CAS(E) this Sketch #85

Second post for today. I always have two post of Thursdays. My first post is from CASE Study Challenge #200. And this is my CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge post. I have a new sketch for you today.

The sketch is so versatile and the best part it they are designed by CAS(E) this Sketch design team member N@ Ali. This is why I love CAS(E) this Sketch sketches. Agree with me? lol!

Here is my take on the sketch.

I have used the stamp set from Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit to make my card for the sketch. I love the stamp set that came in the kit. The scribbled flowers and leaves are my favourite. I white heat embossed the flowers and leaves on watercolour paper. They used distress inks Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries to colour the flowers and Crushed Olives and Shabby Shutters to colour the leaves. I then cut them out and clustered them on the white cardstock panel. I also stamped the curly tendrils using Fog Simon Says Stamp ink. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set stamped in black. Well, what will I do without Pretty Pink Posh's gorgeous sequins? lol! Here I have used Mossy Green, Pink Peonies and Raspberry 6mm sequins on my card. You can find all the pretty sequins at Pretty Pink Posh shop and at Simon Says Stamp Shop.

It is you turn to play along. Head over to CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge Blog to see what the other designers did with the sketch and picture. You can also find the linky to link your project at the blog.

Have fun crafting!

CASE Study Challenge #200

Hello, Hi, Hiya and G'day!

This is a scheduled post but by now I should be back home. Yay! Home sweet home! To those of you wondering where I had been, I had gone to India to visit my unwell Father-in-law. He is much better now except for some residual symptoms post head injury.

Anyway, I have another of Shari's card for you as CASE Study muse today. I never get tired of CASing Shari's cards. I think you will agree with me here, right? 

I love the layout of Shari's card and all the white spaces. With that as my inspiration, here is my CASEd card.

This is another no stamp card. All I have used are white cardstock and embellishments. I used some of my old American Craft Dear Lizzy sticker book and fabric stickers on my card. I followed the layout of Shari's card for the placement of the stickers. Finally embellished with the gorgeous gold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. I really love how my CASEd card turned out. Hope you  like it.

Check out the how the designers below interpreted Shari's muse or see them all at CASE Study Challenge blog.

 Amy Wanford, Anika Lerche, Anja Curvers, Anna Kossakovskaya (Umichka), Gayatri Murali (That's me!), Jill Foster, Jeanne Jachna, Julia Stainton, Michelle Williams, Silke Ledlow and Tasnim Ahmed.

Come and play along with us.

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -Anything Goes

Today marks the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge 1st Anniversary!

What a fabulous year it has been! I have been honoured to be part of this team. Thank you Stacey and KIm for having me. To mark the 1st Anniversary, we are celebrating with an Anything Goes challenge!

photo source:  decoritdarling.net

and that's not all!

We have loads of sponsors for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Anything Goes!  Check out all of the amazing prizes that our sponsors are giving away to YOU, our randomly selected challenge participants!  A LEAD and several SHOW STOPPERS will also be named from the Anything Goes challenge gallery!

Sugar Pea Designs

$15 Gift Certificate

Newton's Nook

$20 Store Credit

Neat & Tangled

choice stamp set

The Cat's Pajamas

$25 Gift Voucher

Lawn Fawn

Say Cheese Lawn Cut Die

Paper Sweeties

$20 Gift Cerfificate

Pretty Pink Posh

$20 Gift Certificate

Uniko Studio

£15 Gift Certificate

My Favorite Things

$25 Voucher

Linnie Blooms

12 x 12 Scrapbook Kit

Paper Issues

Swag Bag

Clearly Besotted Stamps

 £15 Gift Card

Taylored Expressions

$25 Gift Certificate

Reverse Confetti

$15 Gift Certificate

Verve Stamps
$30 Gift Certificate

Here is my take on Anything Goes Challenge for Curtain Call Inspirational Challenge.

I have used the flowers and leaves stamp from Winnie & Walter's The Big, the Bold and the Extras stamp set to create the flower background. I stamped the solid image first and then stamped the outline slightly offset. I love this. This creates the not so perfect handmade feel to the card. I did the exact same thing for the banner as well and cut the banner out. Stamped the sentiment and mounted using foam adhesive. Finally added some gorgeous gold sparkly enamel dots. I am inspired by the colours from the inspirational photo for my card. Quick and easy to make. Can do multiples of it in different colours easily to make a card set.

Check out our Curtain Call Crew cards for Anything Goes Challenge.

Amber Kroening

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Lisa Henke

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Sarah Gough

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Anything Goes for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Birthday Blog Hop for Julie!

You should have come from Winnie & Walter's blog.  

Welcome to Birthday Blog Hop for Julie Mogford.  A bunch of us are surprising Julie with a blog hop on her birthday. Shay came up with this idea and I am thrilled to be part of it.

Happy Birthday Julie! Have a wonderful day.

Shay said you love the colour Purple. So I made a purple birthday card for you Julie. 

Here it is for you.

I decided to combine purple, green and a dash of gold for some festivity.

 Hope you like my card. 

Have a wonderful day filled with fun, love and laughter. And wishing you many more birthdays to come.

You next stop on this Birthday Blog Hop is Heather Pulvirenti  Here is the list of all the participant of this surprise birthday blog hop for Julie.

W&W Blog

Gayatri Murali (that's me!)

Heather Pulvirenti 

Joni Andaya 

Kelly Griglione 

Laura Sterckx 

Laurie Willison

Lea Lawson 

Mayuri 

Suzanne Dahlberg

Vanessa Menhorn

Happy Hopping!

CAS(E) this Sketch #84

Hey, it is me again! This is my second post for today, Here is my CASE Study post.

I have a new sketch for you from CAS(E) this Sketch challenge blog.
This new sketch is by Chrissy Larson.

This is my take on the sketch.

I used Magnolias For Her stamp set from Altenew to stamp and watercolour the flowers. I have used watercolour paper, masked off a strip for stamping the sentiment, then stamped the flowers using Archival black ink. Then I have used Dusty Concord and Salty Ocean to colour the flowers. Then Mustard Seed distress ink to colour the stamen and also to colour wash the outside of the flowers. This adds depth to the flowers. Once dry, I removed the mask, stamped the sentiment from Super Script stamp set. I have added some shimmer to the sentiment as well as the flowers using Wink of Stella clear pen.

It is you turn to play along. Head over to CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge Blog to see what the other designers did with the sketch and picture. You can also find the linky to link your project at the blog.

Have fun crafting!