Pattern paper fun

Hello everyone to a brand new week! 

I am sharing a card which I made yesterday night. 

For this card, I had ditched my usual white color, and gone crazy with some green and brown. This is my exclusive entry for Virginia's View Challenge! So the only focus was how to use pattern paper differently. I like using pattern paper from time to time on my cards, and if you are my follower, you might have seen sunbursts are my favorite way of using pattern paper. I wanted to bring a different form, I had couple of ideas, like paper piecing, this idea got rejected by my head ;), and so was every other ideas too, and finally I had a crazy idea, which I can visualize well in my head, but was absolutely not sure how it would look after executing. I had never tried using pattern paper like this, and to my surprise, it came off really well, I love it!!

I started off with a textured light green card base, and added a brown front panel. I chose the spring collection pattern paper to work with, I chose a light green scripted paper, which has a yellow opposite side, and was perfect for the leaves. I wanted use leaves, and didn't like the die-cut leaves I had, so ended up trimming the leaves myself. I first cut out a branch shape, and then went on to cut the leaves, just by snipping from both sides to give a vine look.

Added some punched daisies from another pattern paper, trimmed some paper swirls, yes I am using these a lot nowadays. 

I stamped the STAMPlorations- trendy feathers stamp on the pattern paper. and added some tiny blue blings to the flower center to finish off. I absolutely love this card, and will be surely making more using this technique

A close up 

linking this Virginia's View Challenge

I think my third entry, but the best one!

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Big and small flowers

Sharing another set of 2 cards again today, nowadays it getting very often that I share 2 cards in one post, I think I am getting lazy, after running errands with my household chores, to just create different posts. 

The first one up is inspired by a sketch and color challenge.

I started with a plain white card base, and added this beautiful bright pink card stock from Bazzill basics. Trimmed the branch myself, and added tiny daisy blooms, with black blings for the centers. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations - Trendy Feathers. That's it, didn't feel like adding anything else.

Adding this card with 

CAS(E) this Sketch

I had cut the branch to fit in with the sketch shape.

Fusion Card Challenge

I had used only the colors from this current picture.

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The second card up is a simple one layer card. I used a white card stock base, and repeatedly stamped my custom made sunflowers on it, and colored only one flower using my Faber Castle artist brush markers.

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations.

Linking this one with STAMPlorations 

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One weaved and one sponged card

Sharing 2 cards which i made yesterday evening, the first one up is a sponged card. 

I choose navy blue, black, magenta, and yellow inks to create the full moon sky, I was out just 2 days back in the night, and witnessed the full moon night, the sky wasn't really dark. It had a blue, and pink hue, so I am trying to bring the look on this card. 

I sponged yellow and magenta around the moon to give the radiance, decided to keep the moon really white, so no sponging done on it.

The sentiment has a great meaning to me personally. I am living an expat life for a decade and half now, and I meet/met so many wonderful people. We meet and then either of us have to part ways to pursue a new job or livelihood. So this card, I am dedicating in honor of all the wonderful friends I have met along, and I am in touch with them on some platform.

The trees are from my custom made stamps, this is the first time I am using these, and I am glad I did!

No relevance, but adding the picture of the full moon night, and the fireworks we witnessed for the lunar festival here in Macau.

 Adding this card to 

NBUS Challenge

My second entry here :) , I have used the trees stamps for the first time.

AAA Cards

 This is my first time playing here, and I am glad to find this CAS challenge blog!

Addicted to CAS

When I made this card, my daughter did suggested, it has a Japanese feel to it. I was impressed with her, and Anita too suggested to add it here, and we just celebrated the lunar festival called mid-autumn festival in china, and I was depicting the full moon sky, so I am now convinced to add this card here :)

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The second card up is a weaved card, I weaved the brown card stock in a basket weave, I am trying to get the look of a flower basket with a message sticking out.

The stamps are  from Avery Elle, I used foam adhesive and added on the toothpicks!

Added 2 blooms,and leaves, and I also trimmed some paper swirls using a green and kraft card stock. Of lately I am hooked on using the hand-cut paper swirls!

It is a very simple card, other than weaving there isn't much on this card, but I am happy how well it turned out.

A close up at the weaving.

Adding this card with

AEIHeartUChallenges

I have used the Avery Elle handwritten stamps.

TIME OUT Challenge

I was inspired by the tiled up sentiment, so tried to give that look, and the white and brown colors in the picture!

I know it is a bit long post, and thank you for bearing with it :)

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Live Laugh Love

Just finished making this card, its a coincidence that this morning I had a scheduled post for my ATSM DT inspiration, and I have used some stitching on that card(I made it a long time back), and this one has stitches too! Totally unplanned but looks well coordinated ;)

I first worked with the front panel, wrote the letter 'L' myself, everything on this card is well thought and planned yesterday night. I wanted to focus on the three important things in life, which are the cheapest yet priceless pleasures! I had chosen the silhouette images of kids in green to represent  Live - in my opinion, nobody knows how to live life better than kids!

for Laugh, I chose a bright yellow laughing smiley, and for Love a red heart.

And for the letter 'L', I chose to add some back stitches, but decided to add white beads with black thread.

After getting the front panel done, I was going back and forth between white and lavender color for the card base, as you can see lavender won! I am happy with the soft look of the card.

Hope you all like it as much as I do :)

A close up at the focal point.

The process, after writing the letter 'L'

 all pierced, ready for the stitches and the beads.

Adding this card to

A Blog Named Hero

CASology

 My interpretation of the cue is 3 priceless things in life!

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ATSM #112

Hello blog friends, today we have a brand new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. The theme is  Make your Mark - your entry MUST contain the use of Markers - Stampin' Write, Copics, Promarkers, Painting, Chalks, Sewing - ANYTHING REALLY THAT MAKES A MARK ON YOUR PROJECT.

For this I have used the sponsor's image, It is Poinsettia by 

Scrappers Delights - Designs by Janice Cullen. I used my Faber Castle marker brush to color the image and then I added back stitches on it, I guess adding stitches is my way of making my mark!

Added a simple sentiment , and paired it up with white and red color card stock only. I want the flower to be the highlight of this card, so nothing else is added.

My process - after coloring

used a golden gel pen to draw the lines in the petals

 

piercing the paper for stitches, it was a very long process, took me quite a lot of time to stitch the image, but I am very happy with it.

Hop onto the ATSM blog now to see the inspiration from the other DT's.  Hope to see you there with your creations.

We have an amazing sponsor, who is offering 3 free digis to the winner

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Choco-mint

Sharing a quick post, made this card yesterday. Yesterday I got the postal of the STAMPlorations stamp set, which I won at TIME OUT few days back, and put use to it right away. I asked for the trendy feathers set.

For this card, I started with a choco card stock base, and added a light mint textured card front, used honeycomb stencil, and sponged some mint ink in an ombre effect. Stamped 2 feathers, and the sentiment is also from the same collection, added some punched choco cirlces here and there and done. A very simple card.

Adding this card with Less is More, playing here after a long time after my holidays.

CHOCOLATE MINT

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Few cards

Sharing 2 cards which I finished making now, was busy at home front, so took break from cards, and had to make some today.

The first one up is Chinese themed card, I am living in China for many years now, and I know one thing that I cannot use my usual white color on this card! Its a big NO, they don't like white on happy occasions as far as I know, even white envelopes! 

Since I will be giving it to one of my Chinese friends, I am sticking to the basic rules of colors.

I chose a oriental fans, pattern paper to work with, bought at a local stationary store, added a red panel, and fuzzy cut a branch myself, added some punched cherry blossoms. Avery Elle handwritten sentiments to finish off the card, and rhine stones for the blossom centers.

Linking this card to 

Addicted to CAS

Virginia's View Challenge

 I have used pattern paper on my card.

AEIHeartUChallenge

Used Avery Elle handwritten notes stamps.

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The second one up is inspired my darling daughter's art work for school! I saw her working on her art book title page this morning,  She used colored tissues to create a title page for her art book. When I saw her work, I was really impressed, and I was tempted to use it on one of the cards, so here it is.

I started of with a textured card base, and added a vanilla front panel. Then I sponged some leaves using a stencil and  brown ink. After that I went in to adhere randomly torn tissue papers on to the front panel in different colors, I had to borrow some of these tissue papers from my daughter!

Later on stamped one of my custom made flower stamps, and colored and fuzzy cut it, it was bit tricky and time consuming, since I decided to add the sentiment on the stamped image and wanted to cut together. used a foam adhesive to give dimension to the flower and the sentiment panel.

Linking this card with

Curtain Call

 

The Mixed Media Challenge

I have used  markers, tissues, and stamps on my card, and used autumn colors.

The Male Room

 I have used Autumn colors, since I made it as a unisex card, I thought of adding it here, I understand if it doesn't suit this challenge :)

 AUTUMN/FALL

STAMPlorations

 I have created the center panel and the flower and sentiment is my front, and used STAMPlorations stamp.

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Adding the picture of my daughter's work, which inspired me to use the tissue paper on my card!

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