In continuation of my previous posts on the baby scrapbook I am making for a dear friend, here are the pages I completed last night which were Baby’s First Words and Baby’s first Teeth. I wanted some bling on this page so I used the ItsyBitsy Oval Die with a sheet of glitter paper to create these little panels to add the baby’s toothy photos. I placed some lovely alpha stickers on tooth cut-outs to create the title of this page. Finally I packed the frames with all the adorable baby embellishments Read more…

Valentines Day is tomorrow and I don’t know about you but I’ve been dreaming about getting a lovely basket of lush red roses from my dear husband. Hopefully he will see this post and oblige (ha ha ) but in the interim I thought I would make do with my home-made basket of roses – in a card. I know you’re thinking – is that a card??? It certainly is! It’s a card made out of card stock, glitter strips and ribbon so basically I don’t really need a basket of actual roses, this should certainly make do! Read more…

At ItsyBitsy we are keen to present new ideas and perspectives on craft which is why we will frequently be inviting guest crafters to add their creations to our blog. I am very pleased to say that Dr. Sonia of Cards and School Projects has returned for another fabulous GD post. This time it’s all about recycling and making something new and beautiful from something old. At the same time I asked Sonia to include pattern papers in her creation since that’s the theme of the month here at ItsyBitsy. Read more…

Itsybitsy has the very best range of craft flowers and the best part about them is that you can easily create really magical cards by simply adding them to your project. Here is something put together by the amazing creative team at ItsyBitsy. Isn’t it adorable!The card has so many wonderful elements apart from the flowers as well. Take for example the fabulous doily, new at ItsyBitsy. Then the gorgeous chipboard frame – can never go wrong with them. It is a work of art and so easy to do.I’ve also Read more…

I’ve been working on a scrapbook for my friend’s new born baby for a while now and I just completed the header page for the section ‘Gifts, Wishes and Emails’. We all get so many wishes, on so many media congratulating us for the happy event – there’s emails, cards, Facebook and presents from loved ones. So of course I had to dedicate a whole section to these receipts because years from now, it’s wonderful to look back on it. Here is the page.It’s not a very busy layout. I wanted to keep it simple Read more…

January 2013 was a great month for crafting and we saw an amazing range of submissions for our Weddings & Celebrations Challenge. The task was to create something grand and lavish and we were mighty impressed with the creations that came in. Of course we have to choose our favorites. In no particular order, our favorites who will each receive a voucher worth Rs. 1000 from ItsyBitsy and a ‘Winner’ Badge for their blogs are Indira for this gorgeous green & white wedding card and Sharanya for Read more…

It’s the month of February and time for a new challenge here at ItsyBitsy. This month it’s all about pattern papers. We want to see the magic you can create using pattern papers. It can be anything – a card, layout, album, box, calendar or so on. All we ask is that you incorporate pattern papers somewhere in the creation. The team at ItsyBitsy has been crafting like crazy, putting together some awesome designs using the scores of pattern papers we have in-house. Here are some of them which I’m sure Read more…

If you’re working on a baby scrapbook, invitation card set or any kind of new baby project, the beautiful range of papers from DCVW Baby is a great choice. And when you shop with ItsyBitsy, you don’t have to pick up the entire pack, just the papers you like which are all at half price. Here’s a baby card and envelope set I made using these wonderful designs.Aren’t the lovely pink shades and patterns so very pretty and girly? I just love them. And it’s not all pink. There are some lovely muted greens Read more…

At ItsyBitsy we are keen to support talented and passionate crafters which is why we have introduced the Professional Crafters Club (PCC), an invitational only scheme for amazing crafters who have been supporting our store for a long time. In 2013, we want to showcase the work of these talented women and will be inviting  PCC members each month to GD for our blog. I am very pleased to welcome the extremely talented Mallika of Aola Handmade Cards to share one of her fantastic creations with all our Read more…

It doesn’t get better than this folks! ItsyBitsy is offering a FLAT 50% off on all pattern papers! There is no other place where you will get individual sheets so that you can pick up the pattern YOU want at the quantities YOU need. We’ve got all the big brands from DCVW to Kaisercraft and so much more. Over 700 designs to choose from!!! What’s more we’re giving away this amazing matstack of 48 sheets worth Rs. 1999 to one lucky crafter. All you have to to do is enter our sweepstakes on Facebook Read more…