Love Holds A Rainbow!

Hello!

For July ICR has taken a pause with its monthly CoasteRide Challenge...

But nevertheless, it still has its creative inkling for this month by means of Tutorials... (Tut)

There had been a Tutorial posted by Priyanka Mathur at the beginning of the month & here is the second part to the something we have called as

CoasteRide Jul-torials!
 My tutorial for today is A Rainbow Colored Card!

  Am not very good with colors... As in, My mind & fingers do not sync in well to play with colors.... which makes me fear of me messing up the already existing idea on the canvas... Saying so I still tried a Rainbow Card for my tutorial today... 

The card was inspired by the Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches....  

Preparation:

The card here on the show is based 4" X 6" ... That's the standard size I like to play with regularly.... 

• Cut Your Card Base the size you are comfortable with & keep it aside...

• Stamp an image (outlined image only so to add in colors later)of your choice on a piece of Cardstock which would be die cut with the complimenting die, with embossing ink & heat emboss it with white embossing powder... I used the Altenew Persian Motifs!
• On another cardstock piece which would be used for layering, of a color of your choice; I chose black though the water colors do not show really well on black... I stamped the petals stamp & heat embossed them with white embossing powder...

• Now playing with the watercolors of your choice fill in the embossed outline image with rainbow colors toned up or down to meet your requirement for the outcome...
• With the complimenting die, die cut the image out after the colors have dried...

• The layering cardstock with the embossed images would be water colored with your tone of rainbow colors....
• Once you are ready with the basic ingredients for your card, its time to put them together to shape up your project... {I preferred to layer it from within which wanted me to cut out a coordinating open on my card base & I then layered the cardstock on the inside of the card facing the card front}

• Once you close the card base the embossed layer shows up through the die cut space... 
• You may go ahead & embellish the card as you may choose to... {I wanted a lil more of the rainbow colors on my card; hence opted to dab them out on my card front for which I used the positive of a stitched rectangle set from Cottage Cutz... I placed it on the layered front open face down.}

• I then went on a color dabbing spree with a not so thick paint brush as I wanted tiny dots of rainbow colors only
• Once done I removed the masked layer & added another layer for a frame, die cut with the Stitched rectangle Die....
• I printed out my own sentiment & pinned it up to the die cut motif & glued them down on the card base with few pop dots from Itsy Bitsy...

Now there goes my Rainbow Colored Card for the CoateRide Jul-Torial!

Hope to have you play with us....

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It's A Special day!!!

Heya....

Its been long since I blogged those few projects I had managed to invest my time on.... Since I was at d comp, thot it was time I did at least my recent project I made for the ICR CoasteRide....

For the month of June ICR "GOLDEN MIDAS" which would signify Anything that you create , You create with a glimpse of Gold.... Here is the Story board for the same....

And this is what I made....

Inspired by 

MFT Challenge & Inspirations - Color Challenge
MFT Challenge & Inspirations - Sketch Challenge



White CS for base is from Itsy Bitsy
DP is from Itsy Bitsy too
The label die & the orange fizz CS, are both from Itsy Bitsy
The Rusty Orange CS is from Fabriano
Larger polka dots DP is from a swap
Golden circle is from stash & so is the golden twine
The sentiment is from... sorry I don't remember.... But it has been stamped with Berrylicious blue pigment ink from StudioG

So that's pretty much everything covered on the whereabouts of this project.....

Hope u like it.... Do join us & play along with us at Indian Craft Room this June!

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LOVE - Is All We Want!

Hello,

ICR saw its second CoasteRide with the month of February;
And its a Valentine Project that is called for & of course with a simple twist of giving the project a dimension.... And We all love doing that especially in the month of Feb on the occasion of Valentine's Day!

So I made one too.... A simple valentine card for hubby who is away from me as of now...
And replicated another to gift it to my KJ's Wife!

So here is what I made....

And it has been inspired by

Case This Sketch - #208 - for the sketch

Color My Heart Color Dare - for the colors

 

CS for the base is Fabriano in grey.....
On that layered a piece of Fabriano n pink with a DP from stash layered above....
Ran it thru the CuttleBug with Itsy bitsy Heart die cut to cut out a portion of the layer a lil heartless...
And then placed another fully fledged cut heart to add in as a dimension popped up with a pop dot & foam tape....
On the heart shape I stamped with a Stampin' Up! design in darker shade of yellow... Partially stamped to give it a subtle feel to it....
For the sentiment I stamped "All You Need Is Love" from Keiser Craft Lover Collection....
Dashed in some small rhinestones all arnd to finish the project....

Looking at what I made, my domestic help requested, something be made for her too to be given to her man... I obliged & made a quickie with the die cut heart that was arnd & finished it with a dash of rhinestones arnd..... She left home all happy..... I smiled with this feel of content for I mad made my Valentine's day a happy one by spreading a smile.....

Of course I then went saloning...... shopping...... SINGING...... & back home!

Do chime in with your projects too before it ends by midnight of Feb 28th;

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Happy ButterFry Day!

Hello,

After long made this masculine card for my dad & bro who celebrate their birthday today!

Am happy the way it turned out to be... Simple yet sprinkled with the ME on it... :D

Hope they like it & U too..... :)

Inspired by the Sketch from....
Atlantic Hearts Challenge

Theme from...
Happy Little Stampers



The CS for base is from Fabriano in chocolate brown....
CS for layer is from Fabriano in mud brown
Glassy DP for the layer is from stash in wood print
The circled layer is die cut with Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle Set
I printed the Senti Pun on it.... BUTTER FRY!
Fussy cut a hand drawn pan handle & popped it up beneath the circle die cut to create the
look of a fry pan & doodled the stitch marks with black steadler pen
Die cut the butterfly using Tim Holtz Thinlits; Further colored it & halved only to give the senti pun a dimension & of course adding an overall dimension to the project...
Added a thin cut DP in purple for the strip layer;
Used the WeRMemories Die & Stamp for the sentiment HAPPY....
And over the Itsy Bitsy Tag die cut doodled the word Day to complete the BIRTHDAY CARD with a new perception;

 
That is all about the masculine card I created after ages....

Am happy my mojo is seeking me back with my Mojo getting back to my life...... Am loving this phase of my life growing at a slow pace..... I am loving myself back again being the person I had missed being for long now & persuading me to love others like I always did once..... 

Am just thankful to all those people who make my life seem blessed & happening!!!!

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TIME FLIES.... Planner/Calendar!

Hello...

Wishing everyone A Very Happy New Year..... :)

Well... On ICR was the time for a new coasteride... ICRCJan17 - Customize A Calendar!

An interesting one & U must check it out to give it a try.... Below is the story board for u....

And with me living by myself & taking care of my day to day stuffs myself which was forever taken care of by my husband, I am in need of an organizer to keep a track of things I need to do; It was easier when he took care of every damn thing & now to be done by me is exciting as well as a challenge for someone who never did anything..... All Thanks to him; Of course I wudnt have been able to get to this without his support.... So am loving & living this part <3 p="">
With the start of a New Year I had to put together a planner/calendar to keep my life in track so I did not miss on things which shud mean additional headache for my husband.... :P

With this ICR CoasteRide, I had to give it a go... And this is what i cud cook up in a jiffy!





My Brother helped me by designing the calendar for me which is but obvious the main for this project....

 

He then added in all those frames that I wanted on my planner..... Which has.....

On the Front.....

• To Buy/Order
• Awaiting On
• Notes
• Unfinished Tasks 

 At The Back.....

• Priorities
• Personal Tasks
• Outdoor Tasks
• Projects/Ideas

 <3 p="">And I just worked up on the rest putting them all into their place.....

<3 p="">Few things just dont end up the way they start & this planner was one among them..... I initially started with a folder kind of thing for my pages but unfortunately it did not work out well.... I had to leave that thing just there & start afresh with something simpler; When you begin with no experience you definitely not sure where you would end up in the go....

<3 p="">I then thought I wud just make folders for every monthly page with pockets which could help me tuck in stuffs as my bills & acknowledgements.....

<3 p="">After which I made the covers to hold my entire set up & ringed them with the binder rings I had since ages.... Was happy to have been bringing them into use finally :D

<3 p="">I then neatly put in all the folders & pages to accommodate all the months & realized I fell short of one folder for a month.... I had no more patience left to make another one hence tucked it into an already existing month.... :P 

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<3 p="">{At d least I know where I went wrong with few things in the process}
<3 p="">If I did not try I wud never know until I die!

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For the locking system I used a strong button used on the denims & made use of the thin elastic twine I had in stash.... And VOILA! I was done...... :D
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<3 p="">It was time to put away all my other stuffs I used to jot down the routine & start using it....
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<3 p="">However, Just to share..... I had placed an order on etsy for a planner/calendar for a cost of Rs.4000/- even before I tried this..... What a waste! Anyways... Nothing new... Am popularly known to be one too.... :(
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<3 p=""><3 p="">So that's about my project for the January CoasteRide on ICR..... You may have your too... Bring them on & link it to the inlinkz right below the discussion of this ride at the ICR Forum.... Have Fun!
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Joy Filled Embossing Hop!

Hello,

Its time for another blog hop on ICR...
And our designer has chimed in a simple & cute theme to help us cook for year end celebrations.....  "Emboss Me Anything - Wet/Dry"

Hop along & create JUST ANYTHING with an embossing technique of your choice & occasion.....

Here is what I worked on for the hoppy hop.... Hope u like it :)

If u did & wanna hop to play along with us, then do drop by at ICR....

I have been inspired by a sketch from 
Fusion Card Challenge- Theme & Sketch

The card base is from Itsy Bitsy.... in Off white... Patterned Stripes
The layer above from Fabriano in Choco Brown....

It was a beautiful embossing technique I followed from the net.... Where one cud emboss with just any color they chose;

Just use any stamp of your choice.... 
Ink Press it into the versamark embossing ink pad & again re press it into an ink pad of any color you choose to use on your project... 
Once done then stamp the image on your project....
Now cover the image with clear embossing powder & then heat set it.....

Ta Da! You are done with an embossed image with a color of your choice without using the color embossing powders...... 

P.S. Not an invention of my own... Found it on Pinterest & You Tube; But lost the source as I had not saved the links :( Tried finding it back again, much... But in Vain!

Loved trying this new technique without having to use the embossing powder in a color I wanted.... You must give it a try!

After which I die cut a circle with my nestabilities circle die & managed to trim it in such a way that I just had only that part that wud seem like a wreath..... I then embellished it with few punched leaves & a die cute from Memory Box wreath die.... I cut it into pieces i wanted to cover my lil circle with to shape a convincing wreath....

I even used a mulberry rose from stash.... along with tiny gem stones in red to add a lil zing to the project!

To finish it used a sentiment from an Itsy Bitsy Stamp Set.... JOY....

That is pretty much of my simple project for the "Emboss Me Anything Wet/Dry" themed blog hop today....

You must have come here from Akshma's Blog... after enjoying her cute creation of in blue... :D

If u haven't then here is the list of blogs participating in this hop today & for the next 15 days....

You must have started from HERE...          ICR FORUM..... 

followed by.........

Akshma

Ash {Me!}

Bhavana

Gopi

Paru

Pratyusha

Priyanka

Sathya

Sharada


Shraddha 

After ME hop onto Bhavana & once you are done with them all in the list you wud hop back to the ICR FORUM & leave a comment announcing the completion of your blog hop

Later create a project following the theme with its requirements &  link up your project into the inlinkz....

Not to forget.... This Hop has an awesome sponsor with a luring prize..... :D

 

HAPPY HOPPING TO PLAY &  LINK UP, WITH YOUR PROJECT LATER....

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Autumn Colors 4 Diwali!

Hello,

Towards the end of 2016 & this September on ICR with our New DTs on board.... We have a festive fed CoateRide for you peeps....

Here is the story board to it...

It's a festive mood board twist for Anything it can go with....

This is what I made....

Made this being inspired by a

Sketch from Paper Craft Crew....
Colors from Color Q....



Card base is a Kraft CS from Stampin' Up!
Layered on it is a Coffee Brown handmade paper... Used an embossing folder from stash to floral emboss it....
Layered above that is a scrap from stash.... in off white!
Once it was layered it seemed to my eyes as an insight to a room with a wall papered wall....
Once tht thot hit me, I just started building on tht....
Circle Die cut in turquoise was embossed with another embossing folder from stash & later punched out half circles from the same to shape it to a beautifully decorated Diwali Diya.....
Later I sprayed some copper glimmer mist on tht piece & let it dry completely... it gave that piece the required earthen feel....
I punched out another leaf shape for the flame in tango... orangish brown!
Punched out another circle & halved it for a tiny Diya...
& fuzzy cut a tiny flame out for it....
I then let it hang from the ceiling with the halved pearls from Itsy Bitsy...
To add on I stamped a halved circle doily image from My Minds Eye "Everything" set, so as to form an Indian Rangoli at the entrance to the Diwali decorated room....
Colored it with my camlin brush pens...
Finally completed it with a Happy Blessings sentiment from Unity Stamps....

So that was all about my project for ICRCOCT16....

Pls join us in creating your project & sharing it with us in the inlinkz at the discussion post....
Hoping to be back with the OCT 15th fortnightly Second set of DT Insight....

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A Tealful Birthday for ICRCMON02!

Hello....

Time for the second round of inspirations at Indian Craft Room for ICRCMON02...

Below is the story board for the same...

And here is my project....



Been inspired by the Sketch from...

Stamplorations August Sketch Challenge

& of course our very own ICRCMON02 with the monochromatic color challenge



The Kraft CS from Itsy Bitsy.... for the base
I stroked the blank ink cube from versa color on the card front to form a smudged layer
on which I pressed the ink cube around unevenly for a BG
I adhered a piece of chevron printed burlap piece picked from Itsy Bitsy for a layer above that
And adhered a chipboard piece in round stamped with fiskars birthday wish & a butterfly chipboard piece from stash just above the sentiment to coordinate with the sketch.... however while placing I did not quite like the circle in the place of butterfly... hence changed places of the image & sentiment to vary a lil from the sketch....
Above the sentiment & the image I then adhered a self adhesive black bling to finish the project....

 

That is all on this project.... You must check out all the other projects by the ICR DT on ICR....

AND REGARDING THE OTHER HAPPENINGS ON ICR.... Yes, Find the details below....

ICR has announced their 2016 Designer Auditions... 

If you are keen on being a part of the team do apply.... Find the DEETS HERE!

Hope to see you at ICR!

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Monochromatic (From Me To You)

Hello...
Am back with the month of August & its awesome happenings on ICR...

Yes there is a lot happening this month.... Would scale them all down one by one by the end of this post... but for now to begin with as you know its regarding the projects worked in this time span.... So with the beginning of the month it is of course the ICR CoasteRide!

ICRCMON02 is up & running & here is a brief discussion on my project created for the same....

But before that lemme let u know what It is....

And here is my project for the CoasteRide....

 

And am thankful for the sketch that inspired me from MFT Challenge & Inspiration....



Grey CS from Fabriano for the card base...
The layered panel is a concoction of two different CSs ... Cream from Fabriano + White picked up Itsy Bitsy....
And that white was the CS i worked over for this project.... MONOCHROMATIC.... & my favorite color from the palette of colors is YELLOW... And I did wanna focus on the hues of yellow for this project... 
I hence picked up few different shades of yellow from Itsy Bitsy... Camel bottles & tubes...
And a texture paste from Mont Marte picked up from Itsy Bitsy...
And yet another favorite to my kind of designs is CHEVRON.... No clue why I so love it... right since childhood... I remember few lovely & my favorite salwars suits which are now no clue where... distributed...worn out.... especially in the shades of black & white.... :D
So yes I picked a chevron for stencil from Itsy Bitsy & of my other favorite design DAMASK...
I first played with the different hues of yellow on the chevron stencil placed firmly on my white CS.... After which I replaced the stencil with the damask design on the CS & pasted the texture paste I had mixed with one of the hues from yellow.... 
I set it aside to dry overnight....
I wasn't satisfied as yet with the hues of yellow on my CS... I wanted more... hence I cut a piece out of my worked over panel & added another plain piece of cream CS to compliment the hues of rich yellow....
I liked the way it looked & felt satiating....
Adhered them all to the card base & pinned out the holes for the square to go with the sketch 
And completed the project with the stamped sentiment on a piece of circle over a scalloped circle
& a punched out piece of border from stash embellishing it further with some halved pearls from stash....



I wanted all the yellow to entice my eyes... hence ended it all there....

I hope you would also take this ride to Anything Monochromatic this month for ICRCMON02!

AND REGARDING THE OTHER HAPPENINGS ON ICR.... Yes, Find the details below....

ICR has announced their 2016 Designer Auditions... 

If you are keen on being a part of the team do apply.... Find the DEETS HERE!

ICR also has its ICRSwop announced for August.... A very creatively interesting swop you must partner to...

 
 And not to forget there is this wonderful & enticing ATC swop too.... ICR ATC(India) for August!

Hope to see you at ICR!

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