You've got mail

Today I used my Copics again! Struggled a lot on finalizing a background for this card. Finally settled on the envelope layout!

Materials:
Blue, green, yellow, white card stock
Art Impressions mailbox and "You've got mail" stamps
Copic markers
Black ink
Envelope sticker

Thanks for stopping by! 

Get Scrappy

My craft buddy Chaitali has organized a Get Scrappy Bloghop! Of course I was in as soon as she told me about it :) Who wouldn't like to put the scrap pieces of paper to some good use?

Here are the scrap paper pieces that I used for my card today -

I used Jen's deconstructed sketch 87 today -

And here is my creation -

Materials:
Jazzy bronze paper
Cream patterned paper strips
Brown and Cream card stock
Inkadinkado stamp
Wedding bells sticker
Twine

Hope you like this card! Do leave me a comment and let me know :)

If you have a paper craft project made from scrap pieces of paper do share it with us through the link on Chaitali's blog.  Chaitali is also giving away a prize to one randomly selected comment from all our blogs! 

Now continue hopping to other blogs and check some awesome cards from a bunch of super talented ladies! Enjoy!!!

Chaitali

Pooja   <You are here>

Winnie

Bethany

Joyce

Cindy
Cecilia
Olga

Green green

Today's card is based on Jen's latest sketch 96

Materials:
TE Expressions Patterned  KI Kit Paper background
Green cardstock
Brown patterned paper
Green ribbon
Wooden flower
PTI Stamp, brown ink

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you like this card!

Also do not forget to come back in a few hours.. we are having a Get Scrappy Bloghop starting at 9:00 am EST. 

Wood stripes

Back to sketches today!!! Here is Jen's sketch 50.

Materials:
Cream and green card stock
Brown patterned paper
Wood stamp, green ink
K&Company flower
Leaves cut by Cameo

Thanks for stopping by! 

Also don't forget to stop by again on Friday! My super enthusiastic craft buddy Chaitali has organized a Get Scrappy Bloghop. You sure don't wanna miss some awesome cards from a very talented group of ladies! 

Copics are here!

My Copics Sketch set arrived today and I was super excited to try these new markers for the first time. I am a super newbie with these markers so you will notice the rough edges in my coloring. But I am already in love with these markers and cant wait to learn and explore more in the world of coloring with Copics :) 

Materials:
Art Impressions Front n back stamps - Becky and fence
PTI sentiments stamp
Black ink
Copic Sketch markers
White card stock

This card is also super special because I have made this for a dear friend who is moving out of my city to start a new chapter in her life and I wish her the best!

Thanks for stopping by! Do let me know how I can learn to use Copics and do a better job at coloring!

Collage Elements

My card today is based on Papertrey Ink's Nichole's tutorial on Collage Elements.

Materials:
PTI Happy Trails stamp set
Blue n black ink
Plain blue card stock
Dark blue patterned paper

I do not have a die cutter but I wanted to add a few birds cut out of a different shade of blue. So I used the bird stamp in the set which is a mirror image of the birds stamped on this card and hand cut the birds and used them in reverse :)

Hope you like this card! Thanks for stopping by!

Red and black

Materials:
Inkadinkado Clear Stamp
Red ink
Red ribbon
Red pearl stickersMy Mind's Eye Meadow Lark Patterned Paper
Silver patterned paper
Red n white card stock

Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrating you

My card this weekend from Jen's deconstructed sketch 93

Materials:
PTI "Celebrating You Today" stamp
Brown ink
TE Expressions Paper flowers
Leaves cut by Cameo
K&Company Patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by! 

Wedding Day

A wedding card inspired by Jen's deconstructed sketch no. 54

Materials:
Far East Patterned Paper Background
Scrap Patterned paper circle
Wedding dresses sticker
"Wedding day" sticker
Twine
White pearl stickers

Hope you like this card! Thanks for visiting!!!

Bride and groom

I am obsessed with sketches these days and here is what I created from Jen's deconstructed sketch 17

Ingredients:
My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark Patterned Paper
White card stock
Inkadinkado Clear Stamp
Black ink
Heart sticker
B&W twine

Thanks for stopping by and do let me know what you think of this card!

Cupcake and circles

This is a card I made a few months back but the blog for this card was pending! Finally I got the chance to share this with the world :)

This is a very simple card and took me less than 15 mins to assemble after I got the idea :) I used my circle cutter to cut those circles from paper with embossed dots. 

Materials:
TE Kit Pattered Paper
Orange cardstock
Cupcake sticker
Blue, green, yellow circles cut from embossed dotted paper
"Happy Birthday" stamp

Thanks for stopping by! 

Diwali Bloghop - Day 2

Hop to next blog: Piali's "Touch of Creation"

Hop to previous blog: Gayatri's "Handmade by G3"

Welcome to Day 2 of the Diwali Bloghop! Today we are focusing on Diwali decor which is "anything but a card". I decided to make my own diya (oil lamp). This is my first time making one so I learnt some good lessons around decorating a circular cup. When I was wrapping the cup with ribbons I realized I need to cut the ribbons in small parts rather than one whole piece the length of the circumference. This is necessary to align the ribbon with the cup edge!

I took a small glass cup and decorated it with ribbons all around its sides. Then I added some red pearls and golden flowers on its edge. This was simple and quick and I plan to make more of these to light a row of lamps on Diwali days.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Check out some awesome Diwali decor from very talented ladies in this Bloghop group!

• Chaitali's "Cuts Crops & Creativity"
• Smriti's "Ribbons etc"
• Gayatri's "Handmade by G3"
• Pooja's "Creative Corner" <You are here>
• Piali's "Touch of Creation"
• Isha's "New Ideas"
• Sanketi's "The Story Teller"

In case you haven't checked our Day1 Diwali card ideas yet click here.

Wish you all a very Happy Diwali!

Diwali Bloghop - Day 1

Hop to next blog: Piali's "Touch of Creation"

Hop to previous blog: Gayatri's "Handmade by G3"

There are many reasons why this post is super special! First of all this is my first ever bloghop and you have no idea how excited I am writing this post :) Then there is Diwali - the Indian festival of lights just around the corner and I can't wait to celebrate! And of course the biggest reason why this post is super special - this is the first time I made Diwali cards and I am dying to share those with you all :)

Diwali is the one of the most popular festivals in India. Diwali is celebrated every year in many special ways. During the Diwali week people visit friends and relatives, exchange sweets and gifts, burst fire crackers,  decorate the house with lanterns and rows of diyas (small oil lamps) and rangoli (usually sand art with a variety of sand colors). In the spirit of this festival of lights I used many glittering layers and embellishments on my cards. Also I kept each card very simple and took advantage of this opportunity to use a variety of patterned paper that I brought from India. 

Materials:
Orange patterned paper from India
Cream decorative paper from an invitation
Golden net paper from India
Flame shaped glitterring flat bead

Materials:
Dark patterned paper from India
Cream classic patterned paper
Ribbon

Materials:
Orange handmade paper from India
Cream patterned paper from India
Golden ribbon
Ganpati cutout

This year Diwali celebrations are in the week of Nov 11.  Its not late at all to get your creative juices flowing and start thinking of what you wanna make for this year's Diwali!

Thanks a lot for stopping by and let me know what you think of these cards! Also remember this is a 2 day Diwali BlogHop so stop by tomorrow for some more Diwali related craft ideas.

Now continue hopping and check out some awesome Diwali cards from very talented ladies in this Bloghop group!

• Chaitali's "Cuts Crops & Creativity"
• Smriti's "Ribbons etc"
• Gayatri's "Handmade by G3"
• Pooja's "Creative Corner"    <You are here>
• Piali's "Touch of Creation"
• Isha's "New Ideas"
• Sanketi's "The Story Teller"

Before I end my post I want to give a big shout out to my friend Chaitali for organizing this BlogHop. She is a super talented and super enthusiastic craft buddy who always manages to pull me out of my craft slack times and gets me on my feet to creative journeys! 

Little star

I made this card congratulating the couple on their baby shower to celebrate the news of little star in our family!

Materials:
Pink patterned  paper
Tag from  Cosmo Cricket Element Deck
"Little Star" sticker
Pink cuddly top sticker
Pink ribbon
Pink button

Eagerly waiting for her arrival :)

Dreams

I was starting to get uncomfortable with the long break I took from craft adventures. Life happens and sometimes you just wait forever for the right time and motivation to get back to doing what you are passionate about.. Last week the right time came for me ...

My uncle, aunt and their kids visited us over the weekend and I was excited to see them after 4 long years!!! I started thinking of ideas to make a motivational card for my cousin who will graduate from high school in next couple of years and go to college... and I took this opportunity to use my Silhouette Cameo to show off its beauty and here is what I came up with -

Materials:
Far East Background CardStock
Parachute silhouette cut on Silhouette Cameo
"Let your dreams take flight" PTI stamp and black ink
Black and white twine
Black square stickers

Thanks to my hubby for the amazing gift (Silhouette Cameo) and to Chaitali for letting me use her PTI Happy Trails stamp set.

I declare myself to be officially back to my craft adventures :) and will keep posting here to share my creations with you! Thanks for stopping by!

You are fabulous!

This is the second card that uses most ingredients from my TE April KI kit! :) Here is the first one :)

Materials:
TE April Kit card stock
TE April Kit patterned paper
TE April Kit ribbon
Butterfly dimensional sticker
Pink twine
"You are fabulous" stamp and pink dye

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!! In my northwest corner the sun is shining bright and the sky is clear.. hope you enjoy some great weather in your part of the world too :)

Butterfly

I went to a stamp festival in Portland in April and bought a whole variety of stamps. This butterfly stamp is one my favorite picks from that trip! I made 3 such butterflies on different colored backgrounds and then experimented with several patterned papers to see which combo appealed to me the most! Do you like this combo as well?

Materials:
Far East Background cardstock
Far East patterned paper (flowers)
TE April Kit paper flowers
TE April Kit Ribbon and matching cardstock
Butterfly stamp and black ink
Patterned butterfly background

This design is based on SCS Sketch Challenge 382

Flower circles

I started subscribing to the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit from April 2012. Most of the ingredients for this card are from my April Kit! I loved the cute paper flowers in the kit that go so well with the patterned paper! And needless to mention I love pink!!! 

Materials:
TE April Kit Pattered paper
TE April Kit Pink & Green Cardstock
TE April Kit Paper flower
TE April Kit Label
TE April Kit ribbons
Pink twine
"you are Loved" stamp

This card is based on Taylored Expressions Sketch 157.
Thanks for stopping by and let me know your thoughts on this card!

Wedding bells

I don't think I was done with the patterned paper I mentioned in my previous blog. I had to make another card with this paper and the wedding theme continued as well.. 

Materials:
Plain background cardstock
Patterned cardstock
Label from TE Expressions April Kit paper pad
Wedding bells sticker
Ribbons
Pearls

The layout is inspired from the TE sketch challenge 155 though I ended up tweaking it a bit to add the ribbons at the bottom.

Wedding cake

Its been a while since I blogged.. I havent taken a break from making cards I just wasn't able to keep up with updating my blog as well!! I hope I am able to make it up to you with the cards that I wanna share with you... thanks for stopping by!

Few days ago my eyes fell on the elegant patterned card stock that I had used a couple of years back to make my wedding invitation cards. I had made 40 invitation cards then and have some pieces of that beautiful card stock in my stash! Keeping up with the wedding theme I used the same card stock to make a card for a newly wed couple! I combined elegant pattern with the wrinkled Indian handmade paper.

Materials:
Plain background cardstock
Indian handmade paper
Patterned cardstock
Glossy brown paper
Ribbon
Wedding cake dimensional sticker

This design is based on
SCS Sketch Challenge 377