The Twisted Challenges -9 | Thanks + Rainbow Colors

Oh man! March is already here!! Which means its time for another Twisty Challenge.
Spring is just in the air and which is why we wanted all the spring colors in your projects!

For my inspiration, I have CASed  Donna Mikasa's card. It was so long in my wish list, that this challenge, I wanted to do it. The simplicity and the elegance of the card was on my mind!
With that said, here is my card for TTC#9.

Its a very simple and clean design. 5x7 card base.
Used spellbinder's matting basics to cut two mats. The Indigo color border is cut seperately, colored with copics and glued again, giving it a flat layer.
I cut the THANKS from Bielo cardstock, colored each alphabet with copics, and glued it on the panel. Die is from MFT stamps.
The sentiment is from Altenew, Crafty friends.  One of my newest stamps and I love it!
The little pups are gift from a crafty friend!

Hope the theme is easy enough but enough fun for you to join! We have a gift voucher from Connect 4Sale this month, of Rs. 1000. Do go over to The Twisted Challenges Blog and see other inspirations too!

Envelope Flip Book | Valentine's Gift!

Hello again! Its time for the mid month inspiration for the Valentine's challenge on The Twisted Challenge Blog! No reds and no pinks!

For me love is in the small things! The small notes, the memories, the love letters! I went for a complete masculine theme and made a small Envelope Flip book. It uses 4 envelopes only, measuring 5x7. And is super super easy! So here are a few pictures of the book, enjoy!

Each envelope holds a postcard note. With some stamping and a cutesy sentiment with it! There is enough room to add a lot more in it.

I have tucked some 3x4 journaling cards too!

Couldn't resist some butterflies!

Some more journaling cards.

These are the postcard notes in each envelope. Aren't they cute? There is enough space to write on the front and back.

Enjoy the quick video of this Flip book! And do join the challenge...just a few days before it ends!

Tutorial - Lorrie Nunemaker
Paper pack used - Papericious Often (Very old pack)
Stamps - Fiskars, MFT, Lawn Fawn, Kaisercraft, Mama Elephant.
Journaling cards - SNAP cards from Simple stories. 

The Twisted Challenges | Valentine's Edition

 Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the Valentine Edition of The Twisted Challenges! This month we have a fun and as always Twisted Challenge for you!!
This month, we want you to create a Valentine's Project! Easy right?? Wait for the twist!
But ..But.. But you are not to use Reds or Pinks! haha! How's that for a twist.

It sure is challenging to think of Valentine's sans reds or pinks!

So here's my inspiration for you ... I have a set of 3 mini note cards. They measure 4x4 in size.
And have my most favorite valentine puns!

These are small enough to be tucked into a lunchbox or your favorite other's bag. Here's a detail view of each of the card below.

There isn't much about the technique as such. Simple stamping, coloring with Copics and matting with some patterned paper.
All stamps are from Lawn Fawn. Bunny and Pearl and its sentiment from My silly Valentine, and the coffee sets is from Thanks a latte
Pattern paper - literally scraps from other projects.
Hope you guys join us for the challenge this month! 

New Year, New Beginnings! The Twisted Challenge #7

Aloha! Hello and a very very Happy New 2019 to all of you! The last of the 'teen' years is here .. and we begin that with a Challenge celebrating something new!

We love the verse that goes with the Christian weddings..something old, something new...it is something that stays true for the new year too... We bring something old with us..our memories, something new..the 365 days ahead of us, something borrowed..lessons we learn from the previous years...and something blue...a bit of color in your life! So this month, that is our Theme

 Do go to our Challenge post to read how you have to use them! Lets see my inspiration on this theme!

So my inspiration is this card for a friend who just bought a new house! Before I jump into how I  made this card, let me share how it fits into the challenge!

Something old - The swirl background and the cloud dies are my very first purchases when it comes to dies and background stamps. They are almost 10 years old!

Something new - This card is for Celebrating a new house as well, I have used a new house stamp from Jane's doodles!

Something Borrowed/Gifted - I borrowed the idea of this card from another card that Ujjwal had sent me last Christmas!

See the 2nd card from the left! That's the card I borrowed the idea from! (p.s. that's my card display in my craft room)

Something Blue - the sky, the house!

About the card...

• The background was embossed directly on the card base, while masking the edges! Sponged Tumbled glass Distress oxide and broken china over the white heat embossed background.
• The house stamps were stamped with Memento black on neenah white 80lbs paper, colored with copics and fussy cut. 
• Cut a few slopes from white cardstock for the snowy hills...edged them with tumbled glass oxide. Stamped congratulations on it, propped it up on foam tape.
• Glued the house images, popped up just one on foam tape. 
• Die cut a few clouds from Papertrey ink's cloud dies, stamped the sentiment on big cloud. Glued them down 
• Stamped, colored and fussy cut a few heart image, glued them down. added some sparkle with spectrum noir pens.. 
• and we are done! 

Hope to see you joining us in this new Challenge! Have a fantastic Year ahead everyone! 

Mid month Inspiration for TTC#6 - Oak Leaf

Hello everyone,
Back today to share the mid month inspiration for The Twisted Challenge Blog!
This month the theme is Color palette and use an element in multiples of 3

Here's my inspiration for you!
Inspired by the leaf in the image, I wanted a leaf image..but do we ever have what we suddenly want?
Nope! So I borrowed it from my friend and went to town with it!

• First I heat embossed a few leaves on watercolor paper. The stamp is Oak Leaf from Neat and Tangled.
• Then I found the relevant distress inks, namely, Mustard seed, shabby shutters, spiced marmalade, fired brick and smooshed the embossed images into the inks...sprayed generous amount of water to blend it together.
• I am not a fan of the soft faded look of watercolors..blame it on my crazy friend who made me love all bright colors!
• And so I took another heat embossed leaf on Neenah solar white paper, and colored with Copics, like a stained glass piece.
• I took my panel, flicked some left over colors from the smooshing. Glued the watercolored leaves.
• I propped up the copic colored leaf on top of the water colored leaves with foam tape.

To bring the colors together, I rummaged through the Craftreat Ombre Basics paper pack and pulled out the red, green, yellow and orange sheets and created a mat for my panel.

You can see the dimension of the copic colored leaf..and the crazy flicking of color!

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Faux Water Colored Sunflowers -TTC#6

Welcome back to my blog! Poor thing awakes when I have a new challenge post to make!
Diwali was a hectic affair and hence there was such a dearth of mojo post Diwali. If I had no Challenge card, I would probably not have crafted at all!

So lets get into the card!!
The theme this month at The Twisted Challenge Blog is Color palette and as a twist, you have to use an element/image in multiples of 3!

For this challenge, I have a Faux Water Color card!
My flowers are in groups of 3.. 
So what does a faux Water Color card mean? Read on below:

I took my favorite Sunflower stamp from Papertrey Ink, and dye inks. Even Distress inks would work amazing in this!

Take Watercolor paper..most important to use. 
I stamped the bigger sunflower with Altenew ink, Warm sunshine
took the smaller flower, and stamped over it with Ruby red ink.
The leaves were stamped with Forest Glades.
Once stamped, I sprayed the life out of that paper with water mister..
Let it dry.
I felt the leaves lost all the color, so I over stamped the leaves back with Forest glades, and didn't bother lining up. It gave a more dreamy look to the card!

The shape die cut is from Spellbinders and Grateful die cut and stamped sentiment are from MFT!

Do drop by our challenge blog and take part in it! We have a fun goody bag sponsored by Me and Saumya for our winner!

Hugs across the miles

Hello everyone,
I am back with another inspiration for TTC3.
Still on the MFT kick! :D
I am trying to use all of my MFT stamps that I have been collecting ahem "buying"over the years! My obsession with them will never end.. So for today, I have another card for The Twisted Challenges #3 - Go Bold and Replace an Alphabet

My card is slightly smaller than 5x7. I used Smooth White cardstock from Letz Craft. I am addicted to the thick white cardstock they offer. Used a Simon Says stamp postcard edge die, to cut the blue mat.
On a white cardstock, I drew black border with copic marker (yes, that's a faux layer) .
Cut my sentiment 3 times from Blue cardstock, using MFT hugs die.
Stacked and colored them to give a ombre look. Added shimmer with Spectrum noir shimmer pens.
Stamped and colored my images on Xpress it cardstock, colored with copics and fussy cut it.

Hope you can see the shimmer here..

Also I couldn't stop at one inspiration, since I had a couple of images colored and cut, I decided to make a Tag.

White base again from Letz Craft, tag die from DCAM.
Used MFT sun-rays stencil for the sun, using squeezed lemonade DI.
MFT grass die, colored the green cardstock with dark green copic to give a little contrast on the layer at the back.
MFT you die, cut 3 times and stacked. Added shimmer
Image stamped and colored with copics.
I just added a black cardstock mat to match the black bold words.

Well, I hope you do join in our challenge this month, there is big prize of 1000Rs. voucher from LETZ CRAFT!
Last day is 31st Aug, not too far away!

Till the next challenge,
Tejal