Exploding box - Pink and Garden theme

Hi All. I made 6 exploding boxes this month. I will be sharing all of them one by one. You can view the first one here. This is the second one that I made on order. The client wanted a "Pink" themed box for a young girl. So this is what I came up with. It is a garden themed box with lots of pink and butteflies.

I have used off-white paper for the base. The lid is bright green and topped  with PP and a pink butterfly. For the first time I have used designer sticky note strips in place of pattern papers, and I guess they look equally good. They are also super easy to work with. The colorful diamond patterned strip on the lid is a sticky note and so is the checkered pink around the box. I used two of them for the outer side to cover the empty space.

There are many firsts in this box. I made a spring out of the regular craft wire used to make stocking flowers, etc. I wound it on a round object to make the spring.  

 The box opens up like this...

 I have pasted Perizaad's photos on 3 panels and written her name on the 4th one. The outer four panels are left for journalling.

 These letter stickers are a local buy.

 Here again, on the outer panels I have used circular designer sticky notes for writing personal messages.

 Another circular designer sticky note.... These are repeated on 2 sides.

 I loved the way the spring springs up! It wobbles with slightest of wind around.

The Just for you sentiment is stamped. I have used lots of punched daisy flowers on the spring. The green PP at the base gives a nice garden look.

 A close-up shows plastic butterflies stuck onto the wire from below. To hide the wire, I stuck silver glitter balls on to it. There are more glitter balls on the base PP and some silver butterflies from Pie Lane too.

Hope you like my creation as much as I enjoyed making it.

Challenges entered

Snehal's Challenge: Explosion box or any other box

Hussena's challenge on Do More with Less: Make punched flowers

Creative Craft Challenges - Summer time

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - #65 Summer Fun

Sassy Cheryl's - #126 Pretty Papers

Twisted Tuesday - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything but a Card

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Sentiment 
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything BUT a Card

CD Mini Album

Hey! Sharing my first CD mini album. I wouldn't have dared to make this, if not for the swap arranged by the 3 stooges - Khushboo, Tejal and Soumya. And I must say their inpirations and helpful guidance helped me to make one and participate in the swap. I had absolute fun making this and I am now glued to making mini albums :)

**Picture heavy post**

The cover: I've used mixed sets of papers from Paper Mania for the entire album. The flowers are made using big daisy punch. The center of it is actually metal. I have used hair clips that come in different colors. I detached the twirls and placed them behind the flowers. The alphabet stickers are from Itsy Bitsy. The 1" craft binders are from A1 craft supply.

Panel 1: I have used bunting here using circle punch. For some more ideas on using circle punch, refer my tute here.

The frame die cut and tag are from Itsy Bitsy. The green butterflies are from Pie Lane. I also stamped the butterflies to create an added effect.

Panel 2: I really love this one coz it has a moving element. The four tags are lined together and fastened using an eyelet which allows movement. So when closed they all get in one line. When opened, they look like the pic below.

Panel 3:  These butterflies are from Itsy Bitsy again. I wanted to glam them up so I used my 5 petal flower punches for this. I have used 2 sizes of flowers, punched them on white glitter paper, cut each petal and stuck on to the b'fly. The center is done using black rhinestones. The flowers on the left are the ones made using small flower punch. 

Panel 4: Did you notice the bg here.... half moon shaped. Its a simple page to jot down Birthday memories. The cupcake and gift box embelishments are from Itsy Bitsy. 

Panel 5: I loved this page too..... the way it turned out to be. The letter I and white panel are handcut. Ribbons are from my stash. The pink flowers are punched using large flower punch. 

Panel 6: This is a simple one again. I added some flower shaped buttons. I cut a doily into half and used for bg on top of the PP. 

Panel 7: I have made a small pocket here with a tag insert.  

Panel 8: This is also an interesting page. I created some space for journalling. That cute li'l flag adds to the overall look of the page.  

Some more photos...... I just couldn't stop clicking :) :)

Tip: In case you don't have a punch to drill holes into the CDs, you can heat an iron nail and use it to drill holes in to the CD. I have used this technique for the CD Mini album. 

Challenges entered

Lulupu:  Mini Album Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday: All about circles

There's Magic in the Air - Waste Not

Penny Black and More - Summer Blooms

Anything Goes Challenge - #72 Let's Not Be Square

Mega Celebration Event 2 Guest Challenge - Winner

The only name that came to my mind while deciding for the Guest Challenge was Priya Sondhi! We all know her as the ICR Achiever for the year 2011. She is the Guest Deisgner for ICR and her creations have always wowed us. Priya has recently moved to US on work assignment. We wish her luck and hope to see her creations as soon as she is settled there.

Priya had suggested two options for the Guest Challenge and sent me the inspiration cards for both. I thought the Pink and White with a splash of Black was quite challenging to achieve. So we decided to go ahead with it.

The judgement for this event was totally left to Priya and in her own words.... "It was a tuff job! phewwwwww... I am still not able to decide."

I would like to mention here that all the 21 entries were awesome and we had fun looking at each one of them :) Thanks so much for playing along and showing so much enthusiasm!!

Here is Priya's final pick....

The winning entry for Priya's Guest Challenge on my blog is.......

Dr. Sonia

And the Top 3 in no order are.....

Hussena with her wonderful trio

Snehal with her cute card

Nupur with her awesome Magic Explosion Box 

Congratulations to Dr. Sonia and Top 3.

Dr. Sonia wins the wonderful prize sponsored by Pie Lane.
Dr. Sonia please email me your complete address along with the contact number.

And the Top 3 will receive a blinky to flaunt on their blogs! 

You can check out the detailed post about this challenge here along with other entries for the challenge. 

And so this marks the end of my mega celebrations. I had so much fun hosting this and I hope everyone who joined in had fun too!!
All the winners are announced. To get an overview, refer the main post here.

Mega Celebration Event 6 Guessing Game - Winner

I had not imagined this game to be such a big hit amongst you all!! I wanted everyone to have a blast during my Mega Celebrations and so I diverted from arts to entertainment :)

The Guessing Game was divided into 2 parts and you were required to play both, Part 1 and Part 2 to be eligible to win. All of you except one participant, played both the rounds.

For this game you had to send me the names of 2 famous personalities hidden in each morphed image. Points were calculated based on the total score for both parts i.e. 3*2 + 3*2 = 12

Mashup and Answers for Guessing Game Part I 

Mashup and Answers for Guessing Game Part II 

None of the participants got all the answers correct. But the highest scorer with 11 points, who wins the awesome goody bag worth Rs. 1000 sponsored by A1 Craft Supply is....

Ruchita Shah

Many Congratulations Ruchita!! Please email me your complete address along with your contact number. 

Mega Celebration Event 5 Treasure Hunt - Winner

The fifth event in the series of my mega celebrations was a Treasure Hunt. I had given hints to find my projects/posts made over the last few years. Participants were supposed to find them in my blog and send me the corresponding post name.

Some of you found this event difficult, but some of you have also mentioned that it was a cake walk :) More so, I was happy to know that all of you had fun during the event :)

Here are the correct answers:

1. My only slider card till now  - Slider plus pop-up card

2. Card set where I used old price tag from John Players  - Simple cards using clothing tags

3. Card with a border made of fabric  - Quilled cherries

4. Green Design code G001 - More Quilled Earrings

5. Colored Fringed flowers, wreath  - Get well soon

6. Tirath and Shruti, Wedding  - Framed!!

 7. Umbrella, Quilling - Quilled Umbrella

8. Heart Stencil, Cake - V-Day Special

9. Mom, Dad: Lettering - Triple Easel Card

10. Monochrome, Pie Lane Stencil - Stencil flower card

11. Certificate, Christmas - CAS Christmas Card

12. Levis tag, Punched flowers - Mojo Monday 206

 13. Quilled key, Brown, old calendar - Go Green!!

14. Green CS, Roses - Green day!

15. Heart digi, 4 times  - Waterfall Card with Heart digi

So the winner of this event and the receiver of a wonderful goody bag from me is the person who got all the answers correct.......

Hussena Calcuttawala

Many Congratulations Hussena!! Please mail me your postal address along with your contact number :)

Mega Celebration Event 3 Crossword Puzzle - Winner

The results for event no. 2 are awaited. But in the meantime, I decided to go ahead with the rest of the results. 
I struck upon this idea of word game suddenly one night while preparing for the mega event on my blog. I wanted to do a game on the various embellishments that we use.

Here is the crossword and the correct answer grid:

 These are the answers I was looking for....

Many of you have mentioned Rubon, Bow, Bits, Pad, Net, etc... but the exact list is....

1. Bling
2. Brad
3. Burlap
4. Button
5. Charms
6. Chipboard
7. Diecuts
8. Flowers
9. Glitter
10. Lace
11. Pearl
12. Raffia
13. Ribbon
14. Ric rac
15. Twine

Only one person got all the 15 embelishments correct. And that person is Snehal Watwe Welde!!

Snehal wins the fabulous prize sponsored by Creativita Store. You can see the full post and prize contents here...

Many Congratulations Snehal!! Please email me your complete address along with your contact number.

Mega Celebration Event 1 Blog Candy - Winner

Hi Friends! First of all a very BIG Thanks to all of you who participated in the Mega celebrations on my blog. You guys were so enthusiastic that it made me work even harder on the events. I could gather from your emails how much you enjoyed them.

Some of the feedback that I received through emails.

" .... This is such a fun and interesting way to celebrate!! and very innovative too :) "

"...it was fun particiapting in all your events up till now."

"....You  always seem to come up with something so interesting in all your mega celebration events!!!..but this time i am going around in circles trying to figure out the answers..."

"....like all the fun events you have lined up in your mega celebration this one was equally exciting to do !!! you have really made us all have a blast in your blogoversary...Thank you for that :)"

"....Had fun solving it!! "

"...Had fun Playing.Thanks for a great game."

"....i really had a lot fun doing your treasure hunt...you have really put a lot of thought in setting up these games for us..and this is the most fun i have had in a long time "

"...had lot of fun doing this. Missed my evening walk too...but no complains.thanks for this wonderful game."

"...Your challenges are great and unique........they are actually challenging."
"...i am constantely on seat from 5 hours searching answers"

Thanks all for your support!! 

The main motive behind these events was to have fun and to get to know each other better. I hope I was able to achieve that.
 
I know you guys are eagerly waiting for the results now. I will reveal them one by one, just like the events :)
 
So the winner for the 1st event i.e. my Blog Candy is....... drum roll......
 
No.  2: Pratyusha Venugopal 
 
Congratulations girl!! Please mail me your complete postal address with contact number to receive the candy. 

Mega Celebration Event no 6 - Guessing Game Part 2

Hello All! Welcome to the concluding event of my grand finale. It is a Guessing Game. You need to take part in both the events to be eligible for the prize.

The prize for this event is sponsored by A1 Craft Supply: India's finest online craft supply store. Here is a look at the prize.

The prize value is Rs. 1000/- and the pack contains:

1. Waves pattern paper

2. Assorted card stock

3. Multi pack pattern paper W&M

4. Bakers twine - 11 colors

5. Mix brads

6. Eyelets big & small

7. Ding dong stickers


How to play
You need to guess the names of the 2 famous personalities in each of the photos below. So you have to send me 6 names in total, 2 for each image.

A similar mashup, Guessing Game Part 1, was posted last week also. Winner will be chosen from the participants who play both part 1 and 2 and send the maximum correct answers. For example, if you send all correct answers for Guessing Game Part 2, but do not play part 1, you will not be eligible for the prize.

In case you missed part 1, you are free to send the answers even now, along with answers for part 2. The last date for sending the responses is July 12th, midnight.

IMP points to be noted:

1. You need to play both parts of the Guessing game to be eligible to win.

2. Winners will be chosen from participants who play both part 1 and 2 and send the fastest correct entries for both.
3. The last date for sending the responses is July 12th, midnight.4. Please email your answers to indira.bhullar@gmail.com

To see a complete list of events of the mega celebrations on my blog, click here. All the winners will be announced after 12th July.  My blog candy and Priya's guest challenge is still open. You can join in till 12th July.

Mega Celebration Event no 6 - Guessing Game Part 1

Hi All!! I hope you all are enjoying the rains and I feel its the best time for crafting too! Just sit at home by the window, sip a cuppa and create something!

Ok coming out of my dreams and back to my mega celebrations. I know from your emails that you are having fun in the various events. The Guest challenge is still open till 12th July. So do join in.

You can check all the details related to the mega celebrations here.

All winners will be announced after 12th July.

This is the finale of the mega event and it is divided into two parts. You need to take part in both the events to be eligible for the prize.

The prize for this event is sponsored by A1 Craft Supply: India's finest online craft supply store.

The prize value is Rs. 1000/- and the pack contains:

1. Waves pattern paper
2. Assorted card stock
3. Multi pack pattern paper W&M
4. Bakers twine - 11 colors
5. Mix brads
6. Eyelets big & small
7. Ding dong stickers  

Isn't that awesome!! Thanks Neha and Vikram for sponsoring the event.
Guys, do check out their store for amazing craft products under one umbrella.

How to play

You need to guess the names of the 2 famous personalities in each of the photos below. So you have to send me 6 names in total, 2 for each image.

A similar mashup, Guessing Game Part 2, will be posted next week also. Winner will be chosen from the participants who play both part 1 and 2 and send the maximum correct answers. For example, if you send all correct answers for  Guessing Game Part 1, but do not play part 2, you will not be eligible for the prize.
There is no time limit for sending the entries for Part 1. It is open till the end of Part 2.

 IMP points to be noted:

1. You need to play both parts of the Guessing game to be eligible to win.

2. Guessing game part 2 will be posted next week. So watch out for it.

3. Winners will be chosen from participants who play both part 1 and 2 and send the fastest correct entries for both.
4. Answers for part 1 can be sent till the last day of part 2.
5. Please email your answers to indira.bhullar@gmail.com