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Hello lovely friends!  I'm delighted and honored to be guest designing at the AAA Birthday challenge blog this month.   The theme for this month is 'Water colours' and here is my card: I used the flora background stamp from simon says stamp. I heat embossed it using versamark and WOW white embossing powder. I used zig clean brush pens to watercolour the image.  I wanted the sentiment to stand out on the busy and bright background. My first instinct was to place vellum underneath the sentiment. But the background did not mellow down enough with 110gsm vellum I used. So, I stamped the background image on cardstock, lightly watercoloured it and die cut a circle which I placed beneath my die cut sentiment from simon says stamp. I had so much fun creating this card. I would love to know what you think of it.  Do join this fun challenge and remember- birthday cards only.   You can find all the details on the blog  here . Happy crafting! ~Ana

 Hello friends! Happy Monday!  I'm back with another birthday card today and I'm playing along with a few challenges. The pattern on the moodboard at inkspirational challenge took me to a kaiserkraft stencil in my stash. I used the stencil and distress inks to create the stenciled pattern at the center of the card. I sprayed some water over it to allow the distress inks to react. I adore butterflies and I wanted to use them as an element of freedom for the ATCAS challenge. I heat embossed a butterfly image with a contrasting embossing powder- color blend verdigris from WOW, so that it stands out against the stencil pattern. I placed the stamped sentiment (kaisercraft) at the centre. Playing along with the below challenges: Inkspirational Challenge #290 Seize the Birthday #262 ATCAS #238   HLS may birthday Thank you very much for stopping by. I would love to know your thoughts about my project. Stay safe and take care...

 Hello friends! Today's post is a card featuring my favorite - butterfly! The background is created with distress inks. I covered the partitions between two horizontal stripes with some paper twine. I placed a white die cut butterfly in the centre.  The butterfly is covered with shimmer paste from craftangles. I finally placed a heat embossed sentiment on the card.  Playing along with- AAA birthday challenge #47 Sss wednesday challenge  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend. ~Ana

Hello everyone.  Welcome to my crafty blog!  I’m delighted to join in as the Surprise party guest at  Seize the Birthday 's latest challenge.  Nancy is the hostess for this week's challenge and topping is- ‘ Things in a garden ’. Here's my card- The stamp sets used in this project are- Humming bird (Mudra craft stamps) and Birthday sentiments  (Kaisercraft). I stamped the images with versafine ink and heat embossed using wow clear embossing powder. I colored the floral elements with copic markers and the bird with zig clean color brush pens.  The blended background is created with distress inks- mowed lawn, cracked pistachio, mustard seed and salty ocean. I love wooden inspired backgrounds. I u sed this wonderful paper 'wood works' from scrappy tales to make my  hand cut p icket fence. For the border, I used the scalloped frame from Gina Marie designs. A little about my inspiration for this card- I come across a lot of squirrels, birds and butterf...

Hello Crafty friends! Here's my recent project- I used Altenew Majestic Blooms stamp set for my card. I stamped this beautiful flower with Versamark and heat embossed using Rangers Gold embossing powder .  I added color with Alcohol markers and fussy cut the image. T he gold embossing powder seemed pretty dull as  I ended up coloring most  of it  with the alcohol markers. T o restore the gold shine  I  lightly highlighted the embossed outline with  Zig painty  marker . I stamped the leaves with versafine ink and coloured them with Zig clean brush pens. For the background, I made a horizontal line using floral die cuts over a white card panel. I then stamped little pink leaves and placed an oval scalloped die cut  and added some ink splatter as well.  I wanted to keep the sentiment simple, so used this one from  MFT .    Playing along with:     Just add ink #642 Cupcakeinspirations #563 ...

Hello friends, I'm back with a birthday card, entering a few challenges this time. I used the floral fantasy die from Altenew. (I have ended up making 4 of my last 5 cards using this die 🙈). I coloured the die cut flowers with alcohol markers. I lightly stenciled the white background with  tumbling leaves stencil from simon says stamp. Added a bold sentiment and a few pearls to embellish the card. Playing along with: timeoutchallenges #232 Time out challenges is celebrating their 9th birthday this week. Coincidently, this week is also my birthday week! seizethebirthday#256 ssswednesday challenege - Anything goes Thank you so much for stopping by.  ~ Ana

  Hello crafty friends! I'm sharing a birthday card in today's post.  I had this stencil from kaiser craft in my stash and I never got a chance to use it. Used it today and created a background with distress inks. I stamped & coloured the Birthday cake (Reverse confetti) and die cut the stamped image.  The sentiment is from MFT. Added some vellum and embellishments as well.  Playing along with: Timeoutchallenges #231   (Inspired by the colours & the stenciling technique) JAI638  (Chosen elements: Candles & Cake) aaabirthday#46 Thanks so much for stopping by! ~Ana  

  Hello crafty friends!  I made this card for my adorable granny's birthday.   I used my go to crafty die- Altenew floral fantasy for the floral elements, coloured them with alcohol markers. The die cut sentiment from simon says stamp is heat embossed with wow gold embossing powder.  For the background, I did some ink blending with distress inks and dry embossed cardstock with a stencil from kaiserkraft. Playing along with: seizethebirthday#244 happylittlestampers #august aaabirthday#40 Thank you for stopping by. Take care and stay safe. ~Ana

Hello crafty friends!  It's been a while since I posted on the blog. I took time to follow some of my other crafty hobbies. Do check out my ig account  artocopia . I wanted to make a card for my bff  Crystatin's  birthday this week. I used the floral fantasy die from Altenew to add pretty roses to my slim line bday card. I colored the die cut elements with alcohol markers. Also used gold mirror cardstock as one of the floral elements. For the background, I scored some vertical lines on the cardstock and added some ink splatter as well. The die cut sentiment from simon says stamp. With this card, I confirm that  is definitely my go to crafty die. Playing along with: seizethebirthday#236 Timeoutchallenges #212 happylittlestampers #april Thank you for stopping by. Would love to know your views in the comments. Take care and stay safe. ~Ana

  Hello! It's been a while since I posted on the blog.      I'm back with quick birthday card this one for my senior at work. I die cut the Altenew floral fantasy elements and colored them with zig clean colour real brush markers. The die cut sentiment from simon says stamp is placed in a frame. Colored and lightly stencilled the frame portion with distress inks. Embellished the card with some pearls.  This card doubled up as a holder for the earrings I made. Couldn't get a better pic, I was in a hurry (as always!) Playing along with: seizethebirthday#218 watercoolerchallenges #wwc320 Thank you so very much for stopping by. Do let me know your comments on this one. Stay safe and take care.  ~Ana  

 Hello everyone! I Hope you are doing well. I always thought that using more colors made my artwork messy. Not so long ago I realized I was wrong. I am amazed at how bright and elegant rainbow colors look in an artwork and this months theme is just perfect for the new design team at iqcg to step in. So excited to be a part of the team. Here's my work for the Indian quilling challenge #IQCG81. The theme for this month is rainbow. I filled up my guitar with all the colours. Do participate and link up your take on this challenge here . Thank you so much for stopping by. Stay safe and take care. ~Ana

Hello there, The art of paper quilling is very dear to me. I started with quilling back in 2010 (at a very small scale, for friends and family). Now with the advent of social media, blogs and Instagram, I've come across so much talent and inspiration. I'm amazed at how artists create wonders with this form of art.  Here are my humble artworks for the  Indian quilling challenge DT call . : The first one is a custom made Birthday card with France theme. A quilled butterfly made for one of the iqcg challenges last year And lastly, quilled typography  Thanks for stopping by. ~Ana

 Hi there! Sharing this card today. Made this quick card for the womens day blog hop.  I used the stencil from Simon Says Stamp, distress inks and sentiment from mudra. Linking to: Womens day blog hop happy little stampers #march challenge Thanks for stopping by. Ana