Background Stamped Card

July 21, 2016 Sidelle Menon 15 Comments

Hey Guys! So today I am back with a really simple background stamped card. I used the flower stamp from my Mind's eye and stamped it repeatedly on the background and colored it with my water color pencils. Lastly added a handwritten sentiment.






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Peony Scrolls Card #1

July 19, 2016 Sidelle Menon 18 Comments

Hey Guys!I've been crafting a lot these days and I really like it! So for today's card, I used the beautiful peony scroll stamps from Altnew. They are my first set of Altnew stamps that I picked up from Crafters Corner a while ago and I'm going to get the most use out of them. So I made 2 A-6 cards with envelopes. I used 2 different patterned papers from my stash and cut them to 4*6 inches. After adhering them to the base, I added a few distress ink splatters of fossilised amber and abandoned coral. I stamped the stamps multiple times on a piece of scrap, coloured in with my acrylic colours and finally fussy cut them. This took nearly 3 hours to colour and cut but it was worth the effort. I adhered them to the background, added a hand written sentiment and a few sequins. Here are a few closeups.






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Happy Crafting!



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Recycled Tag No.2

July 19, 2016 Sidelle Menon 10 Comments

Hey Guys!
So I'm back and today's post is a part of the recycling card series and I'm sharing a mini tutorial. So for today, I've used just one card to make the tags. Hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Step 1- Cut out four tags from the card base.

Step 2- Prep your base. Since I didn't have gesso, I used my modelling paste in a few places and also used a stencil with it. 
Step 3- I added color to the tags. I wanted to create two different color tags. So I added colors and DI's to highlight the texture formed by the stencil.
Step 4- Next I used a few scraps of paper and colored them with DI's mermaid lagoon and cracked pistachio. Once they got dried, I stamped different background stamps to give different patterns. Once they were done, I rolled them up into rolls.

Step 5-  Cut and stick the rolls in the shape of a tree. The last step is to EMBELLISH! So i went a little crazy here. I added sequins, a quilled pot, star on the top and drew snowflakes with my 3D outliners. And I added a piece of ribbon to complete the tag. Here are a few closeups.





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               2)More Mixed Media-Anything Goes

                                                             4) Word Art Wednesday-Anything Goes
                                                             5)Avenue 613- Anything goes
                                                               Happy Crafting!




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CAS Christmas Card

July 16, 2016 Sidelle Menon 22 Comments

Hi Guys! So I know that Christmas is a long way ahead but as it is my favorite festival, I thought of preparing for it from now only. So for today's card, I used scraps of paper to make my christmas tree, adhered it to a tag made out of scrap cardboard, tied a few pieces of ribbon, adhered that to a card base and finally added a handwritten sentiment. Here are a few pictures.

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2)Addicted to CAS- stripes ( So I have used strips of paper to create a tree with stripes)

4)Less is more- Repetition ( As the stripes are repeated to form the tree)
Happy Crafting!



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Recycled tag

July 13, 2016 Sidelle Menon 18 Comments

Hey guys! So I'm back with my second post for the day! Today I've made a recycled card from an old wedding invitation card. So here in India, we have weddings on a grand scale and the cards are grand as well. Over the years I've collected so many wedding cards and now its time to use them all. I will be doing a series on them soon. So for this tag, I attached a few pieces of scrap with modelling paste,added color with DI(worm lipstick and abandoned coral),added a few pieces of lace,doily,ribbon, hot glue embellishments and sequins. I stamped the bear from the Scrapberry's my little bear collection that I recently purchased from Crafters Corner. Lastly to finish it off, I added the sentiment LOVE. Here are the closeups.


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Tag Card

July 13, 2016 Sidelle Menon 6 Comments

Hey guys! Today I have another card to share. For today's card, i used the sketch by Lulupu. First I cut a tag out of an old cardboard scrap and then glued down a few scraps of paper with some modelling paste. I painted it with shades of blue and added details with my hot glue gun, modelling paste, 3D outliner and a few more other stuff. To finish it of, I added a stamped butterfly which was colored with water color pencils. Lastly I stuck it in a piece of paper colored with blue water colors, added a handwritten sentiment and I am good to go. here are a few closeups.


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Happy Crafting!


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Quilted Design Card

July 11, 2016 Sidelle Menon 5 Comments

Hey guys, So I'm back with another post. So for this card, I got inspired by a video of thefrugalcrafter on youtube. I love her videos, they are so informative and helpful. So she made a video on how to make a quilted backgroud with stamps but since I didn't have those stamps, I just made my own design and coloured in with my favourite water color pencils and basic sketch pens. I used the sentiment from the set http://www.crafterscorner.in/stamps-accessories/miss-caroline-dolled-up which is one of the new stamp sets that I had ordered from Crafters Corner. Here are a few pics.


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3)As you like it-Favourite markers or inks (Well this is my favourite because I've had them for over 8 years and they still work so well and they are very versatile)
Thanks for stopping by!

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Simple Birthday card

July 11, 2016 Sidelle Menon 4 Comments

Hey Guys! So now I'm back with a bang finally! You will get to see more posts coming up soon. So for this card, I just used a few lace pieces, two handmade flowers, and pieces of paper to make this simple card. Here is a pic.
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Cheers


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Fathers Day card

June 19, 2016 Sidelle Menon 10 Comments

Hey guys! Sorry I've been MIA as I was busy with college admissions. So I was watching a lot of Youtube videos and I'm hooked on to thefrugalcrafters videos. She's amazing and I love all her tutorials. I wanted to make a Fathers Day card, so I decided to make this easel card which is from one of her videos. Also, I've used the origami technique for the words- DAD. You can find the online. Here are a few closeups of the card.

Linking it up to the following challenges:
1)Tic Tac Toe-Challenge 12 (I used the middle column-layers/dimensions-the word DAD,jute/twine-i adhered twine along with sequins to the bottom and painted them black,masculine)
3)Pile it on-old new and blue (Old things used are some twine from an old gift box and the paper is an old gift wrapping paper.New things are the blue star sequins and my new stamps from Itsy Bitsy which I have stamped on my background)
Happy Crafting!

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Galaxy shaker card

June 11, 2016 Sidelle Menon 9 Comments

Hey Guys!
Today I'm back again with a shaker card.I saw a video on youtube a while ago on how to make a background shaker card and wanted to do so ever since.This is the card.
For the background,I painted a galaxy using my acrylic paints and for the shaker,I used different silver colored sequins and gems so that they represent stars.I also punch out some stars from a silver foil since I did not have star sequins.Lastly,I wrote the sentiment- LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME as I felt it would suit the background perfectly.Here are a few closeups.I am sorry for the bad camera quality,will surely get better with time (:

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Shaker card

June 07, 2016 Sidelle Menon 5 Comments

Hey guys,so today I will be sharing a shaker card that I made.
So first I cut a square from the card because I wanted to make it according to the sketch.Then I stuck a piece of cling film behind the square,put different types of blue sequins and sealed it up.Then I stuck a piece of patterned paper,put 3 handmade flowers,leaves and a written sentiment.Here is a closeup..




I would like to enter them for the following challenges:
1)Fusion card challenges-something blue(I got inspired by the sketch and image)
2)613avenuecreate-anything goes
3)crazy4challenges-make it floral

Happy Crafting!

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