World Card Making Day!! Ahoy Mate!!

Since it is World Card Making day and Anurag has been invited to a birthday party, I think it calls for a card! The theme of the party is pirates! So here is my card! The inside says 'Happy Birthday'. I cut the bubbles on Cameo and layered red card stock under the white bubble. Some red and black twine from the twinery and it was done! 

I am entering this card at Paper Issues World Card Making Day Contest. Cassie is giving away four $20 gift certificates to her Etsy store! It is an awesome store and she always has a 20% code. Her store always has the new products in stock! Keeping fingers crossed!

I am also entering this card at Market Street Stamps Cream of the Crop contest. I have used their argyle background with Memeto Red Ink. They have the best background stamps! 

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Happy Card Making Day!

Ribbon Carousel Sketch Challenge!

This week Ribbon Carousel has paired up with Sweet Stamp Shop. I am totally in love with some of the yummy ribbons over at Ribbon Carousel. Gorgeous!! Check them out.




Today, I am here to show you my take on Ribbon Carousel's sketch challenge RCC44. There is still time to enter, if you want! Below, is the sketch for the challenge.



Here is my card! This card is for a very special person :-)I had a lot of fun doing this. I used prismacolor pencils for the background and the hydrangea. I am a beginner when it comes to coloring with these pencils. It took me quite a while! I wish I had stamps from Sweet Stamp Shop, since I don't I used stamps from my stash. Sweet Stamps have some very unique stamps. I can't wait to get my hands on them!I love MSS background stamps and CDS stamps. Very fun! I love stamps, can never have too many!



I hope you like it! Thanks for visiting me.

Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV Black CS and Bazzill Basics White Smooth CS
Pattern Paper: Yellow Dots from Sassafras Wee Bundle
Stamps: Market Street Stamps Argyle Background Stamp and Clear Dollar Stamps-Blast Off and Hydrangea.
Ribbon: From My Stash
Glue: ATG and Glue Dots
Tools: Fiskars(Trimmer, Scissors), Pazzles Inspiration to cut out the black
vintage frame.
Coloring: Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol
Ink: Memento Ink

Timeless Chiclectic!

This weeks Tuesday Trigger Chiclectic over at Moxie Fab has some vibrant amazing colors! Check it out! You have time until midnight tonight to enter.


The colors..pink,orange,antique gold,black and the blue just jumped at me! It actually reminded me of a saree I have ! My card is totally inspired by the colors. The antique gold just spoke timeless to me. I made this card for my inlaws 42nd anniversary! The word 'timeless' is perfect for them! I made some ribbon flowers, it was my first time! It is addictive:D The flourishes background is inspired by the antique gold work on the bed frame. It is so beautiful! I used CTMH flourishes stamp for the background. Heat embossed it with Hampton Arts antique gold powder. Used Irock to set the gems. All the ribbons are from Michaels dollar bins! Hope you feel inspired by my card! Thanks for looking:-)



Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV Cardstock
Stamps: CTMH Adorable Backgrounds
Rub-Ons: Imaginisce 'To Love&Cherish Collection'
Ribbon: Michaels Dollar Bin!
Embossing: Hampton Arts Embossig Powder
Glue: Beacon Fabri Tac, Fiskars Adhesive Tabs
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors), Tim Holtz Heat Gun

One more for MSS Paint the Town Color Challenge!

I just got these stamps in the mail today. I inked them up as soon as I got them home! Made this card in 15 minutes! Love it! Lovely stamp set! This is my third entry for this month's challenge:) hope you like it!

Supplies:
Cardstock: GP White Cardstock
Stamps: Market Street Stamps ( Pretty Perfect Grid , Birds of a Feather )
Ink: Memento ( London Fog,Red Lady Bug,Dandelion)
Pen: Memento London Fog Marker
Ribbon: American Craft Satin
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors), Spellbinder Nestabilities

Fancy Schmancy Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger!

I love Moxie Fab World! If that is something you haven't checked out yet, you sure should! Lovely challenges and full of inspiration! This weeks tuesday trigger is below and if you want to participate in it, you can go here and submit your entry!



I made three Valentine cards for my hubs and all of which he ended up seeing :) I am very bad at hiding them..around the house and on the computer! LOL...so I have told him this is my last attempt, so he better not see it! I saw this challenge on moxie fab and couldn't resist! First off, this cake looks so yummmm! I love the subtle colors..the pink,beige,white,the pearls on top and the dark chocolate color just makes the cake pop! The pearls inspired me to use my cuttlebug dots embossing folder for the background. I love the peachy pink! I did the key and the twine in chocolate color to add a little pop to the card. This stamp set is one of my favorites by CTMH. I stamped the sentiment using Desert Sand Memento Ink totally inspired by the mousse filling in the cake! Well I had a lot of fun making this card, can't wait to see what is the next trigger! I hope you like it:)




Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV Cardstock
Stamps: CTMH (Key to My Heart)
Ink: Memento (Desert Sand),Versamagic (Chocolate Brown Ink)
Pen: White Uniball Pen
Twine: The Twinery
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors), Spellbinder Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Dots)

Paint The Town Challenge (Market Street Stamps!)

I love color challenges! This month's color palette by Market Street Stamps is so cool!


I made two cards to fit this challenge! I used my new background stamps which I ordered last month! (Insert a big grin here :-) )I am totally addicted to their background stamps! I had to use the sentiment from some random stamp set as I am yet to get the MSS Simple Joys Set. It is a fabulous set with all kinds of words you might need for a card or even a layout, not to mention a very fun font! I hope they make a alphabet stamp set soon. Wouldn't that be cool!! Here are my two cards based on the colors given. Hope you like it, I sure do ;)!



Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV Cardstock plain and textured
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Argyle, Pretty Perfect Grid , Vintage Music )
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black,London Fog,Red Lady Bug), Versamagic (Cloud White), Tim Holtz Distress Ink ( Black Soot)
Pen: White Uniball Pen and Memento Tuxedo Black Marker
Ribbon: American Craft Satin
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors), Zutter Corner Rounder(It's pink!), Spellbinder Nestabilities

Another Valentine's Day Card.

I used Here comes the Sun and Hearts a Plenty by Market Street Stamps on this card. I love the way it turned out! I love the speckled look on here comes the sun. I think it makes it very interesting!


The inside of the card reads..."You are my Sunshine! I love you!". LOL now what to do with all these cards!!

Thanks for visiting me today!

MSS Paint the Town Color Challenge for January!

I used a bit of burlap and hearts plenty background stamps by Market Street Stamps on this card. I cut out the word love on pazzles. Stamped a bit of burlap on it. I made 3/4 inch squares and rounded the corner on pazzles and stamped bit of burlap on that as well.



I love these colors together! So cheerful:-)I doodled with my white uniball pen on the little squares and finished it with some twine. This card is based on a pretty old sketch by Jeanette Lynton. I hope you like it and thanks for visiting me today!

Love you a whole Latte!

I used Kraft Cardstock as my base and added twine from the twinery for some dimension. I printed out the free digi stamp offered by Market Street Stamp on a white cardstock and used their Bit of burlap stamp for the background. I stamped it onto the orange cardstock with brown ink and stamped it with a bit of yellow and orange onto the white cardstock after masking the coffee cup! I love Market Street Stamps. They always stamp good and I have never had to stamp it twice to get a good image. It's one of the highest quality stamps out there! I added stickles for some sparkly love:-). I printed out the text from word. I had absolute fun making this card! Love kraft,twine and MSS together! Perfect :-)


So here is my card!



Entering the following challenges!
1) CAS-usualfridays CFC33: Create a Clean And Simple project using Kraft and Twine
2)Market Street Stamps Market Street Stamps Block Party
3)Stampinfortheweekend Challenge 23- Anything goes!
4)Mymumscraftshopchallenges Challenge 37- Anythign Goes!


Thanks for visiting me today!

A Christmas Card!

This is my first card using prismacolor pencils and gamsol. I watched dozens of videos to learn how to color with them. I am quite happy as it is my first attempt and hope to get better with practice. The Santa Girl image is a free download provided by Digiwithit. Do check them out, they have some very cute images!



The message on the inside of the card!



I am entering this card for the following challenges! Thank you for visiting me today! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

creativecardcrew.blogspot Tis the Season
cardmakinmamas #35 - Christmas
2sisterschallengeblog #69 - Christmas
pennyschallenges #68 - Merry Christmas
divasbydesignchallenge #17 Merry Christmas
addicted-to-stamps-challenge Snowflakes
joannasheenchallenge It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
basicgreychallenges #59 - Anything Goes
thesquirrelandthefox #7 - Christmas
I’m Dreaming Of A (your fave colour) Christmas
papertakeweekly #99 'Anything Christmas'
ceschallenges #65 - A Traditional Christmas
craftyribbonschallenge Traditional Colours for Christmas
stampinfortheweekend #22 - Christmas
raisethebarchallenge It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas
onestopcraftchallenge Traditional Colours
bizzybecsstore December Challenge - Christmas
pollycraftchallengeblog #120 - Christmas Fun (4 week long challenge)
comeandgetitchallenges Colours: Red, Green. Your Choice
gingerloftchallenge Winter OR Christmas
dreamvalleychallenges Christmas

Anniversary Card!

Hearts are always in season for the loved ones! I made this card using Market Street Stamps background stamps. I love them :-) I cut the heart on pazzles. This is the first time I cut vellum on pazzles and it wasn't that tough. Just played with the pressure and got it right. I first stamped bit of burlap with black ink on the heart. Then layered the hearts stamp on top of it. I heat embossed it with gold. It was my first time heat embossing and it was so much fun! Loved it. I got myself a ranger heat it tool. I love how it turned out. I red,black and gold together. More so..Sid loved it:-)

Watercolor Technique

I used Water Color Pencils and colored the background.I let it dry a bit,then inked up my stamps with brown ink and stamped on the watercolor background. Added some twine, stamped the message and done! Know any more techniques with water color pencils, post a link here! I would love to try them out! I made these for ifitsgroovy blog!

Cards Galore!

I spent about 3 hours today making some cards. I am running late on November Birthdays. I made 10 cards to cover both November and December. I love dry embossing and inking! Very simple cards..I used cuttlebug embossing folders in the big shot, inked them and added AC premium solid ribbons to finish them! I love the white one on the pink-purple background. It is simple and elegant. I had a lot of fun!

Finally I got it!

I spent hours..HOURS trying to create and cut the text on my card! It is a very intricate, delicate font! I saw the video on how to do this in Klo's Classroom. The video was just over an hour. I probably saw the video 10 times to get this right! I have been working on it for a week. It was tearing the paper, tearing the mat....just not going right! I finally started all over again today and figured out how to cut intricate and delicate fonts on my pazzles! My mat is a different story all together! It looks like it has been through thousand cuts :P.I was so exhausted that I even cut the mat instead of the paper!
I cut the birthday cake on pazzles too. It is a file from the pazzles craftroom.



One more new thing about this card is the Stitching! I sew on the card with my machine! I found it difficult to control the speed and go in a straight line! But I love the results..I need to practice sewing on paper...rough paper this time ;) wasted 3 cards!
Added some twine to the card.
It is probably the hardest I have ever worked to make a simple birthday card! But I learnt a lot about the inspiration software. It was fun!

My First Pazzles Project!

I made a few cards using my pazzles! They came out pretty neat. I learnt how to make these after watching Klo's Marathon Video 1 in the pazzles craft room. I probably saw the video 5-6 times before I got it right! It is not an easy machine. It does have a learning curve. But I think, if you take the time to learn it, it will be totally worth it! I am loving it!

Welcome to the Fiskateers Orange Blog Hop! If you have come from Diane's Blog ,you are in the right place. This is a stop on the Orange Blog Hop where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, are sharing their passion for crafting. If you didn't, you may want to hop back to the Fiskateer Blog and start at the beginning.The blog hop starts on Saturday, October 1st and ends on Sunday, October 2nd,2011. Each blog on the hop will be doing an orange project using a Fiskars tool and some will be giving away blog candy! My giveaway is at the end of this post. Keep reading for details.

I made a very fiskateer-y card. Using the Fiskars Texture plates, I made the background for the card. I thank Cheryl(Lead) for sharing the awesome orange/green ribbon! Looks like it was made just for the orange blog hop!




Here is the prize I will be giving away. It is one of my favorite tools! The fingertip control swivel knife :).


One winner will be picked at random. Leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway. You can become a follower if you would like, but its not a must to be elgible to win the candy! Winner will be announced on Monday, October 3rd by 9:00pm CST. Next on the hop is Cindy be sure to stop by and visit.

Simple Stamping!

I made these for ifitsgroovy.....just sharing on my blog again!

I wanted to show you how to make some very easy cards. I love stamping and it is a fun way to create your own pattern paper. I looked through my stamps, selected a few and just started stamping. Then, I added some ribbon and stamped the sentiment. I had a plain orange ribbon, so I stamped the little flowers on it to match my pattern paper. This was my first experiment with stamping on ribbon and I really liked the way it came out. I am definitely going to do more ribbon stamping in the future. Let's see what stamps you have hiding in your treasure and get stamping!

Stamping on Canvas!

I was lucky to get some goodies for a stamping challenge on fiskateers from Tami, one of the lead fiskateers! Thanks Tami and Fiskars!!! I chose to do a canvas card for the challenge! I totally love the Henna Petals Stamp Set. It is so versatile!!



Canvas has a heavy bumpy grain( i read this somewhere..and now I second it!), which makes it tough to get a good image like you do on a cardstock. If you like the distressed faded look, you will like canvas! I had the fortune of using a gorgeous stamp set, the Henna Petals.

Step 1. Cut 4 strips of canvas in 1.5″ X 3.5 ” size.



Step 2. Stamp the image on 3 of the strips and fray the edges for the cool look. Pull along until you get the amount of fray that you want — you can’t fray beyond the thread sewn around, so just keep pulling until you like the look.



Step 3.Take a piece of kraft cardstock, adhere it on the card and adhere these canvas strips with even distance on the cardstock.



Step 4.Take the 4th strip of canvas, stamp the image you like and color it with markers and fray the edges. Adhere it on a brown cardstock.



Step 5.Adhere the 4th strip of canvas on the card and cut a small strip of canvas, stamp your sentiment and fray the edges and adhere it on the cardstock. Adhere the sentiment to the card as well. Add a bow for dimension!



I had tons of fun making this card! I hope you all like it! I love fiskars!

Thanks to the Online Crop at Fiskateers, I got my mojo back!

I finally got my mojo back and I finished tons of challenges. With most of my stuff still in boxes, it was difficult. I had fun though making these cards after a long time with whatever I had outside. I even made my first ATC ever!! And I totally loved it! They are addicting for sure! I altered a bottle. I am totally enjoying dry embossing on big shot! It is so COOL! I think I am addicted! I am loving the 3 cuttlebug embossing folder I bought. There are a few more which are really pretty and on my list! I am so looking forward to setting up my room and getting started on the layouts! I have so much catching up to do! Well have a good weekend everyone! Will post more later!

One More Valentine Card!

I totally love this card! The image is from YNS and the I Love you Banner is from Unity Stamp! I wish I had used my gamsol for the coloring...I still don't have a container and i dont want to use it from the gallon tin!!! I am scared I will inhale a lot of it! I need to find a good container to transfer a little into and use it. I just ended up coloring the image with prisma wax color pencils.

I am sure hubby will love it! I always show my end product to him...It is soooo difficult not to! He will totally love it! Ah have to wait till the 14th!!

This fits the following challenges!I know so many!!


1)Pile it on 5: 'to the one I love' - and 'Pile it on' encourages us to link with as many challenges as possible (easy this week!)
2)Cute Daisy May: 'oh sweet Valentine' - pink and neutral
3)Double Dutch 36: 'be my Valentine'
4)Fiskarettes Monday challenge: 'use a punch'
5)Pixie dust studio 7: 'decorative border'
6)Pink Elephant 52: 'all about pink'
7)Sophisticat 20: 'love'Challenge your life 13: ' Valentine including hearts'
8)Crazy 4 challenges 23: 'be my Valentine'
9)By the cute and girly: 'love
10)Crafty Calendar 5: 'love and friendship' - optional extra: hearts
11)Creative card crew 44: 'Valentine's'
12)La-la land 24: 'hearts'
13)Penny's challenges: 'Valentine/love
14)Papertake weekly: 'love actually'
15)Tanda teaser 132: 'for a loved one'
16)Charisma cardz 5: 'I love you'
17)C.R.A.F.T. 36: 'love/Valentine'
18)Lili of the valley 46: 'Valentines'
19)Fussy & fancy 3: 'hearts'
20)Humble pie: 'love theme'
21)Raise the bar 4: 'heart to heart talk'
22)Challenge your life 13: ' Valentine including hearts'
23)Res-Q 31: 'check up time - do an inventory check up' - things you haven't used for a long time- My Unity Stamp which says I love you and also the Heart Corner Punch!
24)ABC Challenge: N is for New- I used my new YNS Stamp for the first time. I had it in my stash for over a month.
25)Belli Challenge: "Ribbons"
26)CCEE Stampers: "Heart and Charm(Heart wrapped in the ribbons)"
27)PaperPlay: 'Love Notes'
28)Delightful Sketches: 'Love'
29)StampingfortheWeekend: 'Valentine Themed'
30)Stamp Something: 'Love Something'
31)Easy Craft Project: 'Valentine theme for a Man'..Well this def works for my man!
32)Gingersnaps: 'Romance'
33)Stampavie and More 80: 'Pink(Pink Card) and Brown(Hair is brown)'
34)Jacksonbelle Embellishments: 'Buttons/Bows/Brads' I used Bows!