Brilliant Grad!!

Hello all! 

Hope you have had  a great weekend!!

Mine has been busy and very productive!! 

Here is what I have been upto!

I made this card for the Friday Mashup challenge and the Dynamic Duos challenge.

My inspiration for this card came from a vector image of a graduation cap that I found on google images. 

The background stamp, I'm sure you will all recognise by now...Starburst from Hero Arts!

The light bulb and sentiment are from  the Technique Tuesday 'Bright Idea' stamp set...another favourite!

Inks are memento Dandelion and Versafine Onyx Black.

The sentiment is heat embossed with American Crafts embossing powder.

To make the graduation cap, I used my square nestabilities dies and my circle punch. I cut and trimmed till I got the right effect. The tassels are made with Baker's Twine from the Twinery.

I thinks it looks really cool...don't you?!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good night!

Dynamic Duo Challenge

Hey everyone!
I am playing the Dynamic Duo Challenge for the first time along with a few other challenges.

These are the colours for this chalenge.

I am also entering this card for the Clean&Simple challenge FTL 234.

 The CAS-UAL Friday no.97 challenge...Chevron and Flowers.

And, the Crafter's Corner no.7-Bingo Challenge, where I have used 

'Distressing, Flowers and Charms'

for my card.

Here is my interpretation...

For this card I used The Chevron stamp from Technique Tuesday and heat embossed it with Pearl Lustre embossing powder from Stampendous.

The flowers are one of the first stamps I ever  bought. It is from Megilo.

I heat embossed the flowers with Aqua embossing powder from American Crafts.

The sentiment is from Verses rubber stamps, stamped with Onyx Black from Versafine, die cut using my spellbinders nestabilities and distressed using Tim Holtz broken china and crushed olive distress inks. 

The ribbon and butterfly charm are from my stash.

Turned out nicely, don't you think?

A gift for a friend's baby...

I made this card and bag along with this frame as a gift for a friend's baby. I really enjoyed making it...and I suppose it shows!
Thanks for stopping by!

See what my kids made in class this week...

Cards that dangle...

I was looking for something to do with my kids in class this week. So, I picked up a book I've had fore quite a while ago...'Pop-Up Cards' with Sandi Genovese.
I spent A LOT of time making my samples before my class...
Here's what I came up with...An X card with little dangles...enough to bring a smile to anyone's face.
I have scanned in the instructions from my book for you to try out...
Thanks for stopping by...enjoy...

Background stamp is from Hero Arts. I stamped, coloured , cut out and stuck the butterfly to add dimension. The white ink adds fabulous dimension, don't you think?

More coloured and cut out butterflies...I added a piece of vellum whose edge I punched with a lace punch, to create space for writing a message.  Since an  X card is visible on all four sides, there is something on all four sides to enjoy.

The butterfly dangles are punched out of coloured vellum and stuck together with  a piece of silver thread between them.

A variation....A different type of dangle...

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One More....

I made the envelope too!

Instructions....

I've been inspired

After many days of a major creative block, I received inspiration in the most amazing way! As I was dropping my daughter off to her story writing class, I passed a young girl on the street wearing a t-shirt with colourful tags printed on it.  It was just a glance, but it triggered off a wave of creativity! Here is the result...

Stamps are from Hero Arts "small variety alphabet" stamp set. The stamp '2' is from the Stampendous "calligraphy alphabet" stamp set. The buildings (with the wires connecting them...a common sight in India!), I have doodled, as also the clouds and the little tiny birds(crows...also a common sight in India!)

                                                             

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This following of cards is inspired by Godelieve Tijskens of http://stampingmathilda.blogspot.com/2011/02/old-favorites-are-back.html

The stamps that she used were from Hero Arts, but since I did not have the stamp, I improvised. I used the same peek-a-boo concept....I created  a stencil by punching out a square from a piece of card. I then used it to draw a square. Then using the stencil as a mask I stamped the Hero Arts "Hydrangea" stamp in different ways. Then I coloured it in, cut out the squares and stuck them on a white card. The sentiment is from the  Hero Arts "everyday sayings" stamp set.

Here I've used the same technique, using a stamp from Cherish Stamps. I've made matching envelopes too!

                                                                   

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Here I have used the Hero Arts "Antique Brocade" cling stamp to create a background. To follow the pattern, I punched out two cosmos flowers and folded them over to create a carnation. I punched

out a tulip to form the base of the flower. I then stamped the  background on another piece of cardstock and cut out a frame using my Spellbinders Nestabilities scalloped rectangles. To add interest in the flower, I have coloured it a bit with orange and yellow coloured pencils and also

shaded the tulip with darker and lighter green coloured pencils. i finished off the project by adding some green gemstones.

Thanks so much for stopping by....

New year cards

These are the new year cards I made this year, using a family photo, for our friends and family. The paper I have used is from Mandlay Fine Stationery...A company which makes the most fabulously luxurious cards! Here is the link to their fb page.
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Mandalay-Fine-Stationery/100000920367429

Background snowflake stamp is from Hero Arts
Holly and Berry stamp is my own
Sentiment stamp is my own

happy new year!

I start my blog on this first day of the new year with renewed  resolve to put into action all the plans which have been floating around in my head for so long!
For now, here are some pics of my latest work....

Happy new year!!!