LIVE your life!

Hello friends,
Sharing a card inspired by a few challenges.

Here's the card:

 And the challenges it got inspired from:
1. cas(e) this sketch-74

2. Cas-ual Fridays#131( That twisted band is made up of three colours)

3.casology#93 -Electric--( This design kind of reminds me of the colourful laser lights and also of a beam of light splitting into different colours---so electric, hope I've not swayed away too far)

4. Less is more- 3 colour challenge- Three colour challenge( I have used rose bud memento ink, mowed lawn distress ink and salty ocean distress ink)

Well, nothing much to explain here. You may have guessed already that I have used Tim Holtz inks alongwith my hand made stencil to make this design, well, after involving some precision masking  ofcourse :) I have used water colour paper for the white panel here, which is mounted on a black card stock.

The sentiment  is a part of a stamp from the Fiskars-All around quotes stamp set.

Thanks so much for visiting me and leaving kind words on my work. 

Have a nice day. :)

Going Tech-savvy

Hello dear friends,
Wondering what's with the title? Well, I think it's better if you see it for yourselves ;) ---

Yes, a cell phone shaped card it is :D
 I saw a cell phone shaped masculine card a while back on pinterest and wanted to make one myself. Most of you who like playing games on your cell phones must be aware of the 'Congrats! You did it!!' message that pops up alongwith the 3 stars after you have won a game ( Well, when I play, it's mostly on the lines of 'Sorry! Better luck next time!' :P)

 So I tried to make a congratulatory card with 3 glittery gold stars made up of glitter foam, which were shaped and fuzzy cut, followed by sticking them over the upper third area of the card. Do not miss the yellow glow coming out from these stars.Did some inking for that glow,yes.
Also scored 3 lines on the lower half to add some interest. Finally, hand drew the three buttons below and wrote the sentiment.

I think this card can be both masculine and feminine, men do love gadgets more but who said women are not tech-savvy. :D And shaped cards can be so much fun too!

Thanks so much for visiting me today. Have a great day.

Linking it to--
http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2014/04/bgc50-back-to-cas-colour-challenge.html(Black , gold and white)
http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.in/2014/04/cfc131.html(Three stars, three scored lines, 3 buttons of the phone)

http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.in/2014/04/challenge-32-sparkle-and-shimmer.html(Glittery stars)

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/(CAS)

Hope Brightens Up Lives

Hello Everyone,
I recently bought a few sheets of vellum(or the semi-translucent paper) and I'm really enjoying exploring the possibilities with it.  I discovered that when it is inked, it gives a very soft, tinted effect.  It was then that an idea of making this card struck me. Take a look:

I went to the garden with my toddler a few days back and saw these garden lights/lamp posts getting lit up after dusk and surrounded by a swarm of dragonflies , moths and other insects. I wanted to execute these garden lights on my card but wasn't very sure how to, until I discovered the beauty of vellum. Yes, the light that you see is made up of a small piece of vellum inked, shaped, folded and stuck dimensionally over the white card stock. Hand-drew the pole and stamped the dragonflies from Fiskars-butterfly magic stamp set. Finally stamped the sentiment. 

If you have been following me for quite a while, you may have noticed that I love to add some hand made dimensional elements to my cards. I have done that with so many of my cards now. And I think this one is my personal favorite of them all, because of the beautiful message it gives, "Hope brightens up everybody's lives'. Couldn't agree more :)

Thanks for visiting me today.

Linking it up to:

1. http://casology.blogspot.in/2014/04/week-92-garden.html

2. http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.in/2014/04/cfc131.html (Three stamped dragonflies around the lamp post, three visible panels of the lamp post-thanks for pointing this out Ardyth, three small dots below the sentiment)

3.  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/- Clean and Simple

You Are Precious

Hey Everyone,
I was really excited to see two of the amazing challenges coming together and bringing up this fantastic inspiration picture and the sketch by lovely Joni to play along. Yes, I'm talking about Runway Inspired Challenge#58-Trina Turk and Cas(e) this sketch#73.

I was bowled over by the inspiration provided by all the DT members and also by the cards linked to the galleries. After seeing all those amazing cards, I wondered if I could come up with anything close to it, if not better. I struggled for a while, then suddenly started visualising the provided sketch as a lady's head with a flower bow on it. That's how this came up. And I'm really happy it turned out the way I had imagined it to be.

Here's my take:

I took a very minimalistic approach to the inspiration sketch and picture. For making this, I hand-drew the lady silhoutte on a black paper , fuzzy cut it and stuck it over the card base. Yes, I flipped the sketch 180 degrees. Then I punched out two vellum flowers, coloured them with distress and memento inks( spiced marmalade, fired brick distress inks and picked raspberry memento ink-for simulating the floral colours in the pic as much as possible), arranged them over the silhoutte and finally centered a blue coloured pearl over it.I love the coloured vellum, it has a very delicate and dreamy feel to it.  Added some bling and the sentiment finally.

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me kind words on my work. :)

Have a great day!