Best Wishes !!!!

If It didn’t Bring you Joy,
Just Leave it Behind.
Let’s Ring in the New Year
With Good Things in Mind.
Let Every Bad Memory Go
That Brought Heartache and Pain.
And let’s Turn a New Leaf
With the Smell of New Rain.
Let’s Forget Past Mistakes
Making Amends for This Year.
Sending This Greeting Card ;)
To Bring You Hope and Cheer.
Happy New Year! 

Capture and frame your memories with love :)

Theme : Floral, Love
Base: Recycled packaging board
Supplies used : ItsyBitsy paper flowers, Permanent markers from faber castell, Stickers(Smiley and love stickers), Quilling paper threads

Happy birthday to a special person :)

I felt so good making a card after a long long time :) Couldn't wait to share with all of my crafty friends... My best friend's bday is on Jan 3 and this is for him !!

Hope he likes it :P Fingers crossed :)

My first Digi Design

Got hold of a nice greeting card making software and made a print out of my design...Its cute <3

"If there is an extra hour in a day.... I will miss you in the 25th hour too"

 

 

Some More Doodling!

Helloooooooowww!!
I am back today with some more scribbling on the paper..:P..This so much reminded me of my kid-days !! I really enjoyed drawing & coloring it...:)
Hope you'll enjoy it too!!

Entering my card in Challenge #7 - One Layer Creation &
BGC # 25 : Oodles of Doodles...

A designer dress..;)

Hi girls!!!

A very good afternoon!
I am here to present you with a designer gown ..lol..made with pattern papers!!..This crazy idea got to me when I was driving back to home from office..:P..You know making cards are always in my mind..hehe
& I put my Idea into action & created this lovely gown 'Just for you ladies'..:) Applause..Applause..:D
The leafy patterns are also cut from a lovely pattern paper...Stamped & colored the lively butterflies & Stamped the Sentiment..:)..Drew the hearts around the sentiment using a mini heart stencil..:)

Entering the card in The ItsyBitsy Pattern Paper Challenge. Had to delete an entry :( because I could only enter 3 entries..But the challenge gave me so much Ideas & ways to use pattern papers,I just couldn't stop making cards on the theme :D

Some Doodling...

Hi everyone..:)
I tried some doodling today for BGC # 25 : Oodles of Doodles !!
The sentiment is handwritten..Used flowers from ItsyBitsy & pattern papers from stash !

Hope you like the cute puppy ...:))

Magic of Hearts..

Hi  my crafty buddies..:)
Hope everything is going good!!...I am here to share a simple card that I made for Cas-ualfridays ; CFC90 and CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #15..:)
I picked crimson red color along with black & white..:)
Here are the snapshots!!

Just to share..:)

If you remember I shared a quilled card which I meant to create for my friend who wants to gift her friend..:)

That was based on an interesting sketch & was unfinished . So here I am just sharing the finished view..:)

& One more thing..I am just in love with that plum colored flower from Crafter's Corner.Its so pretty & just goes fine along with any color :)

Hope she likes it..:))

Entering it in Catchy Challenges, February Season III..:) 

An attempt at shabby chic

Hi Friends..Hope you all are doing good ..:)
Today I took an attempt at shabby chic but I am still unsure it falls under shabby chic or not..:P..as some colors came out to be pretty loud..:( I would appreciate if someone clarifies..:))
I got to know how tough it is to make a shabby card .. at least for me ..lol
Used flower punch to create the layered paper flower alongside the sentiment. Used corrugated paper for the background and pattern papers to border the central area as well as side-lines.

Entering the card in : Crafters Corner Challenge#5 : Expressions of Love

Lulupu : Splash of colors

BGC : Shabby chic love

The itsyBitsy pattern paper challenge

& Be Our Valentine PDCC168

Hello Honey-bunny card;)

Hi my crafty friends..:)..
After a long day in office I was all set to make a card & finally succeeded in making one!!..
In my recent creations I was resisting myself hard from putting in too much colors into them..:P..Finally got a chance to make a colorful one!..Thanks to Lulupu Challenge #9 - Splash of colors..:)...I have a lovely stock of pattern papers and although It hurt a lot to pierce and punch them :(..I didn't want to lose the chance to enter in The ItsyBitsy Pattern Paper Challenge for the second time :P..So had to use them :P

Some crafty steps used:
1.(To the left most side of the card)I punched out the flowers from the pattern paper and again pasted the crumpled punched out flowers in the spaces in the pattern paper created due to punching.It gives it a 3-D look.Pasted alternate colored buttons at the centers.
2.(Right most upper corner flower)Punched out various flower shapes from another pattern paper and layered them to create a paper flower.
3.The flowers and the leaves at the center are also punched out from different pattern papers and mounted on another smooth pink dotted pattern paper.
4.Used 3-D Letter stickers to create the sentiments :)

Entering the project in Crafters Corner Challenge#5 : Expressions of Love !

Hope you like it...:)

My first blog award :)

I am very glad to receive this lovely award from Catherine..:) As this is my first ever blog award,its a special one for me..:)

This award comes with a set of rules attached ..i.e.

-Thank the person who gave you the award

- put a link of her/his blog in your blog

- put in your blog the logo of the award

- give the award to 7 blogs with less than 50 members

- put links to this blog you have selected

- inform these people that they received the award

- write 7 thing (facts) about yourself

Thank you Catherine for such a pretty flowery award...I love this one..:) 

&The 7 talented newbies to whom I would love to pass on the awards are :

Sindhu's http://colorsofcraft.blogspot.in

Ayesha's http://craftovision.blogspot.in/

Shivani's http://magickraft.blogspot.in

Swathi's http://swathisblossomsofcreativity.blogspot.in/

Ruchita's http://ruchitad.blogspot.in/

Manu's http://hands-full-of-art.blogspot.in/

&  Siressha's http://artxprss.blogspot.in/

Congratulations ladies...:))..You deserve it..

Now 7 things about me that  I would like to share about me are:

1.I never knew I loved card making until recently(in March 2012 I just made a card for my sister & she loved it..n more than that I enjoyed making it..)

2.I am a software engineer by profession where as I always wanted to be a doctor :(..But I love my current job & my colleagues!

3.My birthday is on April 30(year not to be asked..lol JJ).

4.I love to sing (learning music since my school days) & to shop online..:)

5.I occasionally write poems when in mood but now don't get enough time to scribble.(you can check out my other blog on poems http://nitijitaa.blogspot.com)

6.I love colors so much so that I get obsessed with them while making cards..I hate to leave out any one color out of my color boxes :P.. that's why sometimes my cards look awful with random colors :D)

7.Finally I would like to mention that I am more than happy to have found my second home in this blog with all the lovely blogger friends like you .:) 

Happy Crafting...........!!!

Spring beauty..

Hiya!! Happy Sunday!

I am here to share a card which I made today with lots of pattern papers basically..as its a requirement of ItsyBitsy's current The ItsyBitsy Pattern Paper Challenge..:)..
Colored some of the elements of pattern paper with fuschia pink ,sprout green & canary yellow...Distress the portions of canary yellow a bit to impart a vintage look..The sentiment is handwritten..
Picked up color inspiration from PDC's Longing for Spring PDCC167 challenge ..This time they have opted for Fuschia-Sprout-Canary Combination!..
While I made this,It just came out to be shabby chic type..So happy to enter it in BGC#24- Shabby Chic Love too..:)

Snapshots of the card!

An early welcome to valentine's day!!!

This will be my second consecutive post for the day as I am on a leave from office today... :P
Made this cute valentine's day card based on the sketch from retrosketches #48...
Its a lovely sketch they have offered us to work on and Here we go.......:)

Entering the card for Charisma : Challenge #3 - Hearts &amp; Flowers..:)

& Casual Fridays: CFC87..:)

Thinking of you..

Good afternoon friends..

I made this simple Black-white-emerald green card today with punched out flowers and corrugated paper :)
Used markers to border the flowers,sentiment and the other half of the card base..

Entering the card in  : CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #12
                                 Cas-ual fridays challenge87
                                 Challenge #3 - Hearts & Flowers
&                              A 'Splash' of Retro PDCC166........................:))

One year Happily Ever after!!!

Hi to all...:)I made this custom greeting card for one of my customers today..:)..

He wanted the card to be made for his anniversary..

The frame among the leaves has to be left empty for his hand written words..If you lift the flap,then there is another frame for the couple's photo..

On the card base, there is a mini-card with a cute anniversary Co-ordinate from ItsyBitsy and Inside is a lovely Plum colored flower from Crafter's Corner.

The vibrant pattern paper and the leaf punches are also from ItsyBitsy Store..:)

After a long time I used some quilling on my card..Painted the central flower and placed a small heart shaped stone in the center of it..

So, I am again back to my colorful form with this card..hehe..:P

Here are the snapshots..!!!

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Entering the project in : The ItsyBitsy Weddings & Celebrations Challenge

                                                   charisma cardz Challenge #2 - Punch It

                                                            A Study in Beauty PDCC165

                                                           

Celebrate Love...

 Hi <3As I am in a mood to make love cards these days ;) Here is another card themed around love :)Mostly I colored most of the card base with poster colors..Used the floral & leaves Craft Punches and alphabets from IstyBitsy and those gorgeous plum colored flowers from Crafter's Corner :)This is craftofficially (new word coined by me :D) my first card where I used a digi-stamp and colored it :)So even If its bad,please bear  with my crafty inexperience :P

Entering the project in :

The ItsyBitsy Weddings & Celebrations Challenge

A Study in Beauty PDCC165

Challenge #2 - Punch It!

Congratulations!

Making a CAS card was the most difficult for a person like me who hates to see her cards neat..lol..So here is a CAS Congratulations card which I made today in just 15 minutes and It was fun .. :)

Entering it in : CFC85

                        Deep & Soulful PDCC164

Just for you !!

Hi my crafty friends..
I made this simple card on last Sunday & decided to post it here..:)..Lately I have been making a lot of love cards..An early welcome to valentines day :P
The roses that I got from Crafter's corner are so pretty & the hearts from Itsy-Bitsy are great add ons !
I drew the chain of hearts and colored it by crayon. Also the sentiment is hand drawn and colored..:)
So here it goes!!

Entering it in : Lulupu Challenge #8 - Love is in the Air

You are special

I came across a sketch in retro sketches challenge blog & tried my hand on it.Used distressing with Tim Holtz distress ink pad and I know its horrible :P and some pattern papers for the upper sketch part.

The sketch :

my take on the sketch :)

Entering the card in :retrosketches #46... & Deep & Soulful PDCC164

Pretty Pink ;)

I love my weekend..coz I get to make cards like crazy ;)..Just love making them..
colorful papers..embellishments..flowers!..
I just wish I can use them more beautifully..Hopefully will be soon making better cards by watching other talented card makers in this blogging world :)
Enough of chit-chat..:P..Here is another card that I made today..:) Hope you like it :)
Drew the swirls by myself :D & cut the alphabets from magazines and newspaper ..:)

Entering the card in : Lulupu Challenge #8 - Love is in the Air