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Happy dolphin :)

2011-11-23T11:04:00.001+05:30

Hi ,
I loved making this card...just like it for its simplicity

(Stamp - Lawn Fawn - Critters in the sea, PP - Echo Park -Summer days)

This is a CASED card, whose inspiration came from a card in the Lawn Fawn flickr album here.

Cya soon guys ,
Love,
Manasa

Indian Craft Room Challenge 12

2011-11-15T17:38:00.001+05:30

Hi All ,
The current ICRC12 challenge had the perfect timing.I was yearning to create something on a very similar line for the longest time :)

Here is my creation for the same. Please forgive the poor picture quality , my camera has gone for a toss and this is the best pic that I could take from my mobile camera :(

I love this card and it has turned out to be exactly the way I wanted it to be :

This is what I created first but then I felt it needed improvisation since the tree branch cannot be blue :) So I added some quilling elements and here is the final outcome, however the picture is not very clear :(

(Bird stamp -Maya road, Paper - Summer days from Echo Park, Pie Lane crystals)

Thats all folks,stay tuned for more :)

Full Reveal for Butterflies and Bling for dearie Tejal !

2011-10-24T12:36:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

Now that Tejal has seen her Birthday card, its time to reveal it :P
I had so much in the hop, I think we should do it more often ! What say girls :P

(Stamps : Butterfly stamp- Inkadinkado, Music quote - Maya Road(bird with cage stamp set)

Golden glitter balls, Heart rhinestones - Pie Lane,Happy Birthday rub on - RAK from Ujjwal).

Wishing all of you and all your family members a very very HAPPY DIWALI !

Thats all folks,

Love,

Manasa.

Sneak peak for Butterflies and Bling for dearie Tejal !

2011-10-21T23:30:00.000+05:30

[This blog post is dedicated to Tejal ]

Dearest Tejal ,

Wish you a very very very Happy Birthday ! Hope your day is filled with all the happiness and all the love !

We have this blog hop just for you, with a teaser to the actual card which you will receive soon :P
Its all that you love - Butterflies and Bling :)

Next in the hop is Priya...

The blog hop run is as follows :

Asha

Erum

Karuna

Khushboo

->Manasa<- You are here :)

Priya Sondhi

Priyadarshini

Shalini

Shruti

Smita

Spardha

Ujjwal

Have a great day and hope you love this :P

Lots of love and wishes ,

Manasa

Pot decoration

2011-10-21T11:53:00.001+05:30

Hi Guys ,

Things have been hectic around here and I have struggling to keep my mojo still alive :(

With Diwali round the corner and a pot decoration competition in office, I created this with my mother-in-law's help .It was fun , doing stuff with the family....

We had received a plain pot in office, which we painted with acrylic colours and decorated with mirrors and ric-rac.

We then drew the flowers with acrylic colours and added Pie-Lane red glitter balls to give that nice shine.I love the outcome.

I found another store in Aundh,Pune called Leader stationers which carries most of the stuff that is present at Venus traders. I think its a good find for me :) I found that they carry a lot of Quilling supplies and Quilling books.

Thats all from me !

Love,

Manasa

Testing !

2011-10-19T15:00:00.001+05:30

Ujjwal's Big Giveaway !

2011-09-20T12:56:00.000+05:30

Our dear Ujjwal has a big Giveaway on her blog on success of opening of her store...Do visit her for her lovely creations and great stuff at her store here .

Glimpse of the gorgeous candy :

Amy's Thousand sheets of paper giveaway !

2011-08-22T11:02:00.000+05:30

Hi ,

Remember Amy's Thousand's sheets of paper giveaway last year....she does the same this year around too !

Give her a visit here.

This is how the candy looks like :

Lily pad cards

2011-06-29T10:10:00.000+05:30

Hi,

There is the beautiful site called Lily pad cards where you will find very inspiring creations

I became a Member of Lily Pad Cards a long time back ! Go become a member for a chance to win a collection of Hero Arts stamps. Contest closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, July 15!”

Rainbow Heart :)

2011-06-17T23:20:00.002+05:30

Hi All ,

Now, thats a weird title dont u think:P

I wanted to make this from a longest of times, since I saw this card from Maile Belles.

Here is my take on it

I have used the hero arts magical background stamp :)

I am submitting the cards for the following challenges:

1) Moxie Tuesday Trigger

2)Colour cue challenge

I am submitting the creation also to virginia's : Stamp Your Hero HeART Out/HA Stamps Giveaway

Love,

Manasa

Indian Craft Room Challenge 4

2011-06-14T21:46:00.003+05:30

Hi Folks ,

I am super excited to participate in this challenge because I get to use my new Hero Arts stamps :)

Here is the card I present for the challenge :

Indian Craft room

Materials:

1) Stamps : Hero Arts - Heart winged butterfly , antique brocade

2) Ink : Unity stamp company Noir

Quilled Anroid Logo

2011-05-10T10:54:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

You all must have Android phones in market today.

No, no this is not a post to market it but something really got me drawn to Android :P

Its this cute Android logo :D

Isnt he cute....this is my attempt to recreate this cutie via quilling :)

Not so good...hence I say...an attempt...I have made it for my Hubby dearest who loves Android :)

He looks more like a monster than a cutie :P lol....
Keep crafting :)

Happy Mothers day !!!

2011-05-07T16:48:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

Here is my take on the ICR challenge to create a mothers day card with a digi stamp

Materials :

Digi Stamp : From Elizabeth Dumela .

Hero arts flowering leaves and flowers

Papers : Springtime from Papermania

I want to wish my mom a very happy mothers day...Love u Mammma !

Mini Album :)

2011-04-06T09:10:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

I created this one as a parting gift to my roomate and my friend Surbhi before my marriage.We were living together for 3 years and leaving was a bit difficult for both of us...

This is the first time I have made a album....and open to criticism.... :)


Cover Page

Blowout of the layered flower on the front cover.


Blowout of flowers on the front page


Page 1

Page 2

Page 3- My personal Fav !

Page 4 -Its a pocket containing tags :)

Inside of the album

Page 6


Page7

Thats all folks :) Until next time...cya soon....

Material :

Stamps : Hero arts, flowering leaves

Patterned paper : From Itsy Bitsy and paper scraps from Lucy Abrahams :)

Embossing powder : Ranger -snow white embossing powder.

Mrs. Manasi Chaitral Purkar :)

2011-04-04T13:56:00.001+05:30

Why the post title , you may ask....

Yes...Now I am called that :)

Yes, I got married and life is all so blissful :)

Here are some of my wedding pics.....Will add some more pics soon....

My Hubby dearest :D

Thats the reason, why I was missing from so many days...But ,I promise some action sooon.....cya soon guys...thanks for all your support....

Birthday Showers :)

2010-10-06T12:01:00.000+05:30

Hi All,

I not been crafting for so many days now it seems :(

But I made this one super quick ! It was my brother-in-law's birthday and I really wanted to make something !

I did manage but not so happy with it, could have been much more neat....

This also goes for the Crafty JC challenge 3 :

I absolutely love Tejal's card here .She is the DT of the challenge , so what more inspiration would you want :)

Here is my take on the same :

And without the acetate, here goes :

A coincidence is that I made this card on World Card making day celebrated on the 2nd of Oct ! What fun :)

Happy crafting guys !

Surbhi's Wall-E

2010-09-30T09:08:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

You remember watching the movie Wall -E , the super cute robot film where one robot falls in love with the other :)

Here is something to refresh your memory :)

So when Surbhi made this one , I knew I had to put it up here for all of you too see....

Have a look ,

Isn't he the cutest !!!!!!! Love it.....

A pat on her back.... :)

Give her some love guys :)

:D

2010-08-25T17:12:00.000+05:30

[Ps: This is my 3rd Post for the day..please scroll down for 2 others]

Hi All ,

I am on a roll today it seems...but so many things to share :)

I got my Hero Arts cling stamp set....courtesy Tejal :) and could not wait to play with it....Its big and gorgeous... :) It stamps beautifully and just love it !!! Why wasnt I using rubber stamps before , I wonder now... :P

No wonder , so many of You just hoard these beauties....

To my creation with this beauty and some from my own :P

Dont mind the pictures...they are not so clear....I will upload the good ones when I get them...But i could not resist sharing with the pics I have : )

I made this card for my mum-in-law on her birthday.... :) She is an artist herself...and does some amazing painting which I will show you all someday :)

The edge at the end got smudged....it got wiped by mistake :(

A closer look at the butterfly :)

Materials Used :

1) Pearlised Cardstock : Venus traders

2) Stamps : Hero Arts Cling

3) Inks : Brilliance Pearlascent Crimson

4) Hobby arts 3rd outliner - My favorite

5) Quilled Butterfly -Courtesy Me :)

6)Embellishments : Itsy Bitsy.

Gifts from my friends on Frienship day !

2010-08-25T16:53:00.001+05:30

[Ps : This is my second post for the day...scroll down for the second one :)]

Hi All,

So silly of me...I had to post them a long time back....kept on procrastinating.... :(

Here is what my dearest friends gave me :

From Surbhi :

Gorgeous isnt it !!!! :) I totally love it !! So sweet of her and so wicked of me :( I havent given her anything :(

Determined to make one sooon for her....no false promises :P

Its a collage of my best mates - Me Surbhi and Ruchi :) Our journey through college to the present !

From Tejal :

My new new pal and mentor Tejal sent me this gorgeous gorgeous card :) :D

So CAS isnt it !

They are such a darling ! Thanks a lot to both of you... :)

For my friend Swapnil

2010-08-25T16:45:00.000+05:30

Hi Guys ,

I had created this one for my friend Swapnil who was going to the US for his further studies.

I had created it a long time back but had not posted it...

This is also a easel card...

Close up of the image :

Materials used :

1)Stamps : The image is a freebie from Mo's Digital Pencil(thousand stars)

2) Cardstock : Venus traders

3)Embellishment : Star stickers -Venus , The large star sticker with beads -Venus , Ribbon-Venus traders

4)Sentiment - Sent by Tejal :) So sweet of her ! Hugs :)

5)The scallop edge is hand cut , obviously that is noticeable cos it is not that clean :(

But overall I like the feel of the card...so happy :)

Party Time !

2010-08-12T17:52:00.001+05:30

Hie Folks :)

A found a super cute image and knew that I haddd to use it ! :) You will realise soon..I think :P

I found yellow to be a very intimidating colour...I thought that I could never use a yellow cardstock....But here I am with this one !

Booo...yellow loses :P

Here is the card I made....I am hooked to birthday cards...I dont seem to make any other :)

This one ,is for my friend Payal :) Hope she likes it !

Another view :

Now you can see the effect of the Glue and Gloss :P

Another one with the image :

I did the inside of the card toooo...

So what do you all think...Did I win ? :P

Stuff Used :

'Yellow' Card stock : Venus

Patterned Paper : Hobby ideas

Stamps : Children at the party is a freebie from Bugaboo stamps [They have a freebie every Friday],the aeroplane stamps is also a Freebie but I dont remeber from where I have downloaded it !

Ribbon and Puffy stickers - Venus

Coloured : Using watercolour pencils.

Unbelieveable ! 1000 sheets of paper of giveaway !

2010-08-06T23:33:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

So generous of Amy to give away 1000 papers to a lucky winner !

Details here .

The first ever CraftyJC Challenge !

2010-07-25T10:00:00.002+05:30

Hi All ,

The first ever CraftJC challenge is about to start and I am all soo excited...!

I have been chosen as the DT for very first challenge...yeeeeee :)

The sketch that we are using for the challenge has been created the all so talented Jaya !

Another piece of great news id that our challenge is being sponsored by none other than Diane of Di's Digi Downloads.... How cool is that !!!

Here is the sketch for the challenge.....

This a simple yet elegant sketch which has a lot of scope for different ideas to crop up :) I had fun making my creation for the challenge :)

Here is my take on the card :

Materials Used :

1) Digital Stamp : Hoppy Bunny from Di's Digi Downloads :) Love Love Love the image...super cute

2)PP - Linne Bell papers from Itsy Bitsy

3)Embellishments -Pearls and pink flowers from Itsy Bitsy.

Please visit our challenge blog at CraftyJC challenge for more details and surprises !! :) Hope to see all of your creations for the challenge :)

The winner of the challenge wins 5 Digi images from Diane...

Regards,

Manasa :)

Happy Birthday Ajay :)

2010-07-22T11:57:00.000+05:30

Hi All ,

Today is my little bro's birthday and really wanted to create something special for him...

Although I didnt post the card to him cos I thought it will go bad in the post... So I will give it to him personally on the weekend when I go home !

Here is the pic of the card that goes :

A detailed look at the quilling :

The quilling consists of some quilled music notes because my brother loves music !

Materials used :

1) Quilling - Super me ! [Spardha , u liked it last time , so putting the same this time too..]

2) PP- Linnie Bell papers from Itsy Bitsy

3)Cardstock - From Venus

4)Ribbon and flower buttons - Samrat stores Pune.

5)Stamp : Hobby ideas clear stamp.

Lots of Love :)

2010-07-22T11:48:00.000+05:30

Hi All,

Want to share something something that my fiance' made for me...

Its supppper cute and well made for the first attempt isnt it ?

A close up :

He had some ideas running in his head....well implemented :D !