Texture, die cuts, and fussy cuts

Hello my second post, I thought of sharing this card while I have some time my hand.
My son is home today, well we told him to not go to school, as his grade was going to the beach today, and it is extremely hot and humid...and it gets worse by the beach, so I told him to stay home, he couldn't believe it...lol...REALLY? This is what he asked to confirm.

Off lately I am very grateful for the comfortable life I have, I sit in an air-conditioned house, and I should not be complaining about heat. We have a lot of construction going around our neighborhood, and see the workers working in the scorching heat, so I have no right to complain, but be grateful.
But there is a big plus point, I get to witness beautiful and spectacular sunsets nowadays, you all might already know that I am sucker for sunsets :)

Anyways, here is another card which is based on the same color theme I am into, I feel good and refreshed looking at these colors.
I used a textured base card, and masked and inked the panel using a green shade of DI, and then I used the leaves from the Altenew Peony to stamp in a darker shade, and arranged the fussy cut peonies and added a die cut from spellbinders, and a few sequins to finish off.

Linking this with:

Altenew June inspiration Challenge
 Another entry inspired by the colors here


CAS mix Up Challenge
Stamping + die cuts + texture


Allsorts Challenge Blog
Another entry here
Garden theme

{PIN}spirational Challenges
I am going with the shades of green here


Sunday Stamps
Used some of the colors here



Leaving you all with some beautiful pictures of my view nowadays.

This one is from today morning, actually it is still very beautiful to look out, but I bet it is super duper hot!!

 

This one was yesterday's sunset, my Facebook is getting bombarded everyday with my sunset pictures ;) 

 

This one is from Monday evening, you can see the reflection on the inside window sill as well. 

 

 Well I am loving the evenings nowadays.

 

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Faux bleaching

Hey all, I am up with a card which I made using the faux bleaching technique.

It is inspired by Lemon Tea also, so the colors theme is matched with that.

I started with Stamping and heat embossing the shrubs from Lawn Fawn, I used clear EP here, followed by masking and inking the panel with 2 shades of distresss inks, citron and lemonade shades. Then I cover the panel with a paper and ironed it , so that the embossing comes off to reveal the faux bleach effect, this is my first try and I would call it a success, as I managed to get off the embossing completely.
The cup is drew by me on a water color paper, I also did some stamping using the Altenew vintage roses, and fussy cut it to add. The sentiment is from the same set from Lawn fawn.
I think it is an ok card ;)

Linking this with:

Less is More

Faux Bleaching

Lawnscaping Challenge
 Ihave used distressed inks and Lawn Fawn stamps here


Coffee lovers summer blog hop
I am going with a Lemon tea card with a tea cup


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Flowers and circles

Good day everyone, tomorrow is suppose to be the last day of school to send lunch for kids. Final exams starting from Thursday onwards, so I no need to send any lunch, they will be home by lunch time. My son is in high school and in second semester, so only 2 exams, but daughter has exams all 4 days, and then a break on coming Wednesday and Thursday, 30th June is report cards, and last day of the academic year.
But my kiddos are going to summer school, and it starts right after, so another 2 weeks of packing lunch! They really hate the school food!! I sometimes wish they would eat school food ;o

Anyways I am up with 3 cards once more.
The first one is a simple one layer card inspired by a color and sketch challenge
These are the colors used here for this card.

 I used HLS -mix mash set to stamp around one corner using all 3 colors, and the sentiment is also from the same set.

Linking this with:

CAS Colours @ Sketches
Inspired by the colors, a one layer card here



CAS(E) this Sketch
  Followed the sketch


Seize the Birthday
 A simple one layer entry
 
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The second one is a wedding card. I used a textured base, and used a white front masked and inked the top part of the panel using worn lipstick DI. Then I stamped ME - freestlye floral in white on the inked part, and then had to mask again and stamped the flower in worn lipstick on the white part.
The sentiment is from the same set.
I framed it with a gold card.

Linking this with:

Mod Squad Challenge
Another entry here
Wedded Bliss

Inkspirational
 I have masked my panel to ink


Stampin' Royalty
Another entry inspired by the pink


STAMPlorations June theme Challenge
 Another entry with the theme


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 The last one is made using Altenew vintage roses, I used the color palette from their challenge. I stamped the flowers and leaves on a water color card stock, and fussy cut to arrange .
I have used a textured base , and used foam adhesive on some part to put together, a few green and yellow sequins and a twine on the top to finish off the card. The sentiment is from ME- water blooms.

Linking this with:

Allsorts Challenge Blog
A flowery card to show a garden
Garden theme

HLS June Mixed media Challenge
Another entry with texture


Altenew June inspiration Challenge
 I have used only the colors here
 

CAS-ual Fridays
Another entry with a twine

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Another set of 2 cards

Hello all, happy Monday, hope you all are enjoying the summer. Our summer is extremely hot nowadays, usually it is this hot during July and August, and I am always in India during this time, and I escape the heat, but I am getting a taste of it this year!!!!!
Anyways, the sky is glorious blue, and the sunsets are spectacular, and I stay indoors as much as possible, so I should not complain much!

I have been crafty, and have really quite a few cards to share.
Sharing again set of 2 cards now.
The first one is made using the acrylic block inking technique, I have 6 DI to make this, simply dabbed on the acrylic block and sprayed some mist and pressed my card against it.
Once the ink wad dry, I used ME- Freestyle floral to heat emboss in gold.
The sentiment are from Uniko and HLS. I added a white floss under the sentiment to give more interest. That is it, it is a pretty vibrant card! hope you like it.

Linking this with:

Seize the Birthday
A sparkly birthday car here

Virginia's View Challenge
A colorful card here



Take it and Make it June Challenge
Used 6 inks to create this
Use inks

HLS Mixed Media Challenge June
I have texture from embossing here


Little Tangles



Muse
I have take inspiration Anita's card from the distress inks, the embossed images, and overall stamping.




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The second card is super CAS, a one layer card, I used a rubber stamp bought locally here, and then I added the big googley eyes, and stamped the sentiment from ME- water blooms. That is it, nothing to brag about it here.

Linking this with:

AAA Cards
 A simple card with big googley eyes


CASology
 Another entry here


Double D Challenges
Another entry here


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Masculine, girly and flowers

Hey all, happy Sunday and happy Father's day to all.

I am going to quickly share a few cards, the cards are just getting piled before I can share, as I have cut down my blogging time, it's been bit busy and crazy...and mainly super duper hot to do anything.

I am sharing 3 cards here, which I haven't done in a while, bear with me for the long post.

The first one up is a simple one layer Masculine card, as you all know that one layers are my absolute favorites!!
I have used the newly arrived goodies from Create a Smile for this card, I stamped and heat embossed the scale and then colored using grey. and then Heat embossed the jewels/gold, and stamped the stack of hearts in red and colored, and the sentiment is also from the same set.

Linking this with:

The Male room
 A simple one layer father's day card


Create a Smile - Favorite
Favorite - One layers and monochromatics are my favorites

Double D Challenges


A simple masculine card here

Casology
Another simple entry here
 

CWS June Challenge
A CAS masculine card here

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The second card is made using Inspired by Stamping digi - daffodils, which I got in one of the newsletters. I printed it on a water color card stock and then colored and fussy cut it to add on the base using foam adhesive. I have used a textured off white base here, I added a twine to the flower bouquet, and a few jewels to finish off. The sentiment is from STAMplorations - trendy feathers set.

Linking this with:

HLS June Mixed Media Challenge
A simple textured mixed media entry here
 

CAS-ual Friday
A twined thank you here
 

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The last one is also made using IBS free digi - valentine's wreath. I colored the image using a reddish pink marker and gold, I also added gold under the front panel, and the sentiment is from ME - water blooms.

Linking this with:

Mod Squad Challenge
A wedding card here
Wedded Bliss

CASEplorations June
I am inspired by the gold frame here and proceeded further



Stampin'Royalty
Joining in with the pink color




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