STAMPlorations Nov Mid Month reminder!

Heyyya All!! :)

It is time for STAMPlorations Mid Month reminder post for November Sketch and Theme Challenge!

Theme

Sketch

My card-

I have used STAMPlorations Sketched Rose, Trendy Feathers and Winged Things for the card. I used my Zigs for coloring and adhered them on the tag.

Hope you liked my card?
Find out what my amazing teamies have created HERE.

As you know, You can use STAMPGIRLSUCHETA for 20%  to buy STAMPlorations products! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs xx

STAMPlorations November Sketch and Theme!

Hellooo Craftyyyy Friendssss!!! :)

Time for a NEW Sketch and theme challenge on STAMPlorations blog!

As you know the theme and sketch are as follows:





I made this card combining both the sketch and theme. :) Here is my card-

I made a tag using patterned paper. Later on stamped STAMPloration Art Marks by Shery Russ Designs and Retro Mod Shapes (this one is expired- but I LOVE this stamp! ) on Kraft paper.
I fuzzy cut them and glued them over the tag that was made.

Hope you liked my card?

Find out what my amazing team mates have created HERE.

As you know, You can use STAMPGIRLSUCHETA for 20%  to buy STAMPlorations products! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs xx

TAGplorations blog hop Day 3!

Helloooo Crafty Friendssss!! :)

Today is Day 3 of LOVE TAGplorations blog hop! If you have missed my tags on Day1 and Day2, find them here and here. 

I made this tag

I have used Zig Brush Pens to color using no line water coloring technique. The stamps are STAMPlorations - Birds and Blooms set. 

Find out what my wonderful teamies have created-

Vicki P

Karola

Carol M

Maria F

Melissa

Susanne Rose

Helen G.

Suchi <--You are here

MariLynn

Vicki D

Deepti

Ina

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs xx

TAGplotaions blog hop Day 2!

Heyya All!!

Today is Day 2 of the Valentine's LOVE TAGplorations blog hop! If you have missed my tag on Day 1, find it out HERE.

I have made the soft background using Worn Lipstick DI and drew those little hearts using Zig. I have done no line water coloring by stamping the stamps of STAMPlorations - Birds and Bloom. I colored using Zig Clean color real brush pens! :)



Hope you liked my tag?
Now, find out what my teamies have created.

Monika

Linda

Amy

Kathy

  LauraJane

 Melissa

   Helen G.

Suchi <--You are here

MariLynn

Vicki D

Thanks so much!

Hugs xx

TAGplorations blog hop Day 1

Heyyaaa All!!

It is time for LOVE TAGplorations Blog Hop at STAMPlorations!! Today is Day 1 of the fun event! This is going to be SEVEN Days of Valentine's fun!! :)

I made this tag -

I have used STAMPlorations- Sketched Rose and stamped it using light colored Distress ink. I colored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. The sequins are from Bo Bunny.

Hop over at STAMPlorations blog and all other blogs participating in Day1 and leave your crafty love there! Also you can create a Love themed Project and link it up on the STAMPlorations blog.
:)

There are so many Prizes:

- (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on the STAMP blog and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)

- (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

So what are you waiting for?! Hop along and participate! ;)

Vicki P

Karola

Carol M

Carol D

Julie

Melissa

Stephanie

Helen G.

Suchi <--You are here

MariLynn

Kim

Two cards Two challenges!

Hellooo Ladies!! 

Hope you all had a great weekend? :)

Grab a cuppa coffee as this is gonna be one long post  I warn you! :)

 My First card is here-

I used Fiskars-For the Birds Stamp set. I colored the rainbow colors using Mr.Huey's watercolors and Koi watercolor brush. The used various distress inks for the sentiment. 

I played along CAS(E) This Sketch # 166.

Now, check out my second card-

I have hand-drawn those flowers with pots using white gel pen. I have also used stamp from My Favorite Things-Adorable elephant stamp set for the butterflies and the sentiment.

I colored using Mr.Heuy's watercolor set and distress ink for black. 

I played along Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #7 - Tag,Kraft,Potted Plants

Before ending, I want to share a thing with you all!

Ladies, do you remember this Calendar that I had made last year in Jan? I hope so!

My hubby was bored of the background and he asked me if he could alter it! That was a surprise to me as he doesn't craft or is never anywhere near crafting! ;)

 He took up this challenge for himself and the calendar background which was like this----

Was made to this! He made the base red and adhered a pattern paper in the background for the new look. He also extended the base so that my altered bottle could accommodate! 

I gladly took the pic of my new altered Calendar background that he made! I am loving it !! What do you think? :)

Hope you had fun stopping by!

Always love what you wanna say! 

:)

Hugs xx

Lulupu Birthday Celebration Challenge #59!

Heyyaaa Ladies!! :)

It is Lulupu's 4th Birthday! And it is time for celebration!! :)

We have a birthday grid for Challenge#59! Find out the details HERE on Lulupu! :)

This is the card I have made using the wonderful birthday elements - tag, papers, masquerade and music.

Before ending to post I wana say,
Lulupu is going to have loads of fun with you all! There are fun challenges and games! Yes, you heard it right! And no game is fun without Prizes!!
Keeping looking for more posts from Lulupu!

COME , PLAY WITH US!! :)

and
I am also playing along My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #270



Thanks so much!
Would love to hear your comments on my creation!

CASEplorations November- CASEing myself!

Heyyaaa Lovely Crafters!! :)

I am soo very thrilled to announce that my card for September was selected as CASEplorations winner! Shery and Maria gave me this wonderful opportunity to CASE my own card as inspiration! Woot! Woot! ;)

Thank you all the STAMPlorations ladies for choosing my card and giving me this chance! :)

This is my winning card which you can find here. It is also a CASE- of Vicki's card ! ;)

So, this card is actually a CASE of a CASE.. :P Ok, I should stop! :P

I have stamped STAMPlorations Bold Sentiment - Hashtag Authentic on the background using Black Soot distress ink. I used color box white pigment ink for the contrast on the tag. The butterfly is from STAMPlorations -Trendy Butterfly stamp set. I have used distress ink - Fire brick, Seedless preserves, Wild honey and Mowed lawn. I also selectively colored the background!

Which card did you like more?

You can find all the DT inspirations as below
Vicki
Deepti
Shirley

Monika
Maria

I would really wanna see how you guys show off and CASE any one of these cards!

So, are you ready to play? :D

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!  xx

The Damsel's Birthday! :)

Hellloooo Sweet Ladiesss!!

It has been a long time since my last post! Things have been so busy lately! I wish I had more than 24 hrs a day! :P 

I made this card for Becca- The Damsel of distressed cards who celebrated her birthday recently! :)

Happy Birthday dear Becca!! I am sure you will love her work ! Her comments are colorful and full of life too! :)

She is having a birthday blast by sharing a mood board!

Inspired by it, you need to make a card and she is not giving one but SEVEN prizes! Woohooo!! :)

Here goes my card! I hope she likes it.. :)

I am inspired by the colors of the mood-board. For the tag, I used Shutters-from ARTplorations and color box pigment ink. I outlined a few shutters with black marker. For the heart, I used yellow card stock and over it I used "generation stamping" technique using seedless preserves distress ink and Trendy Leaves from STAMPlorations. 

I used the sentiment stamp set from Bo Bunny for the sentiment and white pigment ink from color box. I adhered all of them using the sketch from STAMPlorations #36. I used texture paste over the purple card and stencil is from Craftslane.

I am also entering it for STAMPlorations Anything Goes.

and City Crafter Challenge -using twine

Before ending this post, I wanted to share my poem with you all! My family has been going through a lot lately as my mother-in-law is suffering from the deadly cancer. She is fighting hard and we all are too! :) 

Right, so, when the emotions flow in, poems come out.. I wrote it after a long time...hope you guys like it.. :)

It is titled as "The Catapult"

Look! The catapult

That we are playing along..

Unavoidable, irresistible,

Thought nothing could go wrong..

Watching other stones

Swinging in the sky high..

Confident it was fun

That no one could deny..

Oh God! I swear!

That stone went far away..

And here is another one

That just went half way..

Didn't know we were

After all prepared..

Dared, compared or

Were we declared..?

Thought the catapult

Would make our stone rise..

You know as may

Had a dream in our eyes..

But now that the stone is

Pulled back for the leap..

Don't know for how long

The stone is going to weep..

Faith is there..

As is hope and love..

The catapult is pulled backward

Only to be soared high like a dove!

Hugs,

That place!

Helloo Dear Crafters!!
How have you all been? It's been a week since my last post! :O
Time is flying by here. I have been really busy lately! But here I am struggling to make another card. :)

Well, I am playing along STAMPlorations Challenges.


This week's sketch is:


What I have come up with is this card :)
I am also entering this card for Lawnscaping challenge which has watercoloring as their theme.


And Crafty CardMarker Challenge -Make your own background.

Technique:
I cut out shades of green colored papers in the above fashion and stuck them over the card. I managed to recycle a tag from my jean's price tag ;)
I adhered it with white card stock and patterned papers from American Craft(cut them out in the same shape as the background). I used this amazing Koi water brush which I recently bought. This brush-pen makes you work faster and makes things less messy! I used Mr.Huey's water colors to paint the background clouds and sun.
Later, I adhered a foam die-cut that I received in a giveaway. :)
I used Stamp from Fiskars for the sentiment and distress ink-black soot.
So, how do you like my card- It has paper piecing, stamping, watercoloring and die cut techniques.
Would love to hear your comments !
<3

------------xxx------------

I won a blog -candy from Sarah - Sarah's Art Corner!
When I received this Candy I was thrilled and happy!(Oh, and she added a few more surprise elements to it!)
Ladies, you may want to visit her lovely blog and leave some love! She has been on the blog-land for around 6+yrs and her creations makes you smile!
Thank you so much Sarah! God bless you for the upcoming events in your life! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Colorful Tag!

Hello Crafters!

I have come up with a card inspired by the following creation by Donna from Tag You're It! Challenge # 15.. This is the inspirations:

Here is my take on the tag:

I was inspired by those bright colors and the white background. .

I have used Bo Bunny to the point stamp set for the sentiment. Used Stencil for the stars and distress ink - moved lawn, salty ocean, worn lipstick and wild honey.

Sweet Treat!

Hello my sweet crafters!!

I have created this special card for a birthday!

It is a:
1.Double Zig Zag fold Card
2.Suspension Card
3.Shaker Card ;)

Here is the Card:

                               




I am going to give a step by step tutorial of this card:

1. I have used Cupcake Digis and fuzzy cut them out like this:

 

2. For the shaker element, I have used a cupcake shaker template and fuzzy cut the image.

3. I adhered it with an acetate sheet. I added a stick inside for the suspension and added the sequins inside it.

4. I colored the sweet yummy digis using distress ink(Tim Holtz - mowed lawn, worn lipstick, fire brick, seedless preserves, wild honey)

5. For the card, we can create a Double Zig Zag fold card as follows. Take 16*6 inches long sheet. Score at 2,4,6,10,12,14 inches.We can manipulate the measurements as per our requirements.

 

6.I have used some beautiful patterned papers which I bought from a local store. I cut out these pieces for layering them on the card base.

 

7. We add these panels onto the card so that when we open up the card, it will show us the suspension + shaker like this:

8.I used Versamark ink and Gold Embossing Powder for the sentiment. Sentiment used is from Bo Bunny Stamps set.I have cut out a panel to hold this card together. I added the sentiment "hello" to it using Bo Bunny Stamp set.

9.When you open this panel, you can see this see-through shaker + suspension cupcake which is the treat for this birthday card!

Here is another look at the card created:

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Lulupu Challenge #46 -Love you Sweets (Special Mention)
Lulupu Challenge inspired me to use sweets in the card.

Create Something Catchy #11 which ends on 27/2 - Shaker Card
Catchy Challenges have shaker cards as their theme this month

Beyond Grey Challenge # 65 which ends on 28/2 -MoodBoard
I have used Beyond Grey Challenge Mood Board in such a way that I am inspired by the colors white and pink, Cake, cupcake, Donuts, Sweets.
                                  

Craft for the Craic which ends on 28/2 -Birthday Card