Paru's Perceptions

Happy Thursday everyone!

I 've been struggling with this card for  a few days. It has turned out really nice though!
I am entering it for the Chevron Challenge, the Speech Bubble Challenge, and the emphasize the Negative challenge
at the wonderful Moxie Fab world!

Here, I did not have a speech bubble, so I cut an oval with my Spellbinders Nestabilities oval die and cut the little triangle out.
The chevron stamp is from Technique tuesday, and the sentiment stamp..as you can see, a current favourite...is from 7 Gypsies at Hampton Art.
The foam mounted Donuts are from hero Arts 'Have a donut' stamp set.
Inks are Angel pink and rose bud from Memento.
The donuts are coloured with Camel Artists water colour cakes and Staedler gel pens.

I made a resolution this past weekend..to be disciplined about my card making and take part in whichever challenges I can.
Here is my first effort!
I am entering this card for the Craft Stamper 'Take it, Make it Challenge' using the 'Faux Airbrushing' technique.
I am also entering it for

'the Friday mashup'102 Challenge.




I used Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink with the Crafter's Workshop 6x6 template 'mini retro squares' stencil, to create the faux airbrush effect.
The stamps are 'hello bubble' from HA, it's a special day cling rubber stamp from Stampendous, and Grass Print from 'The Ink Pad' NYC.
The butterflies are from the Spellbinders Wonderful Wings die set. I also embossed them using Cuttlebug swirls embossing forlder. The Red butterfly was cut from paper which I stamped using Stampendous Geo Dot border with Versafine Crimson red ink.
Other inks are from Memento..Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa.
Self adhesive gemstones, raffia and cardstock is from local stores.

Inspired by http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2011/09/14/spooky-window-card-video/

After struggling for many days, inspiration came in a flash!
I made these two cards just now for the ICRC4 challenge on Indian Craft room.
http://indianstampers.ning.com/
Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy!

A quick card using the Stampendous jumbo cling stamp, some gorgeous turquoise beads affixed using Inkessentials glossy accents. The sentiment is from Hero arts stamped with Stazon ink and cut with spellbinders tags using a Cuttlebug. I tied it down using white Anchor embroidery thread.

The stamp is from Stampendous (beach front). I used the Versamark pen to colour the water and then heat embossed it with Aqua embossing powder.I coloured the water using Derwent watercolour pencils, I then went over it with an aqua brush. the distressed edges were coloured using Tim Holtz Broken China ink pad. the card is embossed using the Swiss dots embossing folder from cuttlebug.

Ever since my kids started reading, I have been making birthday cards for them with simple messages.
I hope they will cherish them when I am too old to make them anymore!!

I made this card for my daughter who turned nine last week. The puppy is a charm that would go on to a necklace or bracelet. I stiched it down and then added a little blutack to hold it in place.
the grass is cut from fun sparkly foam.
The sentiment is from Stampendous.
I decided to just draw the background of the sky and sun...and added the cheerful butterflies punched out of patterned paper.



The window in the card is cut using the spellbinders scalloped square and my trusty cuttlebug!
I like the way it turned out, hope you like it too!
Thanks for stopping by.
enjoy!

After many days of a major creative block, I received inspiration in the most amazing way! As I was dropping my daughter off to her story writing class, I passed a young girl on the street wearing a t-shirt with colourful tags printed on it.  It was just a glance, but it triggered off a wave of creativity! Here is the result...



Stamps are from Hero Arts "small variety alphabet" stamp set. The stamp '2' is from the Stampendous "calligraphy alphabet" stamp set. The buildings (with the wires connecting them...a common sight in India!), I have doodled, as also the clouds and the little tiny birds(crows...also a common sight in India!)