Guest Designer @Stamplorations

Hi friends!

Sharing a tag I made as Guest Designer for Stamplorations. This card was selected a top pick at the January Challenge. Stamplorations has an amazing collection of stamps & stencils.

This month the theme is - 

And this is the sketch. 

You can use either the theme or the sketch for the challenge. For further  details please visit the post here. 

This is the tag I made -

For the background I used gelatos & randomly stenciled whipped spackle for some texture & added holograhic embossing powder over this for some shimmer. The highlight of the tag is a bold stamped sentiment. However, after coloring (with peerless watercolors) the beautiful digi that Shery sent me I decided to mute the stamped sentiment. So I tore a piece of vellum & glued it over this. Made some score lines on the vellum & added color to the distressed edge for added texture.

Here are some close ups of the tag - 

Do you notice the holographic shimmer here! 

Sharing this at - 

ICRCSPR01-Anything-goes-with-flowers-twist-is-no-cards - 28.3 - HONORABLE MENTION

Creative Knockouts#131 - 9.3

The Sisterhood of Crafters - 6.3

Stamps and Stencils - Spring-is-in-air - 6.4

Star Stampz - Include-embossing - 16.3

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Stenciled Mandala

Good Morning!

Indian Craft Room has a Tic Tac Toe challenge with a very interesting twist to use a mandala. 

I started creating my mandala by using a stencil (MFT Concentric circles) & distress inks to get hennah colors. I then went crazy with all the tiny stamps I had, which were never used! I then die cut the panel with SSS stictched rectangle dies. This is the result of stenciling & stamping.

Addicted-to-Stamps#120 - 27.2

Indian Craft Room - 29.2 (stencil, flowers & faux sticthing inthe die cut) - HONORABLE MENTION

Craft Your Passion#300 - 28.2

Tuesday Throwdown#282 - 1.3

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BEST TEACHER

Hello friends!
Back again after a short absence to share a card I made for my daughters teacher.
To create the BG I made swatches of colors with distress ink on the CS, following which I heat embossed the flowers in clear embossing powder & then covered the entire BG with black soot distress ink. This is the result of the amazing resist technique..........very much alike the crayon resisit technique I used in this card HERE.

Linking this to the ICR 32. 

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ICRC 28

Hello all.
This is the card I made for ICRC28 - a card with a pun/witty sentiment using speech bubbles.
Here's my OWL saying - "You are OWL this & more".
The sentiment is computer generated & the owl is a fussy cut from PP (Papermania - Honey & Hugs) & adorned with googly eyes.

Also entering this to - 

Dream Valley Challenge#55

Craft Your Passion Challenge#160

Cards in Envy Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a crafty week!!!

A Rainy Day Layout

Hello peeps!!

Phew!!!! I managed to complete my entry for For The Love of Crafting Challenge#13.

Currently I live in Bangalore but my roots are in Mumbai. Among the many things I so miss about my home town are food & the rains. Yes, it definitely gets rather messy in the monsoons but I enjoyed watching the rains, through my window whether at work or at home. I also miss all the frequent visits with friends to Lonavala in the monsoon. OMG...........am getting very nostalgic, on a hot summer afternoon in Bangalore (please let the pleasant Bangalore climate make a come back!!! ).

As soon as I read the theme season stories, I knew I wanted to make a monsoon card. I have used the layout at ICR - ISC1 Challenge & the color scheme at Itsy Bitsy's Logo Color Challenge.

Here's the outcome -

A close- up of the picket fence blooming with flowers................isn't the rain all about greenery everywhere?? Don't miss the cute little dragon fly & flower buttons. For the base I used a 12x12 embossed paper & also had a punch to match the embossed swirls in the paper.

The sentiment is hand written &  added a  blue heart shaped rhinestone that I found in my stash & a wooden heart. The intent of the tear shaped bling was to depict rain drops (not sure whether I achieved the desired result though!) & used a doily to make an umbrella.

Also linking this to Whoopsidaisy Swirls Challenge. 

Thank you for visiting..................and do leave your comments!!

Guest Designer - ICRC27

Hello Friends!

As the title suggests I am sharing with you the cards I made for  ICRC27. I was among the top three at ICRC25 for this calendar & invited to design for the current theme - one layered card + repeated stamping. Super exited as this happens to be my first GD post!!!

In this first card the background is distressed, followed by repeated stamping.

Entering this card to Polka Doodle Challenge -Week 10 & Fab n funky Challenge#162

For the second card I first stamped on the CS with Versamark Watermark Ink & then created the background with soft pastels. This gave me the colored images. The images in black were then stamped over the background. 

Sharing this card at LadyBug Crafts - March Challenge.

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Have a wonderful weekend!!

Shoe Shaped Candy Holder with a Mini Easel Card

Hello friends, am back again with a new creation for this months theme......LOVE.

This time I made a very very girly candy box in pink, shaped like a high heel shoe.........yes you read it right a shoe. Used this shoe template, slightly modified the toebox. 

This is my candy box.......isn't it all pretty gorgeous in glittery pink? My daughters just cherished this & want a real shoe just like this one!!!! 

The heel can hold candies like this...........

I have used parchment paper for the toebox, embellished with a single layered flower & some bling.

Made the insole using double sided PP. Have added a mini easel card, for which I used the other side of the PP. Here's a look at the card.

Looks complicated but trust me its really easy peasy to make.

Challenges entered:

ICRC26

Crafters Corner Challenge #5

Itsy Bitsy PP Challenge

Charisma Cardz Challenges#6
One Stitch At A Time Challenge#151

Thanks a lot for visiting again & leaving me a comment.

Handmade Calendar 2013

Hi all,

Am ready to share with you the calendar I made for this month's ICRC25 - New Year (2013) Calendar + Recycle/Upcycle Something.

I have recycled an envelope to create a hanging calendar with the look of a handbag!!
How???…..you will soon see!!!!

This was the envelope used

Changed its appearance by adding handmade paper & chipboard die cut (Itsy Bitsy)

The front - look of a handbag

The other side - a calendar                               

                                                                                     

Each month page can be mounted at a time in the adhesive photo corners. Have also provided a small clip to hold mini to do notes/reminders.

 The pocket behind can hold the pages for the remaining months....................

I enjoyed using so many PP & handmade papers in a single project. Have a insatiable weakness for handmade papers............……the colors & textures are just so appealing......................hope you noticed the embossed handmade paper used in the handbag.

All the colorful months -

A closer look at some embellishments

Thanks for taking the time to visit & do let me what you think about this calendar.

Have a wonderful day.

Also linking this to - 

Hands to heart Challenge#7-A New Beginning

Crafters corner Challenge#4-Anything but not a card or layout
Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog 12
Cards Galore Challenge Blog