Author: Sathya

MHKDesigns October Release: Perfect Poinsettia

~ Sathya ~ 10 Comments

Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the October 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:

Perfect Poinsettias

My take on this :

  • Am in love with this Country farm digipapers and used one of those Red Gingham here.
  • Its matted with White A2 sized cardbase.
  • Poinsettia leaves are colored using my fave Fabercastell bicolor pencils and fussy cut and those yellow centres are topped with Glossy accents, where the red leaves are topped with Wink of stella clear glitter for subtle shimmer.
  • All fussy cut portions are popped up using Foam adhesives on Focal panel.
  • Sentiment banner is notched at both ends, distressed with worn lipstick Distress ink and mounted on the card using foam adhesives.
  • Hope you enjoy this simple card.

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MHK October release : Wonderful wreath

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Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the October 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 today:

My take on this:


  • Took White A2 sized base cardstock.
  • To which, matted Country farm Gingham red digi paper.
  • Wreath is printed, colored using Faber castell bicolor pencils. Red berries were topped with Glossy accents. 
  • Sentiment is printed, the banner is notched at both ends and distressed at edges using Worn lipstick Distress ink.
  • A scratch paper is embossed using SIzzix woodgrain Embossing folder and diecut using Cutttlebug square dies.
  • Those squares are then distressed heavily with Vintage photo Distress ink.
  • On the focal panel, These 4 squares are added centrally.
  • To which, the wreath added and matted with sentiment banner.
Hope you like this!

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MHK October Release : Chicken In

~ Sathya ~ 10 Comments

Hi Friends!

Am excited to welcome you to the October 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 is Chicken In



My take on this set:

  • Took the strawberry flowers images in the set in varying sizes.
  • Colored it using Faber castell bicolor pencils.
  • Took A2 sized ivory cardstock, matted with one of Country farm digi paper.


  • The fussy cut flowers and leaves are popped up on the focal panel as a Bouquet, and a yellow satin bow is added to it.
  • Sentiment banner is notched at one end and distressed with toffee crunch momento ink and mounted on panel.



  • Few peach pearls are added as accents.
  • Hope you like this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Guest Designer @ Craftadda!

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Hi Friends!
Am Guest designing over at CraftAdda today with their own inhouse products under the brand name – CrafTangles. The store houses pretty paperlines, metal embellishments,embossing powders etc.,

Head over to the blog to have a look.

Its my first attempt on any Masculine themed projects!!

Tried out some CAS, Layered, and a mini envelope album kind too!!

Hope you like it!!

Leaving you with Sneak peek, here. Would love to see you there!

MHK Designer Inspiration : SathyaSankaran

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Hi Friends!

Am here today with this month’s Designer Inspiration at MHKDesigns. Open Bloom is one of my fave digis and so you have seen me using this very often.

  • As always, Printed and Colored the blooms using Fabercastell bicolor pencils, fussy cut.
  • Distressed the one edge of the base ivory card using Momento Rich cocoa and other edge with scattered straw distress inks.  
  • Printed the sentiment in a white cs and distressed in the same way and matted with black cs.
  • Mounted on the base cs and florals are added using foam adhesives.

  • Hope you like this simple card!

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Enjoy! – Mixed Media Tag

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Hi Friends!

Today made a quick Mixed media tag to participate in few challenges in blogland.

Lets see the procedure.

  • Took TimHoltz largest Tag diecut in thick black cardstock.
  • White gessoed it. Then using Prima Crack stencil,applied Prima Modelling paste and when its dried, stenciled TH bubbles stencil.
  • Misted the tag with LSG – Azure sea asters, the on the edges with LSG -Opal sea oats.
  • Diecut a leaf from cuttlebug die, stenciled with TH burlap stencil and misted with LSG – Queen of Hearts Red spray.
  • Cheesecloth is misted with LSG- Sea mint green and Opal sea oats added along with drywall for added Textures, to the Tag and few Prima art stones and Prima Mulberry mica flakes are sprinkled around it.
  • The Misted leaf is UTEE clear embossed couple of times and added as focal element.
  • The edges of the tag are smooshed with versmark inkpad directly and heat embossed with Stampendous Vintage Rose Embossing enamel.
  • Prima Leaves are taken and distressed with Worn lipstick, Rusty hinge,Aged mahogany. Then finally UTEE clear heat embossed and added to the tag.
  • TH chitchat stickers word – Enjoy is matted with black cs and added to the Tag,
  • Few clear droplets are added as accents.

Hope you like it!

Linking this Lindy’s Stamp Gang September challenge

Azure Sea asters
Sea mint green
Opal sea oats
Queen of Hearts Red

Stamplorations September MM challenge – Used Prima crack stencil and TH burlap stencil and Bubble stencil

Stamps and Stencils –Colors of autumn
More Mixedmedia challenge – Anything goes+Brown

Love MixedMedia Layout – Lulupu Guest Designer

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“Hi Friends!

Happy to be on Guest designer spot at Lulupu today.

Mixed media is one of the most Forgiving art fields. It gives such freedom to work with.

Have come up with a Mixed Media Layout, which is my ever first try. Hope you like it.

Here’s the sneak peek. Hope you hop there to check the full reveal 🙂

Hmm…You got me right!! This is bit special LO, as i gonna frame and gift to my Little Sis in my vacation to India next year…yeah!!! Its just 9 months away 😀

ETA:
Linking to following challenges:

Followed both Word and Creative Inspiration. The moments i spent during my vacation at my Home country, has always been a delight to recall and cherish. One of those lovely moment is captured and cherished here as Layout  🙂
Stamplorations September Mixedmedia challenge : Used Prima Poppy stencil in the LO

MHKD Sep/Oct Challenge

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Today at MHK designs, we have monthly challenge with photo/color inspiration to play along and to win some beautiful digi image and designer papers. MHK Designs Team is showcasing few digi sets from MHK Designs Etsy shop for the inspiration. Do hop into blog to get inspired and play along the challenge.

Autumnal Colors for this Challenge:


My take using these colors 🙂



Fall colors are so apt for the forthcoming season. I have taken mustard color cardbase and dryembossed that with florishes Embossing folder. Then distressed it with Aged Mahogany Distress ink. Then took a piece of kraft cardstock, dry embossed with woodgrain embossing folder, diecut it with frame folder. And used the negative to distress with Vintage photo Distress ink and framed the sentiment behind it.

Few leaves diecuts from Beautiful brocade papers, distressed it with Aged mahogany distress ink,arranged around the sentiment.

Light grey ribbon added and few peach pearls as the finishing touch.

Hope you like my take on the inspiration.



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