Mega Celebration at Arty Sorts

Hey peeps!! I am having a Mega Celebration at my blog  - Arty Sorts. Its been long due and this time I decided to make it big! There are loads of fun events lined up over a span of one month.
For the curious ones, I am having these celebrations as I have never really celebrated my blogoversary. I started this blog back in 2007 casually and I used to post anything and everthing from food I made to crafts done in school. But since 2009 it has become a passion and I am glad that I have managed to maintain the focus! I also recently completed 250 posts on my blog. The celebrations will conclude in July with my Birthday and Wedding Anniversary.

Universal rule for all events:

To be a part of my mega event, you need to post the below image on your blog sidebar.



Let's begin the fun with the blog candy that I am offering.  I am going to add some stuff to this based on the response that I get. To participate for the candy you need to register in the Linky tool below. Winner will be chosen randomly and announced at the end of the month long celebration i.e. 12 July 2012.

  Contents of the Candy

2 Big rub-on stickers, Doll embelishments, 2 Baby stickers, Glitter Round Frames, Self-adhesive Rhinestones, Doilys, Flower buttons, Itsy Bitsy sequins, Do Crafts 5 embossed white cards with envelopes, Flower jewellery seal

You need to follow alteast 5 rules below to be eligible for the candy, the first and last ones being mandatory:

1. Post the mega celebration announcement image on your blog sidebar
2. Post about the mega event on Facebook
3. Make a blog post about it on your blog
4. Be a follower of my blog Arty Sorts
5. Follow my FB page Arty Sorts
6. Leave a comment here to let me know what all you completed.

NOTE:

1. All are welcome to join in the events as long as you can provide an Indian address to post the prizes.
2. You need not necessarily have a blog to participate. You may email me at indira(dot)bhullar(at)gmail(dot)com.

Links to all posts related to the Mega celebration:
1. Mega celebration event 1: Blog Candy - You are here
2. Mega celebration event 2: Guest Challenge
3. Mega celebration event 3: Crossword Puzzle
4. Mega Celebration Event no 4 - Things to do with a circle punch
5. Mega Celebration Event no 5 - Treasure Hunt
6. Mega Celebration Event no 6  - Guessing Game Part I
7. Mega Celebration Event no 6 - Guessing Game Part II

Winner announcement posts:
1. Mega celebration event 1: Blog Candy Winner - Pratyusha Venugopal
2. Mega celebration event 2: Guest Challenge Winner - Dr. Sonia & Top 3 - Hussena, Snehal  and Nupur
3. Mega celebration event 3: Crossword Puzzle Winner - Snehal Watwe Welde
4. Mega celebration event 5: Treasure Hunt Winner - Hussena Calcuttawala
5. Mega celebration event 6: Guessing Game Winner - Ruchita Shah

My Article in City Plus Jagran

Hey friends!! Just here to post my article published in City Plus Jagran: Mumbai-Kandivali edition today. Click on the image to enlarge and read the article.

Links to posts mentioned in the article:

Tissue Roll Napkin rings

Tin can luminary

Upcycled tin can



Faux window card

Hi All. Here is a simple faux window card that I made recently. The colored tiles used here are from the brochure of a paints company. The ribbon is from my stash and the blue border is from Itsy Bitsy. The flowers used for embelishment is a RAK which one of my friends got for me from UK. The CS is a local buy.

Also taking this opportunity to share information about a fab giveaway from my friend Jaya. She celebrated her birthday yesterday and is offering a wonderful handmade Mini book amongst other things in the giveaway. Do check out the deets here.

Challenges entered

Fussy and Fancy - Swirls & Flourishes

Cooking It Up With Katie -#96 celebrate, ribbon, die cut

Stampotique Designers' Challenge - #55 bright colors

Pastel Easel Card

Heyy all! I have been waiting to post this card since the day I made it. I don't plan my cards so I was really happy the way it came out. All the elements kind of gelled so well with each other.

The CS is from Pie Lane. The PP is from Paper Mania.  I have used a doily on the upper half and lined it with lace. The white flowers are also special as they are made from the same lace. The blue mulberry flowers are from Ujjwal's store. The peach colored cherry blossoms were actually on a tag that came along with a candle. I have reused them here.  The sentiment and flower stickers next to it is from Itsy Bitsy.

 Erum had illustrated how to make these flowers. You may like to have a look at her tutorial here...

Here's today's freebie for you. Do check out the rest in my Freebies/Templates section and link back to my blog in case you happen to use any of them.

Challenges entered

Moxie Fab World - Gingham

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #194 Laces & Shapes

My Time To Craft - #180 It Takes Two 

Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #69 Vintage or Shabby Chic

Bearly Mine - #36 Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #54 Fancy Flowers

Sweet Stamps - #66 Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenges - Flowers and Doilies and Bling

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

PanPastel UK Challenge - Pastels Colours

 That Craft Place - Monochromatic

Anyone for Anya - Sketch

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Flowers
My Sheri Crafts - #85 Wedding/Anniversary
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Flowers
One Stop Craft - #183 Spring Wedding or Anniversary
Alphabet Challenge - H .. Handmade Flowers
Simply Create Too - Mothers Day / Feminine
Glitter Geeks – Polka Dots
 The Poodles Parlour - Monochromatic
Guylou's Inimitability - Doily
CR84FN - Color challenge

 

UPDATE: I re-created this card on order for a client. Here is the picture. This one is a bit different from the first one.

 

 

Quilled Border Card 1

Hi All!! TGIF!! I just realised my previous post was the 250th post on my blog!! Wow! Celebrations are in order! I am planning a big one soon. So keep watching.....
I am here to post a card that (can you believe??) I started around this time of last year. Completed it in bits and pieces. Actually I struck upon this idea of making quilled borders on cards and started out with four cards together. Each has a slightly different border. Then the challenge was to embellish the center portion. So it kept lagging behind. So finally here I post the first of the series today.

The top paper is from a magazine. The "Friends" sentiment is a colored digi.

A closer look at the border.....

It's freebie time today. Since the card is about friends, I designed a sentiment on friendship. To download the image, right click and Save As. Keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more and let me know your feedback about this.

Challenges entered

 Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment for your maim Focus

Creative Card Crew - #10 Sentiment as Focal Point

Truly Scrumptious -anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - #39 anything goes

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi - Clean and Simple
Pattie's Creations - include a digi / stamped image
Sugar Bowl - Anything goes
By the Cute & Girly - Spring is in the Air

Card set

I find it very useful to make two cards together at a time, similar in look but may be in different colors. This way you don't have to repeat the efforts needed to make that card and in the end you get two similar looking cards.

So here is a set I made few days back. It is a very simple card. I have used PPs on one side and punched them to string the ribbon. I then stamped the branch on top right and glued punched flowers on it. All the cards differ only in color and sentiment. The sentiment stamp is from Jovi's store.
You can see my other card sets by clicking on the Cards set label.

Challenges entered

For the love of crafting: Recipe Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday - #76 Clean & Simple

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Get Well

Kaboodle Doodles - Clean and Simple

Ooh La La Creations - Ribbon or Twine (or Both)

Mother's Day Card

Hi All, sharing another Mother's Day card that I made yesterday. It is a really simple one. I wanted to weave the ribbons by punching holes in the card and use it on my card. So here is what I came up with. The sentiment is a digi. The PPs are from Mallika, which she had sent for a pattern papers swap. The ribbon is a local buy. I punched flowers in assorted colors to match the PP. Hope you like it :)

And the freebie for today is....

Please do link back to my blog if you hapen to use it. To download the image, right click and Save As. Keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more and let me know your feedback about this.

Challenges entered

Crafts and Me - #83 punches and diecuts

Crafty Creations - #169 frame

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - #70 Mother's Day

Penny's Paper-Crafty - #79 Mom

Scrapalicious - Mom

Crafty Sentiments - Mothers Day

Celebrate the Occasion - #62 Mother's Day

Quilled Photo Frame

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing a project that has been on my to-do list for a long time. I wanted to make a quilled frame. The project never took off coz I wanted to make the frame too from scratch. But when I got these ready made ones I thought why not give them a try!

So here it is.... Hope you all like it!!

 A look at the upper half...

 The lower half...

Happy crafting!!

Card for Mom

Hey all! How are you doing? I had a rather dull weekend as I was quite unwell. So what better spending it making a card for the most special person in your life! Mother's day is around the corner. In India it falls on the second Sunday of May.

No prizes for guessing who the inspiration for this quilled lettering is!!! Yes, Dr. Pritesh!!! I am in awe of her work and more so when I met her in person last week in Pune. She is an amazing person: juggles so many things together at a time!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work with us!! Do visit Pritesh's blog for a tute on quilled lettering.

Front view of the card. Size is 5x7"

Another view....

Today's freebie is the font I used for this card. Have fun!!

Please do link back to my blog if you happen to use my freebies. To download this, right click and Save As.

Challenges entered

CraftyJC Challenge#16 - For a special Lady
Card Crafters Circle: Challenge#21 - Mum's the Word!
 Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge#31 - For a Special Lady
 Paper Sundaes - Mother's day
Sentimental Sundays #101: For a special WOMAN
Through the Craftroom Door - Happy Mother's Day

Birthday Card

Hi people. What are your plans this long weekend? I am sure if not anything else you will have some crafting plans for sure. Today's card is pretty simple but I enjoyed making it. For this I used my sponge stamps from Hobby Ideas. I have used normal water colors for this.

After stamping, I fussy cut (learned this word from my blogger pal Hussena) the flowers and leaves.

This is something I tried for the first time. I used black and green hole guards to make the border for the PP. This is how they looked before sticking the PP. 

 And after sticking the PP. It looks like a nice border. Isn't it?

And now the Freebie for today.......Please do link back to my blog if you happen to use my freebies. To download this, right click and Save As.

Challenges entered

CAS-ual Fridays - C4, must be CAS – Flowers / Trees

Clearly Inspired - Spring

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Spring

Dilly Beans - Pastel Palette

Emergency Crafters - Bold & Bright

Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything with Flowers

Fairy Tale - Green & Yellow

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes