Thursday, March 21, 2024

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)


Welcome to the annual Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop and Giveaway, hosted by Altenew. I am honoured to be a part of this great initiative. Our goal is to send cards to the elderly who lives in nursing homes or shelters and let them know they’re not forgotten. Please encourage people to check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive and join this great cause by sending in their handmade cards.

I created a card using the Vintage Lace Stencil and Embossing Folder.


I ran my piece of cardstock through the embossing folder. And used the stencils to color in the image. The green and pink papers are handmade papers from my stash.


The sentiment is from the Fresh Freesia stamp set.

We'll donate $1 with every order from the Alcohol Markers collection from 2/26/2024 until 4/30/2024 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.


Giveaway Prizes

$200 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 202403/18/.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Happy Little Stamper August Watercolor Challenge...

 Hi! I hope you are ready for the fresh new challenge at Happy Little Stampers.



This month we have an optional prompt for the HLS Watercolor Challenge.






I created a birthday card for today's challenge.


I started by creating a watercolor background using the Liquid Watercolors by CrafTangles. The colors I used are Lemon Tart, Pretty Peony and Soulmate. After my paper was dry, I stamped the Delightful Daisies background stamp by Whimsy Stamps with the Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I cut a long strip around 2 inches tall. I set aside the rest of the panel for another card. I ran a piece of black cardstock through the Argyle Background embossing folder by Darice so added texture. After rounding one corner of the watercolored panel, I glued it to the card base. The sentiment is from the Altenew One Go Birthday stamp & die set by Altenew.

I hope you liked my card. I look forward to your beautiful creations in the HLS gallery. Do visit the blog for some more inspiration by my teamies.


Love,
Nandini

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Addicted To Stamps And More #453 - Birthdays...

Hello! I hope you are ready for some inspiration for the Addicted To Stamps And More challenge. The theme this time is:


I recently reorganized my crafting area and realized that I really need to use up my stash of pretty pattern papers! 


I found this beautiful, gold foiled paper which seems perfect for a birthday card! The sentiment is from an old stamp set by Mudra Craft Stamps. I stamped it thrice for an offset look.

I hope you liked my card and will create something beautiful for this challenge. You can link your creations to the ATSM gallery. Please don't forget to visit the other DT who have some incredible inspiration for you. I look forward to visiting you in our gallery.

Entering this card in the following challenges


The pattern paper and the stamp are both several years old. This is the first time I am using the pattern paper which I won as a giveaway around 5-6 years ago!


Love,
Nandini

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Happy Little Stamper August Watercolor Challenge...

Hi! I hope you are ready for the fresh new challenge at Happy Little Stampers.



This month we have an optional prompt for the HLS Watercolor Challenge.


I created a birthday card for today's challenge.


I started by creating a watercolor background using the Liquid Watercolors by CrafTangles. The colors I used are Lemon Tart, Pretty Peony and Soulmate. After my paper was dry, I stamped the Delightful Daisies background stamp by Whimsy Stamps with the Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I cut a long strip around 2 inches tall. I set aside the rest of the panel for another card. I ran a piece of black cardstock through the Argyle Background embossing folder by Darice so added texture. After rounding one corner of the watercolored panel, I glued it to the card base. The sentiment is from the Altenew One Go Birthday stamp & die set by Altenew.

I hope you liked my card. I look forward to your beautiful creations in the HLS gallery. Do visit the blog for some more inspiration by my teamies.


Love,
Nandini

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Happy Little Stamper July Watercolor Challenge...

Hi! I hope you are ready for the fresh new challenge at Happy Little Stampers.


This month we have an optional prompt for the HLS Watercolor Challenge.


I used the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp & die set for the flowers. The coloring was done using the Camlin Brush Pens and the sentiment is from the Altenew One Go Birthday stamp & die set by Altenew.


I hope you liked my card. I look forward to your beautiful creations in the HLS gallery. Do visit the blog for some more inspiration by my teamies.

Entering the card in the following challenges:


I was inspired by the flowers.








Love,
Nandini


Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Addicted To Stamps And More #449 - Any Occassion..

Hello! I hope you are ready for some inspiration for the Addicted To Stamps And More challenge. The theme this time is:




I pulled out an old stamp set from my stash for this card. This is the Rosy Garden stamp set by Little Birdie, an Indian brand.



I was pleasantly surprised by the beautiful flower I got after stamping all the layers. It did take me some time to figure out the layers. But once that was done, the stamping was pretty easy. 

The sentiment is from the One Go Birthday stamp & die set by Altenew. This is a great set that stamps a number of sentiments at one go. The coordinating die set cuts them out. 


I hope you liked my card and will create something beautiful for this challenge. You can link your creations to the ATSM gallery. Please don't forget to visit the other DT who have some incredible inspiration for you. I look forward to visiting you in our gallery.

Entering this card in the following challenges

I bought the stamp set couple of years ago. But never inked it.




Love,
Nandini