Hey friends, I have to keep repeating, Hey.. hey.. so that you see Hey in my card :D We have  a new challenge at Time out challenges - where we challenge you to be Inspired By Words.                             "I'm a romantic! I live for long, dreamy walks down the craft aisle" Our wonderful sponsor is Doodle Bugs. They're generously offering a $25.00 store credit to our winner, chosen by our DT. Our winner also gets called to guest design in a future challenge.  I was ..read more

Hello everyone, I am so glad you stopped by at my blog! Continuing my submissions for my Level 2 Altenew Educator Certification Program for the class In the Mood for color. I was in the mood for Red, which is for for Love, Passion, Energy and what is better than Red Roses. For this card I chose the Rose stamps set from Craft Your life kit - Garden Rose. Although it comes with it's stencil to color with - I chose to color with Alcohol markers. Also, I wanted to added elegance to my card - with the Red roses, I thought some lace and pearls will do the magic to make it a Classic and Timel ..read more

Hello there, Thank you for stopping by at my blog! If you are new here - let me introduce myself to you. I am Ishani and you can find me on Instagram, Facebook and You tube too. Today, I am sharing a project that is a submission for Altenew's Educator Certification Program. I have been sharing my projects for the AECP Course since some time and you can find them all under the label - AECP. In the Beyond Basic backgrounds - Lesson 1, the instructor uses dies for making a stencil and I thought of creating a stencil for an adorable stamp set that I have - Birds of Wood layering stamp. I  ..read more

Hi friends, I have been able to do quite a bit of my AECP homework this month, but unfortunately my son fell very sick and after him I did. They were terrible 2 weeks with both probably affected by the same virus that made our temperatures rise upto 103 and 104 F. Very tough days as a mother and then a patient! I have had no time to blog about the cards I made earlier.  We both are better now and I can finish the blog work. This is an assignment for the Impressive Heat embossing Class, based on lesson 2 and I had a really fun time making this. This technique looks great with a bit of ..read more

Hello my dear friends, We Hinud are celebrating Holi today! Happy Holi and today and today I am sharing something that is symbolic of this festival, Spring, colors and all things beautiful. Continuing my journey to learn more and be an educator with Altenew's Educator Certification Program,  I am sharing a Class that was most delightful in terms of techniques and I really could not decide which Lesson to use as inspiration. I am talking about the Creative Watercolor Media class. I recently got some Sprays, so I was quite eager to do a homework based on Debby Hughes' Lesson. But I also ..read more

Hello everyone, Firstly, here is a reminder for you - that May Secret Garden retreat Early Bird Rates end today! Reserve your spot by 3/24/2025 for $259.99 (use the GARDEN2024 discount code at checkout) Here is an assignment for my Altenew Educator journey of Level 2, which is based on the class of one of my favourite cardmakers - Therese Calvird in her Color Your Day Class. I love playing with Colored cardstock and this class and generally also I love the way Therese - makes color pop. Her way of teaching you is so good and when you see how she was inspired, you start lo ..read more

Hello my dear friends, I finished and passed my Altenew Educator Level 1 program (my final assignment) and I start with Level 2 and here is my first submission for the first class I took by someone who made me fall in love with Altenew - way back in 2017 - Marika Rahtu. Here is my attempt to showcase what I learnt from Beautiful Details class by her. Even if you are not interested in doing the AECP course, if you are someone who loves to color and want to try different media. Get THIS class.  In her Lesson 6 - She shares with us her favourite medium of coloring and I must admit ..read more

 Hello there, We have a new Challenge up at Time Out challenges and it is a special collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge Blog! By entering  your card at our challenge, you will also join Just Us Girls Challenge, and double your chances to be chosen as a design team favorite and your project may be showcased in one of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts.  The challenge theme is: Birds of a Feather  I am very excit ..read more

Hello friends, I wanted to join the Altenew Inspiration challenge - because that inspiration picture was stunning! I wish I had more Craft time this month - to play more. I have had so many ideas for it, but anyways here is one. I chose Forever in Love stamp - I hope it is not retiring! Gold embossed the image on a watercolor cardstock and colored them with Zig markers - taking inspiration from Kelly Griglione's photo.  The wall in the inspiration photo was so striking. I was very interested to add texture to my background and chose Moroccan Lattice cover die in the background and ..read more

Hello hello.. on 29th Feb! And to celebrate Leap year we have a COOL Inspiration Photo for Challenge We thought it fitting to have some leaping inspiration in the form of a frog! Here's a close up.. to inspire you! Lawn Fawn are the generous sponsor of this challenge and the winner will receive a $25.00 store credit. I chose to make a Cute critter card. This Frog image reminded me of a Very Cute frog that I have from Snug bug stamp set by Crafty Meraki and an equally cool and cute sentiment to match the Frog image. I made an inkblended background ..read more