Jar of Hearts

A quick post about my new Paper Trey Ink goodies!!!
I just received my PTI friendship jar  and fillers stamps.
Here's a quick card I made this morning...
The jar and fillers are from PaperTrey Ink and the sentiment from Verses Rubber stamps.
I coloured the hearts in with faber castell colour pencils and added a piece for embroidery thread to finish it off.

Just love my new stamps..watch out for more!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy your day!

Happy Owl

Here is a card which I have made for the Dynamic Duo Kraft and Black (with and option of wet embossing)challenge and the Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge

The owl is a free digi from Paper Smooches...this is the first time ever that I have used an image of an owl! 

I love it!!!

I combined it with sentiments from Hero Arts 'You & Me' clear stamp set which is available for sale in the Simon says Stamp store.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a productive day!

Blue Felt leaves

Good Morning everyone!! 

Its a beautiful, cool, sun dappled, morning in Mumbai. 

There is no guarantee it will stay this way though!!!

I have a card today which I made for the  Runway Inspired Challenge.

I have combined it with the Simply Less is More 'Theme' Felt of Fabric challenge.

To make this card I used spellbinders dies to cut out the leaves out of a sheet blue felt which had these gorgeous gold speckles on it.

For the flower, I used my spellbinders nestabilities to cut out 4 nesting layers out of this fabulous vellum like felt paper. It is so pretty and so malleable.

To complete the card, I added an embossed background and created the sentiment using a Hero Arts alphabet set.

I am just thrilled with the way this card turned out...I struggled with it for a while.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Get Well tag

Hello everyone!

I have a quick and easy project for you today.

A getwell soon tag that I made in under 5 minutes!

I first used my nestabilities dies to cut out the base shape out of red cardstock.

I stamped the band-aid image from Paper Smooches on white cardstock, coloured it with copic markers and colourpencils and cut it out. 

Then, I added the sentiment and popped the band-aid with 3D foam tape.

Added some bakers twine and the tag was ready!

Hope you have fun making many such tags!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Good night!

Hot Balloons

As I said, my head is bizzing with ideas today!
Here is card, which I am so very happy with!!

The stamps I used here are  Newsprint Cityscape Design Blocks from hero Arts, Marble Texture block from Stampendous, and the Tilted banners stamp and die set from Simon Says stamp.

The hot air balloons are free digital download, which I coloured with Copics and watercolours.

I am submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp 'Monday Challenge'.

I like to think of how I would use a card, when I make it.
To me, this seems like a perfect anniversary, wedding, anew home or agoing away card.

Can you think of any more occassions?

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day!

Pretty bugs!

Good morning all!!

It's a wet  wet morning here in Mumbai, but, I have woken up with ideas buzzing around in my head!!!

Looks like it is going to be a productive day!

I have two cards for you this morning, which showcase what I call the magnifying effect.

To create this effect I stamped the flowers once on the card and once on another piece of cardstock. 

I punched our a 1" circle from the flowers on the cardstock and placed it on the base card to correspond with the image. 

I then stamped the bugs on the circle and after colouring, I popped up the circle with 3D foam tape.

All the stamps used here are from Hero Arts and Stampendous and the ink is Danube blue from Memento.

The gorgeous twine is from The Twinery.

I also used Tim Holtz distress ink to watercolour the hydrangea.

I am submitting the Hydrangea card for the Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge.

The Hydrangea stamp is from Hero Arts and is available to purchase in the Simon Says Stamp store.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fabulous day!

Teacup recharge

 One more post before I call it a night!

It has been a productive day!

I made this card for the Addicted to CAS (codeword GET WELL) challenge as well as the 

Retro Sketches RS 32 chalenge.

The background stamp is from Hero Arts (Design Blocks) and the teacup and sentiments are from Technique Tuesday and Lawn Fawn.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Cutie Pie

I am playing the Friday Mashup Challenge as well as the CAS(E) this sketch challengethis evening!

The stamps I've used are from Lawn Fawn (pie and sentiment) and Hero Arts (background).

I love the way it turned out...cute and to the point, no?

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your evening.

Pink poppies

Hello! Happy Monday!!! 

It has been a busy week and weekend, but I am back at my desk all fired up to make this a productive week!!

 Today I have a card for you...this Sympathy card went out a while ago on behalf of Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles as she lost her stepbrother tragically.

For the background here, I used the Hero Arts Design block 'dots and flowers' stamp. the gorgeous poppy is from Penny Black's 'Flowers and Wishes stamp set and the sentiment is from Verses Rubber stamps.

Inks are are from Memento and the background is embossed with Cuttlebug.

I tried something new this time...I coloured in the flower  using my distress inks as water coulours and then stamped over it again in oder to get the details.

Effective don't you think?

Add caption

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!

Vellum flowers

Hi eveyone!

Here is my submission for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Challenge.

I cut the vellum flowers using my Cuttlebug die and for the background I used the Impression Obsession Striped background cling stamp  and heat embossed in white.

The sentiment is an outline sticker from Anita's and the little dragonfly charm is something a bought on a trip to Bangkok (at Chatuchak market where you can buy these charms by weight!!).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a nice day!

Sewn Butterfly

I pulled out my trusty old sewing machine yesterday, after years!

It took me a while to get to know it again. ;-)

Here's a project I made using sewing for the first time!

This is my submission today for the Runway Inspired Lela Rose challenge.
I am also submiting ot for the Stamptv Mix it Up Monday challenge.

Dies used here are from Spellbinders, Sentiment (heat embossed with Mac&Cheese Yellow from American Crafts) from Hero Arts, and embossing folders are from Cuttlebug.

Fun Isn't it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!!

Silver fireworks

Hey All!
I have another card today which I made using my Martha Stewart cityscape punch. I also used some awesome paper from Penny Black, which, incidentally was a freebee from Addicted to Rubber Stamps when I ordered some stamps from them last year!!

I think the colour combinations are striking!

The fireworks stamp is a cling stamp from Stampendous (using it for the first time since I bought it years ago!!!), which I heat embossed with Detail Silver embossing powder from American Crafts.

The sentiment, which is also heat embossed with detail silver, is from Hero Arts.

Makes a fabulous Silver wedding anniversary card, don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Washi Cityscape

Hello everyone!

I have a card today for the Friday mashup 'Washi Tape challenge and the Cas(E) This Sketch challenge.

To make this card, I applied two strips of bubbles Washi Tape to a sheet of paper.

I then punched out the cityscape using Martha Stewart's cityscape punch.

To make sure I would be able to adhere the cityscape to the cardstock properly, I used the Xyron 250 to make into a sticker. 

The cityscape was then adhered to white cardstock, cut to size and framed with another piece of white cardstock.

Once the sentiment from Hero Arts added the panel was popped onto the card using 3D foam tape.

Quite effective, don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Enjoy your day!

Thank you Scooter

A quick card before I go to bed!

Here is a card for the Paper Players fall theme challenge.

The stamps I used here are from the Paper smooches 'Spiffy Scooters' Stamp set, Hero Arts 'All Occassion Messages' and Stampendous 'Poppy bottles'.

Just love it...I managed to put on paper what was in my mind!!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a good night!!

Teachers' day 5

Happy teachers' day to all the wonderful people who dedicate their lives to bring knowledge and joy to others!!
Here are the last two teachers' day cards that I made!!

The stamps used here are from the Stampendous 'Rock Out' stamp set and the 'Helping Hands' stamp set from Paper Smooches.

Thumbs Up to all the wonderful teachers' in our lives!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Teachers' Day 4

Here are two more cards on day 4...it's teachers' day tomorrow!!

Here's hoping you are inspired to make some great cards of your own!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!

Music Mixer

Good Morning All!!

It has been an inspiring and productive morning so far!

Here is what I have come up with this morning for the Addicted to CAS codeword MUSIC challenge and the Retro sketches 79 challenge.

For this card I have used my new and absolutely fab Paper Smooches 'Be Boppin' stamp set!

I have heat embossed the the images with neon blue, neon purple, mac and cheese yellow and white  embossing powders. the mike has been embossed and fussy cut and popped up with 3D tape.

I really love the way it has turned out...A great card to give anyone...friend, parent, cousin, and of course boyfriend or spouse..don't you think?!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!

Have a fab day!!

Teachers' Day 3

Here are two more  fun cards for Teachers' day...

Stamp set used is 'Eat Chocolate' from Technique Tuesday. Colours are my favourites from Memento, and the sentiment is digitally printed.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Mail box love

For my official Craft adda post today I have this cute card that I made using stamps from Lawn Fawn's 'You got Mail' stamp set and the map background stamp from Impression Obsession.

I first stamped and then fussy cut the mail box and the letter. 

I then cut a slit in the mailbox and inserted the letter into it and popped it on the card with 3D foam tape. 

I finished by adding the sentiment to the background stamped cardstock and added the hearts for interest.

Hope you like the card as much as I enjoyed making it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a nice evening!

Teacup smile

I have a quick card here which I made for the Friday Mashup challenge today.

The Challenge is to use elements which begin with A,B and C and /or use the 1,2,3 receipe, that is 

use 1 embellishment, 2 stamp sets and 3 colours.

For A,B,C part of my card, I used the colour Aged Mahogany distress ink from Tim Holtz to stamp the sentiment on the Banner and a Cup as the motif.

For my 1,2,3 receipe, I used the banner (from the Simon Says Stamp 'tilted banners die and stamp set') as an embellishment.

The 2 stampsets that I have used are, the  Simon Says Stamp 'tilted banners die and stamp set', and the  the Technique Tuesday 'Eat Chocolate' stamp set. 

The 3 colours that I have used are 'Dandelion' from Memento, 'Habanero' from Versafine and 'Aged Mahogany' from Tim Holtz. 

To create interest, I cut the top flap of the card and placed the banner on the inside of the card.

for the purpose of photographing the card, I have stuck the top flap down.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your day!

Teachers' Day 2

Good morning everyone!!

Here are two more cards for teachers' day...as promised!

Stamps used here are from the Dad's Day stamp set from Lawn Fawn and the Vogue abode stamp set from Paper Smooches. The sentiment is digitally printed on the card stock.

I call this my 'comfy chair!'

This card topper has been printed digitally...the background is free digital clip art...I made it on order for  a friends' son to give his martial arts teacher.

Quite apt...don't you think?!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day...I'll see you tomorrow with two more cards!

Teacher's Day 1

Good Morning All! Happy Sunday!

Teacher's Day (Indian-September 5th) is coming up in five days!! I'm sure preparations for the day are in full swing in most schools!

To celebrate this occassion, I will be posting two teachers' day cards everyday from today till the 5th.

Here is the first set...

All stamps used here are from Hero Arts which have been stamped and fussy cut before adhering to the card. 

The sentiments have been digitally printed on the card stock...can have so much fun with fonts!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great Sunday!