Exciting News!

It is so hard to know of an exciting news and keeping it a secret.

 It felt like forever for the two weeks:) Cannot wait to reveal it now!

 I am so delighted and excited to announce that I'm a Girl Friday at CAS-ual Friday Challenge Blog.

Humbled and honoured to be chosen as a Design Team Member for the CAS-ual Challenge Blog by Michelle and also to be working with an incredible team of designers. I am a bit nervous and also thrilled to be working among these talented ladies. Michelle, the owner of the challenge blog has some amazing ideas and love the variety she brings each week to the challenge.

Here are the list of the incredible designers on the design team

These are returning design team members.

1. Karolyn Loncon

2. Dana Seymour

3. Laurie Willison

4. Virginia Lu

5. Julie Day

These are the NEW Design Team Members

1.Debby Hughes

2. Christina MacLaren

3. Lorena Canto

4. Gayatri Murali (thats me!)

5. Jenny Mullens
6.   Lynn Mangan
7. Kimberly Lane 
 

 These ladies are so talented, right? That is why I said I am a bit nervous.

This is not it. Michelle has also come up with a new idea. There is another special team to provide daily inspirations. If you want to know more about it, then hop to CAS_ual Friday Blog :)

The huge announcement is on the CAS-ual Friday Blog. Stop by and also leave some love for me and all the new DT members :)

Thanks so much for all your wishes and lovely comments on my work. Truly appreciate it. They are my motivation and encouragement. So keep them coming :)

Thanks so much for sharing my excitment:) See you soon.

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Inspired by Pinterest

 Today is Thursday! Another Inspired by Pinterest fun challenge. This is a scheduled post as I am currently driving to Perth. It is school holidays and a few days away to the city will give me a good break. Also we wanted to show my in-laws Perth City and the surrounds. 

 

Anyway, this is the picture, I was inspired by this week.

( Source: Pinterest)

I love the cityscape with sky/cloud painted inside the silhouettes. Just darn innovative and artistic. I wanted to recreate it the moment I saw it. I am not good with paints but tried my best :)

So here is my interpretation of the inspirational picture.

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stamps Select White from PTI

Pattern Paper: Basic Grey White Basic and Pink Gelato from Kaisercraft

Stamp Set: Birthday Inside Out from PTI

Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink and Perfect Plum from SU, Stazon Black Ink

Accessories: Tag from PTI, Citiscape die from MFT, Silhouette die from Marianne Design Creatables Charleston Lady, rhinestones from PTI and twine from twinery.

I was digging through my supplies and came upon some paper pads which I forgot I had. Lucky for me, Kaisercraft's Pink Gelato papers coordinated beautifully with the colours of the evening sky on the silhouette. So after a very long time, I have used pattern papers on my card. And shocking to me, I have used pastel colours! They do look nice. I don't know why but I do not use pastel colours so much. I love bright colours a lot. But every now and then I surprise myself and use pastel colours. Love it. Hope you do too.

What I did with the silhouette is, I layered cityscape dies and adhered them under the silhouette piece. Cut a scrap paper the same size as the silhouette die cut piece. I placed it under the silhouette piece and marked the outline of the silhouette. Then I painted blue and violet colours on the scrap paper. When dry, I adhered the two pieces together. Isn't it beautiful?  Wish I drew some birdies. But I am happy with what it is now.

I am submitting this card for Papercraft April Gallery Challenge :)

If you are inspired by the inspirational picture and make a project then, make sure you link the project below. Note this linky will always stay open. So there is no time frame. Same with linkies for past inspired by pinterest posts.

Cannot wait to see what your create. Have a great day! 

See you soon with an awesome news tomorrow :)

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I am a Rock star!

Toot! Toot! Sharing my toot today. 

This card was featured at Retro Sketches as a Rock Star for sketch #5.

I am particularly very pleased with how this card turned out for me. The colours and patterns all came together beautifully with the Retro Sketch. So glad it is featured :) Thank you Retro Sketch team. I am very excited about it and am proud to wear this badge.

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon :)

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A Blog Named Hero

This is a blog dedicated to all things Hero Arts. 

It is a new blog and I made a card for its first challenge.

 Here is the link to the blog and to the challenge

And here is my card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampers Select White and Clay Canyon from PTI

Stamp Sets: Antique Keys Cling stamp and Celebrate Everyday Clear Stamps from Hero Arts

Inks: Hero Arts Night Chalk Ink and Archival Jet Black Ink

Accessories: Orange twine from MS and Key from Kaisercraft.

The Antique Keys stamp was gifted to me by my sweet friend Cara. It has been a while since I received it and wanted to use it in a non vintage way. After a lot of thought, I came up with this card. I think I have achieved it right? Thanks Cara for a awesome stamp :)

 

I have found a passion for Hero Arts Stamps. The more I use them, the more I like it. So when this blog was started, I was delighted. More Hero Arts inspiration Yay!

Thanks for visiting and see you soon :)

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Thanks!

Jay Gee's Nook has a new challenge on its blog - Challenge #18

Love the collage of pictures but the one that stood out for me is the center picture -the plate setting. 

Wow! the green chevron with the aqua side plate on the beautifully shaped plate. 

So inspired by it, I made my card.

Supplies: 

Cardstock: Stampers Select White, Fine Linen and Hawaiian Shores from PTI

Stamp Sets: Daily Designs and sentiment from PTI, Geo Graphic from Paper Smooches

Inks: Garden Green from SU, Archival Jet Black ink

Accessories: Spellbinders label #4 die, circle punch, rhinestones from Kaisercraft and Bookprint impression plate from PTI

To make my card, I used the latest sketch from Retro Sketches - Sketch #6 .

I flipped the sketch vertically and used the traditional card base instead of a square card base. Love this sketch. So versatile. 

If you like to play along the challenges then I have the linked both of them. Check them out. They are cool and very inspiring :)

Thanks for stopping by!

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