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!!!

Us.....

Am finally breaking the news to the world that am engaged and soon to be getting ready for my marriage.....blush ...blush....and there is something I did for our Facebook Wedding Invitation Event Page....Kindly have a look!!!

All images are stamped on Brustro or Fabriano and sprinkled with shimmer mists ...The house is colored with Tombow Markers...

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Birthdays.....Phew!!!!

How often do you forget to wish people on their birthday??? Well with the onset of new technologies that have developed around us...am sure its hard to forget but still am sure for a few close ones in your list...its  a little more than just wishing and getting away with it!!!

Planning a birthday surprise is not an easy job and keeping track on things is still far from being easy!! Lists everywhere ...folded into a diary...into a book....looking for where did you leave the last list that you made at 2 in the night....is what I end up with....How about you??? Let me know if you are more organised and can handle this better...please pass on the tips...I need it urgently!!!

Well till then, I found myself a solution....and a rather colorful one  just to keep up my spirits ....and give me that boost every time the pressure knocks me down.....(Colors work wonders for me)...I made myself a BIRTHDAY ORGANISER/PLANNER!!! yayayaya...my first handmade organiser!!!  Its a 6x8 size...Also I feel this is a workable idea for kids actually I made it for them in my exhibition....hehehe

I multiplied this for my exhibition though ....so the inside was simple due to lack of time!!! But before I show you whats inside....there's a confession!!!

 I would not  lie when it comes to the inspiration part of it.....yess it knocked at my door when I made my way through the shelves of the very famous "Archies Store" .....have a look...

That's the pocket ....they have...and they have used up two sheets of paper!!! and have tabs for each month.....

This is where the basic idea stepped in...but the style or technique they have used is very different...and I would like to try this one someday....

I, of course used just a 12x12 sheet and folded them to get similar pockets.....a tutorial that I saw on the famous "youtube"channel....and the results where awesome...so its a mix of two ideas merged into one to adapt and create my own planner/organiser!!!

 

As you can see, I ended up with three pockets per page....you will understand it better after the next photograph....so just hold on

If you see above the January and the February sides are made with one single 12x12 sheet folded up....yess ....so I have a half pocket on the January side....a half pocket on the February side and a middle common pocket...so that comes to three pockets per page.....wow....enough space to store up a lot of things....guest list...shopping list etc....for every month separately ...and a few birthday cards in the common pocket.....is'nt it amazing!!!

I die cut and printed the months....and popped them up on a dimensional....since I used up my Echo Park Paper stack and they as you can see are damn colorful....I thought adding more embellishments would make it crowded!!!  However, if I had the time I would love to  add tags into to....but maybe I will give it a thought now....have a look at the other pages!!!

I have used up left over cardboard for the front and back covers....and covered it up with handmade paper and the insides with Echo Park paper....and binded it up with binder rings....now as it can be opened up thanks to the rings....one can add up a lot of extra pages as and when required....one can have a stack of plain papers punched and put in the end...so that one does not have to look for paper for notes to be jotted down and then they can be easily removed to accommodate in the respective pockets.....nice idea is'nt it???....actually one can add a lot of other things as well...but that I leave to you guys to figure it out for yourself...and use your own imagination and creativity for the same!!!

And I would love to hear your ideas being shared here with me.....I believe in sharing ideas for that helps us grow....

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Bears...Bears...Bears....

Did you all see the "I am a winner" at Incy Wincy Designs-Make a Bookmark Challenge  badge??? Well that also gave me an opportunity to interact with Chris who happened to offer me a chance to be a Guest DT at their challenge blog for a month!!!yayayyaya...and am super excited with my first post for them.....

The theme of the challenge this week is BEARS, BEARS, BEARS.  And the sponsor is The Stamp Fairy with a prize of $10 Gift Cetificate for the shop.

Well I was given an option to choose between a few images to play with and could choose anyone from that for any project that I could think off!!! Wooow....must say they are a pretty flexible team to work with...who offer you enough room to put on your creative caps and think of what you can offer to them in return....

So this is what I created with my Stamp Fairy image....have a look....

I have made a treat bag using the image....the treat bag base is Bazzill Textured Cardstock....the image is printed out on a white Fabriano CS and then die cut...coloured with my Tombow Markers....the green strokes that you see on the background is done using my Staedtler watercoloring pencils ....

The side view...its open on both sides  ...

 The other side...

The top border punch is Fiskars Border Punch-Treading Water

After filling the colours with my Tombow Markers I have sprayed the entire image with Spritz Frost Shimmer...am not sure the camera has captured it too well....

Do join in for this fun challenge ....at Incy Wincy Designs..Bear, Bears, Bears....and watch out this space for every Monday for more of my GDT projects!!!

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