Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello everyone!

This is my third time being a guest for the abofreakinlutely rad event "The" Advent Calendar Extravaganza hosted by the amazeballs Taheerah Atchia. The sponsor today is the amazing company we all love; Altenew. The only new thing this year is that now I am part of this awesome team! YAY!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

I heat embossed the Build A Flower Poinsettia from Altenew with Antique Gold Crisp Embossing Powder onto watercolour paper. I used distress inks as watercolours.

I have shown how to layer this Poinsettia flower to make it look more fuller in THIS post.

I did the same technique again for this card. 

There is tons of dimension on my card. The leaves and flowers (and some petals) are all on different levels. 

I hope you liked it!

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Altenew so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2017 to enter.

Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

Studio Katia: A Bit of Gold

I have a new card to share over at Studio Katia blog.

Hope on over and leave me a bit of love :)

xx

Erum

Altenew Anemone Bouquet and WINNER Altenew Marker Release

Hello friends!

I have a new post on the Altenew blog featuring the newest Artist Markers Set B and the gorgeous Anemones.

Also, I have a winner to announce for the Altenew Marker Release.

Are you ready!

DRUM ROLL

 Karthikha

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com to avail your $30 gift certificate by December 15th with the subject "Altenew 11/20/2017 winner from Erum's blog".

WINNER Spellbinders November 2017 Blog Hop

Hello lovelies!

Here to announce the winner for $25 gift certificate.

The winner is

Reusing Cards & Quilling

Many congratulations!

 Please contact Spellbinders at socialmedia@spellbinders.us by 11/30/2017 with the subject line Spellbinders November 2017 Blog Hop Winner from Erum's Blog.

Happy shopping!

Guest Designing at Spellbinders - Trio of Cards Using Sunflower Cool Vibes

Hello everyone! I am honoured to be guesting for one of my favourite companies, Spellbinders. Today I have three cards to share with you using just Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp Set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low. I will be showing you three ways to use this stamp set.

As you can see I kept the colours same on all three cards so that it doesn’t distract you from the design. Bonus that they look nice in the photo J

First and foremost, I have to say how beautiful this stamp set is! The intricate details all stamped perfectly and crisp. I used both stamps from this set several times with Versamark on watercolour paper. I then used Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set it.

Then, my most favourite part, I ink smooshed the background using Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks. When the background was still a bit wet, I went in to drop some more of the same colours in a few places to add a bit more interest.

To add a little sparkle I rolled up some silver string, glued it on to my card front. I stamped the sentiment and popped it over the string with foam tape. I really wanted to add yellow enamel dots to my card instead of silver sequins but I ran out of them. I think the enamel dots would have looked so much better here and would’ve complimented the other two cards beautifully.

For my second card, I stamped the Sunflower twice on watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I then watercoloured the petals using Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks.

The flower center was coloured with a variety of yellows and greens from the distress ink family. I do love to watercolour with distress inks, they flow effortlessly. After the images were dry, I fussy cut them out and started working on my card front.

Again, I stamped the Sunflower repeatedly on to watercolour paper with Veramark and heat embossed it with Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder then heat set it. I already knew what the placement of my flowers and stamp would be, keeping that in mind I added grey watercolour to my background with varied concentration. By varied concentration I mean that the grey would appear dark in some places and light in others.

After my card front was dry, I popped my sunflowers on foam tape. I heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock added a little more foam tape on this label so that it was on a higher level than the flowers.

I played around with the placement of all three elements till I found the perfect position.

I then covered my stamped images and sentiment label with my hand (you can even use a piece of cardstock or do this step before adding the images) and added black and grey paint splatters. In the end I added a few silver sequins for the bling.

Now onto my final card.

This one too has white heat embossed images and watercolouring! I stamped both the images from this stamp set on to watercolour paper with versamark in a way that it would make a corner border. Apart from this I stamped both the images again to add to the opposite corner.

Then I watercoloured the sunflower petals with Peacock Feathers only, the center with Spiced Marmalade and the outer design with Chipped Sapphire. For the smaller medallion, I used a mix of colours. This image reminds of ceramic tiles.

After the images were dry, I fussy cut the design leaving a white border along the design.

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and added paint splatters to my card front. I then popped up the two pieces I fussy cut on each corner and added a few sequins.

There you have it! A trio of cards using just one stamp set!

That is all from my side! 

x 

Erum