MIM #128 - Stamping Random Backrounds

Hi!
Just popping in quickly to share a card I made for this weeks Make-it-Monday challenge. I managed to make a card earlier this week, (YAY!!)  but I didn't get time to photograph it, so here I am...Last minute Lucy! LOL! (I actually made 2 cards, but the other one has lots of glitter and I can't seem take a decent picture of it, so I might not get to enter it into this challenge in time ;( )
I am thrilled to be also entering this into the Birthday Card Challenge over on  the Moxie Fab World Blog :)
Anyway... Here's my card:

I used the 'Irresistibly Ikat' set for this one. I repeatedly stamped the single circle image with different colors and added some Gold and Silver ink too.  I also broke out my Lil'inkers Stitched mats and cut the sentiment strip on an angle.  The sentiment is from the 'Embroidered blooms' set.

My source of inspiration for this card came from this image I pinned on Pinterest a while ago.

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Isn't it lovely?

Well, that's it from me, for now. If I manage to take a decent pic of the other card I'll be back to share it, if not....I'll post it tomorrow ;)


Peace and Love.
Tasha :)

Papercrafts Publish share and a winner! :)

Hello Lovely people :)
I am just dropping by real quick to share a card I have that was published in the current Paper Crafts mag, and the winner of my blog candy.
Here's the card:

To see how it was made, grab a copy of the magazine here:
Online Store.
Or check it out online, Here

Here's a sneak peek for you too :)

Now for the winner of my Stamping Royalty blog hop prize...... Drum roll please...

Katie Ann Brooks
Yay!!!!
E-mail me your mailing address and I'll mail your prize off to you pronto :)

Well that all from me folks... I'm off to the science center for the day with some of my favorite short people :)
Hope you are having a great day 
Tasha :)

Stamping Royalty 2013 Blog Hop

Hello, and a happy Friday to you :)

Welcome to the stamping Royalty 2013 blog hop.  Today I am hopping along with the other 14 winners of the 2013 stamping royalty competition.  I'd really like to thank the Paper Crafts team once more for picking my  lil'ole'card. :)

Since I am the first stop on the hop, you should have arrived here from the Paper Carfts Connection blog. I will post a full hop list on the bottom just in-case you need it ;)

For this hop, we all picked one of the 5 competion categories. ( Birthday, Christmas/seasons greetings, Hello/Thinking of you, Love and Thank you).

I have a birthday card to share.

When I saw this photograph on Pintrest a while back,

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I was immediately inspired to make a card with my PTI Ikat stamp set.  I just knew it would be bold and beautiful.  I am so pleased with the way it turned out.

I created the background by stamping on kraft card stock with black versafine ink.  I added some shimmer with a starglaze pen and embossed it with the linen and canvas impression plate by PTI, added some gems and mounted it onto a black background. The sentiment is heat embossed with Brown sugar zing powder.
I hope you liked my card for today, and thank you so much for visiting me :)

Now I cannot let you leave without doing a little giveaway, can I? Sooo....

I will be giving away  this prize to one lucky person who leaves a comment below.
You ave until 11:59 pm EST on Tues, July 23rd to leave a comment. I will announce the winner on my blog, on Wednesday July 24th. GOOD LUCK! :)

Now I am sure you are eager to move on, so I will send you onward to the lovely LALO

And last but not least. Here is a full list of the hop:

Natasha Kara  (ME!)

Lalo Ik

Courtney Kelley

Katie Gehring

Jennifer Rzasa

Jean Martin

Alicia Thelin

Sarah J. Moerman

Joni Andaya

Nina Yang

Emily Leiphart

Pamela Ho

Amy Kolling

Ilina Crouse

Shelly Kurth

So, go on...get outta here. Go see what the others have in store  for you. :)))
Natasha



 

Textured Fun Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi everyone and welcome to the Textured Fun blog hop. Today we are showcasing the Textured tiles stamp set.

You should have arrived here from the lovely Wida Miller.
I am so, so honored to be hopping with these AWESOME card makers. These are some seriously talented ladies and I am humbled to be in such company :)

Without further ado I give you my card:

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE color!  I have been told I have a "colorful" personality, (which I take as a compliment) he,he!
For this card I drew heavy inspiration from the African Ndebele prints.

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Don't you just love the color and geometric prints?
I used the single outline triangle along with my trusty stamp-a-ma-jig to create the pattern. I also used the strip of tiny triangles to create a border and the tiny little ones to fill in and add something extra.
I colored the triangles in with copics and then used a clear, ZIG wink of stella brush to add some shimmer. I then used glossy accents to add some dimension.  I mounted the strip to a piece of wood paper. I die cut the bottom edge with a pinking border die. The sentiment is from the Avery Elle Blooming banner set. For the background I used the striped rectangle in the textured tiles set that I heat embossed with clear embossing power.

Now what is a hop without a giveaway?  ;)

Nina will be drawing three random winners from the hop to receive some yummy items, so leave a comment on this post, and check Nina's blog on the 22nd to see if you are one of the lucky winners. Good luck!
These are such fun sets to play with. If you have them please go HERE, and link your projects up, I know Nina would love to see how you used her stamps. 

Well,next up on the hop is the talented Amanda Coleman. 

Here's the full hop list order:
Nina YangDanielle Walls
Taheerah Atchia
Suzanne Dhalberg
Wida Miller
Natasha Kara (me!)
Amanda Coleman
Pamela Ho
Joni Andaya
Laurie Willison

Just before I let you go.... The winners or the Stamping Royalty contest are participating in a blog hop this Friday ( July 19th) so be sure to join us, I can guarantee some inspiration :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day
Natasha :)

Filled with Gratitude.

Hello beautiful people :)
So, I entered a contest a few weeks back called Stamping Royalty.  I only managed to enter three cards, since I ran out of time, (as usual! ;)) and did not hold out much hope.  I knew there were going to be a LOT of entries and shrugged it off, figuring, I'll try harder next year.

Well!  You can imagine my surprise and delight to see an e-mail in my mailbox on Friday, informing me that I, ( YES, ME, Natasha Kara!!!) had WON!  I screeched, hugged my son, who I was picking up from school, and did a very geeky happy dance.  I have been so filled with joy and gratitude that I have not stopped smiling.

I was asked to keep it a secret until the big reveal today.  Here's the post on the Paper Crafts blog.  

I cannot thank the Paper crafts team enough for selecting my little ole card. :)
And I can't thank all the wonderful crafty friends out there, for all the well wishes, and screams of joy for me.
So without further ado... I give you a card I made especially for the occasion.

Thank you all, once again.
I can't wait to see the winners of the other four categories. So exciting! :)
Tasha

Celebrate today.

Hello there. :)
I am back today to share another card I made to enter into the PTI anniversary contest.
For this one I used THIS beauty from Jess Witty as my inspiration.
Aren't those colors divine? I did not have the patience to make a piece of jewelry so went with a card inspired by the colors instead.
Here it is:

I started by die cutting the frame and using the negative as a mask. I inked the background with distress inks and stamped over it with a text background stamp fro Hero Arts. I stamped the flower and sentiment into the window before removing the mask. I stamped the flower several times onto plain white card stock and colored them in with copics. I then added some shimmer with a star dust gelly roll pen and covered it in a layer of glossy accents.  Once it was dry. I cut out the layers of the flower and assembled it with foam dots. I then adhered it to the card base over the stamped image.

Thanks for visiting:)
Tasha
 

Papertrey Anniversary cards.

This is my second post for today. I decided it would be easier to split them up.  So first up I have a card to share for today's challenge. I used sketch NO.5

And here's my card:

I kept it very simple. I stamped the bursts from the funky florals set in different colors and then went over each one with a gelly roll stardust pen to add some shimmer.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in black before I ran the panel through my bigshot with my linen/canvas impression plate.  I foam mounted it onto a plain white card base and that is it. :)

 Next up I have 2 submissions for the day one inspiration contest. This time I used THIS card by Cristina Kowalczyk.
Here's my cards:

What I LOVED about Christinas card was the repeatative stamping of the squares.  For the first one I stamped the medalions using Royal velvet and Simply chartreuse.  I stamped the greeting with smokey shadow and added a strip of score tape with black glitter ritz to the bottom. Lastly I rounded the two top corners.

AND....

 For this one I stamped half of the medallion on the bottom of the piece of card stock in Simply Chartreuse.  Next I stamped the whole medallion with Summer sunrise.  Then I masked off the card and stamped half of the medallion on the top with Melon berry. I added two strips of score tape to the top and bottom  in 1/4 and 1/2 inch widths and  burnished it with grasshopper green Glitter ritz. I stamped the greeting with Smokey shadow.

And that's it for today folks. I'm hoping to keep this streak going so don't fall over if you hear from me in the next few days ;)
Have a great day!
Tasha :)))