Smooshing!

Hello Sassy Crafters! My back-to-back post! :)

I am so excited to tell you that I received the Unity Stamps which I had won at Berina's blog! So glad to have them...and was very desperate to make something using those gorgeous stamps! :)

My card using one of the Unity stamps:

For the card, I used smooshing technique- so glad I tried it! I am gonna try this again and soon! Ok, I used different color DIs - Fire brick, Worn lipstick, Picked raspberry, Seedless preserves from Tim Holtz. I stamped those butterflies rubber stamp from Unity Stamps. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations - Balloons & Banners.

These are the stamps I received! Aren't those gorgeous? :) Thanks a lot Berina!

I am entering this card for

Freshly Made Sketches #214

Color Me Challenge # 99- Hope I am close enough!

and

Time Out Challenge#45 - Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies..
Inspired by these beautiful words

Thanks for being here...Have a fun Crafty day! :)

Googly-eyed owls!

Heyya Peeps!!

For all my US friends..Hope you all had a relaxed and happy Thanksgiving! And everyone, hope you had a great day! :)

Do you remember my post in which I used STAMPlorations- Retro Mod Shapes stamps for making a chicken birthday card? 

If not, find it HERE!

This time I used the same set for making OWLS..! :P 

Look at my card :

I stamped the Retro Mod Shapes stamps for the body and wings. I paper pieced those wings and the orange ! I doodled over the party hats and those long legs! And adhered those googly eyes, don't they look cool? 

I paper pieced the nose, I didn't realise that I inverted the nose of the taller owl until I finished the card! Is it looking more like chicken? :P

 I hope not! 

I am entering this card for Casology#174 - Owls

Color Throwdown#370 - Blue, Orange, Brown

and 

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes! 

Thanks for dropping by..Happy Crafting! :)

I love U 2 ! ;)

Heyyaaa Sweet Crafters!! :)

While I can see pretty Christmas cards floating through-out our blog-land..I thought why not make 1-2 cards more before starting my Christmas ones? :)

My first card is a black and white with a tinge of gold!

For the card, I stamped flowers from STAMPlorations - Blooms sketches and Fiskars- Petals from scratch stamp set. I used jet black archival ink. I used Rangers gold embossing powder and versa mark to heat emboss the sentiment. I also added golden color to the petals! :)

I am entering this card for Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Gilding

and
My second card is inspired by this month's Time Out#44 Guest Designer Karen.
Look at her gorgeous card!! I loved the sketch and doesn't that stenciling look just perfect ?? :)



My second card is here:

For this card, I inverted the sketch of Karen's card and did loads of  masking for it! :P I used the STAMPlorations- Bloom sketches and Bo Bunny- It is written stamp set. I used 3 different shades of yellow distress ink to color the flowers and leaves. The sentiment is heat embossed using gold embossing powder from Ranger.

Also, I am entering both of the cards for
STAMPlorations Anything Goes

and

AAA Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters hardly find time for anything, but still that's the one thing we all manage to find time for! I have a time saving hack for you ladies..as Christmas is just around the corner, you may not find enough time ..So, you can use one black card stock and make a sheet for heat embossed sentiment like this. It helps, really! (and if you already know what kind of cards you are gonna make, then this one is a life -saver ) I have made this sheet using white and gold embossing powder. :)

Hope you liked my CAS cards! 

Enjoy! :)

  

Colorful mixed media card!

Hello Fellow Crafters! Happy Friday to you all! :)

Today I am bringing before u a mixed media card. This month's theme at Mixed Media Card Challenge is Family! I got these "Houses" stamps recently and they are perfect for the theme!

For the card, I stamped those adorable houses on American Craft patterned papers with Archival jet black ink and paper pieced them. I also colored one of the houses with Distress ink and filled windows with black gel pen. 

The background sky is masked using DI and decorated used white pigment ink and black gel pen. I have used texture paste and distress ink for the ground using Craftslane stencil. Also, I used STAMPlorations set - Bloom sketches for the sentiment and Dee's Artsy impression-Balloons & Banners for those little heart clouds! :)

I am entering it for Mixed Media Card Challenge- November 

and 

STAMPlorations- Anything Goes

Hope you like my card! :)
Have a great weekend ahead!
Hugs xx

STAMPlorations November Challenge #25 - GDT!

Helloooo Ladies!!
I am back after a Diwali Break! Had a fun -time with my family and friends! :)

And

I  LOVEE to be the "Guest Designer" for  STAMPlorations!! I won this amazing $15 prize at September Challenge HERE. 

YOU have a chance to become a Guest Designer at STAMPlorations too! :)

This month, the theme is "Stamps & Newspaper print"! I gasped when I learnt about it..So many ideas popped into my little mind... ;)

and sketch

I made this card using the above theme though I didn't use the sketch!

I have used heat embossing for the background. The newsprinted stamps are from 'Trendy Feathers' stamp set of STAMPlorations and leaves from 'Trendy Leaves' from STAMPlorations! I used DI wild honey and sprinted water on the stamp before stamping. I have used distress ink for sponging the background and also for stamping~!

You can find wonderful creations by the talented Design Team here
Becca
Julie
LauraJane
Sari
Tenia
Wei Wei

I hope I have inspired you in some way to let the creative juices flow.. :) Would love to see what YOU come up with...! :)

I am entering this card for Indian Craft Room  water color blog hop!


Also,
I would love to share with you all the photos of the exhibition that I had recently! My Father-In-Law makes Origami craft. So, we decided to exhibit my cards and his origami! We enjoyed the response and it was one amazing experience! :)

Thanks for stopping by here! :)

Craic for the craic - GDT Post for November!

Helloooo Craftyyy Friendsss!! :)

It is November already! Where did 2015 go...? Time flies fast!!

 I am over at Craft for the craic November post! The theme this time is "Something glittery" - you can interpret it in your own way! Add glitter, sequins, glittery sheet, anything! Show off your work! ;)

My card this month is here:

I have added a lot of layering to this one! I love the combination of black and white and silver. I tried something different by using this month's Happy Little Stampers Sketch. I used ARTplorations -Shutters stencil. Added silver glitter over the black for the texture. Then stamped the sentiment over a purple colored card stock. I used doubled sided tape to add some dimension.  :)

I am entering this card for 

Happy Little Stampers Sketch Challenge


Virginia's View Challenge # 20 -Add Texture


and

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes

Thanks for hopping by my blog!

Happy Diwali to you all!!! :)

Hugs xx

There is still time to play at Time Out Challenge!

Heyya Crafters!! :)

This time I have another card for reminder post of Time Out Challenge#43! As you know, the theme this week is 

"Christmas with the optional twist of "use pink and/or purple""

and

Sponsor is Uniko Studios

and 

So, I made this card with my new stamp set from STAMPlorations - Yuletide Cheer! :)

I stamped the base card with stripe stamp from Bo Bunny - to the point stamp set. I repeatedly stamped the snowman stamp from STAMPlorations using color box white pigment ink. I finished my card by adding the sentiment and sequins! :)

You can find the wonderful creations of Time Out Design Team HERE.

I am so glad to have joined such a spectacular team! Thank you ladies for this great time!

Come on ladies! Let's see how YOU interpret this theme...! :)

I am entering this card for MUSE Challenge #140. Check out the wonderful inspiration by Ardyth this week! Don't you totally love that panda? :)

and

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by ladies! 

Happy Crafting ! :)

CASEplorations November- CASEing myself!

Heyyaaa Lovely Crafters!! :)

I am soo very thrilled to announce that my card for September was selected as CASEplorations winner! Shery and Maria gave me this wonderful opportunity to CASE my own card as inspiration! Woot! Woot! ;)

Thank you all the STAMPlorations ladies for choosing my card and giving me this chance! :)

This is my winning card which you can find here. It is also a CASE- of Vicki's card ! ;)

So, this card is actually a CASE of a CASE.. :P Ok, I should stop! :P

I have stamped STAMPlorations Bold Sentiment - Hashtag Authentic on the background using Black Soot distress ink. I used color box white pigment ink for the contrast on the tag. The butterfly is from STAMPlorations -Trendy Butterfly stamp set. I have used distress ink - Fire brick, Seedless preserves, Wild honey and Mowed lawn. I also selectively colored the background!

Which card did you like more?

You can find all the DT inspirations as below
Vicki
Deepti
Shirley

Monika
Maria

I would really wanna see how you guys show off and CASE any one of these cards!

So, are you ready to play? :D

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!  xx