Blue giraffe

Hi! 

I am playing with the Craftangles by CraftAdda "Its a Boy" 6"x6" paper pack today.

I just love the variety of the patterns in this paper pack and I have tried to showcase that here.

I used a wooden giraffe button as the focal point, placed on a few circles punched with my EK success and Punch Bunch punches.

I finished off the card with some jute ribbon.

I didn't add a sentiment as I felt it didn't need one. :-)

A cute and simple card.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Second round of inspiration for the March Coasterride at Indian Craft Room

Hello!

We at Indian Craft Room are back with the second round of inspiration
for our  Monthly CoasteRide challenge !

Our hostess this month is 

Bhavana Kesarkar

 and her challenge to you is to create a project with a floral theme.

The twist to the challenge is that you can make anything EXCEPT cards!!

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 28th of March.

 As always, we have a few rules. Please read them carefully before you play.

1. Follow Indian Craft room

2. Blog about the challenge on your personal blog and link your post back to Indian Craft room.

3. If you do not have a blog, please post about the challenge on social media and link it back to Indian Craft room

4. If you have a blog, download and display this ICR challenge badge prominently on your blog.

5. Display the story board prominently in your blogpost and link it back to Indian Craft Room.

6. Upload your photos to the ICR gallery using the tag name 

                      ICRCSPR01

6. Like ICR on Facebook and Instagram

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave  me a  comment below.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the awesome people at the Krafter's Cart

They have sponsored a Rs.500 gift certificate from their store.

We're  also announcing a special giveaway for participants who  will play our challenges every month from January to April 2016.

Here is my 2nd inspiration for you this month.

I have made a tag for this challenge.

I die cut the tag using Spellbinders nestabilities labels die. The floral image is from stampendous. I applied ink to the image, spritzed it with some water and then stamped it on the tag to create the water colour effect. I then splattered some yellow paint on the image for interest and added the sentiment from Paper Smooches.

To finish the tag I punched a hole and added some yellow bakers twine.

Fun, simple and ideal for any occassion.

For more inspiration from the very talented ICR design team, head on over to 

the Indian Craft room.

CoasteRide ends at midnight on March 28th 2016
Don't forget to tag your submissions in the ICR gallery with the tag name 

ICRCSPR01

Now that you have all the details come on over and play along!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Reviewing the "All for Love "Paper pack from Craftangles by CraftAdda

Hello!

This paper pack that I am reviewing for CraftAdda today is just delicious!!!

the Craftangles "All for Love Paper Pack" has so many varied papers...as you can see, I haven't used the love themed ones. The papers are sturdy and have a beautiful smooth matt finish..a dream to work with!

I used a sketch from Retrosketches to help me start and used jute twine  from MayArts and butterfly buttons to embellish the card.

I decided not to add a sentiment, as it is always nice to have some blank cards on hand.

I hope you enjoy playing with these papers too...You can shop for them and other awesome art and craft supplies here...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Reviewing Craftangles All for Love Paper Pack.

Hello!

For my official CraftAdda post today 

I have a card which I made using the Craftangles 'All for Love' 6"x6" paper pack!

These papers are of superb quality...thick and smooth and cut like butter!I just love the vibrant colours and whimsical patterns!

To make this card, I used an old  card sketch from Retrosketches.

I cut the papers using the Simon Says Stamp Stitched rectangle die, Law Fawn Polaroid die and some circle and scalloped circle punches from EK Success and Punch Bunch.

The large die cut sentiment is from Winnie and Walter.

I used  a couple of brads from recollections to add some interest.

Since I loved the plaid pattern on the paper, I decided to use the plaid pattern cuttlebug embossing folder for the background cardstock.

A nice masculine card...don't you think?

Do drop by the CraftAdda store to check this paper pack as well as many more awesome designs from Craftangles!

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp wednesday"Touchy Feely" challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

ICR Coasteride challenge for March

Hello!

We at Indian Craft Room are back with a new Monthly CoasteRide challenge for you!

Our hostess this month is 

Bhavana Kesarkar

 and her challenge to you is to create a project with a floral theme.

The twist to the challenge is that you can make anything EXCEPT cards!!

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 28th of March.

 As always, we have a few rules. Please read them carefully before you play.

1. Follow Indian Craft room

2. Blog about the challenge on your personal blog and link your post back to Indian Craft room.

3. If you do not have a blog, please post about the challenge on social media and link it back to Indian Craft room

4. If you have a blog, download and display this ICR challenge badge prominently on your blog.

5. Display the story board prominently in your blogpost and link it back to Indian Craft Room.

6. Upload your photos to the ICR gallery using the tag name 

                      ICRCSPR01

6. Like ICR on Facebook and Instagram

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave  me a  comment below.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the awesome people at the Krafter's Cart

They have sponsored a Rs.500 gift certificate from their store.

We're  also announcing a special giveaway for participants who  will play our challenges every month from January to April 2016.

Here is my 1st inspiration for you this month.

Don't forget to stop by on the 15th of Feb for our second round of inspiration.

I have made a cash gift envelope for this challenge.

I used a strip of post it tape as a mask in the centre of the envelope and used stamps from WPLUS9's Fresh Cut florals stamp set to create a floral design. I also stamped some flowers on the matching insert.

I finished the envelope with a bold sentiment from MFT stamps' 'Celebrate Big' stamp set.

For more inspiration from the very talented ICR design team head on over to Indian Craft Room.

CoasteRide ends at midnight on March 28th 2016
Don't forget to tag your submissions in the ICR gallery with the tag name 

ICRCSPR01

Now that you have all the details come on over and play along!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

The March Challenge over at Paru's Card making Challenges

Hello Everyone!

 Paru's Card Making Challenges has a brand new challenge for you today!

It's MARCH...the beginning of spring and the month of the Holi festival here in India!

We at Paru's Card making Challenges would like to challenge you to use COLOURS this month.We would also like you to use some sort of MASKING!

Masking is a technique by which you cover an area that you want to protect and colour around it.

You will find ideas and tutorials in the resources page  over at Paru's Card Making Challenges.

March challenge

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. Take a photo of your card or tag along with the masking process. 

If you have a blog, write a post about our challenge, including photos of your card or tag and your process.

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on your blog.

 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TAG YOUR SUBMISSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE TAG

PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't have a blog, post your photos on social media and TAG them with PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't tag them, we will not see them on social media.

Link your blogpost/social media post to the linky below.

Now for some inspiration...

To make this tag, I used post it tape to mask strips on the tag and coloured them with Black soot distress ink from Tim Holtz.

 

I then stamped the succulent image onto a scrap piece of card stock as well as a piece of Inkadinkado masking paper.

I then cut out the mask and adhered it to the cardstock and stamped the remaining succulent images over the mask.

Here you can see the image with the mask removed.

I then added some red flowers and fussy cut the entire image. I added the image to the tag with some 3D tape to add dimension. I finished the tag by adding a sentiment from the Winnie and Walter 'Big Bold and Happy' stamp set.

For the card below, I used a masking technique that I learnt when I took the 

Online Card Classes 'Mask-erade' class which was taught by Laura Bassen.

To start, I created a mask by die cutting a piece of acetate (OHP sheet) with my spellbinders nestabilities heart die. I also die cut the love you die from die-versions.

I then placed the word die where I wanted it on the card panel and marked a centre point. 

This is where I place the tip of the heart.

I taped the mask in place with post it tape

I used Hero Arts neon colours to colour the hearts.

For the second heart, I overlapped the mask over half of the previous heart...

...and added colour.

I continued in the same way....

...till I addded all the colours that I wanted.

I finished the card by adding the word die cut and placing the panel on a white card base.

I loved the way my projects turned out...I hope that I have inspired you to play along!

We have some more inspiration for you from our 

FEBRUARY GUEST DESIGNER 

JUHI KHANNA

This month we have the talented Juhi Khanna, of Juhishandmadecards 

as our Guest Designer.

She has such a fun style!

I love her work and I am sure that you will too!

Here is what she has to say about herself...

I'm Juhi, an Electronics Engineer from Bangalore originally, but, now live in Singapore.

I started making cards with locally available Indian handmade paper and die-cuts/stickers in 2009.

though I have continued making cards over the years, I got hooked onto stamping towards the end of 2014.

I love to learn and explore stamping techniques with watercolouring being my current favourite.

I am just begginning to explore making CAS cards and often find them more challenging to create than, well,...CAS cards. I love the process though.

You can view my work on my blog , facebook and instagram.

About my card...

I am so happy to be the March Guest Designer for our very own Indian challenge blog and I would like to thank Paru for giving me this opportunity!

This month's theme is Colours and Masking

I created a one layered card with loads of masking and stamping.

I started off with taking my card base and masking a border on all four sides as well a a strip towards the bottom of the card with Washi tape.

Please forgive the messy washi tape...it is a leftover from a previous project.

I then stamped flowers from Jane's Doodles 'Doodle flowers' stamp set onto a large sticky back post it sheet. I then cut them to create masks.

I then stamped onto my masked panel, one flower at a time, masking out the stamped flowers to create a layered effect.

One I was satisfied with the stamping, I completely masked the stamped portions with the masking paper and some masking fluid.

I used the fluid for the tiny stamped areas.

Once the masking fluid dried, I randomly stamped the dotted background.

I finally coloured the flowers in bright colours, after removing the mask and stamped the sentiment.

I also added a black border around the stamped area to finish my card.

I hope my card inspires you to create your own masked project. I would love to see what you come up with!

THE PRIZES

We have some fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

We have a Rs.1000/- voucher from The Craft Shop

a $25 gift certificate from CAS-ual friday Stamps

We also have a bumper prize this month....CAS-ual Friday stamps is offering a 15% discount on all stamps and dies to all the participants of our March Challenge!! 

Isn't that fantastic!!!

Just use the code PCMCMARCH at checkout!

We hope that we have inspired you to bring out your craft stash!

This challenge will run from the 1st of March till the 25th of March

We will announce the winner on the 28th of March.

You can link up your creations using the link tool at Paru's Card Making Challenges.

To be eligible to win a prize, please follow all the instructions carefully...

you will find them in under 'how to play' in the right sidebar.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!