Dee's Art Utopia: May 2015

Thursday, May 28, 2015

I'm being CASEd at Time Out challenges!!

Hello friends today I am over at Time Out Challenges blog as their CASEing artist :) I am super excited and can't wait to see how you will CASE my card !

When Sandie asked me, I jumped and replied right back with a yes :D It's such an honor. And as most of you already know I now have my own line of stamps Dee's Artsy Impressions under the umbrella of STAMPlorations, so wouldn't it be awesome for me to GIVEAWAY another of my very first set "Blooming Buds" to the winner :)

Let me show you my card...

I used some pigment inks to stamp the jars and the flowers with the masking technique and adhered this panel over the patterned paper. There a lot of elements in this card that could inspire you :)

I hope you will join in the fun at Time Out challenges :) I will be honored to see you CASEing my card. I want to thank Sandie for inviting me and also all the teamies of Time Out for making such wonderful cards :) I am over the moon.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 3

Hello and welcome to day 3 of Stencil Blog Hop hosted by STAMPlorations using there very own line of stencils called the ARTplorations :) Today is the final day of the hop with lots of inspiration and loads of prizes and also additional two days of linky party for you to join.

Don't forget to comment here and rest of the stops for your chance to win these amazing Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.
THREE (3) winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.
+ Extra prizes for those who participate in the Flash Stencil Project Linky Party and link up by May 31.

Commenting closes on May 29. Winners will be announced on June 1.

Let me show you my card...

To make this card, I used ARTplorations Old Rose Art print stencil to water color them. I also added some grunge (using Mixed media grunge set) and stamped the sentiment (Fond Expressions) and adhered the water colored panel on a top folding card.

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - Using tiny images!

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps feature post. For this post I am showcasing a fun and creative way to use those tiny little images in your stamp sets :)

I have created these two cards by using the Lovely greetings, Star Fri-dies and Sassy Smiles stamp sets. Here is a look into my projects...

To make the first card I used the tiny little flower and stamped it to create banners. and on the second card, I used the star die to create a mask and stamped the same flower multiple times to finish the card. I am sharing the closeups because I recently bought my very first Wink of Stella and I am totally in love with it.

It was fun creating this set, I hope I was able to inspire you.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Monday, May 25, 2015

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop - Day 1

Hello and welcome to another Stencil Blog Hop hosted by STAMPlorations using there very own line of stencils called the ARTplorations :) This is a fabulous 3 day hop with lots of inspiration and loads of prizes and also additional two days of linky party for you to join.

Don't forget to comment here and rest of the stops for your chance to win these amazing Prizes:

SIX (6) winners (2 winners per day) will receive their choice of ARTplorations stencil. Winners will be randomly drawn from all comments left on the designers' blogs.
THREE (3) winners will each receive a $10 gift certificate. Winners will be randomly drawn from comments left on the STAMPlorations blog.
+ Extra prizes for those who participate in the Flash Stencil Project Linky Party and link up by May 31.

Commenting closes on May 29. Winners will be announced on June 1.

Let me show you my card...

To make this card, I sponged the roses using ARTplorations Old Rose Art print stencil in three shades of distress inks. On a piece of vellum, I heat embossed the roses (Blossom Overture) and the sentiment (Fond Expressions) and adhered it on the stenciled panel. Hope you like it.

Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

PS STAMPlorations is having a Memorial Day free worldwide shipping special from May 22 to May 31st on orders $20 and over. Also limited quantity of my very first stamp set Blooming Buds is available for purchase from today. check it HERE

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 25th 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the June 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or your choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for the month of May. You guessed it right... I have more kraft inspiration :)

To make this card, I die cut the circles and leaves. I layered the circles to make the flowers. I stamped the images on the center of these flower and adhered it all together to create my card.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent; Inks - Hampton Art white pigment ink; Patterned paper - Heidi Swapp - Dream; Dies - Nestabilities - Scalloped circles, Foliage and Sizzix circle dies

Saturday, May 23, 2015

ATCAS #64 - Animal

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Joanna and she has chosen the code word... ANIMAL. Possibilities are endless :). I would also like to welcome back our Talented Guest Designer Monika of Imagine the impossible blog! Her card this week is just adorable :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win 1 stamp set from our amazing sponsor Create a Smile Stamps

I went with a baby animal theme. Here's my card...

To make this card, I simply stamped the image and colored it with markers. On the base I added a patterned paper and hand cut the speech bubble :)

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

Supplies used - Stamps: Mama Elephant Nursery Deco; Spectrum Noir Markers; Memento Tuxedo black ink, Patterned paper - Pink Paislee Hello sunshine

Friday, May 22, 2015

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 22nd 2015

So let me show my third inspiration card for the month of May. And more kraft :)

To make this card, I heat embossed the daisy in white on the white panel and Inked it with some yellow ink. I also heat embossed the baby carriage on kraft and fuzzy cut it.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent and Bloom sketches; Inks - Hero Arts Coup a joe ink, Distress Squeezed lemonate, Mustard seed, Versamark ink; Pretty pink Posh Stiched border -1 dies

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

GIVEAWAY winners !!

I am so pleased and overwhelmed by all the lovely comments you left here on my blog and my Facebook post :) Words can't express how I feel... It really means a lot to me :) Thank you soooooooo much for all the love and admiration.

I have picked up the winners using Random number generator :)

The winner from the comments made on my blog is Stephanie Poteet and the winner of comments made on STAMPlorations blog is Shona Chambers. I have many more sets coming and there will be a giveaway for every set :) So keep checking in !!

Congratulations Stephanie and Shona, please email your mailing address to me at deepti.rules1980@gmail.com :) I will send your stamp sets right away. I am super excited to see what you will create using my very first stamp set.

Since, my post cannot be complete without a card, here is one using my very first design "Blooming Buds" ....

This involves, stamping, water coloring and stenciling :) The jar is from Recollections - Mason jar set and stencil is from Crafter's companion. Water colors used are KOI water colors. I am sharing this at a few challenges Color Throwdown #343, City Crafter challenge #262 - Inky-nes"S", The challenge #35 - Inspiration and Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Stencil it

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Happy Birthday Sandie !!

Hello everyone ! It's party time and we are celebrating the birthday of our very sweet and adorable bloggie friend/ teamie Sandie of London days :)

I wish her a very Happy birthday and an year full of love, happiness and creativity :) and here's the birthday song I am singing for your Sandie :)

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Sandie, Happy birthday to you!!!

Here's the card I made for her :) Hope you like it!!

HERE is a little linky party we are having to celebrate her birthday :) Enjoy!!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment !

Thursday, May 14, 2015

STAMPlorations Spotlight - Mixed media fun!

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my 15th spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am showcasing a the step by step process to create this card focusing mixed media fun :)

So, here's a look into the finished card ...

I have used The Birds and The Blooms, the June/ July 2015 Stamp Club set, Mixed Media Grunge stamp set and ARTplorations Stencil - Old Rose Art Print

I am sharing this at City Crafter challenge Blog #261- Focus on flower, Inspirational #82 Designer choice recipe -(I used Distressing, embossing and flowers) and Time out challenge #31 - Grunge with optional twist of embossing

Please head over to STAMPlorations Blog for a photo tutorial on this. click HERE. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Big News! My very first stamp design :) and a GIVEAWAY!

Hello dear friends! I have been keeping a secret from all of you for a while now, though it was hard to keep a secret but it has pushed my excitement to the moon :)

I am an illustrator now! Yippee :) Today at STAMPlorations blog we are revealing my own line of designs Dee's Artsy Impressions. The thought is still sinking in....

I want to share a little story about my designing :)

"Though I don’t have a memory of being a good artist from my kindergarten time but when I see the notes from my teachers I believe that I had some drawing skills right from the start. I guess I owe this to my father, he is a great artist only that he never took it seriously ;) I am glad I got his genes LOL.

Moving on… later in the years, I developed pencil sketching as a hobby. But, then I had my studies and a career to work on. So it took a back seat! It was after marrying and moving to USA that I had plenty of time and support from my husband to get back to my hobby.

Little did I knew that I will end up being passionate about card making and one fine day due to some kind of a magic spell… Shery Russ [The owner/ illustrator of STAMPlorations] will reach out and ask me “If I would like to design stamps?” What??!!? I mean what just happened here, I was in disbelief. How did she know that I could design stamps? It seems she has some special powers!!

Though I was in disbelief, I clearly remember reaching out to my note pad and scribbling a few stamp designs and the rest is history! Here I am today sharing my little story.

I want to thank Shery for bringing me on board and I want to thank her sister for designing such a stunning logo for my Stamp line:) and now I am excited to know what you think about my design??

My very first illustration will be available as "Blooming buds" stamp set. Here is the preview

And of course I had to make some cards to showcase this set :)

My first card is water colored and second is embossed and colored with markers :)

GIVEAWAY

Since, this is my big day, I am giving away TWO of my sets one HERE and one on STAMPlorations blog :) All you have to do is -

Leave a comment on STAMPlorations blog
Leave a comment HERE on my blog
Share the link of Facebook and let me know with another comment (to double your chance)
The giveaway is open till May 17th 2015
Winners will be randomly drawn from here and STAMPlorations blog post respectively.

I can't wait to know, how you like my very first set??!!? Thank you so much for being a part of this and leaving me a comment :)

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps Feature - Obsession with Kraft

Hello friends!! Today I am here for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps feature post. For this post I am showcasing my recent obsession with kraft and blue :) This color combination is just delightful!

I have created these two cards by using the CAS-ual Friday's Lovely links Fri-Dies, Mon Ami Fleur Fri-dies and Stalk up Fri-dies, Mon Ami and Sassy Smiles stamp sets. Here is a look into my projects...

To make this card I cut out the lovely link die 3 times, adhered it on the kraft card stock. Stamped the flowers on a patterned paper and die cut it. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment in white pigment ink and added the diet cuts heart left out by die cutting the link:)

To make this, I took a water color panel, added brush strokes with Twinkling H2O, took a kraft panel of the same size and die cut it 5 times with stalk up Fri-dies. Adhered it all together and to finish the card, I stamped the sentiment.

It was fun creating this set, I hope I was able to inspire you.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

Monday, May 11, 2015

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 11th 2015

So let me show my second inspiration card for the month of May. Continuing my obsession with kraft :)

To make this card, I heat embossed the bear, fuzzy cut them and inked time in rainbow colors. Background was created with some polka dots stamping.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent and Vignette Retro Mod shapes; Inks - Hero Arts Latte, Coup a joe ink, Distress Peacock feathers, Mowed Lawn, Mustard seed, Spiced Marmalade, Picked raspberry, Versamark ink; Corner rounder punch from We r memory keepers

Saturday, May 9, 2015

ATCAS #63 - Birds

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Jan and she has chosen the code word... BIRDS. Possibilities are endless, I was particularly excited for this one as I get to use my new stamp set :). I would also like to welcome our Talented Guest Designer Monika of Imagine the impossible blog! She is also my teamie at STAMPlorations and the cards she made, her design ideas and her creativity is just amazing. Her card this week is just adorable :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win $20 gift certificate stamps from our amazing sponsor CAS-ual Friday's Stamps

I went with water coloring my birdie. Here's my card...

To make this card, I simply stamped the image and did some water coloring. Fun and easy ! We are also having a DT call, so if you are interested in CAS cards and working with an awesome team, don't forget to apply :) I am sharing this at Less is More Week 223 - OLC Water and The Pink Elephant #297 - Thanks

Have fun in creating CAS card :) and thank you for visiting my blog.

Supplies used - Stamps: STAMPlorations The birds and the blooms and Mixed media grunge; Koi water colors; Archival Jet black ink, Hero arts Forver green and Cuppa Joe

Friday, May 8, 2015

STAMPlorations Inspiration - May 8th 2015

So let me show my first inspiration cards for the month of May. This month I will be obsessed with kraft and blues, mostly kraft :)

To make these cards, first one focuses on embossed focal image and second one on paper pieced stamped image. The stripes on the second card were created by inking and masking.

Head over to our STAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Supplies used: Stamps - Heaven sent; Inks - Archival Black ink, Hero Arts Latte ink, Memento Black ink, Versamark ink; Heidi Swapp - Dreamy and DCWV - Basics stack patterned paper; Twine from Twinery and wood veneer from Studio Calico; Dies - Pretty Pink Post stitched border -1; Spectrum Noir markers

Friday, May 1, 2015

Mixed Media Card Challenge #11 - WINGS and CASEplorations #4 - Kim Makortoff

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps April/ May 2015 Release Day!

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #11 - WINGS. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about. So let's see what our challenge is,

WINGS with an optional element of Foil.... This is what I created.

To make this card, I took a water color card stock, I added some colored crackle paste using the sun burst stencil and let it dry. One dried I colored with water colors. Then I stamped the butterflies and did some mixed media grunge stamping along the edge. I took a die cut butterfly, inked and stamped over it and layered half of it with another die cut butterfly. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment and adhered it all together :) I want to thank Loll for sending me this fabulous sunburst stencil and another sweet friend for the lovely die cut :)

There is a lot more incredible inspiration by a versatile and uber talented team :) Please head over to our challenge blog to check out the details of the challenge and some more inspiration.

CAS-ual Friday's Stamps April/ May 2015 Release Day!

Hello friends! Welcome to day 4/ final day of release at CAS-ual Friday's Stamps and I am sure you loved all of the release so far and I am pretty sure that this last day will not disappoint you. Today on the day 4, we are showcasing the one new stamp set "Calm and Loving" you will love this for the versatility of the stamps.

So here are my cards...I ended up creating two cards

Making these card was fun, 'coz it was pure stamping delight :) with a touch of patterned paper :)

There are some amazing cards created by the Design team to check out by clicking HERE and there is an awesome prize... one random winner drawn from one of the sneak peek days to win a $25 gift certificate to the store. Today is the release day :) Hope you enjoyed!

Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment :)

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Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Sandie, Happy birthday to you!!!

Thursday, May 14, 2015

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GIVEAWAY

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Monday, May 11, 2015

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Friday, May 8, 2015

Friday, May 1, 2015

This is my second post for the day, Please click HERE for CAS-ual Friday's Stamps April/ May 2015 Release Day!