2 Brownies

Hey there!
Finally I overcame my laziness and decided to blog. There have been so many projects not just not blogged but also not clicked. So I need to clear up lot of backlogs before I resume my current project.
In this post I am sharing 2 cards. Both having a dominant brown colour.

 

 

  I am also planning to setup my page on FB. So stay tuned :) 

Love,

Piyu

Tagged by Khush

Hey friends,
Thanks to Khush and Tejal again :) for once again I am out of my hibernation.
Tejal was bored and started  a tag game and Khushboo tagged me in it..Well this was 10 days back, but finally I got some time to blog today. So here are my answers (Keeping them silly as instructed by Tejal :p)


1. Where is your cellphone?.......................One is in my pocket..another on my desk..the third one (dual sim that would retire the first two..which is also my precious bhai dhooj gift) is in shipping
2. Your hair?...........................................Need a haircut  :p
3. Your Mother?......................................My best friend..my role model
4. Your Father?........................................Most helpful person..my hero :)
5. Your favorite food?.............................Chats and Italian cuisine
6. Your dream last night?...........................Something weird..I was suffering from selective amnesia and cudn't remember anything from last 2 years..LOL
7. Your favorite drink?.............................Sweet Masala lemonade
8. Your dream/goal?..................................Visit lot of new places and fill up my fridge with the fridge magnet souvenirs
9. What room are you in?...........................My office cubicle
10. Your hobby?..........................................Craft shopping :D
11. Your fear?.............................................Dentists
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?...........Anywhere..but with my hubby :)
13. Where were you last night?......................At mom's place in Pune
14. Something that you aren't?........................Fake
15. Muffins?..................................................All
16. Wish list item?.........................................A long long list :p
17. Where did you grow up?.........................Nasik
18. Last thing you did?...................................Had lunch
19. What are you wearing?............................Sweat shirt
20. Your TV?................................................Shut off and packed with all the other household stuff in my new house in hyd.
21. Your pets?...............................................None
22. Friends?...................................................Some are fun loving..some are caring..but all are totally awesome :)
23. Your life?.................................................Bed of roses with few thorns here and there
24. Your mood?.............................................Excited :D
25. Missing someone?..................................... My hubby ..He's on a business travel to Japan for 4 long months :(
26. Vehicle?....................................................Scooty streak
27. Something you're not wearing?...................Make up
28. Your favorite store?.................................. Any craft store :p
29. Your favorite color?................................Peacock blue
30. When was the last time you laughed?.........10 mins back..cracking jokes with my lunch friends.
31. Last time you cried?...................................3 weeks back..wow that's a long time for I am a cry baby..
32. Your best friend?........................................Many :)
33. One place that I go to over and over?.........Wherever my laptop is :p
34. Facebook?..................................................Good place to catch up with long lost friends..and stay in touch with far off people.
35. Favorite place to eat?.................................A long long list again..

And now I tag Apeksha Kothari :)

A Happy Hoppy Birthday Tejal!!

Hi guys,

Welcome to Tejal's blog hop..Our butterfly girl is a special lady and what better way to celebrate a birthday with other than a blog hop....So hop along... You have 16 stops to make before heading to Tejal's blog to wish her.. And a blog hop also means prizes and surprises... So one random lucky commenter would get a Echo Park mini theme collection.... So what are you guys waiting for.. Hop along and join in the fun to wish Tejal a very happy birthday.. Hurry up!! The deadline to get lucky is 30th Oct 2012, 23: 59 hours.
Here is a list of the participating people so in case you get lost along the way you know where to go....

1) Shalini Maskara=> http://www.craftcurry.com/
2) Saumya Mohanty=>http://scrapyouridea.blogspot.in/
3) Apeksha=> http://craftpenter.blogspot.in/
4) Seema=> http://seemaenand.blogspot.in/
5) Meghana=>http://kraftangle.blogspot.in/
6) Ujjwal=>http://ujjwal-handmadewithlove.blogspot.com/
7) Smita=>http://kreativityandme.blogspot.com/
8) Jovita=>http://creativita-jovi.blogspot.in/
9) Rachana=>http://rachanascraftycorner.blogspot.in/
10) Shruti=>http://shruti.anup.org/
11) Dr.Sonia=>http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.in/
12) Spardha=>http://papercraft-addict.blogspot.com/
13) Megha=>http://meghanuj01.blogspot.in/
14) Piyu=>http://www.notjustquilling.blogspot.in/   ...... YOU ARE HERE ......
15) Erum=>http://vibgyorkrafts.blogspot.in/
16) Khushboo=>http://crafterkhush.blogspot.com
17) Tejal=>http://tejalcreates.blogspot.in

So before I show you my card..Let me wish Tejal a very very Happy Birthday :)..May the year ahead bring in lots and lots of happiness, love and craft goodies :)

And here's my card for the bling butterfly queen -

 

 

Here's the close up of the digi and the handmade flower-

And here's the inside -

I hope you liked it!
Now please leave me some love and hop on to Erum's blog.

Submitting it to following challenges -

Crafters Corner - celebrate with flowers

 

Hello!!

Hey Friends!
Yesterday was a holiday and I got some time for crafting. Here's the card that I made -

Supplies : CS : Fabriano; Stamps : Hero arts - flourish background, Varna's love birds; Dies : Cuttlebug baby face alphabet die set

As you can see, I am still hooked onto Varna's "Love bird" stamp set and rainbow colours. I have stamped the cute little birdie on 2'' wide quilling strip and paper pieced it. Wished there was a die set along with the stamps.

Hugs,
Piyu

Back with love

Hey friends!
I was MIA since long as I was held up with few orders. A couple is celebrating their 2nd love anniversary and the girl wants to gift her boy with 24 gifts. Out of which she asked me to make 8. I will post the details in another post. Then my husband's office had an event and they wanted few small things to be given as prizes. So I made few "windows themed" quilled earrings and magnets. By the time I completed them, I was so tired that I didn't take any pics :(
All this left me with very little time for ICR's CASE. But finally managed to send stuff.

So now, all's done and I am free to craft as per my wish :)
Here's a card, I made using Varna's Love Birds stamp set which I won as Varna's blog hop winner (designer) for  this card -

Supplies : CS - Fabriano, Stamps - Varna's Love birds, PTI woodgrain, Inks -  Creativ, colorbox frost white, Distress inks - Tea dye, worn lipstick, Dies - Spellbinder lacey ovals, water color pencils - Steadler

I am fascinated by rainbow colours and the moment I saw this background stamp, I thought of creating the rainbow effect. I also wanted to make a special mention of quality of Varna's stamps. It is really superb! It's comparable to the big branded imported ones. I am pretty novice at stamping, but I got the brackground perfect at one go.
Hope you liked this card. Will be back soon with another.

Love,
Piyu

Pretty Paper Studio's blog hop

Hello Friends!!
Pretty Paper Studio is having a launch party and to celebrate this occasion, we have a blog hop.

PPS (Pretty Paper Studio) is a monthly scrapbooking+cardmaking kit club based in UAE. Here you will also find other papercraft supplies at very affordable prices in their shop.
Here's a sneak peek of April's Kits-

All kits

April's card making kit

April's project kit

April's scrapbooking kit

You can purchase PPS kits at subscriber prices (AED 205) until April 15th. Check out Pretty Paper Studio to know more!

You should have arrived here from the Pretty Paper Studio.
For this blog hop we had to design a card/layout having the word "Pretty". And here's my circle side step card-

More pics and details coming up in another post!

Leave a comment here and other blogs on the hop to win Pretty Paper Studio’s Project Kit called ‘Spring Break’. More comments you leave more chances to win :)
The winners of Blog Hop will be announced on April 18, 2012.
So once you are done with leaving me some love, hop on to the next -  Shruti's blog. Happy hopping :)

Vintagey layout

Hello Friends!! Yesterday I decied to get out of my comfort zone and challenged myself to make a vintagey layout. It's the first time I made a layout and also anything vintagey (Although I had tried once..but failed).. So would request you to put on your critic caps and help me improve :)

Supplies: CS : Local, PP - Paper Mania, Distress inks - Vintage photo, Peeled paint, Stamps - Hero arts Blossom Art, Glitter balls - Pie lane, Slickles - Stickles - Diamond, Punch - Martha Stewart double arches

And here's the close up-





I am submitting it to following challenges -
Pretty Paper Studio challenge 2 - No Photo layout
For the love of crafting challenge 4- Blooming gorgeousness
CraftyJC Challenge #15 – Many Colours Holi!
As it was the first time, I decided to go for a smaller layout  - 8 x 8 inches. And like some of my previous posts..I loved playing with distress inks..:)
Well that's not all..I also organized my distress inks and blending foams this weekend. And here's the picture -

You can get the distress ink labels at - http://www.rangerink.com/pdf/label_sheets/DistressInkLabels.pdf
I printed 2 sheets. One went on distress inks and other on my blending tags. I have stuck a piece of velcro to paper tag using a piece of "buckram"..not sure if it is the right word..but it is a drier sheet kind of material used by tailors to stick fabrics. When inserted between fabrics and ironed it sticks the fabrics together. I stuck it using fevicol on tag and then stuck the velcro on it followed by ironing on reverse. The bond is quite strong. I have tested removing and putting the blending foam multiple times. Hope you find this tip useful!

Hugs,
Piyu

ICR “Re-Creational” Blog Hop Results!

Hello Friends!!
Thank You so much for all the support & excitement displayed for ICR blog hop.
And here are the results -
FINAL SUCCESSFUL HOPPERS:
1)Kunda
2)Dolly
3)Khushboo Rathi
4)Indira Tanwar
5)Sree Swathi
6)Bhawana Singh
7)Renuka Bindu
8)Taranjot kaur
9)Mansi Gupta

And the winners are {Drums roll}-

Congratulations Bindu and Indira!!!Your surprises would soon be dispatched ..... Kindly CHECK in PEEK-A-BOO {ICR}, for your current & correct COMPLETE ADDRESSES....
In case of any discrepancies, kindly get them updated ASAP!

Hugs,
Piyu

VARNA’s BLOG HOP!

Hello freinds!
VARNA’s Creation has launched Clear Stamp. The stamps are made in our own country, yes you heard it right.. In India. To celebrate the joy and excitement, VARNA’s is having lots of interesting stuffs happening in their blog. One of such is this Blog hop.

So if you haven't already checked VARNA's beautiful & high quality "Made in India" stamps, hop on to VARNA's creation, checkout the sneak peaks and start on this hop.

You should have arrived here from Neha's blog.
For this blog hop, I selected the love mail box digi from VARNA's creation and the first thing that came to my mind was  the distressed sky. So here's my card -

The cloud background is made  using masking technique. The digi is coloured using a mix of distress inks and Steadler water colour pencils. (Looks like I just can't craft without my distress inks :D). The grass is from flonz stamps. the sentiment is from TPC.
Here's a closeup of the mail box-

RULES TO THE HOP:

• Make sure you hop around to each designer from the START {VARNA’s Creation} & leave your thoughts in the comments section, on every SPACE.

• Like VARNA’s Creation on Facebook
There are prizes awarded to blog hoppers who fulfill the above criterion.

The blog hop will be OPEN through Sunday, March 4, 2012 @ 11:59 pm IST. Winners will be announced on VARNA’s CREATION blog on Monday.

So be sure you leave, love & like! Next blog is Megha's.

ICR “RE-CREATIONAL” BLOG HOP!

ICR turns a YEAR OLDER tomorrow…..  

Yes..It's our Indian Craft Room's first birthday tomorrow and this calls for a grand celebration.

We are having considerably a BIG BLOG HOP termed as “Re-Creational” Blog Hop! And this is to celebrate all our GUEST DESIGNERS at Indian Craft Room for the year 2011…. YAY!

We are RE-CREATING the MAGIC that paved our way to being the Guest Designers for the respective challenges on ICR for the year 2011….

You should have arrived here from Anita Kejriwal's blog.If not make sure you begin the re-creational hop from the INDIAN CRAFT ROOM!

My "You are special" card made it to top 3 in ICRC3 and I was selected as the Guest DT. The theme of ICRC3 was - Photo insipration + Handmade emblishment. The inspiration photo was "Dhin chak" with lots of blight colours.  Here's it -

And here's my Re-take on it -



 

The colors are inspired from the lady's and the gentleman's dress in the inspirational photo. The roses are handmade and I have used black magic technique.

Submitting this to-
pie lane challenge 3 - wedding
For the love of crafting challenge 4- Blooming gorgeousness

RULES TO THE HOP:

·         Make sure you hop around to each designer from the START {ICR} & leave your thoughts in the comments section, on every SPACE.

·         Like the Indian Craft Room PAGE on Face Book!

There are prizes awarded to blog hoppers who fulfill the above criterion. There will be 2 winners each for the 2 prizes sponsored….We are generously sponsored by Khyati’s Store & Sudha’s Store respectively!



Khyati's store





Sudha's store



The blog hop will be OPEN through Wednesday, February 29, 2012 @ 11:59 pm IST.  Winners will be announced on ICR on Thursday as well as all the “RE-CREATIONAL” MAGIC blogs.

So be sure you leave, love & like!

We are having a GRAND CELEBRATIONS PARTY at the INDIAN CRAFT ROOM, all day tomorrow…… with lots of games & prizes sponsored by few well known sponsors like Scraps N More [PIALI]  & Itsy Bitsy!

Come over to the party for a Once in a While chance to win, to get to know your fellow crafters & your TEAM & for all the surprises your way!

All the games & events will be listed at the INDIAN CRAFT ROOM!

Catch up with you on ICR tomorrow…. : D

So hop on to next blog and meet Priya Sondhi -

ICR “RE-CREATIONAL” BLOG HOP DETAILS!

Hello to ALL!

Marking the First ANNIVERSARY celebrations on ICR, we have put together a very interesting blog hop for you…..

Below are the details to it….

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: All MEMBERS OF ICR!

WHEN & WHERE: The Blog Hop starts on February 25 @ 9 am, IST at ICR… However you have until February 29, 11:59 pm, IST, to leave your love through comments on all the participating blogs!

WHY: To be introduced to all participating blogs & to be inspired by their OUT OF THIS WORLD creations….. Along with a chance to WIN a sur-prize, your way!

PRIZE: ICR is giving away a prize catered to them by their sponsor, of this EVENT! {GDs are not eligible; however they would for sure, receive a surprise for participating}

A REMINDER:

Our LIVE CHAT EVENTS go live on February 26^th; Though Open throughout THE SUNDAY, the MAIN EVENT would commence at 7 pm, IST…

ONLY RULE:

We would LOVE FOR YOU ALL to show your excitement about the upcoming EVENTS by adding both the blinkies to your BLOG SIDEBAR!

<a href="http://indianstampers.ning.com/forum/categories/icr-turns-one/listForCategory" _mce_href="http://indianstampers.ning.com/forum/categories/icr-turns-one/listForCategory" target="_blank"><img alt="ICR TURNS ONE" src="http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/asra2104/IndianStampers/GDHOP.png" _mce_src="http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/asra2104/IndianStampers/GDHOP.png"/></a>

<a href="http://indianstampers.ning.com/chat" _mce_href="http://indianstampers.ning.com/chat" target="_blank"><img alt="ICR LIVE CHAT" src="http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/asra2104/IndianStampers/LIVECHAT-1.png" _mce_src="http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/asra2104/IndianStampers/LIVECHAT-1.png"/></a>

And we hope you are all excited as we are, about this hop!

One more sunset scene

Hi Friends!!
I made one more sunset card. I just can't keep off the distress inks :D.
My below card is inspired from this card. Do checkout other cards on this blog. They are gorgeous and you will love them especially if you like scenery cards.

Supplies: CS- 300gsm Fabriano brustro for image, 220 gsm fabriano -black and white ; Distress inks: Mustard seed, Spiced marmalade, barn door, shabby shutters, peeled paint; Stamps: Hero arts - Earth flowers, Flonz stamps - grass; stamping ink: Memento tuxedo black

These distress inks blend like magic on Fabriano brustro water colour papers. Thanks Priya for this tip!
And thank you all for the encouraging comments on my previous posts. It really helps me improve.

Hugs,
Piyu

Sunset Scene

Hello friends!!
Posting a sunset scene card that I had made over the weekend while playing with my distress inks and silhouette stamps.

Supplies - CS - Fabriano - Brustro; Distress inks - Mustard seed, spiced marmalade, barn door, fired brick;
 Stamps: Hero arts - Earth flowers, Ink- Memento Dew Drop Tuxedo Black, Uniball white gel pen

I masked the sides and the sun first, then did the distressing, followed by stamping.
Here's a close up -

Submitting this to following challenges-
Southern Girls - So distressed
Simon says stamp and show - Anything goes

Hugs,
Piyu

My craft haul

Warning : Long post and loads of pictures :)
Hi Friends!!
Today I am sharing the pictures of my craft supplies that I got  recently from US. I got this stuff shipped to a friend's place there and my husband got it back here. I got some real cool discounts as it was Christmas time :)
The first pic is of my craft punches -

I got these from Joann's.  Joann's had 40% off on craft supplies + I had a 15% off coupon. So even though the $ rate was high, I felt a little less guilty :D.
Next is distress inks. I got 12 of them. 6 from Joann and 6 from Ohmycrafts. Ohmycrafts had a flat shipping of 1.95$ and pack of 3 distress inks for just 10$.

 

Since long time, I wished for an eyelet setter. So finally got one from Joann. I also got the sew easy stitch piercers from Ohmycrafts and the "DCWV Fresh floral Stack", again from Joann. This is a must have for all pattern paper lovers. It's a 12x12 paper pack containing 180 papers with 60 lovely designs in pastel shades (3 of each design ). And it cost me less than 9$..(including 15% discount and tax. Joann charges you some tax which you can find out on checkout only).i.e 2.7 Rs. only for a 12x12 paper :)..

However don't expect the papers to be thick as CS at this price. So you will have to layer them on cardstock. But they are surely a true value for money.

So next time you plan to buy something from Joann, surely checkout the DCWV paper stacks.

 

I also got some Spellbinder dies, Cuttlebug "B" plates and embossing folder and the Niji Pearlscent colours. Tejal has posted a wonderful review regarding it. Do check it out.

Next comes the paper trey ink stuff.

The "Thank you" stamp in the above pic is complimentary :). I also got the "doily details B punch out tool" by mistake thinking it to be a die. So if anyone needs it, let me know. I will sell it at the price I got. Else will keep it until I get the doily details dies :D.

I got some stamps too.

They are mostly floral silhouettes. Currently I am obsessed with distress ink and silhouette stamps.
And now a picture of the entire shopping :) -

You can also see a Tonic 8-1/2'' guillotine cutter. Inspite of having a 12'' Fiskars rotary trimmer, I bought this because -

• My rotary trimmer required frequent maintainence as the track worns out  pretty soon.
• Followed Tejal's review on paper trimmers. Thanks girl!! You have helped me n number of times..and I am indebted to you :)
• It was pretty cheap. I got it for 11$.

Now that I have got so many new supplies, my mojo is super high. So you can expect a lot of new posts from me in the coming few weeks :)

Hugs,
Piyu

Guest DT @ Pie Lane

Hello! A quick post to show 2 cards that I made for the pie lane challenge 2. As my this card made it to top 3 in pie lane challenge 1, I was selected as a guest DT.
So here are they -

Supplies : CS - Fabriano, PP - Papner mania,DCWV stack 7, Punches - Jeff, Sentiment - TPC Sentiments, Dies- Sizzix Decorative flourishes,  Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circle and peals and buttons from stash.

CS - Fariano (white,black), locally bought (Red), pp - DCWV stack 7, emblishments - butterflies,button from pielane, pixie dust from pielane, flower - Handmande, embossing folder - Cuttlebug swiss dots, Punch - MS Ribbon loop, Distress ink - Fired brick, Dies -  Sizzix Decorative flourishes, Pearls and ribbon from stash, Sentiment - TPC Sentiments

 I regretted not having the pie lane swrils. But planning to get them soon.

The Store front card!!

Hey friends!
Wanted to share a new type of card - the storefront card or the awning card. I wanted to make a special card for a reallly special friend. Hence made this :)

Supplies: CS - Fabriano, Stamps - Hero arts Magical  background, TPC studio greetings, stickers - locally bought in Singapore, ek success abstract flower border punch, acetate sheet

Here's a closeup of the shelves :)

You will find some great tutorials for awning card on you tube. It's surely worth a try.
There's one more thing that I wanted to share. My hubby's back from his US trip with a bag full of craft supplies. I had got all the stuff ordered at a friend's place during Chritsmas so got some really cool deals. Will share a pic of my new supplies soon :).