Lots of Sparkle

Hi Everyone.....Lets begin the year with lots of sparkle.This year brought lot of changes in my life ....I moved from India to US,setting up my craftroom ....once again getting into the rhythm of blogging.Hoping to post all my past works.

Now lets get to the card.

This card was made a long time back for a blog challenge.Challenge was about adding lots of sparkle.

Stencil from Tim Holtz.....stenciled the texture paste onto the card and added clear glitter to it.

Diamond was cut out from Cricut and added a glitter paper to the back , raised it  with foam dots.

First Impression of DREAM CUT

Hi after a very long time I'm here again......today I'm going to write about my first impression about a die cutting machine.

 I saw this DREAM CUT machine at the launch party video, it looked very small and cute but I didn't feel like buying it since I already own Bigshot, Cuttlebug, Cricut expression, Cricut explore and Brother ScanNcut. This machine is from ITSY BITSY leading craft store in India. I wanted to have a look at the machine so I went there with my son Sumesh my junior prodigy. Both of us played with Dream cut. Its was extremely smooth no need of any extra pressure. My son tried it once and he was so impressed he told me " mom you should definitely buy this we'll sell cuttlebug and bigshot". I came home with Dream cut. My son wanted to unbox the dream cut so here we go.

The machine is lighter than cuttlebug.

Both us wanted to see if its same with other company dies so we tried with Lawn Fawn, MFT ,Sizzix and DCAM dies.All dies same results no extra pressure, no extra shim....some needed one roll others couple more but same result neat cut.We also took a video to show how quiet the machine is, no cranking,no bending of the plates absolutely smooth.In the launch video my friend TANVI SHAH said it cuts like butter its very very true.

 At last my son made a card with the diecuts and itsy bitsy sequins for his grandma's birthday.

Beach Card.

This Month Challenge at Eclectic Ellapu is Life's a Beach theme. I planned to go with a fun card so I chose my cute whale stamp. For the sand embossed kraft card.Waves were cut out from cricut explore.Added glitter to the waves and colored the heart and the sun.Stamped the sentiment with Archival ink before embossing.

Blue & Red Card

Here again.... I made this for the SCT blog challenge in June......theme Red, White and Blue......since that month was my hubby b'day I chose to do a Birthday Card for him.Cut out the shapes from the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Contemporary Squares Etched Die. Mix and Match the color of the Square. Sentiment from Fiskars Birthday Stamp Set. And also made a matching Envelope for the card.

Lady in Pink

This lady was created for Simply Create Too blog challenge for the month of April and the theme was Ladies Only. For the background embossed the black card with and embossing folder which was a free gift from a magazine.Rubbed white Gelatos on the top to give that pop up look.Matted it to the Pink Card.As for the lady and the rose... found the image online, cut it out with Cricut Explore.Added pearl and glitter to finish it off.

Carnival Card

Hi Friends....its been quite some time I updated my blog....getting back from my vacation mode is the hard part,but I have lots of projects to share.

This is a carnival card made for Eclectic Ellapu card challenge.....the horse was cutout with my favorite cricut machine.Found these Alphabets tags in my stash and added them to a ribbon.Finished the card with pearls and glitter.

Lace and Vellum flower Card

I started the card with the lace stamp.With the help of stampholic I stamped the border of the card. Center frame cutout from Spellbinders Die. Flowers were made out of vellum using Heartfelt Creations stamp and die. Added half pearl sticker and dots at the base of the card.Mainly used purple and green as it was for the challenge at Simply create Too Blog.

Good Luck card

Simple Good Luck Card.....specially made this is card for my daughter who is writing her exams this month.Clovers were made Cricut Explore and the background with We R Memory Keeper 3D embossing folder.

Heart N Heart Card

At Simply Create Too the challenge this month is 

Love / Valentine

I started with the center heart for both the cards.

I found this simple pic of heart gem on the web, with the help of Design Space I converted it into a cut file.

As the background added rows of  hearts and added the sentiment with Cricut (cricut wrote for me :)).For the finishing touch added glitter to it.

As for the second card the center heart was made with music background stamp. Long time ago I remember seeing this embellishment somewhere(no idea whether in a store or web)so just tried to recreate it. 

I used the same writing and the cutout hearts from the previous card to create this card background.

Hop over to the SCT blog to see what my teammates have created and join in on our challenge.

Celebrate Card

Happy New year to All!!!!

I'm starting this year with a celebration card for 

SCT blog challenge "Party time"

Created the frame with balloons attached to it with Design Space. Need more support for the frame so added a transparent film behind the frame.Took a  4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card attached a glitter golden paper to it. with the help of foam dots stuck the frame to the card . Added a bow and a label with celebrate stamped on it

Mixed Media Card

Hello Everyone!!

This mixed media card was made for Eclectic Ellapu Challenge with a special recipe - 3 Dies ,2 stencils and 1 sentiment.

For the base I used Crafter's Workshop Brick stencil and added a layer of texture paint over the Crafter's Workshop Art Is stencil.

Painted Gesso on the square Chipboard , printed the image from Graphics Fairy and did an image transfer with mod podge . Distressed it around edge and added glaze to it.

The flowers we made with Tim Holtz Mini Tattered Florals die.

Mod Squad challenge blog

Simon Says Anything goes

The Mixed Media Card Challenge

Lily Patch Of crafty Friends

Cards Galore challenge

Crafting from the heart

Craft Your passion

Vintage Card

For the first time I tried Distressing the Edges Technique for Vintage Shabby Chic Challenge at Simply Create too Blog, it turned out great ...better than I excepted. Pattern paper's from Papericious Premium Edition Paper Pack A5 - Vintage Rosewood, the paper was thick with white core.

DISTRESSING 

Wet the paper 

tear the edges 

ink it 

and 

curl the sides.

Rose was made with Heartfelt botanical Rose Stamp and die set. Colored with distress ink and gave a coat with glossy accent.

Adding it to Mixed Media Challenge

Crafting By Designs
Stampavie and More
Addicted to Stamps
Get Creative Challenge
Craft Your Passion
Crafting from the heart

Brayer Stamping Card - Eclectic Ellapu Challenge

This Month Challenge for Eclectic Ellapu is 

FAVOURITE HOLIDAYS.

As for me the favourite time of the year is Christmas....love to decorate the house for the season.

I created this card to remember the biting cold winds  with snow covered trees during the Christmas Season.

I used Braying technique and single stamp to create 

these 3 cards. For the background I used Blue distress ink with brayer and masked part of the card to give the effect of snow.And also the moon I used making technique. Stamped the tree and the sentiment to the background with Archival Ink. At last added glitter to make the snow glitter.

Crafting By Designs
Addicted to Stamps

HEARTFELT Card

One more CAS card with Heartfelt Botanical Rose Die.

HEARTFELT Card

A CAS card with Heartfelt Dies and Prima Doily Die. Diecut the doily,cut it into half and placed it on sides . The leaves are from the heartfelt creations die, I  slightly embossed the leaves to give them a raised effect. Flower from the Heartfelt Botanical rose Collection.

Lady In Red - Eclectic Ellapu Challenge

This card is made for a picture Inspiration Challenge at Eclectic Ellapu Blog. The lady stamp is from the Docrafts Papermania Art Deco collections.The background frame and the feather are cut out from Cricut machine.