Card for Holi

Hey people!! How are you all doing? I am feeling a bit low since last week. Not been well and not been able to craft this weekend. That makes me even more low :( Just spent the weekend sitting at home doing nothing! I guess sometimes this is required to get the mojo back.

So today I am sharing a card that I made last weekend for Holi. I was too excited to see the ICR challenge for Holi. The use of misting technique reminded me of the brush painting we used to do in school.  

Let me show you how I created the bg. You must have seen this kind of nylon net on various bottles. I cut it open for use. Since I wanted to make 3 panels in different colors, I took 3 strips of CS and sprayed on them separately.

I have used ordinary water colors and toothbrush for misting. I was quite happy with the result and have thought of many more ideas to use this net. The splashes used in 3 colors are hand-drawn and cut.

Let me know how you all liked my card and my tecnique :)

Challenges entered:

ICR: ICRC16 - Holi With Fuchsia Pink, Bright Green & Bright Yellow! + Use Misting Technique

Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #151 Think Spring

Try It On Tuesday - Wonders In Watercolours

Lollipop Crafts - White with a splash of colour

Whimsie Doodles - Spring Fling

EDITED: I was chosen as Top3 at ICRC16 for this card.

Colorful love card

Hi peeps! This is a love card that I made based on an old sketch from Card Patterns. It helps to use card sketches when you are in a dilemma or have no idea about what you are going to make.
The PPs used in the card are from Hobby Ideas. The flower is handmade without using any templates or punches. Only the dark innermost petal is a punched daisy. The sentiment is a digi. I used two ribbons for the border, one broad and one narrower than it, and placed the latter on top of the broad one. The tiny blue beads on top right are from Pie Lane.

Challenges entered:

ICR: ICRC15 -Love + Photo Inspiration

Alota Rubber Stamps - Love with NO red

By the Cute & Girly - Love is in the Air

Whimsy Inspiration - #24 make your own flowers

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Love is all around

Quilled heart card

Hi all. This is yet another CAS card. I have tried the bee-hive technique for the first time.

It was discovered by Susan and also illustrated by Pritesh.

Nothing much to write about the card. I have added a red papaer on the inner side to write the wordings on.

Challenges entered

ICRC14: CAS + Anything goes
MyGrafico - Love and Valentines
Crafty Creations - #152 something new - [Tried bee hive technique for 1st time]
Simon Says Stamp - Spots/stripes
I Brake For Challenges - Clean and simple

Christmas Ornaments card

Heya!! I am on a Christmas cards making spree especially with my newly purchased PPs.

I loved these Xmas ornaments on a card I saw on net and wanted to make my version of them. I didn't have any cutter or punch of this shape, so I roughly drew on a paper scrap and altered the shape till it was as I wanted. Then used it as a template for the main one for the card.

Hope you like the card. Isn't the li'l penguin so adorable!!

 Another view...

Challenges entered

ICRC13 - Christmas Non-traditional colors

The Pink Elephant - Snowflakes and Sparkles

Whoopsi Daisy - Snowflakes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Bottle shaped card

Hey there! Today I want to share a card that I made for my dad's ex-boss on his retirement.

My mom and dad wanted me to make a card in a different shape so I came up with a bottle shaped card.

Here it is...

 As you can see I also made a matching envelope with the card.

 My dad had sent me the wordings for the card, so I stuck the greetings on the right inner side and made a tag for the left side.

 The tag can also be used as a bookmark later.

A close-up of the front side...If you see carefully, the flourishes are actually the negative part of the punched border used for the envelope, which we normally discard. Also the little stars added on the greeting inside is from the punched border.

Challenges entered:

ICR Challenges: ICRC12 - Dots & /Stripes + tag

Card Makin' Mamas - Sentiments

Rainbow Lady's - Cards for Men

Stampavie and More - #156 anything but square

Whimsy Inspiration - #16 Tag

EDITED: Sharing the template I used to make this card.

Baby Card

Hi friends!! Today I have a cute little card to share.

Lots of baby news doing the rounds so I thought why not make a baby card. Also I thought the theme at ICR for this month's challenge suits a baby card very much.

For this card I have used paper scraps from my Triple Easel card.

I cut strips of left over paper and used them for topn and bottom borders.

The dots are punched out from a paper punch. The tag is hand-cut.

The baby stamp is from Hobby Ideas. The ribbon is also reused from candy wrapper.

I traced the elephants and hand-cut them.

 I really loved the tag. Here's a close-up!

Challenges eneterd:

ICRC12: Dots &/ Stripes + Tag

Color Conceptions: Use paper scraps

Do You Stack Up? - Inspiration Picture* Splash of Blue

Sir Stampalot - Blue & Green 

Alota Rubber Stamps - Dots

Triple Easel Card

It is that time of the year when I make a special card for the most amazing couple in my life! Yes, it was my mom & dad's anniversary on 13th Oct. I sent the card to them and they absolutely loved it. They are the ones who have always appreciated my talent and given me the courage to tread my way.

Since the card had to be extra special, I wanted to try something different. So, here is my first try at the Triple Easel Card. I printed the wordings for 'Mom' & 'Dad' and hand-cut them. All the flowers are punched. The white pearls are from a local shop. The wordings on the lower panels are also printed on card paper. I added silver glitter balls (from Pie Lane) to decorate and emphasize 'Happy Anniversary'. The heart-shaped blue-colored stones act as stoppers.

 When laid flat...

 Top left panel...

 Top right panel...

 Top center panel...

Lower left panel... 

Lower right panel...

Lower center panel...

Hope you like my first attempt at a triple easel card. I hade made one easel card earlier (See here).

Challenges entered:

ICRC11 - Easel Card + Basic shapes

Paper Shelter Challenge - #37 Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge - #52 To The Letter (add lettering)

Partytime Tuesdays - PTT #38 Anything Goes

EDITED: I am sharing the template I made for this card. Please link back to my blog if you use it. To download the template, right click and Save As.

These are the top 2 panels.  

Ribbon roses for Silver Anniversary

Hey there! Its been raining non-stop in Mumbai since last night, and I've had a rather lazy Saturday. Over the week I had been thinking about 3 challenges and due to lack of time (or my laziness) ;) , I decided to club all the three together, and make one card to fit all three :) The card got ready very quickly, but as I started deocorating it, I kept adding one element after another, now that I have loads of embellies I bought from Hobby Ideas and Pie Lane.

I have catered to ICR9 challenge, Erum's challenge to create ribbon flowers for Yyam's blog 'Do More with Less' and Mojo Monday 205 Sketch Challenge.

The ICR9 theme is Celebrations + NO Digi/Rubber Stamping except for Sentiments. Here is their challenge pad. Click on it to know more about the challenge.

Mojo Monday 205 Sketch

Erum's challenge is to create ribbon flowers and she is offering these gorgeous ribbons as the prize! Do visit her blog to check out her gorgeous creations. 

Here is my card. Please click on the pics to enlarge.

I have made the roses as shown by Erum in the challenge post on Yyam's blog.

Few close-ups

The butterfly and glitter balls are from Pie Lane. I have used the glitter balls to adorn the flowers on the PP. Again inspired by Erum here :) She makes fabulous use of glitter balls and amazes us with her creations every time!!!

Hope u all like my card! Do leave a note to let me know.

Have a nice Sunday!

Also entering this card for the following challenges:

Phindy's place: Challenge # 70 Make your own embellishment

Paper Creations Ink: Challenge # 7 Show us your flowers

Window card

Hello! This is a window card that I made for ICR challenge. The combo twist was to add sewing to it in any form. I used faux stitching on my card. The bow is made out of tissue paper and I added a touch of pink with water colors.

Here is the ICRC8 challenge pad. Click on it to know more about the challenge.

Love U, Friend!

Hi ! I have made so many wonderful friends in the blogland and learnt so many new techniques from them. They all inspire me in some way or the other. So my card below is dedicated for all you wonderfull blogger friends. Thanks for being there and for all the encouraging comments.

I will be sending this card to one of my dear friend. [I don't want to reveal her name, coz its a secret for her ;)]

I have used a digi for this card and colored it using water colors. ICR really makes us think hard about the card concept :) And I totally enjoy that coz I am getting to learn new techniques and working on new ideas. For embellishment I used punched flowers, ribbon and buttons from my stash.

Challenges entered:

ICRC7 Challenge - Big & small creatures

Craft JC Challenge #8- Friends are forever

ICR Mumbai Crafters meet

Finally we had the first get-together of the ICR Mumbai crafters on 16th July. Incidentally, the gang at Delhi and Bangalore also met on the same day for the first time. The excitement of all the members just cannot be explained in words. We bonded like a house on fire. Everyone had so much to share and so many things to talk about. Paru shared so many tips and tricks that I almost thought of jotting them down on a piece of paper :)

We shared our experiences and our fav craft destiantions in Mumbai.

Neha and Jovita gave us a pleasant surprise by getting some goodies for us. Khyati also got cute little cards for all of us. Paru brought some really gorgeous embossed papers for us.

 Embossed papers that Paru got for us :)

 Cute little card by Khyati

 And finally the group pic. From left to right (Khyati, Paru, Neelam, Neha, Asmita, Jovita & me)

Pink Card

This is the first time I made an all pink card. I have made cards which are primarily pink but they all did have a dash of other colors like green for leaves, black for sentiment, etc. I made this card for ICRC6 challenge - Pink on Pink and a line from the tic tac toe.
I used ribbon, flowers and butterfly from the tic tac toe.

Although it might look simple, but this card is a bit complicated. As in you can't just open it simply. Have a closer look! :) 

You will need to untie the ribbon... 

 Unlock the butterfly....

And then open to read the contents :) 

So how do you like it guys!! It took me 2 hours to make this card, but I kept thinking the whole day about what to make for this challenge. I am glad I could make this card for the ICRC6 challenge just in time!! :)

I am also entering this card in the following challenges :
 One Layer Wednesday 62 challenge. This card is made for my friend's little daughter who loves butterflies :)
Card Cupids Blog - Monochromatic Card: My color is Pink
All sorts challenge - Free n easy July
Delightful Challenge [Fancy Folds]
Crafts Challenge [Butterflies] - whose DT is Anita !! Congos Anita!