Introducing Our New DT Member - Ruchi Agarwal

Hello there! This is Deepti Stephens again introducing our new team member 

Ruchi @ Ruchi's Crafeteria

Over to Ruchi

Hi, I'm Ruchi Agarwal ( M.A. B.Ed.)... Proud Owner of my dream come true store.. 'Ruchi's Crafeteria'.

Staying in Pune..  Earlier in Teaching Profession but now a full time Designer & Crafter.

Passionate about Crafting since childhood & love creating Greeting Cards, Albums/ Scrapbooks, LO, Tags n Bags with different techniques. Beyond paper...I love Quilling. 

Reach Me At:

§  Ruchi's Crafeteria : Blog

§  Ruchis.Crafeteria : Facebook

§  Crafeteria : FB Page 

And here is her creation for the Pattern Paper Fun challenge.. :)

Oh so cute! Kindly visit her blog for some awesome inspiration, her work is really awesome..

So happy to have you on the team..

See you soon!

Introduction to new DT - Ramya Anand

Good Morning friends. Tanvi here again to introduce another DT member.

The very creative & cheerful Ramya Kriya-Tive Kaleidoscope is the new catchy girl.

Over to her - 

Hi! This is Ramya and am extremely happy to be a part of the design team of create something catchy challenge. I am a cheerful person interested in learning something new everyday and finding happiness in the little things I Do.I am a self taught artist and have learnt a lots of new things from my fellow bloggers. Crafting and painting have been a passion for me since childhood. I love to do all kinds of crafts but altered art and jewelery making are my favourites. My other hobbies include playing piano, singing and reading books. I hope to inspire you all with my creative ideas and I thank deepti for giving me this wonderful platform.

Here is the inspiration card from Ramya for the August Challenge -

Isn't it pretty!! So glad to have you on the team.. See you tomorrow with a new post.. :)

Candy #1, Who is the winner?

Hello friends! Hope you guys remember the candy post that was posted on July 5th sponsored by 

THE CRAFT SHOP

And now it's time to announce the lucky winner who is going to receive this awesome stamp set..

And the winner is...

URVASHI 'a creative jaunt'

Congratulations Urvashi!! Please write to deeptistephens@gmail.com to claim your prize.. :)

Thank you everyone for being a part of this candy and hey! see you soon with a 'new candy'

And till then have fun and don't forget the Pattern Paper Fun.. :)

Introducing Our New DT Member - Somdeepa Das

Hello dear friends! This is Deepti Stephens here introducing our one of the most talented girl,

SOMDEEPA DAS.. 'A Frugal Crafter'

I love her card making style a lot. SO trendy!

A little bit about Somdeepa

Hi everybody, this is Somdeepa Das here from Kolkata. I have just begun my college life and I am an Economics student of Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

I have been crafty since childhood but I have started blogging about it recently and am enthralled with the crafter's community in blogland. I love the CAS style of card making. As I own only some very basic craft supplies, I continually make do with stuff I find around me. Thus you will often find fake calligraphy in my cards instead of sentiment stamps! I try to create whatever captures my imagination but I enjoy making cards the most.

I am very proud to be a part of the wonderful DT here at Create Something Catchy Challenges. I look forward to a period of sharing and hopefully inspiring some of you with my creations!

And here is her card for the current challenge

Oh wow! Look how beautifully she arranged the pps.. Awesome!  <3 So glad to have you on the team!

Ok then.. see you soon guys! Take care.. :)

Introducing our new DT member - Rahmat

Hello friends! it's Deepti Malik here. As you already know that we are introducing our new Design team members and now its my turn to introduce Rahmat, a truly talented artist/ crafter. She blogs at Cards and cooking corner. What I like the most about her is how she brings out some of the most unique ideas and design in her cards :) Welcome to the team Rahmat !!

Let's know her a bit better...

Hello! I am Rahmat and I love to do many different types of crafts such as card making, nail art, embroidery, sewing etc. Other than craft, I love to cook, in fact I do give cooking lessons in India Cuisine.
On personal from, I am in my late thirties. I am a wife to an amazing hotelier plus a very involved mom to a teen boy and a preteen girl. I also work as a substitute teacher.

Here's her card for the CSCC #6 - Pattern Paper fun

Wow ! Isn't she extremely talented :) besides serving as an inspiration, she can also guide us in our kitchens :) LOL. So glad to have you on the team.

and friends don't forget to Create something Catchy :)

Introduction to the New DT - Shyla Shree

Hello friends!

This is Tanvi wishing you all a very good Saturday morning.

We have some very talented ladies joining our team & I take pleasure in introducing our newest teamie   - Shylaashree - the master quiller.

Welcome & congratulations!

Over to Shylaashree -

I am so excited to be a part of CSCC Design team! Thanks to you for giving me this opportunity.  

I am Shylaashree from Adhiraacreations, mother of two awesome kids and working as an Executive secretary in Titan Company Limited.

Ever since I was a little girl I have found great joy in creating cards, books, and 3-D projects with paper. During a period of ill health I found the art of quilling to be very therapeutic. Since then I have become totally hooked on to quilling. My core strength is jewellery designing (was a designer sometime for Tanishq & Goldplus) /making and wall decors.  I look forward to working with the other DT members. I feel that being part of this team will be a challenge and yet I hope that my work challenges those who participate.

We are so glad to have you on board ! And here is the inspiration for this months challenge - 

Please do join us again tomorrow for more inspiration from another new DT member. 

Until then, happy crafting!

CSCC #6 - Pattern Paper Fun

Hello dear friends! Are you ready for a new challenge! Here we go!!

Pattern Paper Fun

Use your patterned papers creatively

Rules and guidelines

1. Only cards allowed

2. Use your pattern papers creatively

3. You can enter up to 3 times and you can combine with other challenges

4. Challenge ends on 25th August

5. Have fun.. ;)

Let the inspiration begin!!

Tanvi Shah

Deepti Malik

Megha Jain

Smita (on vacation)

Poornima (taking a break)

Deepti Stephens

And the winner of this challenge will receive Rs.500/- gift voucher from Itsy Bitsy

That's it friends! Hope you've got inspired! 

Hope you would join the fun..

Please come back tomorrow for more inspiration..

Thank you.. :)

Hey Paper#2

Happy Sunday to all you lovely ladies.
This is Tanvi here with the second post in our series HEY PAPER. Today we have a very versatile crafter Deepthi Udapa joining us.

Lets hear it from her -

·         Tell us a little about yourself

Hi there!!! I am Deepthi Udupa. I am an artist, crafter, mom, student, teacher and occasionally singer and baker and many other things J. Currently I am living in Mumbai and studying art from Mysore.  I blog at dipti-myart.blogspot.in and have a page on facebook called Vibgyor N More.

·         Tell us something about the kind of work you do.

I am more into drawing and painting than crafts. I do charcoal painting, doodle, drawing, and painting.  I love paper crafts too. Though I have done quilling, paper cutting, card making, and decoupage, I love paper quilling the most in crafts.

 

·         How and when did you start crafting?

After my high school I started drawing with pencils and the interest in art grew. But it was just a hobby for me till a few years ago when this hobby became a passion.  Earlier I used to blog only about my artwork. Four years ago I accidentally stumbled upon the blog All things Paper and I got hooked on to quilling. Since then I started doing paper crafts.

·         What is your favorite crafting?

Quilling is my favorite in crafting. I love recycling.  And in paintings, watercolors are my favorite medium right now.

·         What is the one skill that you wish to excel in?

I cannot name just one thing in which I want to be good at. I want to be excellent in all the things I do. Life is too short to just concentrate on one thing, so I want to learn and do everything and be good at it too. Currently I am trying to improve my watercolor skills and portrait quilling.

·         Name five things without which your craft space is incomplete?

 Naming just five things is very very difficult ……. Yet if I have to name just a few, it would be my paint supply,  papers,  quilling strips , glue,tools like scissors and …… oh is it already five things!!!?  

·         What inspires you to create a project?

Anything and everything inspires me when it comes to art and craft. The smallest ant to the big buildings, my daughter, everything inspires me.

·         What do you do when you are not creating?

 I like learning new things. So when I am not creating, currently I am learning guitar, classical music and I experiment with baking and occasionally take baking classes.  I am also doing my Bachelors degree in Fine arts currently and so busy with assignments and exams. Next I would like to learn photography.

·         Are there any artists/crafters that you look up to? How do they inspire you?

 Oh!!!!  There are soo many artists and crafters that I admire!!  Yulia for quilling. And when it comes to paintings, there are too many artists to name here. There is too much creativity in soo many artists that each and everyone is an inspiration to 

 Please give a word of advice to our readers?

Do whatever you want to do and be whatever you want to be. Life is very short to have regrets.

Do visit her blog to see more of her work & leave her some love. Thank you so much Deepthi for joining us today. 

We will be back with another crafter soon until then happy crafting & hope you join our current challenge.

T Time #5 - Spotlight Stamping Technique..

Hello dear friends! Hope you all had a great Monday.. :) This is Deepti S here, well.. from on-wards I would like to address myself as 'Catchy Design Deepti'.. so how's my new name? Sounds funny? LOL.. :D

Anyway back to the business now.. I made two cards using a stamping technique called 

SPOTLIGHT STAMPING TECHNIQUE. And it's really cool one. I've never tried this technique before but after trying it was like WOW! should make more cards using this tech.. :)

For the first card you'll need

1. Cardstocks

2. Two different colors of ink + black ink

3. Any stamps

4. Compass/Circular die

   

First stamp the image in versafine black/any black in on the white/color card stock.

Now stamp the same image in different colors on to the other piece of CS..

Now select a few interesting points in the image and draw a circle using compass..

Then cut them out and adhere them using foam tape on to the first stamped image..

And that's it add a sentiment and give some details.. 

Now here is the second one!

Stamp a sentiment on the cs..

Stamp the sentiment again with different colors of inks..

Now punch out a few hearts where you find the image is little bit interesting!

Now adhere them on to the piece of previously stamped image..

And that's it our second card is also ready!

Hope you like this tutorial and hope you would give it a try.. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and forget to join the POP UP fun.. ;)

Meet our July Guest Designer - Juhi K

Hello friends!! I am super excited to introduce to you our July Guest Designer, Juhi K. I am sure you will love her awesome pop up card. So let's welcome her...

Hi, this is Juhi from Juhi’s Handmade Cards and I am super excited to be Guest Designing here at Catchy Challenges. I have been a passionate paper crafter for almost 5 years now. I say passionate because every spare minute I get (which is not much as I work full time at a semiconductor MNC in Bangalore and have a 2.5 yr old daughter) goes into crafting…which also means my home is almost always messy and I don’t socialize much ;).

I would describe my style as bright and happy…though I am beginning to try vintage now…..you can see a bit of both in the card I created for this month’s challenge. I hope you like and find inspiration from my cake pop-up card. It folds flat, an excellent tutorial on how to make this can be found here. 

Wow!! isn't this an amazing pop up, that cake looks yummy :) Thank you so much Juhi for joining us and now my dear friends what are you waiting for take all your crafty things out and join in the fun at CSCC #5

Time for a candy #1

Hello lovely people.. Hmmn.. enjoying the weather? well.. oh yeah! It's pouring here like hell since morning and I'm loving it.. <3 Are you thinking what's this post about?? It's all about some 'Candy' sweet candy.. Yep.. Every month on 5th we'll have a candy for you.. Aren't you excited!! I am! I wish I could win some yumminess.. ;)

Alright! This month we have a very lovely sponsor, The Craft Shop is offering this cool stamp set to one lucky winner.. :)

How cool is that!! and do you wanna grab this?? Then all you have to do is follow this blog, share this page and link up your name below.. 

And winners will be announced on 30th of this month.. :)

Hope you like this post and don't forget to play along with our current Pop up challenge.

Thank you so much for stopping by.. See you soon..

CSCC #5

Hello Friends,

This is Poornima hosting this month's challenge. I hope you had fun participating in our last challenge. We are back with a new challenge theme. And this time it's -

Pop Up Cards

We are asking you to make pop up card on any theme. But you cannot add 3d projects and fancy folds. No inspiration picture this time, you can use any color scheme and elements in your cards.  

You must follow these rules -

1.  New work please.
2  Only cards are allowed. Fancy folds, 3d projects are not allowed.

3. You can enter as many times as you like

4. Feel free to combine with other challenges
5. Backlink your cards to this post

Winner will receive a gift voucher of Rs 500/- from Itsy Bitsy 

Our DT team has created lovely cards to inspire you.

Deepti Malik has come up with this awesome card-

Next is wonderful card by Smita..wow love the popped up flowers

Megha has created this pretty birthday card -

 

This box card by Tanvi which lies flat and can be mailed in a regular envelope is simply superb -

Deepti Stephens has come up with this simple card -

Here's my card -

I hope we have inspired you. We would love to see what you come up with. Do play along with us and have fun. For queries, leave a comment. We will get back to you ASAP.

Till Then,

Happy Crafting