Ujjwals BIG Giveaway!

Hear hear..
If you haven't yet - Ujjwal is offering a massive candy "The BIG Giveaway!" on her blog here

I almost exclusively shop with Ujjwal when I am buying from India. She offers the best products and unbelievable Retail all the time! I wonder how she does it. Shipping is fast and handled with love :) Just like her blog. AND she is a fab crafter. I Love!! Now, off you go here and enter your name in the drawing :)

Good luck with the drawing and I am keeping my fingers crossed as well :))

Cheers,
JC

Rain or Shine!

When ICR has a Rain theme, I was looking around for some ideas and this is the stamp I landed on and fell in love with. Ujjwal recently sourced this for me. And I am glad I am able to use this in another ICR Challenge – the Challenge #10.
Here is the sketch grabbed from the ICR Challenge Pad

I wanted to CASify this sketch – inspired by non other than Simplicity. And this is what I came up with.

Isn’t the sentiment super sweet? :)

How to:

1. Stamp the image in black – Hero arts black ink. Image used is Ippity’s Rain or Shine
2. Made two masks: one for the legs and also one mask to mimic grass
3. Taped the masks down and stamped the grass repeatedly using Ippity A Bit of Burlap
4. Stamped the sentiment which came with the image.
5. Stamped the image’s umbrella on a piece of felt, cut it out, mounted it and popped a white pearl on it. Felt and pearl from itsybitsy. Pearl coloured black using a gel pen
6. Pencil coloured the shirt and the skirt.
7. Contemplated on making the card shorter
8. Dumped the idea
9. And here we are :)

Trying to figure how to CASify a sketch wasn’t easy. But I LOVED the entire process of tossing this idea in my head and love the way it came out as well. And it is one layered too!! I am so thrilled! :)
Challenges:

1. ICR – Challenge #10
2. allsortschallenge. – Week 122 Clean and Simple
3. sentimentalsundays – Challenge #74 - Step Out of Your Comfort Zone – I’ve NEVER EVER tried masking and stamping. I’m such chicken when it comes to that. So this masking the image and for the rolling grass is certainly a LEAP out of my comfort zone :)
4. trulyscrumptiouschallenges. - Challenge 66–Clean & Simple
5. All Things Unity #40 - One Layer. Both the stamps are Ippity

Thanks for stopping by :)
Cheers,
JC