Guest Designing at CASology #295 - Believe

Hi There! I’m so excited and happy to be guest designing at CASology this week. I had won the Abstract Challenge and was kindly invited to guest design. It feels so great to be a part of the challenge that I look forward every week. Thank you so much for having me over! :) The cue word for this week challenge is BELIEVE

I love to create sentiments using alphabet dies and today, I am sharing a cute CAS card with just the sentiment 'believe' using MFT Die-namics Little Letters dies.

Using a sentiment as the focal point makes a great CAS design!

I usually layer the letters to have a little dimension on the card. So, to create the first layer, I adhered a red chevron washi tape on a white card and die cut the letters. Then, to add a shadow effect, I die cut the letters from a black card and adhered to the patterned letters.

Next, I stamped and colored the bear from MFT Bitty Bears set using distress ink. I replaced the letter 'I' with this cute little bear. Then, I mounted the letters and image on a white panel card which I made earlier using MFT Wonky Stitched Frame die. Finally, I adhered the finished panel on a black base card. That's all! :)

I hope this card inspired you! Do stop over at CASology this week for some awesome inspiration from the DT and join the challenge! Can’t wait to see how this cue inspires you!

I’m also playing along in the following challenges...
HLS April CAS Challenge - Chevron
AAA Cards - CAS Game #112 - A Favorite Technique

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hugs! :)
Valliam 

Thanks for always being there!

Hi There! I'm here to share a CAS card which I made for this week's Color Throwdown #483 challenge. I just love this color combination of Coral, Green and Kraft. I'm also playing along this week's CASE this Sketch #262 challenge. Here is my take!

First, I blended the Abandoned Coral, Mowed Lawn and Vintage Photo distress inks on a white card stock and cut out the feathers using Simon Says Stamp Feather Craft Dies. To give a little dimension, I layered the feathers and spritzed some water on it. Then, I stamped on the sentiment from Inkadinkado - Thank You Words stamps set and finished off the card by adding a strip of black and white washi tape adjacent to the sentiment. That's all for today.

It's always fun to play along with sketch and color challenges! Great way to bring back the creative mojo! :P I hope you like my card today.

I’m also playing along…
CASology #290 - Abstract
HLS March Challenge - Anything Goes with Dies

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week ahead!

Hugs! :)
Valliam

I'm Stuck On You

Hello friends! It’s a great challenge to make a CAS + one layer card. But that’s the fun! So many ideas popped up while making this card. Well, it really didn’t take much time either. Here’s my card.

I used the colors from Color Throwdown challenge and cute cactus plants from Lawn Fawn - Stuck on You stamp set on this card. The pots and plants are stamped with the MISTI stamping tool using dye inks. It turned out so vibrant after several times stamped using MISTI. Love MISTI! :) It’s my new favorite toy!

The sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn - Stuck on You stamp set and I add the block letters from Ms.Sparkle & Co alphabet stamp set. I tied on some twine on the top of the card. Finished off by adding some dimensional dots from EK Success - Rainbow Dots.

Linking the card in the following challenges:

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 10 - Custom Sentiments
Color Throwdown #456
CASology #262 - Prickly
Addicted to CAS #117 - One Layer Card
Tuesday Throwdown #356 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafting! :)

Happy Birthday Little One

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great time. I have been doing quite a lot of birthday cards lately and I'm trying to keep my cards CAS. Today, I'm sharing this pretty birthday card for little girls. I used two colors to make this card inspired by Make My Monday challenge and used this week's sketch from Case This Sketch challenge.

To begin with, I stamped the cute elephants from HeroArts - Lil Hoot stamps set and did simple coloring using distress inks. Next, I created a base for them using pink shade inks and stamped on the birthday sentiment from AveryElle - Party Animal stamps set. I finished off the card by adding some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh - Sweetheart Mix and Marshmallow White.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Case This Sketch #233
Make My Monday #52 - Grey and Pink
CASology #261 - Safari
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Happy Birthday

Hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by! :)

Let's Party! - Birthday

Hi friends. CASology is celebrating 5th year anniversary with a fun blog hop! Do check out the blog hop and join in the celebration. This week the cue is Balloon and here is my take on it.

This cute little kitten image is from the Paper Smooches - Chubby Chums stamps set and I colored it using distress ink. The balloons and the word 'Party' are picked from Ms. Sparkle & Co. Paperie - Celebrate stamps set. I mix and matched the sentiments from both stamp sets for this card. The balloons are inked up with Simon Says Stamp inks. I finished of the card adding a sentiment on the inside of the card with few sparkle stamps.

I'm entering this card in the following card challenges:
CASology - Balloon
Seize the Birthday - Splatter
Happy Little Stampers CAS - Birthday
Paper Smooches - Anything Goes
Color Inspiration Monday - Anything Goes with Hand-colored Image
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! :)

New Home - Congratulations Card

Hi friends! I'm back with my recent card. I hardly get time to update my blog nowadays. I'm in the mid of cleaning and organizing my workspace. So, I had to go one by one. I'm a person who can't work when things are messed up :D Well, I'm glad that I'm here again! :) Here is my card.

I used Copic markers to color my images and distress inks for the background. I used primary colors to keep the card clean and simple. It's a simple card...but it took hours for me to get it done :p

I'm entering this card in the following challenges :

Case this Sketch #226
CASology #254 - House

Thanks for stopping by and hope to post more here! :)

Lawn Fawn Smile Card

Hi There! Being a busy mom and wife, it’s pretty hard for me to set a time and jump into my craft world. At the same time, I couldn’t mute my head voice which keeps telling me to go for it!

So, with some time on hand, I created this cute smile card inspired by Lawn Fawn - Love You a Latte stamps set. I’m not a coffee person but I love to have one in the morning to give extra boost. Now, I can’t go a day without having coffee because it’s been a part of my morning routine!

These coffee mugs are adorable and makes me smile. I used distress inks : Fossilized Amber and Scattered Straw to create a base for the mugs. Then colored the coffee mugs using Copic markers and adhered them using small foam adhesive. I stamped the little smiley faces on each mug and make them looks like a family. To finish off, I stamped the smile sentiment from the same stamp set.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges : 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Tic Tac Toe (Stamps)
Lawnscaping Challenge - Distress Maniacs #132
Casology #204  - Row

Thanks for stopping by!

You're the reason I smile

Hello friends!! Hope you all had a great weekend. I am happy to share my recent work with you all.

This fun little card featuring cute owls from Hero Arts - Lil Hoot Clear stamp set. I colored the image with Copic markers and love how it turned out. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I used red chevron washi tape to create a background for the owls and used yellow cardstock as the base card.

I'm entering this card in the CASology #191 - Washi and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

I had so much fun while making this card. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.