Paper piecing

and some coloring..

Here's what i made yesterday, when i was suffering from cramps, apparently common in 9th month and signs that body is preparing for the big day! :D So to take my mind off those cramps I made this -

The stamps that i used are really really old ones and of very poor quality, they are from a children's set and to get a crisp outline, I used a foam padding underneath cardstock.. And later on i realised, the inks just wont get off the stamp.. Which usually get off easily from all other rubber & clear stamps!

For the flower petals I have stamped the image onto different parts of the same paper so as not to get a continuity of paper's design in them.. :D

I made this for Yvonne's guest challenge - Paper piecing & coloring.
And ICR Challenge 15 - Love+photo inspiration.

Thinking of you

My creativity is flowing i guess! I have never done so much crafting in a week that i am doing now!! Here's what i made today -

Got inspired by the latest CAS-ual Friday's sketch -

Do you notice the diary-like look of the card? I absolutely loved this look! :D

Entering this card in these challenges  - 
CAS-ual Friday  - Sketch challenge
ICR - CAS + Anything goes
Varna's Stamping Challenge

Supplies - 
Tim Holtz Distress inks - Walnut stain & Milled lavendar
Stamps - 
Background - Artemio manuscript backgrounds
Dots border - Papermania Mix N Match - borders
Sentiment - Papermania Honey n hugs - sheep
Coffee cups - Local Indian made stamp - no brand
Gems from stash

A new craft

I got a wonderful book from local library about bead-craft on the card & oh boy i have fallen in love with it!! This is the first card I made using the technique -

Some close-ups of the beaded vase, flowers & the butterfly -

Details of the stamped sentiment -

I am entering this card in two challenges -
Pie Lane's Recipe - flower + swirl + button
ICR - CAS + Anything goes

And please don't mind if i am not able to visit everyone of your blogs.. I'm completing the home-run of my pregnancy! :D almost 34 weeks pregnant now, not too long when my baby pops out! Can't wait for my preg to get over. I want some energy levels back! Baby shopping is the most tiring job of all times.. Over the next few days I think I'll be sharing some stuff I have been making over the last month.. Which includes ATCs, photo-frame and baby-bibs. I might not show the bib though.. I am not a sew-er and and i dont have a sewing machine either ! :D The work i tried to do on the bibs has been pathetic so far.. :)

Plus, I think scrapbooking is the toughest job of all times.. I started with a page atleast 10 times and ended up having a good laugh at my lack of imagination and no page.. Trying to make one for ICR's Scrapper's challenge..



Supplies for the card- Pink & black Cardstock, beads & wires from local store, buttons from A1 Craft supply, butterfly fabric from stash, glitter-balls balls in swirl from Pie-Lane. Flowers from Handpaper , stamp from DoCrafts Black & Gls phrases clear stamps.

Love is...

Well, I have been away since a while now.. I'm having constant Backaches :( Courtesy my little baby!! Recently went to the mid pregnancy ultrasound scan and i could see my hyper-active baby, kicking n waving to me :D Its such an awesome experience! I'm waiting to feel the baby kick from inside my tummy.. :D

Anyways, so in the whole last three weeks, I have been making & completing this card  for Craftyjc challenge #10 - Simplicity.

It was hard to not go overboard with embellishments & PPs for this one..  For the first time ever I have doodled an image & hand-wrote something on front side of the card! I dont really like to see my handwriting. But it was getting difficult to get the mesg printed here, plus none of the alphas i have were matching with the theme! :D
The image is colored with watercolor pencils! 

Pink Love

I am posting too soon i guess. never ever before have i posted so frequently!
These are two cards in pink i recently made..

I have used some more pages from the 3-D booklet for this sweetheart card.. And i am seriously short of embellies for my cards now.. I ve realised, itsybitsy has a far more variety & economical value than i have found across all the major craft supplies store here!! 

Best Mom

I love this card a lot. This one's exactly my style,Happy & Bright.. Dedicated to my mom :)

The blooms are handmade, layering out flower punch outs.. They are lovelier in reality, with a soft tissue paper & that pearl. I made this card for Yvonne's current challenge by Sherryann to make handmade flowers!
Paper from stash. Ribbons from Itsy Bitsy. Alphas from Hobby Ideas.

Collages

I was so inspired by Marit's Challenge on yyam's blog, that even thought it has been ages since i last made a collage, i wanted to make one.. Here's the Challenge link.

I know i could have done better than this, but today is the last day of submission and i was kind of wary of re-doing everything to get it right.

Title: Looks can deceive you

 The lady picture is from some catalog for sculptures. That's why i have three perspectives of the same piece. The other tidbits of paper are from same catalog. I have done the background from Sketch pens , some crayons and a golden Artoons Pen.


 Now, That one was from the challenge. I made another one while i was at making collages :D Took a while to collect the words from magazines. The most tough was to find "HAND".. And i originally had the quote "With the Touch of her hand, This world SPRANG to life" I had one in million chance of finding that word in the magazines i read.. So, here's my another take on the collage-making -

Title: With her Touch 

A Baby Girl!

So, Completed the entry to Crafty JC's challenge #2. Just in time :)
The challenge was to make a card from 1-2-3 recipe.

1 PP  - i have used polka dot with stripes PP

2 colors - Pink n brown

3 embellishments - one thread & 2 hands

And how could i not think of a baby girl card when i'm forced to think Pink!! :D :D . So Here's my entry -

The inside of the card looks like this - 

Supplies - 

PP got from a friend who was celebrating her nephew's birthday and this paper was brought to wrap the gifts.  

Plain brown paper & card stock from local stationer.

Pink thread from Mcleodganj market

Tiny hands from itsybitsy

Sentiment & baby photograph from a sheet bought from Archies.

On Another note, made this card a long while back & has the same feel. I made this for a friend's daughter's 1st bday -

Here's some details of the card, which are not as blurry as the above pic -

Another Love card.

Hey guys, I've been so so busy lately. Thankfully my grandPa's Surgery went well, we got him home yesterday. Considering he is 82, recovery is not going to be too fast i guess. The doc has suggested about 3 months.
Also, I'm not really getting time to read blogs or update them, i'll be back n active as soon as i can.

Today's card also was made before i went for my vacations, simple n cute :)

Sentiment is printed and then coloured with faber-castle colour pencils.I used a pink sticker on top of foam heart.

Supplies - 

Cardstock & heart stickers - local stationer
Ribbon - cheap Jack
Foam heart - ItsyBitsy
Patterned paper - Archies

My April ATC

April ATCs-

Theme for this month was Beat the heat with 'Summer treats'

1. I scream Icecream

I used Pop-Corn Pens for the icecream.. Gives great 3D texture :D

2. YUM

Used Quiling strips & my paper crimper for this. And letters are from a 3D sticker sheet.

Waiting to receive the swaps..

Happy Mother's Day

I made two cards for Mother's day. One for my mum & another one for my mum-in-law.. :)

Here are my takes -

Materials used -

Card base from an old diary's support page :)

Stamps from Hobby Ideas

Ink from Pretty Colors

Alphabets from itsybitsy

Dull-gold leaves and jute ribbon from CheapJacks

Dried foliage from a local vendor in Matheran

 Golden-brown  circular embellishments from stash.

All the materials used in this card are from local stationer & my stash.