Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 8

Hello All!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

With this card I am playing the

Over the edge challenge with Kelly

Create your own background challenge with Gayatri

Watercolour and Gold challenge with Heather H

and the

2 challenge with Shay

To make this card, 

I created a watercolour panel using Sakura Koi water colours and watercolour paper.

When it was dry, 

I heat embossed the tree trunk rings 

(from Winnie and Walter's Winter Wonderland stamp set) in gold. 

It looks oh so pretty!

I then die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles 

I then stacked up a three of the diecut Happy sentiments to create dimension and heat embossed the rest of the sentiment in gold. (2 words).

I layered the panel with a few sheets of coloured vellum (also die cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles)

I adhered all these layers to a white card base and finished the card 

using some jute cord from May Arts.

This card is another favourite!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and reading through all my posts!!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 7

Hello All!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

With this card I am playing the 

Rainbow challenge with Vanessa

Make your own background with Gayatri

and the 

Over the edge challenge with Kelly

to make this card, I started with the sequins dies from Papertreyink. I stamped them in rainbow colours to create a background.

I then die cut a vellum panel using Simon Says Stamp Stitched rectangle dies and heat embossed the sentiment and the diamonds from Winnie and Walter's My Precious stamp set on the panel. 

I overlayed the panel on the background and held it in place with a gold brad from recollections.

This is truly one of my favourites!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 6

Hello!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

Here I am playing the 

Image inspiration Challenge with Taheerah

and the 

2 Challenge with Shay

To make this card, I started with a freebie printed paper from Winnie and Walter which I adhered it to a black cardstock panel.

Since my sparkly cardstock was out, I die cut the 2 lamps (from Papertreyink) from it as well as some black card stock for the lamp base.

I also die cut the sentiment from black card stock.

I used a sheet of vellum as an overlay on the printed paper 

and adhered the lamps and sentiment over it.

I finished the sentiment by heat embossing it in gold. (2 words)

The vellum is held in place with 2 black brads from Recollections.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 5

Hello!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

I am playing the 

Over the edge challenge with Kelly

and the 

Inlaid die cut challenge with Mayuri

to make this card, I die cut Winnie and Walter's 'Party confetti cutaways' in primary colours. 

I then die cut a square panel of white cardstock with the same die, multiple times, going 

over the edge 

each time.

I adhered the white panel to the card base and then inlaid the colourful confetti into the die cut panel.

I die cut a panel of vellum using Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles  as a base for the die cut sentiment.

I finished off the card with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 4

Hello!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

I am playing the 

Inlaid die cutting challenge with Mayuri
and the
2 challenge with Shay

To make this card, I started with a piece of  scrap cardstock on which I had practiced painting a plaid pattern, a while ago.

I die cut the sentiment from Winnie and Walter from this cardstock and also from another  white cardstock panel. 

I then embossed the white panel using a plaid embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I inlaid the painted die cut into the embossed panel and adhered the two to a 3"x4" note card.

I just love the simplicity of the card!

The 2 techniques I used here are die cutting and dry embossing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 3

Hello!

I am playing the Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday Bash challenge today!

Here I am playing the 

Create your own Background challenge with Gayatri

Floral Challenge with Lydia

Over the edge Challenge with Kelly

and the 

Anything but a card challenge with Kate

To make this cash gift envelope

I created a background using 'The Big Bold and Extras' stamp set from Winnie and Walter. 

I used Hero Arts Ombre inks fro the flowers and Memento inks for the leaves.

I die cut the Winnie and Walter Congrats sentiment in gold and black and layered it over a piece of vellum to make it pop!

I also stamped matching flowers on the insert.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 2

Hello!

I am playing the the Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges!

Here I am playing the 

2 Challenge with Shay

and the 

Colour Challenge with Heather P

To make this card, I have used 2 Techniques. 

Die cutting and Dry embossing

The dies are Winnie and Walter's Maggie's Roses Cutaways. (I used the left over pieces from the die cut outline to make this tag )

The flowers, leaves and the sentiment have been cut from sparkly cardstock from my stash..its so old that I do not remember the source!

I used a cuttlebug embossing folder to add some texture and interest to the background.

The flower centres are made using a Punch Bunch punch.

I finished the card by adding a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Winnie and Walter Belated 2nd birthday bash challenges 1

Hello All!

I am playing all the Winnie and Walter 2nd Birthday bash challenges today!

I'm starting with 

the 2 Challenge with Shay  

and

the  Anything but a card Challenge with Kate

Here I have made a tag using Simon Says Stamp Stitched circle dies.

The 2 flowers and leaves are left over pieces from 

the Winnie and Walter 'Maggie's Roses Cutaways' die set

You will see the die cut pieces in the card here.

I just loved the look of the left over pieces, so I added some sequins to the centre and used them on this red tag. They really pop don't they! I just love the shimmery card stock too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Red roses money card

Hello there! 

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp One Layer Wednesday Challenge today.

I have made this money card or cash gift envelope using  the Kaisercraft 'These days' stamp set.

I stamped the the image on opposite corners using Versafine Habanero ink

I then stamped the sentiment from mft 'Celebrate Big' stamp set  with Versafine Onyx black ink.

I also stamped the image on the matching card insert.

Simple and striking, dont you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Second round of inspiration for the mandala and tic tac toe challenge!

Hello!

We at The Indian Craft Room are back with more inpsiration for this months Tic-Tac-Toe Coasterride for you!

This month's hostess is Gopi and she wants to play TIC-TAC-TOE !

She has twist to the game though...you must make a card/project incorporating a Mandala design.

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 29th of Feb.

 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 ICRPREWIN03

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 second round of inspiration for you...

To make this tag, I stamped the Hero Arts background stamp in black and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder ( A trick I learned from Jennifer Mcguire). I heat embossed a love sentiment(from Verna's Creations)in gold on black paper, and, tied the two together with gold and black ribbon.

I have used....ribbon-love sentiment-heat embossing

CoasteRide ends at midnight on February 29th 2016
Don't forget to tag your submissions in the ICR gallery with the tag name 

ICRCPREWIN03

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

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Spritz and splatter at SSS Monday Challenge

Hello!

Today, I have made a money card or a cash gift envelope for the Simon Says Stamp Monday (Spritz and Splatter) challenge 

I have used two  of my favourite wood block stamps...The bottles from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Hampton Art.

I stamped the sentiment and the image with Versafine Onyx Black ink and the used Sakura Koi watercolours to paint the flowers red.

I then splattered some of the red paint to add some interest. 

The envelope can be used for cash gifts and has a matching flat card insert for a personal message.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great day!

We have a winner for the ICR CAS Coasteride challenge!

Hello!

Thank you all for playing along with the January Coasteride CAS Challenge!

The challenge was to create a project which was clean and simple...minimum embellishments and lots of clean space .

We have a Winner!!!

Our HOSTESS' CHOICE (winner) is 

Swapna Patil

Her use of embossing paste is stunning! I just love the look of white on Kraft...so neat and simple!!!

Swapna will also be our Guest Designer for the month of March.

We also have two HONORABLE MENTIONS!

Rahmat Ghouse

Her cream card with the delicate flowers is so CAS and elegant!! Love it!

and 

Priyanka Mathur

I just love the distress inking...so soft and pleasant.

Ladies, please take a bow! 

Do get in touch with me via the ICR inbox, with your email addresses so that I may share your winners badges with you.

Our February Coasteride with hostess Gopi is up!

Hope you are coming over to play?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

February Challenge at Paru's Card making Challenges

Hello!

We have a brand new challenge for you today!

As it is the month of Valentines and hearts, we can't ignore that theme, 

can we? 

We also have loads of scraps around...I know I do..and I thought it would be nice to put those scraps to use this month.

Our challenge this month is 

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

Now for some inspiration...

To make this simple tag, I stamped the image (from MFT stamps) on a scrap of white card and punched it out using my circle punch. I then popped it up on a piece of white card stock cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched circles, with 3D foam tape. I finished off the card by adding the sentiment and some bakers' twine. 

Other supplies used are... 

 EK Success 1" circle punch, 

 Versafine Onyx black and Habanero inks.

To make this card, I used red card and  black die cut (memento small starburst) card which were left overs from an earlier project. 

I stamped the image from Simon Says Stamp 'Quite the pear' stamp set, onto a piece of scrap white card stock and fussy cut it.

I then put all the pieces together at an angle, for interest, with the playing cards popped up with 3D tape.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento tuxedo black ink to finish the card.

I used some craps of white card to stamp the central image and then fussy cut them.

We have some more inspiration for you from our 

FEBRUARY GUEST DESIGNER 

NEHA BHATT

This month we have the fabulous Neha Bhatt, of Perwinkle Creations as our Guest Designer.

Her style is simple and CAS, but oh so effective! 

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

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

Hi! I am Neha, a house wife - hence full time crafter. 

I have been crafting for  last 10 years. 

I had an opportunity to live in USA for few years and that is where I came to learn about stamps and inks. 

Paper crafting  is a pure passion and my high-way to happiness. 

It gives me that inner peace and keeps me sane. 

My Style is CAS cards. I love the aesthetics behind their designs and how they convey the message.  

My blog periwinkle-creations is comparatively new but you can find my older work on my 

fb page here.

I am on Paru's Card making Challenge Blog  as a guest designer for  Febuary . Having our own Indian Challenge Blog was my dream but due to my laziness I never started it. When Paru started it last month I was thrilled to participate & feel honoured to be a GD this month. There were many awesome entries last month and  some fabulous prizes too. 

This month's challenge  is a Valentine themed card or tag using scraps.

I hardly use pattern paper but I love them. 

I can't let go even smallest of scrap. 

Another thing I hoard is die cut negatives. I always feel there are so many  possibilities with them which remain unexplored and scraps gets piled up. 

I made THIS card a while ago in which I use many stitched panels to create comic book look. I am using that negative and scrap pattern paper to create today's card.  

I made THIS card a while ago in which I use many stitched panels to create comic book look. I am using that negative and scrap pattern paper to create today's card.  

I adhered different PP scrap form the back of each window with 3d tape for creating shadow box effect. I used reverse confetti stamp set , some wood veneer arrows and heart and bow die cuts. I feel all the elements in different windows help to enhance the more part of the sentiment. 

For tag, I simply glued strips of different PP scrap on some leftover CS and die cut the tag. Try doing this with different dies. you will get some really unexpected results.

Hope you will be inspired to use the scrap and create something beautiful and take part in this month's challenge. 

THE PRIZES

We have some fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

We have a Rs.1000/- voucher from Craft Adda

and 

a $25 gift certificate from Jane's Doodles

We hope that we have started your creative juices flowing!

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

I will announce the winner on the 28th of February.

You can link up your creations below.

Please follow all the instructions carefully...

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

Submissions which do not follow the rules, will not be eligible for the prize...sorry!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani