NOV ATCs

Hey peeps,

Clearing some more of my ATC backlogs.. Have become so lazy when it comes to posting.. Gosh.. Well the theme for November at the ATC house at ICR was "things you Love" and my two ATC partners were Kalindi Sharma and Khushboo Banka.. Khushboo personally came down to hand me over my ATC.. LOL... Anyways without rambling here goes...

This gorgeous beauty is from Kalindi... Absolutely Love the bloom....

Next one is from Khusboo...

Simple and elegant... I would love to show my ATCs (for once I did not forget to take it's pics but since I have no confirmation from my partners so far I shall refrain from putting it up... )..

That's all folks.. hope everyone's soaking in the chilly weather and gearing up for a great festive week and a great new Year...


Hugs,
Khush

Bling Bling Bling Christmas...

Hey peeps,

How has everyone been... I have been MIA for ages it seems.. I have my reasons but cannot be discussed here.. Am back with my post for Pie Lane today... The great news is Pie Lane has started with it's own challenges and our first challenge is back to Basics=> Glitter.... You can read all about it here.

Anyways, here is a sneak peek of what I have created... Not my best but at least I got back to crafting...

See you on the pie lane blog....


Hugs,
Khush

ATC Backlog

Hey Peeps,

How has everyone been.. I have conspicuously been away from blog land due to something or the other.. Just a quick post to update about the ATCs I received for the month of October.. The theme for the month was "festive Greetings".. My ATC partners were Ash and Rachana.. These are the ATCs I received...

This one's from Ash.. Love the origami lantern... Totally elegant and creative...

This beauty is from rachana.. The lantern is made from fabric... Kudos girl.. This was my first fabric related card/craft in any which way...

Well being the "dunce" that I am.. I forgot to click pics of the ones I sent out to my partners.. Snehal was one of my partners..She received my ATC and uploaded the pic so this one's from ICR...

Waiting for the other partner to receive it so that I can upload it...

Life's pretty hectic at the moment.. My niece is back home... Never knew a kid can be such a handful... Phew... I am so tired at the end of the day that I flop down on the bed and go zzzzzzzzzzz.... Anyways hoping to start blogging and crafting again.. Till then.. Adios

Have a crafty week...

Hugs,
Khush

Just some chit chat

Hey guys,

No cards to share because I haven't been crafting AT ALL...My mojo is totally missing since the awful stomach bug followed by fever... Gawdd.. I feel absolutely ghastly to be honest... Just was missing you guys so thought of sharing some random chit chat...

I made it to the Top 3 at ICR once again and I feel absolutely ecstatic... I won it for ym double twisted easel card which you can check here.. Thanks to the DT for giving me their valued votes.. totally appreciate it...I'll probably be off blogger for sometime now and not get much time to craft.. Have a lot of weddings to attend plus my trip to Phuket is now around the corner... Am so excited...

  
Oh btw, Priya Sivaraj has an amazing candy up for grabs... You can check all the details here while I elave you with a pic to ogle at the goodies... :-)

So what are you waiting for.. Go try your luck like I am and keeping my fingers crossed... :-)

Am off to watch Tin Tin... And rockstar... After ages going to catch up on movies.. Hope all's well at your ends... Take care guys...

Hugs,
Khush

For my Angel.. :-)

This is a really special project for a couple of reasons... First... I made it for my Angel, a.k.a. Deetya (her name) and secondly.. My first attempt at so-called scrapbooking.. I usually shy away from ti for I have no idea what to do.. :D...

Hey folks,
How has everyone been.. Having a crafty week so far.. and has the exhaustion of Diwali over.. I still feel so lethargic... This project is one on which I have spent the longest time ever.. I guess about 10 days in planning and execution and of course lots of wasted Card sock.. I never seem to make it right at first go...

WARNING: Very Picture heavy post.. And I mean it literally...

As all of you are aware.. I recently became an aunt.. Now my niece is a month old and wanted to do something special for her... Since it was around diwali her first month birthday came.. I could not do much about it.. Had already decided upon what I wanted to make for her.. Just the timing was postponed.. Made a sort of exploding album for her.. which looks like  cross between a gate-fold card and a squash book... :D.. And of course.. Since am going through a PINK phase, it was perfect and absolutely right... :D..

Take a look at the pictures and I'll ramble later on some more... It contains a lot of my niece's pictures so am going to go ooh and aah in between.. :-)

This is how the album looks with the ribbon tied around it.. All PINK.. :D

Isn't the digi adorable... I took an even more close-up shot of it.. Should I post it.. :D

There, now you can look at it more closely.. :D

This is the left panel of the gate fold when you open up.. A couple of tags and a cute winnie the pooh image (I tried to highlight the image with black pen but forgot that it was yet to dry and poor Pooh has black stains on his head.. *embarrassed*)

The right panel of the gate fold... Again a couple of tags and the very cute Tinker bell.. :-)

This is the view once the "gates" are opened... These are the myriad expressions of my niece.. And oh she loves posing.. The orange dress one is her first so-called photo shoot and man she was just a week old but look at her expressions... :-)

This is how the album explodes open.. This album opens up to form an 18*18 base.. Which really is huge... :D... So you can imagine how much of card stock I have used for it... :-)....

After the album explodes open.. I have made a sort of flip book in the centre which has more pictures...Giving you details shots of each picture... :D

This picture show the family.. My bro, sister-in-law and 'our" angel.. :-)

Do you see the party hat... ;-)

This picture shows angel in the arms of her uncle (my sister-in-law's bro), me and her father...

 

These are individual shots of the paneled squares after you open the gates...

Phew... This is it guys.. the complete album... Let me take a breather and then I'll mention the supplies and everything... :-)....

The dark pink base card stock is bought locally while the baby pink is a mix of fabriano and locally bought.. All the PPs are from Grace Taylor Vintage Collection bought from Karuna's store....Thanks Karuna.. These are extremely gorgeous papers... :-).. The teddy bear digi images are from Anne Bodil.. Go check her blog.. She has some awesoem freebies... The Winnie the Pooh and Tinker bell images were coloring pages googled.. The covering page teddy bear has pink rhinestones on it's nigth suit which is from my stash.. The stars are covered with Pie Lane chunky glitter.. The pink Gingham ribbon is from my stash.. (anyone interested in buying these plus a few more ribbons kindly contact me.. I have a LOT of extras.. )... Once you opened the gates, inside the tags are traced and hand cut from scraps.. Faux stitching using my white signo gel pen.. The border is an ek Success punch and the black gems are from my stash... on the right panel those cute butterflies are from Pie Lane.. After the gates are opened.. I have used Pie Lane swirls (Sri-I love the swills.. Pass on the message to you know who).. and that rabbit I think it is is also from Pie Lane...The flip book cover also has Swirls from Pie Lane and the Pie Lane wooden buttons, a very versatile product.. Can be used anywhere... On the inside panels I have used Pie Lane Crystals where I have written quotes.. :-).. On the opened up panels are again pictures of my Angel and used Pie Lane butterflies and Swirls... Tinker bel;l has Pie Lane Flower beads form their garden collection....That's it I think.. All the ribbon is from my stash...

That's all the things I have used... Special mention I would make about my scor-pal and the Fiskars trimmer which made it easier for me to make this card.. So karuna.. Heartfelt thanks...

Entering this card for the following challenges:-
Cooking it up with Katie=> Anything but a card
Papercraft Star=> flourishes
Stampavie and more=> Anything goes
YNS=> Anything but a card
Anything goes challenge=> real or faux stitching
Bearly Mine=> Anything but a card
Digital Tuesday Challenge=> Cute and Cuddly
Papertake Weekly=> Anything goes with a bit of bling
Forever Friends=> bling bling
MIM=> Anything goes
OLLCB=> Stitching-real or faux
Pollycraft=> Anything goes
Corrosive Challenges=> With a flourish
Dream Valley Challenges=> Anything goes
Gingerloft Challenges=> BINGO( I have used Buttons, Decorative paper and glitter)
Lollipop Crafts=> Anything goes
CES=> New Beginnings
Send a smile 4 kids=> For the girls
PaperCrafting Journey=> use a digi


That's all from my end folks.. Am so looking forward to the weekend.. Lots of parties...

Hugs,
Khush

P.S:- For those using Pie Lane chunky glitter and complaining it falls off.. try using it with glue and gloos.. give a thin coat of the glue and gloss and then sprinkle the chunky glitter generously.. and let it sit for a few hours.. it'll stick like a dream.. :-)

Simply Scrapping....

Hello....

How has everyone been and how was Diwali?? Did you guys have a blast... I did have a blast although now am so tired I feel lethargic to even move my BIG body... Aarrggghhhh... And of course, with every break I take my Mojo says.. Well you wanted a holiday for 2 days.. I'll give you even a longer break.. I'll go fishing and I am like Aaaaarrrggghhhh a second time...

Anyways.. today's card is a scrappy one.. I have now accumulated like 2 big boxes of scraps and mum was going pretty berserk and kept threatening to throw them out.. And I was really scared in case she decided to make good of the threat... So I was scratching my head wondering what to make when this idea clicked to me....Had been speaking to my best mate's girl then.. She kind of liked the idea and asked me to make one for her guy ( meaning my bestie) to celebrate ALMOST 5 years of togetherness *wood touch*... So basically, I literally put my heart in it...

Made a tag book... Or whatever you wanna call it.. It was basically a way for me to use my scraps.. I cut off the tiniest of pieces to make use of it... LOL...

Take a look at it but let me give you far warning that this is a PICTURE HEAVY POST... :D

This is how it looks like in a bunch... Now I will give you close-up shots of individual tags...

Like I mentioned... All the tags made out of scraps.... The die cut shape has been traced and hand cut... This time it became tedious because it really was a long ask... :-).. the digi is a coloring page from the net.. All the bling on it from my stash... All the white space will be covered by my friend.. She wanted to add something to it.. LOL... Colored using my water color pencils from Staedler... and some faux stitching around it... :-).. the just a note is from Unity's Just wanted to say bought from Ujjwal...

Made a mini card and stuck on this tag.. The die cut shape ofcourse has been traced.. even this mini-card is made out of scraps.. The PP was a RAK from Shruti and this is the last bit of scrap left from it which I have used...The MS butterflies were a RAK from Spardha ( Thank you Kiddo.. I love them).. and some Pie Lane crystals... and faux stitching around it using my white signo gel pen.. :-)

A lot of stickers from Itsy Bitsy.. Some faux stitching... and my wonderful writing...

The red circles have been hand drawn and cut.. Faux stitching.. The yellow space is left blank for some doodling... (personal stuff.. Cannot show it on blogger.. *wink*)...

Hobby Ideas PP, Scallop circle hand cut.. Itsy bitsy flowers embosed and some Pie Lane Chunky glitter and glitter balls... :-)

Pie Lane silhouette sticker and loads of writing... :D....

made a sun out of die cuts... And just the Pie Lane Out line hearts for embellishment.. Simple.. :-)

Some quilling by moi, Pie Lane flowers and leaves... They are just so adorable and fun to use.. Love the effect of them with quilling... :-).. The golden star on the flower centre was sent to me by Doc... More of it later...

A tag with a pocket to hold some more tags.. LOL... THis was made by request.. There is no dearth of writing when you're in LOVE... :D.. The PP was a birthday RAK from Piali..

This is the last tag of the lot.. I have made a single page squash book and stuck it on the tag.. Squash books are good fun to make.. Will post the one I made soon, as soon as the recipient receives it... The PP on top of the squash book is from Street lace which I bought from Karuna's store...The PTI butterfly has been traced and cut on the last scrap of PP which was a RAK from Shruti... The ribbon is from my stash... Lots of faux stitching again... :-)

A look at the cover of the squash book... :-)

The brown bling is from my stash... Inspired by seeing cards from Tejal and Shalini.. Their flourishes look like flourishes.. Mine looks like a trail of fire... What the heck.. I'll improve.. :D....

The inside of the squash book... :-)

The top left and bottom right PP is from Hobby Ideas.. The squashed squares have PP from Grace Taylor and Paper Mania.. The former bought from karuna's store and the latter a RAK from tejal... The red flower stones were sent to me by Doc and the so are the tiny flowers used on the top panel.. Thanks Doc...

Well, that's it folks.. This is the complete tag book.. I had so much fun making it.. There is just so much you can do with this.. the scope and possibilities are endless...

Special mention about my delayed birthday card from Doc.. She sent me the most amazinf phoenix pop up card... Which unfortunately has been kept somewhere in the whole diwali cleaning.. promise to upload it as soon as I lay my hands on it again.. Along came a pack of beautiful rhinestones, leaves and heart shaped pearls...Thanks so much for ti Doc... Truly appreciate it...

Entering this tag book for the following challenges=>
raise The Bar=>Sew What
Charisma Cardz=> Anything goes
DDSB=> Anything goes
Crafty Ribbons=> BINGO ( Punch/dies, flowers, ribbon)
Paper Pretties=> Embellish
The paper shelter=> Anything goes
Bearly Mine=> Anything but a card
Creative Card Crew=> Falling in Love
Critter sketch=> 3 patterned papers
Bee Crafty=> Bling
Marks Finest papers=> use your scraps

That's all for now folks.. Have a crafty Sunday.... Your comments are highly valuable to me so kindly do leave them...


Hugs,
Khush

P.S:-.. All text has been googled... the ungoogled text is not visible for privacy concerns... :D

Happy Diwali everyone.. !!

Hey friends,

The festival of lights is finally here and there is just so much excitement in the air along with a lot of preparations too *sigh*..

Diwali really is a LOT of hard work.. house to clean.. shopping to do.. house to decorate... Aaarrrggghhh... no time for my own pampering.. :D

May thing diwali bring a lot of prosperity peace and good health to you and your family...

Hugs,
Khush

Tejal's birthday card... :-)

Heylo Peeps,

We had such a blast planning this surprise for her and it worked.. PERFECTLY... Well the whole idea was that we'd do a sneak peeks of our cards in the hop and the card would be given to her at 12 in the night.. ( I had couriered them off to her husband who promptly gave it to her at 12.. Thanks Hemang... )...

I being the lucky soul got to see ALL of the cards being sent to her before anyone else... yeyeyeye... *LOL*

I had such a tough time making a card for Tejal.. Did not know what to make and how to make.. She is such a [perfectionist and I am so FAR from perfection that the divide between is too great to measure.. BUT.. after a lot of soul searching, googling and a bunch of other things.. I came up with the simple idea to KISS it literally...

So I made a gate-fold card for her.. Easy peasy and really fast to make because I was short of time.. Exhibition pressure was ON that time... So here's a full Monty of my card.. :D

The theme of our blog hop was Butterflies and Bling.. The two things the lady absolutely loves... It was an easy theme to decide but a difficult one to work upon... So after several head scratching hours I made this.. Isn't the cake digi cute... YESSS.. it is a digi.. :-)....

The previous sneak peek once more... :D

I absolutely love this digi... Cute cute cute and some more cuteness....

This is a pretty big card.. 6*12 inches... :-)... Pink fabriano cardstock of 12*12 ( I cut a full size sheet to size).... Layered it with PP which was a RAK by A... The digi image is from bows n berries which I had won in Y's blog... small pearls and bling are from my stash.. the big pearls were sent by A1 supply with my purchase of a punch from their store.. awesome pearls... Colored using my Staedler water color pencils and the butterflies have been coated with glue 'n' gloss.. The sentiment is a digi freebie I picked up from somewhere....



Happy Birthday Tee... Hope you have a wonderful wonderful day... :-).....

Hugs,
Khush

Happy Birthday Tejal *hugs*

Welcome to Tejal's birthday blog hop... This is just a special gesture for a very special person who has definitely made a mark in my life.. Someone who I look upto.. An immensely talented crafter but above that, a very AWESOME human being... Someone who is a lot of fun to have around... And talk to.. be it about food, craft, music or general chit chatting about the weather..

So here's wishing you the best in life always Tee.. Well but the deal is you already have the best things in life, namely Hemang and me.. what more could you ask for.. *wink*...

Anyways.. Sending you some love.. Take a look and make a wild guess what it is...

Well hoppers if you have just stumbled upon my blog then kindly begin from the top but if you have come from Karuna's blog then you are at the right place... Just giving the blog hop order to make sure you visit all the blogs... :D

Asha

Erum

Karuna

Khushboo=> That's me...

Manasa

Priya Sondhi

Priyadarshini

Shalini

Shruti

Spardha

Ujjwal

 

Well Tee.. Cheers to you..  Hope you have a fab birthday and in case your just dripping with a bucket of tears... Ask Hemang to click a pic please.. :D

 

Next up... is ( just click the button and it'll lead you to the person)

 

Hugs,

Khush

Friends are a gift.. :-)

Hey peeps,

Back with another card..  Just on a spree of completing ll the backlog I have managed to compile because of the exhibition.. SO studiously pouring over my unfinished cards and working on them.. :-)..

 This card I had seen while participating in one of the blog hops.. I don't remember which one but the lady;s card was my favorite amongst all the cards and I had promptly noted down all the instructions because it was an unusual fold and I LOVE unusual folds...

This card started of for someone.. then I decided no I'd give it to another one and then another.. Ultimately I kind of forgot who I wanted to give the card to... Good thing also.. Did not complete it as it it... Anyways enough of ramblings... You guys just look at the card.. :-)

The fold of the card really appealed to me... It's like uncovering a lot of layers.. Like in a person when you meet.. We have so many layers to our personalities and as we become better friends, we uncover something new about one another.. This card had actually started for Tejal, sorry Tee.. I dropped the idea mid-way.. And then went to a hoard of people before I decided to give it to bestie # 2... :-)... She really is a dear soul...

Now some more views of the cards... 

This is with the ribbon untied.. I have tried tying bows.. I am kind of getting the technique and can see an improvement in my bows.. Not as good as E.T's but definitely improving.. :D...

 This is how it looks when the windows open.. (windows remind me of some really silly statements made by my bio teacher way back in school.. She's be like.. Girls.. open the windows and let the atmosphere come in and we'd be like :-o.. *LOL*)....

A close-up of the cutie image.. :-)...

The full open view of the card.. :-)... Now some close-ups of the individual panel.... *wink*

The sentiment says it all..

Love the deco shells border... :-)...

The blue metallic card stock is locally bought.. Some great colors in the metallic finish.. Shiny and Bright..  The fronta panel has Echo Park splash PP which I got from Ujjwal.. The windows have Bo Bunny Ad Lib papers from karuna's store... The insides have PPs from Hobby Ideas...The digi image is a freebie I found while searching for images on Google...The die cut flowers are from Itsy Bitsy have been embossed and layered.. the leaves and ferns were a RAK from priya.. Thanks girl... The ribbon's from my stash... The PTI butterfly has been traced and cut... Flower centres have Pie Lane glitter balls and so do the butterflies.. On the inside, The die-cuts have again been traced and hand cut.. The sentiment is from a MICIA stamp set I won in the ICR DT celebrations sponsored by Karuna and inked using a MICIA rainbow inkpad again given by Karuna.. The MS deco shells punch to complete the card.. :-) *Phew*... In case I missed something and you noticed.. Just drop in a comment and I will let you know...!!!

I am entering this card for the following challenges=>
Forever Friends=>Use sentiments ( Must include an animal)
LDC=> Use scoring board( i used my scor pal)
Ruby's rainbow=> Cute and Cuddly
Whimsy Inspirations=> Make your own flowers
My time to craft=> Punches and dies
Sweet Stamps=> Lots of Layers
Top Tip Tuesday=> Layer it
Try it on Tuesday=> taking to the skies
heart Songs Inspirations=> Flowers and/or felt
IDIC=> Animals
Sentimental Sundays=> use sentiments +fancy folds

If you have come to the end of the post then please pat your back for this is an unusually long post.. Yours comments are high;y valuable so please do leave them... Have a crafty weekend guys.. Am off for training...

Hugs,
Khush