Month: November 2012

A number of you dear blogger friends have made Christmas cards for our KISS challenge and I gotta say, it got me all pumped up to get started on mine. Here are a few of my creations. Have tried to keep them simple but it's really quite a challenge for me at least. I guess you could say that I'm a big fan of red bows! Ha Ha - just realized I put them in every card. The wreath in the third card is a digi that I fussy cut and colored and don't you just love the tiny rhinestones in my last card? Here Read more...

It's the last day of the month and pretty soon December's going to start - the month of parties, evenings out and of course celebrations. So in anticipation I made a couple of glamorous cards and wanted to share them with you.I made this one using a pearl red card stock overlay with a black glitter foam as the base. I added a gorgeous white knot using some satin ribbon and the roses are all from white card stock which I distressed using some red ink. The pearl strip at the top and bottom was the Read more...

A lot of queries came in asking for some tips on how to use the ItsyBitsy Accessory Cutting pad with your ItsyBitsy Dies. So this is a post dedicated to the topic.The ItsyBitsy Cutting pad is priced at just Rs. 59 and is a great way to make your die cutting machine sandwich sufficiently thick to bring out the beautiful embossing details available on some of the ItsyBitsy Thin Cuts Dies. The cutting pad comes with 10 sheets of thin plastic - similar to OHP transparencies. Depending on the thickness Read more...

I recently mentioned that we were rolling out monthly candy to give a chance to all our crafter friends to win some ItsyBitsy goodies. So here is the first in the series! An awesome stamping bundle from We R Memory Keepers containing all the alphabets, each in 4 different fonts. I personally feel that alphabet stamps are a must-have in any crafter's drawer as they allow you tremendous versatility while etching out sentiments or headings. The total value of this hamper is Rs. 2574 and of course we Read more...

Folks its the festive season and we're offering massive discounts on all our merchandize storewide. You will find products up to 80% off and everything is at least 10% off. It's a great time to stock up on craft supplies and the timing is perfect too - we're right bang in the middle of the festive season!Now we're looking to you, our dear blogger friends to support us during this huge Dhamaka sale. We would love it if you added this banner to the top of your blogs with a link back to this page. Or Read more...

After great deliberation and evaluation, we were finally able to decide the winners and finalists for the ItsyBitsy Make it Dimensional Challenge. We had 95 stupendous entries and needless to say it was next to impossible to narrow it down to 2 winners. But we managed it and without further delay, here you go!Congratulations to Tejal and Isha Tripathi. Both these talented ladies made side step cards which have totally blown us away!! Although the style of cards was similar they were starkly different Read more...

Folks we had a super response to our 'Make it Dimensional' Challenge - 95 entries! That's sure to be record. Super submissions, outstanding creativity and stellar designs were the order of the day. The results will be out very soon, so stay tuned.Now on to our challenge for November. I'm sure you're totally intrigued after reading the title. Yes it's the K-I-S-S challenge - Keep It Sweet & Simple! I honestly think it is more difficult to make something wonderful whilst retaining its simplicity Read more...