Hello friends !!! How have you all been ?
How I have missed all the fun of card challenges and my blog home !!!
To all the moms out there, who are new mums, expecting moms and those whos nests are now empty and to those who are presently enjoying the many bliss and drama of being a MOM ~ A very happy Mothers day to you. May your loved ones always stand by you, reciprocate your affection and support you.
Its been alittle more than a month since my last post. Thank you to all those of you who prayed so earnestly for my hubby to recover from his surgery. Well, I have really good news. He is improving with each new day.
I suppose somewhere inbetween tending him,the boys and a large effort in trying to reorganize a couple of rooms in my home, I had really lost my mojo to create anything. So I just let slumber and laziness get the better off me instead of using my night time (thats the time when I generally create) more constructively. But I had been visiting all my regular friends at their blogs and am so glad that we have been in touch.
Right, so as always, when I’m inspired ~ I tend to shut the door on everything outside my craft studio and let loose the creative bull in me !! And so It was yesterday that finally I broke the spell ~ Churned out 4 reasonably decent cards ! And heres the first one.
Unlike most of you, I dont decide what theme I want to use, I just focus on the sketch and the pattern paper and let the rest follow. So too, I wanted to experiment with this cord wrapping technique that I had seen some time back. I think, it looks good and simple. The super cute cupcake image is a digi stamp by Nikki from Melon Headz. Amazingly cute designs ! The circular sentiment is also a digi stamp.
Love the pink polka dot DP. These cute ceramic flowers in bright cheerful colors adorn the cord.
Voila ! I hope you like this card ! Just one question though, do you think this card could be given to a male friend/relative etc ? I mean, I think, the only real feminine element is the flowers but I feel this card can be presented for males as well. Your say ladies !
I would like to enter this card in the following card challenges :
- Craft Your Passion– Anything Goes
- Cupcake Craft – Something beginning with C (cupcakes,candles,circle,cord !! Probably the most amount of C’s in the challenge !!! )
- Get Hippity with Ippity – M, 1E, SIO – Flowers
- Make it Monday – Anything goes
- Pollycraft – SIO – Anything Goes
- Squigglefly – SIO – Spring Showers/May flowers
- Stamping Scrapping Central – 2W, 1E – Anything Goes
- There She Goes – 3D Flowers
- Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge – 1E – Going Dotty
- Oldie But Goodie Challenge – 2W, must use stamp at least 6mts old – Say It With Flowers
- Paper Take Weekly – Anything Goes
- Top Tip Tuesday – 3E – Open challenge – anything Goes
- Oldie But Goodie Challenge – 2W, must use stamp at least 6mts old – Say It With Flowers
- ABC Challenge – C5 – T is for two or more images
- Digistamps 4 Joy – 2W, SIO– #18 Celebration
- Divas by Design – 2W, 2E– anything goes
- Dude Time Doodles – 2W, 3E, SIO, must be masculine – flower
- Color Throwdown – color
- Craft Us Crazy – 2W, 3E – 2nd wk – Mother’s Day and/or flowers.
- Crafty Sentiments – 1E, SIO – Flowers
- Moving Along With The Times – 3E – Challenge #97: Have some cake (show a cake on your card).
- Card Makin’ Mamas – 2W, 2E, cards only – 2nd wk – For a loved one.
- Crafty Ann’s – 2W, SIO – Challenge #40: Happy birthday.
- Fairy Fun Fridays – 2W, SIO – #52: For the girls.
- Mami Doodles – 2W, SIO, JFF – 2nd wk – Challenge#25: Let’s get girly.
- Inspire Me Fridays – Always anything goes
- Raise The Bar – Challenge #65: Flower power
- Stamp Something – Use a digi.
- Wags ‘n Whiskers – 2W, SIO – 2nd wk – Challenge #53: Use die/punch {The circles are both diecut}
- Catch The Bug – 3E, SIO– Anything Goes
- Crazy 4 Challenges – #C4C86 – Lots of Flowers
- Make it colorful – 3E, must include colouring – Kids Colour Challenge – Any Colour but add Dots.
- One Stop Craft – Birthdays
- Send a Smile for Kids – 2W 2E – May Flowers
- Wee memories – -C4 – Use any/or all of – colour, Ribbon, Acrylic, Floral, Twine and Stamp
🙂 Thank you for popping over and leaving some love in your comments.
Regards
Naush
That’s sooooo cute!!!! And the coloring is clean and fun 🙂
What a pretty card….
Thanks for sharing your creation with Make It Monday.
Don’t forget……… if you leave a comment on another entry, mention that you saw their card on “Make It Monday” for a chance at second prize. The more entries you comment on the more chance you have of winning second prize.
gorgeous cupcakes .. love the sweet colours and the dotty DP
Thanks for joining us at MAWTT this week for our Cake themed challenge and for our dotty challenge at LCI
Lisa x
oops also forgot to say thanks for joining us at make it Monday this week
Lisa x
Fabulous card. Love the fun colors. Thanks for joining the fun at Dude Time Doodles.
Thank You for joining us at Mami Doodles and good luck in the draw ◕ ‿ ◕
Naush, this card is So perfect! I love the colors you used:) xox
Hi, Ah this is super what a great card. Thanks for playing along on our Cake Themed Week on MAWTT, hope your Husband continues to recover from his surgery quickly. Hazelxoxo
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This is simply adorable. I really adore the tiny flowers on your twine. A very cheerful card! Thanks for playing in Squigglefly’s challenge!
This is just adorable. I love the color combination you used and the cord wrapping.
Thank you for joining us at Craft Us Crazy.
Beautiful card….thanks for joining us this week at Pollycraft.
Take care
San x
Very sweet card, love the little flower beads:) Thanks for playing along at LCI this week.
Pinky
Yummy little cupcakes I really like how you have done the twine. Thanks for joining us this week at MAWTT and good luck
HUgs Laurie x
I love your cupcake image and the design of the card. Thanks for sharing it with us at MAWTT this week and joining in with the challenge.
I am glad the news is good regarding your husband and I hope he continues to make good progress.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox
Beautiful Birthday Card! Thank You for joining us at Get Hippity With Ippity! Have a wonderful week! Happy Creating! Sara
So cute! Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something this week!
Beautiful card
Thanks for joining us at OLDIE BUT A GOODIE CHALLENGE this time and good luck!
Hugs
Francesca
Beautiful card Naush, thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann’s
Ann x
Oh what gorgeous work. Thanks for playing at Cupcake. x
Fun colors and I like the string of flowers! Thanks for joining Dude Time Doodles this week.
Cleota
DTD Dudette
Oh wow! Such a pretty card with the subtles toned colors!! Love those sweet little flowers too!! Thanks so much for joining us at the “Spring Showers/May Flowers Squigglefly Challenge! Hope you join again this week! Smiles, *Vicki* ~ Squigglefly Team Leader
Oh my goodness! Your cupcakes look good enough to eat!! I love the colors you have used! Thanks for joining us at The ABC Challenge this week! Good luck! Hugs & Sunshine! /Sari
Me again I forgot to say…Thanks for sharing it with us at Oldie But A Goodie this week for Tracy’s Say It With Flowers challenge and good luck
Hugs Laurie x
Gorgeous card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week 🙂
Love how your strung the flowers on the string. So glad you joined us at Dude Time Doodles this week.
Thanks for joining us at Dude Time Doodles – hope to see you again next time!
yummi! Thanks for coming to join in the fun at Top Tip Tuesday challenge, lovely card! hope to see you again next time, Samantha :0)
What a great card! Love the 3 cupcakes! Very festive!
Thanks so much for joining in our “Mother’s Day and/or Flowers” challenge at Craft Us Crazy and hope you will join us again!
Huggies ~
Sharron♥
Such a gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing with us over at Divas By Design for our first challenge! Big Hugs JO xxx
Super cupcakes!! a great card!!
Thanks for joining us at Diva’s by Design this time hope to see you again
hugs
laney
Fantastic Card! Great take on the die cuts and punches challenge! Thanks for playing along with the Wags ‘n Whiskers Challenge!
~Lacey
http://www.stampandcreate.com
Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps
Way to knock out all of those challenges! wowee 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your card creation with us at ABC Challenges. We hope you’ll join us again next time! hugs~
I love your card!Super cute!Thanks for joining Diva’s by design!:)
WOW! Look at how many challenges you entered with this adorable card! That’s amazing!! Thanks so much for making Catch the Bug one of the challenges you played along with. I enjoyed looking at your awesome card. I LOOOVE the dotted paper and those cupcakes make such a fun card. Very nice sentiment too. Hope to see you at our next challenge too.
Lori
Your card is darling, love those flower beads, so dainty looking. Thanks for playing at Send A Smile 4 Kids. Hugs and Good Luck.
Such a fun a card! Thanks for playing along in the Make it Colourful challenge this week! 😀
Wow This is a wonderful card thank you so much for playing along with us for May Anything Goes challenge at Catch the Bug! Good luck, I hope you will play again with us cause I truly love your work!
lovely card thanks for playing with us at Send A Smile 4 kids challenge
WOW … now that’s what I call “covering the challenges!’ Your creation is adorable! Thanks so much for joining in our ‘punches & dies’ challenge at Wags ‘n Whiskers … can’t wait to see what you create next challenge.
Darlene
WnW DT
Love this, love how you did your sentiment! Thanks for playing at Catch-The-
Bug this week!
I love your twine and the threaded beads! Thanks for joining us on Digistamps 4 Joys “It’s a Celebration” Challenge.
luv n huggz
Jen
DS4J DT Co-ordinator