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Magical Season – Day 5: Merry Merry Merry

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Today I have this set of cards to share. These are easy to make and come together quickly… since only the embellishment varies from one to another.       I stamped the inside also, with a lovely sentiments   The sentiment is actually 3 different stamps. I just aligned them together on a  largish stamp block, and stamped it all in one go. Easy Peasy :)   Here are the other variants. Entering this for challenge * Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round – No PP What went in: Papertrey Ink Communique Circles stamp and other PTI stamps for the sentiments Memento Inks Cuttlebug dies for the embellishments Sizzix dies for the layers To see the other cards on this season, click here “ Magical Season 2014 ” Thanks for stopping by.. :) Cheers JC

Magical Season – Day4: A Christmas Wreath

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And a quick and easy one. Silhouette  die cuts for the wreath. And PTI Signature Christmas stamp. And the whole ensemble on a Clearly Besotted Notepad die cut paper. This thing came together easily. And love the classy effect of all the wonderful elements. This is what helped make the magic Stamps: Paper Trey Signature Christmas stamp Inks: Memento Tuxedo Clearly Besotted Notepad Edge Die The wreath die cut from some paper I’ve had since my Pune days :). To see the other cards on this season, click here “ Magical Season 2014 ” Thanks for stopping by JC

Magical Season – Day3: Glittery & Bright

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Welcome back :) I do hope you’ll enjoy your stay here This is what helped make the magic Stamps: Paper Trey Inks: Memento Golden & Clear Embossing powder Ranger Glossy Accents To see the other cards on this season, click here “ Magical Season 2014 ”

Magical Season – Day 2

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Thank you for stopping by again. Today’s card is a One Layer collage style card – with a little bit water colouring. This is what helped make the magic Stamps: Lawn Fawn Inks: Memento And some water colour pencils To see the other cards on this season, click here “ Magical Season 2014 ” Cheers JC

Heralding the start of this Magical Season on this blog – Day 1

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Hello!! Welcome back :) Starting today I have a series of Christmas & Holiday cards and others to share with you. Today’s card is a Papertrey Ink one.. A bunch of stamped poinsettias, fussy cut and layered.     The golden magic in the middle is from Pie lane.. I’ve been hoarding this for sometime..and I think it has found it’s home.   What I’ve realized is, to get a tidy fussy cut stamped image, leave a bit of white margin as if the stamped image was die cut :) And the mistakes don’t show as much. Do you the slightly splotchy image?? I’ve since then taken a white eraser to it, and it stamps much better. The background is a sheet music stamp, from PTI again. This is what went in Stamps: PTI Inks: Memento Entering this card to Christmas Card Challenges #48 Thanks for stopping by :) To see the other cards on this season, click here “ Magical Season 2014 ” Cheers JC

Doodled Birthdays

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Well, I didn’t doodle these.. :) And I am having such fun with using the Dictionary as a backdrop.. looking for a appropriate word too.. here is it “birthday” :) What went in: Stamp PTI’s Springtime Doodles Daughter's watercolours And some glitter Thanks for stopping by :) Cheers JC

Stamping is such fun!!

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I love PTI!! They are soo easy to use and urges you to be creative.. The sweet animals are die-cut and stamped using PTI’s Sweet Baby stamp set. I am quite proud of the way I made the sky and the grass :))) I used the PTI Circle Scribbles …Yippee!! lol The clouds are trees are from Clearly Besotted Home Sweet Home . This is another stamp company I love. Do you know that they have free shipping world-wide on all orders more than 50 British  Pounds? What went in Stamps: PTI’s Sweet Baby stamp, PTI Circle Scribbles , Clearly Besotted Home Sweet Home Memento Inks and Hero Arts Soft Pool Wiggly eyes from ItsyBitsy   Now, the Hero Arts Soft pool is very soft… :) Very very light, I don’t think I like it too much.. I used it on the elephant.. I wish it were brighter!! And I sure should have done my homework right before buying this colour :) Entering this to Simon Says: Create your own background Thanks for stopping by. I really soo appreciate your pres...

Happy Birthday: A Pink Glittery Snail from Under

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  CASology has had this awesome CUE CARD this week: Under . And here is my take on it. Even though the challenge is over, I still wanted to post this sweet snail.. saying Happy Birthday from down Under :)   The Pretty Pink snail.. in all it watercolour-ed and glittered glory :) Entering this for the challenges Allsorts: Pretty in Pink The Springtime Doodles stamp set wasn’t easy at first to use. Pinterest helps a lot for great inspiration. But I am glad I found what to do with this stamp set. Create little scenes and water colour them for the best use of this stamp set, or any other whimsical stamp set. What went in: Stamp: PaperTrey Ink’s Springtime Doodles   Inks: Memento Cocoa Ink and Archival Black My daughter's Watercolours and Fabriano Elle-Erre paper   Thanks for stopping by :) Cheers JC. PS: I am glad that the husband doesn’t drop in at my blog often… coz this is for him :) PPS: Did you notice that the dictionary background has Birth ...

Catchy Design Challenge CSCC#3: Masculine Cards: Guest Design

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Heylo all :) When Deepti from Catchy Designs asked me to Guest Design in her latest challenge, I was beyond thrilled :) I love her work and love her stamping style. You all know how partial I am to stamping.. And I love her doodling, she isn’t afraid of free hand drawing and experimenting. Fabulous combination I say :) The theme for this challenge is Masculine and only cards are allowed. And here is the yummmmmy inspiration. Gorgeous huh :) And here is my take on it. My dad’s birthday was around the corner and I made this for him. All supplies linked below. I was inspired about a lot of things in the inspiration picture – apart from the obvious of course. :D The red and black panel on the left reflects the brick wall, the clock representing a Birthday and the same colour as the hunk’s golden skin, the green backdrop is from the grass and don’t miss the three birds from the lamp posts. And yes, I had to make a one layered card… but the collage-ing is a new one to me. I am so g...

Lunchbox Lovies

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A quick post with some super cute stamping :) These are perfect for slipping into a lunchbox or a office bag.     These measure 3x3 inches and you can write a note on the inside. PS: I stamped the hearts three times after inking it once. Cool effect right :) What went inside Stamps: PapertreyInk Tiny Treats: Valentine Stamp Set Inks: Memento Fabriano Elle Erre paper (what else!! :) ) Thanks for stopping by :) And be on the look out for new additions in this series Lunchbox Lovies. I have some new super cute stamps that are begging to be inked :) Cheers JC

Birthdays are made of this!!

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This is one long pending post. Nothing to do with Paper Crafting.. mm.. well, maybe a little bit :) For the last 3 birthdays in our home - K’s 4th and 5th, and A’s 2nd – we’ve been having the birthday celebration at our home.. the decoration and cake (yes, cakes too) are all home-made and hand-made.. It has been a lot of fun. Today let me introduce you K’s 4th birthday party – the theme being ‘ Rainbows’ . I’ll not write too much.. and let the pictures speak :) More fun that way :) The decorations in Rainbow colours – I skipped Indgo :) Rainbow Pinwheels and flowers Rainbow Balloons, Butterfly charms, more pinwheels, and tissue flower balls     The Birthday Girl, her Rainbow dress and her cake     Cake complete with rainbow sprinkles and candles..   Her Cake all lit up..   And her Cake cut up..yup, we had a rainbow coloured cake :) Rainbow candy Rainbow Cups with colourful umbrellas          And...

Color me Rainbow

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Hello there!! A quick post with a sweet card. The same darling couple you saw here  (this one was a finalist in Itsy Bitsy challenge, yay!) and here  (as an outline only) make yet another appearance :) Stamped a white panel with the hearts border in rainbow colours, stamped the couple directly on the panel, and then stamped the couple in another card stock, which I then water coloured. I hand cut the couple image and mounted it on the panel.. the whole thing was then mounted on the base card stock. Colurful huh??!? :) What went in Stamps   Sarah Kay stamp - Laura and Henri PaperTrey Ink: Simple Valentine Memento Inks, Inktense water color pencils and some of K's watercolors too And I need to tell you about this foam tape I discovered recently - I am sure it's been around :) The 3M Scotch Foam tape is FABULOUS!!! Try it out Thanks for stopping by :) Cheers JC

Thank you, teachers

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It is end of the academic and it’s time to show them our gratitude. K is completing her first year in formal schooling. I can’t help but look back in wonder and thanks to God for all the blessings. One of the important and most special blessings being the teachers in K’s ‘Lower K. G.’ (as the children call it). K’s class teachers have been so kind to the children, and us parents too. So, I made these to show our gratitude to the teachers. A small thank you. Everything you see here comes from one stamp set - Clearly Besotted Stamps Teacher’s Pet. Love. First up a set of three cards The first card I made is inspired by the sentiment in the stamp set. I made a faux blackboard by stamping the sentiment in white and clear embossing it on black paper. I then framed this using Sizzix Instant Frames (as always everything is linked at the bottom of the post). The card’s background is using the Pencil line image which comes along with this stamp set in three different colours. I had g...

Tell him like you mean it!!

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It was V-day. And I had a gift for the husband. And a card. A really simple card. But I told him everything that needs to be said. I die cut the globe from Chipboard, stuck a heart topped with Glossy Accents and stamped the sentiment. And that's it :) What went in Die:  Sizzix  Vintage Fan & Globe Set Sizzix - Lovely Doilies . I have a bunch of these red hearts left over from the doilies. Stamp: Papertrey Ink - Masculine Motifs Chipboard from itsybitsy Entering this to Clean and Simple on Sunday - Challenge #27 - Masculine Card Craft Your Passion - #202 - Black White Red & Craft  craftybloggersnetwork - all about boys melonheadsfriends - for boys Needless to say, the husband was super pleased with the Kindle Paperwhite (from Amazon.in) and the card too. I am pleased as punch with the execution. So up my alley.. and I know for sure the husband would read the sentiment too :p Thanks for stopping by :) Cheers Jaya ...

A Special Birthday Flip Card

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I’d posted about Jaanu’s birthday card which I’d made for my friend T. It was Jaanu’s 10th birthday and T wanted to give her little girl something very special. I have two girls myself, and when she asked me to make this it was a ‘fast-forward’ for me – you see my elder daughter is going to become 5 in a week. So, well, I poured my soul while making this one :) I kept imagining K becoming 10 very soon.. after all I don’t know where the last 5 years went!! Well, here are the rest of the pages. In all I’d made 5 pages, 2 pages to wish her the best birthday, and the other three was one page each from the dad, mum and bro. I hear the young little girl loved it :) I am thankful to God I could add a little more happiness on her special day. Cover Page This first page is to reflect everything about this 10 yo – the dress form to reflect the little diva, the mirror like frame for the fairy tale Snow White ‘Mirror Mirror on the wall.. who is the prettiest of all!’, the crown for the dad’s ...

Bloom where you're planted - repeatedly!

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I recently made a multi page card for a lovely girl's 10th birthday. And this is one page of that standing card (thanks Tejal for the tute ). The sentiment, I hope, will gently encourage the little girl to bloom to her best .. bloom where God has planted her.. so that she'll be a blessing to everyone. Happy Birthday Jaanu. What went in - Stamps - Papertrey sets Fabriano Card Stock - white Inks - Memento - they are almost the only ones I own Can you suggest an alternate card stock?? Fabriano seems to absorb too much ink :( Entering this to: Simplicity challenge -  Can You Repeat That?  (The flowers and butterflies and even the journaling lines were stamped - repeatedly :)) Keep It Simple Challenge - Tropical  (I hope the colors are ok) Muse Challenge - #55  {the color stamped lower page and the Black stamped Sentiment) Thanks for stopping by :) And remember to bloom where you're planted Cheers JC

Love in a Sizzix Jar

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Well, while it may not be truly possible to put love in a jar,  chocolates come real close. Here is a pretty Candy Jar - in this case a Chocolate Jar with this easy to make Sizzix die. Love in a Sizzix Candy Jar Die cut the Sizzix Candy Jar with some pretty patterned Card Stock  The Jar has windows to "see- through" what is inside.  I made a tiny bag with acetate/OHP sheets with the hearts. The Hearts are from one the Lovely Doilies Sizzix Thinlits. So, it is just like a shaker card Sealed the other window with another piece of acetate A little shaker window Tip: Easiest is to tape runners with the windows. Don't use glue - even those Ranger Glossy Accents. Trust me :))) The Paper Heart Popsicle was die cut from cardstock and chipboard and ice-cream stick I added the sentiment "For You" and those cute Cherries to the heart and also a piece of Magnet to so that you can pick this Popsicle up and use it on your fridge to hold a photo mayb...

A sweetheart couple

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Hello, and welcome back :) I have a card today. yes, really :) This super cute sweethearts are from a Sarah Kay stamp - Laura and Henri. I heat embossed the image and coloured with Inktense pencils... learning on the way :) The image was stamped on Fabriano Card stock and die cut the stamped image with Sizzix Rounded Tags die (657568). The hearts background is  "generation stamped" with the smallest heart from the Papertrey Simple Valentine set. The sentiment (from the same set) was stamped in the smallest of Rounded Tags die set and the image on the largest of the set. Versatile, I say. The smaller ones on the Sizziz tags are perfect for sentiments. Add a little Ranger Stickles to the girl - the girl wanted to Sparkle and Shine :) What went in Fabriano card stock  Sizzix Sizzlits - Round Frames - 8 set Papertrey Simple Valentine Inktense colours and a heavy dose of love :) Entering this to - Itsy Bitsy Bingo Challenge  - Emboss...