Birthday Boy

I am making some cards for my sister as they give cards to friends and of course to my niece's friends' too. So I have to make some cards for little boys and girls. Here is one for a birthday boy...







Challenges:

Friday Sketches(Fri): Sketch N
Just Us Girls(Sat): Colors NDigital Tuesday(Tu): Lets celebrate NTop Tip Tuesday(4th Jan): Embellish it(I love button and thread I used in this card) N
Sketch and Stash(1st Jan): Sketch# 8(which was used by 2-3 DTs also) I have added the link to sketch 8 here. NWoodware USA Challenges(Mon): Sketch (Monthly winner) N

Bunny with flowers

I am so excited right now, I am on vacation now till 3rd Jan.... yupiii... So the first thing I did was to print out some digital stamps and make some cards... Can you belive the yellow base card stock is from one office folder which I never liked and I used it here. Now I love this card using my favorite Friday MashUp sketch... :-) I have bought the new circle punch 2 days back when I opened it yesterday it was not working at all. I was so disappointed so for this card I have to cut all the circles by hand... So much work but it's worth it. I hope you love my card.






Challenges:

SP color combo(Mon): colors (winner)

Friday Mashup(Fri): Sketch N
Little paper shop(M): Square N
Crafty Ann's challenge(Fri): Anything goes N
Papertake Weekly(Tue): Anything goes N
Stamps R Us(Mon): Anything goes N
The Crafty Pad(Su): Anything goes NI did it creations(Su): Anything goes N
Crafty Sentiments(5th Jan): Anything goes N
All Sorts(Sat): Free and anything goes N
Fab and Funky(Tue): Quick and easy N
Aly's Sunday(Su): Anything goes N
One Stitch at a time(Jan): Anything goes N

3 candles birthday

I am so excited this week. From Tuesday I am on vacation for 10 days. No work Yeeeee....And one more thing, I had a hair cut today. My husband loved it but he is making fun of me by telling me "his new wife". ;-) It's short A-line hair cut (low maintenance cut).

Instead of making lots of cards this weekend I have made very few and this is 1st one with some birthday candles.. I have a scalloped edge on the front but I think I took the picture in such a way that it's difficult to see that.


Challenges:

Paper works Co.(Su): sketch

Creative card crew(tue): anything goes N
PPC-challenges(Mon): Colors N
CES- Challenges(6th Jan): Anything goes N

Birthday-flower and buttons

As always I love to layer so this week I thought to come up with a card which has lots of flowers. And here is the output which has flower veil in background paper, small flowers on 4 squares, stamped one tulip and then cut a small piece of the same green patterned paper to make tulip.


Challenges:

Cutie Sunday(sun): Everything but xmas NP
Curtain Call(Sun): Colors NP
The Paper players(Su): favorite colors(my fav colors are red, green and brown) N
Picture perfect creation(mon): colors N
A crafty little place(Mon): Sketch NCrafty Ho's(Sat): red and green NSecret Crafter(Sat): Colors NSome odd girls(Mon): Flowers N

Simple little bundle of joy

One of really really good friend just had a baby. We were classmate in my bachelors(Computer Engineering) in India but we became really good friend when I was working in college as a lecturer. When I sent cards to all my family members for Diwali, I couldn't send her card as I didn't have her address and when I got, it was too late. But when I told her about that she forced me to send her Diwali card(it's been almost 2 months of Diwali) so I thought to add baby boy card too. This card was inspired by one of the card of Leann. Isn't this a wonderful clean and simple card?



Challenges:

Stamping B's design(th): star NP

Moving along with times(th): lots of spots #76 N
Tuesday Throwdown(Tue): Clean and simple #28 NTotally papercraft(fri): paper piecing N
Stamp, scrap and doodle(sat): monocromatic NMarks'finest(Sat): paper piecing NEllephantasitc Cards and crafts(31st Dec): star NRaise the bar(Fri): given combo #47 NGingersnap creations(10th Jan): white glitter (paper i have used) N

One more acetate card

Once again one more card learned from Memories Live On. We stamped on cream and red polka dot paper. The same stamp was also done on Acetate and then using green copic markers I colored the butterflies on the other side of the stamp. When I saw the sample I never thought that the the butterflies are colored. I was so amazed when I knew about that. Then simply cut them, used clear glue to stick them and added some glitter on wings. The green background was using embossed folder.



Challenges:

Alphabet challenge(Fri): Glitter NP
Color Dare(Wed): colors NP
Corrosive challenge(su): color (monthly price) NP
Flutter by Wed(wed): butterflies #134 NP

Fabric flower birthday card

I wanted to make some rosette with fabric after looking at this video. I love how interesting it was. I used one of my old t-shirt which I was never gonna wear, means I recycled my item. How creative!! I even used paper torn technique too. In my last class in Memories Live On store, I learned how to my rough edge on a paper without any tool. I used regular paper scissor to make rough edges. I have used one old earring as a center of a flower. :-)



Challenge:

The Pink Elephant(Mon): Color


Scrapmaster's paradise(Mon): colors #77 N
Woodware USA(Mon): Birthday #4 N
Craft your passion(Mon): Anything goes #35 N
Cupcake craft(Mon): Little red robin N
Little Paper shop(Mon): Sketch NColor Throwdown(Wed): color #122 NEat Sleep Stamp(Th): Sketch #111 N
Moving along with times(th): lots of spots #76 N
Cute Card Thursday(th): Flowers NHodge Podge shop(th): birthday #5 NCES Challenges(Sat): Anything but Christmas card #16 N
Dude time doodles(Sat): Sketch #5 N
Mami Doodles(Fri): Anything goes N
Crafty card crew(18 dec): anything goes N
Color Dare(Wed): colors N
Marks'finest(Sat): paper piecing N
Totally papercraft(fri): paper piecing NRubber redneck(wed): colors #12 N

Tea bag fold

Flower pattern:

http://reshmi-on-art.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-make-tea-bag-folding-craft.html
http://www.cardmakinginspiration.com/tech/teabag_folding.htm
http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/category.php?id=5
http://www.handcraftedgreetings.com/dahlia.php
http://www.handcraftedgreetings.com/octagonfold1.php
http://www.google.com/images?q=teabag+fold&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1920&bih=993
http://www.tenealewilliams.com.au/wp02/2009/02/03/tea-bag-folding/
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bdDm_mkQAkZKpahN6jXxMw
http://www.thepaperartstudio.com/2010/07/paperbuged.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRC63r-Deis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDin4m4Qm-c

Christmas tree:

http://inkspiredtreasures.com/cards/stamping-411-folded-christmas-tree/
http://www.cardmakinginspiration.com/demo/teabag1.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5dIhBbPEec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGUB3pm9qY0

Butterfly:

http://www.cardinspirations.co.uk/demo/teabag07.htm

De-stressed christmas card

This Friday I went to one of the scrapbooking shop, Memories Live On, here in Bay Area for some free technique teaching class. I had a great fun making this Christmas card with de-stress, embossing techniques on acetate paper and rosette on red paper with random background made using splash stamp with funky ribbon. I love the final vintage looking card...





Challenges:



Artful inkable(tue): die cuts(for rosette I have used a die cut)
My time to craft(tue): Vintage NP
Created by hand(Mon): Christmas NPAlphabet challenge(fri): F for foliage NP

Little bundle of joy

My cousin is expecting a baby. Actually due date is sometime this week so I can get a call at anytime so I thought to make a card for my nephew. So I used the same Z-fold pattern and here are one for boy and one for a girl...





Challenges:


Craft your days away(sat): texture N
Top tip tuesday(tue): anything goes N
There she goes(M): Cards for kids N
The magic in the air(M): anything goes N
A crafty little place(tue): ANything goes N
Cute card Thursday(Th): blues N
Crafty sentiments designs(th): New beginning N
Delightful challenges(Wed): New beginning N
Moving along with time(th): Someone special N
Freshly brewed(wed): colors N
Scrap creations(M): Anything goes N
Woodware USA clear stamps(M): anything goes N
Paper play challenge(th): Monochromatic N
totally stampalicious(Su): anything goes N
Craft your passion(M): Monochromatic N

Dreams come true

I am so excited this week as in my office every Dec we have a craft fair. So this time I thought to participate in it will all my card creation added in this blog along with some of the cards which I made initially. It was a very successful, i sold all my cards except 3 cards. Isn't that great? I didn't earn a lot as I have kept my cards in very less amount as it was just for fun and my encouragement to make some more but it was real fun. My office is huge and the event was in cafeteria. So many of my teammates came to my table and encouraged me. Anyways so that means I have to make some more cards and here comes one card which will make someone's(may be mine) dream come true.



I have one more card with the similar theme with just a different stamp and I added some beads on this card...




Challenges:

Stamp, scrap and doodle(sat): dt N
Catch the bug(Fri): Anything goes N
Daring card makers(Fri): Turquoise N
Stars and stamp(su): sketch NP
Our Creative Corner(Sat): color(added a comment) NP