More than words - A Keepsake Pregnancy Journal

Hey there fellas!
I know it has been a crazy long time since I wrote a post! Let me try to be more regular from here on :)

One of the most satisfying things for me is to craft and give away the result to friend or colleague. Just to see the happiness and feel work appreciated is an awesome feeling.

My two best friends are entering the world of motherhood and this gave me an opportunity to make something special for them.
Here is what I made for one of my friends Vyshali.

This one is a tab bit more special as I had the help of her husband who is a really good friend of mine by getting the pictures selected and printing them out and sending them over so that I could use them right away.

Here are the pics for you!

The stamps are mostly from Craftyscrappers, they have an amazing collection in the Pregnancy and Baby theme. The others are from Jane's doodles, Peekaboo, and some various other manufacturers.
I will try to update with links to products in this post sometime later :)
Hope you enjoyed the album! Let me know what you think of it in the comments :)

Linking it to the below challenges:
Create and Inspire #64: Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore Blog:
A bit more time to craft

Till next time then :)

Fall themed card - Special greetings :)

Hey friends !
How are you all doing today. Hope you got a chance to look at the shaped card that I did a couple of days back. You can check it out here.

Today I have a fall themed card. I know it is not the season but it feels fresh to include those colors throughout the year and it really helps to add more vibrancy with minimal embellishments. Here it is first!

Card with matching envelope

For the card, I took a kraft card base of 4X6 inches (top folding). I added a mat of papericious naturals paper. This pack has some awesome papers fellas. You should totally check it out. I then added a Itsy Bitsy Color Yoga tag after coloring it with alternates of orange and yellow using sketch pens and smooshed distress inks for the backgrounds. Added a stip of colorful paper and a flower and some jute twine for the tag and assembled it all .

For the sentiment ,I stamped the base using Memento gum drops ink and heat embossed the sentiment from Mudra stamps.

Let me know what you feel about this guys.

I am entering it to the following challenges.

Love to scrap Challenge:

Craft Your Passion Challenges

Love to Create Challenge

Here is the previous card I created for the same challenges. Visit them here.

You and Me! Shaped Card

Hey there friends!
It has been a really time since I blogged. Wor and travel have kind of kept things realy bisy.. I am sharing a really simple card that I made for a friend. I have used some new supplies and embellishments that I got and I am totally loving it.
Here it is first for you.

Banner shaped Card and matching envelope

I cut out this card using the Peek-a-boo designs fist tail banner nesting dies on some great mettalic cardstock.
I wanted to keep the embellishments really minimal and throw more focus on the shimmer on the paper. So I clear heat embossed on a die cut that I recieved as a gift using the versafine black ink to get that brilliant effect. I embossed multiple times to get it really shiny.

I added a butterfly and a few tiny roses to add interest.

For the envelope I used a 12X12 pattern paper and created a DIY envelope in the matching size. Here are a few more shots.

Some effects there :) 

Envelope

Complete card

Linking this to the below challenges :)
Love to scrap Challenge:

Craft Your Passion Challenges

Love to Create Challenge

Let me know what you think about this in the comments!!
Lotsa love :)

Love You! Mini Canvas

Hey there, fellow crafters :)

Hope you are all doing well. I was recently the DT delight at the Path of Positivity Challenge #40 on the theme "Confidence". Check out the post here and leave by  Diane's blog too.
Today I am sharing a simple mini canvas project that I have made.

I took a mini canvas from Itsy Bitsy and marked off a part of the circle in the corner. For the rest of the area, I painted it blue and the remaining white using acrylic paints. Once dry I wrote the sentiment "Love you to the moon and back" using 3D outliners.
Finished off the canvas using some white splatters. Let me know what you think of this guys.

Supplies Used:

• Mini Canvas from Itsy Bitsy
• Camlin Texture White
• Faber Castell acrylic paints
• 3D outliners

I am entering this to:
Crafting from the heart 
Craft Your Passion:
Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge: 

See you all in a while!

Love
Uma

All you need is LOVE!!! #ReusewithKrafttime Day 21

Hey crafty friends :)

Even though I am still a newbie in paper crafting and card making, I have hoarded many stamp sets in the recent past. I started out with two stamps, one archival ink, and one mini distress kit . I have come a long way from there :)

I wanted to go back to my first stamps and use them again .

Here it is :)

I first stamped out the flowers in the dainty blooms stamp set and colored them using Faber-Castell watercolor pencils. I gave a water wash of a fluorescent green color on the bottom of the card using Kabeer art brush pens. I then added my favourite sentiment from one of earlier releases of Mudra under the banner Varna's Creations. "All you need is LOVE!". This is such a  lovely sentiment :)

Let me know how it has turned out fellas!

Entering it to the following challenges

Mudra: Anything goes Challenge

A bit more time to Craft!

Word Art Wednesday

The Card Concept : I was inspired by the CAS style from the design team and the pink colors

Love to Scrap: Anything goes

Inspiration destination  Anything goes

 I am having a month long "Use up your stash " challenge running on my blog. Check out the details here.

#ReusewithKrafttime Day 11 : Love You Forever

Hey peeps!!!
I am sharing a card that is very close to my heart and that I made for my husband on our anniversary last week.

It is a very simple card and did a background building using solid and outline stamps of a small heart stamp in various colors.

The sentiment is my favourite..... It means exactly who he is to me.

Hope you enjoyed the card.
Entering this to
Paru's Card making Challenges: WORDS

Inked and Stamped... A first :)

Hello you all lovely people!

I am here with my first try of using inks and stamps!!! Yay!
I have used distress inks here to create a background and stamped the image and sentiment using Ranger Archival ink. Then i have colored the stamped heart using Faber Castell pencils
I have used Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Peacock feathers distress inks to create the background.

The heart stamp is from Varnas Creations. Please do check out here collections here for pre-made and custom stamps.

Will be back another day soon!!!
Uma

Valentine Themed Mini Album!!

Hi Blogger Pals!!!!

Phew , how long has it been! I lose track of the days not crafting and blogging!!! But there is a new found interest here that is keeping me busy!!!

Super happy to announce that I am battling the chores of a 6 month old boy!! Yay to us!

We have named him Arjun :) Will share pictures when the family approves of it!

Valentine themed mini album

I am here today with a valentine themed mini album. I have been wanting to this for almost a year now but due to lack of supplies i was really scared of starting it. Then I came across Sonia's Blog which showed how to visualize a mini with a single 12x12 paper!!!!

Annnd did I have one... Yes, just a single yellow 12x12 sheet... So I gave it a try. I went back to Jess's blog for more detailed tutorial and boy was it easy!

Without a scoring board i somehow managed to get lines right and make the folds. This has 7 pockets which I used to create some flaps out of red and yellow card stock. 

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps

Valentine themed mini album - Pages

Valentine themed mini album - Covers

I don't have any stamps (Yet to invest in them) So I googled for some sentiments and wrote them out using black ink. [Credits to images at the end of the blog].

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

Valentine themed mini album - Flaps & Sentiments

For the front I used handmade textured paper from Itsy Bitsy in deep-red shade. I have added some metal embellishments of a flower button and a leaf sliver. The 'Love' is made out of hot glue so is the heart symbol on top. I have added tiny punched flowers to add some additional touches.

Valentine themed mini album - Front cover

The inside is plain as of now. I am not sure if i want to jazz it up at this point of time. Finally I have used silver fabric ribbon to tie the album together. 

Supplies:

Papers : from Itsy Bitsy

Embellishments : stash

Images on the flaps:
1. toi-et-moi by JoliesGreenCreations
2.Love you so by Julie
3.Sunshine  

Do let me know your comments!!!!
Hugs
Uma :)