We are back @STAMPlorations!

Yayloooo!! ;)

We are back at STAMPlorations!! October is a beautiful season full of autumn colors. We have Stamp & Autumn as the theme - yaha love it! And that beautiful sketch! What an awesome way to start!








Here is my card, it has been so long that I made a card (my baby is now 10 months)! I have been so busy... He is a crazy little lovey dovey darling. :)

Ok! So , for the cards, I first sponged the background with distress inks. I used the stencil ARTplorations - Bloom Factory. I used double stenciling technique for this. I stamped "Trendy Leaves" and "Many Blessings Stamp and Coordinating Die". I colored using Zig Real Brush Pens.The sentiment is from Vignette- Trendy Feathers set.

Below are the few things to follow while participating:
Players can link up to 6 projects -- any type of project is welcome as long as there is stamping. Projects must be based on the theme, sketch, or both.
Non-STAMPlorations products are OK
To qualify for the prize, players must display challenge graphic and link back to the challenge post (blogs only)
Prizes: $15 GC for the winner (voted by the team); $5 GC to three (3) randomly picked players

Thanks a lot for stopping by! :)

Hope to see you play along.

Hugs xx

ATSM #215 - Photo Inspiration

Helloooo Dearrrrr Bloggersss!! :)

We are having a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and more! The theme is get inspired by the photo shown below:

Alright, although it looks like a Halloween theme, I went for the colors! ;)

Here is my card-

For the card, I made use of five stamps from Trendy Leaves and Trendy Feathers stamp set from STAMPlorations. I colored the leaves using Wild Honey, Vintage attire and Mustard seed DI. The Kraft panels were adhered over it and one more leaf was adhered using double sided tape.

And here is a closer look-

I am entering this card for CASE this sketch#193

and

Inkspirational Challenge#119 - Designer's choice- use five or more stamps

Thanks so much! :)

ATSM#211- Anything Goes and what kept me busy!

Helllooo Dearrrr Friendsss!!! :)

First of all, let me apologize for my absence from the blog world from a last few days! I must tell you all what all kept me busy last fortnight!

But before that, it is time for a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More #211 !! :)

We have Anything Goes at ATSM ! And our sponsor this week is STAMPlorations! ;)


 I have a collection of amazing STAMPlorations stamps- I was waiting eagerly to use one! :)

For the card, I used STAMPlorations-Trendy leaves and Trendy Feathers stamp set. I did a bit of masking on the borders and stamped the leaves using various colors of distress ink. MISTI stamping tool makes it very convenient! :)

I am entering this card for -

1.Time Out Challenge#65
Inspired by words “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”

2.Addicted to CAS Challenge#96 - Harvest

3.Inkspirational Challenge#117- Photo inspiration. I am inspired by the fall colors(Orange/Yellow/brown) from this pic.

 Now, back to what kept me busy! As you know, I am working in a software company, we had our Production release. When we have a release, we create a havoc and that kept me busy in the office. We had working weekends and long working hours in office! 

After that, we have Ganpati festival celebrated at our home. All my Indian friends might be aware of that but for my Non Indian friends out there, Ganesha festival is celebrated in full swing in our state. Here we pray to the Idol of Mighty God Ganesha. He is the God of Knowledge, Happiness and the one who is worshipped before any other God! :)

Check out the picture of Ganesha that we got for our Home! 

In addition to all this, I caught cold which made me feel low. However, medicines helped! ;)

Now I am feeling much better and Office work is sorted out. Ganesha festival is still being celebrated! :)
Wooops!! I forgot to say, now I got myself a logo! You will find me using this in my cards and pages! It signifies my FIRST Stamp Design -The Humming Bird set from Mudra Stamp Crafts!

 Did you like it?
This has been one of my longest posts yet! Lol. Hope I did justice to my absence! ;)
I will catch up with the comments soon! 

Thanks so much for being here- I appreciate it a lot! And thanks for being patient!

Hugs xx

Craft for the Craic DT post - October

Hi Sweet Crafters! :)

I am here posting for Craft for the craic - October! The theme this month is anything influenced by music. I made this CAS card for the inspiration! Who all are singing on your birthday? ;) 

I have used STAMPlorations - Retro Mod Shapes stamp and Balloons & Banners! Those hats are fussy cut from American Craft patterned paper set and adhred over the card base used double sided glue tape. I have used distress ink - Wild honey, Mowed lawn and Fire brick. You know what?! These are all autumn colors...So where is the brown? It is on the hat of orange colored guy! ;)

This year I made a lot many autumn cards..and I thought may be I should used these autumn colors in some different way..and here I am! :)

You may have seen my older autumn cards -

 

I am entering my new card for Color Throwdown # 362

and 

Freshly Made Sketches # 206

and

STAMPlorations Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

P.S.  My Giveaway link is here.

Hugs xx

 

    

Coffee and Autumn!

Hello Sweet Friends! :)

I know..I know..the whole blog land is shouting for coffee and autumn leaves... what a great combination indeed! :D

This is what I ended up doing.. :)

I have stamped the background using STAMPlorations- Retro Mod Shapes. I have used autumn colors and leaves. The coffee cup  is sketched and fussy cut on American Craft chevron patterned paper. The sentiment is stamped using color box white pigment ink on a black card stock.

Hope you like my cofffee card?

 I am entering it for Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

The Male room - Autumn

and 

STAMPlorations - Anything goes

P.S *My GIVEAWAY is HERE*

Hugs xx

Autumn in pieces :)

Hello Dear Crafters! :)

I have come up with a CAS fall card.. 

I have made this autumn card using STAMPlorations-Trendy Leaves stamp set and distress ink - fire brick, wild honey and mowed lawn. I used repeated stamping for the sentiment. 

The background is sponged and I sprinted a few drops of water and let it dry. I fussy cut of the stamped leaves and adhered them over the card base. That's paper piecing - one of the favorite technqiues! :)

I am entering this card for 

AAA Cards - Autumn Colors

Addicted to CAS

And City Crafter Challenge - In Pieces

Hope you like it?

Thanks so much for stopping by ! 

Hugs xx