The harvest berries

In my last order from Papertrey Ink., I also bought The Harvest Berries stamp set. I usually like earthy stamps like tree, bushes etc.. Paper which I used is from the stack of papers I bought really cheap from Cranberry Hills Mercantile's flea market sell few months back. I really loved the paper. Without adding any special effect the texture of paper was adding extra layer in my card. I used Happy Definition from Hero Arts on base card stock. This one also I made it as a set.

A blog named Hero: Buttons

Just Inspirational: Flowers

Paper crafting journey: Flowers

Through the craft room: Anything goes

Sister Act card challenge: Anything goes

Birthday card set

Few months back, I made a big order from Papertrey Ink. and bought few of my favorite stamps. Of course one of them was The Sweet Life which is a 3 step stamp. In our last Flea Market sale at Memories Live On store, I bought one used paper pad in 1$. The orange background papers are from that pack along with buttons. Actually everything except stamps are from that flea market. I made 4 similar cards to make a gift set. I absolutely love these cards specially the roses with orange and red colors.
I recently changed the layout for my blog, I am still working on few changes but currently it is working the way I want it to work.

A blog named Hero: Buttons

As you link it: Favorite flowers/tree

Paper crafting journey: Flowers

Just Inspirational: Flowers

Through the craft room: Anything goes

Design Team

• Tazza
• Jovita
• Lynn
• Michelle
• Lisa
• Jennifer
• Pankti
• Bettina
• Tammylee
• Dawn
• Stacie
• Karen
• Janice

• Shannon Hawkins - Owner
• Christy Dillman
• Cindy Groh
• Jen Leeflang
• Kapree Clark
• Laura Visser Anderson
• Michelle Single
• Pankti Modi
• Qadirah Gomez
• TammyLee Newberry

Stamp-N-Doodle Design Team

• Audrey Ernst - Co-ordinator
• Vickie Les
• Lisa Atha
• Tina Kiehn
• Kate
• Pankti Modi

Flowery Birthday card

I have to admit I actually like pre-colored digital stamps so I can make few cards really fast. I own few pre-colored digital stamps from Fred-she-said. One of them is Peony in Jar.  Their colored images are amazing... They have a good collection of floral images. I really want to buy few more from some other stores also so if you know any good store in which I can find pre-colored images, please let me know. I will really appreciate you.

Stamping with Dragon: Anything goes
Wags n Whiskers: Anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything goes
Papelitos Stamps: Anything goes
Papertake Weekly: Anything goes (U)
Through the craft room: Anything goes
Crafting for all season: Flowers

Punched snowflakes Christmas

It feels good to blog more than one posts per day after a long long time... I bought Martha Stewart's Snowflakes punch on Flea Market at Memories Live on store in Cupertino. I got this punch in really good price.. It was lightly used and I bought it for 3$. I think it was a good deal as at Micheal's, after applying 40% off coupon also it was more than 3$. Anyways, I used it in this card as punched snowflakes around Stampin Up's Merry and Bright rub-on.

I apologize for terrible picture for the card...  

I am adding this card in following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges: Christmas is coming
The Pretty little ribbon: It's Christmas
Paper Playtime: Christmas colors
My Craft spot: Merry Christmas

Lady Bug Crafts: Christmas and/or winter

Natalie and Amy's challenge: Winter wishes 

Sparkles forums: Christmas is coming

Cards Galore: Christmas 

  

Another Chritmas wih Acetate

I am planning a trip to India for a month in end of this year for almost a month for my brother's wedding.  He is getting married on the same day when I got married. I will be going after 3 years so I am really excited, we are doing shopping and packing..  

From the same My Mind's eye Wonderful Winter paper stack, I made another Christmas card with transparency(acetate) sheet. From the same set I cut few trees and printed 'Merry Christmas' as digital sentiment. I used Decorate Your Holidays from Hero Arts for stamping few snowflakes on acetate. Few years back, I brought these blue studs from India which didn't have sticky back but now I feel I should use those more often.

I am adding this card in following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: Christmas

Craft Us Crazy: CHRISTMAS/WINTER and/or FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT

Forever Friends Challenge: Christmas Cards

Paper Play Challenges: Christmas is coming 

Stamp and Create: Sparkly Christmas/winter 

The Pretty little ribbon: It's Christmas 

Paper Play time: Christmas Colors  

My Craft spot: Merry Christmas 

Lady Bug Crafts: Christmas and/or winter

Natalie and Amy's challenge: Winter wishes

Christmas card with poinsettia

When Christmas is near by, what I love is I see holiday mood in everyone... In my office we have lot of work but people are totally in mood of enjoyment(which is not a good thing as we can't finish our work :-)).

How about another Christmas cards with Penny Black's Christmas at dusk sticker's set. I love those stickers, they are so easy to use and of course no mess with that and I get an amazing focal image all the times... :-) I used the paper from My Mind's eye Wonderful Winter paper stack. 

I have submitted my cards to following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: Christmas

Forever Friends Challenge: Christmas Cards

Paper Play Challenges: Christmas is coming

Craft Us Crazy: CHRISTMAS/WINTER and/or FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT

Lady Bug Crafts: Christmas and/or winter 

Natalie and Amy's challenge: Winter wishes

Sparkles forums: Christmas is coming

Cards Galore: Christmas

Whoopsi Daisy: Christmas Cards

The Pretty little ribbon: It's Christmas

Transparent window Christmas card

I made few Christmas cards so after a long long long time, I thought of blogging about it. It's been more than a year from my last proper blog post. :)

Here in my favorite store Memories Live On, they have a Flea Market for twice a year and I always buy good things from there. This year I bought one Christmas papers bunch by My Mind's Eye and used it in this card. I also used a piece of transparent sheet for a small see though window in the middle, cut few trees from the same set.  I used Decorate Your Holidays from Hero Arts for stamping few snowflakes on sheet. I totally enjoyed making this simple and quick card...

I am adding this card in following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: Christmas

Craft Us Crazy: CHRISTMAS/WINTER and/or FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT

Delightful Challenges: All abut Christmas

Forever Friends Challenge: Christmas Cards

It's all about vintage and beauty: Christmas

Paper Crafting Journey: Christmas Projects

Paper Play Challenges: Christmas is coming

Pixie Dust Studio: Sparkles and snowflakes

Sarah Hurley Challenge: Christmas

Exercise for women

Need almost 1650 Calories.



Some of the links to look back for good exercise to loose belly fat!!

http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/abs-workout-fastest-way-lose-belly-fat

http://exercise.about.com/od/weightloss/ss/reducebellyfat.htm

5 minutes abs workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6l9xdm2zo&feature=related

15 minutes home workout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmoU3wxO3B8

http://www.livestrong.com/article/98253-exercises-women-lose-belly-fat/

Walk:
Walking is a great exercise to lose overall fat, including stubborn belly fat. When walking, walk like you are in a hurry to get somewhere. Keep the abdominal muscles tight and pulled inward, and tighten your buttocks while you walk. This will reduce the jiggle around the midsection and lower torso. Walk about 30 minutes a day, while at the same time decreasing calorie intake, suggests Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D., writing for the Mayo Clinic. Walking faster and for longer periods of time is also a great way to lose weight everywhere, especially around the abs.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/98253-exercises-women-lose-belly-fat/#ixzz24saGI91A

Arm Workout:

http://www.sleevelessin7.com/arm-workouts-women-a/ Part I and Part II

http://www.sleevelessin7.com/how-to-lose-arm-fat-c/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/462221-what-workout-makes-your-arms-thinner/

Yellow flowers

I love yellow as a color for little general card. I used Beccy's Place's already colored image on my card with some scrap ribbons on the background. It's very simple card and took me some 15 minutes to make out of that most of the time was to stick the ribbons in background. :-)

Challenges:

Simon Says: Anything goes
Make it MOnday: anything goes
Netti G's digital: recipe challenge
Pollycraft:Anything goes
Dream Valley: Anything goes
Charisma Cardz:  Anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything goes
The Paper Shelter: Anything goes

4 Flowers birthday

I made this card quite a while back... I cut out 4 flowers from one of the digital paper and used twine and buttons to end the flowers.

Challenges:
Party-time Tuesday: Anything goes
ATC Challenges: Anything goes
Charisma Cardz:  Anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything goes
More than favors: Anything goes
The Paper Shelter: Anything goes
Scrapbook sisters: Anything goes
Simon Says: Anything goes
Birthday Sundaes: Birthday
Come and get it: Anything goes
Dream Valley: Anything goes

Earring holder card

One of my colleague likes some of my earrings so when I saw one which I like, I thought to buy it for her. But I thought to give them not as it is but in a card or some kind of holder. So I made a simple card with the silhouette flowers image and then with velcro I stick the earrings on the card. I distressed the edges and finished the card with flowers from My Favorite Things die.

Challenges:

Party-time Tuesday: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Scrap Creation: Doing it digi
ATC Challenges: Anything goes
Charisma Cardz:  Anything goes
Jens Digi stamps: Polks dots
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything goes
More than favors: Anything goes
The Paper Shelter: Anything goes
Scrapbook sisters: Anything goes
Simon Says: Anything goes

Diwali card with Om

I am really excited as  from tomorrow we have a Diwali staring. It is the main festival of most of the Indians and particularly for us the next day of Diwali is also the New Year so the festival has a very special meaning. Last year I tried to send card to all of my family and friends but this year I am just sending it to only my make parents, my husband's parents and my siblings. This easel card is from an old Indian wedding card. Usually Indian wedding card are very colorful with some good handmade paper. I don't know whether you can see it or not but the middle mustard paper is handmade paper with lots of fiber. I love the texture of it. Anyways I hope you enjoyed my creation!!

Easel card:

Challenges:
Bearly Mine: Easel does it
Forever friends: Anything goes
Shelly's Image: Anything goes
Make it Monday:  Anything goes

Wishing you a Meowy day...

One of my favorite stamp company is Doodle Pantry as their images are really cute. It always puts a smile on my face so I am sure it will to whom so ever I will send this cute card to. I made this card with Kitty Bouquet set of Doodle Pantry. I tried coloring the kitty with brown and little bit of pink markers.

Challenges:

Doodle pantry: Doodle pantry image
Forever friends: Anything goes
Pixie Dust studio: Happy Birthday
Shelly's Image: ANything goes
Make it Monday:  Anything goes

Happy Bithday to you...

Who has read my yesterday's post, we had a situation yesterday about a shoot at large in Cupertino area but finally the we have closure on that. Finally the area has been cleared and from tomorrow we can start our office.
I have made the birthday card with cute bird singing a song with the wishes...I used the Z-fold for the card and I used the pencil colors for the birdie!!

 

Challenges:
Touch by a butterfly: Pink
Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle and Bling
Auds Sentiments: Happy Birthday
Dude time doodle: Think pink
Dutch Dare card: Special fold
Little Miss Muffet: Animals and Monster
Forever Friends: Use Sentiments
I Brake for: Girl Power
My mums craft shop: All creatures big or small

Pink Tulip Bouquet

We have a situation going to in Cupertino right now, a gunman is on large nearer to were I work. One of my friend called me in the morning to inform me so I am working from home but by current news, all the nearer area is been evacuated including school, offices, some of the homes. Seriously you never know, what can happen!! Be safe!

As it's a breast cancer awareness month, I thought to make some pink cards to support.

Challenges:
Touch by a butterfly: Pink
Simon Says Stamp: Sparkle and Bling
Deep Ocean Challenge: Happy Birthday
Digital Tuesday: We like to party
Jens Digi Stamps: Let hear it for girls
Papertake weekly: Happy Birthday
Sweet Stamps: Anything goes
Eat Sleep Stamp: Sketch
Auds Sentiments: Happy Birthday
Stamp Insanity: Inspiration photo

Happy Birthday with coffee

I am a big fan of coffee, tea etc so when I saw MFT's  this stamp at my favorite scrapbooking store, Memories Live On, I bought it and made this card. I am planning to send it to my friend who is also a big fan of coffee/tea.

Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers: Anything goes
Heart song inspiration: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes

Have a Relaxing Birthday!!

When I have to make a card for a guy, it's becomes a difficult for me... I think that's with everybody!! But when I saw this image which I won from Dude Time Doodles, I knew masculine card is not so difficult. I made 2 cards and in one of them I have used my new embellishment which I got from Micheal's in some 30 cents. Isn't that great price?? 

Challenges:
Simon Says: Anything goes
Freshly brewed: Something new(Digital stamp and copper embellishments)
Creative Inspirational paint: Buttons
Deep Ocean Challenge: Happy Birthday
The Poodle Parlour: Birthdays, Buttons and Brads
Aud Sentiments: Happy Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers: Anything goes
Make it Monday: Anything goes
Catch the bug: Anything goes

Birthday Cake

Wow... I can't believe it's Friday and about to go home!!! This week we are planning to go to one India festival called Navratri, me and my husband's favorite festival. Basically in that festival you for Ras-Garba(a very traditional dance of Gujrat). We were a very traditional dress which is called Chaniya Choli. If you want you can glance at the video here,

It's a very colorful festival so does my card... ;-) I am using my brand new My Favorite Stamp.

Challenges:
Simon Says: Anything goes
Whimsical Wed: Anything goes
Scrapalicious usa: Anything goes
Penny Challenge: Anything goes

Silhouette Birthday lady

So finally I am back to San Jose. I have been back from Monday but then after I was little busy in office. So finally on Friday I could finish off my work and got some time to make a quick post about a card I made sometime back. I like silhouette images and of course love these elegant lady in silhouette. I wanted it use only my new back and white papers but then thought it would be little more so added on red cardstock as a base.

 Anything challenge: Anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge: Happy Birthday
Scrap-Creations: It's a girl thing
Party time Tuesday: Anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters: silhouette
Simon Says: Anything goes 
Freshly brewed: Something new(My black and white papers)