Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!! 

Hope you all have a great day with your loved ones!!!

I'm starting my day with my younger ones Basketball game... its going to be very busy but a fun day!

Today I have a card to share with you all....

I used some new crafty goodies for it.

I love how this card turned out!!!

I used Simon Says Stamp heart die...I ♥ this die!!

I used Heidi Swapp stencil and NEW Cracked Pistachio distress ink for the background.

Its very hard to see in photos(hope you can see it in this photo) that I dry embossed the background using Amy Tangerine Embossing folder.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink...love the script font!!

I also added a narrow strip of Doodlebug paper , few gold splatters with Heidi Swapp Gold color shine and few sequins from Simon Says stamps.

This card is for the following challenges...

CAS(E) this Sketch!: Sketch

CASology: Love.

Die Cuttin' Divas: Picture Inspiration 

Hope you liked this card!

Enjoy your Weekend!!!

Virginia's view Challenge GDT!!!!

Hello   Everyone!!!

I'm super excited to be the Guest Designer over at Virginia's View Challenge!!!

Its a true honor....Virginia is a super talented crafter and her VV Challenge Blog is just simply Awesome!!!

Thank you, Virginia for letting me create for your fab Challenge.

This month's theme is Clean Slate.

Fabulous theme....one of my most favorite one.

I have created four cards for the challenge...I'm sharing one card here on my blog and a peek of other three...please hop over to VV Challenge blog to see the rest.

A CAS one layer card!!!

I love cards with lots of white space!!

I used Gorgeous Waltzing Mouse -Country Rose stamp set  for this card.

Just added few splatters of Heidi Swapp Gold mists.

.Its super easy to mass produce too!!!

This card is also for the following challenges...

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes.

Ladybug Crafts - Say it with flowers.

Here is a peek of the other three card....

Hope you will join in and play along with the Clean slate challenge!!

Can't wait to see your creations!!

Check here for VV Challenge details.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

WCMD 2014 Winners Blog Hop!!!

Hello Everyone!!!
Welcome to a special WCMD 2014 Winner's Blog Hop!!!

As most of you already know that PaperCrafts and Scrapbooking Magazine will be publishing their very last issue this coming February.
So the WCMD 2014 winner cards won't be published in the PC&S April 2014 issue.

Today we ...the winner's of WCMD 2014 Contest are showcasing our WINNER CARDs in this hop!!!

We are also sharing some of the goodies from our PRIZE package.
Make sure to hop along and leave some love and enter for the GIVEAWAYS!!!
If you have landed from Heather Hoffman 's blog , you are on right track!!
If you are joning me now , visit Paper Crafts Magazine Blog to start.

I won in the Seasons Greeting Category.
I submitted two Chalkboard holiday cards and one of them was selected.
Here is my winner creation...

A super simply Christmas card with two main ingredients... 

Gorgeous WALTZING MOUSE stamps 

and

Fabulous WOW Embossing Powders.

I heat embossed the sentiment with white EP ,the leaves with Silver EP and the berries with Red EP.
Sponged the edges with white pigment ink and added few mist splatters.
I used Heidi Swapp mists.
I also added three tiny rhinestones.
I looooove chalkboard holiday cards.

Here is another card I submitted  using the same two ingredients ....

For this card I used Silver , Gold and white Embossing Powders.

I absolutely loooooooooove Waltzing Mouse Stamps. 

WMS owner Claire Brennan is one of the sweetest person ever, they have great publication incentives too!!!

Thank you PC&S team for making me WCMD 2014 winner!!!

Thank you Virginia for all the behind the scene help!!!

I have not ONE but TWO Giveaways for all of you...

I loved the latest WMS release and order the OLD COUNTRY ROSESstamp set for me ,

Guess what? I ordered an extra set too!

GIVEAWAY #1

Waltzing Mouse Old Country Roses Stamp set. 

GIVEAWAY#2

Some goodies from my Prize Package and my stash....

These giveaways are open for everyone... all around the globe.

Please leave me a comment by Dec 10, 2014.

Hop over to Christa Laszczkowski 's Blog....

Here is the complete hop list , just in case.

1. Jamie Greene

2. Simone Naoum

3. Kristie Larsen 
4. Donna Bowman 

5. Maureen Wong

6. Mandy LaCroix 
7. Heather Hoffman 
8. Piali Biswas
9. Christa Laszczkowski 

10. Jacquie Southas

11. Wendi Lau
12. Tosha DelJanovan

13. Isha Gupta

14. Jill Dewey Hawkins
15. Virginia Lu

Hope you all enjoyed yesterday's hop ....if you haven't hopped yet...please check it HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!!

A Charming Winter Release!!!

Hello Everyone!! 

Its time for A Charming Winter release!!

Today Purple Onion Design is releasing a amazing winter collection of stamps designed by Stacey Yacula.

I love each and every image from this release...very cute!!!

I used Warm Hearted image for my card..

A sweet image with a Snowmen and a cute lil' bunny!!!

The sentiment is from the same set...'tis the Season.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper with SSS- Fog ink... and did some no-line water coloring with Distress inks.

I love the soft look on this card. 

The DP is from Heidi Swapp holiday collection.

I also added some chunky snow glitter and Wink Of Stella glitter for a festive sparkle.

This card is for the following challenges..

Allsorts - Christmas.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Photo Inspiration.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

Hope you all like this card!

Until Nov 5th the A Charming Winter Collection is available for a special introductory price.

The entire 16 stamp collection plus 3 sentiments (wishing you a wonderful holiday season, warm wishes and merry & bright) can be purchased for $75.00.

Make sure to visit POD BLOG to check out all the amazing DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Creative Blog Hop!!!

Hello and Happy Monday Everyone!!!

Today I have a special post for one of my very talented crafty friend....ISHA.

She tagged me last week for a Creative Blog Hop ...you can see it HERE.

Isha is super sweet person and amazing papercrafter, she asked to join in for this hop, so I'm here . 

Writing is not my favorite thing , so I'll keep it short.

I have to answer 4 questions and here they are..

1. What am I working on?

I'm currently working on some card samples for Art Impressions Stamps...love their new stamps!!

I'm also getting ready to start my 2014 holiday card making ...and working on few cards for a upcoming new DT ( Sorry!I can't spill the beans yet.)

2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?

Ok!! Here comes the TRICK question. I don't have a Signature style, so I'm not sure if my work is very different from others. I create in all styles..I love to follow new trends, try out new techniques.  My style has definitely evolved , its quite different than what it was 5 years ago.

My most favorite style is simple and simple cards with lots of White.

3. Why do I write/create what I do?

I love HANDMADE stuff. I like to give handmade gifts...thats how I started making cards. Now its my favorite hobby. I also make quilts, jewelry and now scrapbook layouts too.

4. How does your writing/creative process work?

I find my inspirations from the products. I try to follow latest trends.When I want to create something I just sit with the stamps and papers...stare at them for a while and then slowly the design comes to my mind.

Ok! I might have bored you all a lot with all these Q/A...now here is a card..

Its a fun thing I love doing...Stencils and doodling!

I used Heidi Swapp -Butterfly Layered stencil and Distress inks.

Then doodled over it with copic Multiliner pen.

Heat embossed the sentiment from Papertrey ink with WOW embossing powder.

This card is for the following challenges...

CASology: Flutter.

Addicted to Stamps and More -  CAS.

A Gem of a Challenge - CAS.

Now the fun part of the hop I get to tag few of my crafty friends...

First person I'm tagging is.....AMY .  

Amy is one of my most Favorite paper crafter ....she is the sweetest person ever! Amy has a big contribution in what I'm as a crafter today. In 2009 I started blogging and playing with challenges . Amy was in 365 cards challenge DT back then , I used play regularly, she used visit my blog everyday and leave the sweet comments. She always encouraged me !!! 

I love you AMY!!!

Amy joined this hop already so you can find her post ..HERE.

♥♥♥

The next crafty friend is from the other side  of the globe.

Hussena from India!

She is from my hometown, unfortunately we never met in person.

When I was in India in 2011-13 , I virtually meet her thru the blogland .

She is a very talented paper crafter and a very sweet person!

She is one of the few person who visits my blog regularly and leaves lovely comments.

Thank you Hussena!!

It seems like I joined the hop very late, she joined it earlier than me...so you can read all about her..HERE.

♥♥♥

I have so many crafters on my mind but all seems to be super busy at this time.

I have one more person to mention....

She is my migrating crafty friend....whom I love a lot and I wish to be like her when I GROW UP in this crafty world.

She is KAROLYN !!!

Now let me tell u why I call her my MIGRATING friend...she lives in Washington for the whole Summer and migrates to Arizona in winter....how fun is that!!!!

She is AH-MAZING papercrafter... you should see her die cutting skills, she works MAGIC with the dies..traditional and digital!

You must have seen her work in Papercrafts Magazine...she gets published a lot!.

As Karolyn just moved to AZ she won't able to join in for the hop now...but I would love,if all just visit her blog and say hi!

♥♥♥

Hope you all enjoyed reading this post!

Thank you Isha for tagging me!!!

Today I'm sharing another fun card over at CARDMAKER blog...

Check it Here.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Virginia's View Challenge

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Today I'm Guest Designing for my super talented friend , Virginia...YAY!!!

As you all know Virginia runs a very popular challenge called...Virginia's View challenge.

This month's theme is PAPER PIECING

Here is my card....

Usually I paper piece images...like floral or dresses , etc. Today I used a background stamp for this technique.

This gorgeous background stamp is from Hero Arts.

I used Heidi Swapp's Favorite Things paper pad . 

For a more fun look, I painted few chevrons with liquid gold leaf paint.

For sentiment I picked Simon Says Stamps' die and gold glitter cardstock.

I really like how it turned out!!!

Hope you like my card!!!

This card is for the following challenges...

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes.

Crafty Bloggers Network -Anything Goes.

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes.

To play along with  VV Challenge#7 , please visit HERE.

Thank you Virginia for having me as your GDT this month!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hello!!!

Hello Everyone!!

Hope all my US friends had a wonderful 4th of July!!

We had a great one!!!

Today I'm here to share a card for few FAB challenges..

Moxie Fab World-Word Dies Challenge

&

Virginia's View - Die cutting Challenge.

(Sorry for the poor photography, I need a new light .)

I used Avery Elle Balloon dies and Simon Says Stamps Small hello dies!

Love AE Ballon die set comes with a wide variety sizes of balloon and the SSS small hello die fits perfect in the largest balloon die.

The beautiful DPs are from Heidi Swapp.

I used string stamps from Avery Elle-Balloon stamp set.

Balloon Dies are very common nowadays , I see a lot of balloon cards around blogland...so thought this would be fun "hello" card, what do you think???

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Fabulous!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

I'm taking a break from packing to share a Purple Onion Designs DT card.

There are boxes everywhere...its crazy here. 

Today I'll start packing my crafty stuff... (note to self) I should stopping buying more crafty stuff, I already have tons of them.

I ♥♥♥ this card!!!!

POD- Ruby stamp is name absolute favorite...I love owl images and this is super cute!!

I used some gorgeous Heidi Swapp DP for my background.

I partially stamped POD- Bunting image twice and colored them with copics.

Love the vibrant colors of this card.

This card is for the following challenges...

Crafting for all Seasons - Things with wings.

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes.
Sweet Stamps -Anything goes.

Did you check out the GIVEAWAY yet??? If not, just click HERE to enter.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

CFS May New Release Day#1!!!

Hello & Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!!

Its time for CASual Fridays Stamps May New Release sneak peeks!!!

This month we've a fabulous release...amazing collection of stamps and dies!!

Today we're introducing...

TREBLE and TREBLE CLEF Fri-die.

This set is full of  lovely sentiments.... I love them!!!

I did some simple watercoloring for this card. Just stamped the note image with various distress inks and just painted over it with a water brush.

This card is for the following challenges...

Keep It Simple! -Watercolor+CAS.

Stamping Sensations -Anything goes.

Next card is with the Treble Clef die..

Love this Fri-die!!!!!!!

A CAS card with lovely sentiment.

The papers are from Heidi Swapp paper collection. I also added some gold mist for shine.

This card is for the following challenges...

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes.

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes.

 This stamp is so wonderful that its hard to put it down..

...I couldn't stop with 1 sample.

Another CAS card. This sentiment is simply awesome!!!

I did some 2nd generation stamping.

Added some wink of Stella glitter for a bit of sparkle.

This card is for the following challenges...

CAS on Sunday - Sparkle & shimmer.

Hop over to CFS Blog  to check out the amazing DT creations!!!

Make sure to stop by tomorrow for more new release peeks.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Pastels & Polka Dots!!!

 Hello Crafty Friends!!!

There are so many wonderful challenges....and so lil' crafty time I've lately :(

Today I'm playing along with a FAB challenge...

The Card Concept.

Theme is butterfly....

I love CAS card so I went with Clean & Layering style.

Loooove this MFT Cover plate.....polka dots are my favorite .

The gorgeous butterfly is from Heidi Swapp , I sponged 3 of my fave Distress ink on it.

The flair button is from The Sweet Stamp Shop.

Just added a bit of gold mist and few sequins....simple card!

I love this card ...hope you all like it too!!!!

This card is for the following challenges...

The Card Concept: Butterfly.

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

CFS Cards!!!

Hello and Happy Saturday Everyone!!

Today I've two Casual Fridays Stamps creations to share with you all...

I ♥ the new Casual Trees dies set. 

I used one of the die to cut Balsa wood...I love this stuff!!!

The lovely sentiment is from CFS- Out Loud set.

I love this color combo...the beautiful paper is from Simple Stories.

This card is for the following challenges...

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes.

QKR Stampede –Anything Goes.

 Next card is another CAS one with stencil...

I designed the whole card around this sentiment from CFS-Butterbows set.

I used Heidi Swapp layered stencil for the butterfly. First sponged Avery Elle- Mint to be ink over the stencil then spray Gold color shine over it.

Its very pretty & sparkly in real!!!

This card is for the following challenges...

Crafty Little Fairies: Things with wings.

Dream it Up -Anything Goes.

Check out the new CFS release...HERE.

 Don't forget to visit CFS Blog for more inspirations!!

Now I'll rush out for the St. Patrick's Day parade with my younger one's Girls Scout troop.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

PTI Feb 2014 Bloghop!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

Today I'm joining in for the PTI Feb2014 Bloghop.

I've a super busy day ahead, so I made a quick card before I hit the road.

Love the new PTI goodies...didn't wanna miss the chance to play with them.

This month's theme is ... SWEET SPRING.

I would like to apologize in advance for the poor photography, my camera went bad, I'm using my iphone for the time being.

The card is very shiny in real...

I used the new PTI Garden Grace stamp set....its super easy to layer & stamp.

That set is great for quick stamping...so detailed yet easy to stamp!!!!

 

I used Heidi Swapp's Butterfly stencil as a mask and sponged the area with Distress ink...then stamped the floral image over it.

Its kind of like vintage postcard look...

 As you all know I'm totally into gold trend now...so added few splatters of Heidi Swapp Gold color shine...love that stuff!!!

Also added a bit of vellum and gold glitter paper ...and some stitching.

This card is for the following challenges...

Papertrey Ink Feb Blog hop: Sweet Spring.

Simon Says Stamps: Anniversary.

The Card Concept: Floral
My style is Clean & Layering.



I've rush now...will hop along to use all the lovely creations later in the evening.

Thanks for stopping by...
Happy Hopping!!!