A Birthday card for a Special Friend!!

Hi all,

This is a card I created for a very good friend of mine.

I wanted to use a Prima doll I colored with Distress Inks sometime back. I wanted to use the colors from the lulupu logo.

Those who are with me would be now knowing my obsession towards Distress inks.. I am not feeling like using any pattern papers and I love to create Backgrounds with distress inks. All my diecuts are cut in white and colored with my favorite inks. Cut the colored image and added some diecuts and my card is done.

Here is the final result:

Entering the card into the following challenges:
1. Imaginations online challenges- Anything goes with Distress inks 
    Doll colored with distress inks - Peeled paint and Evergreen Bough
    Background created with Tumbled glass
    Flowers colored with a mix of Dusty concord and Picked raspberry
    Fence diecut colored with Gathered Twigs
    Pippi butterfly colored with Spiced marmalade
    Banners colored with Mustard seed and Picked Raspberry
   
2. Crafters corner - Stamp-Color-Cut
    Prima Dolls stamped, colored with distress inks, fussy cut and adhered to the card

3. Lulupu challenge - Inspired by new Lulupu logo -Have used the blue in the background and the doll , Yellow and Dark pink in the banner, Orange in the Butterfly

A Tag with Prima Doll -coloring wit distress inks!

Hey all,

Am back with a tag. I loved the Prima dolls at first sight and I colored a few with distress inks. The coloring is a trial and am still learning with practice. I colored the doll picking up inks from the distress ink pads.. Gave a shimmer to the outfit with some glitter pens. I colored them two months back and I never got a chance to work with it. Finally this morning,  found some time to incorporate the image into a tag.

Took a piece of white cardstock, created the background with Spiced Marmalade and a light mustard seed shade. Stamped a flourish border at the bottom, Cut a piece from the Honey comb diecut and added it on the top as an embellishment. Now, I wanted a bold sentiment n the Kaisercraft one matched perfectly. Used the Memory Box stencil to create a sunshine on the left top and added few embellishments and am done with the tag.

Distress ink used - 

Picked Raspberry, Evergreen Bough, Spun sugar(Skin) and Vintage photo to color the doll

Tumbled glass for the sunshine, Gathered twigs to color the honeycomb diecut and Stazon black to stamp.

Entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Imaginations Online - Anything goes with Distress Inks

2. Little Miss Muffet Challenges -Anything goes

My First trial with a Waterfall card !!

Hey Folks,

This is a card with Waterfall technique I did for Hubby's Birthday...

All the favorite male in my life (My Hubby, My lil Bro n My smart Nephew) had their Birthdays in the month of May and had the toughest time creating for them. I wanted it masculine so I used a Red,Blue and White combo.

Loved the outcome. But couldnt capture them in the photos.

 

Entering this into the following challenges:
1. gloriadesignschallenge - Fold it (Water fall technique)
2. thekraftjornalchallenge - Just for him 
3. sassystudiodesigns - Its all about the Man
4. mimchallegeblog - For the males in your life 
5. tuesdaythrowdown - Special Man 

Please leave me your motivating comments....

Hugs
-Catherine-

Happy Father's Day - Trying to be masculine !!

Hey, I know am not that good at Masculine cards. But had to make a Card for Father's day. I didnt have much pattern papers for Masculine theme.

Two days, I went through Pinterest and saw lots of ppl creating for Father's day.

Got some Inspiration n searched my stash for some pattern papers.

Finally, What I could come up with was this...

Entering this card into the following challenges:
1. oldiebutagoodiechallenge - Father's day / Masculine  (Closing 23 June)
2. scrap-creations challenge - Father's day
3. Papertakeweekly - For the Boys
4. tuesdaytaggers -One for the Boys (Closing 23 June)
5. themaleroomchallengeblog. -Father's day  (Closing 24 June)

Hope you all like this...

Hugs
-Catherine-

A Quick card using Memory Box Stencil!!!

Here is a card I made in a jiffy using my new Memory Box stencil. I think I almost made it in less than half an hour.

I loved the sentiment a lot. Am wondering why am not able to complete any of my project without my distress inks. The stencil was sponged with Spiced Marmalade and Mustard seed Ink. Added a lattice background and stamped the sentiment and ta...da...Am done....

Here is the card

Hope you all like it.

Am entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Imaginations Online - Anything goes with Distress Inks
    Sponged the stencil with Distress inks, And a white lattice diecut is colored with Fired Brick distress inks.
2. Paper crafting challenge - Anything goes (Closing 25 June)
3. Crafty girls challenges - Anything goes (Closing 25 june)


Hugs
-Catherine-

An explosion box for a Boy!!!

Hi Blogger Friends,

You must be wondering why I have been missing in Action for the past three months. Am happy to share with you that I delivered my second Baby girl this feb and since then couldnt find time for blogging. I have been yearning to get back and am slowly trying to... I might be less active in the blog for sometime more coz am still managing to get used to things with two cutie pies around.

But still I have been creating few simple cards n Explosion boxes here n there just to quench my thirst for crafting.

Here is the explosion box I made recently. It is for a fourteen years old boy and wanted it to be a little masculine except for the cake.. Used Kaiser craft stamps for the sentiments inside the box.

Here is the box

Hope you all like it.

I would like to enter this one into a few challenges:

1. Itsy Bitsy challenge - Anything but a card

2. scribblesdesignschallenge - let-them-eat-cake
    Use food/ food related items - Cake
    Color palette - Almost all colors used as ebellishments, paper,cake

3. ladybugcrafts - Something for the boys and/or use your dies
    
Pls leave your comments and suggestions.

Hugs
Catherine