WIN a handmade card OR get one custome made - absolutely FREE!

Hey Guys!! Presenting to you the first ever contest on my blog. I have always wanted to host one and here it is finally !! :) This one is pretty simple and you have a  wonderful chance to win any one of my handmade cards posted on my album on facebook OR you can even order a customised card for your dear one! :).

Yeah, you read it right! The winners will have 2 choices:
1. To select from any of my available cards, OR
2. To order a handmade card on any theme, for any occasion.

The prizes will be shipped to the winners FREE of cost! This contest is open to all worldwide.
I will declare 3 winners on May 15, 2011.

The rules are simple:
1. Follow my blog.
2. Follow my FB page - Arty Sorts
3. Post a comment to let me know you are in. You should mention the CARD no. from my FB album (link given above). In case any of the 3 winners like the same cards, preference will be given to the one whose post is first here. Please do mention your email id to let me contact you.

BROWNIE POINTS: To get an edge over other participants you can post this contest details along with the picture above on either your FB profile or BLOG (post or sidebar).

There is a surprise element to this contest as well. You will also receive something in addition to the prize. So keep guessing and join in asap!

NOTE: Having a blog is not mandatory for participating.

In case of any queries regarding the contest write to indira.bhullar@gmail.com

Hi!! I am extending the deadline of this contest by 15 days i.e May 30th.
In case there are no further entries, I will declare 1 winner among you all :)
Thanks so much for participating.

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May 30th 2011:

Hi guys, I am so glad to announce the winners of this contest. But before that I want to thank each one of you for participating and admiring my craft.

Although I didn't attach any candy here to see how many people genuinely admire my work, I had mentioned that there would be a surprise element to it. And rightly so, the winners will receive a yummy candy along with their chosen cards.

And the winners are:
1. Neha Jain
2. Hussena
3. Huzefa


Please mail me your complete postal address. Thanks a ton again and happy crafting!!

Cheers,
Indira

Green day!

Hey there! Here is my post for this weekend........ I think this is becoming a norm for me as I am more or less posting only on weekends. But I mostly post 2 to 3 cards made using a similar technique yet disparate from each other.
For the cards below I used green cardstock (a color I have never used earlier). I used my border punch to create 2 differnt types of backgrounds, and for embellishing I used my quilled flowers that I had in stock.

Happy Viewing!

Sunshine card

I call this card the sunshine card because of the colors. The semicircle gives a feeling of the sun and the bright orange and yellow quilled flowers make up for the colors of the sun. I am really loving the way it came up !

This card also goes to MOJO MONDAY 185 contest as they don't have any limitation on the no. of cards you can enter. Go check them out!

STATUS: SOLD

More cards.... crafty weekend :)

My weekend isn't complete if I don't "create" anythg. I made four cards this weekend. Will be posting them one by one....... Watch out for them :)

This card goes to MOJO MONDAY 185 contest.

Somewat different...

These cards are not the usual stuff that I make....... I used cartoon characters for the first time and set them on color co-ordinated backgrounds. The purple round shape used for the card on the left is again another clothing tag. Embellished with quilled accents and ribbon...... pretty easy to make.

Another view...

This card goes to the Lily pad cards challenge: Kathy’s Color Throw Down!

More tags put to use :)

A holiday put to good use by letting some creativity flow :) I had a long weekend and its good to have Monday as a holiday, isn't it? I really wanted to make this awesome flower I came across at Jak Heath's blog.  She also has a video  on youtube to illustrate this :)

This is what I came up with.... hope u like it!!

Here again I have used tags from 2 different clothing lines and tried to give an earthy look by using shades of brown and orange.

A close look at the flower...

I am going to enter this card in Kavitha's blogoversary contest for Guest Challenge :).

STATUS: SOLD

Simple cards using clothing tags

I try to reuse stuff as far as possible. These cards are made by using tags of a clothing line to create background for the artwork...

I had 3 tags of similar type, but I used 2 of them: one with blue-green color and other with yellow-mustard combination. The 3rd one had a more interesting design on its other side so I wanted to use it for another card.