Challenge#17-Make a tag

Hello lovely crafters!!
Welcome to the brand new challenge for the month of july.But before that i want to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge,guess it was a tough one?we got some record breaking low entries,lol.But still thanks for all who made it and thanks for the continuous support you give us...yeah we are very close to getting 200 flowers,yay!!!

The theme for this month's challenge is

"Make a tag"

And the twist is to make your own background(not to use pattern papers) and add at-least one handmade embellishment(more than one is also welcome).

Who can play:Anybody who are into any type of arts n crafts.It can be a painting,crochet,embroidery,clay work,paper crafts etc.

How to play:Make a new project(no back linking to old projects) based on this months theme,post it on your blog with a link back to this blog(its must),come back and leave a link to your project(not your blog).You can enter up to 3 times.You can combine upto 10 challenges including ours.

Prizes:At the end of the challenge Top 3 will be selected.Among the top 3 a lucky winner will be selected and they will get a price package from the sponsor.

(Please read all the rules carefully before you enter.Any entries which has followed the rules will not be considered for top 3 )

Again the prize pack is sponsored by our very own store Bits an' pieces-Paper boutique.The prize for this month is  A SET OF 3 WASHI TAPES.Isn't it fab?we have  a great selection of washi tapes in store,do check it out.

Out little store specializes in paper related products.You can get all varieties of imported paper craft supplies related to scrap-booking,card making and stamping.We also offer handmade paper craft products like Greeting cards,scrapbooks,gift articles,home decor,Gifting stationery and much more.

Just like a boutique our store is chic,trendy and have unique and mixed varieties of products all related to PAPER CRAFTS.

Our aim is to make this a one stop shop for all your paper crafting and gifting needs.Feel free to contact us if you need any product which is not available in store,we will get it exclusively for you.

We also take  customized orders for handmade greeting cards,scrapbooks,photo book,return gift,invitation,party favors etc.
 

We have more products in the pipeline,so check back often to keep yourself updated about the new products.
For any queries,placing orders,or discussing about personalized gifts,write me 

 to  info.bitsanpieces@ymail.com

We have a guest designer for this month from last months challenge winner,its Anchal sapra.

Hello everyone! I am Anchal Sapra from Chandigarh

I'm 22 years old and a full time Crafter and loving every bit of it!

I've have always had a creative streak and i love to try out new things. My latest love is mixed media i cannot get over it! 

I started blogging a few months back and i love sharing my work. Do have a look -http://acolourfulaffair.blogspot.in/

I made a bright colourful tag for this months Challenge. I've done lots of layering, used distress inks and some flowers and lace. The butterfly is handmade. i stamped and colored the image then used glossy accents over it.

Hope you all like it!

Nupur priya

Loved the beautiful handmade flower.:)

Deepti stephnes
What a lovely background,love the colors:)

Daksha popat
She has made not 1 but 3 tags,all of them are lovely but i am bit partial to the birdy one:)
  

Sindhu jay
A beautiful tag with lovely background

Priya sondhi
Beautiful tag with stencil BG and heat embossed flowers

Finally it me,Kavitha
I have made a tag with tons of texture and embossing.

Hope we've inspired you much.. Please read and follow the rules carefully. Please visit the DT blogs and leave some love. We would love to hear from you!
Hope you guys would join this lovely challenge and have fun. I wish you all a very good luck.. :)

Thank you!
Happy crafting,
kavi

Winners for 'Monochromatic' Challenge

Hello Friends...

I am back with the list of winners for our 'Monochromatic' challenge.

Before announcing the winners I would like to thank you all for participating..
There were so many outstanding entries... that it was really difficult to choose the top 3...
So instead we decided to do a TOP 5 for this challenge  :)

Here I would also like to mention that many entries were also disqualified as they had not followed the challenge theme.. & used more than 1 colour in their projects... So its a request to you all... Please follow the challenge theme & rules..

For this month's challenge you have to make a shabby card / project  inspired by the inspiration pic.. be it by its colours or elements anything..

So the Top 5 in no particular order are...

Anchal for her lovely vintage box & tag set... love all the textures & layers..


Tanvi for her beautiful white & silver upcycled chocolate box..


Shivani for her pretty upcycled bird house..


Pratyusha for her gorgeous quilled white & silver earrings..


Esvee for her beautiful silver & white quilled earrings

And now its time to announce the random winner who gets to be the Guest Designer for our current challenge..

And the winner is....

Anchal

Congratulations Anchal... Please write to Kavita @ kavi_kalalayaa@yahoo.co.in


Congratulations to everyone....
Winners feel free to grab your badges from the side bar...


Have you seen our current challenge...
It is a beautiful soft & romantic Inspiration pic with a shabby theme...

Don't forget to participate...  :)

My Heart Goes 'Shabby'!

Good day! Beauties!!! Hope you all are doing good and having fun.. First of all.. Let me thank each and every participant for taking your precious time to participate in our 'Monochromatic' challenge.. Woah! so many beautiful cards and you guys filled this blog with the 'monochromes' of love.. :)

We are so very much delighted to share a good news with you all.. We have a new addition to our family.. Yes!! DAKSHA POPAT is our new addition.. Welcome Daksha.. we are so very happy to have you.. :)

Hello friends!

 HAPPY monsoons!!!  

I am very excited as this is my first post as DT for “for the Love of  crafting”. I want to thank kavitha &  all the DT members for giving me this opportunity.

I am Daksha, homemaker with two kids, very much crazy about  creating art from  my childhood. I like to work in different mixed media and murals. I love to explore new crafts. After  I discovered paper crafting , stamping and blogging , my world feels complete. I hope you can see many of my works in the near future……

Now for this month post… I got the  theme picture .This is the first post and I made a photoframe(my first attempt). 

Hope you like the photoframe , waiting for your comments.

LOVE

DAKSHA POPAT

Okay!! Here is the new challenge for you! We have something.. like.. a photo inspiration..
It's a Shabby theme.. :)

Wow!! Look at this bedroom.. It's so beautiful and a bit romantic.. ;)

So guys! get inspired by the above pic and make anything you like as long as it fits perfect with in this theme..:)

Alright! One winner will receive Rs. 500 gift certificate from the very own shop of Kavitha,

Bits an' pieces-Paper Boutique

Out little store specializes in paper related products.You can get all varieties of imported paper craft supplies related to scrap-booking,card making and stamping.We also offer handmade paper craft products like Greeting cards,scrapbooks,gift articles,home decor,Gifting stationery and much more.

Just like a boutique our store is chic,trendy and have unique and mixed varieties of products all related to PAPER CRAFTS.

Our aim is to make this a one stop shop for all your paper crafting and gifting needs.Feel free to contact us if you need any product which is not available in store,we will get it exclusively for you.

We also take  customized orders for handmade greeting cards,scrapbooks,photo book,return gift,invitation,party favors etc.
 

We have more products in the pipeline,so check back often to keep yourself updated about the new products.
For any queries,placing orders,or discussing about personalized gifts,write me to  info.bitsanpieces@ymail.com

RULES

Who can play:Anybody who are into any type of arts n crafts.It can be a painting,crochet,embroidery,clay work,paper crafts etc.

How to play:Make a new project(no back linking to old projects) based on this months theme,post it on your blog with a link back to this blog(its must),come back and leave a link to your project(not your blog).You can enter up to 3 times.You can combine upto 10 challenges including ours.

Prizes:At the end of the challenge Top 3 will be selected.Among the top 3 a lucky winner will be selected and they will get a price package from the sponsor. (Please read all the rules carefully before you enter.Any entries which has followed the rules will not be considered for top 3 )

OK.. Here's our inspiration.. :)

Our gorgeous Kavitha created this beautiful card..
She got inspired by the color pink, heart, flowers, texture in the pic and the mix of white..

Our wonderful Daksha made this amazing photo frame..
She got inspired by white, baby pink,cream colors, small bed with lots of frills,candy pillows, toy hanger ,bedside lamp with touch of pink satin ribbon,flower heart on wall,small cute teddy on sofa..

Our sweet Nupur with her sweet and lovely creation..
She got inspired by the soft pink, cream shades, gold lace, bling and roses.

Priya is taking a break and will join us soon 

Sindhu also will join us soon..

Finally Deepti (that's me) with my creation (I can't name it myself ;) )

I got inspired by the pink color, heart wreath and frilly laces.
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Hope we've inspired you much.. Please read and follow the rules carefully. Please visit the DT blogs and leave some love. We would love to hear from you!
Hope you guys would join this lovely challenge and have fun. I wish you all a very good luck.. :)

Thank you!

Winners for 'Geographical' challenge!!

Hello friends!

It's time to announce winners for our last challenge which was 'Geographical' plus CAS!

Top 3 in no particular order...

Tanvi, for her impeccable stamping. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her rainbow card! Thanks so much sharing your beautiful card Tanvi! We look forward to seeing more from you!

Snehal for this super cute tag! It's so fun and bright. She didn't use a single embellishment! :) Thanks so much for participating in the challenge, Snehal!

Anchal for her 'one of a kind' card! Thanks for sharing your creation with us Anchal! :)

And now for the random winner who gets to own the beautiful Fire fly paper pad is........

Snehal!!!!

Lucky lady Snehal, pls write to Kavita at kavi_kalalayaa@yahoo.co.in to claim your prize! :)

And don't forget to take part in the current challenge which is Monochromatic for a chance to be our guest designer! :)

See you!

Oops! Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to all the our participants. It's only because of you people that we keep coming up with challenges every month!

Challenge#15 - Monochromatic

 Hello Everyone!!

Welcome to brand new challenge at 'For the Love of Crafting'. But before I proceed further with this month's challenge  I want to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge. There were some great entries  but there were also some entries who did not follow the rules & we had to disqualify them.. It feels very bad to disqualify entries so please read the rules carefully & follow them.

Now moving on to this month's challenge :

'Monochromatic'

You have to make a card, layout or any other crafty project with shades of a single colour.. Neutrals, skin & hair colours can be used.

The winner of this challenge will be given a 'Guest Dt Post' ... isn't it great..  :)

Who can play:Anybody who are into any type of arts n crafts.It can be a painting,crochet,embroidery,clay work,paper crafts etc.

How to play:Make a new project(no back linking to old projects) based on this months theme,post it on your blog with a link back to this blog(its must),come back and leave a link to your project(not your blog).You can enter up to 3 times.You can combine upto 10 challenges including ours.

Prizes:At the end of the challenge Top 3 will be selected.Among the top 3 a lucky winner will be selected and they will get a price package from the sponsor.

(Please read all the rules carefully before you enter.Any entries which has followed the rules will not be considered for top 3 )

& now lets move on to the inspiration from the very talented DT members..

Sindhu created this beautiful card in shades of red with the cute Peggy.

Kavitha made this gorgeous card in shades of blue... love the way she has coloured Tilda. 

Deepti created this beautiful purple card with lovely roses.

Priya 

Coming Soon

& now I ( Nupur ) have created a card with shades of brown.

You have exactly 1 month to enter in this challenge...& I hope to see all of you joining us in this fun challenge..  :)

All the very best ..  :)

Winners!!!!

Hello!!!

It's time to announce the winners of Challenge No. 13 "Seasons Stories"!

Thank you all for an awesome response to our challenge... Lovely entries.. and I have to say, it's getting very difficult for the design team to select top 3... but we have to highlight the best entries...

So here are our top 3 projects for “Seasons Stories” Challenge in no particular order…

1. MANU!
Awesome spring wreath.. Hats off to your patience and coming out with such lovely project..

http://manuk.ro/en/2013/03/quilled-apple-blossom-wreath/

2. HUSSENA!
For her lovely spring card.. Did you noticed the handmade bloom? Do check it out!
http://quillandpunchworks.blogspot.in/2013/03/guest-designing-for-ibsic-51.html

3. ISHA!
Such beautiful project.. perfect stamping, distressing, embossing, handmade flowers… !

http://craftingparaadise.blogspot.in/2013/03/in-love-with-cards.html

Congratulations everyone!!
Winners, feel free to grab your badges from the side bar…

Winner of gift voucher worth Rs. 500/-  from Crafter’s Corner has been selected randomly among top3 .. and that entry is…

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Manu’s quilled spring wreath!

Congrats Manu, please send drop an email to kavi_kalalayaa@yahoo.co.in to claim your prize..

Do join us for this month’s challenge-Season's stories to win a super cool Prima Paper pad sponsored by Crafter’s Corner!

Happy crafting,
Priya…

Challenge # 14 'Geo-Graphical'!!!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to yet another brand new challenge! Before I proceed further about the challenge, we want to thank each and everyone of you who participated in our last challenge. We had a blast visiting your blogs! Great job everyone. Hope you take time to participate in the present challenge too...

Theme for this month's challenge is

                                                            'Geo-Graphical'!

I'm sure you all are going to love playing along for it's a fun challenge! All you got to do is make a CAS card with geometrical or graphical shapes on it. Simple? :)

Who can play:Anybody who are into any type of arts n crafts.It can be a painting,crochet,embroidery,clay work,paper crafts etc.

How to play:Make a new project(no back linking to old projects) based on this months theme,post it on your blog with a link back to this blog(its must),come back and leave a link to your project(not your blog).You can enter up to 3 times.You can combine upto 10 challenges including ours.

Prizes:At the end of the challenge Top 3 will be selected.Among the top 3 a lucky winner will be selected and they will get a price package from the sponsor.

(Please read all the rules carefully before you enter.Any entries which has followed the rules will not be considered for top 3 )

The month's prize is sponsored by Shalini Mittal and she is gonna giveaway Prima Firefly paper pad from her online store Crafters Corner!!!

I tell you, I personally own this paper pad and it's BEAUTIFUL. :)

Now look at what my fellow DT members made for the inspiration...

Kavitha made this gorgeous card... Look at the blooms...love the colour and placement of pearls too...

Priya made this super cute card.. LOVE the cute images on her card...

Deepti made two bright and fun cards for the challenge! 

 Nupur has created a beautiful card... CAS to the core! LOVE it... Love the way she stamped the sentiment on vellum...

And now...this one is from me (Sindhu) :) I can't praise myself... so you tell me how my card is! :p

So that's all from our side. You have exactly a month to enter your beautiful creations.

All the very best! Have a lovely day! :)