Author: Sathya

CAS card : Canvas

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Hi All,

Am back here with a non-floral card for today. CAS : Clean and Simple cards are not my forte as this heart loves all layered, textured stuffs more. I admire CAS artists a lot and their aesthetic way of playing with stamps, stencils, dies yet making the card look Fabulous with loads of white spaces.

My Mom is an Oil painting artist and my second half of name ‘Kala” refers to ‘Art’ in my Indian regional language. Learnt Music and Dance from my childhood yet ‘Art’ always reminds me of the colorful splatters of inks, paints, brushes.

Over to my card,

  • Took a 4×6″ white cardbase and using Mudra World stencil, dry embossed it.
  • Love the subtle embossed bg of world map.
  • Using Kaisercraft stains stamps, (Brand new in my stash) stamped the splatters using various Altenew inks.
  • In a canvas sheet, stamped the sentiment from Stamplorations ‘Art is’ stampset using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Cut the sheet around the sentiment and frayed the edges for an added interest. 
  • No embellishments added to keep the focus on dry embossed bg and the sentiment.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Linking this to following challenges:
NBUS : Used Kaisercraft stains stampset for the first time
May Stamplorations Stencil challenge (World map stencil is dry embossed on bg)

Word Art Wednesday : Anything goes

Stamplorations : Never ending Anything goes

Hello Sunshine!

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Hi Everyone,

For today’s card, tried noline coloring on critters. Watercolored a spring scene using Gansai Tambi watercolors.

  • Stamped the cute scene from Mudra craftstamps onto watercolor cardstock using DI Antique Linen for online coloring.
  • Watercolored using Gansai Tambi watercolors and used Prisma pencil colors for all detailing.
  • Sentiment is white heat embossed over a black cardstock.
  • Die cut the spring scene using a stitched circle die.
  • Sentiment is trimmed and added to the focal panel.
  • This focal panel is foam mounted onto a beige top fold cardbase of A2 size.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Linking to

SSS Wednesday challenge: Animal Fun

Floral Thank you Card

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Hi Crafty peeps,

Colored a floral digital stamp from Make it crafty(retired  company). Started yesterday to color using prisma colored pencils for the last day of Kathyrac’s daily marker coloring challenge.

  • Printed digi from Make it crafty onto a white cardstock.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Round the edges and trimmed it to the size of 6×4″
  • Matted this to a customized textured green cardbase  of 6.25×4.25″
  • No embellies added so as to bring focus on to the florals and coloring.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Pencil colored Roses Card

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Hey Hi All,

Floral mood is still on here. And it calls for pencil coloring. This time, on Strathmore Toned Tan sketch paper. The subtle textures of paper gives the much needed tooth for the prisma colored pencils to color on. Absolutely love the way the colors blend in here to do several layers.

  • Took Strathmore Toned Tan and stamped Mudra Freshcut roses using Antique Linen DI for a no line pencil coloring.
  • Used Prisma colored pencils for coloring.
  • Die-cut the panel using Spellbinders frame die.
  • Stamped the sentiment from IBS Tulip Bouquet stampset (Retired company)
  • Matted over a black cardstock.
  • Mounted this panel over the 4×6 white top fold cardbase.
  • Added few clear dew droplets for the interest.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to following challenge

Take it Make it May challenge: Anything goes

Bouquet for you : Stampendous

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Hi Craftypeeps,

It’s still Spring in my blog. Oh Yeah, It’s again a floral card here.

Absolutely love to click umpteen pictures of my projects as much as I love doing the projects. Its’s hard to settle on few to share here 🙂

  • Stamped the floral bouquet from Stampendous.
  • Used Antique linen DI for stamping to attempt no line watercoloring using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Prisma colored pencils are used to deepen those shadows.
  • Fussy cut and set aside.
  • Took a white cardstock and die-cut using MFT brackets duo small die.
  • Used one portion to emboss it with Sizzix 3D Botanicals embossing folder.
  • Another portion used to stamp the sentiment from Inspired from Stamping (Retired company).
  • Both portions are matted on to 4×6 white card base.
  • Foam mounted the fussy cut florals.
  • Added few enamel dots as final touches.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!

Watercolored Peony : Stampendous

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Hi Bloggy buddies,

Hope all are staying home and doing their bits to flatten the curve at this moment of Pandemic.

Stay Strong! Stay Safe! Safe Home! Stay Creative!!

And for today,

  • Stamped Stampendous Peony spray using Antique Linen DI over arches CP watercolor paper.
  • Did no line watercoloring using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • After drying, added prisma color pencils to deepen the areas of shadows.
  • Fussy cut the floral and set aside.
  • Took a white panel, ran through big shot with Altenew Class stripes stencil to get the subtle texture for the bright floral.
  • Splattered diluted colors of the used colors over the stenciled bg diagonally.
  • Then mounted the floral using foam adhesive.
  • Matted this panel to a A2 sized light beige colored card base.
  • And generously splattered Perfect pearls powder+water and white ink over the floral and background to tone down the brightness.
  • Stamped Sentiment from Stamplorations Trendy butterflies-2 over a piece of chipboard using Mudra Mai Jet black ink and trimmed it to add near floral spray.
  • Finally few enamel dots in mixed colors and sizes to finish off the card.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linking this to following challenges:

ASTM: Make your mark (Used Watercolors +Prisma colored pencils)

SSS Wednesday challenge: Anything goes

Bouquet of Sunshine – Powerpoppy

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Hi blogger Friends,

How y’all have been?

Brought in yet another Floral card to brighten your day.

  • Printed the digital image from Powerpoppy – Send home some Sunflowers in grayscale, to do some no line coloring with Prisma colored pencils.
  • Fussy cut the bouquet and the sentiment in a shape of a tag and set it aside.
  • Took a watercolored cardstock and with Brushos – Limegreen, gave  a background wash of color.
  • Then with TCW- Art is stencil and Prima Light paste, gave a texture in the focal panel,
  • Took the fussy cut floral bouquet and tag, ran black marker around the edges to give a defined look.
  • Mounted the bouquet and Tag using foam adhesives on textured focal panel.
  • Matted this textured panel over A2 sized black card base.
  • Few dew droplets added to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Stay Safe , Stay Home, Stay Strong!!
Linking this to following challenges:

Virginia’s Show and Share

Thank you : Floral card

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Hey Hi Friends,

Colored this bunch of flowers from Varadasharma Designs. Varada Sharma, a new illustrator in town.
Thanks you, Varada for sending your illustrations my way 🙂

  • Printed the design on to watercolor card in grayscale to do No line watercoloring.
  • Colored using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Pencil colored using Prisma colored pencils to deepen those shadows.
  • Generously splashed with white splatters and light green watercolor splatters.
  • Die cut the floral panel and matted over A2 sized card base.
  • Few enamel dots to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Linking this to following challenges:

Time out challenge: #160  Inspired by the colors

Stamplorations April CAS challenge

Thinking of You : Powerpoppy

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Hi Friends!

Kathyrac’s daily marker coloring challenge is going on and that’s one lovely reason for me to sit down and color daily at least for 20 minutes. Spring is in the air and so I pull out all Floral Clear stamps and digital stamps to color down to my heart’s content.

Today’s card is showcasing a digital stamp from Powerpoppy, one of my super favorite stamp company.

  • Printed Powerpoppy – Luminous Bouquet digital stamp onto a white cardstock.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Fussy cut and set aside.
  • Took a black cardstock and die cut using Spellbinder frame die.
  • Sponged with Colorbox frost ink over black cardstock using TCW Stencil – Mini quatrefoil.
  • White heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock from Powerpoppy’s Dynamic Duos clear stampset.
  • Foam mounted the fussy cut floral bouquet onto the stenciled panel and splattered Prima Frost white ink generously.
  • Mounted this focal panel onto a 4×6″ white top fold card base.
  • Added few white enamel dots for interest.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Linking to following challenge:

Stamplorations April Stencil challenge

Full Bloom Floral card : Uniko Peony

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Hi Crafters,

Back here today with yet another floral card. Its a perfect spring in many countries and it onset of Super Indian Summer here. Garden is in full bloom and its just elevates my mood to do floral cards.

And over to my card,

  • Stamped Uniko Peony floral on to a Arches CP watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored it using DanielSmith watercolor dot cards.
  • Fussy cut it and set aside.
  • Took a 4×6″ top fold white card base.
  • Stenciled it with TCW Mini quatrefoil stencil using Altenew silver stone inkpad.
  • Stuck the big bloom onto the stenciled base using foam adhesive.
  • Liberally splashed Prima Frost white ink.
  • Sentimen is then stamped from Altenew Daisy stampset.
  • Added few grey enamel dots for interest.
Hope you like it!!