Winners & a Card!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

First of all I apologize for the delay in announcement of WCMD 2104 Blog Hop winners.

Last few days were very hectic for me...looks like rest of the week will be super busy too :(

Anyway let see who won the prizes...

The winner of the Waltzing Mouse Stamp set is....

 Hussena said...

Both your cards are superb, Piali. Absolutely love the chalkboard effect and the way you have used the mists and embossing as the highlight of your card. Congrats on being selected as a Winner! :)

December 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM

 

...and  the winner of  second Giveaway is.....

 Renee said...

OMGoodness, you're not kidding - those stamps are GORGEOUS!!! And you really created two masterpieces!!! I love chalkboard look too. Congratulations and thanks so much for giving back!!!! Either one of those prizes would be simply awesome ;)

December 4, 2014 at 3:06 PM

 

Congratulations Hussena and Renee!!!

Please email me at piali(dot) biswas at Yahoo(dot) com.

I'll mail your packages ASAP!!!!

( Prize should be claimed by Dec25th,2014)

Thank you Everyone for all your lovely comments!!!!

Now I have a holiday card to share...

I used one of the snowman image from Purple Onion Designs- Snowy Trio stamp.

I love the cute snowmen!!!

The paper is from Bazzill, actually it is a journal card!

I also added some embossing paste with SSS snowflake stencil.

The gorgeous red ribbon is from May Arts...it is one of my favorite.

This card is for the following challenges...

Cuttlebug Mania- Anything Christmas.

Die Cuttin' Divas: Christmas Carol Inspired.

Creative Card Crew : Anything Goes.

There is still time to enter for the Coffee Lovers Bloghop giveaway!!!

Check it HERE.

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!!

WCMD 2014 winner!!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I've a super exciting news to share with you all....

I'm 2014 WORLD CARD MAKING DAY CONTESTwinner!!!!

My card won in the Season's Greetings/Holiday Category.

I read the email 4 times before I even replied... just to make it sure it was meant for me ;)

I'm soooooooooo happy!!!

You can check the news over at Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Blog

Or Click HERE.

My winning card will be published in the April 2015 issue of PC&S magazine.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Winner Winner!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

Here is the winner for my WCMD giveaway...

Lisa Lara

 Lisa Lara said...

Happy WCMD Piali. Love both of the cards. Love the watercoloring on the first...beautiful. I love FTHStamps and birdbrains.

October 5, 2014 at 6:02 AM

 

Congrats Lisa!!!

Please email me at piali(dot) biswas(at) yahoo.com.

I'll mail your package ASAP!

Thank you everyone for your lovely comments!!

Stop by tomorrow for a fabulous blog hop with a great prize!!

HAPPY WCMD...and a Giveaway!!!!

Happy World Card Making Day !!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!! Hope you all are enjoying WCMD!!!

I have two cards and Giveaway for you all!!

First up is sweet Birthday card using Great Impressions Stamp..

Quick and easy card...with a little water coloring and white heat embossing.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and paper from Crate paper.

This card is for the following challenges...

Crafting At the Weekend - Anything goes.

Moving along with the Times -  Hedgehogs.

Curtain Call Challenge: Smooch

Next one is a CUTE belated birthday card...

The cute Bird digi image is from " From Your Heart Stamps".

The sentiment is from Paper Smooches and the lovely paper is from Avery Elle.

This card is for the following challenges...

Moxie Fab World: Inspiration.

( I picked the fun color of the Inspiration pic)

Virginia's View Challenge: CAS.

Now I have small giveaway for all my lovely Blog Followers...

Please leave a comment by October 7th, 2014.

I will announce the winner here on October 8th, 2014.

Butterfly Reflections,Ink is hosting a fab WCMD challenge...

Two great themes... Inspiration and Sketch.

  

Playalong with BRI to win two great prizes!!

There are so many lovely Giveaways & Challenges happening all around the blog land...go make cards and enjoy!!!

Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

WCMD with CASual Fridays Stamps!!!

Hi!

I'm back with the 2nd post of the day!!!

Its Big Day,so there are lots of creations.

I've two Casual Fridays Stamp cards to share with you all....

First up is a lovely thank you card for a very Dear Friend of mine.

I used CFS-Lotsa Links to create a fun background with some fab Hero Arts inks.

The sentiment is from CFS-Frankly set.

Next up is a bunch of quick note cards..... 

I needed quite a few notecards...so I made this design in multiples.

I used  flower from CFS-Wonderful Words set and the sentiment from CFS-Loving Thoughts set.

Simply colored the flowers with Copics and added a bit of Black enamel accents in the center.

Quick and Easy!!!

Now I have to make packages to mail some cards..

Head over to CASual Fridays Stamp Blog  for a fun surprise....

Thanks for stopping by!!

WCMD- Timeless Twine Linky Party!!!

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Happy WCMD!!!!

We're having a Super fun Linky Party over at Timeless Twine Blog!!!!!

Today, its also our DT Sister Debbie's Birthday and I've a Surprise card for her...

Happy , Happy Birthday Debbie!!!

Hope you like this card...it should show up in your mailbox soon...

I used LOTV stamp and lovely Timeless Twines...

Razzleberry Sorbet

Key Lime Sorbet

Pink Lemonade.

Hop over to Timeless Twine Blog to add the direct link to your WCMD project there.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Celebrating WCMD with International Crafty Friends!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!!

Two days to World Card Making Day celebration...YAY!!!!!

As card maker ,you all know... on the 1st Saturday of October we all celebrate our most beloved HOBBY of card making!!

Cath of Moxie Fab World  has a fabulous post today over at Paper Crafts Connection blog  celebrating the International aspect of World Card Making Day!!! I'm honored to be a part of THIS post.

I'm so glad I got to celebrate with few of  the amazingly talented international crafters over at the PC blog.

I'm very thankful of this hobby...I made some wonderful friends from all across the Globe. 

I ♥♥♥ my Crafty Friends!!!!

Here is my FAB bloom card. I made this flower using the WPlus9 Feather die.

The leaf die is from Paper Smooches.

The sentiment is from Wplus9 stamps.

Hope you like this card!!!

Hop over to PC Blog for tons of inspiration and to win some fabulous crafty goodies!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy WCMD!!!!

Happy World Card Making Day !!!

I started my day with PTM ( Parents Teacher Meeting) for the lil' one, then lunch, shopping ...but finally I managed to have some creative time !!

So here are two cards I made...

I used Crate Paper DP and THIS Simon Says Stamps stamp set designed by Kristina Werner for this card .

A CAS card with May Arts Jute Twine and two blings.

This card is for the following challenges...

Retro Sketches: Sketch

Runway Inspired Challenge:  Richard Chai love.

Simon Says Stamp: WCMD challenge.

Next...

 I really love this card...I used THIS Simon Says stamp die to make the heart confetti.
The lil' Tim Holtz glass jar is filled with tiny punched hearts!!

The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

This card is for the following challenges..
Moxie Fab World: Jars of Joy Challenge

365 Cards: Use some sort of container on your card.

My Mum's Craft shop: Love.

Today I had two young crafters with me to celebrate WCMD... yep! Anushka and Anisha made cards too!!!

Anushka posted her card on her BLOG!

Here is my lil' Anisha's card...

Cute isn't it????

Hope you all enjoy your day crafting, stamping and blog hopping!!!

Hugs!!!

Happy WCMD!!!!!

Hello and Happy World Card Making Day !!!

I've CAS holiday card to celebrate the wonderful crafty day! By October I try to get started with my holiday cards.

This month's Stampendous October challenge is to make a CAS holiday card or set of cards or gift .... I  made a bunch of these  and I also did a stepped up version of it...

I used  Stampendous Snowman Flurry Perfectly Clear™ Stamps set  for this card.

So join us in for Stampendous CAS holiday challenge!

You have until Thursday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST to add your link to the linky tool ..HERE, and Stampendous is  giving away a Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy set to a random winner.

Have fun and get crafty...

Thanks for stopping by!!