The Indian Craft Room is back!

Hi! The Indian Craft Room is back! ICR was the one of the first challenge blogs that I started following and holds a very special place in my heart! The ICR challenges are back and I HAD to participate!

The first challenge is interesting with a great story board for inspiration.

I decided to take my love for quilting & sewing and adapt it to paper. I started with a bunch of rectangles sized 1" x 2". I folded them and started layering them to form the Somerset Star, a traditional folded star quilting pattern from the UK. I used this great tutorial by Janet Kan who blogs at Stitch n Sing. 

The challenge says use more than three triangles. I ended up using a lot more. Well, 40 triangles to be precise!

Rest of the card was easy. I used some dark brown cardstock. The sentiment is from the Deck The Halls Tobie set by Some Odd Girl Stamps which I won as part of blog candy by Simon Says Stamp. I heat embossed it and add two scored lines for some definition.

Here is a close up of the beautiful Somerset Star.

I am entering this in the Indian Craft Room's ICRCAUT01 challenge.

Also entering it in Beyond Grey Challenges BGC #72 - Anything Goes.

Love,
Nandini

A mosaic card...

Hi! A quick card for a challenge.

I used my new Impression Obsession Square Cuts die to make a grid on some white paper. I also cut out a bunch of colour papers. Putting together this card was like working on a puzzle!

The stamp is my own design that I got made from a local stationerywala.

Entering this in the House of Cards April Challenge: Add a Butterfly &/or Colour Inspiration.

My style is CAS and I also love graphics. I tried to put both these elements together to create my card.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Love,
Nandini

My first layout...

Hi! The latest challenge at Beyond Grey Challenges: BGC #51 is a wonderful sketch for a layout.

I was very happy when this challenge was announced as I have been wanting to get into scrap booking seriously for a long time. I have, of course, done several digital layouts, but physical layouts are a different ball game altogether!

So here is my take on this fun sketch.

I found this lovely pic of my husband and the kids playing and decided to use it. I wanted to use bright colours in the layout to convey a sense of joy and fun.

I converted the pic to gray scale to make it stand out. The little tab is to note the year this pic was taken.

The paper pieced band is made up of little squares of paper scraps that I die cut, pasted and then stitched over. The floral DP is actually a tissue paper that I stuck to a piece of card stock using cling film.

The car

the plane and 

the boat are all from the Shapeabilities Play Time Cut/Emboss & Stencil Die set which I bought from Itsy Bitsy ages ago. 

The glitter alphas are also from Itsy Bitsy. I changed the position of the title since I did not want to take away any thing from the band which actually reminds me of a warm and cosy quilt. The final touch were the dashed lines which add some movement to the design.

I am entering this layout in the following challenges:

Beyond Grey

BGC #51 - Layout Challenge

Sentimental Sundays

Challenge #206 - Wheelie Fun + sentiment

CAS-ual Fridays

CFC131 - Three Thirds

I have used 3 DPs, 3 toy die cuts and there are three people in the pic.

Virginia's View Challenge

Challenge #3 - Stitching

Hope you liked my first attempt at a layout. Would love to hear what you think of it!

Love,
Nan

Double yeah!

Hey! My card made it to the top 3 at Beyond Grey's BGC#27- Fetch that Sketch!

It is also in the top 3 at Catchy Challenges, March Season IV.

First time I had the same card feature in the top 3 of two different challenges. So I guess I am double thrilled!

For more details of the card please do visit the blog post.

Love,

Nan

Top 3 at Catchy Challenges!

Yeah! I made it to the top 3 at Catchy Challenges!

Here is my card

For more details, please do visit the blog post.

Love,
Nan

Baby Card

Hi! Back again with another challenge entry. The challenges at Beyond Grey and Catchy Challenges really got my creative juices flowing!

So here is another entry for Beyond Grey's BGC #27 - Fetch That Sketch

and Catchy Challenges, March Season IV

This time round I decided to make a quilted card, out of all the scraps of paper that I cannot bear to throw away.

The card size is 6 x 6 inches. I have used dark coffee brown card stock as the base. Other papers are a mix of handmade and pattern papers.

After I finished the card top with zigzag stitching, it reminded me of a small baby blanket. So I decided to make it into a baby card. Hence the baby feet on the tag.

Originally, I had planned to stamp a sentiment welcoming the new baby. But I feel the cute little feet say it all.

Now I am thinking of making similar cards in other color combinations.

Love,
Nan