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2011-09-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

Today's card...

Fun Facts:
what do you call a group of frogs? .....mmmmmmmmmmm.....
Clues...

A group of fish is called a School of Fish.
A group of geese is called a Gaggle of Geese.
A group of sea gulls is called a Flock of Sea gulls.
A bunch of cows and bulls is called a Herd of Cattle.

But what do you call a group of frogs?
An ARMY of Frogs!
And what do you call a group of toads?
An KNOT of Toads!

Thanks for stopping by...Have a happy weekend.

Black & Red Heart card

2011-09-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

The center embossed heart is from Fiskars. The floral stamp is from Inkadinkado floral damask. I used stampamajic to align the floral to the heart. Dabbed black ink around the focal image. Oops i realized i added too much black...help!!!!!! I used some Rhinestones and sticker. This should help reduce the darkness to an extent. I finished the card by adding butterflies and a sentiment.

Quick card 5

2011-09-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

One more Clean and simple card...

This stamp is from Hero arts. Added string of pearls for extra dimension.
After publishing this post i realized photography is pathetic.

Thanks for stopping by....

Garden Card

2011-09-12T11:24:00.000-07:00

Inspired from Jennifer Mcquire to buy this stamp. The Flower Bird Garden stamp is from Hero Arts. White emboss the image and colored the focal image with markers. I stamped the base olive card with definition background stamp. The sentiment is from Fiskars. Hope you like this card.

Thanks for stopping by...

Canvas Pear card

2011-09-10T11:40:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone!!!
Played resist embossing on canvas...
The base card is stamped with maple leaf stamp using peeled paint distress ink. Heat emboss the pear with white powder. Emboss resist technique using various green inks. Dabbed the edges of the canvas with wild honey distress ink.

Do you know "Pears are a member of the rose family"?
History of Pears

It is believed that pears were used as food by Stone Age people.
The ancestor of today’s popular pear varieties are from regions in southeastern
Europe and western Asia.
The first pear tree was planted in America in 1620.
In the early 1700s, pears were nicknamed "butter fruit" because of their soft,
melting texture.

Hibiscus Card

2011-09-03T19:37:00.000-07:00

The base card is stamped with Hero arts document stamp using Tea dye distress ink. The focal image is a free digital stamp from Beccy. New to water coloring. Please bear with me. Finished the card with some pink pearls, Martha Stewart butterfly and Hero arts sentiments.

Posting this from St Simons island GA. Enjoy the weekend...

CuttleBug Card

2011-09-01T20:37:00.000-07:00

Card making is not interesting with out die cut machines and distress inks.
Here is my cuttlebug card ....

The focal image, rose stalk coloring page is from the website www.kids-pages.com.

Thanks for stopping by~

Quick Card 4

2011-08-29T10:39:00.000-07:00

I got this frog embellishment from Michael's a long time ago. Finally got some idea to use it. Sooper easy card....but lovely sentiment ;)...

Weird Facts about Frogs

When a frog swallows a meal, his bulgy eyeballs will close and go down into his head! This is because the eyeballs apply pressure and actually push a frog's meal down his throat! *GULP*
The longest lifespan entered was a European Common Toad at 40 years
The Chilean Four-eyed frog has a pair of eye spot marks on its rear end. They are really big poisonous glands with spots on them, but it looks like eyes when you look at them from behind. The spots usually are covered by the thighs when the frog is sitting, but when it feels any threat, it will expose the "fake eye spots" and cause them to swell up a bit
There are about 6 to 14 species of tongueless, aquatic African frogs

Embossed Resist Technique

2011-08-27T11:20:00.000-07:00

I made this card for Lily Pads resist challenge.
Stamp the image on vanilla card stock. choose the stamp based on your design. I wanted to make a silhouette card, so i have chosen the silhouette weed stamp. Heat emboss with black. I masked one inch circle at the top. Sponging was done with Red, yellow and orange inks using both a swirl and blot motion with a sponge or blending tool. Coloring can be done using distress inks, water based inks or markers. I have used distress inks. Don't worry about the embossed image getting colors. You can wipe it off using a baby wipe. Add some butterflies and that's it.

Thinking of You

2011-08-26T10:30:00.000-07:00

I love this color combination. Stamped the base card with Hero arts document stamp. Leave 1 inch space at the bottom for the sentiment. I used black soot distress ink, Spritz with water before stamping. My focal image is Silhouette weed stamp. Heat embossed with black embossing powder. I know my embossing is very pathetic. I patched up with black opaque pen. I learned this trick from Jennifer McGuire. Forgot to mention about the butterfly. That's Tim Holtz butterfly stamp.Heat emboss the butterfly with Black embossing powder. Finished the card with ribbon and a sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by....

Quick Card 3

2011-08-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

Yet another quick card. I made the flower using extra large daisy punch. Cut the petals to look like a fringe flower. Embellish the center of the flower with a black button. Hope you like this simple card.

Thanks for stopping by....

Sunflower Frame Card

2011-08-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

Stamped the base card with petite print background. I created a frame using 3mm stripes using olive card stock. I got this frame idea from KWerner 's one of her card.Highlighted with white opaque pen to create a stitch effect. Love this sunflower stamp. I stamped twice by masking the 3rd flower. Finally added some butterflies and a sentiment tag.

Thanks for stopping by...Wish you have a wonderful day!!!

Quick card 2

2011-08-21T11:58:00.000-07:00

This is a clean and simple card. This card was made for my friends daughter "Pavi". I stamped the "Bear Gift" image on a vennila card stock. Not sure about the brand, got this from ebay. Colored the gift box and the ribbon with glitter pen. Water colored the bear image with color box chalk ink. Outline the focal image with golden embossing powder. I stamped the sentiment inside the card.

Happy stamping and have a fantastic weekend!!!

Recycle Card

2011-07-03T15:40:00.000-07:00

This is my second card for today... This card is not so neat because of embossing. I think i need to get an embossing bag to avoid spilling of white powder outside the stamped image. Let me know if you guys have any other idea ...

Quick Card 1

2011-07-03T15:16:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank you guys for the kind and lovely comments for my previous card. Here is a quick card for my summer card camp. The size of the card is 4 1/4 X 5 1/2. I hand drawn hearts in different sizes. And yes the colors are all from "week 1 color combo"(pink, blue,orange, Purple and white). Felt something is missing in the card till i added some leaves and the ribbon...

Thanks for stopping by.... I will add couple of more cards today.

Color Combo 1

2011-06-28T19:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my first day of the summer card camp. I was introduced to a combination of colors.

Its fun to design a card coordinating the given colors. After selecting the image I realized i cannot use green, so i embossed the stem and center with white....and here is my card...

Wish me luck to win the challenge.... ;)

Thanks Card

2011-06-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

Long back, i made a card base for doing some quilling. But for some reasons it was lying idle. Finally i made up my mind to do something on that card..However i did not like it very much, atleast i am happy, i have used it..
ok...Here comes the card ...

Did you hear about Kristina and Jennifer's summer card camp 2011??
Click on this link for more information.

I am really excited to learn techniques, designs from experts. They have also got lot of sponsors which is a motivating factor. From tomorrow, you can see cards from me that has expert touch ;) hehehe

Thanks for stopping by... Have a nice day!!!

Black & White weaved card

2011-06-26T15:45:00.000-07:00

I came across a blog challenge and the challenge is to make a black and white card with no pattern paper and in addition to that a version of blue has to be used in the card. Though it was an old challenge i still want to try that. Here is my card... I know i have used some copper which was not part of the challenge ;).

When you say "No patter paper" i listed Embossing, Stamping, Weaving or some handmade trick. of course handmade trick got ruled out as first item. I have neither Embossing machine nor back ground stamps. I don't have a choice i have to use weaving. I think its time for me to get some new stamps.

How about this black and white version??

Daisy bouquet card

2011-06-15T13:13:00.000-07:00

Heard about an indian challenge blog Crafty JC Challenge#7 from Kavitha. This is my first Blogging challenge participation. The challenge is to use something digital or doodling. I have always used quilled flowers in my card, so for a change i thought of going digital.

Details of the card:
The size of the card is 6 1/2 X 5 1/2 inch. Three different pattern papers are used on a brown CS. The stamp(Daisy patch bouquet) that is used is digital. The printed image card is dabbed with blue and green ink to gel with the background. I tried embossing with black in the center of the flower, but it required extra dimension. So i added a white pearl in the center. Of course cards are incomplete without a ribbon and a sentiment.

Here is my entry...

Have a nice day!!!

How to make Pretty Pleated flowers?

2011-06-13T22:00:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Its beautiful to see people making flowers out of anything & everything. I kind of love this! it adds beauty to your card (who in the world wouldn't like flowers ? I am no exception too). Here you go, my own journey of making a decorative flower to enrich the beauty of my card, believe me end of the day its all worth it.

Materials Required:

Some type of Scallop edge punch
1" circle punch
Paper
A decorative element for the center

YouTube is a wonderful medium to learn craft from the experts. This is the video that inspired me ...

Guess i made your day wonderful. Wish i take pleasure of doing it again, visit me you wouldn't regret...

Black and Red card

2011-06-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hi! I have used a new item in my card today...guess what... a vegetable bag net...

The size of the card is 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inch. I have scored at 2 1/8th and 6 3/8th to form a gate. As you can see i have used scallop scissor to decorate the edges and outline using a Black sharpie. The hearts were made with a net on a black CS. Of course i always have to do some quilling in my designs ;)

Hope you like this card and here is the funny stuff....

Embarrassing dad for Rain in Utah...
Father waves at his son's school bus wearing a different costume every day

It can be embarrassing when your parents wave you off to school, but you have to feel especially sorry for 15-year-old Rain Price, whose father insists on dressing in a different comical outfit every day. Dale Price has adopted 170 wacky costumes to see off the school bus as it passes the family home in American Fork, Utah.

Not that Rain is going to encourage his father. "I'm not going to reward him for this. His reward is seeing my embarrassment," he said.

Have a great day all ......
Source:http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110606/dad-costumes-school-bus-110606/20110606/?hub=OttawaHome

Purple wild flower card

2011-06-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends....
I wish i could stay in cold places... just for this summer...the afternoons are really hot here....well i don't like that much of hot weather.

Do you know the hottest place on earth??
The Hottest Place on Earth ever recorded was El Azizia in Libya where the temperature reached a scorching 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) on Sept. 13, 1922.
So you think it’s hot where you are? Not even close.

Here is my card for today....

The size of the card is 4 and a half by six inch.
I painted the pattern paper with white and purple, so that it matches with the quilling.
Hope you like this card.

First Birthday!!!

2011-06-09T15:05:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends...

Today is the First Birthday of CoolCraft.
I cannot believe I have been blogging for a year !!!

The comments, support and encouragement that you all have given me this past year has made me achieve one of the major milestone of many bloggers. I have met so many wonderful people through my blog.....thank you for the visits to my blog.

On this day, I sincerely thank all the readers of Cool Craft for all the support and encouragement.

Blue flowers in a vase

2011-05-01T08:39:00.000-07:00

Details about the flowers

Type 1 - Fringe Flower: 5" blue and 2 1/2" black center
Type 2 - Blue and Black Flower : For each petal two pieces of 5 1/2" blue and 4 inch black. The center fringe length is 5 1/2"
Type 3 - Arrow Flower - The length of the center fringe is 5 1/2". There is blue wrap around the fringe which is of length 4". And the length of each petal is 5 1/2"
Type 4 - White Fringe flower: 5 1/2" fringe with no center

Do you know The World's Oldest Blogger??
Olive Riley the world's oldest blogger from Australia died last July 12, 2008 at the age of 108. She was born October 20, 1899 in Western New South Wales.

She started to create a blog last February 2007 and within 1 year and 5 months she already had 70 messages on her blog. She wrote different things on her blog mostly she wrote those differences that the younger generations experiencing for example last month she wrote about the washing machine that we are using right now.

"How the days have flown, even though I've been in bed more of the time. I still feel weak, and can't shake off that bad cough,"
That is the last entry that Olive Riley wrote on her blog http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/ while she's in a nursing home.

According to her grand son Darren Stone the blog of her grand mother was moved and can be access at this URL http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com/

Husked flower card

2011-03-25T12:26:00.000-07:00

The card measures 5 x 4 inch. I used Provo craft edge scissors to decorate the corners of the card. Highlighted the decorative edge with white acrylic. Then filled the card with Pink Husked flowers and leaves. I was so bored to do fringes for the center of the flower, so i substituted with a white bead... the fun of boredom ;)

Fun Facts About Cherry Blossoms:

Japanese cherry blossom trees do not actually produce cherries.
There are over 200 varieties of cherry blossom trees in Japan, although the most popular is the Yoshino.
Flower viewing, or hanami, has been enjoyed in Japan from as early as 300AD.
The 100 yen coin (about $1), has a cherry blossom etched on its back.
Cherry blossoms are omens of good fortune, particularly if they fall in your hair or drink, and they are also emblems of love, affection and they represent spring.

Fun Facts About Japan:

The entire country of Japan is about the same size as the state of California.
The average commute for a worker in Tokyo is 2 hours, one-way.
The Japanese language uses 3 different alphabets, with over 2000 common symbols.
The staple food in the Japanese diet is white, sticky rice. Because it sticks together so well, it is quite easy to eat with chopsticks.
Japanese people take off their shoes and change into slippers when entering many buildings, including: private residences, schools, doctors' offices, temples, hotels, traditional restaurants and bars, and even many tourist sites.
The most popular holiday in Japan is New Years, celebrated on the same day as the US, but with special traditional food, family time, and shrine visits.