I am a DT member of Lulupu!!

Hey friends...Wish you all a very Happy New Year!! May this year bring loads of happiness and prosperity in your lives.

In this new year I decided to tembark upon new challenges and expand my horizon in the crafting world. Yes, I have joined Lulupu as a DT member and I truly hope that I am able to do justice to my post. Need your support and best wishes for this.

This month, we have a Love themed challenge at Lulupu and here is a sneak peek of my inpiration.

Hop on to Lulupu blog to view the complete creation and join our monthly challenge "Love is in the Air".

Christmas Card

Hi. Here is another CAS Christmas Card that I made. I punched out the snowflakes from a pattern paper set. Then layered them onto a scallop circle and pasted them on the card.

 

Art Exhibiton

Hey guys. Just wanted to share with you all that I had an Art Exhibition in my office last Friday, on 14th December 2012. I displayed my exclusively handmade paper crafts at the exhibition. On display were Greeting cards, Bookmarks, Gift boxes, Picture Frames, Mini Albums, Name plaques, Magic Explosion Boxes and Paper Jewelry.

Many other collegaues of mine also showcased their paintings, sketches, photography and short movies. My stall had maximum crowd and got many appreciation notes from visitors.

Here are some pictures of the exhibition:

 Me at the stall :)

 Showing the exploding box to visitors

Christmas Greetings

Hi folks! I am here to share another Christmas card today. Its is based on a sketch I saw somewhere on pinterest.

Challenges Entered

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge - Snow or Snowflakes

Card Mania - Snowflakes

Made Especially For You - Use 3 Snowflakes 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas Goes

Creative Belli - #159 Christmas

Magic Exploding Box - Christmas theme

Hi all. I have been really wanting to share so many projects that I created over last few weeks, but work is really keeping me busy. Also I recently had an Art Exhibiotn in office, where I showcased my stuff. So was partly busy with that as well.

I have missed many of your posts and challenges. Hopefully, will catch up soon.

Today I am sharing a magic explosion box and card made on Christmas theme.

 Here is a look at the box first...

The inside of the box..... is has space to stick photographs and to write messages on small tags in pockets.

The center of the box has a glued gift box with some chipboard gift boxes and snowflakes around it. There is also a tiny Xmas tree that I picked up from the local market.

And here is the card..It is based on a sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping blog.

Hope you like my gift set.

P.S. I have added word verificatio for comments as lately I have been getting lot of spam messages on my blog. If there is any other way to stop that, please do suggest.

Challenges entered

Crafter's Corner: Make a set

Itsy Bitsy: Two's company

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Hooked on Craft - Christmas 

Creative Stamp Friends - Christmas Packages

Clean and Simple Stamping - Sketch 220

Name Plate for Kids

Hi. These are two more name plates that I made on order for 2 sisters. So both had to be alike. Here is the tutorial to make name plates.

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.