P.S I Love You

Hahaha, Please do not get confused by the title.. I am not doing a book review...I suck at reviews ( and that is just about anything)..

Happy Valentines Day all.. The last few weeks all on the blogland and facebook I have been bombarded with the valentine fever... So finally I sat down to make this mini and put in all the love I could for my someone special... Mind you, it is not for him but I did make it keeping him in mind soo...

I made a mini... I have no name for this.. it is like a flat version of an explosion box, just bigger in size...And I put in as much of pink and black and red possible.. I am almost blinded by the bright colors *wink*


I wasn't too sure how to do up the cover so I have left it without any embellishments for the moment, so if any of you have any suggestions please feel free to give them to me.. I would really be obliged...

SO now that I have given a lengthy enough introduction to my post, I shall go on and share the pictures.. Needless to say, like all my posts, this is a VERY picture heavy post.

    I absolutely love this quote and really does hold true... Like you can see, no embellishments.

Bottom Flap

the top flap opens to a tag page

so does the bottom flap

the tags

the inside flap

a close-up of the sentiment

the tags

the other flap

I absolutely loved doing the distressing inside the die-cut. Thanks Tejal for this inspiration. It makes a lot of difference to a project from taking it to ok to something eye-catchy. *hugs*

another panel to hold tags

There is a similar panel on the other end too which read 10 reasons I love you and holding a couple of tags.. I forgot to take pictures of that.. :D

a peek-a-boo page

This pee-a-boo page is inspired by Erum who happens to be a great source of inspiration to me. Thanks Erum *hugs*

the inside of the peek-a boo page

Again, the other end has a similar pee-a-boo page. I have tried to balance it out as much as possible...

heat embossed CS with heat embossed sentiment and an insert

This was my most favorite part.. I tried heat embossing for the very first time and it was super fun... :D

the insert

the pocket and insert together

centre panel

The idea for this mini came all off a sudden.. I was kinda bored since my niece isn't around and once I started I could not stop.. I think I went a bit overboard... It was challenging for ti had quote a few firsts for me.. The distressing and heat embossing bit... and I think I used up most of my dies which are quite few as you can see.. :LOL


Supplies:-
Base CS=> 300 gsm black paper locally purchased, brustro, fabriano elle erre and lots and lots of my saved up scraps.
PPs=>Echo park, some 6x6 papers I had picked up from Crazee Daisy, sweet owl
Dies=> Spellbinders label 2, heart circles, floral ovals, MFT eiffel tower die, PTI ric rac die
Distress inks vintage photo, worn lipstick, dusty concord and tumbled glass.
Inks=> Versamark, memento lady bug and lilac posies, Unity noir and moulin rouge
Stamps=> Fiskars sentiment stamp sets, MME for the damask pattern, recollections love birds, Inkadinkado flourish stamp
Hobby ideas clear embossing powder and heating tool.
Small bling from stash and the large ones on the flowers were a RAK from Maninder (Thanks Girl)
Petaloo mulberry flowers.
Jeff leaf punch and retro flower punch.
BIC Markers for my flower centers.
The forever in the center panel is a chipboard which was an RAK from Shalini Mittal. (Thanks Shalini).
MS Doily punch


Entering ym card for the following challenegs=>
Crafters corner- Expressions of Love
Itsy Bitsy=> Pattern paper challenge
Crafty Creations=> Love/Hearts
Divas by Design=> Love/ Romance
Little red wagon=> have the word love somewhere
The paper shelter=> valentine
CTO=> Valentine anything goes
Crafty Sentiments design=>Valentines
CYP=> My Valentine



Thanks for dropping by... Have a fantastic time...


Hugs,
Khush

Birthday wishes

Hello everyone,

I know I know, I have been MIA for ages... Just been too busy attending weddings... It is the wedding season in India and with weddings in the family, it just gets all the more hectic....

And in between all this, I had the opportunity to meet two of best-est girlfriends I have made and have been working closely for the past one year.. Could not msis out on the opportunity of meeting them...

To say it was a crazy day would have been an understatement... It was amazing and it was after ages that I laughed so much...

Now that I have said all that... Back to crafting... It was after a long hiatus that I crafted and like any other thing you do, I felt a bit rusty... Moreover the brief was pretty vague so I had to add my interpretation to it...I was just told the fav colors of the person who would be receiving this card... That's all I had to go by..

SO i made a quad easel.. My second attempt after the one I made to Tejal's birthday... You can check that card here.


Just sharing the pics, most of it is self-explanatory...

                                                        the card lying flat

                                                              the card standing


 Sharing the individual shots of the panels....

                                                                           panel 1

                                                                   panel 2

                                                                     panel 3

                                                                      panel 4



I really loved the way this card has come out... Simple yet cute...

Supplies sued:- CS=> Fabriano Elle Erre
PPs=> I bought from Radhika
Stamps=> Fiskars sentiment stamps
Inks=> Hero Arts Neon Blue, Memento Tangelo
Vintage photo distress inks
Spellbinders label 2 and floral ovals
MS Doily lace punch
Embellishments=> Handmade flower made using daisy punch and itys bitsy adhesive embellishments, bling from stash
Signo white gel pen
Corner rounder punch


Entering this card for the following challenges:-
Itsy bitsy=> use pattern paper


Thanks for dropping by... Have a great week



Hugs,
Khush

Explosion Box-Poker Theme

Hi Guys,

Back with yet another crafty post... I haven't been crafting much because Kolkata is freezing and keeping my fingers numb...

I recently made a poker themed 18th birthday explosion box on request and well... it was quite a challenge... I have no idea about poker so before going into it, I had to research quite a bit...I won't say am a huge fan of the game ( too many technicalities involved)...

An explosion box makes things easier.. enough space to write and post pics too... :-)

WARNING:- Picture heavy post (when are my posts not picture heavy :P)

      The box lid- poker chips and some cards

Open view of the box and the lid and in the center a small box

 hand drawn symbols.. :D

Making a gift for a guy is extremely difficult... I have that uncontrollable urge to use flowers and bling and what not... All things feminine come to my mind them.. :P

Supplies used:- 300 gsm black CS locally purchased and scraps for everything inside
PPs:-DCWV, Amy Tangerine, Dream catcher, Echo Park
Stamps:- Fiskars and Penny Black
Ink=>Unity Noir and Memento Lilac Posies
Dies=> Spell binders floral ovals and MFT Chevron stripes
Embellishments=> chiipboards stickers were a RAK from Shalini Mittal,.Echo Pak Hello summer sticker sheet, Pie Lane hearts
Punche=> MS doily lace and Fiskars star punch
BIC Markers
Work Lipstick distress ink
seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder
Fiskars trimmer and Scor-Pal


Entering this card for the following challenges:-
Crafters Corner #4=> Anything but a card or LO
Loves Rubber stamps=>Use dies or Punches
Created with Love=> Anything but a card
OLLCB=> Happy Birthday
Whoopsi Daisy=> Die cuts and punches


Thanks for dropping by.. Will see you soon...


Hugs,
Khush

Happy New year

Happy New Year everyone..

I am sorry for the delayed wishes.. I was away on a fantastic year end holiday with my family.. It was just so much fun being with everyone. Went to my native place Deshnoke, Rajasthan.

My blog has been fairly quiet as I have been busy with family issues and social occasions...It just encroaches on crafting time at times and I feel so annoyed.

Sharing with you the calendar I made for the last swap at Swap Central. My calendar got delayed for a lot of reasons and mostly all of it my fault so I am sorry for the delay Pallavi.

There were a lot of firsts in this one... Used my new dies, my neon inks and lots of recycling too... :D

 the cover page

I loved working on this calendar... I had made another one for the swap and it was complete but my niece decided to pee on it ( I assume she did not like it enough :P) So I had to make another one.. LOL

There were just way too man supplies used for this one.. SO if you have any queries please feel free to drop em an email and I would revert back to you.

I am entering this for the following challenges:-
Sunshine Creations=> For the new year
Crafters Corner #4=> Anything but a card or Layout!

Thanks for dropping by... I have quite a few posts to share so my blog is going to be pretty active for the moment... :D


Hugs,
Khush

Bhagwat Invites

Hello,

I know I have been MIA for over a month now.. I have been breaking my back over an order and took a tumble the next I finished it.. yea I know.. I am clumsy and falling is apparently my birthright.. But.. Good news.. No plaster... Woo Hoo...!!

So I had a 250 invite order for the Shrimadbhagwat katha happening at a relative's place... What is this katha (sermon) all about.. It basically talks about all the avatar's of Vishnu (the creator in Hindu Mythology) and is a huge celebration.. It's like a mini Indian wedding.. A lot of prep goes into doing it...

Now the relatives wanted something different from the usual printed stuff and what better way to go different than going handmade... So I made a deconstructed 6-fold card... I have changed a few elements of it... :D

SO here goes...!!

   The card lying flat

                                                                           The card standing

                                                                             Inside view-1

Inside view 2

I had a lot of fun making these because this was the first time I was making traditional... Every element on this card symbolises Vishnu... :-)...

Supplies:-

All card stock=> Locally purchased

Photograph printed

Woodware USA Indian Dreams stamp set for the peacock feather 

Adhseive bling used in Indian wedding invites procured locally

Floral Ovals Die from Jovi's store...

Embossing folders from Cuttlebug courtesy Tejal..

Thanks for dropping by... Have a fantastic weekend... Comments appreciated...

Hugs,

Khush