Tag game

Thanks Kavitha n Pooja for tagging me..got to know more about you and the things we have in common..Here are my answers to the questions asked by Tejal..

1. Where is your cellphone?.......................  On the table, getting charged
2. Your hair?..................................................Long, frizzy n wavy
3. Your Mother?.............................................Lots of love n energy
4. Your Father?.............................................Patient n Highly supportive
5. Your favourite food?.................................Chinese, anything that is hot n spicy
6. Your dream last night?.............................Had 2, 3 dreams..so its all messed up :D
7. Your favourite drink?.................................Milkshakes
8. Your dream/goal?.....................................My own Art Gallery n Craft Store
9. What room are you in?.............................Living room
10. Your hobby?..............................................Reading, Painting, Sketching, Crafting..i keep updating my list constantly
11. Your fear?.................................................Losing loved ones
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?.......Where I picture myself to be
13. Where were you last night?......................At home
14. Something that you aren't?.......................Hypocrite, Extrovert
15. Muffins?.....................................................Love Chocolate, Vanilla, Banana
16. Wish list item?..........................................Not a single item, it's a list..1st in it comes Happiness :)
17. Where did you grow up?...........................AndhraPradesh
18. Last thing you did?....................................Reading Question 18 :P
19. What are you wearing?.............................PJs and Tshirt
20. Your TV?...................................................Don't have one now..planning to buy this week
21. Your pets?................................................Can't keep any here..Had rabbits at my parents' place..
22. Friends?....................................................A treasure
23. Your life?...................................................Mostly Ups n Downs..sometimes a horizontal line..
24. Your mood?..............................................Highly unpredictable usually..Now,lazy n sleepy...
25. Missing someone?...................................Yes..My creative-self
26. Vehicle?....................................................My husband's bike
27. Something you're not wearing?................Makeup
28. Your favorite store?...................................Book stores, Art n Craft Supply stores
29. Your favorite color?...................................Bright n Cheerful Colours n Rainbow colours
30. When was the last time you laughed?......2 hrs back, while watching a TV series on my laptop
31. Last time you cried?..................................Last month I guess
32. Your best friend?.......................................There are 4 of them..Whom should I name 1st? :D
33. One place that I go to over and over?.......Down my memory lane and to the corners of my mind searching for ideas ;)
34. Facebook?.................................................Is open in the next tab
35. Favourite place to eat?..............................Roadside chats n fastfoods

Tagging Manu n Shylaashree..

MEGA BLOG CANDY at Bearly Mine Crafts

      Hi everyone! Bearly Mine Crafts is offering a Mega Blog Candy this month, open till Nov 30th..It is open to all the crafters around the world. Plus they have a special Candy for UK followers.

Please click here to participate and check out the rules. Good luck! :)

Keep Smiling!

    Hi everyone! I know I have been away for a long time. We went on a long trip and I fell sick after returning home. I wanted to craft, but my mind was all foggy and I couldn't come up with any worthy idea.

    Feeling better today and finally my brain is in working mode again. I bought some crepe paper recently. I saw a very nice tutorial for crepe flowers on a blog before the trip and  I wanted to give it a try. Here are my flowers.

   Here is the tutorial. http://howaboutorange.blogspot.in/2011/04/make-flowers-from-crepe-paper.html

        I love this sunny golden yellow. It's so bright and cheerful. It brightened up my day. First I planned on only flowers, but this yellow made me use it more and more on my card. Have a look at this.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: White, handmade
• Crepe paper: Golden yellow
• Black marker for the sentiment
• Pinking shears

Challenges:

• 365 Cards Day251 - Black, White and Yellow
• TheSquirrell and TheFox Challenge#30 - Flowers, Hats or Horses ( Flowers )
• Flutterby Wednesday #213 - Anything goes with a Butterfly or a Fairy (Butterflies)
• Can you digi it CYDI#22 - Favourite animal (Butterflies)
• Come and get it challenges - Monochromatic Sunday ( Yellow )
• Unstampabelles Challenge#17 - Monochromatic, No stamping ( Yellow )
• Ladybug Crafts Challenge#3 - Monochromatic / Tonal ( Yellow )
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Colour me happy
• Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR#70 - You pick! ( Yellow, White, Black )
• Happy Campers Challenge#4 - Use bright colours
• GingerLoft GL#51 - No colouring allowed
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge#83 - Sentiments
• Through the Craftroom Door Challenge#43 - Anything goes
• Anything goes Challenge#79
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• BearlyMine Challenge#60 - Anything goes
• Papelitos Challenge#19 - Anything goes
• Make It Monday MIM#114
• ATCs and Cards with Attitude Challenge#26 - Add a sentiment/ Anything goes
• Joyful Stamper Inspire me Fridays #84 - Anything goes
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes(ending on Nov30)
• Itsy Bitsy K-I-S-S (Keep It Sweet & Simple) Challenge

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Magic Slider Cards...

     These are the two Magic Slider Cards I have been working on this week. I always wanted to try them, but was a bit scared I would waste the papers ( I sometimes tear up the paper in frustration :D )

      We are going to my in-laws' place tomorrow and we have four nephews and two nieces. I have been trying to make a card for everyone, but couldn't find the patience and time. I could make only two and these are for the youngest nephews. Hope they like them :)

          I have followed two different tutorials for these cards. The one with the li'l monkey is done using this tutorial. The image is hand-drawn referring to an image I got from a friend.

        You can find the written instructions for this video here.

        I found another tutorial using A4 sheet n it was slightly larger than the first card. So I made the one with a rocket.

 

       Here's the tutorial I found on a blog by Sharon.

       I found so many other tutorials which are more or less the same as those I have mentioned here. Let me know if you follow some other method :)

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White A4
• Acetate sheet ( or transparency sheet if you live in India )
• Black permanent marker, Water-colour pencils from Faber-Castell and Colour markers from Luxor
• Quilling strips - Black, Brown from Itsy Bitsy
• Satin ribbons - Black, Copper
• Glitter glue - Silver
• Buttons

Challenges:

• Top Tip Tuesday Challenge#87 - Things with Wings ( The Rocket )
• Crafty Sentiments - Bows or Ribbons
• Ruby's Rainbow Challenge#39 - Cute & Cuddly ( The cute little monkey )
• PaperPlay Challenges - Week82 - Wooden It be nice ( The tree branch on the Monkey card )
• Color Me Creative Copic Challenge#54 - A touch of Red ( Used Red in the Rocket Card ;  coloured with markers & watercolour pencils ) 
• Ribbon Girls October Challenge - Boy card
• Made Especially For You Challenge#14 - Use 3 leaves ( 3 leaves on the Monkey card )
• Cupboard Trilogy Challenge#4 - Things with Wings ( The Rocket )
• Colour Queen Challenge#159 ( The Rocket card has Black, Red, Orange, Green, White colours)



• Cup Cake Inspirations Challenge#182 ( The Rocket, Stars(Glitter) )

• AnnabelleStamps AC090 - A Kid's Card

Hope you liked them. Please leave your comments :)

Pink!!!

    Another card in Pink! Its a Wedding card, inspired by 365Cards Day223 - Double the Fun and CAS-ual Fridays CFC#74 - Put your {Heart} into it

    Its a CAS card, with 2 colours of Ribbons, 2 pairs of buttons ( in 2 colours) , 2 Hearts, 2 colours of Cardstock, so that it fits both the challenges :)

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White, Pink
• Satin Ribbons: 2 Shades of Pink
• Buttons
• Silver Glitter Glue

Challenges:

• 365Cards Day223 - Double the Fun
• CAS-ual Fridays CFC#74 - Put your {Heart} into it
• Less is More Week88 - Colour : Silver
• Southern Girls Challenge#55 - Tie a Ribbon around it

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Neon...

    Today's challenge at 365Cards is about using   NEON  colours. After a search in my stash, I found some old acrylic yarn lying around and also a flower loom. The loom was my Mom's n I didn't know how to make flowers with it.

    Anyhow I tried n tried and got something that looks a bit like a flower, but it was not good enough to include in my card. Then I got this great idea. Why not fold the flower in half and make it look like a butterfly? So I made one, n also a flower which does look like a flower :)

   This is my butterfly

and flower...

Together...

    And finally, here's my card.

      I used black cardstock, as I found it highlights the NEON colours. The sentiment is handwritten.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Black
• Patterned paper: Gift wrapping paper
• Yarn: Neon colours
• Flower loom
• Markers

Challenges:

• 365Cards Day 224 - NEON
• Papertake Weekly challenge - All creatures Great and Small ( Butterfly )
• Top Tip Tuesday Challenge#87 - Things with Wings ( Butterfly )
• Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Crazy Challenge #130 - Handmade Flowers
• Joanna Sheen Challenge - Down in the Garden
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge#31 - Friendship
• DL.ART Thankful Thurday / Linky Party - Anything goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge#36 - Anything goes
• Make It Monday Challenge#110 - Anything goes
• Craft Door Magazine Challenge#38 - Anything goes
• Papelitos Stamps Challenge#15 - Anything goes
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers
• Itsy Bitsy India - Make it dimensional challenge

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Update:
18Oct2012
Checking 365Cards for the winners is the 1st thing I did today n I won a $10 Gift Certificate from Freckled Fawn, for the Day224. The best way to start one's day!   :)

Feeling Floral...

    This is my card for today. Its very simple. I wanted to do something that has lots of flowers n warm colours. Since I didn't have such patterned papers, I decided to make one. I took a paper out of my sketch book ( it has that creamish white colour n is strong enough) n painted simple flowers on it with Red, Yellow n Orange Acrylic paints with a Cotton ear-bud :) I let them dry n ta-da! My paper is ready.

    I glued it to White handmade cardstock n attached a piece of Red cardstock to the front layer.
I painted a cake on a Red Handmade cardstock with White Acrylic paint.

         The inside is simple with just "Happy Birthday" written on a red card.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: White n Red handmade
• Acrylic Paints from Fevicryl Hobby Ideas

Challenges:

• That Craft Place Challenge - Make your own background
• Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Happy Birthday
• The Sisterhood of crafters challenge - Happy Birthday
• Papelitos Challenge#14 - Flowers
• Paper Pretties PWC226 - Flowers
• Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Delicious Doodles Challenge#5 - Flowers
• ATCs with attitude Challenge#24 - Yellow,Red,Orange/ Anything goes
• DYSU Challenge#92 - Warm colours
• Deep Ocean Challenge#35 - More than 2 colours ( Red, Orange, Yellow, White )
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes
• Craft Door Magazine - Anything goes Challenge#38
• Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge#4 - Anything goes
• Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #51 - Anything goes
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Pretty Pink!

      We have a friend's wedding coming up this month n I've been planning a card, but was caught up with other things. Finally I got some time n here it is.

I quilled the pretty pink roses n leaves :) Here is the closeup.

      There are lots of online tutorials for quilling roses. You can check them out or here is a link. http://wandasworx.com/pages_blog/quilled-roses-the-easy-way/

       The inside of the card looks like this.

     I left some extra card on the top to make holes n make it a wall-hanging if wanted. The sentiment is handwritten. The man n woman silhouettes are also drawn n cut by me. I cut the apertures using Paper cutter. I'm thinking of getting the punches. But I find them a bit pricey. Have to keep on searching.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock :  Handmade, White n Pink( Glittery, though you can't see the glitter in the pic)
• Quilling Strips: Pink n Green from Itsy Bitsy 
• Silver Glitter Glue from Pidilite 
• Pink Satin ribbon
• Markers
• Paper cutter

   I'm entering this card for the following challenges. ( I know this is a very long list, but I just want to know more people n more people to know me)

• Sentimental Sundays Challenge #122: 3-2-1 Recipe ( 3 Colours-White,Pink,Green, 2 Windows, 1 Ribbon plus a Sentiment )
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #189 Think Pink
• Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes
• Just keep on creating - Anything goes Challenge#4
• Craft Door Magazine - Anything goes Challenge#38
• The Stamping Boutique Challege - Pink Pink Pink!!
• Make It Monday(MIM) #109 - Anything goes
• Fab n Funky Challenges - #141 - No patterned paper
• Divas by Design Challenge #55 - Use some texture ( Ribbon, Flowers, Glitter)
• My Mum's Craftshop Challenge#78 - Love is all around
• Ink It Pink Challenge - Let's see who you are
• Simon says Glimmer and Sparkle ( Silver glitter, Satin ribbon)
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC226 - Flowers
• Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge#51 - Anything goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge #35 - More than 2 Colours ( White, Pink, Green)
• A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Papelitos Challenge#14 - Flowers
• Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes
• Twisted Tuesday Challenges 2TC26 - Rock, Paper, Scissors ( I cut the windows using Paper cutter, the Glitter n the Wedding theme remind me of Diamond)
• Cupcake Craft Challenge#212 - Think Pink
• Cardmania Challenge#4 - Handmade Flowers
• Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge#4 - Anything goes
• Lexis Creations Challenge 75 - Pink
• House of Gilli - 2 Fave Things ( 2 Rose bouquets, 2 Apertures )
• My Grafico Challenge#138 - Anything goes
• Simon says stamp and show challenge - Leaf-spiration ( Quilled leaves)
• Crazy Challenges CCH#130 - Handmade Flowers
• There She Goes - TSG#175 - No patterned paper
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers
• Itsy Bitsy India - Make it dimensional challenge
• Trapped In Craft Challenge#1 - CAS+wedding theme

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments. Your feedback means a lot  :)