Winner

I'm here to announce the winner of the 2 Itty Bitty's from Unity from the comments on my GIU posts.

I used Random.org to pick the day first. The number was 1.

Then I picked the comment number, which was 9

The 9th comment on the 1st day post (excluding my comments) is by

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UTS Hobby Time

I have sent you a mail :)

Thanks everyone, for all your encouraging comments :)

GIU - Day 5: Miss You

Hello everyone!! This week flew by so fast. It's Friday already and my last day of Growing in Unity. I was so lucky to get this spot and I really enjoyed it! Hope you guys liked my creations too!!

Onto today's card. It is another CAS card.

Yes!! I have started watercoloring!! It's so addictive now :) This is a glitter watercolor. I guess the glitter is not visible in the photo.

The flower is a stamp from the Unity Stamps' Best Things Just Happen set. Colored it with orange glitter watercolor and the center with golden glitter watercolor.

I used a few homemade enamel dots. The sentiment is from Unity Stamps' Sunflower-Miss you, Friend set.

Hope you liked it!!

Please leave your thoughts and comments! I will pick 1 random winner from all the comments left on the 5 days, to receive 2 itty bitty's of their choice. How awesome is that! You have until Sep 28 midnight EST to comment and I will announce the winner on Monday, Sep 29. Thanks for stopping by.

GIU - Day 4: Sunshine

Hello everyone!! I'm so excited to be the Growing In Unity Girl this week!! I will be sharing my creations using Unity Stamps this week till Friday.

For today I made a CAS card with a nice sentiment. Here is the card:

The sun is from the Unity Stamps' Beautiful – Inside and Out kit. I love it!! I colored it with sketch pens. I think the orange and black looks nice on yellow background.

The tree is from Unity Stamps' Eco Chic set. I colored that also with sketch pens.

I love this sentiment. It is from Unity Stamps' Follow your Own set.

Hope you liked it!!

Please leave your thoughts and comments! I will pick 1 random winner from all the comments left on the 5 days, to receive 2 itty bitty's of their choice. How awesome is that! You have until Sep 28 midnight EST to comment and I will announce the winner on Monday, Sep 29. Thanks for stopping by.

GIU - Day 3: Little Princess

Hello everyone!! I'm so excited to be the Growing In Unity Girl this week!! I will be sharing my creations using Unity Stamps this week till Friday.

For today, I made a car sign board "Little Princess". Here it is:

I used pink and purple watercolor on the watercolor paper. Edged it with punched border.

The Little Princess Stamp is from Unity. Love the font and the cute tiara :)

The sentiment "You are amazing {just the way you are}" is from the stamp set All About Hope by Unity. The small flower in the top and bottom are also from Unity.

I made some enamel dots by melting perler beads. But instead of melting into a circle, they melted into heart-shaped dots :) Added 2 of them in pink color.

Hope you liked it!!

Please leave your thoughts and comments! I will pick 1 random winner from all the comments left on the 5 days, to receive 2 itty bitty's of their choice. How awesome is that! You have until Sep 28 midnight EST to comment and I will announce the winner on Monday, Sep 29. Thanks for stopping by.

GIU - Day 2: Tiles

Hello everyone!! I'm so excited to be the Growing In Unity Girl this week!! I will be sharing my creations using Unity Stamps this week till Friday.

For today, I made a card with tiling. Here is the card:

I stamped the floral branch stamp from the Get it Before They’re Hex-a-gone Unity stamp set repeatedly on a white glossy card stock with blue ink. Then I cut the card stock into small squares and inked the edges of the squares with blue ink. I arranged the squares on blue card stock layered on white card. I love this stamp!

For the sentiment, I used the sentiment stamp "Strength, Love and Beauty" from the Everything resides in Hope stamp set from Unity Stamps. The flower is from the floral branch stamp. I inked the edge of the tag, layered it over blue card stock and used a blue ribbon to hag it.

Hope you liked it!!

Please leave your thoughts and comments! I will pick 1 random winner from all the comments left on the 5 days, to receive 2 itty bitty's of their choice. How awesome is that! You have until Sep 28 midnight EST to comment and I will announce the winner on Monday, Sep 29. Thanks for stopping by.

GIU - Day 1: Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!! I'm so excited to be the Growing In Unity Girl this week!! I will be sharing my creations using Unity Stamps this week till Friday.

For my Day 1, I made a birthday card. I wanted to try watercoloring (inspired by the watercolor challenge at Catchy Challenges) on watercolor paper (I tried it once on glossy card stock here). So here it is:

I water colored the background. The birds, cycle and the "happy birthday" are from the Unity Stamps Follow Your Own set.

A closer look at the birds. I stamped the line of birds and fuzzy cut a few of them and used it here.

I stamped the background stamp with many cycles and fuzzy cut one of them to add it here. The grass in front of the fence is also a stamp from Unity, but I do not know its name. It is an irregular scallop border, which is perfect for this! "happy" and "birthday" are also from the "Follow Your Own" stamp set. The "happy" is stamped without the circle. The fence is cut from white card stock and I inked the corners with grey ink.

Here's another view of the card:

Hope you liked it!!

Please leave your thoughts and comments! I will pick 1 random winner from all the comments left on the 5 days, to receive 2 itty bitty's of their choice. How awesome is that! You have until Sep 28 midnight EST to comment and I will announce the winner on Monday, Sep 29. Thanks for stopping by.

Lanterns!!

I'm here to share with you another CAS Thank You card. I recently was selected in Friends with Flair Friday in Unity and received their prize on Saturday. I was pleasantly surprised to find quite a lot of stamps in the package :). I wanted to try a few immediately! So here is the card:

The flower branch is the stamp from the set Get it Before They’re Hex-a-gone from Unity stamps. I inked it using brown and violet sketch pens and colored it with the same.

I hand drew the lanterns on a card stock, fuzzy cut it and covered it with washi tape and layered it on the card.

The sentiment is handwritten.

Submitting this to:

• Addicted to CAS - Oriental
• CAS(E) This Sketch
  
• CASology - Three
• Lulupu - Anything with washi & geometric shape/embellishment
• Unity Stamps - Color
  

Japanese Washi Fans

Hello everyone!! I'm sharing another CAS thank you card :) I'm in need of quite a few thank you cards now, for a swap that I'm hosting. So you'll be seeing a few in the next couple of days as well.

Here is my card:

The Japanese fans are made by sticking washi tape on to fan-folded paper. A closer look at them here:

The strip on the top right is also a washi tape. The sentiment is hand written. The triangles on the bottom corners and the one on the top of the sentiment are all washi tapes.

Do let me know your thoughts and comments.

Submitting this to:

• Addicted To CAS - Oriental
• CASology - Three
• Creative Fingers Challenge
• Lulupu - Anything with Washi & Geometrical shape or Readymade Embellishment
• Word Art Wednesday

Lilies

Hello all, I'm here to share with you another CAS Thank You card with one of my first few trials of coloring a digi with sketch pens. I'm quite satisfied with the coloring. You can see it for yourself.
Here is the card:

The beautiful digi is from Digistamps 4 Joy. You can find it here. I colored it with sketch pens and tried to give it different shades to show the depth. Quite satisfied with the result. Then I fuzzy cut it and stuck it on a circle of black card stock before placing it on the card. 

I added a few sequins. The sentiment is hand written on green handmade paper layered on black card stock.

Please do let me know what you think about it and any tips on coloring.

Submitting this to:

• Addicted To CAS - Oriental - These lilies are also called oriental lilies
• CASology - Three
• Creative Fingers Challenge
• DigiStamps 4 Joy - Celebration
• Word Art Wednesday

Christmas Poinsettia

Hello!! I'm here to share with you a Christmas card that I made recently. Without much ado, here it is:

I was inspired by the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch's current challenge. I made the strip of leaves with the cedar punch, which is one of my favorites :). I made the poinsettia with a flower punch and used glitter for the center.

A closer look at the poinsettia.

The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps "Christmas Penguins Clear Stamp Set "(Couldn't find the link now). 

I recently bought some sequins and find it looks good on most cards :)

After a long time, I had a chance to take the pictures in natural light :) The photos look good in natural light. Usually I rush and take pictures at max 30 mins before a contest ends :) Today I had plenty of time to take pics ;)

Submitting this to:

• CAS(E) This Sketch
  
• Craft Room Challenge - Something Old Something New - New - sequins, everything else is old
• CRAFT Challenge - Christmas
• Creative Fingers Challenge
• Fairy Tale Challenge - CAS
• Imagination Crafts Challenges
• Scribble and Scrap Crafts
• Word Art Wednesday

Fox Thank You

I'm sharing a 'Thank you' card that I made recently. Here is the card:

The Fox is a stamp from the Unity Stamp's Follow Your Own set. I fussy cut it and used foam tape for a dimension. The umbrella is a stamp, again from unity, an itty bitty called Cheer Up. It is paper pieced with washi tapes.

The grass is a washi tape punched with a border punch. The ones on the top corners are also the same washi tape but with a different border punch. the lace like one is also a washi tape which I have bought recently. I added a few sequins which I bought recently.

The sentiment is from a stamp set which I bought from Target on clearance sometime back. Believe me, it cost me less than a dollar and it had a stamp pad also :) We feel happy when we get a good price, don't we :) I drew the brackets and the line with sketch.

I made the card loosely following the sketch for the Unity Challenge.

Please let me know your thoughts and comments.

Submitting this to:

• Addicted To CAS - Luxury - with lace, so I think this fits the theme.
• CASology - Under
• Craft Room Challenge - Something old Something new - new - lace washi tape, old - stamp set
• Lulupu - Washi - washi tapes - orange, green and black, readymade embellishments - sequins
• Unity Stamps Challenge - I have followed the sketch and colors