Design Team on Indian Craft Room and ICRC23 Challenge

I am really really excited today. :))) I was offered the Design Team Position by Asha on Indian Craft Room.
I have known Asha for a while now and was always impressed with her creativity and passion. I have seen ICR take shape from her ideas and grow into this huge rocking community. I have worked with her in the background with some ideas and love hanging out in the forums and galleries over here at ICR, so when the opportunity presented to be officially part of the team, I was overjoyed, honored and totally excited.

As it happens I had won the Opportunity to do the Guest Post  for ICRC23, so this post comes at a very opportune moment. ICR23 is to make Paper Quilts with the Twist of making a Diwali Card.

 I just loved this concept.  I was so excited that I ended up making two cards for this Challenge.

1) For my first card I used PTI's Quilter's Sampler stamp set. I stamped the quilt blocks on white CS, colored it with Markers. I then mounted them on a base and added a scalloped border. A sentiment completed the card.

2) For my 2nd card, I made my own quilt template with a diya in it and used different colored patterned papers for the diya and created the quilted block. For both the cards, I used the Samarkan font, printed the sentiment from computer and then cut it out.

I wanted to share this Quilt pattern I did and used for the diya in my 2nd card,

 So as you can see it is not that difficult to create a quilted diya or some other pattern. So, would love to see you play along.

Again, I am so excited to be part of the DT for ICR team. Thanks for sharing my happy news with me.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Quilter's Sampler Stamp set
Paper - PTI White, Yellow CS, Pattern Paper from Stash
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - EK Success 1 inch square punch, Pearl and Gem Stone embellishments from Hobby Lobby

Diwali Cards

2nd Post of the day. Please scroll down or click here to see the Appreciate You post.

Diwali is the Festival of Lights celebrated through India. The festival is celebrated by lighting lamps all around and outside the homes and with plethora of sweet and savory dishes. I love this festival as it feels so bright to be sorrounded by lights and where families & friends get together and have a good time. So, when I saw that a few Indian stampers had joined together for a Diwali blog hop, I had to create a few cards. You can start the blog hop at Chaitali's blog (She even has some Silhouette cut files for you) and get all the details there.

Warning - Picture Heavy Post as I ended up creating three cards :)

1) I used the PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) for this card. I also used Retro Sketches #34. 

The lamp (diya) image is from about.com - a free clip art. I printed it and colored it with copics. The sentiment is in Samarkan Font.

Here are PDCC Challenge panel and Retro Sketch,

2) I did this second card again using PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) and this time I used the CASE this sketch #3 for this card.

I used the same lamp clip art and sentiment. :) Just a variation in the sketch. I used gold bling for the gold color.

Here is the CASE Sketch #3,

3) Last but not the least, I used Lawn Fawn's Lunar Lights stamp set to create this card. During Diwali we hang these lanterns in our homes and you get the most amazing and beautiful lanterns and this stamp set reminds me of those lanterns. I paper pierced the lanterns in bright patterned papers and kept it simple.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Lunar Lights
Paper - PTI Enchanted Eventing and White CS, PTI Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate Patterned Paper, Bo Bunny Patterned Papers, GKD Mint Card Stock, Gold Glittered Paper from Hobby Lobby
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Gem Stones, Circle Punches, PTI Scallop Border Die

Inspired Crafters Sketch #11 for November

Hello friends,

It is the First Friday of the Month - Which means it is time for Inspired Crafters Sketch Challenge for the Month of November.

I used the PTI Guidelines 2 for my card. Today is Diwali - Festival of Lights. So I made a Diwali card for the sketch. I created my own patterned paper using the Guidelines 2 stamp set and guidelines 2 paper from PTI. I love doing this and it is so much fun to be able to create your own patterned paper. I used some PTI Plum pudding CS and punched out the scallop border. The sentiment was computer generated.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can stop over at IC blog and participate in this sketch challenge to win some exciting prizes.

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Guidelines 2
Paper- PTI Guidelines 2, PTI Plum Pudding and white CS. GKD Metallic Gold CS
Ink - Memento Sweet Plum and Lulu Lavender
Other - EK Success Scallop border punch, SU Circle Punches, Gem Embellishment

TESC 84 and Moxie Fab World Challenge

The Moxie Fab World Challenge this time is called - Gradient is Radiant. It was really neat challenge and I ended up using the latest Taylored Expressions Sketch #84 for this card. This sketch is really very versatile and I can see myself using this in future. This card was also for the OCC Challenge of creating Monochromatic cards :)

Here is my card,



Diwali the festival of Lights is coming in the Month of October and I wanted to make a bunch of cards for that. I used this fan stamp from the Paper Source Company. They have come with this whole line of Indian stamps that are just stunning. I used the Dee Gruenig Gradient Ink for the image. It is the Dee Gruenig's Signature series from Marvy called Blending Box. It has shades of Orange within the ink pad making it easier for this kind of gradient stamping. You might not be able to see the shades in the stamped image, but it is there :)

I also used different shades of Orange from the Coredinations Card stock for the panel on the card further tying in the gradient factor. I kept the card simple without adding further embellishments. I kind of liked the different shades of orange on the card.

Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp Set - Indian Fan Stamp from Paper Source
Paper - Coredinations Card stock, SU White CS, PTI Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Dee Gruenig Blending Box - Shades of Orange, Chai Distress Ink from PTI
Other - SU Word Window Punch, Marvy Circle Punches

Diwali Card using Kazan Sketch 35

Diwali is a Indian festival coming in October which is called Festival of Lights. I was working on some Diwali cards and the latest sketch 35 from Kazan was the perfect for one of the cards.

Here is my card,



DP is from Luxury Stack (DCVW). These paper are really very nice. I kept the card simple with just a ribbon. The image stamp is from Flourishes called Strut your stuff. This is a peacock feather that I used for this card. I stamped the image in Ranger Distressed Ink - Faded Jeans and then I used Sakura Gelly Roll stardust pens to add some glitter to the peacock feather. Sentiment was printed from computer. This week's sponsor for 2s4y is also flourishes :)

Here is the sketch,


Supplies:
Stamp - Strut your stuff from Flourishes
Paper - Luxury Stack from DCVW, Vintage Cream and White CS from PTI
Ink - Ranger Distressed Ink - Faded Jeans
Other - PTI Vintage Cream Ribbon, SU Word Window Punch

Deepavali Wishes

Deepavali or Diwali as it is commonly known is the Festival of Lights. "Deepawali" (also transliterated as "deepaawaLi") literally means a row of lamps (Sanskrit "deepa" = lamp and "aawaLi" = row, line). This is a festival where friends and family get together, have good food and enjoy time with each other. Back home in India, we would also put "Rangoli" - intricrate doodle designs in front of the house, light lamps, wear new outfits and have fun :)

Here at home in Texas, we lit a lot of lamps and have good food and in spirit of Deepavali, I created this card.

I had this Basic Grey Paper that was so suited for this and this Paisely stamp that I have been dying to use. Paisley is also something that is often used in lot of Indian dresses and designs. I printed the words "Happy Diwali" using MS word and then punched it out using SU Word Window punch. Used the scalloped Nestabilities as background for the paisley stamp. Just a simple card, but I liked how it turned out.

Supplies:
BasicGrey - Collection Pack - Phoebe, PTI Card Stock (PTI Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream), Square Scallop Nestabilities, SU Word Window Punch, Offray Ribbon.