Liebster Award

I was in for a pleasant surprise this afternoon to see that I was awarded  the Liebster Award.!

I am truly honored and humbled by the generosity of the extremely talented and humorous  Wida of Beachorado

She has taken the time to write  a brief abut us and the reason she likes our blog, here is what she has written about me

" SANKETIJ http://sanketij.blogspot.com/. Her photos are soft and her cards take me to pretty places. There is a gentleness to her work that is hard to describe without seeing it. You'll nod in agreement when you do."-----Wida

... .... am delighted to say the least

What is the Liebster Blog award? 

  'Liebster' is German for 'dearest'. The award is  given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers  to increase their readership.

To accept the award, you must:
1) Link back to the person who gave it and thank them for thinking of you.
2) Post the award to your blog.
3) Give the award to 5 bloggers (with less than 200 followers) that you appreciate and value.
4) Leave a comment on the blogs of the five people you have chosen to let them know. 

 

I am forwarding this honor to these 5  very talented crafters , I truly admire their work.

1- N@

2-The Card Yard

3- Wahine Inks

4-paper Addiction

5-Kloset kreations 

Do stop by their blog and check out their creativity,

Thank you Wida.

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Liebster Award

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 UPDATE: this card was chosen as Cream In Our Coffee ..thanks PDCC

Salt and pepper with a dash of spice are the key ingredients this week over at Play Date Cafe and here I am with my dish...oops ! card !...hope you like it!

The Play Date Cafe: Black and White with a splash of Brown

 Supplies: Black ,white and scraps of brown cardstock, Patterned paper - DCWV- Retro stack, Ink- colorbox Black, Stamps- PTI- On MyCouch,  Happy Trails.

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I see Patterns!

 The most obvious element  that stands out in any  photo is the color and its pretty common to go that route with our project, but this time round , when I saw the Tuesday Trigger, instead of jumping on the color, I took my time to read between the lines/photo  and decided to go with the patterns. I challenged myself to use something other than what I saw. The end result was I pulled out all the background stamps I had and decided to mix them around a bit and create a CAS card for this challenge.I also strayed a bit from the oranges and yellows and added a touch of blue to cool things down.

Moxie Fab World : Tuesday Trigger
Happy Happy Joy Joy......

 Supplies: white Cardstock, Stamps And Ink- PTI, Hampton art/ Studio G

 

 

Talking of rainbows , I think I still have time to share this with The Papercrafts March Gallery challenge-Rainbows  

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I see Patterns!

A special Day!

 

Turquoise , turquoise ...more turquoise...it seems to be the rage all round, most challenges have this on their color palette and I am not complaining!!!!!!.  As I had mentioned in an earlier post , being a December girl, I do have a sweet spot for this color and have quite a collection of this stone straight from the prized sleeping beauty mines of Arizona !  

The colors at ColorQ this week are so pretty and fresh and exactly the same color palette that I had on my desk, ready to create this wedding card. I used the turquoise color of the bridesmaids dress, embossed the card to mimic  the white  and delicate embroidery on the bride's gown and the  colors in the bouquet on the wreath.

...It was so much fun , I really enjoyed the process of making this card.

I also followed a sketch from Retro Sketches
 

 

Using a leaf and flower punch , a wreath was made as a focal point.

Supplies: White, turquoise and scrap cardstock, Stamps- PTI- Half and Half, Dies- PTI - Half and Half, Punches- Leaf, flower, Embossing folder-Tim Holtz.

This card has now taken the place of being my newest absolute favorite!!

Wishing the couple the very best , I am off to mail  this beauty ( If I may say so myself!) .

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Update: Thanks Retro Sketches for the shout Out !

Update again: This card earned me a Color Queen Courtier badge...thanks Color Q

                                                      

A special Day!