Thinking of you : Floral Card

Hi Crafty peeps,

Made a floral card for today.

Am thinking of those, who are pressured, under more stress to keep countries wheels in motion. Am thinking of those, who have lost or worried about their loved ones, Am thinking of those, who have few hours left to leave this earth and am thinking of those most vulnerable ones at this moment of Pandemic.

Am thinking of you all today and everyday!

Be Safe, Be strong!!

Stay Home, Stay Safe!!

  • Stamped SSS Even more Spring flowers – floral and leaves on to Neenah solar crest cardstock.
  • Colored using Alcohol markers.
  • Bit of Prisma pencil coloring for all the highlights.
  • Took a purple cardstock, using color box Frost white ink, stenciled with Altenew Classy stripes stencil.
  • Onto a die cut vellum, heat embossed the sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh – Thoughtful greetings using Zing lavender EP.
  • Die cut the purple panel and mounted onto A2 sized white card base.
  • Added floral onto vellum and mounted onto panel.
  • Few white enamel dots to finish off the card.
Linking this to following challenges:
Uniko Challenge: Stripes + Spots (Used Stencil for stripes, Enamel dots used here as spots)

Stamplorations April challenge: 

YNS Challenge #137 Stripes


Kindness – Floral card

Hi Friends,

A floral card for today using Itsybitsy’s Roses Stamp & Diecut set. Colored using Gansai Tambi on Canson Montval watercolor paper.

  • Stamped the rose and leaves from Itsybitsy in Antique Linen DI and did some no line watercolor using Gansai Tambi watercolors.
  • Added pencil shadings using Prisma color pencils for the shadows.
  • Die cut the colored images.
  • Scored the front panel using Scoreboard.
  • Mounted the florals over it using Liquid adhesive and Foam adhesives for dimensions.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts over vellum and added that strip to the panel.
  • Took a strip of watercolor paper and colored with the green watercolor to bring it all together.
  • Added the panel to the A2 sized white card base.
  • Finally added few dew droplets to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!

Spread Kindness – Floral card

Hey Hi All,

Colored this peony floral from Uniko on Strathmore Toned Tan sketch paper using Prisma colored pencils.

  • Stamped the Uniko Peony using Antique lined DI on Starthmore Toned Tan sketch paper.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Splattered white paint generously over the colored image.
  • Slightly stenciled the Purple and White stripes with Memento Grape Jelly and Colorbox Frost White using Altenew Classy stripes stencil.
  • Stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts using Memento Tuxedo black.
  • Die-cut the focal panel using Stitched die.
  • Added this panel to the A6 sized white card base.
This finishes the card.
Hope you like it!

You are my Sunshine – Floral card

Hiya Crafters,

Recently had a chance to color on Strathmore Toned gray sketch paper. Love the way, the pencils play on those subtle textures.

  • Took inspiration from colors of current Altenew challenge. Purplish violets, blues of succulents and the greens are my inspiration.
  • Stamped Altenew’s Best Mom using a light shade of ink.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Generously splattered with white ink.
  • Added the fussy cut butterflies from Patterned paper.
  • Finally stamped the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
  • Trimmed the focal panel and added to A2 sized White card base.
Hope you like it!
Linked this to following challenges:

Watercolored Floral card

Hi Friends!

Made a quick card using the watercolored clematis florals and leaves.

  • Stamped SSS-Mom’s clematis using the DI -Antique linen over Arches CP 300gsm
  • Watercolored using Danielsmith watercolors Dotcard
  • Assembled the florals onto a focal panel, which has given a waterwash with light pink and yellow tones, black splatters 
  • And sentiment is stamped from the same stampset using memento Tuxedo black.
  • These matted onto A2 sized top fold white card base.
  • Few green enamel dots for the finishing touch.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Linking to 

Floral card : Smile

Hiya Crafty peeps,

Yet another floral card on this Valentine season. This time I have used my brand new Altenew’s Forever in Love stampset and watercolored it with Gansai Tambi watercolors.

  • Stamped the florals using Antique linen to achieve a noline watercoloring look on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored using Gansai Bambi watercolors.
  • Added pencil detailings with Prisma colored pencils.
  • Spalshed watered white paint generously over the florals.
  • Fussy cut them an kept aside.
  • Took the focal panel slightly smaller than A2 sized card and stenciled stripes using Altenew’s classy stripes stencil and Limestone dye ink slightly and in a faded fashion.
  • Then stamped sentiment from the same stampset using Memento Tuxedo ink.
  • Then generously splashed the black paint to the focal panel.
  • Matted this to the A2 sized top fold card base.
  • Then topped the fussy cut florals onto the card and the card is ready.
Hope you like it!

Linking this to the following challenges:

Craft Stamper : Anything goes Feb challenge

Flower challenge : Add leaves


HLS Feruary Watercolor challenge

PowerPoppy : Creative Confetti :Anything but a Heart

Floral card : You Complete Me

Hi Hello Crafty peeps!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my blog visitors and crafty friends.

Whipped up a quick floral card using my favorite Noline coloring using Danielsmith watercolors Dotcard on Arches Cold pressed watercolor paper. First ever try using these combos and highly convinced by  the way the colors move.

Over to pics,

  • Stamped Altenew’s Dahlia blossom using Antique linen DI on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Used Daniel smith watercolors of SSS Debby hughes  color palette for greens and Sharri carols palette for yellows and a tinge of orange for the shadows.
  • Took Strathmore Tan paper is used for the stenciled base using Altenew class stripes stencil and Prima Modeling paste.
  • Stenciled base is matted onto a white top fold cardbase.
  • Fussy cut florals are added on the stenciled base with different dimensions for interest and yellow enamel dots as finishing touch.
Hope you like it!
Colors are inspired from current Altenew’s monthly challenge

Floral card – Power Poppy Heart Abloom

Hiya All,

Made a floral card as first post of this year 2020.  Used Power Poppy Heart Abloom digital stamp. It’s such an awesome bunch of flowers shaped like a heart.

Today marks my 12th Wedding Anniversary and made this floral card to gift him 🙂 As always he loved this handmade card.

  • Printed the floral digi onto a white cardstock.
  • Colored using Prisma colored pencils.
  • Handlettered the sentiment “Love you” onto the inner banner using Tombow Hardtip.
  • Took a 6″ square white card base.
  • Stenciled the card base using Altenew Classy stripes stencil with Altenew Limestone Ink.
  • Then added the fussy cut florals onto the card using foam adhesives and the card is done.
Hope you like the card.

Papercrafter Magazine Issue 138

Hi Crafty peeps,

SO Stoked to share that am on PaperCrafter magazine Issue 138, “Designer for the Day”.

My Heartfelt Thanks to the entire friendly Editorial Team for their lovely follow up and support.

A card made using Altenew boldblossom roses and watercolored using Kuretake Zig clean color brush pens.

Life Story : Graciellie Designs

Hiya Friends!

Good morning!

Back here today with yet another OLC (One Layer Card) using Graciellie Designs digital stampset Your Life is Your story, one of my fave of the recent releases.

  • Printed the digital stamps over the A2 sized white cardstock directly.
  • Colored the florals using Fabercastell classic color pencils.
  • Played with watered down Distress oxides: Worn Lipstick, Peacock feathers by smooshing the inks using acrylic block.
  • Splattered Gansai Tambi gold watercolor.
  • Added the sentiment strip with a washitaped strip using a foam adhesive.
Supplies used:
Linking this following challenges:
Stamplorations June CAS card challenge

AAAbirthday June challenge : Use Watercolors (Used watered down Distress oxides and gold watercolor for bg)