Lifetime of Love

 Hello everyone! I have a quick and easy 'watercolored' card today.

I used the Inspired By Stamping - Love Sentiments stamp set to make this card. Even though Inspired By Stamping is closed, Joanna has some of the stamp sets on Etsy. This techniques is something Joanna had shared long time back. I stamped the leaves and flowers with distress ink on watercolor card stock and used a wet brush and some more inks to create the watercolored look. Finally added the sentiment from the same stamp set.

How do you like this card? Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

GIU Day 4 - Birthday Flowers

  Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today is Day 4 of my Growing in Unity Week. Today I have a mini slim line floral card for you using Single Flower Miracle stamp set.

Today I decided to do some watercoloring. I stamped the floral image a few times around the edge of a watercolor panel and colored them with watercolor pens. I did a mini slimline style again. 

How do you like this card? Let me know in the comments. Unity Stamps has generously offered $20 gift credit to 2 people who comment on my GIU posts. You have until Sunday night to comment on all my GIU posts. I will pick 2 random winners on Monday.

Thank you for stopping by today. Please do visit me tomorrow to see a new project with Unity Stamps. Hope you have a great day.

Altenew September 2022 Marvelous Monthly Series Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. Today, I am so excited to be a part of the Altenew Marvelous Monthly Release Blog Hop. As always, Altenew has released some amazing products for the monthly subscriptions!

Peonies, tulips, gingerbread cookies, and more! This collection of products is just the thing to help you beat the seasonal blues. You are sure to find inspiration with these lovelies as you get creative in your craft space. I have 5 cards for you today.

First up is this card using the Build A Garden - Pristine Peonies. For this card, I decided to stamp the outline image and watercolor it. I then fuzzy cut it and added it on a black card stock for the dramatic look. Sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

The second card also uses the Pristine Peonies stamp set. This time, I heat embossed the outline image and used the stencil to color the image. It was super quick! The sentiment is also from the same set.

Next up, I have this card using the Craft A Flower - Tulip Full Bloom. This flower was so easy to make - the instructions made it really easy to make this beautiful layered flower. For the background, I used one of my all time favorites - Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set.

This card uses the Craft Your Life Project Kit - Floral Acanthus kit. I used the embossing folder to emboss a piece of white card stock and then used stencil to color it in. The sentiment is from the stamp set in the kit.

Last, but not least, is my card using the Paint A Flower - Hibiscus. I loved coloring the flowers with my alcohol markers. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

If you've been following me for a while, you probably know that I love coloring floral images. You can imagine my feeling when I got to work with this release :) 

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 09/18/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/19/2022.

Blog Hop Order

You probably came from Laurie Willison's blog. The next on the hop is Michelle Short. In case you get lost, here's the entire list:

 

Altenew Card Blog

Maryam Perez

Linda Westfall

Tenia Nelson

Laurie Willison

Berina Rajakumar

Michelle Short

Emily Midgett

Kelly Taylor

Agnieszka Malyszek

Amy Hill

Nicole Watt

Jaycee Gaspar

Hannelie Bester

Therese Calvird

Adriana Arminio

Virginia Lu

Kinjal Trivedi

Lilith Eeckels

LauraJane

Seeka

Terri Koszler

Disha Jain

Nathalie DeSousa

Mindy Eggen

Jennifer Colacicco

Michelle Burnier

Reiko Tsuchida 

***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Bridget Casey

Svitlana Shayevich

If you can spare a few minutes, do hop along the other designer's blog. There are lots of amazing projects to see! Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great day!

Coral Anemones

 Hello everyone! I have a watercolored floral card t share with you today.

I stamped the Paint A Flower - Anemones from Altenew on watercolor card stock and colored them with watercolor pens. I used the color scheme from the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

What do you think about this card? Please let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  

Hello Coral Flowers

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. I have a watercolored floral card to share with you today.

I made another card for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge this month. I stamped the Statement Flowers on watercolor cardstock with Ink on 3 Fadeout ink for no-line watercoloring. I used my watercolor pens to watercolor the image. I used coral and brown for the flowers and leaves. I decided to make this into a mini slimline card. I embossed the background with Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder - one of my all time favorites and matted it with brown card stock. I die cut the sentiment using the Fancy Hello in brown and added it to the card.

What do you say? This color theme is one of my favorites! Do let me know what you think. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
  
  
  

Altenew July 2022 Summer Love Collection Release Blog Hop + Giveaway ($300 in Total Prizes!)

 Hello everyone! Altenew is releasing a bunch of 3D Embossing Folders in the Summer Love Collections Release today and I'm so happy to introduce them to you! Once again, I'm excited to be a part of this blog hop with so many talented designers!

I have 2 cards for today's blog hop.

The first card uses Sunshine Blossoms 3D Embossing Folder. I embossed a piece of water color card stock with this embossing folder and colored the image with watercolor pens. I love how the no-line coloring easier to achieve with the 3D embossing folder. I added the Fancy Hello as the sentiment on the card and finished it with a few black sequins.

For the second card, I used the Geo Triangles 3D Embossing Folder and the coordinating stencil set. I chose the 4 ink colors to do this. The stencil makes it so easier to make this colorful card. I added Fancy Hello as sentiment.

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 07/28/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 winners randomly from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 07/29/2022.

Blog Hop

You must have come from Jenny Colacicco, your next stop is Tenia Nelson. Here's the full hop list:

Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

LauraJane

Maryám Pérez

Penny Pynnonen

Erum Tasneem

Teri Wilson

Virginia Lu

Dana Joy

Mindy Eggen

Laurie Patterson

Jenny Colacicco

Berina Rajakumar

Tenia Nelson

Adriana Arminio

Nathalie DeSousa

Angela Brennan

Terri Koszler

Bridget Casey

Michelle Burnier

Reiko Tsuchida 

***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post.

Annemarie Caister

Linda Westfall

Karen Brown

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Watercolored Bouquet

 Hello everyone!! I'm back with another watercolored mini slim line card with a beautiful floral bouquet.

I used the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and water colored it with Chromtek pens. It was a breeze to color these big flowers. If you've been following me for sometime, you probably know that I love to color floral images - and big flowers - they are just a dream to color in!!

What do you think about my card today? Do let me know in the comments. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Birthday Flowers

 Hello everyone! I'm back with a water colored mini slim line card today. 

I love this beautiful stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, illustrated by Emily Midgett. I stamped it partly on a watercolor cardstock with Hero Arts black ink and watercolored it with Chromatek pens. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. The flowers are big, I loved coloring them. 

What do you think about this card? This is my first mini slim line card. Do let me know what you think. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Happy Thoughts Gladiolus

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. Today I have another card with The Ton Gladiolus stamp set - this time, a water colored one.

I stamped the Gladiolus on water color card stock with Hero Arts Black ink and colored it with Chromatek pens. I fussy cut it and colored the edges with black marker. I took an A2 card base, stenciled it with Hero Arts Deco Pattern stencil with Brutus Monroe Sidewalk ink. I adhered the floral image on it and stamped the sentiment from the Inspired by Stamping Summer Bouquet stamp set. 

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know. Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• All SOrts - Anything with Bright & Sunny colors

Climbing Clematis

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. I have a beautiful card using watercolored Clematis.

I recently bought the Clematis stamp from Altenew and couldn't wait to color it. I stamped it on watercolor card stock and colored with Chromatek pens. I was inspired by a tutorial by Jennifer McGuire to cut the panel and add the sentiment in that space. I stamped the Arabesque Medallion on the coral card stock with Brutus Monroe Stargazer ink and adhered the cut up watercolored panel. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in black. I matted the entire coral card stock panel with black before adhering it down on to the card base. 

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day. 

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
  
  
• Stamping Sensations - May Beautiful Blooms
  
• Word Art Wednesday
  

Lilies

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. I have a card with some watercolored Lilies today.

I stamped the Darling Lily stamp from Altenew, on watercolor card stock and colored it with Chromatek pens. The colors are inspired by the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge hosted by Virginia. I cut out a small strip diagonally from the watercolored panel and heat embossed the sentiment from Statement Flowers stamp set in white in that space, on the black mat. I learnt this technique from a Jennifer McGuire video.

What do you think? Lily is the Flower of the month of May. I love lilies - especially their huge stamens. Thank you for stopping by. Have a nice day.

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
  
  
  
• Stamping Sensations - May Beautiful Blooms
  
• Word Art Wednesday
  

Daisies Hugs

Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. Today, I have a water-colored card to share with you.

 I stamped the flowers from Inspired By Stamping: Asters stamp set with black ink and water colored them with Chromatek pens. I love these pens and I find that I'm using them quite often now. I used the colors from the Altenew Inspiration Challenge. For the sentiment, I die cut the Hello using the Altenew Fancy Hello die on black card stock. I also stamped the smaller sentiment from the Statement Flower stamp set. I matted the panel with black card stock before adhering it to card base.

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
  
  
• Mod Squad Challenge - Flowers
• SSS Wednesday Challenge - Sending Hugs
  

Daisies & Hugs

 Hello everyone!! I'm here to share a card that I made recently. 

I bought this Mini Daisies stamp set from Altenew. I stamped it with black ink repeatedly on watercolor card stock to create the circular pattern. I colored the image with Chromatek watercolor pens. For the sentiment, I used the stamps from Altenew Statement Flowers. I die cut it in to a circle and cut off te right end. I matted the watercolor panel with purple card stock. I popped the sentiment on foam tape. Finally, I added some blue and clear iridescent sequins for some finishing touch. 

How do you like my card today? Do let me know. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
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• Mod Squad Challenge - Flowers
  
• SSS Monday Challenge - Bright, Cheerful colors
  
• SSS Wednesday Challenge - Sending Hugs
  

 

Always On My Mind

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog. I have made another card with the Altenew Inspiration Challenge colors. 

I stamped the Altenew Statement Flowers with black ink and watercolored it with my watercolor markers. I added a some light blue in the background. For the sentiment, I used the stamp from Power Poppy - Azalea stamp set. I matted the panel with black card stock. I added a few drops of Nuvo drops in black.

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!!

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
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• Mod Squad Challenge - Flowers
  
• SSS Monday Challenge - Bright, Cheerful Colors
  

Mother's Day Peonies

 Hello everyone!! Welcome back to my blog! Hope you are having a great week so far. I'm here to share a card with watercoloring.

I used the Peony Bouquet stamp set from Altenew and watercolored it with the Chromatek watercolor brush pens. I used the color from the Altenew Inspiration Challenge for this month. Sentiment is from an old Verve stamp set.

How do you like this card? Please do let me know in the comments. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge
  
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• STAY CRAFTY WITH HERO CHALLENGE #21 - Bring on Spring
  

Watercolored Flowers

 Hello everyone!! I have a birthday card with watercooler flowers to share with you today.

I bought this Altenew - Happy Bloom stamp set recently and thought of watercoloring it for a change. I haven't used my watercolor markers in a while. I used the Chromatek watercolor brush pens to water color the image. It was definitely nice to do this and I love these watercolor pens. The sequins are from Doddles Paper Playground.

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

Submitting this to:

• Altenew Inspiration Challenge - used these colors
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• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
• The Flower Challenge - Use your latest stamps or dies

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone!! Happy Thanksgiving !! I'm on the Brutus Monroe blog today, with this simple Christmas card:

I took a piece of water color card stock and painted it with Blue Green Aqua Pigment. I love this color!! Once dry, I dry embossed it with Aztec Stars embossing folder. I cut it to 4" x 5 1/2" and adhered it on to a A2 card base. I took a scrap piece of white card stock and stamped the sentiment from the Yuletide Greetings in Oz ink. I adhered the sentiment and few sequins from my stash. 

How do you like this card today? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day and enjoy your turkey :)

Good Luck!

Hello everyone!! I'm on the Brutus Monroe blog today, with this clean and simple card.

I stamped the Steampunk Air Ship from the stamp set from the current Inspiration Box with Raven ink and colored it with Brown Aqua Pigment. Then I colored the background with Blue and Blue green Aqua Pigments. Once dry, I used the cloud stencil and Alabaster ink to create the clouds. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Sharon's Script stamp set in Macchiato ink.

How do you like today's card? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

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