Thank you cards for Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello!!

Today I have a Thank You card and tag that I made for my challenge blog

Paru's Card Making Challenges

I just love how this card turned out!!

I started by stamping the floral image from Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set in black and heat embossing it with a clear embossing powder.

I then watercoloured the background using warm fall colours.

Once the background was dry, I partially embossed the background using Cuttlebug 'swirls' embossing powder.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Winnie and Walter (which I did in two colours, using the Misti), and sequins from Craftangles and A1Craft supply.

For my tag, I started with a tag die cut from MFT. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter (using Tim Holtz distress ink) 

repeatedly to create a background.

To create the focal image, 

I die cut the square stamp using a Cuttlebug die, 

and then stamped the floral image (source unknown) on it. 

After colouring and distressing using Tim Holtz distress inks,

I added some Craftangles sequins and some green ribbon to finish the tag.

Do come over and play Paru's Card Making Challenges! 

We have a wealth of inspiration over on the challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have the best day!!

New Craftangles stamps and foils

Hello!

This month's DT pack from Craftangles was filled with amazing goodies!!

Here is what I made using the newly released Craftangles stamp sets ('Mermaid kisses', 'Girl in the rain' and 'Everyday sentiments')and the absolutely amazing Craftangles foil!!!

To make these cards I created a base panel by smooshing some Tim Holtz and Artistry distress ink and embossing some swirls.

I watercolored and fussy cut the mermaid image and popped it up with double sided foam tape.

To make these cards, I used the laser printed panels that were included to use the newly released Craftangles foils.

I then matted the panel using the fabulous Craftangles coloured cardstock and sequins.

For the final card, I used a Winnie and Walter free download to foil the background using Craftangles purple foil. 

I also die cut the word hugs using the Winnie and Walter die, out of a sheet of laser printed black sheet or toner paper.

I then ran this die cut and foil through the laminator to foil the die cut.

I matted the sunflower panel (Craftangles 'Every sentiments' stamp set) on a piece of Craftangles green cardstock which I dry embossed using a Darice embossing folder.

I then popped up the panel using funfoam.

I really enjoyed making these cards for this post!

I hope I have inspired you to try out these fabulous products.

Here is a fabulous video on how you can use foil on your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Patterned Paper Greeting Cards

Hello again!

for my DT post today at CraftAdda I have used the gorgeous papers from 

Craftangles 'Floral Elegance'  ,'Papa kehte Hain' and 'I Travel the World'  6"x6" paper packs. 

To make this card, I started with the gorgeous rose background paper and cut it down to size to fit my card base. 

I then partially debossed it using my Cuttlebug swirls folder, to add some interest. 

I white embossed (Ranger white embossing powder) the beautiful sentiment from Hot of the  Press on vellum 

and added it to the card along with some pearls to finish the card.

August Coasteride at Indian Craft Room..round 2

Hello!

We at Indian Craft Room are back with round two of inspirations for the August coasteride challenge.

I am the  hostess this month and my challenge is...

 My challenge to you was to create a post card using the storyboard below.

 My challenge to you is to create a project  using only one colour, other than, white, black or kraft.

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 28th of August 2016.

 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, or just love what we do,
please feel free to leave  me a  comment below.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the awesome people
at The Craft Shop

Here is my 2nd inspiration for you this month.

To make this card, I started with a piece of bright pink card stock. 

I die cut the Speelbinders Shapeabilities  butterfly from it, creating a negative diecut. 

I dry embossed this panel using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

I cut the same butterfly from a piece of  light pink patterned paper from my stash

and inlaid the positive diecut into the negative and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock. 

I then mounted the entire panel onto a white card base and added some sequins to finish the card.

I just love the pop of pink against the white, don't you! 

I hope I have tickled your creative senses with this card and that you will come out and play this challenge!

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

ICRCSPR02

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

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Butterfly Beauty

Hey there!

I am playing the Simons Says Stamp 'Butterfly Beauty' Monday Challenge today.

I stumbled upon this small craft shop in Crawford Market, Mumbai, which had amazing paper packs! I used a pretty paper pack called Summer Bloom for this card.

I punched out a few butterflies, adhered them and then dry embossed the rest of the card, before adding the sentiment from Hero Arts. I finished off the card with a piece of jute ribbon from Mayarts.

Thanks so much for stopping by...Have a good night!

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!

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!

Winter wonderland

Hey there! 

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp "winter wonderland challenge" today. 

Of all the christmas cards I made this year, this one is my absolute favourite!

To make this card, I cut a square panel using the Simon Says Stamp stitched squares die and dry embossed it with the Cuttlebug folder.

I then placed the building die cut (from Paper Smooches) on the panel, added a spellbinders shapeabilities leaf, added the sentiment (from Hero Arts) and the card was done!

I adhered some yellow paper behind the windows of the building to bring some warmth to the image. 

To me it represents a winter wonderland!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great night!

Celebrating Gold!

This was a difficult challenge for me...but I finally got it!

I am playing the Paper Smooches 'GOLD' challenge today. 

I decided to use the sentiment from the 'scripted sayings' stamp set to create a background and the cocktail 'wise dies' glasses ( cut from shimmery white card stock) as the focal point. 

the god heart is dry embossed using  a Cuttlebug folder and I heat embossed two gold stars from the same stamp set onto the vellum. I finished off with some gold and white sequins.

I just love the way it has turned out.

I am also playing 'the Paper Players sketch challenge' with this card as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'Anything goes' Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Navratri -BLUE

Good Morning!

Continuing my Navratri theme, here I am with a card celebrating BLUE, as promised!!

I thought I would play a couple of challenges too...

Retrosketches #185 

and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'CAS christmas' challenge

 

The Hugs die is brand new and  is my prize from Winnie and Walter, for playing the NBUS challenge #5. Thank You Darnell!!

The wreath is from Cuttlebug as is the embossing folder. I have made a card without any stamps after a really long time!

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you tomorrow with the colour YELLOW!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

 

Playing with Kraft card

 Good Morning All!
I am playing the Simon says stamp flickr challenge today…it is a combined challenge with Lawn fawn..and the Friday Mashup challenge!

For these challenges, I had to create a vintage look and use kraft paper as well as Lawn Fawn and Simon says Stamp products. Oh, and also to use the embossed embossing technique…whew! ;-)

I started with a piano sheet music background which I found in 'Papers,Papers,Papers' a book by The Crafters Paper Library.
Because I like to hoard printed paper, I photocopied the paper  to use it.
I then distressed the edges and used Claudine Helmuth's multi medium matte (absolutely love it) to fix to the card topper.
I did the same with the piano keys, die cut from Memory box.

For the embossed embossing technique, I embossed a piece of brown paper with cuttlebug embossing folders and then heat embossed over it with gold embossing powder.
I then die cut the numbers (Lawn Fawn) and fixed them using foam tape.

The sentiments are from the Simon Says Stamp 'tilted banner' stamp and die set and Stampendous.

Finally I distressed the edges of the card topper and the sentiment banners with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.

Making this card has been a huge mood lifter….hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

Inspired by Pinterest

 I am taking an idea from Ardyth-Percy-robb to make a card inspired by a photo on her Pinterest board.

 

This was a wedding invitation for my niece and I made 35 of them in 24 hours!!! That was quite a feat and the whole family pitched in!

I made the flowers by punching scalloped circles from red and pink vellum and layering them. I also crumpled them for texture.

I held them together with black brads from Recollections.

The background was using my Cuttlebug embossing folder, the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp "Tilted Banner stamp and die set". the dragon flies were punched from vellum too.

I had so much fun making this card and it was much appreciated by all who received it.

I'm linking this to Virginia's view "All things embossed" Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a good evening!

Recycled wrapping paper flowers

Hi everyone!

I am playing the Paper Players challenge this evening! 

This theme was truly a challenge..I just didn't know where to start!!!

Then, I started clearing up some of the mess in my craft room and almost threw out this gorgeous wrapping paper that a visiting friend had wrapped my daughter's christmas present in!

Suddenly, just like that, it all came together!!!!! Has that ever happened to you???

I chose the medium geranium punch from Punch Bunch and punched out 12 petals, which I then manipulated with my embossing tool. I placed one layer of petals with the gold side up and alternated it with a layer with the red side up. I cut the leaves using my sizzix die. 

The background panel was from my scraps…embossed with the cuttlebug embossing folder.

The sentiment is from Kaisercraft, which I stamped with Versafine Crimson Red and gave a gold border with my gold signo pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Princess dress

Good Morning Everyone!
For my official Craft Adda post today I have a card that I made using the cutest little (Princess dress) die from Memory box dies.

After much contemplation, I decided to hang the dress from this fabulous sentiment stamp from Hampton Art, which has been heat embossed with Metallic blue embossing powder from American Crafts, cut out and popped up with 3D tape.

For the background, I heat embossed the dazzle stamp with clear embossing powder and added some self adhesive gemstones to add some bling.

To add interest to the dress I dry embossed it using the cuttlebug roses embossing folder, and added an bit of navy blue ribbon.

I love the way it has turned out...don't you?!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Picture perfect!

Today for my official post on the Craft Adda Blog, I have this fun and cheerful card!

I am playing the CASology  week 78 Cue card DOT challenge  and the Simon Says stamp"Emboss It " Wednesday  challenge with this card.

This darling stamp is from MFT stamps. The sentiments are from MFT and Hero Arts.

I did not have the word  "you are", so I partially inked up the sentiment 'you're the best' from the Hero Arts 'Everyday Sayings' stamp set and added it to the 3D tape popped up sentiment fro MFT stamps.

The background stamp is from Stampin'Up (I think...its really old!) and the stars are die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities and embossed with a small dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

Hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Records rock!

I just love old Vinyl records, don't you?!
So, I decided to make a card along that theme...

For the Vinyl record, I punched a 13/4" circle(EK success) from black card stock and a 3/4" circle(EK success) from red card stock.  I then punched a hole in the centre of the red circle using my Crop-a-dile and adhered the two together. For the base a cut out a square piece of kraft card with my spellbinders nestabilities and stamped over it with the Stampin' Up woodgrain background stamp.

I distressed all the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.

For the arm of the record player, I used an arrow from the Cottage Cutz valentine heart die.

Finally the sentiment is from the Paper Smooches Be Boppin' stamp set, held together with a music note brad from recollections.

I am entering this card for the CASology  week 78 cue word 'DOT' challenge.

I really enjoyed making this card...I'm sure whoever receives it will enjoy it too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!