Seize the Sketch #21

Hi Friends, It has been a while since I posted. Sorry about that. I have been creating, but have not had time to post. :((

Here is a card that I did for Seize the Sketch #21. I loved the simplicity of the sketch. You can keep it as is or embellish it.

I kept is simple with this image from Belles N Whistles stamps. I was so sorry when they closed their store.

Here is the STS 21 Sketch,

I kept the card simple. Colored the image and added a doily in the background. :) A blank card that is good for any occasion.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies
Paper - White CS by PTI, Patterned paper my MME
Stamp - Belles N Whistles stamp
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Doily die, gem stone embellishments.

The Paper Players Challenge #189 - Tic Tac Toe

Hi Friends, Happy Thursday. The Paper Players Challenge #189 is Tic Tac Toe. I chose the center Vertical Column - Any Punch/Die, patterned paper and Enamel Dots. I keep forgetting that I have these enamel dots, so this was a good way to use it on the card.

Here is my card. I used a Mo Manning Digital Image, colored it with copics. The awesome Dog themed patterned paper is from Queen and Co. Some Dear Lizzy Enamel dots completed the card. I used the label punch from SU to punch out the sentiment.

I kept the design simple and loved how this turned out. :)) Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamp - Mo Manning Digital Stamp, PTI Everyday Sentiments stamp set
Paper - PTI Pure White and Black Cardstock, Queen and Co Patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Dear Lizzy Enamel Dots

Birthday Cake

Hi Friends, Happy Tuesday. Hoping that week is going well so far. I have been very enthused lately to create some Birthday cards and wanted to share this card.

I used a bunch of birthday themed papers from Hobby Lobby and the image is from Bugaboo stamps. I just love their stamps. I kept it simple with the birthday wishes from PTI Faux Ribbon stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp, PTI Faux Ribbon
Paper - Birthday papers from Hobby Lobby, PTI White and Blue Card stock
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Circle Punch

Pink Scooter Valentine

Hi Friends, The week is almost coming to an end. I will still share my PL pages here but I will try to combine weeks. It will be a bit more photo heavy, but easier for me.

Valentine's day is just around the corner as time flies..So, I wanted to share this Valentine's day card I did with some Digital Scooter image and some old Circle elements that I had.

I kept the card simple with the image taking up the spotlight. I used some bright Pink Gingham paper from PTI and some small paper roses from Michaels. All in all, a super simple card, but I loved all the pink and red happening on the card.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Scooter with Flower Basket Digital Stamp by Milk Coffee on Etsy
Paper - PTI Whisper White, Black, Hibiscus Burst Card stock, PTI Raspberry Fizz Gingham Patterned Paper
Ink - Copic Markers
Other - Michaels Recollections brand Paper Roses, Circle Punch

ICR Guest DT Blog Hop

Hello Friends,

Welcome to the ICR Guest DT Blog Hop. ICR is Celebrating their 2nd year of Awesomeness in the month of February and I am honored as one of their Guest Designers in 2012 to put together this blog hop for you. ICR is having some cool fun activities and challenges as part of their 2nd Anniversary and I hope you stop by ICR to check out all the fun & win tokens for every single activity you participate in through out the month.

Please do leave a comment here on my blog post as well as the other Guest DT's on the Blog hop to win some fun anniversary tokens for the Anniversary celebrations. You can get more information on Tokens on ICR . The more tokens you earn the better chances of winning a prize. Plus, one random commenter from all the blogs will be selected to win a special prize sponsored by Color Conceptions. The Winner will be getting a 6x6 Carta Bella Paris Girl paper pad. Yumm!!!!

Color Conceptions craft store was started with the whole aim of bringing best craft supplies from around the world at nominal prices.We specialize in all the craft materials and we are most people's favorite store in India!! 

If you have come from ICR GD Blog Hop Post then you are in the right place, if not, please go to the ICR GD Blog Hop Post and start from there.

Here is my card for the challenge,

I did a bit of a hybrid project. I created the 2 day (my take on having the Digit 2 in our projects) in Computer and printed it out (I used Mouser Outline Font). I then colored it with Copics and added the other sentiments, flowers, heart images etc. Kept it quite CAS with focus on the sentiment.

It was fun being part of ICR GD and playing along with the Monthly Challenges with a twist, Now that I am on the DT of ICR, it is much more fun. An awesome community to be part of. If you are not member of ICR - I urge you to stop by and become a member. Especially now that we are having the 2nd Anniversary events - there are freebies, fun games, challenges and what not.

Thanks for stopping by. Next up in the hop is Bipasha.



In case you get lost, you can always go back to ICR GD Blog Hop Post and start from there. 

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Beautiful  Blooms 
Paper - PTI White and Kraft CS, Pink Polka Dot Pattern paper from Stash
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - None 

Merry Monday Challenge on Saturday

Hello Friends, I am back with some cards that I created. The first one I want to share today is the card that I did for Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge 44. Yup, she is back with all new set of challenges. This time it was a color challenge. I tried to match the colors best I could.

Here is my card,

I used the Catching Flakes digi from D2D. I just love this Snowman. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Stamps.

Here is the color combination for the challenge,

I did not have the SU Colors listed here, so i tried to match the best I could with others that I had.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Catching Flakes Digi by D2D
Ink - Memento Blue, Copics
Paper - PTI White, Pure Poppy, Hawaiaan Shores CS, Patterned paper from Stash
Other - Gem Stone Embellisment

Merry Monday 38

I am back with another Merry Monday Card :) for Sketch #38. And Surprise surprise...another Snowman image :) This time this is the image from Design2Delight. I loved this snow man image from Faith and this card is also for D2D October Free stamp of the month contest.

You can read all the D2D challenge rules here. Please respect Faith's Angel Policy and do not share the free image even if it is free. Instead, please redirect them to the store where they can get this free image.

Here is my card,

Patterned papers are from Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket. Love these papers. I colored the snow man with copics and added some liquid applique to his hat and some stickles for snow. I colored the snow flakes with copic spica pens.

Here is the Merry Monday #38 sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - D2D Catching Snowflakes Digital Stamp
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist card stock, Neenah Solar White CS, Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket Patterned Papers
Other - Nestabilities

Merry Monday #37 - Warm Winter Wishes

I am back with a card that I made for the Merry Monday #37 Sketch. Again another beautiful sketch. I used my Stampin Up - More the Merrier stamp set for this card.

What can I say - I happen to love Snow men!!!!!!! :)))) I kept the coloring in this image to minimal, just colored the scarves and hats.

Patterned paper is from stash. The scalloped border paper is actually kind of navy blue, but looks black in my picture as I took the picture late at night.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - SU More the Merrier stamp set
Paper - PTI Hawaiian Shores, White and Enchanted Evening CS
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - PTI Double ended banner die, Nestabilites, SU Scallop border punch

Merry Monday #36

Hello Friends, Hope you had a good Tuesday. I had a very productive Tuesday - at home front as well as on crafting front. I am back with a card that I made for Merry Monday Challenge #36. I am just in love with her Sketches. They are just perfect for mass producing cards and you can keep them CAS or embellish them. As you can see I kept them CAS.

I used this awesome Charlie Brown and Snoopy stamp from Stampabilities and then colored it with Copics. I kept the whole layout simple and added a golden glitter snowflake as an accent. This is totally my kind of cards to make, a nice image with copic coloring and simple layout.

I added some liquid applique to the hats of Charlie brown and snoopy :))

Here is the Merry Monday #36 sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Stampabilities Charlie Brown Stamp set
Paper - PTI White and Pure Poppy Card stock, All the Trimmings Patterned paper from MME, Glitter Paper from Stash.
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - TE Snowflakes Die, Liquid Applique

Flower Birthday for CAS-ual Friday Challenge

I did a quick and simple card for CAS-ual Friday challenge #62. I bought this Hero Arts - Sizzix stamp set called Garden Flowers during my recent trip to Archivers in Kansas City. I just love these flowers.

I die cut the flowers using GKD white card stock and stamped the flower image in Black Memento Ink. I colored them using Copic Markers and then added them to the black card base using pop dots. The sentiment is from PTI's Delightful Dahlia stamp set. In retrospect, a more funky or bold font might have better suited this card than this delicate swirly font. But I am happy how the purple color shows so nicely on black.


Thanks for stopping by,.
Supplies:
Stamp - Hero Arts-Sizzix Garden Flowers, PTI Delightful Dahlia
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Paper - GKD White and Black Cardstock
Other - None

Happy Bird-day

Lawrence, KS - yup that is where we were. Along with some scrapbooking friends of mine, we took a road trip to Lawrence, Kansas to take a brayering technique class from Michelle Zindorf. It was an amazing class. I will share some of my class cards also soon. On our road trip, we stopped at quite a few scrapbook stores in Andover, Shawnie and Overland Park and I was finally able to acquire my very first Paper Smooches Stamp set - Birthday Buddies. YAY.. Loving this set.

So, as I was putting my stash away today, I had to create this quick card using FTL 199 Sketch and Paper Smooches Sparks Color challenge.

I stamped the wood grain background using Market Street stamps wood grain background stamp. Then I stamped the bird from Paper Smooches Birthday Buddies stamp set colored it, cut it out and popped it up with some foam dots.  I love the sentiment from that stamp set as well. Although this is not totally CAS, just loved how it turned out.

Here are the challenge and sketch images,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Paper Smooches Birthday Buddies stamp set, MSS Wood Grain background stamp
Paper - PTI Harvest Gold, Blueberry Sky, Rustic White, White and Kraft CS
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Toffee Crunch, Copics
Other - None

My First Washi Tape Card

Hi Friends, Washi Tape is the craze every where and I did not own any until now. End of last month I was visiting seattle and ended up at the Impress Rubber Stamps store in Tukwila(GASP!!!). It was soo cool. I got two washi tapes from there. But I had not still tried it on anything. Then my friend got us some Queen and Co Washi tapes. I still had not tried it on any cards. The final tip was that Target is selling Washi Tapes. I had to get some and I decided enough of hoarding and did a card with it :)) YAY....

Here is a close up of the colored image and the Washi Tape from Target.

It is kind of hard to see in the card, but I have used white over white. I put the washi tape on a white panel (3.75"x5") and then mounted that on a white card base using foam dots. The image is from PTI's Autumn Abundance stamp set. I love this stamp set. Sentiment is from the same set as well.

I made this card for the very first challenge from Oozak blog. Loved this design so much that I am using the same for PTI Swap Card hosted by Michele on SCS for the "Thinking Of You" Category.

Here is a photo of my Washi Tape Stash.

EDITED TO ADD - This card was totally inspired by NorAnne's card that you can see here.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Autumn Abundance
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Paper - PTI White and Hawaiian Shores Cardstock
Other - Marvy Circle Punches, Washi Tape from Target

Winterberry Christmas

My Friend Donelda is hosting a Weekly Christmas card challenge on SCS so that we can make some Christmas cards in advance and not scramble around at the end of the year. It has been made fun by having a different challenge each week. Jan20th weekend challenge - provided by Donelda was to create a Christmas card using a tree/branch/bush/or leaf. I used PTI's Winterberry stamp set for my card.

I stamped the tree with Memento black and colored it with copics. I then added some red stickles to give it some bling. I stamped the snow flakes (From PTI Merry and Bright) in PTI Fresh Snbow and added some stickles to that as well.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Winterberry, PTI Merry and Bright
Paper - PTI White, Kraft and Ripe Avocado Cardstock, AC Christmas pattern paper
Ink - PTI Fresh Snow, Memento Black
Other - Stickles, copics

Ava Flower Girl

I did this card for the Bugaboo - Catch the Bug August Challenge - Anything Goes. I needed a birthday card for a small girl and this Ava with flowers image from Bugaboo was just the right one. I kept the card itself simple with some cool papers and a sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp - Ava Flower Patch, Mega Mixed Messages Sentiment set from PTI,
Paper - PTI Yellow and White Cardstock, October Afternoon Patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Vintage Button, SU Oval Punch, nestabilities

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC87

I loved the colors this time on The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC87 and I was thinking of creating a scrapbook page. I then saw these pictures of my friend that I had printed (of her Mother's day Celebration with her cute cute kid  and her husband) - they had the perfect shades of red and blue. So here is my LO for PDCC87,

It was kind of interesting to create a page with only three colors :) But I had lots of fun creating these pages and these photos are just too adorable and precious. I used a journaling block from Luxe Designs and left it empty so that my friend can fill in some journaling.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Paper - Core-dinations Cardstock
Ink - PTI Chai Inking Cube, Copics
Stamp - None
Other - PTI Pure Poppy Ribbon, Petaloo Flowers

PTI June 2011 Blog Hop

The blog hope theme this time is an inspirational photo (shown below). As soon as I saw this photo, it reminded me of the card that Nichole Heady had done for the June stamp release using copics and I had to give it a try (Loved that technique). Plus the three open boxes reminded me of the take three die :) You can see the entire list of participants on Nichole's Blog.

So, here is my take on this inspirational photo, I think the wall hangers are more like dragon flies, but I thought the butterflies worked well too.

I wanted my card to look like I took a bucket of paint and then poured it on the card stock from top. My copic lines are not that clean or that well blended (I was using the chisel tip), but I still like the overall effect of the card and will for sure give this another try. Maybe stamp it with a background stamp and then use that piece of card stock or something like that.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Handwritten Notes
Paper - PTI White, True Black, Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Take Three Die

Bright and Blue Mermaid

Hello Friends, I hope all of you are having fun Memorial Weekend. I did a quick card for the Catch The Bug Challenge  - Bright Colors. Their sponsor this time is Flower soft. But I do not have any flower soft products, so I just created a card with Bright Colors.

I used the Bugaboo Ava Mermaid image for my card.

Just a quick and easy card. Coloring the image was super easy. In retrospect, it would have been nice to sponge the image panel after I cut it out, but oh well, next time.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Bugaboo Digital Stamp - Ava Mermaid, PTI Mixed Messages
Paper - PTI White, Dark chocolate CS, SU Patterned Paper
Ink - Copics, Memento Black
Other - Nestabilities

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - The Pyrex Effect

As soon as I saw the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - The Pyrex Effect, I knew that I wanted to use this stacked bird stamp from Studio G. I stamped the image and colored it with Copics. I then kept the card simple as I wanted the image to take the center spot. I also like making these blank cards that I can use for any occasion.

I took inspiration from the birds in the image, the way the Pyrex was stacked and the colors also. Awesome trigger this was.

Here is my card,

Here is the Tuesday Trigger,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp -Studio G stamp
Paper -PTI Pure Poppy, Orange Zest and White CS, Crate Paper (Garden Variety) Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI White Twill Ribbon, Pearl Embellishment, Nestabilities

You are the Best

A quick and easy Mothers Day card using Tuesday Morning Sketch #92.

I used PTI Background basics - Geometrics and created the background. It did not come out exactly right, but the blank line in between stamping kind of creates another pattern :) The flower image is from Autumn Abundance. I love this set from PTI. I know it is now spring and this is more of an autumn'ish bouquet, but somehow I wanted to pair the orange/yellow and green together. Sentiment is also from Autumn Abundance Set.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Background Basics - Geometrics, Autumn Abundance
Paper-  PTI Harvest Gold, PTI White and SU Grey CS
Ink - Ranger DI - Crushed Olive, Memento Black, Copics
Other - GKD Green Ribbon, SU Lable Punch, Gem Embellishment

Sweet Birthday Wishes

I did this card for the WSC Getting Sketchy #16 Challenge on SCS.

I colored this Pure Innocence - Flower Girl with Copics. I used a rectangle instead of circle as shown in the sketch below, not sure what I was thinking about. Oh Well, a reason to create another card.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - MFT Pure Innocence - Flower Girl
Paper - PTI White and PTI Bitty Box Basics Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Hibiscus Burst Ribbon, Nestabilities, SU Modern Label Punch