Some chocolate-y thanks !

Hi friends,
This post was long over-due as have been meaning to share this for quite some time. I had made these sweet and simple chocolate gift covers with gift tags for my son's teachers this Teacher's day. I have done simple embellishing using papers on the chocolate bars. I have stamped the background for the papers and also used the Prima Damask stencil to create the background for one of the bars. Here's a quick look at them :                                              

                                                                

                                                       

Here's a close-up of the flower I have done on the first bar. This was my first try using the Spellbinder's Rose Creations die and I was pretty happy with the results :)                                                           

These were pretty fast to make and since I had to make them in bulk I did'nt do too much of embellishing as is my style :D

I am sharing these for the current challenge at Beyond grey challenges which is ' Gifting Love '

ETA : These chocolate gift covers got a Honourable Mention at the Beyond Grey Challenges! 

Supplies used :

Base paper- Brustro water-color paper.

Dies :

Spellbinder's Rose Creations die, Spellbinders Foliage die.

MFT Loopy Border die.

Itsy Bitsy Fancy Classic Panels.

Punches :

Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch.

Stamps & Inks :

Hero Arts Good Friends, Hero Arts Antique Brocade, Bo Bunny Geometric Stamp, Kaisercraft Flourish clear stamp set.

Hero Arts Butter Bar ink, Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Distress inks -Broken China, Scattered Straw.

Distress Stains- Barn door, Mowed lawn and Peacock feathers.

Prima Damask Stencil.

Baker's twine and Pearls.

Hope you like my simple project. Would love to hear your feedback on it :)

Have a nice day everyone!

For someone special !

Hi friends,
Wanted to share a quick card with you all today which I have made keeping in mind a couple of challenges :)...Firstly, I was inspired to play along mainly because of Lisa's challenge at Yvonne's blog where she has asked us to make a shaped card using Spellbinder's decorative labels..I have used the Resplendent Rectangles die to create my card..The design of my card is based on a card I had seen on Pinterest recently..Sorry don't have a link for it...Here's a look at my card first :                                                        

And here's the front view also :                                             

As you can see, it's a pretty straight forward card where I have cut the dies from the Resplendent Rectangles set and overlapped them one on top of the other to create the ornate base of my card..And the pink flower that you see is made from the Rose Creations die also by Spellbinder's which I have colored using Distress ink -Spun Sugar..I dunno about you, but I am pretty happy about the outcome of the flower :D

Sorry I am keeping this short and simple, though if you have any queries regarding the card I will be happy to answer..So do drop me a line :)

Supplies used :

Base Cardstock - Fabriano Brustro!

Dies :

Spellbinders Resplendent rectangles, Spellbinder's Rose creations die, Spellbinder's Foilage leaves.

Memory Box Pippi butterfly.

Punches :

MS 3 in 1 Butterfly punch cut-outs ( RAK from Sindhu..Thank you soooo much! :)...I LOVE this! )

Stamps : 

Hero Arts Good friends.

Inks :

Distress Inks -Spun Sugar and Shabby Shutters.

Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Rose buds and Daisy flowers and Pearls.

Challenges entered :

Lisa's challenge at Do more with less ( Yvonne's blog ) - Shaped cards!

DCAM -Shabby is chic! ( Winner! )

Color Conceptions -Spread your wings with Distress inks (The flowers, leaves and butterflies are colored using Distress inks. )

For the love of crafting -Expressions!

Sweet stamp blog -Butterflies

Hope you all like my card..Do leave me your comments/suggestions!..Would love to hear from you :)

Have a nice day everyone!

Inspiration For Crafter's Corner #12 !

Heya Friends,
So its the starting of another month and time for yet another brand new challenge at Crafter's Corner where our theme this time is 321 ..( 3 Embellishments, 2 Pattern Paper's and 1 sentiment ).So based on this here is what I have created ..Have a look :                                                

And of course I have to show you a side view :)

So let me tell you a little bit about my card ..I have used 2 different pattern paper's here- The peach dotted one you see is from the MME The sweetest thing collection and the chevron's are from the MME Indie Chic Paper pad which I have fussy cut and glued down .The flower's and leaves are made from the Memory Box Fabulous Phlox dies ..I love ..love .love this die.. Its a lovely combination of flower,leaves and a stamen die and  I have of course colored it using my current fave Distress stains :) . Also I have got myself the new Loopy die from MFT which I have placed on the back of my flower arrangement then added some tendrils and corner embellies and finished my card with some distressing using the scattered straw distress ink..The bold sentiment you see is from the latest winter CHA release- Kaisercraft texture sentiment stamps..I really love the bold font and the superb sentiments these stamps are offering !

Supplies used :

Base Cardstock : Campap .

Light green cardstock -Local buy.

Pattern papers :

MME Sweetest Thing Tangerine ,MME Indie Chic paper pads.

Dies : 

Memory Box Fabulous Phlox,Cheery Lynn 3 in 1 Corners (F),MFT Loopy Border die.

Inks :

Distress Stains -Peacock Feathers,Mowed Lawn,Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey.

Distress Ink -Scattered Straw.

Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

Stamps :

Kaisercarft Texture stamp -Birthday.

Rose buds and glitter glue.

Challenge entered :

DCAM -Shabby is Chic!

Sentimental Sundays -Happy Birthday!

PPS -Anything Goes!

Country View Crafts - Layers!

Card and Scrap - Dies

Okay that's about all from me. Hope you like my card! :)

Do leave me your comments/suggestions..Would love to hear from you!

Have a nice day everyone!

Friend to Friend!

Hi everyone,
I am just dropping by to share a quick card which I have made especially for the BGC challenge which is
Celebrate your friend with a peepy-fruity twist...I had made a card earlier but failed to follow one of the rules which was to make a window and wanted to give it a second try...This is very last moment  and here's a look at My card :-                                                            

To make this card,I have first stamped the flowers,the leaves and then colored them using Distress Inks and a dauber...This was the fastest way to color them and the colors have come out really bright....I have tried out something new here...

 Tip : Do you see the 2 ribbon strips on the bottom...Those are created by coloring cardstock's  with Festive Berries Distress ink and cutting them in thin strips and then I have done Faux Stitching over them to give a Grosgrain kind of look...This idea was inspired by Tejal's card which she had shared over Swap Central India..Thank you so much Tejal  :)

Supplies used :-

Base CS -Campap

Embossing Folder - Provocraft Swiss Dots.

Dies :-

Itsy Bitsy Fancy Classic Panels.

Stamps :-

Lawn Fawn Flutter By

Unity-Sarah Hurley Stamp set.

Inks :-

Distress inks : Fired Brick,Ripe Permisson,Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw.

Memento Pear Tart dew drop ink.

Versafine Onyx Black.

Uniball Signo white gel pen.

Challenges Entered :-

Beyond Grey Challenges - Celebrate your friend with a peepy-fruity twist ! (For the fruit inspiration I have gone for Red Berries,Mango and Banana for the green leaves). ( Winner! :D )
Annabelle Stamps -Color Inspiration..( I have got all these colors on my card including the very tiny orange flowers on the right hand side :)                              

Top Tip Tuesday - Embossing.( Shared my top tip above)
Cuttlebug Mania -Anything goes-Embossing (I have used the Provocraft Swiss Dots embossing folder)
                                                   

Hope you all like my card...Please do leave me your comments/suggestions regarding this..Would love to hear from you!

Have a nice day everyone!

A Wall Hanging done in Mixed Media Style!

Hi friends,
 I am sharing with you a wall-hanging I have made in the mixed media style, which is also my inspiration post at the Crafter's Corner blog for our current challenge which is Anything goes!... I have to tell you all though this is my very first attempt doing a full fledge mixed media work and  I am not sure about the right's and wrongs  in it ..But I did have a lot of fun getting all inking and playing with the mist and various texture's... I have gone with the clustered look and tried to use different mediums to create my overall look !! ..So here's a look at my work :-                                

Another view :-

And a closer look at my handmade flower which shines with the shimmer from the Lindy's Mists :-          

   And a look at the clustering I have done ...Lol as if its not visible on the other full picture ..But I just have to share another picture ..So please bear with me :) 

                                                         
I really had a lot of fun creating the background for this wall-hanging...First I  cut out two circles using the lid of a biscuit tin as my template and then I have colored the entire surface with white acrylic paint and then used texture white paste to make the base....Then,using the Mini Hexagons template from The Crafter's Workshop I have tried to create some textured background with Gesso ,then used the Lindy Mists 'Hottie Patottie' to color my background....Used some fabric lace from my stash and various small embellies like Buttons,Charms,Can opener tab,Soda bottle cover to create the entire look of my project and then again coated all of these with the texture white(Gesso)...Also,I have done some stamping using Staz on Black ink and used some die-cut flowers,butterflies and frames to complete the overall look.

Supplies Used :-
Base CS- Fabriano Brustro .
Camel Texture White.
Mists :-
Lindy's Stamp Gang -Hottie Pattotie Mists.
Dies :-
Spellbinder's Fluer De Lis Squares.
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish.
Cheery Lynn 3 in 1 Exotic Butterflies (Small).
My Favorite Things Layered Rose.
Inks :-
Staz on Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
Distress inks : Scattered Straw.
Distress Stains : Mowed lawn ,Picked Raspeberry and Wild honey.
Stamps :-
Fiskars/Teresa Collins Girly Posh Stamp set.
The Crafter's Workshop 6 * 6 Mini Hexagons.
Ranger Perfect Pearls (White).

Itsy Bitsy Glitter Flowers.

Buttons,Charms.,Pearls,Beads and Rhinestones- Stash

Challenges Entered :-
Color Conceptions -Nail it down with textures.
LESSology - Open that bottle.
DCAM Challenges- Anything goes with a Handmade flower using dies! ( Featured on their blog! )
Simon Says stamp and show -Make the cut.
Imagination Crafts - Flower Power.

Hope you all like my hanging...Do leave me your comments/suggestions...I love to hear from you!
Have a nice day everyone!

A Mixed Media Tag !!

Heya friends:)
So am back again sharing with you all a tag I have made for the inspiration at the Crafter's Corner blog where our current challenge is everyone's favorite theme : "Anything Goes"...So I decided to make a tag this time and its a mixed media style which is quite new to me...  I have done a lot of distressing ,spritzing with the  Lindy stamp gang spays and stamping too ..This is a tag which is layered with different techniques rather than actual layers ..So here's look at what I have created :

And here's a close up of the flowers which I have colored  using the Lindy stamp gang spray ..These sprays have vibrant colors and a very nice shimmer to it ..I have really enjoyed working with it a lot :          

   

   A little bit about how I have made this tag ..Firstly I distressed the entire tag with the vintage photo distress ink then I have sprayed the Lindy Hottie Patottie spray on the background...  Then I used The Crafter's workshop stencil to create the hexagon background  with  my vintage photo distress inks then I did the stamping of the dress form and the leaf flourish finally finishing off with a punched lace and the floral arrangement .  
I hope you all like my tag..Please do leave me your comments /suggestion's...Would love to hear from you :)
PS : Flowers and Leaves are from a prize package which I won at Archana 's  Craftycity.com  site ..She has a large collection of paper flowers and various craft supplies at very reasonable rates  ..Do check out her site :)

Supplies Used :
Base CS : Fabriano Elle Erre.
Punch : MS lace doily punch .
Die : Magnolia Do hickey Die Leaf and swirl.
Flowers and Leaves are from a prize package which I won at Archana 's Craftycity.com  site ..She has a large collection of paper flowers and various craft supplies at very reasonable rates  ..Do check out her site :)
Stencil : The Crafter's Workshop Hexagons.
Stamp : Prima Marketing.
Inks : Distress inks : Vintage photo,Scattered straw,Versafine Onyx Black,Lindy stamp gang mists-Hottie Patottie.
Seam binding ribbon,Rhinestones,Small flower's and filler's from stash.
Charm -Crafter's Corner.

Challenges entered :
For the love of crafting -Make a tag.
Sarah Hurley Challenge blog -Texture and Dimension
Creative Moments : Anything but a card
Dragons Dream : Tag it on : Use Stencil/mask,paint and Ribbon.
Stampotique Designer's Challenge : Tag youre it !!
The stamping chef : No cards allowed .

That's It from me ..Have a nice day everyone :)

Best friends -CASEing Deepti!

Hi friends,
So today I am back again to share with you a card I have made for my blogger friend Deepti's celebration challenge...She had challenged us to case any of her card for her celebration challenge and here's my take on her card :-

MY card :-                                                      

                                                                               
And a side view of my card :-                                              

And here is DEEPTI's card below :-                                                           

As soon as I had seen Deepti's this card I have been wanting to case it...There is something about the colors against the black background that really stood out for me...I really really love Deepti's card!

For my card,I have done a lot of paper-piecing using the Lawn fawn stamp sets on plain color cardstock...And the fussy-cutting was the most tedious part...My finger's  are still paining after cutting out those tiny itty-bitty leaves :P...But I am so happy with the end result that it was totally worth the effort !!

Supplies used :-

Black CS- Fabriano Elle Erre!

Stamps :

Lawn Fawn Flutter by,Blissful Botanicals.

TPC All occasions stamp set.

Dies :

I have used the Itsy Bitsy fancy classic die for de-bossing the sentiment panel.

Inks :

Versamark Embossing ink.

Versafine Onyx black.

Embossing powder- Zing!Opaque White.

Ribbon and Charm -Crafter's Corner.

Pealrs and bling.

Challenge Entered :

Catchy Crafts-CASEing Deepti's card.

BGC- Fruity + Twist ( I was inspired by the colors of the watermelon ).

Addicted to stamps and more-Anything goes!

SSS-Anything goes!

4 Crafty Chicks : Bling

Hope you like my card...Do leave your comments/suggestions...I love to hear from you!

Have a nice day everyone!