H{ippity} HOP MONDAY!!!!

Hello Everyone! If somebody is up, may be wondering what am I up to at this hour.... I know it is late... But I had a project to complete, which was very important as it was for my very FIRST Ippity Blog Hop..... Yes I am hopping too, that too for the first time :)

All the last minute stress was because, all the time I waited for a theme to be given to create a project.... But Thank God, timely I found out that I could work on just anything & the only criteria was to include Ippity.... Phew!!! I had to save myself from all the embarrassment..... Hence worked on this project in a jiffy.... I really hope it meets the standards of the hop.... {Fingers Crossed}

So finally it is here.....



And I thank....

Unity Blog for the Opportunity to participate in their Monday Hop.....
The Stamping Boutique for their Green + Sketch.....
365 Cards for their ABC's of Crafting....
FlutterBy for Butterfly....



Prep :

Green Fabriano CS for the base....
Inked the Butterfly impressability with SU! Bold Blue ink & tried the Letterpress technique....
Image & Sentiment - Regal Greetings from Ippity...
The Braded embellishment was a RAK from B.....
The gingham ribbon was a RAK from E.....
Scalloped Circle is a nestability die cut & the sentiment tag is Fancy Tag from nestability....
Sentiment Ink is memento dew drop which was again a RAK from B.....



Ippity has a Monthly Challenge with a twist..... Very flexible too.... You can choose to work on all by combining them or can attempt them individually..... Check out the Ippity Space for all the info.... & to check out the very talented participants.... :)

That is it for now.... Will be back soon with something interesting.... :)

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WISHES FROM HEART!!!!

Hello Crafters!!! Here with a JIFFY card.... There were few challenges in my list that I wishes to attempt, but were soon going to expire.... During times like these, I just let them go..... But somehow, I could not let go of these challenges I made this card for...

There was some amount of CHALLENGE in them, that all put together I had to attempt, in order to test my efficiency in building things up..... Finally completed the project in an hour..... So HAPPY about myself, knowing where I stand..... :D

So here it is.....




Thanks to,

Sweet Sunday for the Sketch....
StampTV for the Colors....
Frosted Designs for Banners.....
StampChallenges for Something Sweet....
Yyam for Out of Comfort Zone....
Unity Bloghop for the Monthly Challenge with Twist....
365 Cards for GHI Crafting...
Creatice Card Crew for NO Image.....
CraftyCreationChallenge for In Stitches....
ABC Challenge for Sewing....
PaperTakeWeekly Challenge for Girlie....
DelightfulSketches for Pastels & Ribbon....
SimonSaysStamp for Girlie....
StamptacularSundayChallenge for Focus On Words....





Prep :

Kraft for Card Base....
Fabriano Sheet in Yellow & Sweet Mango CS for layers....
Girlfriends Damask DP from Daisyd's
Gross grain Ribbon which came with the Scrap booking Pack....
Bakers Twine which was B's RAK, for the Banner....
De bossed & punched out Hearts for Banners.... Oops! forgot to mention that I sponged ink on them......
Punched out mini floral in yellow....
The main Flower is hand made - Punched out mini flowers for the center & bigger ones for the base.... Pierced them through a Brad to hold them in place..... I loved my first time-hand made blossom..... :D
Ippity Stamp for the sentiment.....
I felt lazy to bring down my sewing machine & get it ready for a sew... Instead used my new paper piercer to pierce holes & hand stitched into those holes.... ;)




I think that pretty much covers everything..... My hubby is busy watching the Ind-Aus World Cup match... Gotcha go & serve him dinner.... If not he would forget that he had to eat, too.... ;)

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SPOILED ROTTEN!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! I'm sure everyone of you had an awesome day yesterday..... Celebrating the COLORS OF LIFE!!!! Well, I had started on a project after much pushing & motivating self, last night. Half way through felt dead tired & went off to bed, hoping to complete it early morning..... I knew, it would be hard to find time with celebrations around, but was positive that I would.....

Well, It was morning, I did sit to work on it, but had guests come over..... Playing colors, welcoming guests, the day passed..... Somehow managed to complete it finally & thought of even posting the same right away, before I went off to sleep.... Hmmmmmmmm!!!!! That was the sigh of relief...... :D

So here it is.....





And I Thank.....

ICR for Celebrating Womanhood....
Mojo Monday for their Sketch....
ColorThrowDown for their lovely Colors.....
The StampingBoutique for Animals....
PaperCraftStar for Green & Good luck.... (Spoiled Rotten by Hubby... Luck is all MINE ;)
365 Cards for Fresh Baked Goodness... (Used my new dies to bake my flourish embells, FRESH)
PTI Make It MOnday for Partially Embossing.....
PaperPlayChallenges for Embossing.....
StampChallenges for Something Sweet....
Yyam for out of comfort zone.....
The StampingBoutique for Bookmark Challenge....
ABC Challenge for Quotes.....
Creative Card Crew for some Green....
Papertakeweekly for Trio Tastic.....
Delightful Sketches for Delightful Green....
SSDS for numbers on project.... ( On Ticket)
Totally Gorjuss for Button It....
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge for Anything But Card.....
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge for Focus on Words....
Pile It On for Green & Orange....







Prep :

Choco Brown CS for the base of the card & the BM....
The Mustard CS for the layers on card & BM....
The DP is from the Scrapbooking Kit, I won recently..... I loved the it so much... Its GORGEOUS!!!!!
The Perfect Plum & elegant Eggplant, both are from stash.....
Green CS from DejaViews Collection....
Image of the Cat is a clear stamp from stash picked from Staples....
Framed it with PTI Round & Round frame..... Just the round ;)
Chalk pigment ink in Mustard.... Sponged the ink around for an OLD look..... I love the feel.. :)
Pierced the scalloped circle in green with a paper piercer... (Has been my favorite for ever... ;)
Mustard ribbon came with the scrapbooking kit from AC, I won....
Button in plum is a RAK from B....
The flower & the flourish used on the front, were part of the goodies that Jaya sent sometime back....
Partially embossed the CS in perfect plum, with the cuttle bug dots folder....
Baker twine is also a RAK from B....
The sentiment is from PTI, which says Just Because..... Again a RAK from B.....


On the INSIDE.....

The words was a digi image from Ginger House.... But since it was way too big when printed on paper, I simply penned it myself, to complete the inside with words to go with the theme of my card....... Theme of CELEBRATING MYSELF for ICR...... I am the lucky one, for I have been spoiled by my hubby to the core.... Folks at home yell at him for doing so..... :O

Bookmark (BM).....

I perforated the CS for the BM......
Image is a digi from my favorite Sherlock Holmes... She makes wonders..... which suits me best.... ;)
Sentiment is again a digi from SGT Stamper..... Sponged Orange chalk ink on it... I do not like the raw look of paper, sometimes.... ;)
Eyelet assorted pastels from Itsy Bitsy....
Ribbon from Stash....
Oops! Forgot... Blinged her crown..... :D I love her eyes.... MAGIC in them!!!!







Looks like I am done FINALLY!!!!! The make, the bake & the dish out...... I am dead almost & wanna crash..... Anything left out, will cover later.... ;)

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AMATEUR DIGI ATTEMPT!!!!

Heelo!!!! Have got no card creations to post as I have not done anything seriously..... ;)

I came across this Digi draw contest at CDAC.... It is not now that I gotcha know of it, but it has been in my records since the day it started. I wanted to attempt, but hesitated a lot! I checked out, even the ones done by beginners & they were all like GORGEOUS!!!!!

After much fighting my decisions as to not attempt one, I gave a try on dual images..... One very simple, may be it would look kiddish..... But the feeling that I attempted was greater than that I did not give it a try..... ;) The other is quite okay..... Again not to meet the standards, but better than the first image..... I guess, even if posted for a free grab, there would be no takes.... :(

After all that ranting about my amateur works, here they are for a glimpse.......

Okay! Still not sure if it is right for me to post this or not.... not sure if I am right in entering these into the contest or not..... :P

So there they go IN for the contest at CDAC.... All my wishes to the monkey & its cool sip!!!! C YA!!!!!

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ACTIVITY, RAKs & PURCHASES!!!!

Hello! Had a few backlogs that had to be cleared... Not ATCs again..... They are all done with only the future ones to be posted..... Well this is about a few RAKs I received shortly & one of the shipments I was eagerly waiting for.... :)

So here they go.....

The first one is a RAK sent on my Wedding Anniversary this month, by our very own Sudha Kalra, who is 'enthusiasm personified' :) Sometimes her gestures just get me carried away..... I love the initiatives she takes in spreading that extra love in your life..... And I am sure, she would be blessed with more joy & happiness for herself.... Wishes for all your future endeavors deary.... :D

That was a nice & sweet card.. The cuts were totally fresh for me.... She sent me some 6X6 hand made DPs.... & a small pouch of embells.... Sweet!!!!

The one below is a RAK from my friend Banu.... It was so sweet of her to send me some love, my way.... What do I say? I love everything in the captures below..... On the first my favorites are buttons, flourishes, ribbons, tape runners, CS & That GORGEOUS Ippity Stamp..... WOW!!!!

Here below are some DPs with lovely prints on them, tacky tape, ribbon & some American Crafts blossoms..... :) I love them all.... It is hard for me to express how I feel.... I can only wish her loads & loads of happiness for the lovable person she is..... :)

The snapshot below are my wins at challenges..... Thanks for the opportunities.... :) My personal favorite has been the scrap book kit as that was the challenge & candy that made me move out of my comfort zone of cards to attempting, scrapbooking for the first time..... :) I have to admit that was sheer inspiration.... :D Thank You!!!!

And here below are my recent purchases made..... I had been waiting for the shipments so very eagerly... Almost on my toes..... ;) One of it reached me & still looking forward to the other I have to receive from SU! Finger Crossed X...... :P

It has some dies, brads, impression plates, tape runners, binder rings & a corner punch.... :)

And here below are the captures from the unique challenge (Scrappy Scrap Challenge) we had hosted by our very talented Shalini Aggarwal..... I salute her for her awesome thought on it.... The closure was amazing with few awesome creations who made it to the top..... I did not :( So what I participated with zeal!!!! And that counts too... I guess!

So below is the capture of the scraps she sent across to us..... & following is my creation that the scraps were transformed into..... :)

So that is the end of all the gala time I had, when I was not crafting.... :D

Now with all the paraphernalia, I better get down to create some magic for me & others too.... :)

WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY & COLORFUL CELEBRATION!!!! Let us all create magic in our lives & the ones who matter to us..... :D

NOTE : Do Not Forget the FUN that is ON at ICR..... CHIME IN!!!!

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ATC BACKLOGS!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! I am here to clear & post my ATC backlogs for three months..... Quite a time, I guess.... But somehow missed on posting them.... I am really sorry to all those creators of the lovely ATCs I have received for the months of Oct, Dec & Jan...... & so to myself as I did not take the time to acknowledge my own efforts either..... :(

But better late than never I guess..... So here they are......

Here is the first for the Month of OCT, which was fabric themed..... & I found it so difficult to come up with something... Still do not understand why... Simply managed to make this & send it across......

Below are ATCs I received for that month..... & it is only then I realized that indeed it was a tough one not just for me, but all.... I guess, that was the reason we had no one else participating for the month other than me & my hostess..... ;) WOW!!!! So these are Rachana's creations... I liked them as they were CAS (Clean And Simple) ...... Thanks deary.... If not for u I would have been left with my creations to myself.... :(

Well, we rested for the month of NOV, with all the festivities around..... & to continue, here are the ATCs for the month of DEC..... Theme was STAMPING!!! That is one favorite to all I guess.... Not bad I did quite a satisfying job with it..... though not my best..... ;)

The DEC ATCs I received were so yummy.... I loved both of them..... First is from Mansi, who did an awesome work on the mini card... Looked royally antique..... & the second is from Tejal, which is very very adorable with its close to nature feel.... Vibrant colors & the natural elements well executed made it really adorable.....

These are the ones made for the month of JAN..... Awesomely themed Anniversary as the space Crazy About ATCs celebrated their first Blog anniversary..... I felt sad that I was not able to justify their theme very well.... Sometimes my brain just switches itself OFF! & nothing seems to flash in there for me to go ahead & execute on paper.... Makes me feel bad & sad about myself, when I am not good at what I do, but I had to do something, as I could not miss on my commitments.... :( Well, tell u what! I won the blogiversary candy & just yesterday I received my stuffs from Itsy Bitsy who sponsored the candy.... But the best part of all this blogiversary thing was the mention of my participation in the SWAPS & my commitment..... It was very thoughtful of the hostesses to mention it, which made me feel proud about few principles that I carry in my life...... Thanks to ALL!!!!!!

Well, after all that blah! blah! blah!, coming back to what this post is about, here are the ATCs I received for the month..... Both were, way too GORGOEUS!!!! I know it is bad to compare, but we all know, when we screw things up..... ;) These ATCs were so full of life as compared to my creations for the month..... It made me feel that, the ones above were not at all created by me.... How could I????? The ones I received were from Rachana & Mansi.... Both amazingly adorable & unique too, in their approach.... Kudos to you peeps & it feels good to receive such amazing pieces of art......

You must be wondering about these 2 versions of the captures.... In particular I would like to mention Rachana's creation which seemed totally different as far as the BG color goes... As I shot them in the night light with flash, the deep color of choco brown totally vanished with the lines clearly visible..... But when I realized it, I shot another without flash & it looked its original..... Though I do not understand the technicalities involved with the flash light & its results, made me feel it was totally amusing...... :)

Well, that makes me releaved of the guilt that my ATCs were just accumulating without the required attention to them.... :)

Looking forward to our FAB ATCs.... Oops! FEB ATCs... but true.... The theme was very close to my heart & I tried giving it my best.... So I am all eager to see them being displayed at CRAZY ABOUT ATCS........... Do not forget to make your visit there to see all the awesome creations that we Indian crafters put together, every month..... WELL! It is all about WOMEN POWER for sure...... :D

So Wishing You All Lovely Talented ladies, including ME ;) A VERY HAPPY WOMAN'S DAY!!!!!

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FROM ME 2 U!!!!

Hey All!!! Thanks for all those lovely comments....... Just worked on a CAS card for some thrill.... I like myself yearning to make that CAS project look better with all the lil things that it has..... :D

So here it is......

Hey I must admit, natural is natural & gifted too.... The card in original looks so pleasant.... But the flash light minimizes the effect of colors..... May be I would try to capture a fresh snap shot like what my hubby did with my previous card & Post it tomorrow..... :)

Okay here is the Natural light capture..... There is a lot of difference..... Nothing can beat or replace natural..... :)

And I thank.....

365 Cards for their White Space Sketch.....
Papertakeweekly for Anything Goes....
ABC Challenge for Pink....
Digiswithattitude for Anything Goes....

Prep :

Fabriano Pink CS for the base.....
Inkadinkadoo stamp for the border & the round circle....
Pretty Colors ink in blue....
Clear Stickles which was a Secret Santa RAK from Jennifer...
Sentiment is from Stash..... (up cycled)

That is it for now....

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DRESSED WITH A SMILE!!!!

Hello People!!!! Feeling very low & looking forward to feel better soon..... Meanwhile as I was resting, the animated card inspiration at ICR, kinda haunted me.... WAY TOO MUCH..... Hence thought of putting it down on paper, rather than just repudiating it.....

So here it goes......

Was dead tired by the time I finished the project off completely from my desk..... Had no more strength to angle it for snapshots..... Hence asked my hubby to capture it for me..... I must admit he did an awesome job... So I guess I would hire him as an official photographer for all my future projects... ;)

And I Thank.... Other than myself for the ICR inspiration & my hubby, the following sponsors, for this project..... :)

Celebrating Womanhood at Indian Craft Room.....
365 Cards for the CAS Sketch.....
The LatteLounge for 3 out of 4 B's.....
PapertakeWeekly for Anything Goes....
Simonsaysstamp&show for Ephemera.....
365 Cards for One of Kind.....
DYSU for Anything with Green....
Colourcreatechallenge for Fruits inspiration..... (Apple, Coconut & Cherry)
Stampchallenges for Digi Day Challenge....
Digiwithgratitude for Anything Goes...
TheStampingBoutique for TSB challenge....
Stampinfortheweekend for Spring....
Pennyblackallsorts for Welcome Spring....
Delightful Challenges for Welcome Spring....
Cute Card Thursday for Signs of Spring....
PaperPlay for Shabby chic....

Prep.....

Used Fabriano white for the base....
Elle Erre Marrone for the layer....
Vellum DP from Itsy Bitsy...
Girlie Digi from Creativemindofsylvie.....
Colored the image with Bic markers.....
Floral accents from Itsy Bitsy....
Leaves are punched out from Hobby Ideas punch....
Gemstones in white from Landmark card making kit...
Button from Itsy Bitsy....
Felt Self adhesive swirl is a Secret Sweetie RAK from Maria....
Bakers twine tied to a bow.....
Sentiment ticket is a digi from SGT STamper.....

I have done the inside too.... The wording went perfect with the theme of the card... Hence had to......

Sentiment is a digi grom Ginger House.....
Florals from Itsy Bitsy.....

That is it as far as the project goes.....

P.S. Note : DO not forget to contribute your masterpieces for the ICR EVENT..... Celebrating Womanhood!!!! Looking forward to see all those creations portraying the thought...... :D

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LIVE LAUGH LOVE!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!! Finally done with all the Fun & Frolic..... Back to working on some projects after a long long break..... Well, my mojo did not let me down, even after a break so lengthy.....

I am so so happy for both the winners of my Candy & for all the participants too..... Hope to see u all around more often..... :)

So going on with the projects I worked on today, I am here to post one of them..... I loved the basic theme, but not sure if I did justice to it..... But would surely love to attempt on more such themes..... A total WHITE!!!!

And I Thank.....

Card Patterns for their Sketch....
Inspired Crafters for the Gorgeous Color Theme.....
Stampinfortheweekend for Monochrome!
Paperplaychallenges for Sentimental....
Do You Stack Up for Anything Goes.....
The Stamping Boutique for the Flowers....
Stampchallenges for Something With Flowers....
Stamptacularsundaychallenge for Frame.....
FussyandFancychallenges for Embossing....
Papertakeweekly for Anything Goes....

The Prep :

White Fabriano CS for the base, which was CB embossed.....
Light weight CS for the CB embossed layer....
Flowers in white from Itsy Bitsy.....
White Lace is a RAK from Shraddha.....
PTI stamp for sentiment..... Live! Laugh! Love!
Memento Rich Cocoa for the Ink.....

That is it on this post...... Will be back soon with few more Projects ASAP!!!!

NOTE : Do not forget to head towards the ICR, for the Fun & Celebration, this month..... And not just that... ICR gives you the freedom to develop your talent on a platform, where all your counterparts would take notice of you.... Wishes & hugs)))))

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TOFA & BONUS CANDY WINNERS!!!!

Hello!!!!!! Sorry for being delayed as far as time was concerned to make this announcement.....

All my candy fun is over & I feel sad that my celebrations for this year has come to an end... :( It kept me on my toes, giggling about all the comments of PHUN, I received from my friends here..... I thank everyone of you who contributed to my celebrations to make it memorable for me..... Desperately looking forward to my celebrations next year..... which is way too long!!!!!

Okay! I understand that u have all guessed it right with the title of this post, that we have 2 winners...... I just wanted to surprise myself with the results, hence used a random number picker, I found over the net, to help me with it...... Before I could announce the winners I would like to let u know a few things.....

Firstly there were 24 peeps who linked themselves in the linky for the Candy..... Of which I found one did not satisfy the criteria to be a part of it... Hence I terminated the entry, without feeling sorry about it.... 'Cuz I had already left several notes indicating that..... So thanks to the rest of them, who contributed with their time to this activity..... :D

I did the random pick for the TOFA Candy first, with the total number being 23..... & since the number that was picked, did not play the bonus candy, I had to redo the drill with the entries to the bonus candy, which totalled up to 6..... And I have counted them according to the order that the mails came in to me, with all the words in there.....

BONUS CANDY :

6)Smita Lakhotia
5)Mallika Kejriwal
4)Ujjwal Gupta
3)Anita Kejriwal
2)Sudha Kalra
1)Shalini Maskara

Though it was a lesser number, the entries were all so so very excited which got me all flying with them.... :D

So for the much awaited part here...... ;)

TOFA CANDY :



Number 10.... Yay!!! DO I let u figure it out yourself, just for some additional fun! ;) Well! I guess NO! That would be way too far from fun I suppose..... Okay! Okay! Accolades for The #10, which is Shraddha on the linky list..... :) Kudos to Shraddha!!!! U missed on the chance for the bonus candy to someone else, deary..... Still an awesome WIN, I suppose.... :D

BONUS CANDY :



As per the list mentioned above, the number that was generated is #2..... Accolades for Sudha Kalra..... Kudos Deary!!!!

Your goodies would be despatched ASAP!!!! I am so happy for all the winners & for all those participated in the fun..... I guess we all had a very uniquely awesome time..... :D I had not expected FUN to this extent.... Hope to play & have some more fun for the next year celebrations!!! Promising something better & bigger than this.... :D

NOTE : All Indian Stampers looking for some fun with all your counterparts here in India as well as abroad, do chime in to the Awesome New Space... Indian Craft Room (ICR)!!! There is an ongoing event you would not wanna miss to be a part of..... A sure excuse to celebrate yourself without being thought of as POMPOUS!!!! That's a different matter, even if somebody did, who has the time to care!!!! ;)

Peeps who are already a party to this FORUM, I would request you to flaunt the ICR badge from the forum, on your spaces to reach out to as many of our fellow stampers including the very amateurs.... :)

That is it for now, on this publishing..... So many Celebrations mentioned here.... That was One BIG Celebration for me.. I agree!!!

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