You are a Treasure : SSS

~ Sathya ~ 14 Comments

Hiya Friends,
Been coloring this Beautiful flower stamps from SSS for the past 4 days for Kathyrac’s Daily marker coloring challenge. Check my insta handle @sathyakala.23 for the WIP pics.
Made a card with loads of white paint splattered background.
Over to my card,

  • Stamped SSS Beautiful flowers stamp over a watercolor paper using Antique Linen DI for the Noline coloring.
  • WaterColored using Daniel smith watercolors and topped it with Prisma colored pencils for keeping the shadows.
  • The image is fussy cut and splashed with loads of watercolored white acrylic paint and Perfect pearls for the shimmery effect. 
  • The splatters toned down hugely the reddish undertones of the flowers to the paler tones. This effect totally gave the flowers a muted toned look.
  • Took a watercolor cardstock for matting and its smooshed with left over pink and green tones randomly. 
  • Then splattered with perfect pearls mixed with pink, watered down white paints for the hazy bg effect.
  • Matted this panel to the Slimline card and added few clear dew droplets to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!!
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Sending you Sunshine – Stampendous

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Hi Crafty peeps,
Am participating in Kathyrac’s the daily marker coloring challenge. And so Coloring has started in full swing.
Turned up yesterday’s coloring into a card today, adding the background, darkening the shadows some more.
Over to my card!

  • Stamped the Stampendous Sweet Sunflower onto a watercolor paper using Antique Linen DI for Noline coloring.
  • Colored using Zig clean color brush pens and for darkening the shadows used Prisma colored pencils.
  • The bg made using Zig clean color brush pens.
  • Generously splashed with watered down White paint.
  • Sentiment is stamped from Mudra Simply florals using Mudra Mai Jet black ink.
  • Added this watercolored panel to a corrugated panel.
  • Tied a twine and added beads to their ends for those touch of accents.
  • The panel then matted on the A2 sized top fold black card base.
Hope you like it!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting!!
Linking this card to following challenges
SSS Wednesday challenge Bright and Cheerful

Together Forever : Chipboard CAS Card

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Hi Bloggy pals,
It’s CAS card again this time. Though I ardently love making textures and layers, CAS amazes me equally with all those white spaces, which speaks tons of emotions. I admire a lot of CAS crafters, who aesthetically work on focal elements and brings in Minimalistic versions.
Yes, It’s yet another card using Brusho, my most favorite watercolors. Love to create visual textures with it.

  • Took a watercolor panel and played with Brusho crystal – Orange for an abstract look at one corner of the card.
  • Then took MUDRA chipzeb and sponged with MUDRA Mai jet black ink.
  • Stamped an appealing sentiment from MUDRA together forever stamp set with 2 hearts on the lower portion of the card.
  • Added the chipboard using liquid adhesive.
  • Mounted this panel to A2 sized black cardbase to finish off this card.
Hope you like it!
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Framed Roses : A Floral chipboard card

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Hi Bloggy pals,
Am here today with a super simple card. Nothing much fancy things added and it takes jiffy to whip up this card.

  • Took Mudra’s Polaroid Love Frame chipboard and sponged them black with Mudra Jet black ink.
  • Took Mudra’s Roses Bouquet Chipzeb and colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Added the roses chipboard to the frame and tied a printed linen ribbon to it.
  • Took a watercolor paper panel, played with Brusho – Lime green to make the background.
  • Die-cut the lower portion of the panel with Mft dienamics – Small Bracket die .
  • Sentiment from IBS is stamped onto the vellum and added behind the focal panel using adhesive runner.
  • The polaroid frame is added to the panel using foam adhesive for a bit dimension.
  • Then this panel is added to the A2 sized black top fold card base.
Hope you like it!
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Guest Designer for Time Out Challenge #164

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Hi Craftypeeps!
Am excited to guest design today at Timeout for their current challenge #164.
I have been inspired by the rainbow colors and the birthday cake for my card today.

  • I have colored the base of focal panel with watercolors in the rainbow fashion.
  • Took a vellum circle die-cut and embossed it using WRMK 3D embossing folder.
  • Heat embossed a cake using Ranger platinum embossing powder.
  • Colored the cake using Prisma colored pencils and fussy cut it.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Mudra on the lower portion of the panel using Mudra Mai Jet ink.
  • Matted this panel over a 4×6″ white cardbase.
  • Few enamel dots are added for interest.
For more inspirations from the Design team, do check out the post HERE.

I would like to thank Sandie and TO Design Team for having me as guest.
Love to see your cards there at gallery.
Linking to following challenge:
CAS Mix up challenge: Dry embossed vellum with Embossing Folder

Summery Hues!

~ Sathya ~ 8 Comments

Hi Blogger pals,
Today’s card using the fresh and bright summery tones. It’s a Guest design project for a Team of Instagram crafty friends.
  • Stamped the Ton Stamps – Peonies in Antique Linen DI onto Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored using Gansai Tambi Watercolors and used Prisma colored pencils for deepening the shadows.
  • Fussy cut and kept aside.
  • Took another white cardstock.
  • Heavily sponged Peacock feathers DO over it, leaving the central portion.
  • Then air dried it and used MFT 3 D embossing folder to create a patterned textured background for the ink blended focal blend.
  • Added the fussy cut florals over the panel using foam adhesive.
  • Heavily splattered the white paint over the panel.
  • Sentiment from Inspired by stamping onto vellum using Archival black ink and added this banner over to the focal panel.
  • Few clear dew droplets are added as accents.
Hope you like it!
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Work of Art!

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Hi Crafty peeps,
Am here today to share yet another card using my fave Brusho crystals.
This time, a simple CAS card with a sentiment as focal point. This particular stamp set “Art is” by Stamporations is my favorite.

  • Took a square watercolor cardstock bit smaller than 5×5″.
  • Played with Brusho crystal orange to get this beautiful organic look of watercolored bg.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Stamploraions ‘Art is’ stampset using Mudra Mai jet black ink.
  • Matted this focal panel onto 5×5″ square white top fold card base.
  • Few dew droplets added to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
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Live in the moment – CAS Butterfly card

~ Sathya ~ 21 Comments

Hiya Friends,

Seized a bit of time and quickly whipped up today’s card for the ongoing few challenges.

Love this sentiment from Stamplorations and decided to use for today.

Over to my card, 

  • Took a piece of watercolor cardstock and played with Brusho crystal – Purple to get that organic look of the watercolored background.
  • Added the sentiment from Stamplorations Trendy Butterflies 2 using Mudra Mai Jet black ink.
  • Heat embossed the butterflies from same stampset, over vellum using Ranger’s White embossing powder.
  • Matted this watercolored panel to a 6×4″ white top fold cardbase.
  • Added the fussycut white heat embossed butterflies to the focal panel.
  • Added few dew droplets for interest.
Hope you like it!
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Be Brave!

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Hey Hi All,

Am still sticking and challenging myself onto making of some non-floral cards…Yay bit away from my pencil coloring, watercoloring of florals.

And for today, it’s a Butterfly card.

To me, Butterfly symbolises a “Free spirit”. And it goes wherever it pleases and pleases wherever it goes.

  • Took a watercolor paper and trimmed a bit to fit a 4×6″ Top fold cardbase.
  • Mixed HNDMD paper texture paste and Brusho -Limegreen to get a beautiful shade of green.
  • Applied this prepared paste over the panel using TCW ‘Art is’ stencil diagonally and applied plain paper paste to rest of the areas.
  • Love this texture paste as it just mimics a handmade paper texture.
  • Centrally splashed Smooch-Spritz golden yellow for a warm glow.
  • Stamplorations -Trendy butterflies2 large butterfly is gold heat embossed, fussy-cut and topped over die-cut leaves to create a focal element.
  • Sentiment from same stamp set is stamped using Memento black ink on to a strip of paper and added to the focal panel.
  • Matted this over cardbase and added few green enamel dots to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
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TOC  : Free 

Life’s Little things : Kaisercraft

~ Sathya ~ 20 Comments

Hi Friends,

As an Introvert my daily routine hasn’t changed much! Working in isolation and maintaining a social distance has been a Lifestyle. It can be overwhelming for some to stay home during this Covid-19 Pandemic. Go back to what you love to do. Rearrange your interiors. Spend time with your Family and learn new art.

Idea of this CAS card born when am shifting my Pothos plants from balcony today, as our part of India is experiencing peak summer.

My Mom is a Plant Nerd and she maintained a huge garden in our Home. I grew up seeing her do rose stem grafting, collecting and sowing seeds, preparing soil beds for our Rose plants. My deep interest on Gardening is what my Momma sow in me and it continues to grow well here.

Over to my card for Today,

  • Took watercolor cardstock and sponged Antique Linen DI around leaving a central portion.
  • Then stamped a text stamp from HNDMD Old Newspaper stamp on the background on the edges randomly to give a subtle texture using Antique linen DI.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Kaisercraft Blue Bay (new in my stash) using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Started to stamp the leaf twig from Uniko Just because stampset (new in my stash) using Peeled Paint DO on the lower half of the panel around the sentiment.
  • Liberally splashed same waterdowned DO splatters on the card over the leaves.
  • Added three clear dew droplets for the visual interest.
  • Trimmed a bit and added this to A2 sized top fold black card base.
Hope you like this card!
Thanks for stopping by!

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Time out challenges: The Arts

CASology: Plant

NBUS challenge 14 (Kaisercraft and Uniko stamps are brand new in my stash)