Hello!

Hope all of you are staying safe at home. After crafting back-to-back for the last four days, I feel that I am finally in the right crafting spirit. There will be a lot of projects coming your way!

For today's project, I decided to use two of my favorite stamp sets from Lawn Fawn (fox) and Little Birdie (sentiment). I wanted to create a pocket and decided that the sketch by Fusion for their current challenge would be perfect. I drew and cut out the fence and used patterned paper scraps to create the scene . I then stamped the foxes, colored them and stuck them to a white paper strip to create the note which would be inserted into the pocket-fence. Finally finished off the card with a few flower sequins which are more than five years old. You can see the pocket in the pictures below, the sentiment is visible in the second picture which shows the sentiment clearly.

Hey everyone!

Since Holy Week has started, I decided to make a seasonal Easter project. Drew a basket of eggs and colored it with my Camel watercolor palette. I have had it for almost 10 years and it seems like it gets more pigmented with every use. By following the Sketch provided by Sweet Sketch Wednesday's challenge, I glued down two pattern papers and three sequins to complete the card.


Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Word Art Wednesday - AG
2) Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch
3) Gem of a Challenge - AG
4) Crafty Catz - AG
5) Cute Card Thursday - AG
6) Crafty Sentiments - Easter
7) Creatalicious - AG with optional wedding
8) ATSM - Holiday
9) The Paper Shelter - Easter Time
10) My Time to craft - Easter beauties

Happy Crafting!

Hey,

Hope you are all doing well.

For today's project, I decided to sit back and draw as drawing has been calming me lately. I decided to draw a mandala as it always calms and soothes me. After researching on Pinterest, I found one that I liked a lot. For those of you who find it hard to stay motivated to craft/make art, Pinterest is a great platform as there are 1000+ pins with so many ideas that I'm sure you will find one which suits you.

The drawing took me a good three hours while coloring another two hours. The five hour period was completely worth it as I feel in love with the result.
Entering this for the following challenges:

1) Word Art Wednesday - AG
2) Gem of a Challenge - AG
3) Polkadoodles - AG
4) Make my Monday - Make your own Background paper
5) Crafty Creations - AG
6) Through the craft room door - AG
7) Creatalicious - AG
8) Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge #336
9) Stamplorations - Theme and photo challenge
10) Crafts Galore - AG
11) Cute Card Thursday - AG
12) Simon Says: Spring Mood Board (Inspired by the colors)


Happy Crafting!

Hello everyone,

Hope all of you are staying safe! As mentioned in my previous post, I had started a 30-Day Self Quarantine challenge on 29th March however after Day 1, I was feeling very low and unproductive hence I couldn't get myself to craft. I took a few days off to compose myself and now I'm as ready as ever! I promise to be regular starting today! For today's project, I decided to work on the idea of - Home Sweet Home. I had come across these gorgeous house arts/ pictures over the internet and wanted to paint a few of them. After thinking of ways, I decided that why not make bookmarks out of them? I used old wedding cards that I've been hoarding for years for the backgrounds, drew my houses inspired by a few pins from Pinterest and then colored them with my acrylic paints Lastly outlined each bookmark and added a ribbon.



Entering this project for the following challenges:

1) Daring Cardmakers - Recycle
2) Lil Patch of crafty friends - C #128
3) Word Art Wednesday - AG
4) Gem of a Challenge - AG
5) Crafty Creations - AG
6) Through the Craft Room door - AG
7) Creatalicious - AG
8) Rainbow card challenge - Challenge #16: Totally Tiffany
9) Besties Challenge - AG
10) Polkadoodles - AG

Hey, 

In this time of crisis I hope all of you are safe and doing well, I also hope everyone is following the quarantine regulations as per their county. Many of us are bored and tired being on a quarantine lockdown with nothing to do, but we can all use time to awaken our creative side. Use this time to get productive and find out how you can make the best use of your time home.

So since we are in Quarantine I thought it would be fun and interesting to do a 30-day challenge where I make new and maybe challenging crafts to push my boundaries and post it so I do have motivation as well.

Today I thought of making a type of card which I haven't tried before - View-Master Card. After watching a few tutorials I decided to go for this one. I did not want it to be the cliched shapes so I got inspired by a pin on Pinterest and decided to interpret it my way. I have always loved drawing as a kid and had stopped it for the last few years. So I picked up my pen and doodled away. Colored the images with my watercolor pencils.





Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes
2) 139 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with V for View-Master Card ( View-Master Card with Vertical element and butterfly)
3) Color Throwdown #586
4) March Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #73
5) Challenge #231 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Use Colored Pencils
6) Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
7) Challenge #157 - AG + Option EASTER
8) Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - C #128
9) Crafty Cardmakers - #253 Spring
10) ATSM - MYM

Hey Guys,

Today I made a different type of a card - a Tunnel card. I've never made a card like this before. I tried making different versions of the tunnel card but found this one to be the easiest. 




Entering this for the following challenges:

1) http://fusioncardchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/fusion-decor.html (Inspired by the sketch)
2) https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-70/
3) https://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-416-colour-it.html
4) http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2020/02/anything-goes-challenge_25.html
5) http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2020/02/anything-goes-february-25th-2020_25.html
6) http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2020/02/anything-goes-428-429.html
7) https://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-161-anything-goes.html
8) https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/craftycatz-challenge-495-atg-with.html
9) https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2020/02/wk-9-anything-goes-craft-cardmaking.html
10) https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-180.html
11) https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2020/02/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-february.html
12) http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-challenge-406-anything-goes.html
13) https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2020/02/game-10-cute.html
14) http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2020/01/challenge-2-2020-anything-goes-and.html
15) http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-298-february-2020.html
16) https://blog.blankpagemuse.com/ (Used 3 different stamps for the sentiment and flowers)
17) http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-426.html
18) https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/137-spin-butterfly-wheel-with-t-for.html (Tunnel card and Thistle,Tea Rose,Teal,Two of something - flowers, your Butterfly)

Hey!

It's been a few weeks since I've blogged. Today I decided to make a simple valentines day card. While going through my stamp stash, I came across this cute set which I received as a gift and it instantly fit my idea. I stamped the fox a couple of times with my black archival ink and then colored it with my watercolor pencils. I didn't quite like the color so I went in with my sketch pens. For the card base, I added a few splashes of my worn lipstick distress ink + water and then stamped the sentiment from the stamp set. I wanted to make it a CAS card but thought that it looks too plain. So I decided to write a few lines on a scrap piece of paper, fold it and add it to the center of each fox. Topped off the lines with a heart stamp.








Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Lawn Fawnatics - Bring it Back (My old stamp set and distress ink)
2) 613 Avenue - AG
3) Besties Challenge - AG
4) Crafty Creations - AG
5) Crafts Galore Challenge - AG
6) Mix it up - AG + Optional Stenciling
7) The Corrosive Challenge - AG
8) Let's Craft and Create - AG
9) Penny Black - Animals, Birds and Butterflies
10) Creative Fingers - Challenge 179
11) My time to craft - Challenge #425 'Love Me Do!'
12) Inkspirational - Challenge 207 - LOVE photo
13) Brown Sugar Challenge - Challenge #298 - February 2020
14) Word Art Wednesday - AG
15) Crafty Catz - AG
16) A Gem of a challenge - AG
17) Daring Cardmakers - Something you love
18) Alphabet Challenge - anything you wish for ( Love!)
19) Scrapping 4 fun challenge - Challenge 160 - Valentine / Friends / Wedding / Anniversary
20) Creatalicious - AG
21) CCK - "VALENTINE'S DAY OR LOVE OR FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL".
22) Classic Designs - AG
23) Country view challenge - February 2020 - Splatters, Splashes & Drips
24) Creative Craft Cottage - add a heart
25) Lil patch of crafty friends - AG
26) Simon Says Stamp - Add a sentiment
27) Through the craft room door - AG
28) Ellibelle's Corner - Add A Sentiment.

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Hey!

Since the last 24 hours I've been in the mood to create a lot so do expect a lot of content for the upcoming week.

For my second Chrismas card, I wanted to incorporate my favorite color - PINK! For the background, I used my old stamps + stencils to create a textured background and followed it up with a coat of diluted gesso. For the baubles, I used pink food coloring as the color is vibrant and followed it up with the same stamps + stencils. After fussy cutting the baubles, I assembled the card and went over the baubles with my white pen and perfect pearls in black and white. To finish it off, I used a handwritten sentiment and added a few splashes of white gesso.

Entering this card for the following challenges:

1) Wordartwednesday - anything-goes
2) Creations in Pink - Challenge # 16 - Anything Goes in Mainly Pink
3) Sparklesforumchallenges - Challenge # 122 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
4) Challenge #12 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Creative Challenge at We Love 2 Create at Polkadoodles
5) Timeoutchallenges - Challenge #149
6) Crafty Creations - Challenge #403 - Anything Goes
7) Craftycatzweeklychallenge - Good morning Challenge 485
8) Wk 48 - Anything Goes Card making & Craft Challenge at Polkadoodles
9) Just Us Girls Challenge #516 - Wild Card Week
10) Inspired By - Pink Christmas
11) Lilpatchofcraftyfriends - C #119
12) Bestieschallenge - december-challenge
13) MIUCB #32 - Anything Goes + Veggie Stamping
14) IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES #127 - L is for LOOKING FORWARD TO XMAS/AG
15) December Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #70
16) 613 Avenue - Challenge # 228 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Doodling or Zentangle Art
17) Creataliciouschallenges - Challenge #176 ANYTHING GOES with optional winter
18) Ttcrd - Anything Goes Challenge - Our last for 2019!!!!
19) Artsystamperchallenge - Challenge #5 - Winter Holidays
20) Stamplorations - december-challenge (Inspired by the Theme - Holidays)


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