Welcoming the new year

Hello everyone,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope you have a great new year ahead :)
Do you have any resolutions or words for 2018?
I have a long list of both...hoping to get through them as the year goes by :D

Well...one of the resolutions is also to get back to crafting and start using all the pattern paper I have hoarding...
So I sat down to make a few new year cards to give to my friends and family.
This is my first card of the year...I layered some pattern paper and these cute puffy letter stickers (new to my stash).

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Used new puffy stickers-

Used new puffy stickers-

Back to my crafty place

Hello crafty people,

Lets see....its been more than 10 months since I last posted on this blog....WOAH!!!
A lot of things happened in those 10 months...which kept me away from craft supplies...

I have been trying to find my way back to crafting for a month now...I think I am finally there...
And I thought what would be a better time than during a Coffee Lovers BlogHop...the biggest bloghop of the craft world...

With this card, I brought together all of my favorite things...Doodling, Coffee and Cardmaking 😇

Like many of you out there, I am also guilty of hoarding beautiful pattern papers....but I have made up my mind that I will buy new pattern papers only after I have exhausted the ones in my stash 😲...and that is a lot...
So I busted out some pretty papers to boost the look of my cute coffee doodles and quotes...

A cup of sunshine...a hug in a mug...to keep you warm this winter :)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

More Love & Hope

Hello everyone,

This is my last week with the Daring Cardmakers...atleast for a while ;)
I have a few family commitments that I need to attend to...which will keep me very very busy...so I have decided to take a break from my DT position here...

The challenge this week is to think of what you want more of in 2017 and incorporate it in your card...

I think the world needs more love and hope...so I made a card incorporating the these elements...

I have had a great great time in Daring Cardmakers DT...I have loved making cards for the innovative challenges each weak...
Thanks for everything Kathy and team :)

Heart in Stitches

Hello everyone,


The dare at Daring Cardmakers this week is to feature stitching on your cards as a real eye-catching element...
So many ways to incorporate stitching on your cards...like sewing a simple stitch...or something fancy with your sewing machine...then there are all the awesome stitching-themed dies and stamps...

I went with this 49 & Market line-stitch stamp...
I loved this stamp set as soon as I laid my eyes on it...and bought it soon after...but did not get a chance to use it...
So when I saw the challenge this week...I knew this is what I was gonna use...and also that I was gonna use the entire stamp set :D
I was excited to use this stamp with my new MISTI...it really is an awesome tool...especially for someone as impatient and careless as me... ;)

Do join us at Daring Cardmakers to participate and to see the beautiful creations of our DT


I am entering this card in the following challenges:
CAS on Sunday - Black and White and Pink

Heart cut-out ->

Punch Cutout Pattern

Hello everyone,

Its Friday which means its time for a new challenge at Daring Cardmakers...
The challenge this week is "New"
With start of the new year try something new...a new technique, a new fold, a new colour combination...the options are endless....

I tried something really different...I made a pattern using cut-outs of some punched negatives...
Sounds complex...doesn't it...hehehe

I had a sheet or two of white cardstock with snowflakes punched out of them...which I used to make this and this card...

Then a few days ago, I got this idea to cut hexagon shapes around the punched negatives...

My favourite part was making the pattern...it was solving a puzzle...and I love puzzles and patterns...

Snowflake Wreath

Hello everyone,

A HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone :D

Daring Cardmakers is back after a short break and this week we have a beautiful winter-themed inspiration photo for you...

The elements I picked are the wreath, the green leaves and the word Snow...

Do hop on over to the Daring Cardmakers blog to see all the amazing cards made by the DT

Snowflake

Hello,

I was supposed to post this on Friday...but forgot to publish it in all the excitement to attend a college friend's wedding...hehehe...
So here comes a delayed post...

The dare at Daring Cardmakers this week is "Decorate It!"

You could make something to decorate your home; a table decoration, a banner or some Bunting, a Christmas Cracker or similar, maybe something to hang on the tree or how about a topper to make a gift look extra special and festive.  

I made a 3-dimensional Snowflake...

Silver & White

Hello crafters,

We have a very very beautiful picture for elemental inspiration at Daring Cardmakers this week...
The silver and white look just magical together...

The elements I chose from this picture were the colours, the snowflakes and the Christmas theme

I made a card inspired by a snow globe...

It was very hard to capture the silver base in the photo... 

The base is actually a mirror like silver...it looks ethereal in real life ;)

Christmas Tag

Hello crafters,

The dare this week at Daring Cardmakers is to create a Tag...

I created a simple Christmas tag for the dare...

If you are wondering which stamps I have used for the trees...well...they are hand-carved stamps...

I am an amateur at stamp carving...but I love it...so I carved these simple Christmas tree designs for the tag...

Do hop on over to the Daring Cardmakers blog to see the amazing Tags created by our DT and join us in this fun challenge...

Origami Christmas Tree

Hello crafters,

Its time for a Musical Christmas challenge at Daring Cardmakers this week...
This week the dare is to create a card inspired by a Christmas Carol or Song...

I created a card inspired by the song "White Christmas" (with a tinge of green ;) )

Adorable Gift box

Hello everyone,

Its Friday...time for a new dare at Daring Cardmakers...
The dare this week is a bit different and I love it...
This week you have to make Gift Bags or Boxes....

I made this milk carton gift box...which was a lot of fun to make...
It is a cute little box 2.5 by 2.5 by 2.5 inch...

Do check out the awesome Bags and Boxes created by our DT...

Purples & Blues & Shine

Hello everyone,

We have a beautiful elemental inspiration this week at Daring Cardmakers...

I absolutely love this picture...

The 3 elements I used were the colours, the leaves(Tree) and sparkle

I sprayed the entire card with Tim Holtz Mica sprays but unfirtunately I couldn't capture the sparkle on the card

Sparkle & Shine

Hello everyone,

The dare this week at Daring Cardmakers is "Sparkle & Shine"

I am not really a sparkle and glitter kind of person...but Diwali being only a few days away and with the dare this week....I went into full sparkle-mode this week...

I used Silver and Gold 3-D liners to draw the mandala on a black cardstock...

Do hop on over to the Daring Cardmakers blog to check out the amazing cards made by our DT

Card with a Tag

Hello everyone,

This week I am hosting the challenge over at Daring Cardmakers....
I am so glad...
The dare I chose is to include a tag on your card...

I made a vintage looking card this week...

I wanted the tag to be the focus...so I kept the base pretty simple

Monochromatic Geometric Cards

Hello Crafters,

This week, the dare at Daring Cardmakers is to create a monochromatic card....
I made a set of geometric paper-pieced cards....
I loved how they turned out...

Shades of Blue...

Shades of Maroon...

I am finally using my stash of pattern papers now and I am really enjoying it...

Starry Sky shaker card

Hello crafters,

This week at Daring Cardmakers, we have to make a card in memory of something...

A few years back, we had rented a cottage in Orcas island. The cottage was very very cozy.
The night sky was what stole my heart...the sky was packed full of stars....it was mesmerising...

I made a shaker card remembering that beautiful starry sky...

CASEing a dear friend's card

Hello crafters,

This week we have to create a card that’s inspired by the stlye, blog or a certain card of another crafter...
I chose this card made by my dear friend Suchi

I love her CAS style...which is very hard for me to do...

I have incorporated the layout and the grey with a colour theme in my card...

Harry Potter themed cards

Hello,

The dare this week at Daring Cardmakers is to make cards inspired by books...

I made Harry Potter inspired cards...

It was a lot of fun making cards with just a black marker and sketch pens...no fancy craft supplies...

Happy Travel

New month...new day...new dare at Daring Cardmakers....
This week you have to choose at least three elements from the beautiful picture Svenja has shared to feature on your card

I have chosen the beach theme, blue colour of the ocean and the trees from the picture...

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Virginia's View Challenge - Blue Splatter on the card


ATSM - Clean & Simple card


NBUS #7  - Never before used image & sentiment stamp

Wonderful Woodgrain

Hello,

The dare this week at Daring Cardmakers is to feature Wonderful Woodgrain patterns on your cards as a focal element...

I made the most of my Papericious Woodgrain paper pad...