ICRC29 - Elements and a "Theme" Twist

Hello Friends, Happy May and hoping to see lots of May Flowers :))

May means new Challenge over at ICR.  Here is the Challenge for the month of May ICRC29 – Card with Elements and a “Theme” Twist.

You'll be using ELEMENTS on your cards that you'll find on our DT Blogs.  That's right...you'll have to visit each of the five DT blogs listed below for the elements.  You only need to put three of the elements onto your card, but you can use more than three if you'd like.

Finally, you must visit the ICR Blog for the TWIST!!!

My Element is FLOWERS :)) (Yup..Gotta have some flowers for May).

Here is my card,

It was fun working on this CAS Card. The sentiment is from Verve stamp set. I love to create Monochromatic card - cream and white in this case with some Pop of Red and Pink Colors.

So you have some visiting to do!  Have fun, and I look forward to seeing your projects on ICR! Be sure to list the three elements that you've used, when posting your cards. If you have any questions, please reach out to any of the DT members!

DT BLOGS:

Nupur

Gopi
Sheetal

Smita

ICR BLOG: 

 ICR Blog

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - VERVE
Paper - PTI White and Vintage Cream Cardstock
Ink - Memento Black
Other - Recollections Paper Roses and Petaloo Flowers, Gemstone Embellishments

ICRC28 - Card with Speech bubble and witty/pun Sentiment

Hello Friends, April 1st - not a time for prank but pun. Yup. that is the theme along with Speech bubble for our April Challenge - ICRC28

Here is the storyboard,

And here is my card,

I kept my card quite simple and used the colors of brown and blue along with some pink. The Pun Sentiment is a freebie on ICR this month and I used it along with this coffee mug stamp from Market Street's Daily Grind Stamp set. I paper pierced the cup and the heart.

I also used the Case This Sketch #21 for this card.

Here is the sketch,

I hope you will stop by ICR forum to check out the freebie and play along with us.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Market Street Stamps Daily Grind
Paper - PTI Kraft and Vanilla CS, SU Text Pattern Paper, Blue Pattern Paper from Stash/
Ink - Memento Black
Other - None

ICR Holi Blog Hop

Welcome to Pichkari Holi Blog Hop by ICR Team. You can start at ICR Forum and get all the deets on the Blog Hop.

Here is some info about Holi On Wikipedia. Holi is also called the Spring Festival - as it marks the arrival of spring the season of hope and joy. The gloom of the winter goes as Holi promises of bright summer days. Nature too, it seems rejoices at the arrival of Holi and wears its best clothes. Fields get filled with crops promising a good harvest to the farmers and flowers bloom colouring the surroundings and filling fragrance in the air.

I always have associated Holi with bright colors and awesome get together with Family and Friends (and of course yummy food and sweets).

So to document the awesome Holi Party that we had at our friend's place just this last weekend, I created this scrapbook Layout using the March Sketch from ICR. Fun Sketch isn't it? There is plenty of time left to play along if you are interested.

I drew inspiration from our clothing colors and used some Blues and pinks on the layout and of course I had to use the bright Alphabet Stickers to celebrate Holi.

And I for sure wanted to create a card as well and again I did a card for this month's ICR Challenge #27 - One Layered card with Repeated Stamping.

Again, there is still time for you to play along, we would love to see your card creations. I did my own template in Word for this card and placed the text (using text box) and then printed it out and then stamped the PTI Mehendi Medallion Stamps over the card base. I would redo this card again and probably add some sequins or gem stones to add some more glitter.

I hope you enjoyed the projects and would love to hear from you and also see your creations in ICR.

If you are here from Sheetal's Blog then you are on the right path. If not, you can go to the ICR Forum and start from there.

Once you are done commenting on all the participating DT blogs, you can go back to ICR forum and add your name to the inLinkz tool to get the tokens. You can collect tokens for various ICR Activities through out the year and the one with most tokens will be eligible for a surprise prize package at the end of the year. Sounds like fun????

Here is the list of bloggers,

ICR Forum {Start here}
Asha
Nupur
Bhavana
Smita
Sheetal
-->(You are Here) Banu
ICR Forum {End here to add your name to the inLinkz List}

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Mehendi Medallion
Paper  - PTI White Card stock, Pebbles card stock and crate paper patterned paper
Ink - Memento Ink Pads

2013 Scrapbook Challenge Series on ICR

Hello Friends, Happy Saturday. We are re launching the scrapbook challenges on ICR forum for 2013. It is going to be lots of fun and inspiration and of course some gift for sure. One person who completes all the challenges for the 2013 Scrapbook challenge series will win a box of scrapbook goodies. YAY.

Without further ado here is the Layout that I made for our very first challenge which is a Sketch Challenge. Please stop by at ICR forum to see the Sketch (to become a member if you are not already) and to play along.

These are our pictures from Seattle Trip - at Pikes Place market. The pattern paper on the left is from American Crafts Travel Collection (an older one). I used some Alphabet Thickers and stickers for the Title and of course Flair. A girl Gotta have her Flair :))

I used some scrap papers left over from an old travel kit for the banners on the right hand side. This sketch is perfect for using up all these small scraps of paper
.
I really liked how this Layout turned out and would love to do another one with maybe two horizontal 4x6 pictures. Possibilities are endless. Again, please stop by at ICR forum and check out the sketch and hope you will play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - None
Paper - Bazzill Card stock, American Crafts Travel Themed pattern Paper
Ink - None
Other - SC Flair, AC AmyTan Thickers and AC Pink Tiled Alphabet Stickers

ICRC27 - One Layer Card with Repeated Stamping

Hi Friends, It is time again for the ICR challenge. I am sorry I am late posting this on my blog.  ICRC27 Challenge is to create a One Layer Card with Repeated Stamping.

I used a Masking Technique on my card. and you can find a tutorial about it on ICR. I loved how this card turned out. I also outlined the heart shape with Copic Micron pen for additional interest.

Just a simple, CAS One layer card. In love with these and might make a few more.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you stop by at ICR and play along with our challenge.

Supplies:
Stamp: PTI Around and About Sentiments, PTI Text Style Background
Paper - PTI White Cardstock
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Memento Lady Bug
Other - Copic Pen

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 

Masculine Birthday Card and Video Tutorial

Hi Friends, Happy Saturday. We have all kind of fun activities and events as part of ICR's 2nd Anniversary on ICR Forum - Please do stop by and check it all out.

As part of the Anniversary Celebrations - I have posted a Small Video Tutorial on using your Digital Stamps in Basic Word Processing Software. please do check it out. We have some Free Exclusive Stamps on ICR as well.

Here is a card that I did using one of the ICR exclusive Digital Stamp.

I printed several of these images using Microsoft Word on PTI Cardstock (Because I was going to color it with Copics). And then cut it out using Nestabilities Die and then colored it with copics. I then added it to the card base with patterned papers. The sentiment is from PTI's Faux Ribbon Stamp set and I added some red airmail washi tape for fun interest.

I am entering this card for the Seize the Birthday Challenge #4, to use their sketch and create a Masculine card. Here is the Sketch,

Simple and easy card using Digital Stamps. Hoping that you will stop by at ICR.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - ICR Exclusive Digital Stamp
Paper - PTI White, SU Basic Grey and Blue, Studio Calico Kit Pattern papers
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Nestabilities Dies, Circle Punches, Recollections Washi Tape

ICRC26: CANDY HOLDER + LOVE IS "UP IN THE AIR"!

Hi Friends, It is Feb 1st - means time for the Monthly ICR Challenge. This month we are celebrating the ICR 2nd Anniversary. So we have tons of acitvities, games, challenges and fun things planned for y'all. Would love for you to stop by and Celebrate with us.

Without further Ado - for the ICRC26 - Candy Holder with Love Up In the Air Theme - I created this Hershey's bar holder with a plane in clouds image and used the Sentiment "Love is Up In the Air". The Hershey's bar is held with a ribbon, so you can pull the bar out by pulling on the Ribbon. This is a very simple and easy Candy Holder to make.

Here is my Project,

Recipe:
1. Cut a Card Stock 7 x 5.5 inches (This is for the Big Hershey's bar that we get in USA). But you can adjust this to any Candy bar. Basically 7 inches is 1/2 inch more than the length of the candy bar and 5.5 inches is 1/2 inch more than the circumference of the candy bar.
2. Score the card stock on the 7 inch side at 2.5 and 5 inches. Fold the 1/2 inch, add some glue or sticky tape and close it. The bottom portion can also be closed the same way or crimped.
3) I made two slots on the open top portion using SU Slot Punch, but you can do the same with a regular hole punch as well.
4) Take about 15-16 inches long ribbon. Thread it through the two slots and then slide the chocolate bar inside the pocket while keep the ribbon at the bottom of the bar and then tie the top into a know. Now if you pull the ribbon, the bar will slide out with it.
5) Decorate the top of the pocket as you like.

There is a detailed tutorial on SplitCoastStampers as well.

I used some Crate Paper  Cardstock for my Candy Holder and I decorated the Top with PTI Flying By Stamp set (The best 5 dollar stamp set that I ever got). I colored the Airplane with Copics, I printed the sentiment from Computer (Used Lauren Script for the font) and added few PTI Cloud Die cuts (whose edges I inked with copics). Some hearts stamped on this completed the project.

This is fun to make as valentines for School Projects, Teachers and even friends. I hope you felt a bit inspired to go create your own and enter in the ICRC Challenge.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Flying By, PTI Heart Prints
Paper - PTI White Card Stock, Crate Paper Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - Offray Satin Ribbon, PTI Cloud Die

ICR DESIGNER AUDITIONS {3}

Hello Friends, Happy Sunday. We are having a Design Team Call on ICR. We would love to have you apply for it and join our fun interesting team.

Here are the deets and link for ICR

Design Team Call

If you are crazy abouting stamping and/or papercrafting, love challenges and is a good team player - then we are looking for you...

ICR is looking to add a Designer to our Creative team.

Submissions will be taken until: Jan 28th
New Design Team will be posted on or about- Jan 30th


Details:

1. Term is for 6 Months (Feb - July 2013)

2. Submissions must be emailed to indiancraftroom@gmail.com by January 28th, 2013. Please put Design Team Call in the subject line

3. Please include the following directly in the body of email - please do not provide any links to your blogs or online resumes. All the details mentioned below should be in the email,

-> Two projects that show case your as a designer or shows your design style.
-> Any past DT experiences - we are not looking for any. So even if you have never been on any DT you can still apply.
-> Any publications or honorary mentions.
-> Your name, address, phone, email & blog address


The Design Team member will be required to:-

-> Take part in our Monthly Challenges following the theme of the set Challenge; Which means 1 project a month { you will know all of the upcoming challenges in advance, so no hassles} [ANY type of inspiration project: cards, scrap book layouts, paper creations, altered art... whatever makes YOU happy!]
->  Take part in any other events that we may hold, like a Blog Hop or other special events on ICR.
->  Have a BLOG to post and promote ICR and all its happenings.
->  Turn in ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME and the ability to work quickly in case of emergency submissions.
-> Commit to COMMENTING on ALL participations to challenges AND submissions on ICR.
->  Post our ICR Blinkie in signatures & on your blog!
-> Provide at least 1 Tutorial during your 6 month term (more are always welcome)
-> Help the team with Challenge Sponsorships etc
Disclaimer:
Please only apply if you are a serious designer and can commit 3 months to ICR. You do not necessarily need experience, but commitment and being DRAMA FREE is a MUST!

Thanks for reading this long post and Good Luck to everyone… Show US what YOU got!
We are all excited.