Card by my Daughter

 My card-making hobby has rubbed off on my elder daughter- Jasnoor and I love the sparkle in her eyes when she excitedly asks me, "Mama, come let's make a card today."

While I was making a card for AAA card challenge the other day, she asked me if 8-year-olds were allowed to play along too. I am not sure if kids are allowed, but didn't want to discourage her from making a card. So here's what she made. :)

She stamped the images from MFT- Harvest Mouse stamp set and coloured these using Zig brush pens.

I hope you will spare some time to leave an encouraging comment for Jasnoor. She would  love to read about what you have to say about her card. :)

Linking this card to AAA Card Challenge-- CAS Game #174 - Up To One Third + optional twist Woodland Animals.

Uniko Challenge #61 - Anything Goes + optional twist Thanks

MFT Color Challenge 150

Dreaming about Vacation

 Well, we all are, aren't we? ;)

Anyhow, a real vacation is not happening for me anytime sooner, so I thought why not try and mimic that experience and feeling of going on a holiday. Yeah, card making does that trick for me ;)

I made this holiday-themed card to paly along a couple of my favorite challenges using dies from Sizzix.

I started by masking the upper third area of my card base and sponging distress inks to create a night sky. The white splatters were added using white acrylic paint and a brush. For making that curvy landscape panel edge, I used Sizzix Thinlits Die- Build a Landscape (#662839). Those cute little tress are from the same die set. I like the simplicity of those trees. Perfect for CAS cards!

The car is from Sizzix Thinlits die set-- Summertime (#662547). The die cuts were sponged using distress inks too.

The sentiment from MFT was aligned on the stamping tool such that it aligns along the edge. After stamping the sentiment, I still felt that something was missing. Therefore, I stamped that curvy line along with the tiny heart form Neat and Tangled stamp set (Thank you, Pooja for gifting this to me) to add interest.

I hope you like the card.

Linking this up with the following challenges:

AAA Card Challenge-- CAS Game #174 - Up To One Third + optional twist Woodland Animals

CASology Week 374: VACATION

Uniko Challenge #61 - Anything Goes + optional twist Thanks

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super week ahead.

Harvest of Blessings

 Hello everyone,

I hope you all are in the pink of health and spirits.

I haven't been very active lately when it comes to card making and blogging, but when I came to know about the Card Design Superstar 2020 Challenge hosted by My Favorite Things, I had to participate for the sheer spirit of positive energy and enthusiasm I could sense in the blogland, with so many of my friends sharing their gorgeous makes for this challenge.

I decided to make a one-layered card with no-line watercolouring, which I have been practising lately, using the Harvest Mouse stamp set from My Favorite Things.

For me, clean and simple design means being able to express my sentiment with minimal layers, a main focal element  and glorious white space. I used St. Petersburg Whitenights watercolours for colouring the image. The sentiment was stamped using Versafine Onyx black ink. I love how the sentiment naturally fits into the focal image. I hope you like my card.

Linking this card to 

MFT 2020 Card Design Superstar: Clean & Simple Genius

Thank you for stopping by.

Keeping it Simple with YNS

 Hello everyone,

Quickly sharing a birthday card I made using the cute image from Your Next Stamp- Love and Smiles set.

When I struggle with getting good ideas for making a card but I still want to make one ;), I turn to Jennifer McGuire's blog. We all know what a powerhouse of creative ideas she is! And this one was inspired by one of her card designs HERE. 

I used my new watercolour set-- St. Petersberg Whitenights-- for colouring that image. The sentiment was stamped multiple times using distress ink (shabby shutters) and the one in black was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Linking this card to the following challenges:

Challenge #147 – Keeping it Clean

Challenge #188 - Partytime

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!