JAI #43

Morning everybody,

I have a few Christmas tags today to share for JAI #43. JAI's challenge this week is Just Add Christmas...

Here is the link to the challenge in case you wish to participate in the challenge

JAI #43--Just Add Christmas

Here are my tags. This first one is assorted tags made using scrap papers.

 

 

And these ones below is a set.

Aren't these cute? The stamps are PTI's Tiny Treats - Christmas. I have colored the images light so that the from and to names are visible and clear when you write on the tag.

I am loving making tags... They are less time consuming and cute.... Thanks for the challenge:)

Have a great weekend!

Luv!

Just Add Ink #42

Hi everybody, 

Second post for today! Hope I am not too late. I wanted to enter this card for JAI #42. Its a sketch challenge this week. Pretty versatile sketch. Love it! here is the sketch for you.

 

Here is my take on the sketch

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I made this card as a sample for today's class. The theme was Teacher's appreciation. I had to do this theme early because some of the teachers are joining my class from next week. Anyway, I love the aqua and red combination a lot. And something in my head always associates this combination with teachers! I don't know why! 

The sentiment and apples are from PTI's Teachers Apple set. The aqua cardstock and ribbon are PTI's Hawaiian Shores. The red cardstock is Poppy Parade and DSP is Bella Rose (retired) from SU.

Hope you like it :)

Thanks for a verstile sketch and thanks for stopping by!

 

Have a great evening!

Luv!

Gift card holders

I generally prepare for my Wednesday class on Monday. So this afternoon I made couple of samples and then cut out cardstocks and designer papers. We will be making gift card holders (two varieties) and a shopping list pad cover. I made the two gift card holder samples. A word of warning-- They are bright so wear sunglasses please :)

Aren't they pretty? I love the colors. Although they are bright, they are gorgeous. I love this SU's Sweet and Sour Speciality paper. They go so well with Melon Mambo cardstock. PTI's Embellishment stamp set match with the flourishes on the designer paper.

 

 I just remembered that its Birthday challenge at JAI. I am going to enter the second gift card holder for Just Add Ink challenge #41. If you are interested to play, check out their blog here.

 

I still have to make the shopping list cover sample. My printer is playing up! Need to update it with a new printer. Maybe its time to do that.  Or my nerdy DH would have tried to do some updating or fiddled with the software....lol!  I don't know. Will have to ask him when he comes home. Anyway, have a great evening!

See ya soon.....

Luv!

JAI #40

Hey everybody, I made a card for Just Add Ink color challenge #40. 

Here are the colors.

Such lovely pastel colors. Don't they look pretty? But they are not my sort of colors. Thats actually made me  try a card now, like right now, before I change my mind. lol! 

I also bought the Two Step Owl Punch recently from SU and was trying out last night. The owls are so cute. I made some bookmarks and Aditi, my 9 year old, kept making lots and lots of owls. She took them to school today to give her friends. Anyway, here is the card I made using the Owl punch and the colors above.

Woohoo! I love how it turned out. Don't you think so? And most of all I love how the photo came out too. Lighting is perfect. I am getting there... mmmm!

Thanks for the color challenge. It makes me try the colors I normally don't think of using.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Sand Sahara, Bashful Blue, Petal Pizzaz and Blushing Bride

Stamps set: Punch Potpurri and A Happy Heart ( retired ) from SU and Woodgrain background stamp set from PTI

Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, Boho Blossom punch,  1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Two Step Owl punch and Two Step Bird punch from SU, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Kaisercraft rhinestones.

I have an exciting news to share today. So I will have a second post tonight. Please visit again. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

JAI #39

Hello everybody, Gosh! I had one great weekend. Drove 700kms to Perth on Saturday morning, met with our family friend who had come from Adelaide. We had so much fun and yummy dinner. They had two kids who are in the similar age range as mine and so kids also had heaps of fun too. Then on Sunday went shopping and drove back 700kms again back home. I am so excited about driving for 400kms at a stretch while coming back. Athough I ended having a sore bum and back, I felt great. I can't describe in words. I love driving, just my passengers get sick :)  Anyway, took a day to recover from the sore bum and back. oh! before I go over to my card for JAI! I should say, while shopping, I saw a beautiful blue heels in a shop at Perth. It was so beautiful with a large blue rhinestone that I sat just right opposite to the store with a cuppa and admired the heels while I slowly sipped the coffee. It was 15 minutes before my son discovered that I was admiring the heels instead of drinking my coffee lol! and then the rest of the family forced me to keep moving :( I so want that heels. I even dreamt of it last night :) I have to ring my friend at Perth so see how much it costs and ..... (you know!)  I have weakness for shoes :)

So I ended up making the blue card for JAI still remembering the blue shoes. This week's theme is Just Add..... Blue. This month is Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month. Isn't is awesome for JAI team to do awareness challenges? Love love the idea!

Here is my card for the challenge.

I love damask and so I decided to use it for the background. The label dies are from Spellbinders and flowers are from PTI. Impressions on the card both the polka dots and the woodgrain are from PTI and so is the sentiment from PTI's Flutterby stamp set.  Love the color combination. I picked it from  Moxie  Fab World's Tuesday Trigger inspirational photo. Here is the photo for you.

Hope I am not too late for Tuesday Trigger challenge! Thanks JAI for the awareness challenge. I love it. Especially being a mental health professional, I am all for awareness for mental health. 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

Pretty in pink!

I made a very pretty pink card for two challenges. Pink is not my color. I think, its because of my daughter. Until two years ago she was a pink girl. Everything in her room will be pink from toys to linen and clothes. I was so full of seeing pink that I started to consciously avoid pink. Even not drink strawberry milkshake because its pink in color. So this week's challenge by Just Add Ink was a challenge for me. The challenge is Just Add Pink and Bling. This challenge is to promote breast cancer awareness. To make this card, I have used Makeesha's sketch from this week. So here is the sketch.

Here is my take on both the challenges :)

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I have used Wedding Sweet and En francis stamp sets from SU. I love Wedding Sweet stamp set especially the font of the sentiments are gorgeeous. Bling is added using rhinestones and shiny pink satin ribbon. I went monochromatic just to challenge myself. What do you think? Too much pink or not?.....

 After a long time I got to play Makeesha's challenge.Nice sketch, Thanks!  Pink and Bling for promoting a good cause, thanks for that, JAI!

I had a great lunch at my friend's house. I am sleepy. Need to have a cat nap.

Have a great week end!

Cheers!

JAI #37

A nice Sunday. I was surfing the web today and found this card by Dawn  Olchefske on SCS. Such a gorgeous card. I love how Dawn used the clear block and got the shadow frame. Very clever.She has a video on how she made it on her blog.

I wanted to give it a go and used JAI #37 color challenge to do mine. Here are the colors of the challenge.

Here is my take...

I don't have SU's Always Artichoke ink or paper with me. But I had the marker pen. I painted my clear block with Always Artichoke maker pen to get the shadow frame. But that did not work out. All it did was to give a very rustic effect on the Confetti Cream cardstock. I decided to use the effect anyway. All the background stamping are second generation and third generation stamping using Always Artichoke marker pen, Pumpkin Pie,Old Olive, Rose Red inks and SU's Extreme Element stamp set and PTI's Leaf Prints stamp set. The edges are distressed and inked  using the same colors. 

The leaves are cut using PTI's  Leaf Print dies and stamped using PTI's Leaf Print Stamps with Always Artichoke marker pen  and Pumpkin Pie ink. The flower is made using Butterfly punch punched out of Confetti White cardstock, which are inked using Rose Red and Pumpkin Pie inks, layered and secured with an antique brad.The sentiment is from PTI's Embellishements stamp set.

Not what I expected it to be when I started making it. I wanted to keep it simple but I got carried away while making it. I did not get the shadow frame effect using the clear block. But loved the rustic effect it created. I like the card a lot. Its so different. No patternpaper used. Just inks and stamps with white and cream paper. Thanks Dawn Olchefske for the inspiration and thanks JAI for the colors.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers!

Just Add Ink #36

Edited: This card featured as one of the Top Five Picks for the challenge on JAI blog.
Thanks for choosing the card :)

 Second post today! I had time this afternoon and I made a card for Just Add Ink sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch

 

Although the sketch looks like a CAS sketch, I decided to do a vintage card instead. I like doing things different.... Atleast I try to. Not all the time its turns out well but this one definitely has! I am happy with it.

The designer papers are from Kaisercraft, the sentiments are from PTI and the image stamp set is from the new SU catty. Ribbon, Button and Hawaiian Shores cardstock is from PTI and the rest from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend :)

Cheers!

JAI #34

I had been so so busy last 3 weeks. Aditi's birthday party went well on Saturday. She had a blast.I will show the lolly bags or rather bag, I made for her party. I did not take photo of all the bags but I have one left. So will take photo of it and share.
Anyway, I was able to do few projects on Sunday. But until today I did not have the time to edit the photos and write posts. This first project is a cute little bag I made for Just Add Ink #34 color challenge. Here are the colors:

So soft and pretty colors. I like the colors but not my style. Was a challenge for me :) Here is my project.

A cute little treat bag. Just enough for 2 chocolate nuggets. This bag is made using PTI's Favour Bag (got the name wrong) Favor it Box Die #1. Love its size and the colors look beautiful together. I don't have Crumb Cake yet so I have used Kraft instead.  I love how so pleasing the colors look together. Thanks for the color combination:)
Have a great evening. I am off to hop and see all the other projects using this color combo:)
Cheers!

PDCC #45 for JAI #33

Well, life sometimes just takes over. I have been madly busy for past 2 weeks. And still is until end of 2nd week of September. I didn't even realise August had come and gone and its September 3rd already! Feels disoriented about time and date. Anyway, today I had a little time to get couple of cards done using The Play Date Cafe color challenge #45 and Just Add Ink sketch #33.

Here is the PDCC #45 inspirational photo and colors

And here is the sketch from Just Add Ink

Here is my take on both the challenges

Supplies:

Cardstocks	SU's Creamy Caramel, Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango
Stamp set	Embellishement from PTI
Inkpads	SU's Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango and Basic Black
Accessories	SU's Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon, PTI's Orange Zest grosgrain ribbon, PTI's Purple and Orange buttons, PTI's Embellishemnt die, Kaisercraft's rhinestones, Two way glue pen, SU's Dazzling Diamonds and white twine from my stash.

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Thanks for the rich color combination. Love it. And the sketch is so simple and versatile. Beautiful!

I won a prize online and the prize came through last week. I will share it with you tomorrow.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers!

Just Add Ink #31

Morning everybody,

Finally I have half an hour to myself. Actually I am waiting for a phone call. So in the meantime, I was able to make a card and take photo and write this post. This is the quickest I have ever made a card 10 minutes!!! I can't believe myself.

This is card I made for Just Add Ink color challenge #31

Here is the colors for the challenge.

 

Beautiful colors combination! I love it. Here is my card

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI's Kraft, SU's Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Kraft

DSP: Basic Grey and PTI

Stamp sets: PTI's Damask background, Say it with Style and SU's Artistic Etchings

Inkspads: Chocolate Chip, Real Red from SU and Versamark.

Accessories: SU's Grossgrain ribbon, SU's embossing folder, Kaisercraft's red rhinestones,PTI's Beautiful Bloom dies II, White gel pen, Clear embossing powder and Heat gun.

I finally caught up with JAI challenges.Yay! Thanks for the awesome color combo.

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time...

Cheers!

JAI #27 meets Colorthrow #102

Just Add Ink challenge #27 is a sketch challenge. I love this sketch because of the group of squares. They are great to show off different techniques on it or just add pattern paper or cut a photo into 4 squares.... I have decided to just stamp images on the squares. I needed  a color combination for it. So I am using the Colorthrow challenge #102 combination. Here is the sketch and the color combination for you.

Here is my take on both the challenge.

We, in Australia haven't yet got our new colors. Got to wait for another month.So I am using Green Galore for Wild Wasabi and Bashful Blue for Marina Mist.

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI's Stamper's Select White, SU's Not quite navy, Green Galore and Bashful Blue.

Stamp set: PTI's In Bloom, Delightful Dahila and Flutterby Friends

Accessories: In Bloom impression plate from PTI, SU's Crimper, PTI's Spring Moss satin ribbon, SU's scallop square punch, square punch and Kaisercraft green rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you like it.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers!

Clean and Simple meets JAI Embossing!

Well, school started today but only one of my children went to school today. My DD Aditi is sick with cold and flu and is at home with me. The viruses seems to get attracted to her a lot more now-a-days. Pretty girl you see! She is reading as I type and rolls her watery eyes lol! Anyway, since I am stuck at home, I decided to craft. Here is a card I made using Clean and Simple sketch and since I embossed the images, I am entering the card for JAI - Embossing challenge as well.

CAS sketch for you.

 

Here is my take on the challenges

Challenges: CAS Sketch and JAI- Embossing

Supplies:

Cardstock: PTI's Kraft, Melon Berry and Hawaiian Shores

Stamp set: Kind and Caring Thoughts from SU

Ink: White craft ink from SU

Accessories: Note punch from SU, White embossing powder from SU, PTI's Black satin ribbon,PTI's melon Berry button, Sponge and corner punch from SU.

Always nice to do a basic technique on a simple card. The focus is great on the image and sentiment.

Thanks for these beautiful challenges week after week. Its always exciting to see a new CAS sketch or whats new this week at JAI. Have a great week!

Hugs

Life is

Morning everybody,

I have a card for Just Add Ink Color challenge #25. Here is the color chart.

And here is my take on the challenge:

Supplies:
Cardstock: SU's Soft Suede, Rose Red, Very Vanilla and Elegant Eggplant.
Ink: SU's Rose Red
Stamp set: PTI's Life
Accessories: Prima marketing's purple roses, pearl flourishes, Cream thread, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinder label dies and Fiskar's border punch.

It is a difficult combination for me especially with solid colors like Elegant eggplant, Rose Red and Soft Suede. But they are beautiful colors. I hope I have combinted them well!
Thanks for the color combination.
Have a great week!
Hugs

JAI # 24

I had new parcels arrive this week! Yay! I was so excited to crack open the new goodies and Just Add Ink sketch challenge was perfect chance to play with them. Here is my take on the challenge.

 

 

 Challenge: Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge # 24

 

Supplies:

Cardstocks: PTI' Kraft and Ocean Tides

DSP: Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper.

Stamp Set: PTI's Friendship Jar Fillers

Ink pads: SU's white craft ink

Accessories: Martha Stewart punch, SU's markers

Thanks for an awesome sketch. Now off to hop and see everybody's entry.

Have a great week!

Hugs