Photo-Frame

Hey, so this is my first modified photoframe, i think i have done a decent job on this one.. Bought this in local pound store and did some work of my own.. Made this for my little one's arrival, I know i'll not be getting time once the baby's here. :)

Photo-frame says - "The day you were born", obviously to put up my new baby's photo in there..

The original one was a bare wooden looking one, and unpolished too! Did the background using 3 of the Tim-Holtz Distress inks, embellished and finally sealed it with a Docrafts' Matte-finish acrylic paint.

Here's another gorgeous view of the frame in bright sunlight - 

I am entering this frame for CraftyJC "Something New" Challenge  and The Stamp man "Embellish it" challenge.

Embellishments - 
Red square Buttons - Cheap Jack, Mumbai
Green epoxy buttons - Artemio
Shell buttons - De-Banier, Brussels
Heart-sequins - AVA, Brussels
Feet button - Itsybitsy
Hand buttons - Craft Embellishments from local store
Orange Alpha buttons - Itsybitsy
Green Alpha srickers - EchoPark's A walk in the park collection

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.

Happy New Year!!

Happy new year to all of you

Baby boy in the family!

A new addition to our family!! :) My sister in law gave birth to a baby boy 5 days back and I'm so excited about it. My darling husband is in Delhi right now, he just had to go when he got the good news! A friend is coming tomorrow to stay with me while he's away, though I would still love to have my husband beside me all the time.

I just so had to make a card for her, I am a proud Maami now! For those who don't know, Maami is kid's mother's brother's wife! lol! It sounds so complicated, though is not, since we Indians have been brought up in a world where every relation has a specific name! Check this link if you are into reading all possible relations we use in everyday matter..

Ok, so getting on with the card, I was in a hurry to complete this in time. I seriously didnot want my husband to leave without a card!  The design is inspired from one of my own baby-girl card that i made. I happen to purchase both boy & girl gift papers from Archies, which is why even the sentiments look same. Even the baby  on both papers is same, only the picture frame is in a different color.

Details of the lovely glitter hands from itsybitsy & ribbon from A1 craft supply -

Sorry for not-so-nice pics, was in a hurry to click them too. The night time when i clicked these doesn't help either!

Edited later :  Just going through my archives & realized, today my blog turned 6-year old! :D what an awesome feeling..  I started blogging as pure fun, when i was back in college and blogging was the new-est fad! There was no concept of followers, no page widgets and designing the blog was much more complicated. Through all this time, I've stopped blogging for a few months every now and then.. 2009 saw only one entry into the blog..For those who dont know, I have even churned out some fictional short stories on this blog, my fav one being this one. These days I'm majorly focused on paper crafts & general state of my mind & life.
My come back to blogging happened by chance, when i hooked onto indian ATC swapping club - found on ICR now. This blog allows me to express my happiness & my thoughts with so many lovely people out there. I thank each one of you for reading my stories, appreciating my work, advising me, doubling my happiness and sharing a part of my life! 

Baby boy in the family!

A new addition to our family!! :) My sister in law gave birth to a baby boy 5 days back and I'm so excited about it. My darling husband is in Delhi right now, he just had to go when he got the good news! A friend is coming tomorrow to stay with me while he's away, though I would still love to have my husband beside me all the time.

I just so had to make a card for her, I am a proud Maami now! For those who don't know, Maami is kid's mother's brother's wife! lol! It sounds so complicated, though is not, since we Indians have been brought up in a world where every relation has a specific name! Check this link if you are into reading all possible relations we use in everyday matter..

Ok, so getting on with the card, I was in a hurry to complete this in time. I seriously didnot want my husband to leave without a card!  The design is inspired from one of my own baby-girl card that i maid. I happen to purchase both boy & girl gift papers from Archies, which is why even the sentiments look same. Even the baby  on both papers is same, only the color of frame is different.

Details of the lovely glitter hands from itsybitsy & ribbon from A1 craft supply -

Colourful Thank you

Another card for today, first one's here..

This one was made keeping Palette #2 on CraftyJC's challenge #11 for the month of november.. I so love this colour combo!! Came out better than i expected!

I coloured a couple of white doily by blue,green & purple inks and cut one of them into pieces. The cut ones are tucked under purple tabs.

There's some Pie-lane chunky glitter around the doily & some chipboard flowers from a random-stuff shop in Brussels.

P.S. I need to buy some sentiment stamps, soon.. I have only "Thank you" & "For you" lol.. Plus my stash of rub-ons is dwindling! Any idea on which one will be good for starters? As in some set/Brands that will cover all basic sentiments..

With Love

Well, something came over me yesterday night, I started with making a card for CraftyJC november challenge & ended up making two! :) I have used Palette #1 for this card.. 

Almost all the inspirations for the challenge used roses in some form & i got truly inspired :D

Details of the lovely roses! I got them from a party shop in Brussels! 

And i have some wonderful news to share, my sister-in-law (hubby's sis) gave birth to a healthy baby boy today morning & i'm so delighted for her.. All i want to do is fly back to Delhi right now!
And wait for another post coming up in about an hour! :D using Challenge's Palette #2..