Mother's Day Gift - Photo fridge magnets!

Okay I admit, I have been procrastinating the blog posts for a while now(Mother's Day was like 3 days ago :)). Not because I am lazy but because I am tired these days with all the family commitments and work stuff and then having a very-active-11-month-old baby around doesn't help at all :)

Anyways, I just wanted to share what I gifted my 2 mothers (mum-in-law and mum) this year on Mother's day. Let's face it, mother's love their kids but when the grand child arrives, all their focus shifts to the new member in the family :)
Although I miss all the attention I used to get, I also feel happy that my daughter Aadya has such wonderful and loving grandparents.
So I thought nothing would make the grand mother's happier more than a picture of their grand daughter. I took the pictures of my daughter and converted them into fridge magnets with a personalized message at the bottom. And I had a cute and meaning full gift ready in no time :)

Nani is what Aadya would call my mum and Dadi is what she would call my mum-in-law. Needless to say, both the mums loved it :)

I used a chipboard base, Cheery Lynn Mini Font Die cuts and Mod Podge Dimensional to finish them off.  "Dadi" and "Nani" are hand-written. The back of these have a magnetic strip so they stick to the fridge without any trouble.

I am happy that I could make something for my two mums this year and they both loved it too :)

Entering this for the Gift Challenge in the Moxie Fab World  and Hands to hearts Challenge#10 - My Mother.

See ya soon !

Favor boxes anyone?

I love trying out new things and I had a blast when I tried making these little 2X2 boxes. They are just plain cute :)

Perfect for holding little treats and I mean not just sweet treats, how about some jewellery?

And I think they will be perfect favors for any party be it birthdays, weddings or  just about anything. All you need to do is match the theme of the boxes to the occasion.

The ones I made are for holding chocolate truffles, one in each box...cute right??

   

I am giddy with the idea of receiving some yum chocolate truffles in these super cute tiny little boxes :)

Entering this for the Gift Packaging Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Have a yum day my friends!

Mother's Day Gift Tags!

So I just had the opportunity to create some pretty little tags for mother's day and I had so much fun making them :)
They are perfect to add that special personalized touch to the mother's day gifts.

American Crafts Velvet Thickers, PTI Stamp Set (Friends 'till the end), Hero Arts Stamp (Live & Laugh), jute twine, Distress inks(Spice marmalade, barn door, mustard seed, peeled paint, faded jeans)

 

 Baskin Robin's Pink Spoon, hand written sentiment, jute twine

 American Crafts Stamp (Aspire), hand written and hand stitched sentiment

Lawn Fawn Stamp(Sew Lovely), Pattern Paper(Crate Paper)

Cheery Lyn Alphabet Dies, Lawn Fawn Stamp, PTI Stamp Set (Friends 'till the end)

Entering these little pretties for the Gift Tag Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

If you have any questions regarding these tags, leave me a comment here and I will happy to help :)

See ya soon with some more tag fun :) 

Inspiration for Lulupu Challenge#12

Hey ya,

Sorry for being away and not posting here as regularly as I used to but I have been crazy busy with family commitments and loads of custom orders to tackle. I will be regular soon I promise :)

Before I share my inspiration for this month's challenge at Lulupu with you, I just wanted to let you know that my design team term is coming to an end at Lulupu this month. It was an awesome experience working with an exceptional team and meeting so many fun and talented crafters.

Lulupu is looking for new designers to start in June and its a great opportunity for you to give it a try and make it to the team :). For all the details on the team and how to apply, please check HERE

Onto my card for this month, I tried something that I hadn't done before, I tried origami and it was so much fun :)

Since the challenge theme this month is My first love, My dad and I was struggling with masculine theme as always, I googled and googled for ideas and that is when I saw a tutorial on making these super cute origami shirts. I thought they were perfect for a Father's day card and when I picked up my design team kit from Lulupu I found the perfect paper in the "Welcome to Paris" Prima Paper Pad to use for my shirt.

And here is what I made (which by the way, I am completely in love with :))

Isn't it super cute? I started by folding a A4 size sheet from the paper pad to make the origami shirt. The folded shirt was perfect to fit on a standard card size ( 4.25X5.5 ). I inked up the edges of the shirt using Black soot distress ink to give it more depth. I then sew the buttons to give it a more realistic look, added a pocket (on foam adhesive) and tucked in a tiny folded paper to look like a handkerchief. Once my shirt was done, I made a little tag to go with it and hand wrote the sentiment :)

And there you have it, a super cute origami card! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with for this challenge. For all the details, visit the Lulupu blog.

Have a good day my friends!

A new album!

I have been creating a storm on my little table this month and here is one of the albums I worked on. When I create in bulk, sometimes I get stuck with no new ideas/themes/colors coming to mind. And that is when I search for challenges to help me.

For this album, I picked the logo color challenge at Itsy Bitsy and Crafters Corner Challenge#7 - Bingo (I picked the second column- pearls/rhinestones, pattern papers, dies/punches) and I love how it looks :)

 And the inside pages are blue and green too and pretty simple.

Papers are mix of different brands as I just pulled all the greens and blues from my stash :)

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!

Gifts Tags!

I have made a lot of tags this past week and thought I'd share a few with you here today. I love making tags, they are like little pieces of art and super cute too :)

I used the My silly valentine stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I love the sweet little images and the fun sentiments. They always make me smile :)

I tried something different with heat embossing this time. I first white heat embossed the sentiments and used watercolors and a regular brush to drawn the speech bubbles free hand. Lots of fun :)
Just like inks, embossed part will resist the watercolors too and gives a pretty cool effect.

Here is a close up of the couple of tags

So if you do not have a matching ink pad to use on a embossed project, give your watercolors a try :)

Entering this for Lawnscaping Challenge#55 - Embossing

Will come back soon to share more!

Around here!

I know I haven't been very active here on the blog, at least not as much as I'd like to be. My family takes priority at this time as we deal with medical emergencies and trips to hospitals. Hopefully all will go well and I will be back soon.

Since I do not have anything crafty to share today, I thought I'd share something different with you all. Some might already be aware of it but I thought this would benefit all :)

I’ve just come across CouponDunia, an amazing site for finding coupons & deals for online stores like FlipKart, GoIbibo, Dominos, SnapDeal, Myntra, Pepperfry, ShopClues & many more.
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CouponDunia covers deals/coupons for products across various categories from Books, Clothes, Perfumes & Watches to Air Tickets to Electronics.

They even have an option to subscribe to deals/coupons for specific online stores, so that you get an e-mail the moment a new deal/coupon is added for that online store.

Be sure to check out their featured coupons, where you can find great deals from new online stores.

To know more, check out CouponDunia here: http://www.coupondunia.in/

Here are some of my favorite deals!

Delicious Pizzas from Dominos. Save with Dominos Coupons

(This would make my husband very happy. He loves Pizzas :D)

Philips Coffee Maker from FlipKart. Save with FlipKart Coupons

(For all the coffee lovers out there :))

Samsung Microwave Ovens from eBay. Save with eBay Coupons

(Something I'm planning to buy and replace my existing one with :))

I hope you find some of your favorite deals at CouponDunia too and save a few precious bucks :)

Have a great week ahead! See ya!

Over at Lulupu blog!

I have a pretty card on the lulupu blog today following this month's challenge theme.  There are so many gorgeous cards by the DT too. Go check it out!

See ya there!

Shadow Box !

This is my most favorite project till date. Something I didn't know how to do well and yet didn't gave up in between. If you follow me on Facebook, you must have seen it already but I am sharing it again here for my blog friends :)

It's a 12X12 vintage themed Shadow box filled with quilled flowers and leaves. I am no expert and this was probably my second or third attempt at quilling but I am loving it.

I had to make over 1500 coils of quilling strips to complete this project and it was so worth it.

This went to a friend's sister as a wedding gift :)

And since it looks like autumn with leaves turned all yellow, I am entering this for challenge#13 at For the love of crafting - Season's Stories.

Thank you for stopping by today!

How I store my layouts!

This is just a quick post with a quick video answering one of the most frequently asked question - How do  you store your layouts?

P.S. Video isn't the best and has a lot of background noise due to construction going on in the neighborhood. Please bear with me :)

And for those who aren't video fans, here is how I do it.

I use this cloth bound 12X12 D-ring album from American Crafts to store all my layouts. I am using this brown color one to hold my daughter's first year layouts and I have similar ones to hold my marriage, honeymoon and other pictures.

I have found these albums to be a great investment and they also act as a motivator for me to make more layouts :D
There are lots of designs and patterns available in these but I like the plain ones for the endless possibility  of decorating them. How about a little decoupaging with mod podge?

An album comes with 10 page protectors which can easily hold 20 layouts. The best part is that you can purchase the page protectors separately and add around 30-40 more in one album which means around 80-90 layouts in an album which is quite a lot :)

Page protectors come in packs of 10 like this and are top loading i.e. the layouts will go inside from the top. These page protectors also have ample space to accommodate layouts with dimensions.  

It is as simple as that. So for those who are just starting with scrapbooking or are struggling with storing the layouts safely, this post is for them. These albums are real good buys, something you won't regret investing in :)

Have a good Sunday my friends !

Over at Lulupu blog!

Just popping in to let you know that my new post is live on the lulupu blog today!
Here is a sneak peak of what I sharing there :)

See ya there!

New contest over at Lulupu blog!

Just popping in to let you know that there is a new fun contest up on the Lulupu blog as part of the birthday celebration this month. And yes, there are more prizes to be won. Hop on and play along :)

Find all the details HERE.

Have a great day!

You are one is a million!

This post title is meant for each of the amazing women who manage to do so much every single day! You indeed are one in a million! Happy Women's Day!

I though today would be a perfect day to share a layout I made for my daughters scrapbook. She is my little princess, one in a million and I hope she turns out to be an amazing person when she grows up!

I did a lot of die cutting for this layout. I love the colors and how pretty it turned out at the end :)

Have a great day!

Lulupu Challenge#10 ~ Birthday Special Blog Hop Day 2

Hello Everyone!

www.lulupu.com turns 1 this month and we are all happy and celebrating!

I joined the Lulupu team 4 months back and it has been an amazing ride since. I have had the chance to work with some amazing people and share my work with you all. In the process of creating and sharing, I have grown and learned so much. I wish Lulupu a lot of success in the coming years!
A very happy birhday Lulupu!

March will be going to be fun at Lulupu - The Craft Lounge! There will be many giveaways and tonnes of fun so do ensure you follow Lulupu all around FB, Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube! To kick start the celebration we have a Lulupu Design Team Blog Hop along with the monthly challenge. So if you have landed at this post just now, you can start HERE and join us in this fun filled week !

So here I am sharing my project for Lulupu Challenge #10 - Let's Celebrate.

As the challenge suggests, we were to take inspiration from a fellow Design Team member and create a project that celebrates.... well... just about anything. My inspiration was Juhi Khanna's Pinwheel card.

I loved the simplicity of this card, the soothing effect and ofcourse the pinwheel. Believe it or not, but I haven't made a pinwheel before and this was my perfect chance.
And since the theme this month is celebration, I thought a invitation and a matching favor bag would be perfect :)

 

The base card is from the American Craft Baby Scrapbook Kit. I used the super gorgeous MME papers from the On the bright side 6X6 Paper Pad for layering and also making the pinwheels :)

 I couple of toothpicks, silver brads and tiny ribbon bows make perfect pinwheels :)

The sentiment is built using the Paper Smooches Alphadot Stamp set. I love the fun font :)

I filled up this sweet cone favor with some yummy buttons (those are the real treats for us crafty people, aren't they?) :)



And there you have it, my inspired project with the celebration theme.


Continue the Lulupu Design Team Blog Hop with the Juhi Khanna tomorrow on 4th March. Also here is the list to help you track the blog hop ending on 9th March.
Karuna 
Ujjwal  {You are here}
Juhi
Indira
Snehal 
Shruti 
Tejal
Isha  

Birhday Album!

I had this opportunity to create a birthday album to be gifted to a girl. the album is A4 size with fun bright colors :)

All flowers used in the album are handmade, distressed, layered and misted with pearl mist. Lot of work but totally love the result :)
 
All the papers are from Echo Park Paradise Beach 12X12 Collection expect the cover. The bright orange embossed sheet was a local buy and was in my stash for years. Butterflies and champagne border stickers are from Pie lane.

Here are pictures of some of the pages finally edited the way I wanted to :)

Don't know why but I can't get these pictures to rotate :( Maybe I will try again later and edit the post then but I hope you got the idea of how it looks :)

Have a great day!