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Hello Everyone!!

Today I'm sharing few cards over at Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog.

I love the wide variety of crafty products available in Butterfly Reflections Ink store, its always fun to shop !!

Today I'm using stamps from few different companies and Simple stories paper collection.

Card#1

Love the Simple Stories - So Fancy collection.

I used the stickers & enamel dots  from this collection.

I paper pieced the flower cluster using Paper Smooches stamp. 

The sentiment is from Waffle Flower Crafts stamp.

I also added some  Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend 3mm sequins...love this stuff!!

This card is for the following challenges...

Paper Smooches Sparks- Anything goes.

Papertake Weekly- Build it up.(layers)

Hiding in my Craft Room- Lots of layers.

Card#2:

I used So Fancy Snap cards for this card.

The Wplus9 stamp sentiment was a perfect match for the jewels!

The lovely frame die is from Paper Smooches .

I used the lovely 3mm sequins again.

This card is for the following challenges...
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes.
Card Mania - Anything Goes.
Amusing - Anything goes.

Hope you all like these cards!!!

Butterfly Reflections,Ink will be posting a DT call soon. Vanessa( the owner) is super fun to work with, I love her! If you want to apply , please follow BRI facebook page  for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by...

PTI April Bloghop!!!

Hello & Happy Friday Everyone!!

Its time for Papertrey Ink April Bloghop!!!

This month's theme is ...

I went with the applique technique ....did some hand stitching using the new PTI goodies.

I reached out for my fave Wet Paint set for sentiment.

For the applique butterfly I used PTI Seasonal Stitching Butterflies die set.

The lovely DP is from Simple Stories.

I also used PTI- Circle Scribbles set.

A little bit of watercoloring and some Heidi Swapp -Gold color shine splatters...a simple card!!

This card is also for the following challenges...

Sisterhood of Crafters  -  Things with wings.

Simon Says Stamp - CAS.

CASology: Garden

... for me summer garden means lovely butterflies.

Hope you all like this card!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy the hop!

CFS April New Release Day#1!!

Hello & Happy Monday Everyone!!

Its time for CASual Fridays Stamps New Release...

...this month we've a fun release, no Stamps  but # awesome dies sets!!!

Today we're introducing...

STALK UP Fri-Dies.

This die set are great by itself and it also coordinates with Beanstalks set. 

Here is my card...

I have simple card with lots of patterned paper from Simple Stories.

The sentiment is from CFS-Big Thanks set.

This card is for the following challenges...

The Paper Players - Three Spree.

Stamping Sensations - Dies/ Punches.

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes.

Hop over to CFS Blog to see amazing DT creations.

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!!!

Purple Onion Stamps!!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Here are some new Holiday projects!!!

I'm slowly getting my Holiday stuff done...YAY!!!

I used lovely Purple Onion Designs stamps for my projects today...

I used POD-Silver stamp ...the cute winter bird for my card.

Branch diecut is from Memory Box.

The sentiment is from POD-Handwritten Holiday.

I created some snow effects with Simon Says Snow Stencil and embossing paste and on the branch i applied glossy accents and Martha Stewart Fine Glitter.

This card is for the following challenges...

C is for Challenge: Winter is coming.

Tuesday Throwdown: Snowbirds.

Next up is a gift bag with a fun tag... 

Love this cute Reindeer ....POD-Danson Decorating!!

I stamped the image on Simple stories journalling tag from their holiday collection, colored it with copics and added some May Arts  ribbon, twine and bells....easy peasy!!

Also added a sentiment sticker from the same paper collection.

This gift bag is for the following challenges...

Crafty Sentiment Designs: Christmas.

All Crafts Challenge : Anything but card.

Crafty Bloggers Network : Christmas.

Craft-Dee BowZ : Handmade bow.

Make sure to check out Purple Onion Designs Blog for amazing DT creations!!!!

Thanks for peeking!!!

SCRS#94!

Hello!!

Here is the last SCRS challenge for the year 2012!!!

The theme is one of my fav. things...SNOW, miss it a lot here in INDIA!!

This is one of my favorite Winter images !!!

Love RIN and Snowman.!!!

I used papers and sentiment sticker from Simple Stories -Handmade Holidays Collection.

Love this MayArts ribbon from Ribbon Carousel.

This card is for the following challenges...

The Ribbon Girls: Christmas projects.

4 Crafty Chicks: Snowmen.

Simply Create: Anything Goes.

To play along in Snow challenge, upload a photo of your project and provide a direct link in the linky widget at the bottom of this SCRS post. 

 Deadline for challenge #94 is Sunday, December 16th @ 9 PM PST.

Thanks for stopping by!!

RIBBON CAROUSEL + WHIMSIE DOODLE BLOGHOP!!!

Hello Everyone!!

Welcome to RCC- Whimisie Doodles blog hop!!!!

The Ribbon Carousel Crewmates are teaming up with the talented designers from Whimsie Doodles to bring you a blog hop jam packed with crafty eye candy!  

We will be helping to show off some of the amazing digi stamps AND some ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Carousel, of course!  

Now, lets talk prizes!   

Hop along with us today and leave some blog love for our Ribbon Carousel Crewmates and the Whimsie Doodle designers to be eligible to win one of the 2 prizes up for grabs!  We'll select 2 random commenters from 2 randomly selected designer blog, so be sure to spread the love around!

The Whimsie Doodles prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the Whimsie Doodles store, and the RC prize is a $25 Gift Certificate to the RC store! 

Here are my projects...

I made a mitten shaped holiday card using Whismie Doodles- Mitten Card Shape.

The sentiment is from Whimsie Doodles- Holiday Sentiments digi set.

The designer papers are from Simple Stories- Handmade Holidays collection.

Loooooove this Curly Sparkling Ribbon...absolutely Gorgeous !

This card is for the following challenges...

Anything Goes Challenge: Faux/real stitching.

Crafty Calendar: Wrap warm for winter.

A Gem of a Challenge: Ribbon and lace.

Next up is FUN shaker tag....

The Cute Snowmen image is from Whimsie Doodles- Snow Friend digi set.

I used some lovely HOLIDAY themed Ribbon from RC-November ribbon kit!!!

This tag is for the following challenges...
Elke Kaart Een Feestje : winter Wonderland.

Craft Us Crazy: Christmas but not card.
Crimbo Crackers : Snowmen.

Happy Hopping!!!

SNOW!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I loooooooooove Patterned papers but after the big move....due to extreme high shipping rates I had to give up on DP purchases quite a bit! Thanks to Corinna and HUGE SALE at Ribbon Carousel I managed to get quite a few paper collections from some of my Favorite companies....I even got some 12 x12 collection also..YAY!!

Today I have used paper from my favorite --SIMPLE STORIES- Handmade Holidays 12x12 pack.

The collection comes with fabulous 4x6" cards/prints, I've used one as my cardfront today...

The gorgeous Snowflake die and the pretty Snowflake stamps are from WPLUS9.

Its hard to see in the pic. but the large snowflake is very Sparkly...covered with Martha Stewart fine glitter!!

This card is for the following challenges...

Pretty Little Ribbon : Die cuts/punches.

Quirky Crafts : Layer it up and Let it snow.

The Ribbon Girls: Add Sparkle.

Pile It On : Make it Sparkle.

Come and Get It Challenges : Monochromatic.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Holiday Cheer!!!

Hello!!!

I'm gearing up for the holidays....mainly Christmas card making part.

If I don't start now I'll  be way behind on my Christmas card mailings, as I need to mail it quite early from India, International mail takes forever to reach the destination .

I played with my new HeroArts goodies...

I love love love this Reindeer image....super cute!!

THIS sentiment set is my current favorite one.....and  check out the  chevron -sparkle background...awesome isn't it!!!

I used some WOW!!! Embossing Glitter and Opaque White embossing powder for this card!

Here is the list of the new HA stamps I used for this card...

# CG463-Snowflakes And Edges

# CL630-Miracle Of The Holidays

# CL540-Christmas Reindeer

This card is for the following challenges...

Hero Arts October challenge: Sketch.

Just Keep on Creating: Christmas.

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas : Snowflakes.

Next one is also based on HeroArts sketch...

I used the Snowflakes & Edges background stamp and the sentiment from Miracle Of the Holidays.

The DPs are from Simple Stories-Handmade Holiday collection.

I'm a big fan of Simple Stories stuff...they're just beautiful!!

I used a Label Sticker from Same Simple Stories collection to stamp my sentiment on.

Changed the sentiment format by partially inking it and stamping it with different inks.

Just added a punched snowflake and a button tied with MayArts-Jute twine for some texture.

This card is for the following challenges...

Hero Arts October challenge: Sketch.

ABC Christmas Challenge : Anything Goes.

Christmas Crafting : Buttons & twine.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Sparkle Creations New Release Hop Day #3!!

Hello Everyone!!!

 Welcome to Day #3 of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp New Release Hop!!!
Here is a sneak peek of another fabulous image....

I always get stuck when it comes to boy Birthday cards....adult male cards are easier than the ones for lil' boys!!

Sparkle saved me from that problem by releasing this wonderful stamp...

PARTY TIME OLIVER 

You can say I'm little a lot obsessed with WASHI TAPE lately! Love using them...fun!!
I used one of my favorite birthday themed paper ...its from Simple Stories!!
Party Time Oliver comes with two lovely sentiments.

This card is for the following challenges
Celebrate the Occasion:Happy Birthday!
Cards For Men : Happy Birthday!.
Creative Mondays - For Men.
365 Cards: 3 different fonts.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Party Time Oliver . Sparkle will be giving away Party Time Oliver to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Oliver post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

 Here is the bloghop list...

Leanne Poe - July Guest Designer

Piali Biswas-- thats Me!!

Shaela Odd

Simonne Clay

Stephanie Kraft
SCRS Blog

Happy Hopping!!!!

One Stamp & many use.....

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all are doing fine!!! I just managed to step in my craftroom yesterday...all my stuff collected a thick layer of dust on them :(

I just found few stamp sets that I didn't use yet!

Did you check out Virginia's- "how I stretch my stamp" series????

Its important how we pick our stamp sets....like will we get enough usage?? We spend atleast $10-$20 on a decent stamp set...is it worth buying? Will we use it a lot ?? Can we use the images for multiple occasions?

These are few very important question we should consider when we buy our stamps.

Its easy to chose floral, botanical images because we can use them again and again but when it comes to specific images it always good to think about the possibilities.

For example this set from PAPER SMOOCHES...

Smarty Pants

I loooooooove all the PS stamp sets...want to buy them all but my crafty budget doesn't allow me to get them all so I try to pick the one I'll use a lot!

It looks like only a school themed set but you can do a lil' or lot more with it....

Today I'll show three cards I made with this set and again next week I'll show three more..

First card is not a school themed one.... its a cute Birthday card!! I used the Lovely Simple Stories papers .

This card is for the following challenges..

Celebrate the Occasion: Happy Birthday.

Card Positioning Systems : sketch

 Stamps & Fun = Creativity : Happy Birthday.

Victorine Originals :Birthday/Happy everything.

Next is a teacher thank you card....I used scraps of different DP for this simple card.

I also used the other images from the stamp set  to create a background too.

This card is for the following challenges..

 Crazy Amigo Challenge : Scrap card.

Party Time Tuesdays : Anything goes.

Paper Playtime : Anything Goes + Sentiment.

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan:Stitching.

Finally a back to school card.....CAS one! 

The lovely DPs are from My Mind's Eye.

This card is for the following challenges..

Stampin' Sisters in Christ : Use Flags or banners.

2 Sisters : Anything Goes.

Love to Create -: Anything Goes.

Scrapbook Sisters: Anything goes.

I'll enter these cards for Virginia's challenge !!!

I think if can make 12-15 different cards out of a $15 stamp set...its a totally AWESOME buy!! 

Love the cute images in this stamp set....there is so many possibilities!

I'll show you three very different card using THIS stamp set next week...stay tuned!

Don't forget to check out my 3rd Blogoversary candy while you're here...

Thanks for stopping by...