Blog Candy Winner...

Hello everyone..

Thanks to everyone who joined the candy... I apologise for being late in posting the results.. Married life means less time to the internet and more to the husband.. :-)

Well without further delay.. The winner is....

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Comment no. 2 which is... Sindu...


Congratulations girlie... Kindly email me at crafterkhush@gmail.com within 48 hours to claim your prize...If I do not hear from you by then I will draw another winner...


Thanks to everyone who joined...


Hugs,
Khush

Blog Candy

Hello everyone,

Happy Rakshabandhan and Happy Birthday to me.. its been a hectic day and I am really late in making this post..

Just a post to share some love with everyone.. Giving away a 1000 rupee voucher to The Craft Shop.. Feel free and splurge to your hearts content if you win it..

There are no rules except drop in a comment to put your name in the drawing.. you can ofcourse... Will be announcing the winners on the 30th of this month.. (just might be an India Only Candy.. Or if you have an Indian Address)

Thanks so much..



Hugs,
Khush

CAS with stencils

Hey guys,

How is everyone doing.. I am very excited as this is my birthday month and I have some very exciting things coming on the blog on Sunday.. So keep an eye on it..

Sharing with you guys the card I made for the CAS challenge inspiration for Kaftzone.. Please do check out the challenge and join in.. There are prizes to be won of course...

I made a simple layered CAS card using stencils.. CAS can be interpreted differently by everyone.. For me it is the absence of too much of embellishments..

Made my card using Memory Box stencils, inks and heat embossing..

This quote is just so inspiring.. it cheers me up no end when I feel down.. It gives the feel of a one layer card but is in reality a 2 layer one.. The white on white is confusing and I have given it a raised look with dimensional tape..

Supplies Used:-
card stock=> Fabriano Elle Erre and Brustro
Distress Inks=> Vintage photo, Mustard seed, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade
Versamark Ink Pad
Ranger Gold Embossing Powder
Memory Box Sunrays Stencil..
MS 3-in-1 Butterfly punch
Pearls

Entering this for the following Challenges:-
Crafty Sentiments Designs=> Add a Sentiment
Tuesday Throwdown=> Mellow Yellow
Addicted to CAS=> Gold
A Gem of a Challenge=>Embossing


This is it,... Thanks for dropping by.. See you guys soon...


Hugs,
Khush

Love you always

Hello everyone,

I am back on the blog after almost a month.. I cannot live up to my promise of being regular it seems..Going through a no Mojo phase.. I hope to get back to crafting soon...

Sharing with you the card I made for my swap for swap central.. Will be sharing the cards one by one.. (will increase my frequency to the blog, LOL)

This was my favourite card of the lot using my favourite Penny Black stamp every which way.. It has the cutest hedgehogs ever..

I followed one of the from Retro sketches.. They have some really cool and fun sketches...

Used inchies to stamp my hedgehogs... Aren't they adorable..They were popped on dimensional tape to give it a 3-D look. the red strips are made using card stock scraps..

A simple layered CAS card which I had a ball making...

Supplies used:-
Card stock=> Locally purchased, Fabriano Elle Erre and Brustro water colour paper
Stamp=> Penny Black Every Which Way (the craftshop.in)
Ink=> Archival Black (crafters corner)
Staedler water colour pencils
Black gel pen
Rhinestones from stash

Entering this for the following challenges:-
ATSM=> CAS
Crafting with Dragonflies=> CAS

An experiment with paper and more

Hey guys,

How is everyone doing?? Hope everyone is enjoying the heat. Yep, I am being sarcastic.. This nasty heat wave has taken a toll on me..I feel lethargic all the time and even though my mind is flooded with ideas, I have no real enthusiasm to get up and craft.. Even the air conditioner is not providing any relief..

Sharing today is my fist DT post for the Imaginations Blog. Imaginations has now started it's monthly challenges and it would be great if you would join along. There are prizes to be won of course.

So when were asked to use Distress Inks on our projects, I was really excited for I absolutely love my Distress Inks. They are the most magical and versatile thing ever. ( I say that for most of my craft supplies).

I was just browsing through my phone and this idea for a wall hanging got fixated on my head.. Everything on this project is done from scratch and I love it. My husband was mighty impressed with it. Sat down with me to give me inputs on placements and colour schemes. Actually everyone in the house was involved for this one- right from my MIL to my SIL.. :D.. What can I say, I have a super cool supportive family and everyone has a creative side.

So now that I have rambled enough, let me show you the pictures of my wall hanging..

This is right now hanging on the speed regulator of my fan.. LOL.. Yet to find a good place to click pictures of my projects in the new house. The hunt is on..

Now a few close up shots of a few elements...

A play of colours below the sentiment, die cuts to form a kind of branched out look and the super gorgeous Prima dolls.

Antique Engravings butterfly stacked together to give it a 3-D look..

Scallop scare die cuts for writing your own personal message

When I was making this I had two people in my mind- Tejal and Saumya.. The butterflies remind me of her and this doll of Saumya. My two friends who kick my butt ALWAYS so that I improve myself and I love them to bits for it.. Good friends are difficult to find and I have the best. :D

The orientation of the scored wall is wrong or so you might feel. I had scored it right but husband dearest wanted me to do it the opposite way. Who am I to deny him. So it happened this way.

Supplies Used:-

Card stock=> Fabriano Elle Erre, locally purchased and brustro.

Distress inks=> Vintage photo(Craft Adda), Tea Dye (Radhika), Walnut Stain, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry,Festive berries, Crushed Olive (Thecraftshop.in)

Stamps=>HA Antique Engravings, Prima Mixed Media Doll (Dipti), Kaisercraft stamp (Creativita),

Archival Black (Crafters Corner)

Dies=> Label 20 (crafters corner) Madera Corner (Thecraftshop.in), Scallop Square (Imaginations), IO clouds (Thecraftshop.in)

Staedler colour pencils

Black and White Gel Pen

Binder Rings (Creativita)

Pearls from stash

Entering this for the following challenges:-
Amusing- Dies
Sentimental Sundays- Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create- Anything goes + best friends
Corrosive Challenges=> crop it or cut it
Emerald Faeries=> friends
Desert Islands Crafts=> Recipe used (Distress it, no flowers, anything but card, embossing)
Emergency Crafters=>Not a card


Thanks for dropping by...


Hugs,
Khush

Inked Background

Hello there,

I am back with yet another card which is inspired by Jennifer Mcguire's tutorial on her youtube channel. the technique was so cool and quite simple which made me wonder why had I not thought of it before. I am a huge fan of Jennifer's work and when it comes to inks I think she is like the ultimate guru. There is so much to pick up after seeing her work. The way she mixes inks with different elements to come up with the most awesome cards ever..

I will just go on and show the card to you guys..

standing :front

side view with the sun rays falling on it

This is a 5'x6.5' card made completely with inks and dies. I just loved the background and it was so easy. Totally funky if I may say so myself. have given a grosgrain look to the paper strips just to add some depth to it

Supplies Used:-

Cardstock=> locally purchased and brustro plus some paper scraps for the strips

Distress Stains=> picked raspberry, peacock feathers, spiced marmalade and peeled paint

Distress Inks=> Spun Sugar and Salty ocean

Impression Obsession cloud die and Memory Box hot air balloon die

Black and white gel pen

White pearls from stash

BIC markers for colouring the hot air balloon.

Penny black stamp for sentiment

Versamark Ink and Zing  white embossing powder.

Entering this for the following challenges:-

ABNH=>Inspired by hero artist

Deep Ocean Challenge=> Distressing

Artistic Impression=> No designer paper

Eureka Stamps=> up in the air

My Craft Spot=> Inking Technique

 

Thanks for dropping by.. I hope to see you guys soon.. 

Hugs,

Khush

Layering Fun

Hello,

Back with yet another quickie card.. Made this card on request and is very heavily layered by my standards. I am not a layering person and find it strange to keep piling things on my card and making it heavier LOL.

This was a kind of unplanned card and I just went with the flow of layering and adding things here and there. I really want to say hats off to people who rock at layering. I wonder how and truly salute you.. Since I got back to crafting, I have been making a serious effort of trying to play along with a few challenges and just enjoy the fun I get from crafting.

So here are the pics.. I have completely forgotten to take pics for the inside and it is now gone to the recipient.. :D.. Did some heat embossing and used my MFT chevron die for the inside, just to pretty it up a little bit. Like I said, layering and lots of layering.

front standing view

handmade blooms

the cute whimsy stamp amy

Loved assembling this card. Once it started rolling I had a ball. A special mention to Nupur Priya.. Your image coloring a tremendous inspiration. I am now actually practicing coloring like you ( miles and miles to go). She does the most awesome coloring ever and her work is a treat to the eyes. 

This is a 6"x6" card which I have just layered. I had the option of trying some fold but I seem to be enjoying this phase of just creating normal cards and using the hoarded PPs.. LOL

Supplies used:-

cardstock=> locally purchased, fabriano elle erre and brustro

PP is something I picked up from a local exhibition ( the same is available with reena gupta of craftegenous)

black archival ink and vintage photo distress ink

Floral ovals, tattered florals and cherry lynn flourish die

MS doily lace edge punch and 3-in-1 butterfly punch

Pearls and staedler water color pencils

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Kraftzone=>Whimsy wee stamped cards

Suzy bee's Blooming Challenge=> flowers

4 crafty chicks=> flowers

Thanks for dropping by.. Hope to see you soon...

Hugs,

Khush

Pink Love

Good morning everyone. Here is wishing everyone a fabulous Sunday. I am back with a quick post on a card I made yesterday. I was browsing through Pinterest when this sketch caught my fancy. I am not really a sketch person for somehow I can never follow the sketch ( I end up adding or missing elements from the original sketch, LOL). I can proudly say I did manage to do and I am so chuffed about it.

It is my favourite color combo card-PINK and BLACK. Yes, I truly believe when you cannot get a color combo going, go for pink and black, it solves everything. I do not have the sketch saved me as I had roughly drawn it on the paper for reference. Pinterest is a life saver when you want to make cards just for fun. go pick a sketch from the zillion available and get cracking. I did break my head for over 4 hours on this one because I could not get my embellishment placement in place.

Here goes,

Standing: front view

side view

close up:heat embossed sentiment

This was a fun card to come up with. I tried so many color combinations before of course going to my beloved pink. Althought I am NOT a pink person, I love it on my cards. This is quite a big card- 5"x7". Although it is right side heavy ( like the sketch demanded, I love the blank spaces on the left side. It balances out in my eyes)

Supplies Used:-

card stock=> Locally purchased, KCK(Honeymoon Splurge) and Brustro

PP=> Paper Mania Confetti collection from Jovita

Embossing folders=> Provocraft dots from Varshitha and interlocking circles from the craftshop

Ms Doily lac and 3-in-1 butterfly from crafters corner

Dies, label 2, MFT flourish from crafters corner and rose creations from Jovita

picked raspberry distress ink from the craftshop

Penny black sentiment stamp from Meetu

pink pearls from stash

Versamark Ink from Thecraftshop

Ranger black embossing powder and ranger heat it tool from crafters corner

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Color Conceptions=> dry and wet embossing

Lulupu=> Feminine colors using border punches and flowers

We do Doobadoo=> Lots of layers

Simply Create Too=> Stack 'em up

Thanks for dropping by. I hope to see you guys very very soon.

Hugs,

Khush

Post-it holders

Hello,

I am back.. I know I promised to make it more often to my blog but it just isn't happening.. Trying my best to be as regular as possible. Recently I had been itching to try new things ( Read: Something which most people have done except me). While looking into my stash, found some post-its lying around so thought of trying to make something out of it and voila, here I am with my post-it holders.

They really are the cutest thing ever and so much fun to make. I had a blast making these two. Kept the color same while I played along with embellishing it. fun and quirky are the words I would use for it. While there is a space constraint when working with it, they really make you think hard as to how to go about embellishing it to the maximum with the minimum possible space available. in short, a brain teaser.

So with all the rambling on about it, here goes

Here are the two I made. The base and the layering is the same while I embellished it in different ways. Used distress inks,stamp and mulberry flowers on one and die-cuts on the other. The idea for the embellishment did come when I was one the verge of sleeping.and this idea comes. I got up and execute the same. I am quite happy with the way these two have turned out.

Materials used:-
Cardstock=> My purchase from singapore
stamp=> Kaisercraft
Distress inks=> Peacock feathers, festive berries, mustard seed and crushed olive
Archival Black Ink
Mulberry flowers and punched leaves
Dots embossing folder
MFT eiffel tower die
American craft pattern paper for the fan fold flower.

Entering my card for the following challenges:-
Color conceptions=> Anything but cards


Thanks for dropping by. Hope to see you soon..


Hugs,
Khush

Playing with my inks after ages

Hello,

I am back after a short sabbatical ( Read over 6 months) post my marriage.. Life has changed.. For the better of course and am just having fun.. Travel Travel and more travel... I will post some pics of my holidays in another post...

I am just playing around with my distress inks and trying to make myself more comfortable using them...Made a very quickie card so just thought of waking up my sleeping blog and posting it here... :D

The distressed panel

Standing

Love my new distress ink colors.. Just so vibrant and full of life.. This was a very easy peasy card put together... I masked the top and bottom panels using torn sheets of paper and distressed the centre.. Used my BG stamp and voila I am done.. Quick and simple... !!

Supplies Used:-

Card stock=> Fabriano Elle Erre and Brustro water color paper

Distress Inks=> Picked raspberry, Peacock feather and mustard seed

Memento Rich cocoa and Black Archival Ink

Stamps=> Antique back ground stamp, HA Antique engravings stamp set and MFT pearls of wisdom

Staedler water color pencils and black gel pen

Entering this for the following challenges:-

CYP=> No Designer paper

Cas on Sunday=> Stitching real or faux

Brown Sugar=> CAS

That's it from me.. I hope I can get back to you soon with something else!!

Hugs,

Khush

Texture over-dose

Hi All,

I know I know I have been MIA but I have valid reasons for it...I am getting married and I am so neck deep in prep... Bahh I miss crafting so much but thanks to DT projects I get to craft atleast twice a month... (Bless you Color Conceptions Challenge Blog).

Now the current challenge at Color Conceptions is all about textures.. I am focusing on the Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint.. It gives such an amazing crackled finish I cannot even begin to tell you...I made an 8x8 photo page layout...

This is the complete layout... The oval is to be used for the picture.. For convenience basis I have just covered it using crackle paint...

Can you see the gorgeous crackled texture...???

Even the butterflies have crackle paint on them.. Looks like textures skin...

the textured center die-cut.. You can clearly see the cracks on this one...

the gorgeous blooms made using spell binders rose creations die and colored using stains... OMG the colors are so vibrant and to die for...

My niece posing with the layout... :D

Supplies used:-
card stock=> Locally purchased
PP=> Local Find
Dies=> Spell binders floral ovals and rose creations (Jovi)
Stamps=> kaiser craft bubble wrap (Maninder) and the other one is also a Kaiser craft stamp from thecraftshop, MFT love from thecraftshop
Inks=> Memento rich coca and Archival from Crafter corner, hero arts pale tomatoes mid-tone shadow ink from the craftshop.
Brads, bling and pearls from stash
MS butterfly punch from crafter corner
Distress crackle paint=>broken china and vintage photo from the craft shop
picked raspberry distress stain from the craftshop
distress inks=> broken china and vintage photo.

Entering this for the following challenges:-
Crafters corner=> Anything goes
DCAM=> Anything goes with handmade flowers
For the love of crafting=> expressions of love
Craft Room Challenge=> Something new (New distress stains, new PP pack)


Thanks for dropping by... I hope to see you a bit more often now,... Atleast for another couple of months...

Hugs,
Khush

Nail it down

Hello,

yes Yes I know I am MIA but I have valid reasons for it... I am genuinely going through a Low Mojo phase and had it not been for my DT projects, I am sure I would not have been crafting.. ( Thanks Color Conceptions for this)

Our latest challenge at color conceptions is all about hangings.. It can be anything as long as it can be hanged and the twist being you need to add textures to it... To know everything about the challenge and the details, you can check here.

I made a house warming gift for one of my friends which I am going to get framed.. I used Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paints for the very first time and I have a long way to go with them and experiment some more...

I will not ramble much.. Check the pics and will follow up with details...

the entire scene

not too sure if you can see the crackled effect on the cloud

distress crackled fence

right-hand side

Fairly easy but took me ages to come up with something like this and so out of my comfort zone.. Eh!

Supplies sued:-

Card stock=> 300 gsm brustro

Distress inks=> Broken China, Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint ( CraftAdda and thecraftshop)

Inks=> memento rich cocoa, Archival jet black and Hero Arts pale tomato mid-tone shadow ink(Crafters corner and the craft shop)

Distress crackle paint in broken china and vintage photo (the craft shop)

Bling from stash

Stamp=> hero Arts Right at home and Kaisercraft Humming bird( Crafters corner and the craft shop)

Bling and Pearls from stash

Bakers Twine(The craft shop)

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Crafters Corner #11=> Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz=> up int he clouds

Thanks for dropping by... 

Hugs,

Khush

recycled Tin

Hello,

I am back after a mini vacation.. Went to attend my cousin's wedding and had a blast.. it was so much fun catching up with all my cousins after ages..

Back to work for me now.. So our second challenge at color conceptions is all about recycling and using washi tape.. Now you guys know how much I love my washi tape and Priya send me some cool neon colors which I went ga-ga over..

I recycled a barley seeds tin into a trinket holder for the many tiny hair accessories my niece seems to have... So take a look...

the bloom was a cream colored itsy bitsy flower which I have turned into a sparkly pink using the memento fireworks spray.. They are so awesome with a subtle sheen to them... This is the front...

the backside

There is still time to play along with the second challenge at color conceptions. For details click here.

Thanks so much for dropping by... Have a great week...

Hugs,
Khush

Fridge Magnets

Hello,

Back with another post.. Sharing my magnets which I made for the fridge magnet swap at Swap Central... My very first attempt and it was good fun...

Magnets are a great way to personalize gifts and send... Very versatile and something really long lasting..

I concentrated mainly on stamping well for the simple reason I had lack of time and I was really pushing it..

This is a trellis I tries.. I have seen Hussena do some of the most gorgeous trellis cards ever and really really neat.. I still have to work on the neatness...

Simple distressing and voila I am done.. This is one of my favorites because of the brightness... Cheers me up no end..

Some pattern paper and and some die-cuts and I am done...

Tried the double emboss resist technique.. it did not quite come out the way it was supposed to but still looks cool...

Simple stamping..

 Simple start burst

 

Some embossing and some sanding and a giant bloom...

Some tone on tone stamping...

Another double emboss resist attempt but love the grainy look of this one...

Water color pencil colored background...

 

 consolidated pic of my swap

Thanks for dropping by... Will see you soon with another post...

Till then,

Hugs,

Khush

My first DT card for Color Conceptions Challenge

Hello,

I know I have been MIA for over a month now what with my holiday and then the internet not working and me leaving for a short wedding trip again.. Missed blogging and apologies to everyone whose blogs I have not visited in ages.. I intend to start that soon.. Life is really hectic at the moment and have tons of things happening all at once..

Anyways enough of jabbering.. Just showing you the card I made for the first challenge at color conceptions.. The challenge was new beginnings using bakers twine.. Most of you know I hate anything to do with knots and anything that enables it is not my best friend.. So the challenge was a HUGE challenge for me too but I managed to make something...I have gone really CAS in my style all of a sudden and loving it..!!

So here is my card...

 

Focus on the butterfly and it's trail... Bakers twine is quite versatile.. check out the color conceptions blog for some fabulous inspiration...

Supplies used:-

card stock=> locally purchased and brustro

stamps=> HA friend definition and Antique engravings

Hero arts tide pool shadow Ink

Bakers twine

Alpha stickers from echo park

Glossy accents to stick the twine.

Thanks for dropping by.. I have a lot of things to share... Till Then..

Hugs,

Khush

Color Conceptions New Challenge Blog Hop

          Color Conceptions , your favourite craft store in India ,upgraded the store to a website last month . This would be your place to go for, when it comes to craft supplies!! Interested in learning crafts /Beginner / Experienced, we are sure, you would find something to cater to your creative desires!! Most items are imported and they are so pretty in their own way – which will help you make gorgeous projects!!

             We are happy to announce the launch of our new Challenges .We will be having a monthly challenge beginning from the month of June. With our new Design Team in, you are going to enjoy this space as much as we do!!  We have got the most talented designers in the block, who will be rocking your senses with their amazing DT works and their most fabulous tutorials and product reviews. This space will ignite your crafting passion or rekindle it to bring the best out of you!!There are loads of fun lined up this month! So keep checking the challenge blog often.

 My association with the store is quite recent but really really amazing. Completely impressed by the professional way in which priya deals with her customers and ensures safe delivery of the supplies. Another plus which really makes me a bit bent towards the store are the prices.. She has some super cool products up on sale at very affordable prices.  We crafters are always on the lookout for the best deals and I would definitely recommend peeking into the store.

This blog hop is designed for you to hop on all DT member’s blogs and end in the challenge blog. If you did not come here from Poornima"s blog, pelase click here. To begin the blog hop from priya's blog, pelase click here.

  This would be fresh and new start to you and to us . Would it not be apt to have a related theme for this month? So here we go!

                      Challenge 1 : A new Beginning and use Bakers Twine.

 Here is a sneak peak of my inspiration for the challenge. Full view of the project in Challenge blog!

So when I first got to know we had to use Bakers Twine I was like dude, no way.. Wanna know why.. I am a bakers twine virgin.. I don't like things knotty for they scare me.. ( Now you understand my not so enthusiastic approach to using ribbons on projects).. I have gone CAS on my project.. You can see the butterfly and the twine.. Well, now build up your imagination... :D.. I shall give the full details later.. Just want to say this.. I had a ball making this card.. from the conceptualization to the execution... 

TIP: Glossy accents work really well for sticking bakers twine.. You got to be careful and not mess up your hands with glue else it would dirty your twine.

Rules to  the bloghop:

·         Like our Facebook Page here.

·         Follow our Challenge blog.

·         Leave a comment on all the 6 DT blogs.

·         Leave a comment in the Challenge blog saying you have done all the above.

One lucky winner is entitled to win a pack of Making Memories 5^th Avenue Elizabeth Die cuts 112 pieces.

Blog Hop Order

_Priya 

Poornima

Khushboo

Rajni

Tanvi

Saumya

Color Conceptions Challenge

To visit next blog in the blog hop, click here.

Thanks for taking time to celebrate with us. Have Fun!! All the best!

Hugs,

Khush