Happy New Year in NEON

Hello everyone!! I know...I know, I am not blogging much but with kids and hubby at home for 2 weeks, I hardly get any ME time ;) And we are re-organizing our bedroom/office space too. I have to make my craft table more useful...

And finally it's snowing here...we already have about 20 cm snow and it's snowing more n more :) The temp. yesterday night was -11

So, here is a card, which is on the Imagine Crafts blog today! Check out the full tutorial and supply list HERE.

And this is how I got inspired to create this card....I've always loved soft colors and never thought I could love Neons, ever!! When Imagine Crafts introduced the new Radiant Neon inks last year, I was a little bit scared to try them but I did give them a go. Little did I know that I will fall in love with this line of ink! LOL So for my New Year’s card, I used my favorite Radiant Neon inks along with the subtle shimmer of the Shimmer Spritz Sparkle and the recently introduced Radiant Neon irRESISTible Pico Embellisher

Year 2014 was quite good to me in terms of Crafting. I worked with some of the best teams, I got published a lot including covers of the magazines.  Also I got published in the magazines in UK. Most of all a dream came true, when I was picked a World Card Making Day 2014 winner by Paper Crafts& Scrapbooking magazine. Hope the new year will bring more challenges and new adventures :) Do keep checking my blog...I have some special things coming up :)

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2015! Enjoy and Have fun!

Lawnscaping December Hop

Hello All!! It's time for the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration team monthly hop. We have a pretty inspiring color combo for you :) This month we have Turquoise and Greens!!
You must be here from Sabine's blog else start from Lawnscaping blog.

I love these colors. 

You have to go to Kari's blog from here and she has an amazing creation for you :) Here are the links for the hop in-case you miss somewhere..  

Lawnscaping blog

Sabine http://sweet-buttons-and-tiny-bows.blogspot.co.at/

Isha http://hobbyandideas.blogspot.ch/

Kari http://www.kwcarddesign.com/

Lenny http://getinspiredandbecreative.blogspot.com/

Lexa http://rainbowjellomakesmehappy.blogspot.com/

Suzanne: http://sparklingscrapper.blogspot.com/

Yukari: http://handmadebyyuki.blogspot.com/

Make sure to comment at each stop to win some awesome markers as we are being sponsored by Spectrum Noir :)

Winner of my WCMD hop

Hello Everyone!! I am sorry, I completely forgot the date of picking the winner of my giveaway. Too many pre- Christmas preparations were going on at my daughter's school. 
I know I have not posted any creation but time is just flying by. Hope to create a card soon.

So, here is the winner of my giveaway!!

"Celeste Goff said...

What a beautiful card Isha! And I'm not surprised that you won (congrats btw) because your cards are always amazing!"

Congrats Celeste. I will be sending you an email soon. Thank you everyone for your sweet comments and words of encouragement. 

Coffee Lovers' Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Coffee lovers' blog hop. I am joining in the fun with some card-makers, who share the love of COFFEE!!

The fun starts at Amy's blog HERE.

For my card, I used the sketch by DCWV stack-o-holic challenge, as I recently got some stacks by them in my World Card Making day prize. Love the papers. Then I used my one and only coffee kind of stamp set by paper smooches :) I stamped the coffee beans, fussy cut and applied some ImagineCrafts shimmer spritz and irRESISTible Pico embellisher to create the embellishments. I know it's not all snowflake and stuff but I love glitter during this time of the year, so this card has plenty of glitter in real life :) And somehow, I had to add the cocoa beans as my embellishments...lol

My card:

Thanks Amy for organizing it! You can find the inlinkz to link your card and all the details at Amy's blog.
I am playing along the challenges at:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Bling it on! I love all the glitter and shine :)
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes

Supplies: Patterned paper: DCWV (The basic Stack, The Burlap paper Stack, The Glitzy Glitter stack); Stamp: Paper Smooches (Cyber Cafe); Ink: Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko (VersaMark, Memento Luxe- Expresso Truffle), Shimmer spritz Sparkle, irRESISTible Pico Embellisher - clear, white embossing powder

●●Sponsorship prizes are eligible via random draw from linked hop participants only●●

WCMD 2014 Winner's Blog Hop

Hello and welcome everyone to a very special hop. This hop is featuring all the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking magazine World Card Making Day 2014 winners. Thanks Holly for organizing it! I was (and still am) so very excited and honored to have won this title. It is a big crafty DREAM come true :)

As you all know that the magazine is closing its doors and sadly the April 2015 issue won't be published. That's why the fifteen of us decided to do this hop so we could get a chance to share our winning cards with you all!
Here is a wonderful badge of all of us, which Virginia created.

You should've come from Tosha's blog. If you didn't, hop over to Jamie's blog for the beginning of the hop.

Here is my card which got chosen for the "Thank You" category. I used the "Multi-Inking Technique" to stamp the flowers and leaves. I really like how this card came out:

Thank you Holly for the photos.

To celebrate, I'm having a give-away on my blog, it's open to Internationals too {photo below}. To be eligible to win, please follow my blog (if you don't already) and leave a comment on this post by the 10th of December. I will pick a winner on the 12th :)

The next blog on the hop is Jill Dewey's blog.

PS. Here's the complete list of the blog hop participants.

1. Jamie Greene 2. Simone Naoum 3. Kristie Larsen 4. Donna Bowman 5. Maureen Wong 6. Mandy LaCroix 7. Heather Hoffman 8. Piali Biswas 9. Christa Laszczkowski 10. Jacquie Southas 11. Wendi Lau 12.Tosha DelJanovan 13. Isha Gupta 14. Jill Dewey Hawkins 15. Virginia Lu

Supplies:  Cardstock: (Solar white) Neenah, (Candy Necklace) Bazzill Card Shoppe;  Stamp: (Petal and Stems, Sending you) Avery Elle; Inks: (Aqua marine, mint to be) Avery Elle, (Memento Luxe-Morocco, Rose Bud, Pear Tart, Olive Grove, Dandelion; Versafine); Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome for a special blog hop to thank everyone from the Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine for the inspiration they provided us all. Sadly, the magazine's closing but our printed magazines and the memories  will always remain with us :) Talking about {memories}: sleepless nights before the submission, waiting for the fb parties, refreshing the page a *zillion* times to check our mail box, nervous chatting with friends, and hopefully a happy dance in the end...I sure will miss that all!
I made many good friends, thanks PC&S!! I was also excited every time I saw my magazine in the letter box...I'd walk around the house holding on to it the whole day long...lol ;)
Thank you PC&S for pushing me to my limits, to broaden my horizon and step out of my comfort zone.

You should've arrived from Danielle's blog. If you'd like to start from the beginning, there's an inklinkz on bottom.


Now to my card: It may seem inappropriate that the sentiment is "smile" but I think we can say "smile because it happened". So even though I'm sad, I'm still smiling :)

The next stop on the hop is Jen's blog. Happy hopping and wishing the PC&S team happy future!

Here's the whole list:

All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!

1.	Lisa Henke	72.	Katie Gehring	143.	Kim Hughes
2.	Kelly Latevola	73.	Jennifer Cuthbertson	144.	Becky Olsen
3.	Lesley Croghan	74.	Cecilia Hsieh	145.	Kim Heggins
4.	Jennifer McGuire	75.	Laura Sterckx	146.	Ashley Harris
5.	Taheerah Atchia	76.	Donna Bowman	147.	Susan Liles
6.	Veronica Zalis	77.	Rachel Kleinman	148.	Darnell Knauss
7.	Laura O'Donnell	78.	Ellen Hutson	149.	Donna Hitz
8.	Julia Stainton	79.	Tanis Giesbrecht	150.	Miriam Prantner
9.	Lorena Cantó	80.	Marcie Sharp	151.	P. Kelly Smith
10.	Amy Tsuruta	81.	Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)	152.	Yana Smakula
11.	Piali Biswas	82.	Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)	153.	Nichole Heady
12.	Rae Barthel	83.	Tracey McNeely	154.	Altenew
13.	Jessica Witty	84.	Laurie Willison	155.	Alice Golden
14.	Annette Witherspoon	85.	Bev Gerard	156.	Cath Edvalson
15.	Gayatri Murali	86.	Nina Yang	157.	Cindy Lawrence
16.	Maria Fischer	87.	Barb Housner	158.	Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)
17.	Laura Williams	88.	Clare Prezzia	159.	Sandy Allnock
18.	Lisa Arana	89.	Tasnim Ahmed	160.	Operation Write Home
19.	Wendy McGaffey	90.	Joyce Mehrberg	161.	Jennifer Ingle
20.	Heather Hoffman	91.	Sabrina Alery	162.	A Creative Journey with Melissa
21.	Cristina Kowalczyk	92.	Waltzingmouse Stamps	163.	Yvonne Yam
22.	Lynn Mercurio	93.	Leigh Penner	164.	MFT
23.	Jamie Greene	94.	Jenn Shurkus	165.	Shemaine Smith
24.	Lori Tecler	95.	Kimberly Wiener	166.	Spectrum Noir
25.	Susie Wittwer	96.	Amber Hight	167.	Nicki Scheck
26.	Jocelyn Olson	97.	Lindsay Amrhein	168.	Asty Purbasari
27.	Chaitali Narla	98.	Shelly Kurth	169.	Danielle Pandeline
28.	Hero Arts	99.	Mayuri	170.	Isha Gupta
29.	Nadine Perez	100.	Vera W. Yates	171.	Jen Carter
30.	Sarah Martina Parker	101.	Connie Mercer	172.	Mendi Yoshikawa
31.	Laura Bassen	102.	Audrey Tokach	173.	Keren Baker
32.	Lori Barnett	103.	Paulina Nakamura	174.	Trinh Arrieta
33.	Deepti Malik	104.	Reverse Confetti	175.	Tenia Nelson
34.	Tessa Wise	105.	Libby Hickson	176.	Angie Tieman
35.	Karen Baker	106.	Yoonsun Hur	177.	Lawn Fawn
36.	Tifany DeGough	107.	Maureen Plut	178.	Lydia Evans
37.	Virginia Lu	108.	Jessica Pascarella	179.	Samantha Mann
38.	Ruza Rebel	109.	Lynn Mangan	180.	Kymona Tracey
39.	Emily Leiphart	110.	Mariana Grigsby	181.	Jess Moyer
40.	Ashley N Newell	111.	Shery Russ	182.	Kathy Martin
41.	Jennifer Rzasa	112.	SRM Press	183.	Joni Andaya
42.	Dana Warren	113.	Sarah Jay	184.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
43.	Amy Kolling	114.	Anabelle O'Malley	185.	Lisa Johnson
44.	Wanda Guess	115.	Michele Boyer	186.	Laine Webb
45.	Kalyn Kepner	116.	Clare Buswell	187.	Bethany Stellpflug
46.	LauraJane:)	117.	Angel Rivera	188.	Melania Deasy
47.	Tammy Jackson	118.	Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs	189.	Ivanka Lentle
48.	Karolyn Loncon	119.	Beth Pingry	190.	Sweet Stamp Shop
49.	Heather Campbell	120.	A Jillian Vance Design	191.	Jeanne Jachna
50.	Niki Garcia	121.	Jillian Vance	192.	Emily Branch
51.	Erin Schreiner	122.	Bunny Vance	193.	Anja Bytyqi
52.	Vanessa Menhorn	123.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	194.	Chameleon Pens
53.	Simon Says Stamp	124.	Kristie Larsen	195.	Francine Vuillème
54.	Donna Mikasa	125.	Maureen Merritt	196.	Newton's Nook Designs
55.	Lin Brandyberry	126.	Heather North	197.	Alicia Thelin
56.	Giovana Smith	127.	Nina Brackett	198.	Sarah Moerman
57.	Brenda Weaver	128.	Clearsnap, Inc	199.	Winter Sims
58.	Glenda J. Wyatt	129.	CAS-ual Fridays Stamps	200.	Amber Kroening
59.	Kelly Griglione	130.	Lori Craig	201.	STAMPlorations
60.	Michelle Lupton	131.	Lydia Fiedler	202.	Avery Elle
61.	Michelle Williams	132.	Julie Campbell	203.	Caryn Davies
62.	Lyndal Higgins	133.	Lea Lawson	204.	N@ Ali
63.	Elena Roussakis	134.	Taylor Usry	205.	Amy Sheffer
64.	Kara Vrabel	135.	Jill Dewey Hawkins	206.	Nance Salkeld
65.	Michelle Woerner	136.	Chunyuan Wu	207.	Meredith MacRitchie
66.	Amanda Coleman	137.	Melissa Cash	208.	Jill Norwood
67.	Winnie & Walter	138.	Annette Allen	209.	Penny Ward
68.	Cheiron Brandon	139.	Carisa Zglobicki	210.	Karin Åkesdotter
69.	Kristie Goulet	140.	Crafter's Companion US	211.	Yainea Nuñez
70.	Kimberly Crawford	141.	Stephanie Muzzulin	212.	Lucy Abrams
71.	Lalo IK	142.	Alice Wertz	213.	Mama Elephant

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Merry Christmas

Hello Everyone!! Today we have a new challenge at  Lawnscaping challenge blog and this time the theme is "White on White"! 

I used some translucent paste and white glitter to create the snow and some silver embossing powder for my sentiment and image. I also used some mirror foil to mat my focal panel.

Stamp: Lawn Fawn (Critters in the Arctic, Joy to the Woods,  ); Ink: Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko (VersaMark); Simon Says falling snow stencil; Glitter: Ranger

For my reader's from Switzerland, you can buy all the new Lawn Fawn and and lots more HERE at Scraphouse shop.