Die Cuts with a View is an American scrapbooking and card making brand and they come up with the most gorgeous pattern papers to add beauty and style to all our projects. But did you know they also have card and envelope sets to make gorgeous projects with a readymade base? I recently got my hands on 2 such sets – one from the DCVW Linen pack and the other from the Mariposa Pack. Here’s a look at the cards I made, before and after. This card is from the Mariposa pack and it’s all about butterflies. Read more…
A Scrapbook Layout with Ribbons, Doilies and Flowers!
Scrapbooks are a great way to preserve memories for years to come. There are a variety of popular layouts but by far my favorite is an off center frame surrounded by embellishments. I’ve been conceptualizing this arrangement for some time in my head and finally it took shape. I started with an adorable pattern paper from Itsy Bitsy and created this ribbon grid effect using the Sew Ribbon tool. The Sew Ribbon tool makes ribbon lacing SO easy and I completed this frame in no time. Then I got to work Read more…
Celebrate Women’s Day with the Itsy Bitsy 20% discount sale!!!
We are super thrilled to wish all our lovely followers and friends a very Happy Women’s Day. We’re so thrilled in fact that we have launched a 20% discount on all our products STORE WIDE!!! It’s just for this week so hurry! Start shopping and crafting now!!! Visit www.itsybitsy.in or head over to any of our stores in Bangalore and New Delhi. The sale is on EVERYWHERE!!We would love for you to share this happy news with the visitors to your blog as well! So you can add the image above to your side Read more…
Itsy Bitsy Inspiration for Catchy Challenges
Some of you may know that Itsy Bitsy is the lead sponsor for the newest Indian challenge around – Catchy Challenges. The theme this month is a color challenge and the inspiration picture is just gorgeous! So this is what I’ve made using some super cool ItsyBitsy supplies. I didn’t have the correct color blue ribbon so I decided to make a bow out of paper. As promised. the template is below as well as a close up of the bow itself. Finally to see how I created this card, be sure to check out this Read more…
Winners of the Itsy Bitsy Pattern Paper Challenge
What a wonderful month we had of gorgeous projects using gorgeous papers! Our gallery was stunning with the amazing entries that came in. So without delay here are the winning entries.Charu for this amazing desk organizer and Kavitha for this fantastic mini album. Both entries were superb so KUDOS to you talented ladies! Please write in to info@itsybitsy.in to claim your voucher for Rs. 1000 and your winners badge.KavithaCharuNow on to our finalists who made the evaluation exercise quite a challenge. Read more…
The First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards 2012-2013
It’s the month of March and award season is in play. The Oscars just finished, the Golden Globes and Emmys as well. In keeping with this tradition we at ItsyBitsy are all set to start a brand new tradition of our own. So without further delay, I am thrilled to announce the First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards to celebrate craft for the year 2012-2013!! We have loads of categories, oodles of prizes and the best part is that your peers will be involved in the winners list. Here are the guidelines:All Read more…
SALE SALE SALE – 30% off on Spellbinders Dies and Portacraft Embellishments
Hurray it’s SALE time!!! We’re super excited to say that we are offering a 30% discount on our entire range of Spellbinders Dies and a selected range of Portacraft Embellishments. It’s a limited period offer so head on over to www.itsybitsy.in to start shopping!!!! Here’s a glance at the stuff on offer!PORTACRAFT EMBELLISHMENTS: For the entire range with prices click here SPELLBINDERS DIES: For the entire range with prices click here Read more…
Suspended Flowers in a Panel
It’s the last day of the month and the last day to enter your projects into our Pattern Paper Challenge. So I thought we could end the month with one final card that showcases some of the amazing pattern papers on offer here at ItsyBitsy. I call it the Suspended Flowers Card. Why is it called so? Because of the little panel I made and the 3 little sparkle florets suspended in this window. Here is a look at the card when it’s open along with a close up of the window so that you can get a better idea Read more…
The little Red Chicken – Guest post by Shruti (ArtsyCraftsyMom)
As you know ItsyBitsy is India’s leading hobby and crafts supplies retailer and our most popular range of products is general crafts or kids craft. Many a mom in many a city has made many a project using our range of pompoms, pipecleaners and craftsticks and no one does it better than Shruti of ArtsyCraftsymom.com. We are mighty pleased to announce that Shruti will doing a guest post for us each month. So without delay over to Shruti!I love surprises and there was one waiting for us when I reached Read more…
A Masculine Musical Card
It’s not easy to create a masculine card – no butterflies, flowers, lace and other pretty little trims that are the essence of our creations. So this post is all about making a manly card and I’ve used the ItsyBitsy Music Embossing folder for the project.First of all the color scheme is black and white – no pretty pinks and lavenders. Then the embossed design is music bars and signs. That’s neutral and not particularly feminine. Finally, get a load of that bow. Those who are familiar with my work Read more…