Fun and Exciting Announcement!!

Hello everyone!! Hope you all had wonderful Christmas with your loved ones...I am still in the holiday phase as everyone is still home and that keeps me pretty busy :)

I am so excited to be able to finally share with you that I am joining Taylored Expressions Blog Design Team...YAY!!! I am so honored to be working with some awesome and creative ladies :) Thank you Taylor for the honor of working with your awesome products :)
Hop on over to the Taylored Expressions blog to see the announcement and for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the TE store....FUN!!

I decided to create a card today using some new to me TE Products. I used Simply Stamped - Roses stamps, Embroidery Hoop dies and Weathered Embossing folder. Totally loved playing with these :)

Here is a close-up

Enjoy your holidays and see you again as soon as I can! But surely in the new Year :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone!!

Wishing you all Merry Christmas. I will be around less till about 2nd. Jan 2016 as everyone in my family is home. But do check as I have some happy news to share with you all....can't wait...eek :)

I hope you are all having fun time with your loved ones and that Santa brought you lots of goodies :)

I made this frame using some awesome stamps and dies by SugarPea Designs and Winnie&Walter :)

Thanks for dropping by!

Celebrate!

If you are looking for the RG Celebration BlogHop, please click HERE.

Hello Everyone!

It's Monday and that calls for more inspiration on the Waffle Flower Challenge Blog. This month we challenge you to use "Stamp Layering" in your creations. There are so many ways to use this technique....looking forward to see your creations. We have some Gorgeous creations by some of the talented ladies and we still have time so, hope you will join us.

For my card, I stamped these pretty florals from "In Everyway Stamp set"

Challenge ends on the 25th of each month. You can link up your creations and will find all the information along with the prize details HERE.

RG Celebra’tions Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the  week 2 of the  Richard Garay's Make Amazing Blog Hop. I am so excited to share the new 2016 CHA products by him :)

Here is what Richard has to say in his own words :)

"The Christmas rush is in full swing and it's time to start sharing some brand new eye candy! 2015 has been an AMAZING year but 2016 will be bigger and better. I am excited to officially announce my participation in this winter's 2016 CHA! For the first time EVER, I will be hosting my own space in our industry's Mega Show where I will debut my four new collections! Let's get this party started with some AMAZING sneak peaks, a FUN giveaway opportunity and an AMAZING MEGA GIVEAWAY at the end of our sneak peek journey to CHA!"

For the next four weeks, we will share sneak peeks from each collection. Every week a new collection will be revealed! You have the chance of winning brand new products each of the four weeks! And in the end, we will have 4 winners (one from each week) PLUS a Grand Prize Winner!

This week we are sharing the Celebra'tions Collection! This collection is filled with color and hooray!  New fun elements have been added too!The opportunity to celebrate that special moment and bring paper to life with yummy designs, amazing textures and an inviting color palette is what makes this collection something to celebrate about!

For today, I decided to make a Party Ensemble :) There are so many wonderful products in the Celebra'tions Collection, which are already available and I used some of those. Can you guess how I made the hanging flowers??? I used the Treat Toppers die :)

Here is the blog hop order:

Patricia Roebuck

Tania Willis

Laura Williams

Kathy Martin

Michelle Woerner

Mou Saha

Tenia Nelson

Vanessa Menhorn

Alice Wertz

Beck Beattie

Mariana Grigsby

Isha Gupta

You can enter to win the Celebra'tions stamps/dies, Linen Thread and paper pack (photo below)  by completing the following steps. 

Follow @teamrichardgaray (TeamRichardGaray) on Instagram. 

Leave a comment on this post 
Leave a comment on designer's blog post by clicking on their names below. 
You will have up to 7 chances each day to win Monday - Friday! **Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, 12/26 at noon MST here on the blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA

Grand Prize

Supplies:

Celebrations by Richard Garay:

Cardstock: Assorted Solids; Stamp: Brush Strokes, Many Words; Dies: Banner Trio, Treat Toppers

Celebrations Linen Thread

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Hello Everyone!! Welcome to the Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are over 60 special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Thank you Taheerah for making me a part of this fun event!!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises wait behind the door!

Here is what I have for you today.. I used some GORGEOUS stamps and dies by SugarPea Designs! Love the wreath and the Elf is my favorite :)

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Butterfly Reflections so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! Simply leave a comment on this post to enter - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too to double your chances! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 7am EST on Thursday 31st December to leave all your comments! 

Don’t forget the Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! 

Thanks for dropping by!

Isha

RG Make Amazing Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the first ever  Richard Garay's Make Amazing Blog Hop. I am so excited to share the new 2016 CHA products by him :)

Here is what Richard has to say in his own words :)

"The Christmas rush is in full swing and it's time to start sharing some brand new eye candy! 2015 has been an AMAZING year but 2016 will be bigger and better. I am excited to officially announce my participation in this winter's 2016 CHA! For the first time EVER, I will be hosting my own space in our industry's Mega Show where I will debut my four new collections! Let's get this party started with some AMAZING sneak peaks, a FUN giveaway opportunity and an AMAZING MEGA GIVEAWAY at the end of our sneak peek journey to CHA!"

For the next four weeks, we will share sneak peeks from each collection. Every week a new collection will be revealed! You have the chance of winning brand new products each of the four weeks! And in the end, we will have 4 winners (one from each week) PLUS a Grand Prize Winner!

The first reveal is the "Make Amazing Happen Collection" It's a fun collection with beautiful, pretty blooms, amazing sentiments, stamps and die combos and Gorgeous patterned papers. I enjoyed creating with it a lot :)

 Card 1: I decided to use the pretty watercolor wash patterned paper, dainty florals and the bold sentiment.

Card 2: For this card, I wanted to focus on the GORGEOUS sentiment and the pretty patterned papers. I am in love with the florals which come in this collection, so you will be seeing a few more projects coming up on my blog soon :)

You can enter to win the Make Amazing Happen Die/Stamp set, Dots and paper pack by completing the following steps. 
Follow @teamrichardgaray on Instagram. 
Leave a comment on this post 
Leave a comment on designer's blog post by clicking on their names below. 
You will have up to 7 chances each day to win Monday - Friday! **Not all steps are required to win. Winner from this week will be announced on Saturday, 12/19 at noon MST HERE on the blog. Grand Prize winner will be chosen from ALL comments at the end of the four weeks. Prizes will be shipped following CHA.

Here is a list of the Blog Hop order

Patricia Roebuck
Tenia Nelson
Vanessa Menhorn
Alice Wertz
Beck Beattie
Mariana Grigsby
Isha Gupta  <<< You're here
Mou Saha

Supplies:

Card 1

Make Amazing Happen Collection by Richard Garay 

Stamp: Amazing Happens, Amazing You; Ink:  Captivating Coral; Patterned Paper: Make Amazing Printed Papers; Silks: Gold

Fun Stampers Journey: 

Cardstock: Whip Cream; Ink: Black Licorice, Lemon Drop, Kiwi Slice; Journey Foam Squares; Journey Tape Runner

Card 2

Make Amazing Happen Collection by Richard Garay 

Stamp: You Rock; Patterned Paper: Make Amazing Printed Papers; Silks: Gold

Fun Stampers Journey: 

Cardstock: Whip Cream; Ink: Black Licorice; Journey Foam Squares; Journey Tape Runner

Others: Ranger Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick, Orange Marmalade; ImagineCrafts featuring Tsukineko: VersaMark ink; WOW! Embossing Powder (Glitter Gold)

Winner and some deals!

Hello Everyone!! I know, I am so sorry, I've been not posting lately. Life got busy, I had some unexpected guests and a ton to do. In the process I completely forgot to pick a winner for my Winnie and Walter leading Lady post. 

I wish I could give something to everyone. I want to thank you all for being here at my blog and leaving your sweet words about my work. I really appreciate those and your love is what keeps me motivated. I hope I inspired you with some ideas though. If you create anything, inspired by my creations, please do leave your comments...I really would love to visit your blog :)

So now to the winner, I wrote all the names who left comments on my blog for all the 4 posts and then asked my daughter to pick one. 

Aaaaand the winner of the 30$ gift coupon is jintyoo7.

Huge congratulations Jintyoo7. I will contact you soon :)

Now I do have some deals for the rest of my followers :) Do you know about Craftsy?? Simply click on the banner/ Link below.

Looking for affordable gifts online? Craftsy has you covered. Craftsy's hobby supplies & project kits, up to 65% off, will arrive in time for the holidays if you order between 12/10 and 12/13. Shop now before these deals are gone! 

Also, if you love colors, there is an awesome class by my friend Mayuri over at Craftsy too. Check it out for yourself :)

Christmas Time: Guest at pink Fresh Studio!

Hello everyone! I got so excited and honored when Kinnari from Pink Fresh Studio asked me to create something using the new "Christmas Wishes" Collection. I just love love it. There are so many possibilities to use this, I've just scratched the surface of it. 

Let's start with some of my projects, this was a perfect opportunity to work on some of my Christmas cards too :)

Card 1: I used the cute mousie with the gifts from the set and made a shaker card out of it. The frame is a perfect fit to the image and the embellishments make it so easy to finish this card. I love the subtle pattern of the background paper too :) I Flicked some Gold Shimmer Spritz.

Card 2: I used the cute Penguin with the balloons and customize it a bit by adding tiny bit of color and glitter. I used Copic markers to color in the beak and feet and shadows to him. I also used glitter pen to add a little something to the balloons and the string. Finally, some flicks of frost shimmer.

Card 3: There is an AWESOME stamp set with the kit too and I love the images, so next card is a mix of stamping and image die-cuts. I stamped the images and masked them. Then, I sponged the background and applied clear embossing paste and glitter using my favorite Simon Says Falling Snow stencil. Finally, I colored in some of the houses and trees :)

Card 4: This is again a patterned paper only card :) Hmmm! with a touch of stamping to enhance the background. I used all the beautiful papers and embellishments which come in the kit. I stamped the tiny house and tree stamp using light teal and gray inks to enhance the background a bit more. I sponged the edges of the tree too.

Card 5 & 6: So, as I wrote before, I love the stamp set which comes in this kit and this wreath image is so sweet. I used the same layout and images but different techniques to create these Two cards. On the first, I embossed the wreaths using white embossing powder and then used some watercolor.

For this card, I stamped the wreath using inks and then added a bit of water.

For my last card, I mixed some stamping and the Deer die-cut. I looove this cute image :) Lately, I am in love with these 2 colors for my winter sky. They give the perfect warmth and brighten the day (it's so dull gray here all the time....lol)

Finally, I made these Advent Calendar bags for my elder daughter. It's the perfect size to put in small earrings, coupons and chocolates for her. And I used all the wonderful supplies from the kit. The acetate printed numbers, patterned papers and the die-cut shapes made it so easy and fun to decorate. Here are a couple of them.

Hope you got inspired. Check out the full post HERE on the Pink Fresh Studio Blog. I want to thank Kinnari for having me here. It was so much fun creating with this kit and I am not done yet :)

Thanks for dropping by!

I will list the supplies in a little while :)

Christmas!!

Hello everyone!! I've been making my Christmas Cards but somehow I still have plenty to make :) I am so enjoying all the glitter and cute Christmas images. 

I made this card a couple days back for my craft shop DT work. I used a new to me stamp company "Whipper Snapper". I adore this Penguin image :)

I used distress inks for the background. Falling Snow stencil by Simon Says Stamp and some distress glitter. The sentiment is by Winnie&Walter Stamps.

close-up of this cutie image :) AND it's official, I can't take photos of side folding cards somehow. Any tips??

Thanks for dropping by! 

Winnie & Walter Leading Lady Part 4

Hello everyone! I am back again with the part 4 of my leading lady post. As they say time just flies by when we are having a good time :) It's exactly how I felt while creating for these posts. I want to thank Julie and Shay once again for having me here on the blog.

Today is my last post and even-though I feel sad, I am happy as these awesome products really helped me stretch my creativity. I hope you enjoyed as much as I did creating.

Now to today's post. I had a hard time thinking about the theme as there are still so many ideas floating around...lol. First I thought about quick and simple CAS cards but then I looked at the AWESOME stencils and decided to keep my theme around them. I tried to do various techniques on each card. Some of the photos are not as great cos we are having very dull weather these days.

Let's start with this first card. As we all know doodling and Zen-tangle is a hot trend at the moment. I used the stencil to create Zen-tangle pattern. Love how wonderful this stencil is. Then I die-cut the big bold Joy word and stacked it using pink cardstock. I applied glossy accent over the word"JOY". I used Imagine Crafts Memento inks for this card.

Card 2 was so much fun to create :) I used ImagineCrafts Fireworks sprays, Copics, Gesso for this card.

Card 3 was the most difficult to photograph as I used the iridescent creative medium and all the fine shimmer was difficult to capture. I used ImagineCrafts Iridescent Creative medium to create the background.

For my last card I used no-line coloring using Copic markers. For the background I used various Memento dye inks and pearl white acrylic paint.

I have more information and photos on Winnie&Walter blog HERE. 

Now another fun thing: Julie and Shay have generously given me a 30$ Gift Card for their store. By commenting on all my Leading Lady blog posts every Saturday this month (there will be four posts in total), you will get a chance to win. If you missed my first post, you can check it out HERE, my 2nd. post HERE and the 3rd. post HERE. I will draw a winner next Saturday!! Please check then and don't forget to comment on all the 4 Saturdays on my leading lady post to be eligible to win :)

Thank you for dropping by! 

Time To Shine/ Fun Stampers Journey Jewelry

Hello everyone! Today, I am sharing something awesome and different. It's a jewelry piece and FUN!!!

Richard Garay offers a beautiful line of jewelry "Time to Shine Journey Girl Jewelry" and the fun part is, you can customize the pretty pendents from this collection.

This would make pretty gifts too, I know my elder daughter grabbed mine as soon as she saw it...lol

This is how I decorated mine

I decided to use the dies from Spellbinder's Celebrations Line by Richard Garay. Now the die is much bigger, so here is how I created it:

1. Die-cut a piece of clear shrink foil using the word "Love" from the "All You" die set and dab some FSJ Rich Coral ink  onto the back.

2. Shrink the foil using heat gun. Check out how small it gets in photo no. 2

3. Now, I created my own background using Silks. I spritzt water generously onto watercolor cardstock and applied "Cool Caribbean" and "Lucious Lime" Silks. Once dry, I added some flick to the paper. 

4. Then I die-cut a circle to fit to the size of my pendent base.

Here is how you can assemble (Photo 4)

1. Open the pendent base and insert one of the clear circles into the bottom ring.

2. Place the diy watercolored circle and the word Love onto it.

3. Insert the clear ring on top and then finally cover it with the 2nd. clear circle and close the pendent.

Adhere the pendant to the chain...total fun :)

There are tons of possibilities to decorate the pendents along with the charms available.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You!

Hello Everyone! Today, is Wednesday and that means a new challenge over at at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge blog. Today is my last post with them this month :( Hope there will be more sometime :) I want to say "Thank You" to SSS and Lorraine for having me at the blog and the DTs for all the encouraging and sweet comments. I really enjoyed my part as a guest designer :) 

This week's theme for the challenge is: ANYTHING GOES and we are sharing Altenew products this week.

Here is my Thank You card :) I used Emboss Resist technique and my inks by IMAGINECrafts.

I used Altenew Vintage Flowers and Label Love stamp set

Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

Hope to see you play and don't forget to check out awesome creations by the DT's at the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog! 

Along with the supplies below, I also used Kaleidacolor ink Desert Heat by IMAGINECrafts!

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