” and “Forever and Ever”




  • I love doing watercolor projects and coloring and so this attempt on noline coloring today.
  • Took a watercolor cardstock and stamped Rosebloom stamp using Antique linen distress ink, being the lightest ink.
  • Then went over with coloring using Zig clean color brushpens.
  • Then masked the whole image using Masking fluid and colored the outline of the bloom and the surrounding area randomly with Light Blue Zig cleancolor brush pens and added water to give a nice waterwash look.
  • After its dried totally, took off the masking fluid by rubbing it, and it revealed the image.
  • Mounted this panel, onto a baby blue A2 sized cardbase.
  • Few baby blue enamel dots are added as accents to finish off the card.

Hope you like my inspiration. Meet you next week with another inspiration.

Happy Stamping!

End of Year party…Something you shouldn’t miss 😉 🙂 Hop over to check all lovely stamps 🙂 


MHK Designer : Fanciful Feathers

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Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the December 2016 MHK Designs release. We have some really fun sets to check over the next few days, as well as chances to win either one of the sets OR all of them.



Digi on focus:



My take on this set:




  • Bg was done using Brushos.
  • Feathers are colored using Faber castell polychromos.
  • Two of which are colored and fussycut and added to the focal panel.
  • This then added to Mint A2 sized cardbase.
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Guest Designing at So Suzy Stamps – Day 1

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Dear Crafty pals,

Am So stoked to Guest Design at So suzy stamps and i had an opportunity to pick my faves as GDT kit 🙂 Absolutely thrilled, when i received a mail in June just before my Vacation to India 🙂 

Have come up with projects using my favorite stamps. Have been showcasing whole of this month December as weekly inspiration 🙂 Hope you like it as much as i loved making these 🙂 

First up is a Layered Mixed media, using Sosuzy stamps : Bride and Groom and Judy Garland sentiment stamp .


  • Took a 5.5” topfold white cardbase.
  • Layered with DCWV Luxury matstack papers with bordered punch cutouts and paper laces, as shown in the picture.
  • Stamped the Bride and Groom on a patternpaper and gold heat embossed it and fussy cut.
  • The baselayer is stenciled at diagonal ends using TCW Tiles stencil + embossing paste and heat set it by sprinkling gold embossing powders.
  • The fussycut couple is then added on focal panel with base white doily.
  • The layering of the floral cluster is made with tulle, pearl string, metal charm, chipboards and handmade blooms, hip roses and few diecuts.
  • Sentiment from Judy Garland is stamped onto a patternpaper using Black Archival ink, fussy cut and tucked near the floral spray.
  • Few clear droplets and some Prima mini artstones area added as final touches to the card.

Few closer shots:



Hope you like my Mixedmedia card. Hope to inspire you with another project on 15th December. Don’t forget to check back here:)  

Until then, Happy Stamping! 

End of Year party…Something you shouldn’t miss 😉 🙂 Hop over to check all lovely stamps 🙂 



MHK December Release :Realistic roses

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Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the December 2016 MHK Designs release. We have some really fun sets to check over the next few days, as well as chances to win either one of the sets OR all of them.




Digi on focus:



My take on this :



  • Took a white A2 sized cardbase.
  • Printed sentiment and sponged on focal panel with mustard seed by heavily at one end and gradually faded it out.
  • Printed roses digi image in different sizes and colored using Fabercastell polychromos and fussy cut it.
  • Mounted using adhesive foam near focal panel, to finish off the card.


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MHK December Release : Pretty Petunias

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Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the December 2016 MHK Designs release. We have some really fun sets to check over the next few days, as well as chances to win either one of the sets OR all of them.




Digi on focus:

Pretty Petunias

My take on this :

  • Took a light lavender A2 sized cardbase.
  • Printed Petunias in different sizes, colored using Polychromos colored pencil, fussy cut and mounted on the card.
  • Sentiment banner is distressed with scattered straw distressed ink and added to the card.
  • Few purple enamel dots to finish off the card.
Project supplies:

MHK Surprise Bloghop : Here for you Always!

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Hi Friends!

Welcome to a Special Surprise Bloghop for our friend, Julie Odil. She has recently diagnosed with rare lymphoma and this hop is to letting her know that we are here for her.
This is the card i made for Bloghop

  • Used special release Get well digi image for this hop.
  • For the first time, tried noline coloring for the digi image using washout tool to fade the outlines and done coloring.
  • Its matted with Beige color Getwell designer paper and then on Dark brown cardbase.
  • Beige ricrac ribbon added with few enamel dots to finish off the card.
Your next blogstop is Shawna standish
Thanks for stopping by! We hope you enjoy our blog hop.

MHK Designer Inspiration: SathyaSankaran

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Hi Friends!

 Am at MHKDesigns today, with this month’s Designer Inspiration, using two of my fave digisets from MHKdesigns Etsy shop.

  • On a A2 sized black card base, mounted the sentiment as focal element, from Blossoming digiset.
  • The sentiment banner is distressed with wildhoney and barn door distress inks.
  • The flowers from Open Bloom digiset is colored, fussy cut and mounted on card around the sentiment.
  • Few orange enamel dots are added as accents.

Project Supplies