Trick or Treat-Its Halloween!!!

Yess...its almost time for the BIG BIG Halloween ...though its not a big deal in India but it of course is the festivity time in most parts of the world......My nephew and niece have recently settled down from Denver to Bangalore and are visiting me ....in order to give them a feel of Halloween so that they dont miss the celebrations there...I decided to make them some treat boxes....I have been on a roll recently with gift packaging and treat bags etc ...(pics coming soon)...so I surfed and surfed unless I found something worthwhile on the youtube and here I am with my version .....

I had a few Halloween themed PP and die cuts from Oh My Crafts which I had been hoarding for last 4 years (they were a gift from my friend for all those Indian crafter friends raising their eyebrows) and finally just when I decided that maybe I should give it away or sell it .....my kiddos arrive and am able to use them up....sooooo yayayya ...am doing the happy dance!!!

The side slit that you see is where you can push in the treats from.....both ends have those slits.....the girl's dress and headband are separate die cuts which have been stuck on the figure ....

I particularly love this one ....because of the colours ...the dress and the hat are paper pieced...

Another angle....the two figures have been popped up with the help of dimensionals on the standing piece...

Hope you all like this .....as this is my first time with Halloween projects!!!

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A Birthday Gift

My cousin and me are pretty close friends though she is way elder to me and this is one project I made to gift her on her birthday ....these are MDF products from Kaisercraft which I got from Aditya's store....I bought it from him way back in April I guess but due to my busy schedule ..could not try my hands on that...I finally found time and this is what I have come up with......

I have painted the entire MDF drawer with Acrylic Red paint and the knobs below for key chains with a mix of dark green and white to get the light green to match the PP I have used for the drawers!!!

I have used scraps of PP that I had over the cardboard drawers which have been secured using Glossy Accents and washi tape ...which is evident on the borders....they also give a nice definition to the edge I feel!!!

I have used some facy buttons from Cheap Jack, Mumbai to make them the knobs for the drawers ...added a Itsy Bitsy fly ...and some glitters....

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Incy Wincy Mondays-Sketch Challenge

Today its Incy Wincy Mondays.....yayyaya ....and with the new day.... a new challenge !!! This week we have a sketch challenge......the sketch is made by Sheryl (DT at Incy Wincy) and Our sponsor this week is the lovely Pink Gem Designs with a prize of 3 single digis.

 We were given the opportunity to use an image from the  Pink Gem Designs

And here is my take on the sketch .......

I made my first Circle Easel card !!! I have known how to make most of the multifold cards but never ever given it a try except the Pop up Cards ...so I thought the best time is NOW!!! Its my niece's birthday, so this is for my cutie pie....

The digi has been printed on a Fabriano Cardstock and colored with Tombow Markers. It has then been given a fussy cut and with the help of a dimensional popped on to the card. The Card base has been cut using the Spellbinders Die ....

Do hop on and have a look at what the DT at Incy Wincy Sketch Challenge has done and leave them some love and also participate in the week's challenge!!!

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Its a Monsterous Birthday!!!

Yeah it sure is a "Monsterous Birthday" ...as I share a Birthday card today made for a little monster girl!!!! 

 Deetya or Golu as we know her is my dear friend Khush's Niece (in the pic:my friend Khush and Deetya) ....We chat so much over this lil monster on our BBM that its does not feel she stays few cities away!!! Khush shares her videos where this lil monster is either playing around with die cuts or washi tapes and pattern papers!!! So we also call her our "Future Crafter" ....and to celebrate her first birthday I made this card...though I still have to send it across to her and its way after she celebrated her birthday....(yess am lazy....I confess!!!) but as Khush has seen it I thought I could share it....as far as Deetya is concerned she has no clue and am fortunate she has yet not set her fingers on the computer keyboard so she wont check this post and spoil the surprise....though she does ping random alphabets on BBM when she snatches the BB from her aunt!!! Okie I can go on and on so lets get going with the card:

Arent they cute monsters ......all images are stamped on brustro watercoloring paper and colored with Tombow Markers....

Closer view: The two monsters on the two corners are stamped and after a quick fussy cut mounted on dimensionals  just to give it more depth and also dimension to the card..

 Being a kiddie card added as much color as I could and made it as much bright as I could....

Hope Deetya likes her new buddies that am sending her way......

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Back To School ATC

ATC's and Back to School projects are my favourite and when ATC India announced their theme as Back to School...it was like two of my favourites doubled up together....woow...so I jumped....I joined the ATC swap after a long time as I had been damn busy with my exhibition preparations from April-August....so it was even more special....and believe me I loved working on this.....so take a look

ATC 1:

This is in the closed form....

That's how it looks after being opened...

 

The base of the ATC is a brown Fabriano textured cardstock..on top I have mounted each panel with a black Fabriano and on that taken the Echo Park For The Record collection - Newsprint Pattern Paper...smudged with yellow ink on the edges ....very lightly though...

 Closer look at the panels....the first panel has a stamped image of crayon...something very essential in the school days ...the next panel has pencils and an eraser...the first writing materials of a kid...and the third panel has a stack of books with a stack of apples...apples were my favourite snack while doing my homeworks late in the night....so I decided to include them.....and the last panel has the alphabets and numbers with which our early learning days thrive on....

All stamped images are on Brustro watercoloring paper and  colored using Tombow Markers and then I have done some fussy cuts ...and stuck them with the help of a glue gun...

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ATC 2:

I designed this one as a mini pocket card and instead of a card ...I made a mini bookmark as an insert....bookmarks being the basic in a back to school project....

Here again the base of the ATC is a maroon Fabriano Cardstock....on which I have mounted a black Fabriano Cardstock and again the Echo Park For the Record Collection- Newsprint Pattern Paper ...the punched border is the Fiskars Sunburnt Border Punch....The bus is a stamped image on Brustro watercoloring paper and colored using Tombow Markers and I have added two red blings for the headlights and fussy cut the edges...

That's the inside bookmark...same base Fabriano cardstock has been used like the pocket card ....then I took a white Fabriano Cardstock and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the letterpress embossing folder...and smudged some yellow ink over it...though lightly...

The pencil images on the bookmarks are also stamped images ..the same as I used in the first ATC...

So whats your latest project till now???

Its Time for the Incy Wincy Challenge-Anything Goes

Yess people...its Monday and I bring you another creation of mine for the Incy Wincy ....This week we run the challenge of Anything Goes ...check details here....Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter   and the prize is a $20 Gift Certificate to the shop.

And here is my creation as their GDT...

I decided upon a gift box....as the gifting season in India has started with the onset of the festival of lights "Diwali"....Its time my family starts packing small items not just for family but friends all over....

The image has been colored with Tombow Markers and sprinkled with Frost Shimmer...

The tag is stamped and sprinkled with Golden Shimmer...

Closer look at the image....

Another angle...

 Open View...

 The base of the box is done with Bazzill CS....

So tell me what plans you have for Diwali...while you join in the fun at Incy Wincy-Anything Goes!!

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My Dream Piece for My Room

As a kid, sorry ...that's a real mistake  ...I think even now...am a stationary freak...I mean age has nothing to do with it...by stationary I not only mean ..pens or diaries but also stuff on walls...be it storage related...decor related....or just a handy post it page...anything!!! I was hardly allowed posters on walls (my mom was too strict and did not want me to spoil "her" wall...am still figuring out why was it called "her" wall!!) ...which I would have otherwise loved to just showcase my art and sometimes my dreams and aspirations and inspirations!!!

None the less I was happy to go through a magazine and finally not only find the inspiration but also the zeal to try and venture into something new and create something which was not only fun to use...but also fun to make!!!  I discovered the fun of "Memo Boards"/"Bulletin Board" ....

 Am really sorry for the bad picture quality but I was in a hurry ...the light not being on my side and I had to get them ready for packing to dispatch!!!

 I took some canvass...painted them with acrylic paints ....took a cardstock ..punched a border on one side stuck it up....and embellished it with flowers and a tag....so that the person who owned it could put a photograph of herself/family or friends and write her name /occasion /event to personalise it ...
If you see I have added to colorful wooden clip with the help of glue gun to make them sturdy...one can fix their to do lists...home work lists....shopping list ..anything to the clips and they would hold it tight....The blooms are from Itsy Bitsy!!!

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Here's another girly one that I did in the similar fashion!!!! The swirls and flourishes are thick chipboards from Itsy Bitsy...so is the butterfly...which has been misted and colored with Spritz Copper Shimmer from Aditya's store...both of them my favourite online stores ....and Aditya is the most beautiful and wonderful human being I have ever interacted with....Not only is he prompt with his replies ....he is someone who cares to pack the products so well that you are sure they would reach you without a scratch!!!

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After doing two girly boards ..I did a slightly boyish board with spaceships as the theme!!! The clouds are thick chipboards again from Itsy Bitsy....colored with white acrylic paints and misted with shimmer that the camera has not capture at all...:( sigh!!!

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So what do you have to say....aren't these handy....not just handy but once up on the wall....am sure they would serve as a beautiful wall decor!!!