OCC stretch your stamps 2 - Day1 card

Hey Friends,
I haven't been so active on blogger, but I have been crafting a lot lately. My almost died Mojo is back in full swing ( And I really hope it stays for a long time).
Recently I bought 3 classes @ http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/. One of them is stretch you stamps2 which is ongoing and this is one of the main reason that got my mojo back.
Not just this, I learned so many new ways by which I use my long neglected stamps.
So here are 2 cards that I made as a part of OCC - Stretch you stamps2 day1 homework.

These are made using the  faux water color background technique.
I will be back soon with more homework cards. Keep watching :)
 

Mini photo frame

Hey All,
I am back..from my hibernation :) and hope would now be regular in posting. I am back to Hyderabad and currently getting my new home furnished. Soon I would be setting up my craft room and am super excited about that :).

So here's a mini photo frame -

 

 

Supplies - Dies : Cherry Lynn Mexican Tile Pattern, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals

Stamps : Hero Arts Blossom Art, Hero Arts Antique Engravings

Distress Inks: Mustard Seed

Colors: Staedtler Water color pencils

 

Hope you liked it. Will be back soon.

 

Love,

Piyu

 

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

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

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 :).

Happy New Year!!

Hello!!
It has been a great crafty year..with so many new blogger friends, 41 posts from a "posting lazy" person like me :D, loads of shopping and new techniques learnt and my new craft supplies shop (Right now limited to quilling stuff..).
This is the last post of the year..but a long one...as I am going to share 4 new projects :)

Here's a quick card I made this morning for a dear friend...(I am not going to mention her name as it is not yet sent to her :D)

Supplies: Hero arts Wild flower Garden,Ranger Archival ink jet black, Distress inks : Tumbled glass, shabby shutters, Peeled paint, Spellbinder Classic scallop circle large, making memories brad butterfly, CS - Fabriano

Next is the punched flowers card. It was lying incomplete for a long time. Finally completed it yesterday.

And here's the close up of punched flowers -

I am feeling very lazy to write the supplies. So please message me if you wnat to know about anythig :)
The white blank circle will host the sentiment. I will add it when I plan to give it to someone based on occasion.
Yesterday, I also tried my hands at fabric flowers.

As red is the colour of love, I am submitting it at Kalindi's Unconditional Love challenge.

And now the last card. This is for all my lovely blogger friends.

I have used my scraps for this card and the flower is handmade, the one which I learnt at Laura's class.

Have a wonderful new year full of happiness, love and prosperity :) and thank you for all your support, encouragement and help during 2011.

Back with Unconditional Love!

Hello Friends!! How have you been? I had been MIA for a long long time and missed you all so much!..Thanks to my hectic professional and personal life. My weekends are more busy than weekdays. But while I was missing, I did manage to make some cards and will be sharing the backlog one by one(Once I click the pics :)..Those who know me well...also know how lazy I am at clicking pics..).
Now without wasting more time...I will show you my latest card made specially for Kalindi's unconditional love challenge. There are still couple of hours left for the challenge to close...and thankfully I made it on time :D

The dolphins are hand drawn and coloured using steadler water colour pencils. The glitter on waves is from pie lane. Sorry for the poor picture..

Kalindi also has a candy for celebrating her blogaversary. So click on the picture to check it out -

And now here's the card I had made for Tejal's birthday. I had posted a sneak-peek..but went missing before uploading the complete one :)

Supplies: Parchment paper, Hero arts blossom art stamp, colour box frost white ink, MS glitter, clear embossing powder

I will be back soon with the back logs :)

Distressed - Part 2

Here comes another disress inked card -

Supplies:
Distress inks : Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed
Stamps : Hero arts Wild flower garden
Inks: Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK

It's very simple and easy and it just took me 15 mins to make this card...Earlier I was not getting the distressing right as I didn't have a blending tool and was using a sponge. But now I made my own belnding tool and it works wonders. I had a wooden stamp handle. I attached a piece of foam (The one which u get in packings) using a two way tape. And voila! The blending tool is ready. You can change the foam for using different colours or when if gets worned out.

I am submitting this card to following challenge -
CraftyJC Challenge #10: Simplicity

Distressed - Part 1

Since this weekend I have been obsessed with distress inks and my new hero art stamps that I purchased from Ujjwal. Here are some of the bookmarks that I made using them -

Supplies -
Distress inks : Spiced Marmalade, Shabby shutters, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint and Tumbled glass
Stamps : Hero arts Wild flower garden, Maya Road Geometric designs stamp set
Inks: Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK, Colorbox FROST WHITE Ink Pad Pigment Stamp, Creativ pigment inks
Clear Embossing powder from Hobby ideas.

Some more distress ink works to follow :)