A Novice Crafter

A lot can happen over a cup of coffee.. Catching up with Friends.. gossips and the fashion news... for a few - romance.. falling in love.. those endless conversations.. Here's a card to celebrate that exact moment when you fell in love over a cup of coffee..  Whenever I have a cup of coffee with my husband.. I fall in love with him all over again! :) The supplies used: Brown Cardstock from my stash We R Memory Keepers Pattern Paper from  Itsy Bitsy Lacey Circle Die cut from Jovita Fiskars Latte Love Stamp set from Jovita Vintage Beige 3mm pearls from MapleTreeHouse Dew Drops Ink from Maple Tree House Satin Brown ribbon from a local store Entering this card in the below challenges, Beyond Grey - BGC 37 - Latte Love

So I finally decide to start participating in the various crafting challenges. Here is a 'Thank You' card that I made for a dear Friend, Aditi. Her presence in my life, in itself is a gift to me and this card is a humble way to say a 'Thank You' to her. Entering this card into the following challenges, Crafters Corner - challenge 10 thank you so much Catchy Challenges - A charming challenge Craft Your Passion challenges - challenge 171 thank you Supplies: Cardstock from Leader Stationers Pattern Paper (Green) - LilyBee designs from Jovita Lock charm from Jovita Circle and Scallop Circle dies (Iron Work Motifs) from Jovita Other Pattern Papers - We R Memory Keepers from Itsy Bitsy Bakers Twine from Priya Sivaraj Ek Success Punch - Crafters Corner

June 8th was a stress buster Saturday. I attended the card making beginner's workshop conducted by Ujjwal Gupta. Ujjwal is the Artist and Owner at Handmade with Love. We made cards from her stash. And here's one card that I tried... Lessons learnt: 1. Always use stamps with bold lines for a stamped collage. 2. Distress in circular motion.. clockwise or anti clockwise to avoid patches

Inspired by a youtube tutorial I quilled a Malaysian flower. These go well as embellishments.. So this long weekend.. Its quilling time!

With the oodles of craft supplies available online, one can never get enough of them. I am still in the midst of making a list of supplies that I need.. Where to shop them from and the most important thing.. Setting a budget for them Phew! I should probably draw up a timeline plan as to what stuff to buy this month, what's in store for next month and so on.. Someone should actually write a book/template/checklist for the novice crafters out there!!!

So here is my first take at card making with stamping.. I made a 'Thank you' card with the little supplies that I have managed to stock up till date.. I made my own pattern paper using White Cardstock and used the Star which is a part of the TPC Greetings Clear stamps. I was inspired by this idea from Shruti at Lulupu -  diy pattern paper Supplies used: 1. Sky Blue Fabriano Elle Erre Cardstock from Leader Stationers 2. TPC Greetings Clear Stamps from Creativita Store 3. Clear Flourishes Stamps from Gaurav Enterprises 4. Die Cuts from Creativita Store 5. Jef Punches locally purchased 6. Blue Satin Ribbon, Gold Beads - locally purchased 7.  Beautiful Flowers pattern paper from CraftAdda 8. Festive - Pigment Dye Ink Pad from Lulupu

Ok.. So today I tried my hand distressing a tag and this is how it turned out. Supplies used, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose distress ink Washi Tapes Kaisercraft clear stamp Rhinestones local purchase Die cut, eyelet and satin ribbon local purchase

Received the little package from Lulupu - a big thank you to my sister in law.. Washi tapes, fabric tape, kaisercraft clear stamps, acrylic block and stamping ink

So finally received some of my supplies.. Will post a list of the supplies and stores soon. I started off with a bookmark - naming it Friendship Sentiments. Cardstock & stamping ink from Leader Stationers Eyelets from A1 craft supply embellishments from Venus Traders Ribbon from a local store Kaisercraft stamps from Lulupu The Craft queens out there - please pardon any mistakes. This was my first step in the Crafting journey!