Craft Your Passion#240

Good Morning and a big welcome to all my new followers....I hope you enjoy your visits here!
This Monday sees the start of a new challenge at Craft Your Passion#240. The theme "Pumpkin or Turkey".
I know its too late to share a hallooween project but I loved this digi by the sponsors Bugaboo Stamps a  pumpkin silhouette with the perfect Halloween elements & decided to play along with it though I knew it will be shared only well past Halloween!!!
The printed digi is fussy cut & layered over a die cut.

Pkaying this at -
That craft placeblog (22/11)
Inky impressions challenge#185 (18/11)
Papertake weekly  (18/11)
Simon says stamp  (19/11)


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Creative Colors Challenge#22

Welcome back! 

This Tuesday its time for Creative Colors Challenge#22 sponsored by Doodle Pantry Digital Doodles.

 

For this round we challenge you to use atleast three spool colors shown in the inspiration picture & lace in your card. Remember this is a card only challenge.

Pick 3 colors from the Spools PLUS use Lace. 

My daughter loves dream catchers & when I saw this digi by Doodle Pantry I knew I wanted to make a card for her!

Played around with distress ink, stamps & stencils to make the several layers of the background. The fussy cut digi is colored with distress markers. I love the sentiment - Dream a little dream!

Playing this at - 

Fitztown challenge#59 (2/11)

Craft creatoins (9/11)

TPE#274 (2/11)

Fairytale stamper#46 (15/11)

Brown sugar challenge#117 (29/10)

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Creative Colors Challenge # 21

Hi Friends!

Its time to have some fun at Creative Colors with Challenge #21 & the color palette this time is Orange + Brown + Ocean Green  along with die Cuts.

 

Our fabulous sponsors for this challenge are -

This is my inspiration using our sponsors' image - 

Colored the image with distress markers & added shimmer on it & the flutterby with my fav Wink of Stella (sorry the camera did not capture it!!!).

Please visit the challenge blog here for details & some more fabulous inspiration by our team. 

Playing this at - 

Fantastic Tuesday#57 (20/10)

Alphabet challenge (22/10)

Pile it on challenge (18/10)

Quirky crafts#21 (24/10)

Scribble and scrap crafts#29 (25/10)

House of cards#October (31/10)

Lawnscaping#patterned-paper (15/10)

Altered Chest of Drawers

Hello friends!

I am here with a gorgeous girly altered project I made for my niece.

The 9 drawer chest is from Craftslane. Had a lot of fun with pattern papers  (co-ordinated papers from two packs here - Prima Fairy Rhyme & American Crafts - Lucky Charm).

The little frame here is a Kaisercraft embellishment colored with markers. The vintage image is fussy cut from the Prima - divine collection pack & covered with mod podge dimensional magic to give a faux glass effect.

 

The glass bottle have a cute lock & key charm set.

 

The MDF laser cuts on the side panels are colored with markers & heat embossed with clear EP for glossy finish. The key-charms are pretend pulls for the drawers.

Linking this to -

BGC#59 (30/9) - TOP 3

Simon Says Anything Goes#8 (1/10)

Decorate to Celebrate#84 (30/9)

Little Scrap Pieces#20 (27/9)

LTSCB#38(28/9)

Altered Eclectics - September (30/9) - TOP 5

Crafty Girlz#27 (1/10)

C.R.A.F.T#278 (30/9)

Creatilicious Challenge#67 (14/10)

Sugar Creek Hollow - word play (26/9)

Deep Ocean challenge#87 (5/10)
Lady Bug Crafts- September (30/9)

Creative Colors Challenge#19

Hello bloggers!
Tuesday evening & another challenge at Creative Colors!
This round we want to see polka dots & any three colors from the inspiration picture.

Please do  visit the challenge blog here for inspiration   by the design team using digis by our sponsors - 

As soon as I chose the digi I knew I wanted to make a bookmark card, so here it is - 

 I used distress markers to color the digital stamp. The card has a pocket which holds the bookmark. The little bag of flowers is so adorable!

You will find this card in the following challenges -  

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September challenge (30/9)  

Creatilicious Challenge #67 - Flower Power (14/10)

DPDC#50 (24/9)

Imagination Crafts - September challenge (30/9)

The Crafting Cafe - September challenge (30/9)

Scribble and Scrapcrafts - challenge-27 (26/9)

Pile it on #37 (20/9)

Stamp and create - September challenge  (5/10)

Crafting from the heart #36 (21/9)

Craft Creations (27/9) 

LTSCB#38 (28/9)

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Decoupage

Hello bloggers & a happy Monday morning to all. 

I have some decoupage to share today.

First up is this tray in bright cheerful colors. Lovely, isn't it!

I love the Royal Rajasthan series of DP by Divya Thallap. This is my second tray in the same design. You must have seen a similar one here. The pearls along the inner edge add so much elegance to this design.

Lastly, I have a box to share. Once again this is my fav DP. I have made an altered hanging keepsake using the same paper here. The edges of the paper distressed using Vintage photo, the bloom is handmade (tattered florals - Tim Holtz alterations).

Linking this to -

Color my heart #110 (18/9)

Dragons lair Design Challenge - Anything(2/10)

Altered Eclectics - September Challenge (30/9)

4 Krafty Girlz Challenge-26 (17/9)

Suzy Bees  Bloomin - Challenge-46 (19/10)

DL Art - September Linky Challenge (1/10)

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Teachers Day Cards

Good Morning!

A very happy happy teachers day to all you crafty mommies! After all we are the first teahcers to are kids :-). Thank you all for the appreciation for the teachers day cards I posted here. Well  I had saved my fav collection to share today. CAS is not my style at all & it was rather hard for me to complete all these without distress inks & blooms! Made best use of two paper stacks from DCWV - Education pack & Grade school.

So here goes - 

 This card is linked here -

 http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.in/2014/09/53-tic-tac-toe-crafty-sentiments.html (stamp, sentiment, twine)

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.in/2014/09/september-challenge-1-back-to-school.html (16/9) (WINNER)

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-253-back-to-school.html  (FEATURED)

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-218-cas.html

http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.in/2014/09/cms-challenge-69.html

The next two cards are almost same. Note how a slight variation in the size of the layers gives a different look. I have been wanting to use a mason jar on a card for long. The school supplies in the vellum jar are stamped & fussy cut. The scale is a washi tape. I love the bright colors & patterns in the apples here.

This one is linked to the challenges below -

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/ch59-back-to-school.html 

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe266.html (WINNER)

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-229-back-to-school.html

http://thepapergirlschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-63-back-to-school.html (WINNER)

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.in/2014/08/going-grey-with-scrap-creations-back-to.html

http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-275-4th-of-september-back-to.html

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-226-school-supplies.html

http://craftandsmash.blogspot.it/2014/09/tema-scuola-penne-matite-quaderni.html (28/9)

 http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/back-to-school-challenge.html

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-50-anything-goesback-to-school.html 

In the next one the sentiment was built using a combo of different stamp sets & says it all.

Now won't every chemistry teacher love this! A while back I had seen something like this on pinterest & so wanted to use it on a card. The pattern paper is just perfect for this too!

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.in/2014/08/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-139.html 

And finally how about this to delight a geography teacher? The map, the planets...................purrrrrrrfect!! 

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-9-back-to-school.html

http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/09/case-this-sketch-91.html

 

How I wish I can go back to school either as a student to proudly had over these to my favorite teachers or as a teacher to receive these, what say?After this marathon session of CAS cards & loads of use of pattern paper I must confess that I now am a little comfortable running the scissors through my designer papers.................not to mention that I save the tiniest leftover piece!

Cards for Teachers

Good Morning!

Sharing a couple of cards I made for my daughters' teachers(in India September 5th is celebrated as Teachers Day).  You can view the cards & post it holders I made for them last year here, here & here.

Unlike the ones I made then, this time I decided to play around with some school theme pattern papers & go CAS. This is not my style & will eagerly wait for your feedback friends :-).

In all the below cards I used papers from the DCWV education stack. This is such an apt collection for teachers cards. The busy designs do all the work ;-).

Most of the sentiments are from the Teacher's Pet stamp set from Clearly Besotted.

Playing this at -

http://vandicrafts.com/vandicrafts-artistry-challege-week-six-thanks/

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.in/2014/08/clean-and-simple.html
http://casethissketch.blogspot.in/2014/08/case-this-sketch-90.html

This card is linked to - 

http://alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/08/aloha-friday-challenge-31-school.html

 http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-99-clean-and-simple.html
http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.in/2014/08/ch86-back-to-school.html

This card is linked to -

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/challenge-81-school.html 

http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.ca/2014/08/brand-new-friday-challenge-break-out.html 

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-136-back-to-schoolfor-teacher.html

For this card I have stamped a few sentiments (Justrite Grand sentiments) on the pencils.

 Linking this to -

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-222-back-to-school.html - TOP 3

http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-3.html 

http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/08/tag-youre-it-challenge-5.html

http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/back-to-school-challenge.html

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-171-back-to-school.html

The last card is a simple stamped (IO newprint) card.

  

http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/a-touch-of-kraft.html

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Birthday Card - Justrite Stamp

Hello friends......................here is a card which was a part of a 5 card set I made for a swap.You can see the first card here. Used my favorite Justrite Stamp - Water lily & frog. The lilies are colored with Faber Castell water color pencils & fussy cut.

Linking this to - 

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.in/2014/08/tuesday-throwdown-207-mellow-yellow.html

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.in/2014/08/through-craft-room-door-challenge.html

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.in/2014/08/anything-goes.html

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.in/2014/08/fan-tastic-tuesday-challenge-47.html

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-127-anything-goes.html

http://reves2scrap.blogspot.fr/2014/08/challenge-3.html

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/flowers.html

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.in/2014/08/summertime.html (warm colors of summer)

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/favourite-papers-and-why.html (DCVW - pocketful of posies - this is my favorite paper stack having the best of colors & patterns - brights & pastels......abtstract & florals)

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.in/2014/08/week-270-favorite-things.html

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.in/2014/07/289.html

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.in/2014/08/flowers-challenge.html

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-147-bright-summer-colors.html

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.in/2014/08/august-challenge-anything-goes.html

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-6/

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc730-sparkle-glitter-or-bling/

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.nl/2014/08/challenge-247.html

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Creative Colors Challenge#15

Good Evening!

Time for Creative Colors Challenge#15 with a beautiful inspiration picture -

This time we want to see your cards in the color palette - White - Red - Pistachio Green PLUS add Buttons.

The sponsors Bugaboo Digi Stamps are offering digis of the winner choice.

Here is the super cute digi I have used to make my card -

Do hop over to the challenge blog for some more inspiration by the DT .

Linking this to - 

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.in/2014/07/july-challenge-animal-friends.html

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/challenge-123-animals-anybirdsteddy.html

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.in/2014/07/july-challenge-bingo.html (diagonal - stitching -around the button,  pearls, sentiment)

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.in/2014/07/119-under-sea.html

http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/2tc80-pearls-are-sooooooo-heavy.html

http://conniecancrop.blogspot.in/2014/07/monthly-challenge-24-under-sea.html

http://die-cut-divas.blogspot.in/2014/07/buttons-and-bows-new-challenge.html

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CreativeColors Challenge#13

Hello everyone...................am so glad you are here again.

Its time for another challenge at Creative Colors & this time we have a very soft soothing color palette - mint green, vanilla & white with the add on being the crafters all time favorite Butterfly.

Once again the winner plays for digis from Lacy Sunshine.

This is the super cute digi I have used for my card - Matilda Buttons Boo

Over to my card then - 

The card base is mint green, layered with pattern paper. The  SB decorative labels 1 die cut & the tickets are done in distress paints - mowed lawn & salty ocean.

Matilda was colored with Faber Castell color pencils & fussy cut.

Linking this to - 

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/96-anything-goessummer-fun.html
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.in/2014/06/june-challenge-at-crafty-bloggers.html (die cuts, image, pattern paper)
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.in/2014/06/june-challenge-layers.html
http://squigglefly.blogspot.in/2014/06/squigglefly-challenge-24-sfc2414-summer.html
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/06/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe255.html (colors & blooms)
http://blog.kraftzone.in/2014/06/anything-goes-with-dies-and-pattern.html
http://liveandlovecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-24-summer-garden.html
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.in/2014/06/challenge-201-crop-it-or-cut-it.html
http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/june-challenge-floral-fancy.html


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