A shaker card for Dad

 Hello!

I have a fun shaker card today, made with patterned papers from the 

Craftangles 'Papa Kehte Hain' paper pack.

I used Queen and Company dies to create the shaker and added little white beads inside.  The medallion is part of the paper pack, which I suspended using some white cord.

It is a simple card which took some time to make as I stacked multiple die cuts to create the shaker.

Hope you will give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Quick and Easy Christmas cards at CraftAdda

Hello!

welcome back to part 2 of Quick and Easy Christmas cards using patterned paper from 

Scrapberry's Happy Holidays 6"x6" paper pack  from CraftAdda.

I can't get enough of this paper pack..it has such fun designs and the quality is just fantastic!

To make this card, I used the Christmas tree paptterned paper as the base and,

 overlayed it with the cute houses paper. 

I felt it needed something to make it pop, 

so I added the two strips of red card  stock on either side. 

I stamped two panels with greetings from the Hero Arts 'Xmas sentiments' stamp set and,

 adhered them to the top and bottom of the card.

 I finished the card by adding some self adhesive pearls.

So much fun to make and really quick and easy. 

Hope you are merrily making some Christmas Cards with patterned paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Craft Adda official December post no.1

Hello!!

Happy December!

You can feel the nip in the air in Mumbai and its starting to feel like Christmas!!

This month I am working with 'Scrapberry's' Christmas themed patterned papers  from Craft Adda,

to make some quick and easy Christmas cards.

The papers that I have used for this card are from the Happy Holidays 6"x6" paper pack.

To make this card I started by trimming the green trees paper to size to fit the front of my card base. 

I then used the Simon Says Stamp 'stitched squares die to die cut the windows patterned paper.

I order to make it stand out a bit, I layered it with white card stock. I then added the white tree which I die cut using the memory box die.

I finished the card with a sentiment from the Hero Arts 'Xmas sentiments' stamp set, a little die cut memory box house as well as some clear sequins.

I just love the cheerful look of the card and though it doesn't snow in Mumbai, it makes me feel all christmassy!! ;-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Craft Adda New release

Hello!

Have you seen the fabulous new Diwali release 

'Festival of Lights' and ' Happy diwali ' stampsets

 from CraftAdda?!

These stamps are superb quality and when stamped the images are super crisp!

I have used some of these gorgeous stamps to create a set of  3"x4"notecards...perfect for the festive season!

I used a range of techniques to make these notecards... masking, rubber stamping, watercolouring, emboss resist and heat embossing. 

For this card, I first gold embossed the rangoli pattern from the 'Festival of lights' stamp set. I then masked off half the card using post it tape and used Tim Holtz distress inks  Fired Brick and Dried Marigold to blend the colours. I used a paisley stamp on the coloured background to create some interest. I finished the card with gold embossed sentiment from the same stamp set.

CrafTangles Stamps and Stencils are here!

Hello! 

Craft adda has launched its fabulous range of  Craftangles photopolymer stamps!

I have had the honour of using them and I have to tell you, the quality is exceptional!!!

I have used the 

Baby Sentiments stamp set  and the Craftangles 'Its a boy' paperpack

to make this card.

I paired a couple of papers from this cute paper pack and stamped two sentiments from the stamp set.

To cover the joint I used a blue satin ribbon and added a button from  my stash.

Craft Adda have also released their Craftangles  stencils which are made from superb quality plastic.

Since the festival of Rakshabandhan is in a months time, I decided to make a card with a rakhi. 

I used the stencil to create a background for my starfish rakhi. 

I used Tim Holtz distress inks to create the soft background.

I created the sentiment using stamps from Paper Smooches (Kinfolk) and MFT (Graphic masculine T and Graphic feminine T)

I made a few cards so I used my Misti stamping tool which made it so very easy!

Jennnifer Mcguire demonstrates how, here...

I hope you will be inspired to go over to Craft Adda and check out their new releases!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

50 and Fabulous

Hey there!

Today I have a CAS card I made using Craft tangles Old Paper paper 6"x6" pack, for my official post at CraftAdda!

This lace patterned paper is my absolute favourite!

I die cut the 50 using Lawn Fawn's Quinns 123 dies and the sentiment die and stamp is from 

Simon Says Stamp.

The sentiment die is cut in black then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Simple yet fun, don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

The April Challenge at Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back to all of you who have played with me before and a big welcome to those who are stopping by for the first time! 

I hope you have great fun playing my challenge!

My challenge for the month of April is 

ANYTHING GOES

April 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/JOIN  THIS 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...

I made this card using the 6"x6"  'Its a boy' paper pack from Craftangles by CraftAdda. I just love that, even though, this pack had predominently baby motifs, I was able to create a  card this is fun and adult.

I made this card on request for a friends sons 21st birthday. He is passionate about filmmaking, so I decide to use that as a theme.

I used a strip of film reel washi tape and created a reel using my ek success circle punches. I decided to add a celebratory element so I created the bunting using Mayarts jute twine and some coloured scotch tape.

I fished the card with a gold embossed sentiment from Hero Arts and the 21 die cut using Lawn Fawn's Quinn's 123 dies.

I think it has all come together quite nicely!

To inspire you some more, 

this month I have the fabulous Barb Engler as my guest designer! 

Those of you who follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram and Flickr may know her as the hostess.

I was so happy when she agreed to be my guest designer for the month of April!

Here is what she has to say about herself.

Hi everyone!

I'm so happy to be guest designing this month for Paru and her Challenge!

I live in the upper Midwest of the U.S> in the state of Minnesota. I am now retired from being a floral department manager of a small grocery store.

Retirement means more time to create, which I love!

I started out years ago with scrapbooking, when my two boys were litttle. 

That led to cardmaking, which I started in 2010.

I've always had a love for stamping, especially flowers, and more recently have fallen in love with coloring.

Coloring with Copics is my favourite, but, I love watercolor too. I also really like trying new and ddifferent techniques on my cards.

I must admit I was happy to find out the theme this month was 'Anything Goes'! That meant I could use some flowers for my card...YAY!

I decided to use a beautiful set designed by Wplus9.

It's called, Watercolour Anemones.

Since I love using different techniques on my cards, I decided to try a fun one for these flowers. They are solid stamps, with no space to actually colour, so I used the shadow technique to stamp them.

Using some fog coloured cardstock, I first stamped the flowers with white pigment ink, then used offset stamping with some bright pink ink to create that shadow effect. 

A white embossed sentiment, some dashed, white gel pen lines around the edges and a few white sequins, finish off the card. I love the results!

Paru also asked me to create a tag. 

With tags, my thought always goes to birthday gift tags, so that's what I made.

I thought a shaker tag would be fun!

I used the 'Lots of dots' stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

It's the perfect set fro creating fun, festive backgrounds!

For the shaker portion, I used the stitched Rectangle die set, also from Simon Says Stamp.

Just pick out some fun, bright colored ink and stamp your design-so easy.

I stamped the sentiment inside the shaker circle and added some sequins.

Stars or hearts stamp sets would work great for this too!

I hope I have inspired you to get out your stamps and try a different technique!

Love 

Barb.

THE PRIZES

As always, we have some fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

We have a Rs.1000/- voucher from Mudra Stamps

And a $25 store credit from Newton's Nook

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

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

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

You can link up your creations below.

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!

Paru Mahtani

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

Happy birthday to you!

Hello all!

I am playing the retrosketches#196 challenge with this card today!

The pretty printed papers are by crafttangles Craft Adda and the star and guitar dies are from mft. and the pretty sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh.

The sentiment is from one of my favourite stamp sets from Hero Arts.

Perfect card for a rockstar chick??!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

My attempt at Grunge!

Hey all!
Today, for my official Craftadda post,  I have a card for which I have attempted a grunge look...I'm not sure if I have pulled it off, but I like the end result.

To create this look, I used a stencil and distress inks(Tim Holtz) to create a partial impression. 

I then went over the entire panel with a texture cube from Stampendous and more distress ink. 

To finish I stamped a sentiment on a torn strip of paper and and adhered it with metallic brads (recollections)

The two vellum punched dragonflies completed my scene.

I love its soft muted look...what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a nice day!