Giveaway(s) Alert!! :)

Hellloooo My Dear Crafty Friends!! :)

I am so happy to announce that I am having not one but TWO giveaways!! Wait, what?!

Yes, really! 

And what better day to have this event than my Anniversary! Yeah, we have our 3rd one today! :)

My blog has 25K hits, my FB page has 100+ likes and I am close to making 100 followers on my blog! All this was possible because of your love and support! 

I don't want to do injustice to my International or Indian crafty friends, that's why, I am having TWO giveaways!

I am giving away $10 gift certificate from STAMPlorations

(for International Crafters)

and

Giving away these goodies for Indian Crafters! :)

TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN:

1. Be a Follower of my BLOG 

2.Comment on this post telling me what is your favorite crafting technique.

3.Add an "(I)" for India in your blog-post comment if you belong to India.

4.Follow my FB page, share this post and tag your (one or more) crafty friends

I will choose TWO winners randomly from the comments on the blog-post and FB page! 

I will announce the winners on 14th February - Valentine's Day! :)

P.S: I would add more goodies/certificates if I achieve more milestones while having this Giveaway! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! :)

Hugs xx

Did you know?

Hii Girls!!! 

that

and

 I am so excited and happy to be a part of STAMPlorations family! :)




Thank you so much Shery for giving me fantastic opportunity!!!

You can find me HERE today on STAMPlorations blog! :)

I am looking forward to work with the talented Design Team Members- each one has a unique style and they rock this blog-land with their wonderful creations!

Thank you so much for your best wishes and love, Ladies! :)
Hugs xx


P.S: I was dying to tell this exciting news number "2"!! It is out, now!! ;)

Little Birdies!

Heyyaaa Sweet Friends!!! :)

A very quick post today that I am sharing with you all!

I will show you my card-

I started off by water-coloring the base using water color paper and Distress inks.

I have used Jane's doodles stamp set - Garden friends. I drew those snow caps and colored all the little birdies using various distress inks. The sentiment is from STAMPlorations - Yuletide cheers set. I added snow with a white gel pen and was done! :)

I am entering this card for-

Simon says Wednesday Challenge - Create with critters

Stamping Smiles designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge # 2 - Using snow,100%stamp and critters

and

STAMPlorations-Anything goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs xx

Playing with water and colors!

Heyyaaaa Dear Stampers!! Happy Friday to you all! :)

This is my other card! You remember , right? I had shared sneak peek of it in my last post! Well, here it is! 

For the card, I smooshed the background using distress inks - mustard seed, peacock feathers and picked raspberry. Later, I adhered a colorful strip patterned paper. The flowers are from STAMPlorations- Bloom sketches. I stamped them using Black soot DI and shaded with grey colored water colors. :)

I am entering this card for-

Lawnscaping Challenge - Watercoloring. I have used grey colored water color to color those flowers and using distress ink for smooshing.

Happy Little Stampers - CASEing Kylie

I was inspired by the smooshed watercolored background and black colored sentiment over it. :)

and

STAMPlorations- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for hopping by my blog!

xx

A-MUSE-ing mark! ;)

Helloooo Sweetttt Crafters!!!! :)

I made two colorful cards! One I am sharing now and I will share the sneak peek of the other one!

Let me show you my card-

I used Fiskars- Petals from scratch stamp set for stamping those sketchy flowers. I used many colors of distress ink. Then later I colored a few of them using Koi water brush. I stamped the sentiment using pigment ink and STAMPlorations- Bold sentiment stamp.

My card was inspired by this week's MUSE Challenge # 149. Tracey made this gorgeous card. I was inspired by the flowers and leaves and the white+green+white layer. :)

I am also entering it for Addicted to Stamps#177 - make your mark challenge. I have used water brush and water colors to make my mark on the card!

And 

STAMPlorations- Anything goes

Before ending, here is the sneak peek of my second colorful card- I will share it with you all soon! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope you liked my card?

Hugs xx

Lulupu January Challenge #57

Hellloo Dear Friends!! :)

Welcome to the first challenge for this month! 

As you know we have a unique THEME this month !

I decided to use 

2- Washi tapes , 

0- flowers, 

1- stamp (script stamp) and 

6 - die cuts! :)

This is the CAS layout I made using the gorgeous washi tapes from Lulupu shop and die cuts that I received from Lulupu DT Kit.

I started by sponging the background using Salty Ocean distress ink and used Texture paste with stencil the make that background.

I used Washi tapes which you can find HERE and HERE on Lulupu shop. I also adhered sequins and doily.

I stamped a script stamp from Bo Bunny stamp set. You can see the closer look below-

Hope you liked my project? Please link up your posts HERE and don't forget to read the guidelines for playing in the challenge HERE.

Let's see how YOU interpret this unique theme this month! :)
Thank you so much!
Hugs xx

An Ombre Blue card!

Helllooo Dear Friendssss!! :)

Hope you had a fun-filled weekend? I am playing along a few challenges and hence, I thought of making an Ombre card!

I started by heat embossing a panel using Clear embossing powder from Ranger and "Bo Bunny -It is written" stamp set. I used ink-bleeding technique to color the panel Ombre. Then I heat embossed  (stamp from STAMPlorations-Bloom Sketches) using white embossing powder on Vellum. I colored those flowers with the shades of blue! 

Later, I stamped the sentiment using "Bold sentiment from STAMPlorations" and was done! :)

I am playing along - Freshly Made sketches#219

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -Ombre

Just Us Girls #326 - Color Challenge(White, Light Blue, Dark Blue)

Thank you so much for hopping by my blog!

Hope you liked my card?

Hugs xx

Bold Colored card!

Hellooo Sweet Friends!! :)

I am back and this time with a bright card - showing off bold colors! :)
Here it is!

I started by heat embossing using Ranger's Clear embossing powder (my new buy) and Versamark. Later, I sponged using Mustard seed and Mowed lawn distress ink.

The script stamp is from Bo Bunny- it is written. The script stamp is not the first impression but these are second and third impressions on the card base to give off lighter and darker shades of the text!

The butterfly is from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterfly stamp set on a sparkling card-base and sentiment from Bloom Sketches.

I am playing along-

Tic- Tac-Toe Challenge#1 for Stamping Smiles Designs - I used Sparkles(butterfly), Embossing(Clear), New(Clear embossing powder)


House of Cards - Embossing and/or color challenge



Neat and Tangled # 64 - Hello

and adding to gallery of  STAMPlorations - Anything goes



Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such lovely comments on my blog , friends!
They surely make my day!
:)

Hugs! xx

Exciting News "1"!!!

Hellloooo Ladiess!!! :)

2016 is starting with some thrilling news and I am keen to announce it!

Guess who is on the Design Team on one of the most popular Craft blogs in India?? :P

Please check it out HERE on LULUPU!
Also, I want to thank Karuna for giving me this splendid opportunity! This is ONE fantastic platform and I can't be happier! :)
I am looking forward to work with a super talented team here on Lulupu!

And
Lulupu along with Infinite Emotions (by Nikita Azad) have started Paper Quilling online videos! You can take a look HERE and register if interested! :)

Ahhh...before ending my post, now that you know there is an "Exciting news number 1", there will be  a -"Exciting News -2" , right?

I am eagerly waiting to share!
Hugs xx

"Hoppy Birthday" Frogs!

Helloooo Ladiess!!! :)

I am having fun with my new stamp set and decided to make one more card using Jane's Doodles "Garden Friends"!

Here is my card-

I stamped those frogs (aren't they cute? ) , colored them using distress inks and fussy cut them. The card base was stamped using STAMPlorations Vignette Retro Mod shapes (U bet! I ADORE this stamp! And am going crazy using it! ;) ) I have created a Bokeh effect for the background. 

I have adhered those frogs and the balloon using double sided glue tape. The balloon is from Dee's Artsy Impression - Balloons and banners. The one frog who has elevated is the one I have colored differently than the other two! ;)

I played along Time Out Challenges # 47- Birthday with an optional twist of sponging

Freshly Made sketches # 218

And

adding to the STAMPlorations Anything goes gallery

Waiting to share one big news for tomorrow! :)

Hugs xx