Groovy Chic Easel Card

Hi Friends!! I have been MIA for some time now from blogland..... and yeah I did miss it a lot. Dunno but I was just not feeling like blogging at all. So it was sort of a self-imposed break from blogging and crafting. I missed many of your posts too. But on and off I managed to see some of your wonderful stuff.... like Snehal's beautiful albums, Hussena and Priya's shabby chic cards.

I have not really crafted since more than a month now, so the card I am posting today is not recently made. I have used digis from digimyworld.com that I won for a craft challenge. I tried coloring the girl using Faber Castell Watercolor pencils.

 The opened up Easel card...

Have a great day!

Challenges entered
Itsy Bitsy - K-I-S-S Challenge

Tag Game...Tagged by Priya Sondhi

Ok so this began at the Butterfly girl's blog....it's a tagging game. I have been tagged by my dear friend Priya and am supposed to answer few questions. Answers needn't be straight forward... so here I go....

1. Where is your cellphone?.............right in front of me
2. Your hair?........................................... Need a hair cut badly!!
3. Your Mother?...................................... is my strength and inspiration.
4. Your Father?........................................ My idol
5. Your favourite food?............................. Chinese!
6. Your dream last night?........................... I guess i was travelling somewhere (**HINT** need a vacation)
7. Your favourite drink?............................. any Cranberry flavored drink
8. Your dream/goal?.............................. is to be able to craft in my dream craft room with no other work to do in life!!
9. What room are you in?........................... Office ;)
10. Your hobby?.......................................... Paper crafting!!!
11. Your fear?............................................. Not being able to craft one day :(
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?........... being a full time craft professional, dunno how far it is possible
13. Where were you last night?...................... At home... doing Diwali preparations
14. Something that you aren't?........................ A fashionista
15. Muffins?.................................................. Love them
16. Wish list item?......................................... craft and only craft stuff!!
17. Where did you grow up?......................... born in Binaguri (West Bengal), schooling in Mhow, Ambala, Sagar, Gwalior, Shillong, Gurdaspur, Jorhat, Jalandhar, Pune :)
18. Last thing you did?.................................. Checked office emails
19. What are you wearing?............................ Traditional salwar kameez for Diwali celebrations
20. Your TV?................................................ is at home
21. Your pets?............................................... i have none
22. Friends?................................................... Few but those few are very close and dear to me
23. Your life?............................................. is good, I am happy the way I am
24. Your mood?.............................................. per my hubby, it swings a lot! I am a pucca Cancerian!
25. Missing someone?..................................... Mom, Dad n bro as its Diwali season
26. Vehicle?.................................................... afraid of driving in Mumbai
27. Something you're not wearing?................... make-up, i like the minimalistic look in office
28. Your favorite store?................................... Any stationery/craft store; I love to hoard stationery since childhood
29. Your favorite color?................................ Yellow

30. When was the last time you laughed?.......umm, daybefore! 
31. Last time you cried?................................... i guess 45 days back
32. Your best friend?........................................ is in Malaysia
33. One place that I go to over and over?........ my bedroom where my craft stuff is kept
34. Facebook?.................................................. good to get updates
35. Favourite place to eat?..............................many depending on mood, but I prefer home cooked food!

Now it's your chance girls, tag your friends and let them know to answer the questions!
Have fun! And Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali!! Be Safe!

I am tagging Juhi Khanna and Jovita D'Souza...

Shaped Shabby Chic Card

Hi. This is the card for which I had shared a preview yesterday. I made this card for inspiration as Guest DT for Lulupu Challenge Blog. I was asked to make a Shaped Shabby Chic Card.
I have tried a jar shaped card for the first time!

I made this card for my mom’s birthday and so I designed it keeping her in mind. I wanted to make it fun and bright and chose bright red color for the card base and for the roses too.
I wanted the red roses to be the center point of the card. The butterfly and flower lace die cuts are a RAK from Juhi and they were perfect for this card.

The twine used on the card is from an old price tag. I added small cherries at two places: one on the twine and other is a 3D sticker just next to the butterfly. The 'MOM' letters are self-sticking plastic stickers.

 A close-up of the handmade roses...

Guest Designing for Lulupu

Hi peeps! I am so excited to guest design for Lulupu this month. Their challenge is to make a shaped shabby chic card. Hop on to Lulupu blog now to view my card.
Here's a sneak peak into my card.

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Indian prints

Ok here is my 5th and last post for the day. To see my other Diwali cards posted today, click here. To see all my Diwali cards made till now, click here.

I came across some really cool designer paper having Indian prints on it. So I decided to make use of them to make some general cards. These can be used for any Indian festive occasions or otherwise too. I have just added various punched borders, but have kept the overall look very simple and sober.

 

 

 

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Stamps

Do check my other posts for today to see all the cards, or you can click the Diwali label to see all my Diwali cards.

For this card I have used wooden paisley and floral Mehendi (Henna) stamps that we get very commonly at the market. I colored them using sketch pens and added a hint of bronze paint. The golden stickers are from Hobby Ideas.

I have deliberately not added any sentiment here so that it can be used for other festivals as well.

 This is one card I really wanted to try out: coloring the Diya. I traced the diya using this stencil from Itsy Bitsy and deocrated and colored it. The border stamp is again from Itsy Bitsy. I added colored rhinestones on it. The sentiment stamp is from Jovita's store.

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Ganesh Stencils

Do check my other posts for today to see all the cards, or you can click the Diwali label to see all my Diwali cards.
For these 2 cards I used Ganesh stencil from Itsy Bitsy.
For the first card, I have done coloring using normal sketch pens and outlined using 3D outliner. The stamp used for the border below is also from Itsy Bitsy.

 For this card I colored the Ganesha using bronze paint and outlined using 3D outliner. The bronze stamp impressions on top and bottom is made using Hobby Ideas mini stamps.

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Punches

Do check my other posts for today to see all the cards, or you can click the Diwali label to see all my Diwali cards.


For this card, I made lanterns using left over paper scraps from punches and outlined it using a 3D outliner. The diyas and flames are made using circle punch. The border is made using MS diamond fence punch to create the effect of a fence.

For this card I made the flowers using tile punch. I cut-out the tile to create this look. The paisley paper used below is from an old wedding card.

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Stencils

Hi friends. As mentioned in my last post, I am back with my bunch of Diwali cards. Do check my other posts for today to see all the cards, or you can click the Diwali label to see all my Diwali cards.
For this card, I used the diya stencil from Itsy Bitsy. I sponged the diya design on the card....

For this card also I have used the same stencil but I traced the diya design and and outlined it using 3D outliner. 

For this card, I use a stencil from Pie Lane.