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 

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!

GraciellieDesign 

Donna Phelan

Karen

Autumn

Lisa F.

Riti Poddar

Lee-Anne Cross

The giveaway will run for a week and Gracie will announce the winner on her blog, so don't forget to subscribe to her newsletter HERE.” 

Good Luck To YOU ALL !! 

Thank You for stopping by,

Have A crafty Day ahead !! 

Hugs,

Riti 

HERE

Birthday Boy on a Gift

Hey Crafty Friends,
I'm here today with a Cute little Birthday Card !! 
I used my Next Level Embossing Folders by WRMK for the first time (It has been lying around unopened every since) and I must say I just Love the Deep Embossing/Debossing. Adds so much dimension to the card in real life. You have to see it to believe it !
For the Embossed layer I distressed my Card panel using Twisted Citron & Squeezed Lemonade & then embossed on my Big Shot Machine !
The birthday boy image was stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink & then I did the -'NO-LINE-COLORING which is my absolute fav. technique using my Distress Markers.
Next I cut that panel using my SSS - Stitched Rectangle Die.
The card base measures about 6"X5 1/2" 
I scored some lines on my card base on the left using my MS Scor board with every 1/8th" to add some interest & Tied some Organza Ribbon & Twine !
Next I adhered the Embossed Panel on the Card base & then Pop-Dotted the Image Panel.
Lastly I tucked the Sentiment Strip under the Image Panel & added a few sequins.

Supplies Used :

We R Memory Keepers : Next Level Embossing Folders - Geometric.

Penny Black Clear Stamp Set - Cake & Wishes

Distress Inks : Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron (for the Embossed Panel)

Distress Markers & My Waterbrush: for coloring the Image

Distress Ink : Antique Linen to stamp the image for No-Line Coloring 

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink - for the Sentiment

Blue/Lime Sequins

Ribbon & Twine from my stash !

Clear Wink of Stella - for the shimmer on the image

Neenah Solar White Card Stock !

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Pop Dots

Thanks for Stopping By,

Hugs

Riti

Smile Please

Hello Crafty Peeps,

I'm here with a fun Pastel Card (perfect for the Eater Season).

For the background I just watercolored random sizes of circles. I cut a 4 1/2" X 6" Top folding card which I cut at the base using my Lawnfawn Stitched Scallop Border Die.

The focal Point of my card is the Cute Camera Image from the Winnie & Walter Stamp Set - The Write Stuff:Picture Perfect. It has been fussy cut & Glossy accents have been added on the lens with a bit of sparkle ! The sentiments have been moulded into a semi-circular shape & then stamped on the circles !! I finished the card by adding a few sequins here& there and some Doodling using my FineTip 0.1 marker ! I used my Gansai Tambi Watercolors to color the circles & camera !

I Stamped & Fussy Cut a Few More Cameras & Made them into Paper Clips for my Planner.

Ain't they too cute!!

Challenges Entered :

Thanks For stopping by !

Happy Crafting

Riti

You're a real Gem

Hey Crafty People !! Wishing You All a  Very Happy VALENTINE'S Day !! I hope you all have a Fabulous Day with your Loved ones around !!

Well I am thoroughly enjoying myself playing in my Craft Room & creating some CAS cards since a couple of days now !! 

I am here with another Cute Card & It's for my SIL & She is a REAL GEM and I love her Very Very Much ! It's already in the mail & I Hope she likes it !!

Okay let me tell you a little bit about how I made this one !! 

For the background I simply distress just a section of the Top Right area of the card with my Picked Raspberry Distress Ink & Sprayed some water using my Mini Mister & a few larger drops were created using my fingers!! I love how it turned out !

Next I stamped the Diamond with a Very Soft Granite using the 3rd generation stamping as I din't want the image to show. After that I traced the image with my Micron pen to give it a sketchy look !!

Once it was dry, I watercolored using my Faber Castell Watercolor Pencils & then used my dry pencils for some shading. Lastly I stamped the Sentiment using Versamark Ink & Embossed it with the American Crafts - Zink Glitter Gold Embossing Powder.

I also added a little versamark randomly near the sentiment & embossed it with the Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Powder & added some sequins to complete the card !

Supplies Used :

Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Lil Inkers Design - Girl's Best Friend Stamp Set

Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry

Versamark Embossing Ink

Stampendous - Shabby White Embossing Powder

American Crafts - Zink - Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Black Micron Pen - 0.5

Sequins

Challenges Entered :

AAA Cards: Game#58 'Sequins' Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,

Happy Crafting !!

Hugs,

Riti 

Love of My Life

Hello Crafty Friends,,

Here I am with another V-DAY Card !! Told Ya'll I'm on a Roll !!

I used my Brand New Stamp Sets: Calendar & Polaroid from Kaisercraft (It was lying with my for more than a year)

Well All I ddi in this card was create a Collage kinda thing using various stamps from the 2 sets !

I fussy cut the camera & mounted it on the card using foam dots & the Silver (Mirror Paper)

is hand drawn & cut ! 

Supplies Used :

Kaiser Craft Stamps - Polaroid

                                     Calendar

Paper Try Ink - Dye Ink : Raspberry Fizz

Altenew Dye Ink : Coral Berry

Varsafine - Onyx Black Ink

Ranger Dye Ink: Classic Cherry

Uniball Signo : White Gel Pen 0.1

Fabriano Elle Erre Cardstock : Perla

White Cardstock : Neenah Solar White 

Silver Mirror Paper

Challenges Entered :

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Riti

Love Everyday

Hello Friends,

I'm on a Roll making V-Day Cards & I'm so enjoying myself creating with all the Pinks & Reds..

Here's a Love CAS Card ! This was so much fun to create & super easy !

All I did was grabbed my Watercolor Paints & did a wash with a little drippage on the left hand corner. I distress the Smallest Die cut with my Hickory Smoke Distress Ink as I din't find any grey Cardstock in my stash. I arranged my die cuts & sentiment banner until I was happy with the look. Stuck them on the card front & finished it off by adding some sequins & then lastly added the Clip on top with some ribbon ! I also added Clear Wink of Stella on the Heart !! 

I hope you all enjoyed looking at my card & would give it a try !

Supplies Used :

PTI Dies - Circle Scribbles

Sentiment Stamp - Mama Elephant :Everyday Greetings

Fabriano Cardstock - Rosso, Fuxia, Bianco

Hero Arts - Black Ink 

Distess Ink - Hickory Smoke (for the grey scribble die cut)

Sequins

Wink Of Stella - Clear (for the heart)

Watercolor - Local Buy

Challenges Entered :

CAS on Sunday - Challenge #76: Valentine

Thanks for Stopping by !!

Hugs

Riti

Sending Love Your Way - Valentine's Day Card with a Video Tutorial

Hey Friends,

Enjoying the Lovely Valentine's week?

Well I am certainly enjoying myself in my Craft Studio.. Creating some cute V-Day cards! 

Here's one with a Video Tutorial for you all! 

I hope you like it! 

Supplies Used : 

Lawnfawn Stamps 

You've got Mail - for the Mailbox,Letters,Sentiment & Border

Love you tons & Summer Time Charm-for the hearts

Bannerific - for the Birdies

Ranger Dye Ink - Classic Cherry

Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Festive Berries

Versamark Embossing Ink

American Crafts Zink Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Fabriano - Grey Cardstock (for the Mailbox)

Brustro Water Cold Press Color Paper

Neenah Solar White CS for the base

You can Find My Video Tutorial on Youtube here :

Challenges Entered :

Simon Says : Have A Heart Challenge (wednesday)

4 Crafty Chics Challenge #284 LOVE

Just Us Girls Challenge #329 - VALENTINE

AAA Cards: Game #57 - Love Me Like You Do

Stamping Smiles Design Challenge - Tic-Tac-Toe -Challenge Three - WINNER

P.S. (I chose the First Row - Love, Add Shimmer & Hearts)

Thanks For Stopping by,

Happy Crafting !

Hugs

Riti

Forever and Always

Hey Friends !! It's February & It's soon gonna be Valentine's !

Love is in the air.. and all I could think of making was a few 

V-Day cards !! 

So here's one...tried to not use the Traditional Reds & Pinks.. 

Supplies Used :

Lil Inkers Stamp & Die Set - Girl's Best Friend

Bazzill Basics - Gold Kraft Foiled Cardstock

Prima Color Bloom - Peony

American Crafts Zink - Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Star Punch

Versamagic Embossing Ink

Challenges Entered:

AAA Cards: Game #57 - Love Me Like You Do

The Card Concept  #48 Sweet hearts - (Classy & Elegant Style) 

WINNER 

4 Crafty Chics Challenge #284 LOVE

Have A Happy Sunday !!

Hugs,

Riti 

5 Cards 1 Stamp Set - Altenew Garden Grow

Good Afternoon Friends..

I'm here today with a whole bunch of cards made using 1 Stamp Set !!
A Very Sweet, Friend & a very Talented Crafter - Priya Sondhi challenged us to make 5 different cards using the same stamp set !! You can find her Awesome blog here !
Okay for this challenge I chose a Set from my Current Fav. Brand - ALTENEW !!
I picked the "Garden Grow" set !!

Isn't this such a pretty set with so many cute images !! Totally Loved working with these!

DISCLAIMER : It's gonna be a Picture Heavy Post !! 

This is what all my cards along with the Stamp Set look like together !!

Here's My 1st Card: 

 It's a CAS card where the stamping is continued at the back as well.

I quite liked this... 

I used my Ranger Archival- Jet Black Ink & Misti for this card !

Front View

Back View

Front & Back view..

Here's My Second Card !!

Used my Archival - Jet Black Ink to randomly stamp the collage on a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper. Using my Spellbinders Circle Die, I cut a window on the watercolor paper. Placing this piece on my Card base I traced the window & stamped the Flower pot on the Card Front. I used my Zig Brush Markers & Faber Castelle Watercolor Pencils to color. Next I adhered the Window Piece on my Card front using Foam Dots to create some dimension !! Simple, Qick & Easy Peasy !

Here comes Card #3 !!

This again is a Very Simple & Easy-to-make card ! I was done in less than 10 mins. Yay !!

I used my Sponge Daubers, Distress Inks (Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron & Worn Lipstick) & Circle Stencils for the Dots !! After which I stamped these cute lil images using my Ranger Archival - Jet Black Ink. & I was done ! 

Take a Look at Card # 4 !

I was so done with making CAS cards that I decided to make a few elaborate ones & this set called for some Watercoloring ! I created this scene, did some masking & watercolored the images using my Karutake Gansai Tambi colors ! I love them... I used the Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper & Ranger Archival- Jet Black Ink for stamping !!

After painting the images, I went over the inked edges using my Fine Tip Black Sharpie for the detailed look. 

My 5th &  Final Card for this series :

Since we were to Bring out our stash & put it to use, I thought of pulling out my Pattern Papers which have been untouched since a long time now !! I picked the 'Zaphyr" 6x6 paper pad by Prima Marketing for the front panel. It went perfectly with the Window & Flower Box Die-cuts from Memory Box.

I stamped the plants on a watercolored cardstock using my Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink & painted it using my Gansai Tambi Colors. Outlined the image using my Fine Tip Sharpie to give it the crisp look & mounted the Window die over my painted piece using double layers of Dimensional Tape !

I adhered the Pattern Paper on a White Cardstock by Neenah Solar White !

Well this is it for now Friends. I hope you all liked what I had to share !

Do bring out your stamp Sets & Play as much as you can !! I'm sure you'll come up with many many many ideas.. Don't Forget to share & also tag your projects to #psstretchyourstash !! 

I'm Linking Mine right away !! Are you ???

Thanks so much friends for taking the time to go through this Heavy Post !!

Have a Nice Day !!

Hugs,

Riti :)

Freshly Cut Dahlias with Love

Good Evening Friends!!

I'm here with a Floral, Multi - Step Stamping Card using my Brand New Stamp Set by "The Ton".

It's Called the "Freshly Cut Dahlias" & I had a lot of fun using it !!

Here's my first Practice Sheet using my Altenew Crisp Inks. 

(They are THE BEST for Layered Stamping).

Practice Sheet !

The Crackled Glass Look on the Vase !

Clear Wink Of Stella Shimmer on the Dahlias !

Supplies Used :

The Ton Stamp Set - Freshly Cut Dahlias
Sentiment Stamp - Winnie&Walter - The Big, The Bold and The Happy Set
Background Musical Note Stamp - Skipping Stones Design - Timeless Textures

Distress Ink - Cracked Pistachio + Tumbled Glass
Altenew Crisp Ink  Mini Set : Red Cosmos + Green Fields

Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Soft Granite

Spellbinders Die - Label Four

Glossy Accents

Clear Wink of Stella

Ranger - Clear Rock Candy

Silver Thread

Sequins/Pearls

Foam Tape 

Neenah Solar White Card Stock 

Challenges Entered :

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge #23 - Anything Goes

I hope you all like this card & get some inspiration to make your own card using these pretty stamps !

Have a crafty Week ahead !

Hugs,

Riti