.: April 2016

Apr 6, 2016

Guest Designing at Tic Tac Toe Challenge 7

Hey Friends, I am Guest Designing for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #7 !!!

Hi Friends !! I am Riti Poddar and I'm so excited & honored to be here as the Guest Designer. I'm from India & I have been crafting since I was a little girl. I enjoy Paper Crafting of all kinds..from Card Making to Scrapbooking, Altered Art to Mixed Media I love them all! I love trying out New Techniques with different types of Inks, mediums & other supplies!! I also have found my New Love in Planners.. and I just bought one for 2016 and I'm loving it !

Well for the Current Challenge I Chose the Top Most Row with 'Bunny + Pocket + Tag'

and I came up with this Huge Tag !!

The Tag measures 8"x 5"...I told ya it's a Huge Tag !! I cut it out from a heavy chipboard.

The die cuts - Bunny, Flowers & Carrot have been cut on my Cricut Expression, using the 'Create A Critter' Cartridge. I pop dotted the layers for the extra dimension & also distressed it using my distress inks. I did some doodling on them using my Signo White & Black Gel pens to add some interest ! The pocket has been hand drawn & cut using some pattern papers from my stash !

I also added some Faux Stitched Lines using my Gel Pens all around the Pocket & Tag.

I stamped the Sentiment from the Oh Deer" Clear Stamp Set from 'Your Next Stamp'

using my Opaque White Stazon Ink. I also added a little Pink Cardstock & punched it using my Martha Stewart All over the Page Punch - 'Bubble Bath' & added a couple of twine for the bow!!

Lastly I added a cute button on the bow to finish my Tag!!

This was so much fun to make. I hope you like it & will take this challenge !!

get your crafty hats on & take the plunge...

Good Luck everybody...can't wait to see what you all come up with !!

Do leave me some love & don't forget to Check out & Leave More Love on the rest of the inspirations!!

Have a Happy Crafty Weekend !!

Hugs & Love,

Riti

Apr 1, 2016

Gracielle Design New Release & Giveaway

“It is time for a new blog hop featuring Graciellie Design’s Digital Stamp. You must have found your way here from Lisa's Blog. If not, then go to the Beginning of the Hop here !

Gracie’s stamps are so versatile and today I have the chance to share a card with you using one of her new sets called "Guide the Helm”.
This is what the Stamp Set looks like : isn't it just Beautiful !?!

The minute I saw this Stamp I knew I wanted to create a CAS card using this pretty Image of the Helm & flowers.

I printed out Several sheets of this image on a Glossy Cardstock using my Laser Printer . I used a couple of the print outs for fussy cutting the flowers and I used another one on my navy layer. I used a Navy Cardstock & scored a border all around leaving ¼” margins at regular intervals.

This gave me a clean & crisp background for my Image !

On the Main Printout I double Pop Dotted the Top-Most flower to give it maximum dimension & then using a single pop-dot I mounted the flower on the left for medium dimension. In this manner I had 3 flowers in 3 different dimensions. Take a closer look here...

My last step was to mount this Navy Layer on a 6”X6” White Card !!

I hope you liked this simple & easy to make card with lots of dimension !!

I have another project for you using another Awesome Digi Stamp by Gracielle Design’s April Release. It’s called “ The Journey” and It’s my Most favourite of this release !!
This is what it Looks like :

For this Art Journal Page,

I prepped it up using a thin layer of Gesso & then used my Design Memory Craft Gelatos to add color to the background. Once I was happy with my background I used my ‘Dreamweaver – Glossy White Embossing Paste & TCW – ‘Mini Chevron Arrows’ Stencil by Balzer’s Designs to give some stencilled effect. My next step was to randomly stamp using ‘Jet Black- Archival Ink” & the postal images using “Blue Fern Studios” Stamp set – Postal Textures and also to create the stamped border around the Page !!

I also stamped some leaves at the bottom of my page –“E5568” from Impression Obsession (Leaves) & outlined it with my Faber Castell PITT Brush Pen.

Next I used the “Bird Image & the Sentiment by Gracielle Design (printed on a glossy cardstock on my Laser Printer) & adhered it on the art journal page using Gel Medium in Matte by Ranger. Once dry, I used my Gelato - "Chocolate" to outline the adhered images & smudged it using my finger.

Lastly, I distress the edges using Gelatos & I was done !! It was so much fun creating this page using this pretty bird image...

Do leave some Love in the comment section below if you liked what I created with these awesome stamps !!

Now Hop on to the Next Blog at Lee-Anne's to check out her creations !! Don’t forget to check out what the other crafters have created using the New Release here...& leave some Love on their Blogs too !!

This and other new digital stamp sets can be found at Graciellie Design’s shop HERE.

If you want to check out last month’s release and inspiration blog hop click here.

“GIVEAWAY:

For a chance to win a new digital stamp set of your choice from Gracie’s shop comment on the blogs listed below. I’m sure their cards will inspire you!