Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week. Can you believe it's June already! The year is flying by so fast!! Today I'm sharing a CAS card that I made for the Stamplorations June CAS Challenge. The theme for the month is
Anything CAS going with the optional twist being to use a masculine color. Remember as always

• You can link up to 3 CAS cards.
• You can enter a CAS card with or without the optional color twist.
• Non-STAMPlorations products are OK

• Prizes: $10 GC for the winner; $5 GC to the top picks

 I had a blast making this one layer CAS card. I started off by masking a portion of the ship for the waves and then went on to mask the ship and the waves to add the sun at the back. I hope I have not gone over board with all the masking! I used distress oxide inks, I so love them, they make ink blending so easy!
The ship is from the gorgeous True North Stamp set and the sentiment is from the Noteworthy 2 Stamp set.
Hop on over to the Stamplorations blog to participate. I can't wait to see what you create!

Hello everyone! I'm back with my second coffee themed card for Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.
I created a watercolor splattered background in fall colors with Ken Oliver's Color Bursts. Spritzed some Lindy's Stamp Gang shimmer to add some interest. I stamped the Stamper's Anonymous coffee cup on the background and on another piece of watercolor paper which I fussy cut and stuck on the background panel with double sided foam tape.

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Hello everyone! Just popin in for a super quick post.
I made a card for MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 294
My card is literal take on the sketch. I just love, love, love the cute bears from the "Beary Special Birthday" set. I had a blast coloring them with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I added some shimmer with a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen and some glossy accents to the icing.

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Hello everyone! I find it really tough and challenging to make masculine cards and this one was no different!
The leaves are from Winnie and Walter. I stamped "father" with Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script stamp set, I messed up the 'r' in the end but I decided to use it anyway...
Playing along:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Father's Day/For a Guy
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge -Father's Day
Dragon Fly Journey Challenge - Daddy Day Care
Paru's Card Making Challenge - Father
CWS Challenge -Masculine card

Hello everyone! Cards with inlaid diecutting keep popping up on my Instagram feed so I just had to try it out. The current challenge at Inspired by All the Little Things #15 is just apt for it.

Hello everyone! I played with a new stamp set by Concord and 9th to make 2 cards.
I tried the emboss resist technique with distress inks on water color paper, even though it's a really old technique I don't think it can ever go out fashion!

The background turned out to be too overpowering so I die-cut it and used it on 2 cards. The cake is colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and fussy cut.
Playing along:
Paru's Card Making Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamplorations April CAS Card Challenge
2 Creative Chicks Showcase #9 Anything Goes

Hello everyone! I made a couple to freehand watercolor chevron backgrounds while I was taking the Watercolor for Cardmakers online card class. While I used the first one to make a card at that time, I didn't use the second till now. You can check out the first card here.

Hello everyone!I am taking the Water Color for Card Makers online card class.
It's already into day 3 but I am still on Day 1 :) I want to take it slow and try out all the techniques taught in each session before moving onto the next lesson. It is by far the most informative online class I have ever taking!
In this card I have tried out brush strokes with my 1/4th" flat brush and created a free hand chevron pattern. I need a lot to practice to get it right, but I like this imperfect version too :)
The sentiment is from the "Love" stamp set from Jane's Doodles
Playing along:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog - Anything Goes Challenge #70
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday - Anything Goes

Hello everyone!After months of contemplation I finally got myself a Molotow masking pen. I am so happy I got it :) It's so much fun to use!! This is the first card I created using it and I am so, so happy with the results. I did have a failed attempt yesterday, it ended in a total mess because I didn't let the water-coloring dry completely before adding the masking fluid on top.
For this card, I first colored the cats which are from the "I knead you" set from My Favorite Things with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and covered them with masking fluid once they were completely. Colored the background with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors once the mask dried.
Here's a closer look the mask after coloring the background.
Getting the mask off was easy, I just erased it with a pencil eraser.
Finished off the card by stamping and heat embossing the sentiment, also from the same set, and mounting it with double sided foam tape. Thank you so much for stopping here today!
Playing along Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Create with Critters

Happy Wednesday everyone! Mine is not so happy with a bad sinus headache :(
Sharing another card for the Essentials by Ellen Mix it up January Challenge. I've used the Patterned Triangle  Background Stamp from MFT and the Be-you-tiful die from Essentials by Ellen.
I first stamped and heat embossed the background and then colored it with distress inks. I then die-cut the sentiment on the background and also with some black cardstock and inlayed the black die-cut into the background to create a one layer card. I finished my card by adding some clear sequins by pretty pink posh.
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Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I'm starting the year with a card using Winnie and Walter stamps and dies. I created the background by randomly stamping a leaf stalk from the "In Bloom: Renee's Leaves" stamp set on bright yellow textured card stock and coloring with Derwent Inktence Color pencils. Since these are watercolor pencils, I added a little water to the colored image to create a vivid, translucent effect. I also added some shadows around the leaves with a grey Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker; and finally spread and mixed all the colors a bit by going over the entire background with a wet brush. I added the die cut sentiment, also from Winnie and Walter over vellum to finish the card.
Playing along:
2 Creative Chicks - Monthly Showcase - Anything Goes #6
The ABC Challenge - Y is your choice
Lia Stampz - Challenge #95 - Anything Goes

Happy Saturday! Sharing a quick card today...hope you like it
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Hero Arts Color Layering Fall trees
Inks: Altenew Crisp Inks - Paper Bag, Warm Sunshine, Caramel toffee, Buttercream. Colorbox Espresso Pigment Ink, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black
Playing along:
Freshly Made Sketches - #209
Wags n Whiskers - Challenge #164 Fall Colors
DRS Designs - Challenge #197 - Falling for you
Creative Friday #139 - Clean and Simple
Your Next Stamp - Sketch and Color Challenge #25

Hello Everyone, I hope you are having a great weekend. I finally managed to unpack most of my craft supplies and get them in some sort of order. I even managed to make a couple of cards, there is still a lot of organizing that needs to be done but I'm happy that I am finally able to craft, I even seem to be getting my mojo back!

We had Bangalore's first Stamper's Corp a couple of weeks back, and oh what fun it was! 7 of us met up with our favorite stamps and inks and stamped away. It was an awesome experience sharing stamping tips and supplies.....   and look at all the stamping we did!