Inked Background

Hello there,

I am back with yet another card which is inspired by Jennifer Mcguire's tutorial on her youtube channel. the technique was so cool and quite simple which made me wonder why had I not thought of it before. I am a huge fan of Jennifer's work and when it comes to inks I think she is like the ultimate guru. There is so much to pick up after seeing her work. The way she mixes inks with different elements to come up with the most awesome cards ever..

I will just go on and show the card to you guys..

standing :front

side view with the sun rays falling on it

This is a 5'x6.5' card made completely with inks and dies. I just loved the background and it was so easy. Totally funky if I may say so myself. have given a grosgrain look to the paper strips just to add some depth to it

Supplies Used:-

Cardstock=> locally purchased and brustro plus some paper scraps for the strips

Distress Stains=> picked raspberry, peacock feathers, spiced marmalade and peeled paint

Distress Inks=> Spun Sugar and Salty ocean

Impression Obsession cloud die and Memory Box hot air balloon die

Black and white gel pen

White pearls from stash

BIC markers for colouring the hot air balloon.

Penny black stamp for sentiment

Versamark Ink and Zing  white embossing powder.

Entering this for the following challenges:-

ABNH=>Inspired by hero artist

Deep Ocean Challenge=> Distressing

Artistic Impression=> No designer paper

Eureka Stamps=> up in the air

My Craft Spot=> Inking Technique

 

Thanks for dropping by.. I hope to see you guys soon.. 

Hugs,

Khush

Layering Fun

Hello,

Back with yet another quickie card.. Made this card on request and is very heavily layered by my standards. I am not a layering person and find it strange to keep piling things on my card and making it heavier LOL.

This was a kind of unplanned card and I just went with the flow of layering and adding things here and there. I really want to say hats off to people who rock at layering. I wonder how and truly salute you.. Since I got back to crafting, I have been making a serious effort of trying to play along with a few challenges and just enjoy the fun I get from crafting.

So here are the pics.. I have completely forgotten to take pics for the inside and it is now gone to the recipient.. :D.. Did some heat embossing and used my MFT chevron die for the inside, just to pretty it up a little bit. Like I said, layering and lots of layering.

front standing view

handmade blooms

the cute whimsy stamp amy

Loved assembling this card. Once it started rolling I had a ball. A special mention to Nupur Priya.. Your image coloring a tremendous inspiration. I am now actually practicing coloring like you ( miles and miles to go). She does the most awesome coloring ever and her work is a treat to the eyes. 

This is a 6"x6" card which I have just layered. I had the option of trying some fold but I seem to be enjoying this phase of just creating normal cards and using the hoarded PPs.. LOL

Supplies used:-

cardstock=> locally purchased, fabriano elle erre and brustro

PP is something I picked up from a local exhibition ( the same is available with reena gupta of craftegenous)

black archival ink and vintage photo distress ink

Floral ovals, tattered florals and cherry lynn flourish die

MS doily lace edge punch and 3-in-1 butterfly punch

Pearls and staedler water color pencils

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Kraftzone=>Whimsy wee stamped cards

Suzy bee's Blooming Challenge=> flowers

4 crafty chicks=> flowers

Thanks for dropping by.. Hope to see you soon...

Hugs,

Khush

Pink Love

Good morning everyone. Here is wishing everyone a fabulous Sunday. I am back with a quick post on a card I made yesterday. I was browsing through Pinterest when this sketch caught my fancy. I am not really a sketch person for somehow I can never follow the sketch ( I end up adding or missing elements from the original sketch, LOL). I can proudly say I did manage to do and I am so chuffed about it.

It is my favourite color combo card-PINK and BLACK. Yes, I truly believe when you cannot get a color combo going, go for pink and black, it solves everything. I do not have the sketch saved me as I had roughly drawn it on the paper for reference. Pinterest is a life saver when you want to make cards just for fun. go pick a sketch from the zillion available and get cracking. I did break my head for over 4 hours on this one because I could not get my embellishment placement in place.

Here goes,

Standing: front view

side view

close up:heat embossed sentiment

This was a fun card to come up with. I tried so many color combinations before of course going to my beloved pink. Althought I am NOT a pink person, I love it on my cards. This is quite a big card- 5"x7". Although it is right side heavy ( like the sketch demanded, I love the blank spaces on the left side. It balances out in my eyes)

Supplies Used:-

card stock=> Locally purchased, KCK(Honeymoon Splurge) and Brustro

PP=> Paper Mania Confetti collection from Jovita

Embossing folders=> Provocraft dots from Varshitha and interlocking circles from the craftshop

Ms Doily lac and 3-in-1 butterfly from crafters corner

Dies, label 2, MFT flourish from crafters corner and rose creations from Jovita

picked raspberry distress ink from the craftshop

Penny black sentiment stamp from Meetu

pink pearls from stash

Versamark Ink from Thecraftshop

Ranger black embossing powder and ranger heat it tool from crafters corner

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Color Conceptions=> dry and wet embossing

Lulupu=> Feminine colors using border punches and flowers

We do Doobadoo=> Lots of layers

Simply Create Too=> Stack 'em up

Thanks for dropping by. I hope to see you guys very very soon.

Hugs,

Khush

Post-it holders

Hello,

I am back.. I know I promised to make it more often to my blog but it just isn't happening.. Trying my best to be as regular as possible. Recently I had been itching to try new things ( Read: Something which most people have done except me). While looking into my stash, found some post-its lying around so thought of trying to make something out of it and voila, here I am with my post-it holders.

They really are the cutest thing ever and so much fun to make. I had a blast making these two. Kept the color same while I played along with embellishing it. fun and quirky are the words I would use for it. While there is a space constraint when working with it, they really make you think hard as to how to go about embellishing it to the maximum with the minimum possible space available. in short, a brain teaser.

So with all the rambling on about it, here goes

Here are the two I made. The base and the layering is the same while I embellished it in different ways. Used distress inks,stamp and mulberry flowers on one and die-cuts on the other. The idea for the embellishment did come when I was one the verge of sleeping.and this idea comes. I got up and execute the same. I am quite happy with the way these two have turned out.

Materials used:-
Cardstock=> My purchase from singapore
stamp=> Kaisercraft
Distress inks=> Peacock feathers, festive berries, mustard seed and crushed olive
Archival Black Ink
Mulberry flowers and punched leaves
Dots embossing folder
MFT eiffel tower die
American craft pattern paper for the fan fold flower.

Entering my card for the following challenges:-
Color conceptions=> Anything but cards


Thanks for dropping by. Hope to see you soon..


Hugs,
Khush

Playing with my inks after ages

Hello,

I am back after a short sabbatical ( Read over 6 months) post my marriage.. Life has changed.. For the better of course and am just having fun.. Travel Travel and more travel... I will post some pics of my holidays in another post...

I am just playing around with my distress inks and trying to make myself more comfortable using them...Made a very quickie card so just thought of waking up my sleeping blog and posting it here... :D

The distressed panel

Standing

Love my new distress ink colors.. Just so vibrant and full of life.. This was a very easy peasy card put together... I masked the top and bottom panels using torn sheets of paper and distressed the centre.. Used my BG stamp and voila I am done.. Quick and simple... !!

Supplies Used:-

Card stock=> Fabriano Elle Erre and Brustro water color paper

Distress Inks=> Picked raspberry, Peacock feather and mustard seed

Memento Rich cocoa and Black Archival Ink

Stamps=> Antique back ground stamp, HA Antique engravings stamp set and MFT pearls of wisdom

Staedler water color pencils and black gel pen

Entering this for the following challenges:-

CYP=> No Designer paper

Cas on Sunday=> Stitching real or faux

Brown Sugar=> CAS

That's it from me.. I hope I can get back to you soon with something else!!

Hugs,

Khush

Texture over-dose

Hi All,

I know I know I have been MIA but I have valid reasons for it...I am getting married and I am so neck deep in prep... Bahh I miss crafting so much but thanks to DT projects I get to craft atleast twice a month... (Bless you Color Conceptions Challenge Blog).

Now the current challenge at Color Conceptions is all about textures.. I am focusing on the Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint.. It gives such an amazing crackled finish I cannot even begin to tell you...I made an 8x8 photo page layout...

This is the complete layout... The oval is to be used for the picture.. For convenience basis I have just covered it using crackle paint...

Can you see the gorgeous crackled texture...???

Even the butterflies have crackle paint on them.. Looks like textures skin...

the textured center die-cut.. You can clearly see the cracks on this one...

the gorgeous blooms made using spell binders rose creations die and colored using stains... OMG the colors are so vibrant and to die for...

My niece posing with the layout... :D

Supplies used:-
card stock=> Locally purchased
PP=> Local Find
Dies=> Spell binders floral ovals and rose creations (Jovi)
Stamps=> kaiser craft bubble wrap (Maninder) and the other one is also a Kaiser craft stamp from thecraftshop, MFT love from thecraftshop
Inks=> Memento rich coca and Archival from Crafter corner, hero arts pale tomatoes mid-tone shadow ink from the craftshop.
Brads, bling and pearls from stash
MS butterfly punch from crafter corner
Distress crackle paint=>broken china and vintage photo from the craft shop
picked raspberry distress stain from the craftshop
distress inks=> broken china and vintage photo.

Entering this for the following challenges:-
Crafters corner=> Anything goes
DCAM=> Anything goes with handmade flowers
For the love of crafting=> expressions of love
Craft Room Challenge=> Something new (New distress stains, new PP pack)


Thanks for dropping by... I hope to see you a bit more often now,... Atleast for another couple of months...

Hugs,
Khush

Nail it down

Hello,

yes Yes I know I am MIA but I have valid reasons for it... I am genuinely going through a Low Mojo phase and had it not been for my DT projects, I am sure I would not have been crafting.. ( Thanks Color Conceptions for this)

Our latest challenge at color conceptions is all about hangings.. It can be anything as long as it can be hanged and the twist being you need to add textures to it... To know everything about the challenge and the details, you can check here.

I made a house warming gift for one of my friends which I am going to get framed.. I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paints for the very first time and I have a long way to go with them and experiment some more...

I will not ramble much.. Check the pics and will follow up with details...

the entire scene

not too sure if you can see the crackled effect on the cloud

distress crackled fence

right-hand side

Fairly easy but took me ages to come up with something like this and so out of my comfort zone.. Eh!

Supplies sued:-

Card stock=> 300 gsm brustro

Distress inks=> Broken China, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint ( CraftAdda and thecraftshop)

Inks=> memento rich cocoa, Archival jet black and Hero Arts pale tomato mid-tone shadow ink(Crafters corner and the craft shop)

Distress crackle paint in broken china and vintage photo (the craft shop)

Bling from stash

Stamp=> hero Arts Right at home and Kaisercraft Humming bird( Crafters corner and the craft shop)

Bling and Pearls from stash

Bakers Twine(The craft shop)

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Crafters Corner #11=> Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz=> up int he clouds

Thanks for dropping by... 

Hugs,

Khush