CraftyJC Challenge

CraftyJC Challenge #15 – An inspiration from Hussena

2012-03-09T09:00:00.000+05:30

This girl, Hussena, makes the most beautiful quilled stuff ever … and her other crafts other than quilling are equally gorgeous

Check out this inspiration

Here is what Hussena has to say about this card

“This time I have made a baby card which is meant for a dear friend who has just Delivered a Baby boy...After much thought I decided to make a quilled baby Aeroplane as the central theme for my card with baby clouds to complement it and the colors used are Red, Yellow ,Blue and Green the card is pretty simple and I have tried to keep the plane in the main focus.The quilling done here is called the" Beehive technique"and has become quite popular recently among all the quillers.”

The colours are drop dead gorguss me thinks.. soo abso love it. Thanks girl :)

Now do hop over Hussena's blog to view her work and do leave some love! And come back and play along with us in this month’s challenge Many Colors Holi

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #15 – An inspiration by Ujjwal

2012-03-05T17:34:00.001+05:30

Ujjwal needs no introduction. Now, does she! :) I love her style of work. Her use of materials and colours.

Here is her beautiful inspiration for this challenge

Love that background stamping and that cute tag in the centre

And what gorguss colours!! You rock girl :)

Do leave some love to our dear Ujjwal and come back and play with us here on the new challenge Many Colours Holi

Cheers
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #15 – An inspiration by Poornima

2012-03-04T09:00:00.000+05:30

Heyall,

After the fab V-day challenge DT inspirations, here is some yummy inspiration for the Holi by the uber talented Poornima.

“Hi !! I am Poornima from Ajmer, Rajasthan.

I am a computer instructor by profession. I have been always associated with some or other sort of art. Gold Jewellery Designing is one of them. I started blogging in Nov. 2011.

Before that I was not aware of crafting tools & supplies. I used to make 3d projects more but nowadays also enjoying card making.

Paper jewellery making is one of my favourite craft. I love to experiment & learn new
techniques. I always challenge my myself to make something which I haven’t tried yet.

For the current challenge ,I chose bright colours -yellow, red, green & purple to make a vibrant card.

I am playing with so many bright colours for the first time. This layout was in my mind & I think current theme is apt for it. I have used a girl digi image with these bright colours to combine holi colourful theme & girl power(becoz of Women’s day).
The text is handwritten. I wish all the participants a good luck & very bright n colourful
holi”

My oh my.. aren’t these colours just sooo wonderfully vibrant!!

Please leave some love at Poornima’s blog and do come back and play with us again for this Challenge #15: Many Colours Holi

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #15 – Many Colours Holi!

2012-03-02T14:41:00.001+05:30

Holi is also know as the Festival of Colours

Every year we Indians have a lot of fun with colours.. now we challenge you to make a colourful anything – only that we want to see more than three colours.

This time our sponsor is the super generous Itsy Bitsy.

The gift hamper is worth Rs.1105/- Checkout the picture below to see what is in stock!!

As always, awesome inspiration awaiting :)

The Usual Rules

The entry MUST have more than 3 colours
Please link directly to your post and not your blog
You can link to a maximum of 6 challenges including CraftyJC Challenge
Only new posts please. No backdated entries
Please provide a link back to the challenge in your post

Thanks for the great participation for the previous challenge CraftyJC Challenge #14 – Valentine with non-traditional colours

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #13 – Something New Winners

2012-02-10T12:39:00.000+05:30

Hi All. Sorry to keep you all waiting for so long. It was really a tough job choosing among the 44 wonderful entries we received for the CraftyJC Challenge #13 – Something New.

For all your enthusiasm and awesome entries, we have chosen Top 4 and not Top 3 this time.
Here they are in no specific order...

Poornima for her fantastically executed step card for a new home..

Kavya for her mind boggling 3-D quilling for new year...

Hussena for her effortlessly cute card for a new baby...

Ujjwal for her breathtaking stamping for a new year..

And the winner for the awesome prize from the very generous sponsors itsybitsy is Poornima!

The random winner for the second prize is entry no. 13 Geetha Naik.

Congratulations to all the winners and Top 4 :)

We will get in touch with the winners with the blinkie and other details.

Thanks a lot for playing along with such vigor.

Do play along our current challenge CraftyJC Challenge #14 – Valentine with non-traditional colors.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #14: An Inspiration from Priya

2012-02-09T09:32:00.001+05:30

Hey folks! We are back with another lovely inspiration for the very pretty and talented Priya. Priya is known for her clean and well color co-ordinated style of card-making. Let's see what she is sharing with us today...

"Hello friends! It’s Priya Sondhi from Bangalore, India. From the childhood I always had a liking towards arts, crafts and colors. I and my sister used to make paintings with different techniques like metal embossing, batik, glass paintings, etc and other pretty things to decorate the home. Or you can better say my sister used to do all the fancy stuff and I usually copied her ;)… So my childhood was spent among paints, brushes and papers.
As the life took its turns, my sister went abroad to pursue her career in fashion designing and I pursued my career in software. One fine day I stumbled upon some paper crafts websites and it completely bowled me away. I slowly started my process of learning paper crafts and used to follow paper crafts blog silently..With the encouragement of few lovely ladies in ICR I finally decided to start my blog…
I strongly feel that everyone should have a hobby to pursue which can give them a space of their own, energizes the life and to have fun even if you are alone.

This time I tried a new type of card. Its called telescopic card. You can find the tutorial here. It's a 3 layered card which is perfect to say those 3 golden words "I love you" :) I have used 3 different sized decorative hearts circle diecuts. To make them slide, I have used some brads. Papers are from Echo park (courtesy ImaginationsOnline.com), Some Itsy bitsy alphabets and 3D stickers. Swirls and rhinestones are from PieLane. I have tied a little ribbon at the top for hanging. I hope you liked it."

Thanks for sharing such a lovely idea Priya. Guys, you know what to do now!! Hop on to Priya's blog and share some love! And do play along.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #14: An Inspiration from Indira

2012-02-06T11:24:00.003+05:30

Hi folks! I am stepping here, in place of Nidhi as she is busy with her wedding preparations. Also Jaya insisted that I share an inspiration with you all.

So here they are. I made a couple of cards in the last few days on Valentine theme with unconventional colors.

The first card is based on Mojo Monday Sketch#226. I used two of my most favorite colors - Yellow and Purple. The big bloom and leaves are handmade without using and punches or diecuts. The lovely cream colored roses are a gift from my friend which she got during her visit to UK. The purple mulberry roses are purchased from Ujjwal's store. The sentiment is from Itsy Bitsy. The silver swirls are from Pie Lane. The buttons are from my stash.

The second one is based on Card patterns sketch #150. The PPs used in the card are from Hobby Ideas. The flower is again handmade without using any templates or punches. Only the dark innermost petal is a punched daisy. The sentiment is a digi. I used two ribbons for the border, one broad and one narrower than it, and placed the latter on top of the broad one. The tiny blue beads on top right are from Pie Lane.

Hope these inspire you enough to play along! Looking forward to your entries :)

Cheers,

Indira

For some more inspirations you may visit my blog.

CraftyJC Challenge #14: An Inspiration from Romina

2012-02-03T10:12:00.002+05:30

Hi folks!!

I am so happy to see that entries have already started pouring in for our CJC#14 - Valentine with non-traditional colors.

We present to you our first inspiration from the very talented Romina Nahata. Romina dabbles in punchcraft and quilling and her lovely work has always stunned us. Her entry in CJC#12- Holiday favors took our breath away. Over to her..

"Hi! I am Romina. I was born and bred in Calcutta, but settled in Delhi for the last 10 years post marriage. I'm a SAHM to 2 darling fairies aged 9 & 6 yrs. They are my biggest critics & are now aware of all craft supplies & techniques that I know of !! I started blogging around 11 months back and got hooked to cardmaking ever since... I also conduct workshops for quilling, punchcraft, cardmaking & scrapbooking.

Today I'm showcasing a valentine card using non-traditional colors. I've used the lovely swalk stamp from crafters companion. Isn't it cool ?? Used the MS butterfly punch for the lace & the corner has been adorned using punch-bunch punch. The PP is from DCWV's glitter stack. Hope I have inspired you enough to play along with us !!All the best !!"

Thanks Romina! Guys, isn't that such a cute card? Do hop on to Romina's blog and leave some love. Looking forward to your fabulous entries.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #14 – Valentine with non-traditional colors

2012-02-01T12:21:00.000+05:30

Hi people!!

Thanks for such an overwhelming response to CJC#13 - Something New. We received 43 entries till now.

No prizes for guessing this month's theme, but we have added a slight twist to the challenge - VALENTINE with NON-TRADITIONAL colors. And yeah the card needs to be given to someone special in your life.

So you can make a card or any other project with the Valentine's Day theme, but you need to use non-traditional colors. This means no use of the color 'RED'.

This month our sponsor is Pie Lane. Prize is a surprise pack worth Rs.500.

The Usual Rules

Please link directly to your post and not your blog
You can link to a maximum of 6 challenges including CraftyJC Challenge
Only new posts please. No backdated entries
Please provide a link back to the challenge in your post

Lookout for the wonderful inspirations coming up from our DT and play along.

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #13 – Something New - Extended

2012-01-31T22:03:00.000+05:30

CraftyJC Challenge #13 – Something New - Extended by a day. Since the link was closed earlier by mistake. Sorry abt that..

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #12 – Holiday Favors Winners

2012-01-10T15:26:00.001+05:30

Heya!! I know its been a long wait! I was totally occupied with office work. And trying to adjust to my new office timings which is now 8 am to 5.30 pm :)

Without futher delay, here are the winners of CraftyJC Challenge #12 – Holiday Favors.
We had a tough time deciding the Top 3 and it was great to see such wonderful ideas!
Thank you all so much for participating.

The Top 3 in no order are: No. 10 - Nidhi, No. 23 - Priya & No. 29 - Romina.

Nidhi's quilled wreath was so stunning and intricate.

Priya's calendar idea was superb and so classy.

Romina's upcycled box with punch craft was way too gorgeous and colorful.

And the winner for the awesome prize from the very generous sponsors itsybitsy is Nidhi!!

The random winner for the second prize is entry no. 18 Smita.

Congratulations to all the winners and Top 3 :)

We will get in touch with the winners with the blinkie and other details.

Thanks a lot for playing along with such enthusiasm.

Do join us and play along with the new CJC #13 - Something New challenge too.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #13: An Inspiration from Avni

2012-01-07T12:35:00.003+05:30

Hi all! Here is the 3rd and the last inspiration for CraftyJC Challenge #13 - Something New.
We have the talented Avni with us showcasing her unique project.

"Hiya ladies, This is Avni from Bangalore. I live here with my DH and 2 little boys. Life is very busy out here. So, taking out some time for my passion is really an achievement:) and my achievement found a new level when I won at Crafty JC!

I have selected a 'new home' theme for this month. I upcycled a wallet box for this and tried to make a miniature house. I don't have a particular style of crafting yet, but I always like to put some deep thoughts to projects and try to implement it upto my max limits. Everything here is almost hand-cut except for those wavy line stickers and flowers. Hope this will inspire you enought to take part in the challenge!"

Such a lovley idea to upcycle a wallet box and to use the inside of it too, so wisely!

So peeps, hop on to Avni's blog now and leave some love!

Looking forward to your participation in CJC#13.

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #13: An Inspiration from Kavitha

2012-01-05T15:47:00.002+05:30

Hi! Here is our second inspiration for CJC#13, from the person who needs no introduction: Kavitha!
She is known for her distinct style and impeccable projects. Here you go...

"Hi, I am Kavitha here today to share my inspiration for the current challenge "Something New". As soon as I started thinking for the project, the phrase "Everyday is a new beginning: Celebrate it" is the first thing that came to my mind. So keeping that as focal point I created a wall hanging.

I have used a mount board as the base, covered it with pattern papers and decorated it with lots of flowers and butterflies.. pretty simple for me ..he he. This is based on the inspiration picture this week from the shabby room. I loved the branches, butterflies and the colors in the picture and I have incorporated it in my project. The size is 7 by 10 inches, but still find it hard to find place for all my embellishments, lolz. The letters and the butterfly are cut with silhouette and all the other things are from my stash.

Hope you got inspired with my project n do play along this month :))"

What an awesome inspiration! Do hop on to Kavitha's blog and leave some love!

And what are you waiting for? Just get going with your projects and play along.

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #13: An Inspiration from Dr. Pritesh

2012-01-03T09:00:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone!

Today we present our first inspiration for CraftyJC Challenge #13 - Something New. We have with us the very talented Dr. Pritesh who has carved a niche for herself in the blogland with her lovely quilling work.
Glad to have her with us today. Over to her...

"Hi! I am Pritesh and a first time Guest Designer on Crafty JC. When given the theme New Year, I could only think of "cool" colours, being here, surrounded by snow. The first colours that come to the mind are blue and silver. Blue for the bluish hue around because of all the snow and silver because of snow sparkling when those occasional sun-rays fall on the snow. Once a theme like New Year came to me, I couldn't resist but try a project using my most recent acquisition in crafting - Quilling. I am relatively new to quilling and I hope this project inspires you too to pick up paper strips and just roll, roll, roll........

The project is made in one of my favourite styles of quilling - dual colour combination. The 2012 is filled with another favourite - beehive technique (that I seem to have fallen in love with). I hope to be able to soon print a 2012 calendar and attach it to this project. I wish all the participants in the challenge luck and hope that 2012 brings in a lot of positivity and energy in your lives.

Season's greetings & hugs,
- Pritesh"

Now isn't this such a breathtaking creation!! I totally adore it. So folks, do hop on to Dr. Pritesh's blog to check out more of her wonderful work and the tutorials that she shares with us from time to time.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #13 – Something New

2012-01-01T09:00:00.000+05:30

Hey folks!! Wish you all a very Happy, Prosperous & Crafty New Year!!
Hope you all had fun with you friends and families on New Year.

Before getting on to the next challenge we want to thank all of you who took part in the December CJC #12 inspite of the holiday season and hectic schedules. We truly appreciate your efforts.

Let's begin the new year with a brand new challenge and the theme for this month is - Something NEW.
You can create something for New Year, New Baby or New House - it has to be either of the three.

This time too our sponsor is Itsy Bitsy.

Itsy Bitsy is offering TWO gift hampers for each challenge, each hamper is worth Rs. 1300 and have a look at this picture to see what is in store! One Gift Hamper will go to the winner of the challenge and one more to a random participant
Thanks a lot itsybitsy for sponsoring this challenge, again :)

The Usual Rules

Please link directly to your post and not your blog
You can link to a maximum of 6 challenges including CraftyJC Challenge
Only new posts please. No backdated entries
Please provide a link back to the challenge in your post

The winners of Crafty JC Challenge #11 will showcase some inspiring projects for you all. So do come back to check out the lovely inspirations coming up get set to show us your creations.

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #12: An Inspiration from Shobana

2011-12-09T09:00:00.002+05:30

Hi folks!

Here is the last inspiration to get you thinking for our CJC#12: Holiday Favors.
Today we have Shobana sharing her project with us. Let's see what she has in store for us...

"Hi! I am Shobana, and am totally excited to share this post with you today! Many thanks to the Crafty JC team for showcasing the winners in this unique way! It is the very first win for me, where I have got the chance to share my creations this way. I started my affair with paper crafts last year, and I have always loved crochet. I am a self-taught quiller and have recently discovered the joy of quilled earrings! My style is very CAS and I appreciate all the friends I have made in blogland!

As part of the challenge #12 - Holiday Favors - I really had to think of creating something could be easily made and mass produced (if need be) and that any family, whether they celebrate Christmas or not, could have a use for in their homes. And I came up with fridge magnets! These can be made simple or complicated, as time permits, and even your kids can help!

Happy crafting and Happy Holidays too, to all of you! Wishing you a great year ahead and heres to many more Crafty JC challenges! :)"

Thanks for the wonderful idea Shobana! Aren't these totally adorable.
So please hop on to Shobana's blog and leave some love!

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #11 – Pick Your Palette Winners

2011-12-07T09:40:00.000+05:30

A BIG thank you to all who participated in the CraftyJC Challenge #11 – Pick Your Palette.

We had a fabulous time going through each and every entry. The palette was interpreted in so many creative ways.

Thanks for a great response.

Here are the Top 3 as chosen by the DT, in no specific order.

Kavitha's tag was just so perfect. Lovely elements and soft colors.

Avni's quilling was so colorful and unique. Great use of the palette.

Pritesh's quilling was so neat and stunning. Bright colors and crisp.

And the winner for the awesome prize from the very generous sponsors itsybitsy is Avni!!

The random winner for the second prize is entry no. 3 Sathya Kala.

Congratulations to all the winners and Top 3 :)

We will get in touch with the winners with the blinkie and other details.

Thanks a lot for playing along with such enthusiasm.

Do join us and play along with the new CJC #12 - Holiday Favors challenge too.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #12: An Inspiration from Juhi

2011-12-05T09:43:00.001+05:30

Heya!! Good Morning and hope you all had a nice weekend!
Our second inspiration for CraftyJC Challenge #12 is from none other than the lovely Juhi Khanna.

Let's see what she has in store for us...

"Hi this is Juhi again. I am a card person, I almost never make anything other than cards (and mini-albums at times). I would like to thank Jaya and Indira for pushing me to try out something different. Not sure initially about what to make I finally came across this awesome video tutorial about how to make origami boxes and boy am I hooked! These are really easy to make and look so good.

These are what I came up with.........holiday/winter favor boxes.

So go ahead get those creative juices flowing.....can't wait to see what you come up with! "

Aren't these boxes so damn pretty!! You all must be aware that Juhi is blessed with a baby girl last week, so I take this opportunity to wish her on behalf of all of us and thank her for taking out time to do this project for us.

Do hop over to her blog to wish her and leave some love!

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #12: An Inspiration from Vicki

2011-12-03T09:00:00.000+05:30

Hey there! Hope you all are gearing up for the upcoming holiday season!!
Today we have an inspiration from the very talented Vicki, who was one of the winners of Simplicity challenge at Crafty JC.

Over to her:

"Hi, my name is Vicki Dutcher and I am a Stamping Addict! :) I started stamping about 12 years ago, and have been heavily stamping the last 3 years! All I do is stamp and I LOVE every minute of it!

I am excited to share my ABC (anything but a card) project with you. I'm not sure it is so much "winter", but I love these calendars. So easy; designer paper -- a calendar and a little frame - it's done! I use mine year round, and I also give these as gifts to co-workers for their desk.

Thanks for letting me share my project with you."

Vicki is a blessed soul when it comes to arts and her creations are just stunning! Check them out for yourself at her blog and leave some love!

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #12 – Holiday Favors

2011-12-01T09:00:00.000+05:30

Thanks for a very enthusiastic response to the Pick Your Palette Challenge #11.

Welcome to the 12th Challenge for December – Holiday Favors.

Since the holiday season is about to begin, we thought it would be apt to have a Holiday Favors theme so that you can also actually gift them to your dear ones.

Holiday Favors can include any of these three: Winter / Christmas / New Year.
The project can be a Favor or Anything 3D but it should NOT be a card.

This time too our sponsor is Itsy Bitsy.

Please link directly to your post and not your blog
You can link to a maximum of 6 challenges including CraftyJC Challenge
Only new posts please. No backdated entries
Please provide a link back to the challenge in your post

Look out for the lovely inspirations coming up. Get inspired and play along!

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge#10 - Simplicity Winners

2011-11-15T17:58:00.001+05:30

We had a whopping 90 entries for this challenge. Some of them had a few too many layers to be actually called CAS :)

Nevertheless, we had a lovely time visiting your blogs and viewing the wonderful entries.
Arriving at a Top 3 was no easy task.

Without further ado, here are the winning entries in no specific order

Vicki's stamping was a Dream :). Loved the composition.

Juhi's CAS card was so beautiful. Gorgeous stamping and layout.

Shobana's Christmas bells were so truly magical. Loved those subtle layers.

And the winner for the awesome prize from the awesome super generous sponsors itsybitsy is Shobana's entry

The random winner for the second prize is 65. Indira

Congratulations winners :)

And Top 3 - you ladies truly deserve this :)

I will get in touch with the winners with the blinkie and other details.

Thanks a lot for playing along with such enthusiasm. I hope you will play along with the new CJC #11 - Pick Your Palette challenge too. Indira is doing a great job hosting it - thanks girl :) The next few challenges will be hosted by Ujjwal and Indira.

I don't know when I'd be on CJC again to talk to yall. Till the next time, Adios and God bless.

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #11: An Inspiration from Ujjwal

2011-11-09T13:39:00.003+05:30

Heya! Today we have our last inspiration for this challenge from our very own Ujjwal!
Ujjwal is a known face in the blogland, and I know many of us look upto her for her ever inspiring designs.

Over to you Ujjwal...

"Hello, I’m Ujjwal living in Pune, India and like the rest of the us am seriously addicted to Craft- making, admiring, hoarding and most defiantly buying ( things that I don't need but MIGHT need :D ). I got married to a wonderful guy 1 and a half years back and life has been a beautiful journey ever since. My DH is most supportive, encouraging and ever so patient with my crafting needs(I am not sure if its the same when I go on my crafting shopping spree!)

I have been into card making and crafting since I was a small kid but it got serious when I discovered blogging one and a half year back and started my own blog in February last year and there has been no looking back. I have met some very talented people..made wonderful friends and learned a lot.

I am glad to have been given the opportunity to be a guest designer at CraftyJC Challenge today! I am looking forward to all the creativity, fun and crafting!

About the project:
I chose to work with palette #2 and created a sweet and simple card. I hope it inspires you in some way to play along."

Now isn't that inspiring people!! My hands are already itching to creating something based on the other 2 color palettes.

Thanks a lot Ujjwal for the wonerful idea.
So guys you know what to do now. Hop on to Ujjwal's blog and leave some love!

Cheers,
Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #11: An Inspiration from Indira

2011-11-07T09:00:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend.
Today I present to you the third inspiration for Crafty JC Challenge#11. Yup, I am also the DT for this challenge as I was one of the winners for the Recycling challenge.

So here I go.....

"My name is Indira Tanwar and I live in Mumbai with my husband. Ours was a love marriage and we have been married for 3.5 years now. Being an Army officer's daughter, I was privilleged to travel across the length and breadth of the country. I did my schooling from 7 different schools, graduation in Jalandhar and MBA from Symbiosis, Pune. I work in an IT MNC in Mumbai.

Given a chance, I would chuck my job for crafting!! I have been crafting since childhood and my source of inspiration is my mom. I used to watch her paint, stitch, do flower arrangements, sugarcraft and what not. I love all sorts of crafts and like trying my hands at new things. But, quilling is my all time favorite. I think I first did quilling when I was in school. I had seen some book in a library (internet wasn't known then), and tried it on coming back home. I don't even remember what I had made and where it is now. The second time I did quilling was 3 years back when I came across Shilpi's quilling kit at the Hobby Ideas store at Inorbit, Malad. And I have been hooked to it since then. I started my blog in 2007 just to store my creations on an online interface, so that I could access it whenever required.

It was only in 2009 that I started blogging seriously. I was amazed to meet so many talented crafters in India through blog land. ICR provided the perfect platform to know many more of them. It gives a really nice feeling to know you have people like you who not only appreciate your work but one also gets to learn so much from them.

About my card...

This is the first time I am a DT for any challenge. Hope I do justice to it.

I have chosen palette #2 as my inspiration. I think green, blue and purple combo looks very elegent."

I would like to thank Jaya for having the faith in me to host this challenge on her blog. I am just doing my bit to help her.

Do hop by my blog Arty Sorts and let me know how you like my work. Looking forward to see your wonderful creations.

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #11: An Inspiration from Hussena

2011-11-05T09:00:00.000+05:30

Hey folks!! So the entries have started pouring in. We are really excited to see what your magic hands are churning up for this challenge!!

Our second inspiration is from the very lovely Hussena. She is a very talented crafter and her quilling works are ever so gorgeous. Over to her...

"Hi I am Hussena. A wife, a mother and now very much a crafter. I am a stay at home mom of two kids ages 12 and 5. I consider myself quite new to the blog world and have been blogging since Dec 2010. I was introduced to blogging because of my love for quilling. I used to browse the net a lot to get inspiration for designs and different forms of quilling and that's when I first came across Suganthi's blog "DAYDREAMS". Her blog inspired me to start my own blog and share some of my work. Though I am very much into quilling I have started to try my hand at other crafts too. And stamping is my new found love. The support of fellow bloggers has helped me a lot since I started my journey in the blog land. I am amazed and humbled by the generosity of my fellow bloggers who always extend a helping hand by giving tips, sharing tutorials and in some cases even craft supplies.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jaya for giving me this chance as a DT for this challenge and also for appreciating my recycling work and selecting me as one of the winners.

For this time's challenge, I chose to go with Palette #3, which is Yellow, Red and Blue. Here’s my take on it…"

Thanks for such an eye-catching inspiration Hussena! Your projects are always full of life, bright and colorful.

So guys do hop over Hussena's blog to view her work and do leave some love!

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #11: An Inspiration from Dr. Sonia

2011-11-03T09:48:00.004+05:30

Hi Friends!! This is Indira Tanwar from Arty Sorts. It gives me immense pleasure to host this challenge on behalf of Jaya.

This time around we will be having 4 DT posts as inspirations. They are the winners of Crafty JC's Challenge #9: Recycle.

First up is an inspiration from one of our most loved blogger buddy Dr. Sonia. Over to her...

"Hi friends I am Dr Sonia. I had an absolute blast during the Crafty JC Recycling
Challenge as recycling is something I am very passionate about. Thank You Jaya for
that awesome challenge. For my DT inspiration too I have a recycling project!
I have already been featured as DT on this awesome blog so I feel a bit awkward
writing about myself again but we have to follow protocol!

As most of you know I am an ENT Surgeon by profession and for me crafting is a
stress relieving hobby more rewarding and relaxing than watching TV or sleeping!.
Blogging has been a roller coaster ride and I am continually amazed at the
generosity of my blogger friends and that people actually want to follow my blog!
I seem to enjoy sharing tips and tutorials on things I am no expert at so that the
novice like me can benefit from my crafting adventures. Since like all mothers I am
proud of my little one-- I do now and then showcase my kiddos work too on my
blog! I love my mischievous Doggy too-- maybe soon I will start blogging about
him!![Then I will really lose some followers I bet!]

So if you have not gone away yet here is my inspiration - I recycled some cardboard
from a box into a DIY homemade Photo frame. I chose Color Palette #1 showcasing the colors burgundy red, yellow and green."

What an amazing inspiration!! Thanks Dr. Sonia. You continue to surprise us with your fabulous creations every time.

So what are you all waiting for!! Gear up, and show us your ever so charming stuff.

And don't forget to hop over Dr. Sonia's blog and leave some love!

Cheers,

Indira

CraftyJC Challenge #11 – Pick Your Palette

2011-11-01T08:00:00.000+05:30

The last time I saw we had 90 entries for the CJC #10 Simplicity challenge. Phew. We have a tough job ahead :)
Welcome to the 11th challenge – a new one here. Pick Your Palette!

You have 3 colour palette choices to choose from. You can choose any one of them for your entry. Please see end of NEW post for rules specific for this challenge
The returning super generous sponsors is itsybitsy

Itsy Bitsy is the No.1 Manufacturer and retailer of the most desirable hobby and craft products in India.Itsy Bitsy specialises in Papers, embellishments and tools for Quilling, Punching, Card making, Scrap booking, Paper crafting, Jewellery making and more, please visit http://www.itsybitsy.in/ to know more

Itsy Bitsy is offering TWO gift hampers for each challenge, each hamper is worth Rs. 1300 and have a look at this picture to see what is in store! One Gift Hamper will go to the winner of the challenge and one more to a random participant
Thanks a lot itsybitsy for sponsoring this challenge, again :)
***NEW***** ***IMPORTANT***
Pick Your Palette Challenge Guidelines & Rules – PLEASE READ

For this challenge you can post only ONE entry per colour palette. Which means each participant can have a maximum of 3 entries – one for each colour palette.
While linking to your entry, please mention the Palette number along with your name in the Name field of the inlinkz box. E.g In the Name box enter Jaya (Palette #1), if you are selecting Palette #1.
The colours need NOT be exactly as you see above if you don’t have an exact match

The Usual Rules

Please link directly to your post and not your blog
You can link to a maximum of 6 challenges including CraftyJC Challenge
Only new posts please. No backdated entries
Please provide a link back to the challenge in your post

And this challenge will be hosted by the lovely Indira. Thanks a lot Indira :)
Lovely inspirations coming up. Come back for some gorgeous inspiration and play along!
Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #10: An Inspiration from Tejal

2011-10-06T09:00:00.000+05:30

When I wanted another inspiration for the Simplicity challenge, I knew who I wanted to speak to – it is none other than this fabulous girl we all know and love – welcome Tejal with two wonderful inspiration.

She how how to use the same stamp with two super layouts. Don’t you love all that bling! Whoever said Simplicity has to be blah!!

And this layout is beautiful too with a little bit of CAS layers. I LOVE those sprinkled glitter balls. Yummmm!!

Looks like somebody else is also dream of Christmas already! lol :)

Thanks Tejal for your awesome inspiration :)

Now, you know what to do! :) Pop over to Tejal’s blog and leave some love

And hop back to play along with us at the new CraftyJC Challenge #10 – Simplicity

Cheers
JC

PS: For the winners for Challenge #9 – see here

CraftyJC Challenge #9: Recycle - Winners

2011-10-04T21:40:00.000+05:30

Ok. sometimes a girl has to do what a girl ought to do!

We had 52 entries for the last challenge. The DT and I were watching with bated breaths as the number kept creeping up till the last day. It was truly a tough task to choose the Top 3 and so we ended up with a Top 3 but shared by the Top 4 :) Yes, sometimes a girl ought to do what a girl ought to do.

Ujjwal’s entry way absolutely creative. Now I can’t see an egg carton without thinking about her entry :)

Sonia’s flowers were gorgeous – you would never have guessed their humble origin! :)

Indira;s pumpkin seed flowers were fabulous to

And The winning entry is Hussena’s Recycled Box, Tag & A Small Purse.

Now for the Random winner for the second hamper is 48. Ujjwal. Congratulations girl :)

Winners, I am sending you the Top 3 blinkie and will also talk to your about DT for the next challenge in November

Thanks a lot for your enthusiastic response. It was such a difficult job picking up the Top 3. So glad I had a gorgeous DT who helped me with this :)

I hope you will play along with us in the new challenge CraftyJC Challenge #10: Simplicity

Cheers,
JC

CraftyJC Challenge #10: An Inspiration

2011-10-03T08:42:00.000+05:30

This time for the inspiration I’ve been thinking of having the usual “Top 3” of the previous challenge as DT. But now, since this something everyone’s been excited about I think I will not deny the pleasure of the creating something – as Susan calls it – Creative Simplicity

So, here I am with a bit of some inspiration. I plan to invite a few other crafters over the next weeks to provide more inspiration.

The Top 3 of Recycle challenge will be DT for the next challenge. I will be announcing the winners VERY soon. It’s been soo difficult to choose the winners!! You girls were amazing.

Ok, now that I am done with all the (nervous) chatter (I’ve never provided any inspiration for any challenge!!), AND I can’t think of anything else to say to sort of postpone this moment, here is me dreaming of Christmas already :)

This card is has just about 3 steps

Stamp Hero Arts Wreath of Leaves in light green and dark green on top of each other. I didn’t bother cleaning the stamp in between
Stamp the sentiment from Papertreyink ‘ Signature Christmas in red
Stick those beautiful red frosted stones from PieLane

And you are done.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you will play along at our Simplicity challenge

Cheers,
JC

CraftyJC Challenge #10: Simplicity

2011-10-01T06:30:00.000+05:30

“Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”
– Leonardo da Vinci

I am sure you have read this if not from Leonardo’s biography, but on the blog of one fabulous, inspiring, cheerful, funny blogger called Susan Raihala. Those of you who have hopped over to my blog would know how much of a follower I am and how much I am inspired (please read case) by Susan.

So, when the theme of this month’s challenge is Simplicity, I had to but request Susan if she would be kind enough to provide an inspiration. She so cheerfully said a BIG Yes.

Yes, you heard that right. This challenge’s inspiration is provided by none other than Susan who personifies Simplicity, in many ways. She said, we’ll just stick to the theme as Simplicity and will leave it to you crafters to interpret the way you see it.

So, let’s see what you create for this month’s theme “Simplicity”

The returning super generous sponsors is itsybitsy

Thanks a lot itsybitsy for sponsoring this challenge, again :)

Now, hop over to Susan’s blog Simplicity for her inspiration for this challenge.

Thanks a LOT, Susan, for being part of this challenge and for the inspiration too :)

For more inspiration, Susan suggested I link you up to to SCS’ CAS Gallery as well.

And don’t forget to come back and play along. We have some more fab inspirations coming up over the next week.

Cheers,
JC

PS: Winners for Challenge #9: Recycle will be announced shortly.

Whopping 52!!!

2011-09-26T16:39:00.000+05:30

Phew.. we have 52 entries to our Recycle challenge. Now the DT is off to work - picking up the TOP 3. Tough job!!!!

Thanks a lot girl for your wonderful entries - each of them so creative and beautiful and FABULOUS..

We'll be back soon - with the winners.

And also lookout for the next challenge slotted for October 1st. Something super interesting!

Cheers,
JC

CraftyJC Challenge #9: Inspiration from Karuna

2011-09-10T10:00:00.000+05:30

I hope you have been inspired by the lovely inspirations till now.

Here is your last inspiration for this theme Recyle. And what an inspiration from the fabulous Karuna!! Karuna has helped us all in many ways with getting our hands on gorgeous supplies easily and look look.. here she is again helping us be inspired in our little way to save Mother Earth.

Here she is!! Welcome Karuna.. :))))

"I have been on Blog Land for almost 2 years (Geeezzzz… now that’s old :D ). And most of you fairly know me well. But for the newbies, I work as a Marketing Manager (not software engineer :D) with a leading IT MNC for last 4.5 years and every free time in my schedule goes into crafting :).

Like most of us I used to hoard any kind of pretty stuff including things I felt qualified as stationary then. Making projects with shoe boxes and altering items was my favourite then since the supplies were limited. 3 years ago I got hooked onto Quilling looking at Youtube and it inspired me to take it up as a hobby. As time progressed I learnt about the various tools and techniques of Scrapbooking and Card making and yes there was no turning back! Thanks to my then ‘Boyfriend’ and now Hubby…. Siddhant helped me create a Blog. He has been my driving force to what most of you call me with love – Crafting Queen :) . Yes it was a name kept by him since for him I was the best at what I did! (Aren’t husbands the cutest!! :D)

Blogland helped me meet so many talented people and also exposed me to challenges, tips and techniques. I have made some very cute friends here and its so nice to have someone discuss the crafty things all the time ;). Bugged with the challenge of sourcing Craft supplies for myself and hearing fellow crafters whining about this issue, I ventured into having my own Craft Store. It started with very basic supplies and now I’m happy am able to get some of the most important and pretty tools and materials we are deprived of in India! The encouragement has been very motivating and I hope soon all Indian Crafters are at power on Global level!

Being a top 3 at Crafty JC has been an exhilarating feeling! I did little dance as Khushboo told me about it over a call since I check the blog on and off! Thanks Crafty JC and the DT team for picking me! However knowing that I need to make a DT project on the theme “Recycle” wasn’t really celebrating moment for me. Coz when you know your project shall be looked with judgment and alota criticality you gotta be good! And this is my first ever DT post so I have tried my best :) Am hoping its worthy of a DT project (Please be kind : ) )

Recycled Desktop Calendar

So what I did I recycle? – A CD Case. (PS- I was on vacation whole of last week and bought many old CD’s my mom was about to throw off :P. ) I took out the CD insert and painstakingly took measurements to cover all Panels. More details with pics J

The Base Material used – Before the project

And here is the After of the project

This is the cover and I used my Echo Park – For the record papers. I used a Kaisercraft Mannequin (have been dying to use this one) as base added some frill with white net we receive with flower Bouquets. Used a sequin lace for the belt and pulled some individual sequins to bling the dress. The circle die cuts as well as the sentiment are from a Glossy finish corporate flyer lying at home, its printed on the backside.

The Left side – The PP was stamped on the green side to look like a pretty background. This Panel is a “Reminder/To Do list” with sticky notes.

The Right Side – The same double sided paper again has been stamped and a magnetic snap is stuck behind. All Calendars have the magnetic snap behind the Month name and they just snap to the green panel inside :P

This is the backside with a pocket to keep the remaining calendars. All Calendars have been cut, stamped and heat embossed. The dates are handwritten. The best thing is this pocket provides a support for the case to stand even when its closed so you have the front as a Décor on your table. Once the calendar exhausts you can still use it and snap some magnetic saying to the inside. Talk about long term plans :)

Phew! That’s a long post considering I took 2 days to complete it :)

Hope you all inspired to recycle some old useless item lying around your house if you havnt done so yet! And please do follow all the rules while linking your post as we hate to miss out on your awesome entries!!

Love always

Karuna"

Now, isn't that super fabulous! What a lot of hard work has gone into this. Thanks a lot Karuna for all the effort. It has turned out SUPERB!

Now girl, please drop in on Karuna's blog and leave her some much deserved love :)

And come back and play along with us here at CraftyJC Challenge - #9: Recycle

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #9: Inspiration from Juhi

2011-09-08T12:30:00.003+05:30

This girl needs no introduction :) Now, does she!!
We have our next inspiration from Juhi.. a gorgeous.. well... scroll down to see what it is! :) And read a bit about her here too!

Thanks Juhi for providing this super inspiration :)

"Hi, This is Juhi from http://www.juhishandmadecards.com/.

Though I have been crafting for as far as I can remember, I took it up seriously after I got married into a joint family. I had nothing in common with the rest of the family’s interests when it came to TV viewing in our spare time. Being too bored I decided to do something else with my time and landed up crafting!

I am sure glad I did cause it has been a wonderful (and expensive :P) journey! Since I started blogging I’ve learnt so much and made some awesome friends.

I would like to thank Jaya for giving me this opportunity to showcase my work as the guest DT; I admire her enthusiasm and enterprising spirit for setting up the first challenge blog in India.

For my DT project I’ve recycled a wooden partitioned box (it came as the packaging for a set of wooden alphabets).

I’ve made something on the lines of Tim Holtz/Maya Road dimensional shadow boxes (ofcourse those are much bigger than this; each partition in mine measures aprrox 1x1.25inches).

I painted the box yellow with some acrylic paint and used various knick knacks, trinkets, buttons, sea shells, broken earrings, pendants, scrap paper die-cuts etc to decorate it. The roses and butterflies are die-cuts from an old magazine; they’ve been colored with some smooch spritz and walnut ink.

I’ve put it up on my PC with the help of some magnetic tape. I had so much fun making this….looking forward to see what you come up with!"

How super cute is that!! LOVED it! Thanks sooo much Juhi for this gorgeous inspiration. You rock girl, and how!

Please drop in on Juhi's blog and leave her some love..

And come back over here and play along at the take on this fun new Challenge Recyle.

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #9: Inspiration from Khushboo

2011-09-03T10:00:00.040+05:30

We had 7 superb entries from wonderful, creative Kushboo for the last challenge here. Each one of the more beautiful than the others :)
Here she is with yet another classy take on this fun new Challenge Recyle

"Hi friends, myself Khushboo from Kolkata....
I was always a more hands on person than buying things from the shop... My love for art and craft dates back to school when I used to love all my SUPW lessons and my SUPW teacher was super although she would make us sew (Ugghhh)..

I started the whole scrapbook, handmade card thing while in the later years of school and followed it then on.. Later jewellery designing took precedence over everything else and I got started again when I learnt punch craft.. There has been no looking back since then..

Decided to join blog land and it has been a whole new experience and amazing to have friends from all over.. Besides crafting am a super FB addict.. you can see me online like ALWAYS.. I love reading and cooking.. and if anyone out there is willing to cook good veg food for me then i can hog continuously...Being a very enthusiastic person.. I enjoy taking part in challenges and winning one is super.. This is my first DT post so I hope I do justice to it and like the project...That's it folks.. Have a super time crafting.. and remember.. it's the participation that counts..

For my DT project have recycled old newspapers and Readers digest magazines ....

... and come up with a recycled bag..

The bag is made of old newspapers and added some packaged cardboard to give it stability.. you cannot see the cardboard as it is is hidden beneath the paper...

The die cut is made of an old perfume gift box.. the cornflowers are made of readers digest covers.. and some quilling along with bling and butterflies...

Thanks so much for the opportunity Jaya... It was a pleasure doing this.. I found it tough for it's my FIRST ever recycled project but I had super fun.. Hope you like it too..

Hugs,
Khush "

I am soo taken with this recycling. Isn't this superb? What wonderful creativity from a bunch of newspapers and magazines to this super chic stylish bag!!
Thanks a lot Khush for the abso gorgeous inspiration!

And now girls, off you go.. leave some love to Kushboo and come back and play along.

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #9: Recycle

2011-09-02T10:59:00.001+05:30

August 29th was the Moonwalker, Michael Jackson's 53rd Birthday. One of the most wonderful songs which will live with us forever is "Earth Song". This song is I think is the first ever MJ songs I've listened to, back in school.

The returning super generous sponsors is the itsybitsy

Itsy Bitsy is the No.1 Manufacturer and retailer of the most desirable hobby and craft products in India.Itsy Bitsy specialises in Papers, embellishments and tools for Quilling, Punching, Card making, Scrap booking, Paper crafting, Jewellery making and more, please visit http://www.itsybitsy.in/ to know more

Itsy Bitsy is offering TWO gift hampers for each challenge, wach hamper is worth Rs. 1300 and have a look at this picture to see what is in store! One Gift Hamper will go to the winner of the challenge and one more to a random participant.

The Earth Song talks about how we've taken Mother Earth for granted. How abused she is.. And MJ urges us to take a close look at the state we've left Earth in.

Now, the theme for this month's challenge is "RECYCLE". Recycling is one way to restore Mother Earth. Our small take on saving her or at least no damaging her more.

Edited:
So, let us see anything recycled. It need not be a card. Get creative :). And yes, it need not be paper. We want to see ANYTHING recycled.

We would love to see these on your blog post
- Your take on how we as indivduals can help Save the Earth
- Also please post the material you are recycling and the final entry. This is mandatory, since this will help the DT to choose the Top3.
- Please read the few super simple rules on the side bar. Dont want you to miss out on the hamper. There have been a few instances where we had to diregard entries because of this.

And we have some yumm inspiration in store over the next week too - so do be back :)

Please note that the challenge closes on September 25th.

"We have one earth, let us take care of her for us and the children to come"

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #8: Winners

2011-08-27T12:27:00.000+05:30

The Guest DT and I had a lot of fun and were truly inspired by all your wonderful entries for the last challenge Friends Are Forever. We had 32 entries from your – which made choosing the Top 3 super tough for the DT.

Here is the Top 3 in no specific order.

Khushboo’s flipped card was full of so many details.. so many quotes about friends. Such an interesting creation. I am sure her friend loved it as much as we did

Juhi’s stunning creation in white and blue was another lovely entry with the beautiful lace heart and lovely roses.

Karuna’s card was gorgeous with the awesome colour combination and stamping.

And the winning entry was Juhi’s fab card.. Congratulations Juhi.

Now for the random winner for this challenge is No 10. Khushboo

Congrats all winners :)

Now for the fab giveaway from Mallika. Her top 5 choices were these

And the winner is Karuna.

BIG Congratulations winners … I will be emailing you for your address & the next challenge details.

I will be back with the next challenge soon. Thanks a lot for your entries and inspiration. You girls rock.

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #8: Inspiration from Priya

2011-08-02T08:02:00.001+05:30

Here we have a fabulous inspiration from last Challenge’s winner Priya Sondhi,

Let’s welcome this lovely, super creative girl.

“Hello friends! It’s Priya Sondhi from Bangalore, India .

From the childhood I always had a liking towards arts, crafts and colors. I and my sister used to make paintings with different techniques like metal embossing, batik, glass paintings, etc and other pretty things to decorate the home. Or you can better say my sister used to do all the fancy stuff and I usually copied her ;)… So my childhood was spent among paints, brushes and papers.

As the life took its turns, my sister went abroad to pursue her career in fashion designing and I pursued my career in software. One fine day I stumbled upon some paper crafts websites and it completely bowled me away. I slowly started my process of learning paper crafts and used to follow paper crafts blog silently..With the encouragement of few lovely ladies in ICR I finally decided to start my blog…

I strongly feels that everyone should have a hobby to pursue which can give them a space of their own, energizes the life and to have fun even if you are alone”

And here is her beautiful, colourful Accordion Card and goes into a box.

Such gorgeousness :) I loved every piece of element that has gone into the card.

There are more awesome pictures on her blog. And now, you know what to do :) Please hop on over to her blog and leave some love.

And come back again and play along with this – the latest challenge here – Friend are Forever. Don’t you agree?

Love,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #8: Inspiration from Dr. Sonia

2011-07-29T09:19:00.001+05:30

We all have seen and been inspired by the highly creative and talented work of Dr. Sonia – for her much loved creativity with very little supplies. And her little girl with very nimble fingers :)

I am soo happy to have her here as DT for this month’s challenge #8 – Friends are Forever

“Hi dear blogger friends, I am Dr Sonia.

Since my mother is a doctor and from childhood I admired her work [though grudged that she had a very busy schedule ], I had always wanted to be a doctor. I have always been a bookworm and have not had any hobby apart from reading till a few years back. At home studying received the utmost importance and I was not exposed to much arts and crafts in childhood.It was London GCE O levels, then Medical Entrance preparation , the tough Medical college syllabus and again the mad race for post-graduation!

When I finished my ENT post graduation at AIIMS ,for the first time in many years I found I didn't have to bury my head in books! My crafting journey started with emboss painting while I worked at AIIMS and I found it so relaxing I embarked on my crafting journey.

When I got married and we moved to a new house there was a large empty showcase and I started glass painting to fill it up as we didn't have money to splurge on home decor and glass painting was a fun and economic way to spruce up my house! When my little one was born and showed a love for soft toys I started making soft toys and loved it though it was so time consuming. I started paper-crafts when my daughter started school and had to take theme related stuff to school.

Then there were birthdays of her kiddie friends and card making became a fun activity!So that is the story of my crafting!

Most of you know about my craft blog: http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

I am no expert in crafts as I have had no training in it but if anyone requires any help in ENT I am always ready to help you and guide you ,so here is the link to my ENT sites where I share information about common conditions in ENT! : http://drsoniasv.webs.com and http://www.entbangalore.com

For friendship day I am sharing a swinging spinning card.

The card stands on its own and has central spinner which rotates on a skewer a whole 360 degrees.

This card is for all my blogger friends who constantly inspire, support and encourage me.

Dr Sonia Suprabha Venugopal
MBBS MS ENT[AIIMS]
Consultant ENT & Head & Neck Surgery
Dr Sonia & Dr Prateek's ENT Head & Neck Center,Sahakaranagar, Bangalore
Mobile:9742201211
Website: http://drsoniasv.webs.com & http://www.entbangalore.com/

”

Isn’t that absolutely gorgeous!!! Loved those quilled flowers and butterflies.

And Sonia’s little girl is such a darling! :)

For more gorgeous pictures & a fantastic tutorial on the card hop over to Dr. Sonia’s blog. And also don’t forget to leave some love for her :)

And do Come back & join the fun here – us celebrating FRIENDS :))))

Cheer,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #8: Inspiration from Mallika

2011-07-24T20:59:00.001+05:30

Mallika needs to introduction – her unique style and creativity is so fun and beautiful.

I am soo happy to have her here, again, as DT for this month’s challenge #8 – Friends are Forever

“Hello Pretty and Lovely Ladies ,

I am Mallika from Miss not so good with words ...

I am an Engineering final year grad and believe me I hardly know my subjects .. I mean it .

Earlier I had no clue what I want to become and later when I had realized that I want to be a designer , it was too late . I got tied to my B.Tech .

So How My Crafting journey started ??

It was September 2010 , I was surfing on internet and coincidentally I landed on Spardha's Blog .Believe it or not , her blog inspired me and I started a blog right away .. My cards were pathetic , I had no clue what on earth is Clear stamps , Embossing Folders ,Distress inks and the list is endless . From her blog I discovered about 12 - 15 Lovely Indian Crafters and there began my learning process . With time my work improved and so my stash . I really thank this blogland from making me discover myself . I never took any classes , My best teacher are the blogs down here . I am running out of words to express what I feel . My Blog's name is Miss not so good with words because I am bad at writing ( angrezi tight hai :P ) .

Now there is no turning back . While creating I realized that Vintage has become my favourite .Vintage is such an elegant term .It is very beautiful and expressive .

So here as an Inspiration for all of you , I have made a Vintage Love album ! Yes I know You are Thinking Why on earth I am Celebrating Valentine's Day On Friendship day .

Well I believe every friendship has love and trust . Love is very Important for living every bit of our life . ( Kuch kuch hota hai " pyaar dosti hai " )

This album is for every person here .. Because somewhere I have learned from you . I love you all .

(Recently I have lost a very close person because I broke the wire of trust . I regret each part of it and I am confessing this in front of you all because I consider you all to be my family )

This is a vintage album made with loads of itts and bits !

Now the surprise part - As a guest DT member , on this Occasion of Friendship's Day , I am offering one stamp set from Autumn Leaves . I will be choosing one creation which I will like the most .

Here is the picture of stamp which I will be giving !

So what the hell you waiting for ....?????

Go and create and seal it with love and send across to your friend !

Hugs And Thousand Kisses

Mallika ”

Isn’t that absolutely fab!!! All the lovely vintage stuff. This girl rocks her Silhouette and how!! :)

For more fab pictures and inspiration hop over to Mallika’s blog. And also don’t forget to leave some love for her :)

And in Mallika’s words – what are you waiting for?? Come back & join the fun here – us celebrating FRIENDS :))))

Cheer,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #8: Friends are Forever

2011-07-18T13:29:00.002+05:30

Hello All,
Welcome to the next challenge here. The last challenge was wonderful.
We had awesome Inspirations and sooo many wonderful entries. Thank you for your inspiration :)
Please see this post for Challenge #7 winners

This month's challenge is the theme "Friends are Forever".
July 30th is declared the International Friendship Day. Friends day is also sometimes celebrated on the first sunday of August.

Once you make the card, do send it out to your Friend to show how much you care :) This is ALSO a part of the challenge - just our two bits to spread some love :)
[Edited] You can send the card to anybody - not only to fellow crafters. You don't need to send the card right now. You can send it later too :)

The sponsors are the wonderful and generous itsybitsy

Itsy Bitsy is the No.1 Manufacturer and retailer of the most desirable hobby and craft products in India.

Itsy Bitsy specialises in Papers, embellishments and tools for Quilling, Punching, Card making, Scrap booking, Paper crafting, Jewellery making and more, please visit http://www.itsybitsy.in/ to know more

Itsy Bitsy is TWO gift hampers for each challenge, wach hamper is worth Rs. 1300 and have a look at this picture to see what is in store!

One Gift Hamper will go to the winner of the challenge and one more to a random participant.

Now, off you go show some love to your "Forever Friend" :)

And we have some yumm inspiration in store over the next week too - so do be back :)

Cheers,
Jaya
PS: please read the few super simple rules on the side bar. Dont want you to miss out on the hamper.

CraftyJC Challenge #7: Winners

2011-07-18T12:56:00.002+05:30

Gosh! Was it a tough one or what!! The DT for the last challenge had a tough time choosing the winners :)

Without further ado, here are the Top 3..

#1 Priya's super cut Birdies with the umbrella
#2 Sonia's Digital Mermaid Card
#3 Mallika's Birdie house and the doodled girl

Priya you have won yourself this gorgeous Gift Hamper from itsybitsy

And the Random winner for the 2nd Gift Hamper is
21. Anandhi
Congratulations Anandhi :)

Priya & Anandhi please send me your postal address.

Priya, Sonia and Mallika - I am emailing you with details about the next challenge as you have won yourselves the DT spot for Challenge #8. And also will send you the Top 3 blinkie :)

PS: Please note that challenges that do not follow the few super simple rules are NOT eligible. I feel awfully sad when this happens. There are but a few rules on the sidebar. I request you to please have a look to them so that we can be fair to all participants

Thanks a lot for the awesome response to the challenge :)

Be back for the next challenge too.

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge#7: An inspiration from Ujjwal

2011-06-15T10:05:00.000+05:30

Here is your next inspiration from our lovely creative Ujjwal.
Please welcome our second DT for this Challenge, Ujjwal

“Hello, I’m Ujjwal living in Pune, India and like the rest of the us am seriously addicted to Craft- making, admiring, hoarding and most defiantly buying ( things that I don't need but MIGHT need :D ). I got married to a wonderful guy 2 and a half months back and life has been a beautiful journey ever since. My DH is most supportive, encouraging and ever so patient with my crafting needs(I am not sure if its the same when I go on my crafting shopping spree!)
I have been into card making and crafting since I was a small kid but it got serious when I discovered blogging one and a half year back and started my own blog in February last year and there has been no looking back. I have met some very talented people..made wonderful friends and learned a lot.
I am glad to have been given the opportunity to be a guest designer at CraftyJC Challenges today! I am looking forward to all the creativity, fun and crafting!”
About Project
“Although I am a card maker, I have recently ventured into the world of scrapbooking and enjoying it thoroughly. For this project, I picked up some of my college pictures and created a layout incorporating hand writing and doodling.”
Here are some more views of this. All the lovely doodling is gorgeous.
There are a lot more of these on her blog too
What a great inspiration, Ujjwal. Thanks for the awesome inspiration.
Now, dear crafters, please loved some love to Ujjwal and come back join us at this fun challenge #7 Digi or Doodle.
Cheers,
Jaya

PS: This was posted by mistake on my personal blog!! Can you beat that! :))

CraftyJC Challenge#7: An inspiration from Piyu

2011-06-14T11:02:00.000+05:30

Please welcome our DT Priyadharshini for this challenge with a gorgeous inspiration for us.

"Hi, I am Priyadarshini, fondly known as "Piyu" amongst family and friends. I work as a software engineer in Hyderabad.

I have been attracted towards arts and crafts since childhood, but got addicted to it 4 years ago, after I relocated to Hyderabad. It was an altogether new city with no friends and relatives. To add to it, my husband's job needed frequent travelling. Then one day, I had been to a craft exhibition where I bought a paper quilling card and my paper craft journey started. My dream came true when I put up my first ever exhibition in Singapore. Now I dream of having my own handmade gift store.

I started my blog http://notjustquilling.blogspot.com to showcase my work especially quilling. But now it has more of non-quilled cards."CraftyJC Challenge#6" was the first challenge I played and won. This little success, along with my fellow bloggers, encouraged me to try out new techniques in card making and scrapbooking.

I am a craft shopaholic and have a never ending wish list :). I would rather buy craft supplies than cosmetics or jewelry. Even a small purchase like a paper sheet keeps me happy all day along and hence my husband thinks that it's very easy to please me :)

When Jaya first informed me about this month's theme, I was super excited. I had loads of ideas in my head. I love doodling and the notepad that I carry for meetings is full of doodles :)

In this card, everything is hand-drawn / doodled on white card stock.

No stamps, digi images or pattern papers are used. I have used colour gel pens for drawing and staedtler water colour pencils for colouring.

The doodled gifts, candies, cakes etc. are cut and stuck with a foam 2 way tape to give a pop up effect. I hope you like it!

Do play along and join the fun!"

Now, is that some gorgeous inspiration? How much can we do without one single supply we need to ship from out of India!! Love this card, Piyu - wish my birthday was round the corner! :)

Now, please drop in at Piyu's blog and leave her some love.

And don't forget to come back and play along at CraftyJC Challenge - Digi or Doodle. If you didn't know already, there is some fabulous Gift hampers to be won.

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge#7: An inspiration from Kavitha

2011-06-10T10:59:00.001+05:30

The first inspiration is from lovely Kavitha. I am a big admirer of her. I am sure many of you are :)

Here is Kavitha from Kalalayaa for you. Read about her to know how much passionate she is about crafting - a lovely dose of optimism and encouragement :)

“Hi friends, I am Kavitha from Chennai, a freelance artist n designer running a art school called 'Kalalayaa'. Arts and crafts and designing always fascinated me from my childhood, but from a family in which most of them prefer a medical or engineering course (is these are the only professional courses in this world??. I wonder!!!) I dint get any chance to pursue my dream till my college, except doing some craft works in school and during holiday times. As there where nobody to guide me, I dint even know that there is a course for fine arts,pity on me:((. But I had a dream of doing fashion designing, and again I dint get permission for that too. So like every other Indian girl, I did my computer science degree,lolz. But after that I really wanted to pursue my dreams badly, I joined a course for fashion designing after my degree,but after knowing stitching was the main part which I really cant do I quit that course in 6 months.That is the time I joined a painting class,and felt yes, this is my thing and very shortly it turned as my profession and since then there was no looking back.

I have been blogging for two years now,and I really love it.Blogging world and the internet taught me so much which otherwise would have taken ten more years for me to learn.Only after started blogging, I started learning things by myself, before that I use to go to classes which I feel limits you within a small circle.Yes,of course you should learn the basics from somebody, and then you can try out new techniques yourself which will make you stand out ..

I believe there is no art in this world is complete with out any mistakes,and you can never finish off a art work if you want it without a single mistakes ,but i guess the beauty of the creation lies in that.A talent of an artist lies in how well they hide the mistakes and make it look good on the whole without anybody realizes it:))).Art is a process which gets better by itself every single passing day,so what all we need to do is keep practicing.So enjoy crafting,and keep crafting all the time:))). ”

And here her is her super lovely card. Isn't that fabulous?

“I have used digi image in my card,and this cutie pie is from bugaboo stamps. I really loved this digi as soon as I saw it,and looking forward to use it in my card, n here comes the right time.Not my usual cards with flowers and butterflies and ribbons,but I loved the effect.”

“The pattern papers are from basic grey n echo park, I have painted the edges with white acrylic paint,digi is colored with inktense water color pencils, the star is hand cut, sentiments using Maya road chip boards which is colored with metallic silver paints and finally some twine,button and brads to finish the card.Hope you like my card,do play along in the challenge”

Absolutely loved this inspiration. Now, off you go and please leave some love to Kavitha at her blog.

And hop back here and join back in the fun new challenge #7 Digi or Doodle

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #7: Digi or Doodle

2011-06-08T14:32:00.003+05:30

Welcome to the new challenge #7 on CraftyJC Challenge. Yes, been missing in action for a (great) while, but back in action with some YUMMMMMMMMMM prizes to be won.

The theme for this challenge is Digi or Doodle. You can either use something Digital OR if you can hand-draw or doodle on your entry.

ETA: What is Doodling?
Anything you hand draw, maybe a stamp or a sentiment or a bit of scribbling for that added interest.
Come on try your hand to do some doodling on your entry! :) You never know what you'll end up creating.

Now for the YUMMMM prizes I spoke about.

We all know and love Itsy Bitsy. I was so thrilled when Itsy Bitsy kindly agreed so sponsor 6 of our challenges - this and the next 5 more as well. Isn't that just plain YUMMMness?

Itsy Bitsy is the No.1 Manufacturer and retailer of the most desirable hobby and craft products in India.

Itsy Bitsy specialises in Papers, embellishments and tools for Quilling, Punching, Card making, Scrap booking, Paper crafting, Jewellery making and more, please visit http://www.itsybitsy.in/ to know more

Now, Itsy Bitsy are offering 2, yes TWO gift hampers for each challenge - upping the yummness factor. Each hamper is worth Rs. 1300 and have a look at this picture to see what is in store!

Such gorgeousness! AND There are two of these on offer! One will go to the winner of the challenge and one more to a random participant. I wish I can participate myself! :)

Now, off you go and do some Digi-ing or Doodling - whichever fancies you.

And we have some yumm inspiration in store over the next week too - so do be back :)

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge#6: Winners

2011-03-08T07:48:00.001+05:30

We had 24 entries of gorgeousness! Such FABULOUS entries!!
Such a tough time for the DT and me to choose. Thanks a lot for playing along. And here are the winners.

KAVITHA

PRIYADHARSHINI

UJJWAL

And the winner is, drum roll please :) . Priyadharshini’s card was SOOO CUTE! SUPER CUTE! :) How creative. This card is a perfect match for the challenge – Hearts and Hugs too! :) I am sure the recipient was grinning too.

Kavitha’s Mini Book was AWESOME too. Loved every page and detail.

And UJJWAL for her absolutely funky fabulous card. Love the details and the idea of so many different details that has gone in to this.

Thanks everybody else for playing along.

ETA: correct email address below

Winners, please email me at mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com for your blinkie. Priyadharshini please email me your snail mail for your prize.

These winners and one other random participant will be Guest DT for the next challenge – to be posted super soon. The fourth DT is Deepti. I was soo thrilled when Deepti’s name popped up!

Cheers,
JC

CraftyJC Challenge#6: An inspiration from Shalini

2011-02-13T22:23:00.001+05:30

Heya girls :)

I hope you had fun and have been inspired by all the lovely inspirations from our DT for this month’s challenge.

Now for the last and a super sweet inspiration from Shalini. Thanks girl for being part of the DT :) This is the second time that Shalini has been part of the DT. Sooo glad she is here again :)

“Hi, I am Shalini... it's my second innings at the ' CraftyJC Challenge Blog ' and I am so honored to have the opportunity to be on the DT again...

It's quite thrilling to see our very own Indian Challenge blog doing so well... the prize this time around is a surprise package put together by Jaya... we love being surprised Jaya, please keep these coming forever and ever...

It's been so much fun hosting this months theme with the super talented team of Anita, Mansi and Priya and i hope you have a great time participating in it too... Looking forward to your creations!!!

Love - Shalini”

Awww.. isnt that super cute? Loved the love cut out and the hug around. How apt for the theme.

Now off you go, leave some love to Shalini and come back and play along with us at Hearts and Hugs! :)

Happy Valentine’s Day. Love you girls. You are awesome!

Hearts & Hugs,

Jaya

Challenge #6: An inspiration from Mansi

2011-02-10T15:57:00.002+05:30

Hear Hear Hear! :) Please welcome our next DT for the Hearts n Hugs theme - Mansi.

Another stunning creation for your inspiration. Such a cutie cutie cutesome! lol.. please scroll down for the super cute card. Thanks Mansi! :)) Your card is stunning.

"Hello Ladies!!

I am MANSI .I am a SAHM of my 8 yrs. old lovely daughter,married for last 10 yrs. to the most wonderful and loving man.

I had always been a keen crafter before marriage,but lately got so involved in the household chores and raising my daughter that just forgot about my passion for crafting.Then to my good luck, last year in JUNE one day while shopping I coincidentally went to Hobby Ideas store and saw Quilling strips,and without even knowing what they are I found them really interesting and picked them up.And then stated my crafting journey.

I surfed the net and learnt so many different techniques,and so here I am >Not even a year has passed and I have organised 2 successful exhibitions and has started taking craft classes for the kids.Has spent loads of money and has become almost BANKRUPT owning all the dies and punches and stamps and and and the list is never ending. LOL....AND then In October I came across the addiction of this blog world and met all you wonderful people who have now become a part of my life .Love you guys.

And now my first DT card. Keeping the theme(hugs and hearts) in mind I have created this Easel card,using this cute little pussy cat with heart spots all over.

Is'nt she huggable??I have used sketch pens and water to color her.The flowers are hand made and I have used my MS punch to create that border.The stamps are from Hobby Ideas and the alphas are die cuts.

Hope this card inspire you create yours.Do participate in this lovely challenge.

Hugs
MANSI"

Isn't that super super cute! :) Please leave some love at Mansi's blog and come back and play along here - Hearts and Hugs ! :)

Love,
Jaya

Challenge 6 – An inspiration from Priya

2011-02-09T10:17:00.004+05:30

I really think I should have asked all the DT girls to send me the card by post - no returns! :)) Looks at this cutie.. Soo adorable isnt it!

Presenting here Priya Sivaraj and her super cute card. Thanks Priya, for being part of the DT :)

"About Me

I am Priya from Chennai.Married with a 4 year old kid.I was working with a reputed software company and had resigned the job for my kid and to pursue my interests.
As early as I could remember , I had been passionate about crafts..And every relative of mine would have atleast one of my works with them.. either I gift them or they take away when they visit my house :)..

I had wanted to start a blog to showcase my art and craft works for a long time. Then my interests took a turn, after visiting so many card making blogs..they are my real inspirations , that urged me to start a blog immediately.Afterall blogging is all about getting inspired and inspiring.

After I started this blog November last year, I make more cards.. The people behind, who keep encouraging me with their sweet comments, are the driving force for my blog and I take this occasion to thank each and every one of them from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much girls.. :)

A Biggg thanks to Jaya for having made me top three and guest designer for this challenge #6.

About card
This is a Joy fold card, a big one.Made a matching chocolate box just for viewing pleasure.The image is downloaded from internet and colored.Added some heart embossings behind.

The flower below is made of many hearts ...Below orange layer is made of 4 hearts.

The above flower is hearts folded in half and tucked one inside other, this gives a 3D effect to the flower. Other flowers are from itsy bitsy and the butterfly is a silhoutte punch.

I added a small envelop inside to hide some secret messages ;)

Hope I was of some help to inspire you.Do participate in this challenge...All the best to you!!!"

That was super cute isnt it! Now please drop in at Priya's blog and leave some love. And then come back and play along.

Love,
Jaya

Challenge 6 – An inspiration from Anita

2011-02-07T23:06:00.000+05:30

Anita wrote an email asking me if she should send me the card itself or just a picture. I politely said just the picture please. Man!! How I wish I’d said she absolutely needed to send me the card! Such a sweet card. See see! :)

"Hi, I’m Anita from Kolkata, married with two lovely kids. I’m very passionate about crafting since my childhood days. I entered into blog world in June last year and believe me, I had no idea as to what a blog was. While surfing through the net, i came across the blog crazy about atcs, and that was the beginning. I made my blog and since then, it has become an addiction. Not only have I learnt new tricks and tips, but have made several friends right across the globe.

It is really amazing that in spite of not meeting anyone, I feel close to so many of my blog friends. Blogging has given me a sense of satisfaction that I never felt before. I had few craft tools, never knew what is a cuttlebug and spellbinders, did not have single stamp. did not know how to post in blog and had no clue what was vintage, or distressing or how to link back to challenges. That was a year back. shalini, juhi, rachana, kavitha, spardha, these people helped learn how to blog. Hey thanks girls. whatever I make, the entire inspiration comes from all my friends out there on my screen. I just hope that we meet someday and have a crafting blast! what do you say! I firmly believe that, there is no limit to learning. Age is no bar in learning and if you think you can , you will be able to do it. Also there is nothing in this world, one cannot do. Never lose sight of your dreams and they will be true one day. I dream of having my own craft store and I know that I will have one some day.

Now something about my card. This is my first card as a DT and that’s something really great. I’ve tried to follow the theme, Hearts and hugs, and spent almost two days on it.

This is a tri shutter card and I’ve used CB hearts embossing folders as the background. All the images are downloaded from the net, coloured with water colour pencils and then hand cut. The white flowers are mini retro flowers and the sentiments are from fiskars and heat embossed. The Ms punch garden trellis is used as a fence.
So, do play along and share your creativity with all of us. Good Luck!!"

Now, what did I tell you.. isn’t that card super sweet or not! Look at all the detailing – the lamb, the rabbit, the butterfly – all of them adding the perfect backdrop for that sweet couple. Aww!! so cute!

Do visit Anita’s blog at leave some love as soon as she posts it on her blog too.

Thanks a lot Anita for providing this super cute inspiration :)

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge#6: Hearts & Hugs

2011-02-04T10:18:00.000+05:30

Love makes the world go around. Hugs make the world worth living in - yours truly! :)

Here is the next challenge for February. No surprises with the theme here :)

"Hearts and Hugs"

The prize is a surprise. I am putting together some love to go around. I'll post a picture of the package soon.

Wonderful inspirations - coming up!

Send in your entries and link to the Mr. Froggy here.

Love,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge #5 - Winners

2011-01-18T10:09:00.002+05:30

Happy New Year all you lovely girls :)

I had fun visiting all your lovely entries for the Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr challenge :)
But it has been no fun that my Internet at home has decided to quit on me and I am trying to post this from out of home. Moving to Bangalore has been fun but lack of Internet has been - well, painful, to put it milidly
I so apologise for the delay.

Alright, without further ado - here are the winners.
It was oh so difficult to decide the winners. I wish I could play Santa to everyone who played :) But since I can't I've added one more winner :)

Winner is Mansi and her little girl. The gorgeous tree left me gasping. Mansi, you have a very creative little girl. Congrats to you both. This card is a classic example of how much we can do with very little access to craft stuff.

Next is Anita - loved all the little woolie cut outs. The entire card really made me go brrrrrrrrrrr! The snow and the tree. Loved it.

Third is Priya & Shalini
I loved the clean design and lovingly decorated tree of Priya. Gorgeous. Made me think of my childhood :)
And Shalini's card - so very classy - loved loved the aperture and the classy stamping and the bling tinsel. Beautiful!!

Thanks everyone for playing along. Winners, please contact me at mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com for your Winner Blinkie and your prize. Mansi - need your postal address and others your email addys so that I can send the gift vouchers.

Hopefully be back with the next challenge soon. Any guesses?? Now, why do I hear Bryan Adams crooning! :)

Love you all. Apologies for the delay. Do be back for the next challenge.

Cheers,

Jaya

Guidelines for posting challenge - Please Read

2010-12-21T12:30:00.001+05:30

Hi,
Please refer to these points while posting a challenge
- Please link new entries only to be fair to other crafters
- Please refer back to the Challenge in your entry post and post a link to the Challenge post. It helps other visitors to join the fun
- Please link to your actual post and NOT your website's home page.

PS: Thanks Sasmita for the suggestion :)
In case of any questions - please feel free to ask :)

Cheers,
Jaya

Brrrrrrrr Challenge prize update

2010-12-19T23:53:00.000+05:30

I've slightly updated the prizes on offer. I've added ItsyBitsy Gift Vouchers to the mix - so you can pick up what you want :)

So come over and be Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-ed! :)

Ah! Christmas is near! sighh :)

Cheers,
Jaya

Challenge 5: Anita's Inspiration

2010-12-16T09:59:00.000+05:30

See see! :) Anita with her stylish inspiration. Loved it! Thanks Anita for playing along :)

Here is Anita with her decoupage card

"Here I am wrapped in my woolens making a Decoupage card for Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr , I have been asked to participate and provide inspiration this time .

The theme is just perfect , for me winter means a cup of steaming tea/coffee , enjoying the sunshine and of course Christmas !

I am a PG in English Literature, B.Ed deeply interested in arts and crafts. After a very long hiatus I have revived my interests and have befriended the internet to learn several new hobbies . My blogs showcase my work and also fulfill my need for writing . Creativity has no age bar thankfully and I am loving it !!

Decoupage sheets are available in the market and one can make beautiful personalized cards with a little effort. Sending handmade cards is a beautiful way of conveying warmth and love , it’s a time well spent indeed."

Please do leave some love for Anita

What does Winter and Christmas time mean to you? Would love to hear :)
And don't forget to play along at Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! And if you want to play Santa, drop me an email and we can have more prizes to go around! :) My email: mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com

PS: All prize winners, you can expect your goodies next week :)
Cheers,
Jaya

Challenge 5: Suganthi's Inspiration

2010-12-15T10:02:00.000+05:30

For our next inspiration - we have Suganthi Mohan.

The card and her - in her words :) Thanks Suganthi for this lovely lovely inspiration, You rock! :)

" Almost an year ago I chanced upon a tutorial for a quilled snowflake and have been hooked to quilling ever since. Making quilled cards is what I do in my spare time.

I am a stay at home mom of two teenage boys. I studied to be a computer engineer but when I stayed at home I found my aptitude for painting and crafting.

I have been blogging for almost an year now and I have learnt a lot along the way. I am glad to be part of this theme which got me to quill a Christmas tree(I wanted to but needed some inspiration). "

Thats one stunning card!!! Please leave some love to Suganthi

Looking forward to your entries to the challenge Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Cheers,
Jaya

Challenge 5: Mallika's Inspiration

2010-12-14T09:54:00.005+05:30

If you were wondering about the lack of inspirations in the challenge here it is - showcasing each of the winners from the past 2 challenges to provide an inspiration - one inspiration a day

And here I present Maillika to you. About the card and and about her - in her own words :)

"Now a little description about my card -

I practically made this card at 4 in the morning . Well this is my first ever try for Christmas card .I have quilled the Christmas tree,used mosaic squares for the small squares .

The patterned paper is internet download and all the edges are distressed by using simple stamp pad . I have used some colored pearls .I love this festival and every Christmas I love gifting goodies to my friends ! Yes ! yes ! i will be posting a candy soon on my blog .Do take part .
Happy Crafting !!

Hi Girls !
I am Mallika ..an Engineering Under Grad who has least interest in any part of this engineering .It is my passion and love for art and crafts which has bought me all the way to BlogLand !

All the time I am free I love to craft .It was like in Sept 2010 when I entered this card making world . My cards are bright , fun , whimsy and full of fine details throughout .I trust people because there is good in all of us and it takes a lot for someone to loose that trust . I appreciate smaller things in my life which earlier I use to take for granted . I believe in believing myself . My life has never been a fairy tale but whats the harm if I believe that one day it will be a fairy tale. Besides crafting I just loved getting myself photographed. Yes ! I get dramatic at times . I sing ( pathetic ) , I dance ( sheila ki jawani ) , I laugh , I cry on small things . My life has always been a roller coaster ride with loads of ups and downs. I was sent to boarding school ( Scindia ) when I was mere 12 .Till then I have always stayed in hostels ( they can be scary at night ) , which simply implies I HAVE LOADS OF FRIENDS AND I LOVE THEM A LOT .6 months back I was suffering from an addiction called Facebook and now I am suffering from Card Making addiction which is doing some good and gives me personal satisfaction .
My blog Address - http://missnotsogoodwithwords.blogspot.com/
My Fb Page - http://www.facebook.com/aola1989
Thanks for stopping by !"

Isn't that card soo beautiful!! Loved it! Now, off you go and please leave some love to Mallika :)

And do join in the Brrrrrrrrrrrrr fun. And play to win some very nice goodies :)

Love,
Jaya

Challenge 5 - Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

2010-12-10T22:14:00.009+05:30

Here is your 5th challenge. Come over n play along! :)

The challenge is based on this Christmas Season - Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I have some nice inspirations planned! But let's get you started here!

Anything to do with Winter, Christmas, New Year is all part of this Challenge's theme.

There are 3 prizes
1st Prize: A set of die cuts and stamped images - from Suzana Nazpret again.
2nd Prize: Rs. 250 Gift voucher from ItsyBitsy from me :) [Edited]
3rd Prize: Rs. 200 Gift voucher from ItsyBitsy - from me again :) [Edited]

If anyone wants to play Santa Claus, you can send me the gift and we can have more winners. Email me at mail.craftyjc(a)gmail.com and I will email my address to you.

Merry Christmas in advance

Challenge closes Jan 5th.

Love,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 4 - Winners

2010-12-08T10:48:00.001+05:30

We had 3 entries. And that makes them all Top 3 :)

All of them were beautiful :) Thanks a lot for participating.
Suganthi with her beautiful intricate Annam
Anita with yet another beautiful peacock perched on a branch
Mallika with her superb Kollam

ETA: Asha has also posted a card and InLinkz froggy had forgotten. Here is her card. Thanks a lot Asha for always participating in every challenge. Such an encouragment :)
The winner is - all FOUR of them :) Please send me your addresses and I'll send you the gift package.

Thanks a lot for playing along.

And posting the next challenge very very soon.

Love,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 3 Winners

2010-12-04T09:54:00.001+05:30

Hi all

High time I posted this isnt it? :)

Here are the winners

Priya's Sweet Little Sunshine - Lovely layout and what a sweet theme!

Asha's Childhood Dreams - loved this one - a difficult theme but beautifully executed.
Priyanka's Inspired by Nature - what a riot of flowers!!

And the winner is Priya for her Sweet Little Sunshine . Please contact me for the prize mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com.
The others please contact me for your blinkie.

All the cards had taken the Challenge BE INSPIRED to heart and what a lot of inspired inspirations!
Loved each of the entries!

Thanks to Karen's Doodles for sponsoring this Challenge.

And all of you for participating.

I apologise for the erratic schedules in the last month - shifting hasn't been easy!

I hope you'd continue to participate in the next challenges. Will back with the Challenge 4 winners and the next Challenge

Cheers,
Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 4 – DT's Choice: Indian Ethnic

2010-11-14T13:01:00.001+05:30

Heloo girls :)

If you are sad Diwali has passed by, here is something to cheer you up! Our lovely DTs for this challenge are bringing you lovely Diwali wishes to you :) again :) Hope your Diwali was wonderful and here is to a wonderful year ahead

This theme challenge was by the winner for the 2nd challenge winner: Kavitha.

A few months back a lovely lady called Suzana Napret sent me a lovely set of diecuts & stamped imaged to be given as a prize to a winner here. I've been hoarding it for Diwali. Thanks Suazana :)

And Sazana also has sent an awesome inspiration for us this month

Suzana

I love what Suzana has created here, The wonderful stitching and the Diya shape - how original!

Thanks Suzana for sponsoring this gift. You have a a large heart :)

Kavitha

Hi all, kavitha here.I am a freelance artist,love to do all kind of art works,and my wish is learn almost all the crafts in this world.I know i am to greedy,as there are thousands of art works are there in this world,but i am trying my best to learn more.So my only aim to keep on learning new some thing,and internet and blogs are the best inspiration to learn new things.I am blessed to have my hobby as profession,i love my colorful job:)))

It's been 11/4 years of blogging now,and its been a wonderful experience so far.Got lots of friends,and loads of ideas,...my latest craze is paper crafts,i am totally in love with making cards and scrap books.

I am really honoured to be the part of Crafty JC challenge#4,,hats off to jaya who make this blog so wonderful and connects of all our Indian crafters together,.:)

Juhi

Hi I'm Juhi...I am an electronics engineer who works with a semiconductor company at Bangalore. I discovered cardmaking almost two years ago and it has become almost an obsession now.

I love working with bright colors. My color inspiration comes from the rich textures and colors of Indian handmade paper. Since very few scrapbooking/cardmaking products are available in India I try to make the most of locally available materials which is intimidating at times but huge fun most of the times as it helps me think out of the box. I like to combine different styles and techniques in my work, and don't usually stick to any particular style/technique for long.

I'd like to thank Jaya for giving me this opportunity to be a guest DT member this month. I hope you like my ethnic Indian card, which draws inspiration from the traditional Indian paisley pattern. I have used a stamped paisley border at the bottom to create a saree border effect.

Dolly

Hello gals, this is Dolly here.. Also known as Kishley, the name i just adore. I have blogged with that name since last 5 years, my real name came out only when people from blog world started pouring over in my offline world too. I dont mind that though :)

My love for things made with paper started very early, probably in school days. From paintings to figurines to sketching, I loved doing everything. I have created a lot of wonderful things even when there was no free access to internet or to craft supllies store. I am not too modest you see..

Paper crafting today has a totally different meaning now, there is so much available and so much 'inspirations' floating around. In this plethora of ideas, I'm still trying to figure out my style of working. I still love to do anything and everything when i sit down to make something. I have made elaborate cards, simple cards, bling cards, stamped cards, sketched card.. ok i hope you get the idea.. But i do know that its difficult for me to make something for a challenge. I somehow cannot make my mind to think of something in boundaries, I usually start by taking out random things and start making anything with them..

The card i made for this challenge has been made from old wedding invites, I have used 4 different invites to make this card, and took about 2 hours.

Thanks Jaya for letting me on your DT team for this month. Kepp up the good work!"

Stunning Cards isn't it??? Now off you jump in and post your cards :) The last day is 30 November. Slightly extended due to the delay.

PS: Absolutely sorry for the delay in this post. I was sooo looking forward to challenge specifically. Still no internet.

New challenge Delay :(

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Hi yall

We've moved to Bangalore a week back. My little girl is happy in her new daycare and play group. Thank God for that.

With all this moving, I've not been able to put up the new challenge. I am very very sorry about that. I am not sure if the DT has posted it. I'll put that up very soon.

Thank you so much for your support.
Bangalore girls - can you please send me a comment?? I'd love to call and catch up :)

Cheers,
Jaya

Blackleaf Studios invites Top 3 winners!

2010-10-08T21:16:00.001+05:30

How wonderful is that!

The wonderful designer Tanvi of Blackleaf Studios has invited the top 3 winners of last month’s challenge #2 to be Guest DT for them

You could choose digital stamps from our store and work around them..
You could also participate in the sketch challenges that they have up at Blackleaf Studios.

I am sure the winners are super thrilled!

Thanks a lot Tanvi for this wonderful opportunity! :) And for sponsoring the challenge.

Smita, Kavitha & Shraddha I am emailing you with Tanvi’s address. :)

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 2: Winners

2010-09-30T23:56:00.000+05:30

We had 20 super YUMM entries.

We had a wonderful sponsor Blackleaf Studios.

The prize is a digital stamp kit from the Baby Pink Series. You can Visit the shop at http://www.shopblackleaf.com/

Here are the top 3!

Smita

Kavitha

Shraddha

And the WINNER is KAVITHA with her Super cute Bird house card.

Now for the DT for the next Challenge #4

- Kavitha as the winner

- Dolly as Random participant winner

And I like the idea of 3 DTs. So much more fun. So send me an email if you’d like to a DT member for the next challenge. The first email I get would win the slot.

Thanks a lot for playing along and for your enthusiasm and encouragement :) With Diwali coming – have a little surprise waiting! Will be back shortly!

All 3 Winners, and DT members please email me for your Top 3 Blinkie!

My email: mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 3 – Be Inspired

2010-09-25T21:43:00.000+05:30

Hello girls! Hope the past month has been creative and fun. Good to be back after a month! :)

Thanks a lot for participating in last month’s challenge – Yummy Recipe. What actually was yummy is all your wonderful YUMMYlicious entries! I am blown yet again. Winners in a couple of days

Our new challenge for September – Be Inspired! We all are inspired by soo much that goes around us! Other craft blogs or what we see around us.

Our lovely DT Ash, Tejal & Sudha have made some mind blowing stuff based on an inspiration of their choice.

Now, your challenge is to pick up any of the DT’s choice of inspiration for your challenge entry. Believe me.. there is such gorgeous inspiration here. Something for everybody.

Please join us in welcoming Karen’s Doodles as our sponsor this week. Karen has kindly offered our DT as well with an image of their choice.

Karen’s images span a variety of themes and all spectacularly designed. Go have a look at the website to drool! :) They beg to be be coloured. I soo plan to indulge in some for Christmas.

The prize is THREE images of your choice! How wonderful is that!

Please welcome our super creative DT for this month Ash, Sudha and Tejal. And here is their Oh Soo YUMM creations! Be inspired! I sure am.

Tejal Shah

Tejal’s inspiration is from this card by Michele’ chelemom

And here are TWO – yes u heard that right – TWO fantastic takes on this inspiration

This AWESOME image is from Karen’s Doodles the Penguin Cupcake. Isn’t this image gorgeous!! Too bad the other DT members couldn’t use a Karen’s Doodles image due to lack of time :(

“ Tejal here...I'm a physiotherapist turned card-maker. I've been crafting since as long as I can remember. My first step into this world of card making/rubber stamping
came when I first stepped into hobby ideas and picked up my first rubber stamp set. Not knowing how to use it, I turned to the internet. And what a world it has opened up for me. I still remember the first blog that swept me off my feet was Maria Bell's. Since that day I've been hooked. And every day, I learn something new.

It has been 3 years that I've been making cards and it was in March this year that I met Smita thorough Dina's blog. What a world..It took me leaps across the sea to find my own neighbor!! And through her blog, I've found so many wonderful girls (I will still call you girls even when you're all 60) that share this passion (what others call madness). Thank you all for all the kind words and support along the way.
I love the clean and uncluttered look of making cards and that's what you will find in most of my cards. . And that's why I love the images from Karen's Doodles, they're clean and super easy to color in. Many thanks to them for giving me a chance to work with their lovely images.
Thanks to Jaya for starting something so wonderful, something just for us. And it is an honor to be DT for this wonderful Challenge.
Good luck to you all! Have fun”

Ashmita

Ash’s Inspiration is a poster of the movie Alice in Wonderland. Loved that movie!

And here is the gorgeous take on Ash’s choice of inspiration

“I am a MA in Mass comm. I used to work for a TV production house. I married my best friend and now I am taking a break from my profession. Crafting has always been my hobby but as a student I never found time to develop my passion for it. Now I have adequate time to dedicate to crafting and doing lots of other things i love like gardening, bonsai, terrarium DIY home decor projects . I started crafting 3 years ago when i got married and started on a scrapbook of my hubby and me and now am a avid crafter and love to live my theme “LIVING THE HANDMADE LIFE”
I have been blogging for just 3 months and the response i have received is just overwhelming. I am so happy to meet all my Indian fellow scrappers. I hope to make a lot of friends and also wish that i can learn new things and also teach whatever little i know.
I really thank Jaya for giving me this opportunity to be a guest DT this month and i hope you like my card. Its as usual its different and vintagyy which is my style. My inspiration is this poster of the movie Alice in Wonderland”

Sudha Kalra

Sudha’s inspiration is Nature and below is her cute flower-power take on that. You can base your inspiration on Sudha’s card

“Hi all, I am Sudha, - Artist, Art and Craft teacher, love to do painting, drawing, sketching, pottery, card making everything artistic and creative. I am damn crazy about exploring and learning new techniques related to Art specially card making.

I congrats Jaya to start this “Challenge Blog” first ever in India and thank her for giving me opportunity to show my work as a DT member. Its such a big opportunity for me. I am so glad and enjoy as a DT member this month.

This month theme is – “ An Inspiration”. My biggest inspiration is Nature. I used to capture nature in my works. So I made a card along with its envelop, inspired by my biggest inspiration – Nature and reminds everyone about the beauty and the power of nature.”

Phew! Such GORGEOUS inspiration. Please leave some love to these wonderful DT I’ve been SOO lucky to work with.

And now – jump in! Choose your inspiration – any of our DT’s inspirations – and base your entry on that! Have fun girls :))

CraftyJC Challenge 1: Winners

2010-08-31T21:53:00.000+05:30

We had 19 21 entries for the main challenge & 8 for the bonus. Wowieee! I was amazed at the quality and creativity!

ETA: Priya Mohan had sent me her lovely entries for the first challenge by email. I am figuring out a way to see how I can host those pictures for your viewing. I thinking Picasa – any other ideas???

You girls are very very creative! After several rounds of visiting again and again – and inputs from DT – here are our Top 3 winners for the Challenge #1! I think starting the challenge was easier than deciding on the winners!

ETA: I had the wrong name below the cute ducks card. :) Corrected here.

The winner of the Prize is Tejal Shah. Please contact me at mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com for the prize – 5 Digital stamps by Di’s Digi Downloads :)

And here are the winners of Bonus Sketch

Winners, please email me for your Top 3 Blinkie!

Now for the Design Team for the next Challenge #3: Tejal (Winner of the challenge) & Sudha (random participant). Please email me at mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com so that I have your email address.

~~If anybody else wants to be part of DT email me – the first email I get would be the 3rd DT! :)~~

ETA: Announcing the 3rd DT member - Khona Rajwanshi:) Welcome aboard.

Looking forward to visiting your creations for the 2nd challenge. Have you jumped in yet! :))

PS: I am sorry about the late announcement. I was travelling and had very little access to the internet. I hope I am more on-time next time. Thanks a lot for all the encouragement. I hope I’ll craft soon :o)

CraftyJC Challenge 2 - A Yummy Recipe!

2010-08-27T09:41:00.001+05:30

Helloooo! Back again with our second challenge! :)

Thanks a ton for participating in the last challenge! Had a great time visiting your wonderful creations. Will be back later with the winners.
Now our next challenge is a Yummy Recipe- 1-2-3 Get Set Go

Ingredients

1 Patterned Paper
2 Colours - Pink and Brown
3 Embellishment

As easy as 1-2-3 !!!!

We have a wonderful sponsor - Black Leaf Studio

Chic and crafty steal and a fabulous assortment of commercial and personal use graphics, clipart, scrapbooking elements and digital stamps. Blackleaf Studios also creates a unique range of digital papers, stationary sets, svg die cutting templates, embellishments and more..

The prize would be a digital stamp kit from the Baby Pink Series. You can Visit the shop at http://www.shopblackleaf.com/

Now for some awesome inspiration from our wonderful DT

Asha Prasad

“Ash here..... I love my life..... I love to do what I love & in turn love what I do...... I am kinda obsessed with perfection .... No man is perfect, but one can always strive to reach there.... I hate hypocrisy and love transparency in every walks of my life.... Motto of my Life is to Live and Let Live.....
It had just been 6 months since I started off with my blog dedicated to my crafts..... And I am just overwhelmed with all the support & love I have received so far..... Being selected as a DT to the pioneering Indian Challenge blog, was an added feather to my cap.... I am beaming with joy..... ;) I thank Jaya for giving me this great opportunity to kindle the fire to do better.... And I also thank Tanvi for sponsoring and sharing her creativity with us..... May this blog stand to inspire and motivate many such amateurs like me.... God Bless....
I am glad I could be a part of this awesome challenge which serves few ingredients and motivates us to cook it up instantly.....

Shalini Maskara

“Hi, i am Shalini... a C.A. by profession, a crafter by passion... love everything to do with papercraft... however, my journey in this blog world started only just very recently... and wow! what a journey has it been... not only did i learn new ways, techniques and nuances of this craft but also have made some awesome friends... it's been a pleasure being a part of this crafty gang!!!
Today, it's an honour to be on DT for our very first own Indian Challenge Blog started by Jaya... a super friend and a very talented crafter... the adorable image on the project has been sponsored by our generous sponsors 'Blackleaf Studios'... they have some amazingly versatile and cute images in their store and up for grabs... don't forget to check out their store at www.shopblackleaf.com...
I thoroughly enjoyed hosting this month's theme '1-2-3' with my co-host Asha and hope you have a great time participating in it too... Looking forward to your creations!!!
Love - Shalini

PS: The post was scheduled for the 25th! But for some reason blogger forgot about it!! :(((

Challenge 1: Sketch time – A bonus sketch

2010-08-07T21:19:00.001+05:30

Here is another mid challenge Sketch. Sorry, no prize for this but top three winners would win a Blinkie though! Looking forward to have you playing along!

If we have a good response, I will make this a bi-weekly challenge. A main challenge every 25th and a bonus challenge on the 10th. Let me know your thoughts girls. I can’t be doing this along without your comments and feedback :)

Also, please join the FB community and participate. Link on the side bar.

Ends on August 24th. Same as the main challenge

Candy pictures

2010-08-01T21:40:00.001+05:30

Heya candy winners

I didn’t forget sending out the candy :) lol. Here are a few pics of what’s gonna land in ur hands in a few days. I personally think they are drool-worthy! lol

Not great pictures :) But u get the idea right?

Some 20+ embossed papers. 50+ Die cuts

Die cuts has Flowers, Fairies, Balloons, Hats, Christmas stuff and more Birthday stuff!!

I do hope you enjoy them. I would love to see what you make out of them! :)))

Now a question. Is this something you would like to have as a CraftyJC Challenge Prize???? Let me know! I’ll have this as the prize for one the next months! :)

Such lovely entries so far. Do join in if you haven’t yet!

Cheers,

Jaya

CraftyJC Challenge 1 - Sketch Time

2010-07-25T10:00:00.000+05:30

Hello and welcome to the first every CraftyJC Challenge. You don’t have to make a card to participate. All types of crafts are welcome – cards, painting on T-shirts or glass or altered beer cans :o)

We have a different challenge every month. And this month is the ever popular Sketch. And here it is. A take off point. Flip it, skew it, own it! :)

ETA: The end date is August 24th :) Join in soon! :)

We have a wonderful sponsor Diane - Di’s Digital Downloads.

Diane is offering FIVE digis of your choice to the winner! How sweet is that. Diane also has a FREEBIE the beginning of each month. I know I do grab it :)

The guest DT are sporting Di’s digital stamps.

First challenge calls for something special isn't it?

We have two of our very special fellow Indian crafters as Guest Designers.

And the delicious surprise I mentioned earlier is none other than Joan@Paperlicious. Yes you heard that right. When I requested Joan – whose creativity and humour I *love* – to help launch this challenge & provide an inspiration – she so wonderfully agreed immediately. Thanks a ton Joan :). Now off you go have a look at Joan's inspiration and don't forget to come right back here :)

We have Smita and Manasa - two girls we know and love. Here are their inspirations. Clink on their names to visit their blogs

Manasa Bhat

“Its been a recent journey of just over a year into the crafting world and I lam loving every bit of it ! It has been very exciting journey and I am still learning with every creation.

My cards most of the times have quilling on them.If not quilling then the other thing that I love to use is digital stamps since I don't own much of clear or rubber stamps.I love to layer my cards and I love using patterned paper.I was really overjoyed when I was asked to be the DT for this wonderful challenge blog...May it grow leaps and bounds and draw a lot of creativity ! Cheers everyone :)

Smita Lakhotia

“ It is such an honour to be part of Indian crafters history :) Yes, of
course, this challenge blog is creating history for us.
We've all been feeling bad because we don't have access to
International supplies. But here is this beautiful blog that is making
us go back to our creative roots, to the time when we all started
crafting, when we didn't bother about supplies as much as we did about
creativity and innovation. :)
My card is an almost maiden attempt at an acetate based card. I loved
the image I've used and would like to thank Jaya and Diane for it.

Do leave some love to Joan and the Designers.

Please add your links below. If you don't have a blog - email me at mail.craftyjc(at)gmail.com

(Submissions start July 25, 2010, 5:00 am)

Link tool by inlinkz.com

New winners

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New winners highlighted in Pink. Please write to me at mail.craftyjc@gmail.com
I am not going to draw more winners.. sorry :)

DT - one position

Smita - first challenge
Manasa - first challenge
Shalini - second challenge
AshKuku - second challenge

Candy winners -2

Kishley
Tejal
Kavita

PS: Lookout for the first challenge. coming early. July 25th. Yippeee! :))))

Cheers,
Jaya

Winners :)

2010-07-05T21:32:00.000+05:30

ETA: Please claim ur candy or ur DT spot by Friday. After that I'll look for another winner. Thanks.

Heyall

Without ANY ado - here are the winners

Winners for Candy

Bhavana
Gayatri
Kishley

Please email me at mail.craftyjc@gmail.com with your address and I'll send your candy

And Guest DT

Smita - first challenge
Manasa - first challenge
Shalini - second challenge
Deepti Aggarwal - second challenge

And then onwards the winner and a random participant would do the honours.
Guest DT - Please email me at mail.craftyjc@gmail.com so I have your email address. And we can discuss the challenge.

Thanks a lot for participating and for all the encouragement! :)
You girls rock!

Cheers,
Jaya

Final Day to lay your claim!

2010-06-30T11:32:00.000+05:30

Have you signed up to be a Guest DT yet?
And have you signed up yet for the Candy??

Today is the D-day for you to sign up!
I'll be getting in touch with the lucky entries for the DT spot soon. And I have delicious surprise waiting for the first challenge!!

If the guest DT can make a paper craft earlier - we might as well have the challenge quicker!!

I just can't wait! : )
I am humming with excitement here!

And girls - thank a lot for all the wonderful comments and encouragement. They mean a lot to me!

Cheers,
Jaya
xxx

5 Days to go! Candy!

2010-06-25T15:49:00.000+05:30

Heyall.
5 days to go to sign up for the first even Indian challenge's DT : )
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ETA:

Please leave a comment to post Welcome to be considered for the firrt DT
A comment here on this post for the Candy

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This Challenge is NOT a Digital Challenge. So all you lovely crafters, including Tejal, can also please participate!

Please publicize this in your blogs also!!

So to encourage you to inspire others to join in - I am offering 3 small candies.
This is what you need to do for the Candy
- Leave a link on your side bar to the CraftyJC Challenge Blog. Blinkie soon. Any suggestions?
- A post on your blog
- follow this Challenge blog
- And leave a comment here to with a link to your blog.

I don't what the Candy would be - since this is a spur of the moment thought! :)))

Winners will be selected JULY 4th. I am out of town till then :)

If you are wondering why the heck I am doing this, well join the guessing game. I wonder myself too! lol :)

Cheers,
Jaya
xxx

Sponsors and Amendments

2010-06-21T11:04:00.000+05:30

Thanks girls for all the wonderful feedback and encouragement.
I've be talking to many designers for sponsors. Mostly they are Digital Designers as Sponsors.

That open up a wonderful avenue to many of ur - if you haven't started digital stamping

I'll try and put together some details, costs and such info on how to go about digital stamping. I hope that would help.

A slight amendment. I'll pick TWO comments from the previous blog as Guest DT for the next two challenges. And hence forth the a random participant would make up the DT along with the winner. By this I hope we'd have more inspiration :)

Cheers,
Jaya

Welcome :)

2010-06-19T21:12:00.000+05:30

Heya :)

Welcome to this new challenge blog. I do hope you'd participate and have fun.
Please have a look at the About the Challenge page. Comments and tweaks are welcome.

I plan to start the challenge from August 2010. This would be on the 10th of each month.

If you'd like to be The Guest Crafter for July's challenge please leave a comment on this post by 30th June. I'll pick one up randomly. From the next challenge, one of the participants will be the Guest Crafter.

Thanks for dropping by.
Jaya xxxx
www.craftyjc.com