CraftyJC Cards

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...