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April 1, 2015

You are Incredible - Altenew Challenge

Hello. Today I am sharing a card which I made for the Altenew Challenge which is to get inspired by Places Abroad - Dubai Mosque.

I was so excited to see this challenge because I had visited this mosque when I went to Dubai last year. It is truly a spectacular place and so pristine.

I made this card inspired by the second photo. The window is handcut using the template from a key ring packaging that I had purchased from Dubai. The outer design is made using a stencil and weathered wood distress ink.

For the inner design, I used the Persian Motifs stamp set and embossed it using ranger silver embossing powder. And then colored the design from behind using distress inks. To give it a stained glass look I joined the design with lines and embossed it.

Challenges entered

Altenew March Challenge - From Places Abroad

March 12, 2015

Congratulations card

Hello. This is my second post for the day. It happens when you have a little one to tend to and you don't find time for blogging. And when you do, you post all your cards at once :D

Ok, so this is another card I made for Avery Elle's current challenge, which is to incorporate stripes in the card. This is what I came up with. I have used the Petals and Stems stamp set for this card too, but this time I thought of using the smaller flowers with stems.

A close-up of the card...

Don't those glitter stripes look gorgeous.... yes I used glitter here. No embossing.... This is how I made the glittery stripes. I used the super tacky red tape (my current fav adhesive). Stuck it in stripes on both ends of the card.

Peeled off the backing and then generously covered it with white pixie dust glitter.

Tap off the excess and there you go.....It looks really gorgeous in real!! I got this tip from my crafter friend Dr. Sonia. She has many more ideas here on how to use the super tacky red tape.

Challenges entered

Avery Elle Challenge #22- Stripes

March 11, 2015

Get Well Soon

Hi. Today I am playing along Avery Elle challenge of the month - Stripes. I have just one Avery Elle stamp as of now and I have made a couple of cards with it. So this time I tried out something different by creating a stripes background using TCW stencil. I made a floral bouquet for a Get Well Soon card.

I did lot of stamping and fussy cutting and then arranged the elements to create the bouquet.

Challenges entered

Avery Elle Challenge - Stripes

February 24, 2015

So Happy For You

Hello everyone!! Today I have another floral card to share. I was envisioning this kind of gradient background since quite some time. Finally I got the look that I had in mind. The stencil used here is from Craftslane. I used black soot and weathered wood distress inks to get this background.

The sentiment is heat embossed using ranger black embossing powder. The stamp set used is Penny Black.

The floral cluster was stamped on glossy paper and then fussy cut. The stamp set used is Avery Elle Petals & Stems. (I love this one!!) The watering can is a digi from the net which I printed n cut out and again used same distress inks to color it.

That's all for today. Have a great day!!

February 22, 2015

Altenew Vintage Roses stamp

Hello everyone!! Today I am posting after a long time. I hardly find time any for crafting with my little one around. But trust me, its a lovely feeling and I am loving being a full time mommy.

Inspite of such busy schedules I managed to lay my hands on some of the new stamps and was very eager to try them out. One such stamp set is the Altenew Vintage Roses stamp which is very sought after by stampers nowadays. It was a tough task to play with this stamp set as it is a bit tricky and requires a lot of practice. After some successful and not so successful trials I managed to get some pretty roses. I decided to fussy cut and use the good ones to make a card. At the same time I tried out another stamp set which is WPlus9 Pretty Little Peonies..... so my card has a mix of elements from both these pretty sets. The sentiment I heat embossed using Ranger Gold embossing powder. I have also use a golden paper for matting to give a golden outline to the main card piece.

Below is a snapshot of the trials I did. I used watercolor paper, glossy paper and normal paper. And the inks I tried were Archival inks and Memento inks. In case you have any queries, I would be happy to help you out.

One of my crafter friends Neha Bhatt has also done her review on this stamp set. If you like to read her post, please visit her blog here.

Thanks for dropping by. Do let me know your views on the card.

February 5, 2015

Thinking of You - Avery Elle Stamps

Hi. Today's card has a lot of stamping and fussy cutting in it. I used my new Avery Elle Stamp set - Petals & Stems. I absolutely love this floral stamp set. It's so much my type...all about flowers. I did a bit of stencilling for the background. This stencil is from Craftslane. I love their stencils. Fabulous results and they are dirt cheap.

February 4, 2015

Napkin Fold Card with Handmade Flowers

This is a 10 x 10" Napkin fold card that I made recently. I have used bright colored pattern papers from DCWV paper stack.

This is how it looks when opened and laid flat. I have used MS around the page punch for the card base and the band.

All the flowers that you see here, big small and tiny fillers, are handmade by me. The leaves are handcut and scrunched to give a natural look.

January 16, 2015

Napkin Fold Card with Floral bunch

Hello! Who doesn't like making special fold cards!! They do require more effort and time, but I guess the hard work is worth it becasue they look more appealing than a normal one layer card.

Here is a huge napkin fold card that I made out of a 12x12" card stock. I decided to use a bright patter paper to have a nice contrast with the kraft card stock.

For the band, I hand cut a frame to place the floral bunch on. The floral bunch is created using an assortment of daisy flowers, roses and leaves from my stash. For added interest, I punched out butterflies in colors picked from the PP and spread them across the card.

January 12, 2015

Mega Celebration 2014 Event Wrap up and Giveaway winner

Hello everyone!! First of all I like to wish my readers a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2015!! Hope this year bring lots of love and happiness in your lives. I hope I was able to bring a little happiness in your lives by means of my Mega Celebration events and games especially thought about to bring all crafters together and to have fun.

I am really very sorry for posting this final post of the Mega Celebration so late. I shifted back to my home in Mumbai with my 6 month old son, from my mom's place in Pune, and was busy settling things here.

Before I announce the winner of my giveaway, I wanted to share some of the feedback that I received from you all through comments and emails. Thanks girls!! This is what keeps me going and motivates me to hold such events.

"Thanks Indira, I really enjoyed participating in all the fun contests...."

"I really appreciate the effort and planning involved in conceptualizing and organising something like this !!"

"You are doing a great job, keep it up. I really appreciate all the hard work that you have put in to organize this event."

"What a great way to celebrate!Loved the concept and the challenges, Indira!"

"This challenge is truly one of a kind only you could have come up with such a unique idea" - on Challenge event

"Thanks for this fun event. Really enjoyed it thoroughly!!" - on Word Search event

"Though I am late in sending this, had fun while doing this" - on Word Search event

"Lovely events planned. DEfinitely a tough one" - on Word Search event

"First of all thank you so much for this wonderful challenge. It got my brain ticking :)" - on Word Search event

"This was tough... pure "tukka" here, just for thr fun of participation..." - on Photo Mashup event

"After researching and scratching my head all day long, I just managed to get four. I hope they are right though. - on Photo Mashup event

"This challenge of yours was quite a toughie :) hats off to you for taking efforts for putting it all together" - on Photo Mashup event

"Hi Indira, thanks again for creating these fun contests. This particular one helped me to relook at your creative journey in one go and I must say that I came back very impressed with the variety in your work from 2007 onwards !! " - on Explore event

And now to the much awaited winner of the Blog Giveaway, who wins a INR 1000/- gift voucher to shop at any one of the 5 stores who sponsored my events, is no.8....

Vijaylaxmi Siyal !!

Congratulations Vijaylaxmi!!! Please write to me at indira.bhullar@gmail.com to know how to avail your prize. Also do let me know the store of your choice!! :D

Here is a wrap up of all the posts related to Mega Celebration 2014 with links and names of all winners.

I really want to extend a heartful thanks to all my sponsors - Crafters Corner, Craftslane, Lulupu - The Craft Lounge, Rainbow Craftykari & The Craft Shop. Without your support, the event would not have been such a success. I was overwhelmed when many other craft stores approached me to sponsor some of the events after the Mega Celebration was announced. I will surely get in touch with you next time!!

Also a very BIG thanks to Juhi Khanna and Karuna Chauhan for judging the event 2 - Challenge and Sindhura Prajay for sharing the fabulous tutorial!!

January 3, 2015

Mega Celebration 2014 Event 2 - Challenge

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for participating in my Mega Celebration event 2 - Challenge wherein you were required to get inspired by Indian motifs/designs and make a card with that. In addition to that, I added a twist of sending your card to the next person in the link up. I am really glad that lot of people appreciated the idea, but may be because of holiday season, the participation was not huge. Nevertheless, I am happy that those of you who joined in, have played with full enthusiasm and have sent across your cards as a sweet New Year wish to fellow crafters. Seeing your lovely entries, I wished I received these beautiful cards too :)

As you all know, Juhi Khanna from Juhi’s Handmade cards was one of the judges of this contest and she had also shared her inspiration card for this challenge. I had mentioned in the post about a secret judge who along with Juhi and me, will help pick up the winner of this challenge. So let me share the name of our secret judge.... its none other than our very own Karuna Chauhan, the owner of Lulupu - The Craft Lounge. Karuna is also sponsoring this event and offering the awesome Little Lindies Set worth Rs.1199/- from her store to the winner.

All the entries were so pretty and made with so many efforts that we had a tough time selecting a winner. After much brainstorming, all three of us came to the conclusion and chose one unanimous winner.

And the winner is....

Pooja!!

http://reusingwithquilling.blogspot.in/2014/12/inspired-by-henna.html

Her card was so beautiful with a pretty shape. And she used a new idea of making a paste of ceramic powder,white glue and white acrylic paint.

Congratulations Pooja!! Please write to me at indira.bhullar@gmail.com to claim your prize.