Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello, crafty friends!

I'm happy to be joining Altenew for their Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop today. Our goal is to send cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes or shelters to let them know they’re not forgotten. Please check out the Celebrating Parents Card Drive information HERE and join this great cause by sending in cards.

If you arrived here from, Gayatri Murali's Blog, then you are on the right track. If this is your first stop, then you will want to start at the beginning, the Altenew Card Blog.

I have made two cards for this special hop and here's a look at the first one featuring the Altenew Extra Special Stamp & coordinating Extra Special Die Set.

To create my card, I first took a piece of 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" of White Cardstock and used the background pattern stamp from the Pattern Play - Diamond Stamp Set to stamp on my card panel using the Evening Gray Crisp Dye Ink. Next, I took another piece of White Cardstock and stamped the main floral image and the corresponding stamp layers for it from the Altenew Extra Special Stamp using inks from the Tea Party Mini Cube Set. I die cut the images using the Extra Special Die Set and kept them aside. 

I also die cut a frame from the Crystal Frames Die Set using Gold Mirror Cardstock. Then, I stamped my sentiment in the centre of the frame, which is from the Altenew Extra Special Stamp and was stamped using the Altenew Obsidian Ink. 

I wanted to add a butterfly to my design, so I pulled out the Painted Butterflies Stamp Set and used the Tea Party Mini Cube Set to stamp one of the butterflies. I fussy cut the image and popped it on foam dots. I also adhered the flowers around the frame using foam tape for added dimension.

I adhered this panel to a piece of Orange Cardstock which was then adhered to my card base. I added few enamel dots on my card for the finishing touches.

My next card is a masculine one and I haven't actually made one in the longest time. I find it a really hard task to create cards for men, but the Altenew Best Dad Stamp Set

definitely makes it easier to create such kind of cards. 

To create my card, I first started by die cutting the Cube Cover Die from White Cardstock. I took another piece of Cardstock and used the Dusk Crisp Dye Ink to colour the entire background. I wanted a gradient effect on the panel, so I went in with a darker ink at the top and used a lighter ink for the bottom part of the panel. Next, I used a square die and turned it around and die cut in the middle of the Die Cut Panel for some interest.

I then stamped a bunch of images from the Best Dad Stamp Set and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I coloured in the pieces using colour pencils and kept them aside. 

 I arranged the various elements on my card panel and adhered them using foam dots. I stamped one part of the sentiment (from the Best Dad Stamp Set) on the crate using the Alltenew Obsidian Ink. I then die cut the word 'Dad' using the Caps Bold Alphabet Die Set from Gold Mirror Cardstock and added it to the front of my card panel. I also die cut few stars from Mirror Cardstock and added them to my panel. And that's it! My card was done.

Giving Back Information:

20% of the profits from these products (Thanks, Dad Stamp Set, World’s Best Dad Stamp Set, Best Mom Stamp Set, Extra Special Stamp Set, Beautiful Lady Stamp Set, Painted Butterflies Stamp Set, Sweet Bow Enamel Pin, Stay Awesome Enamel Pin) until Father’s Day, June 21st, 2020, will be donated to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

Prizes

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog for a chance to win. They'll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/5/2020.

Blog Hop Order:

Next Stop on this Blog Hop is, Aya Elsheshtawy's blog.

Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:

Altenew Card Blog

Kristina Pokazanieva

Jaycee Gaspar

TaeEun Yoo

Virginia Lu

Alex Syberia

Gayatri Murali

                        Hussena Calcuttawala (You are HERE)

Aya Elsheshtawy

Nicole Watt

Vicki Finger

Laura Volpes

Norine Borys

Arjita Sepaha Singh

LauraJane

Seeka

Terri Koszler

Michelle Murray

Thank you so much for your stopping by and reading this blog post. I hope you liked my cards! If you would like to see more of my work using Altenew, do follow my Instagram page.

Thank you for stopping by, and wishing you a lovely day!

A Masculine Card

Hello, everyone!
I'm back with a card which is quite different from my usual style.  I made a masculine card after a long time & really enjoyed the creative process. Here's a look at my card :

This card was rather easy to put together and that might sound a bit weird as masculine cards are always difficult to make, but the Papericious Gentleman Paper Pack & Mudra DAD set are just the perfect match to make such cards :)

 To create this card, I first took an A2 red colored card base and die-cut a frame using the Argyle pattern Paper from the Gentleman Pack which was slightly smaller than my base. Then, I took another paper from the same collection and again die-cut a frame smaller than my previous card front and foam mounted it for dimension.

The white card panel was also die-cut using a Stitched Rectangles die & I have stamped the moustache, the glasses, the bow-tie and the sentiment from the Mudra Dad set.

For the hat, I have done paper-piecing on the band of it using a pattern paper from the Papericious - The Gentleman pack. Finally added some googly eyes to create some fun interest to my card and stamped the sentiment on a white banner which was slightly distressed using Hickory Smoke Distress ink.

Linked this up in the Star Stampz - Add a sentiment, Addicted to Stamps and More- Anything Goes, Word Art Wednesdays- Anything Goes, Stampin' Royalty- Anything Goes and Crafty Hazelnuts- Anything Goes with Patterned paper.

I hope you like this card of mine. As I mentioned earlier, it's quite different from my usual style, so it was really nice to create one after a long time :) I would love to read your comment/suggestions regarding it.

Have a nice day everyone.

A Masculine Card !!

Hi Everyone,
                      Its been Quite Some time Since I last Posted Reason Being I was on Vacation !!...I have just Returned Home 2 days back :P ...And I really Missed Blog -Land and all My Fellow Crafters ...Hope you Missed Me Too :) ..Today I am sharing a Masculine Card Which I Specially Made for the PPS Challenge :) Which is to Create a Card or a Scrapbook Layout for Father's Day !!..So Here's Wishing all the Father's a Very Happy Father's Day today :D..And Now a Look at My Card First :-

   And a Side -View of the Card : -
 

   A Closer -View of the Origami Shirt and Tie :-

           I made this Shirt and Tie with the Help of a You tube Tute !! Though Origami Seems Easy when Practically Applied I found it Quite Tough :P and I Nearly  Ended up Wasting Quite a Few PP's :( Before I Could make a Perfect Shirt and Tie !!  
I just Love This Particular Sentiment which is From Unity.... Which I had Won from the Craft- A -Lot Blog :D ..Its seems so Appropiate for Father's day !!              

Hope You guys Like My Card ...Please do Leave Me Your Valuable Comments and Opinions !! Waiting to Hear from you Guys  :)

Supplies  Used ;-
Base CS  And  Black CS -Bought from Anadha Stationery.(Its a Very Beautiful  Teal Color ...Never Come Across this Color Before ...Was Quite Happy to Buy this One :D :D)
The Striped PP- W &M Company- Anadhaa Stationery.
Cream CS  -Scrap Pack by Jo -Anns.
Sentiment is From -Unity, Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black .
Shirt is  Made from Papermania Hugs and Cuddles Collection and the PP for the Tie is Bought from Priya Sivaraj ..Don't Know the Name :P
Bling and the Grosgrain Ribbon- Anadhaa
Star Brads -Jo -Anns
Border is from Itsy bitsy

                                                 


Challenges Entered :-
1.  Pretty Paper Studio- Father's Day Card or LO
2. Indian Craft Room- Masculine Card + Celebrations
3. Hands 2 Hearts Challenge (Studio V )- Father's day Card
4. DYSU -Boys/ Men
5.Charisma Cardz Challenge- Male Cards
                                                                            

Aditya's Birthday Blog Hop Party!!!

Hi Friends,

Welcome to Aditya's Birthday Blog Hop you must be Coming here from the very Talented Bhawana singh
We are all gearing up to celebrate the birthday of a wonderful person, he happens to be someone who is perceptive and cooperative to the point of being idyllic. Most of us in the blog hop know him through our common interest in crafting no one can deny knowing his honesty and candidness. He is one of the most accomplished paper crafter known to us and it is our wish for him, that he gets all that he aspires for in this new year. We wish him the best of everything, Happy Birthday Aditya and may you have the best of times with friends and family and an extremely crafty time ahead. We also hope that his store reaches to one and all in the crafting world and he hoards more of our favorite supplies with lesser rates :D :D
Why don't you join us in wishing him a brilliant birthday ...?

Here is my Card for Him : 

                                      

And now an Another View:

     To know in detail about the Rules please visit Neha 's blog .
Supplies Used:
The base blue CS is from Hobby Ideas.
The white CS - Fabriano Elle Erre.
The PP is from DCWV
The digi is from Sliekje Digi Stamps
The scallop strip is hand cut with Scallop scissors
The sentiment is from Itsy Bitsy
Die Cut hand traced and cut
Coloring done with Faber Castell water color pencils
Punched Lace-Fiskars.
Red dotted ribbon-from stash.
Pie Lane-Butterflies Kohinoor flower's
Pearls-from stash.
Faux stiching-Uniball Signo.

Challenges Entered :-
1.Marks Finest Papers -Use a Border Punch
2.Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge-Anything goes with Blue
3.Card Crafters Circle -Happy Birthday
4.C.R.A.F.T  -Celebration
5.Charisma Cardz - Birthday with Option of 3(Used 3 Pearls)
6.Paper Play Challenge-In Stitches
7.Creative Inspirations Paint-Birthday

 And now your next stop will be  Kalindi sharma  with her beautiful creation .

Thank you all for visiting... Hope you have Fun along the way and please don't forget to Comment on all the Blogs as you have a chance to win a Fabulous prize .  And please do not forget to wish the Birthday Boy:)