Women's Day Hop 2021

 Hello!

Hope You all Pretty Woman and Handsome Men are Great!!

A special Cause for my this Blogpost today is the Womenhood!!

WOMEN!! the one who always surprises everyone,

WOMEN!! the one who is always ready to sacrifice,

WOMEN!! the one who keeps her turn at the last,

WOMEN!! the one who just believes in giving and giving..

But in the midst of all this , she herself is lost. Lets all wake her up and remind her of her own existence.

A team of such beautiful crafter ladies have come forth and are really trying hard for encouraging and empowering the Women fraternity as a whole. To assist them in their drive, I am here with one special creation.

My card focuses on the attributes that need to be awakened in women and express it with their heads up high. Every Women is Beautiful, You just need to "BE YOU"

Have a glance

See it in action too!

(Apologies for bad lighting, Midnight creations rock)

It's an interactive card which unfolds to show us the real picture. The silhouettes represent the women that are all set to fly off to the peaks of success and joy. I have used a Mirror Cardstock to show the beauty that every women has right inside her. You just need to recognize it and acknowledge it. The vellum butterflies indicate the delicate and very sensitive part of any Women's being. This card is to depict that these attributes of being Bold, Strong, Beautiful and Unique are a curtain raiser in any Female's life. 

 Just go ahead and live it.. Keep inspiring others too.

Hope you like my Card.

Thanks & Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona

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3rd International Women's Day Blog Hop- 2021

Craftangles Monthly Challenge #27

Rocker Card

 Hello!

Hope you all are doing fine!

I am here with a Rocker Card today. It's a winter theme card getting some warm thoughts for all of you. 

Shape of the card is here and that's my math element. The penguins and the sentiment compliment the snowy hills and the distressed winter sky.

Here is the glimpse-

Checkout this short clip to see it in motion.

Hope you all like it.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Thanks & Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona 

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I love math Challenge #18

Diwali 2020

Hello Everyone,

Wishing all of you a very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year (I know it's too late).  

Unlike every year's zeal for the biggest festival in India, the enthusiasm around 2020's Diwali was a dampened one where people couldn't get together because of the pandemic. 

So, to lift up the spirits & get back the lost smiles, I decided to celebrate by reviving an old ritual & surprised people by posting handmade cards filled with love and colors.

But this year it was my kids who made Diwali Cards and not me, I just assisted them. So here is a creation by my 8-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son for their Naanu and Nani.  

They used the Craftangles Lace Stencil for their card. My son created the background on Craftangles Natural White Cardstock with cotton dabbing technique using traditional shades. (Dabbing the cotton soaked in paints is a fine motor activity for pincer development for preschoolers). Instead of a stamped sentiment, the card was adorned by my daughter's calligraphy skills. Finally, I adhered the panel on a card base. It was an out of the box use of products, all credits to my daughter.

I feel so proud to upload my little one's creations on my blog.

I loved the outcome hope you all like it too.

Have a look at it.

Do leave some love in comments.

Thanks and Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona

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Craftangles Monthly Challenge #23

Theme :Festive Projects

MFT Card Design Superstar 2020 (Innovation Master)

 Hey Everyone!

I am here with my take for the Innovation Master Category of MFT Card Design Superstar 2020. This is the Most challenging event, I love this category as it takes you to a new world of Cardmaking.

I wanted to put my Christmas sELFies Stamp Set to use, though it still time for Christmas, but it gives me a jolly and merry feel. The stamp set is tempting too.

I created the Quadruple Slider Card for it and adorned it with the different selfies. I used the Stitched Square STAX Dienamics to die cut the images, colored the and added few effects to the elves then used the Wonky Stitches Squares STAX for creating the frames. Also used the tiny gift boxes and decorations to as embellishments. Heat embossed the corresponding Sentiments. 

I feel so delighted when I am able to make use of each and every element from the stamp set. 

See it in action

Few Glances at the card

Hope you liked it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks & Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona

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MFT Card Design Superstar 2020

(Innovation Master Category)

MFT Card Design Superstar 2020 (CAS)

Hey Everyone!

I’m back today with my entry in the Clean & Simple Genius category for the MFT 2020 Card Design Superstar Challenge. I love participating in card challenges, and this one just connects to me perfectly so I give it a try every year.

Have a look at it..

The step by step guide to create this card:

• I used a mask cut with Stitched Arch Stax dienamics to cover my card. 
•  Placed the Small Brick Stencil in the negative portion to create a fireplace. 
•  Stamped and colored the Giraffe and Zebra from the BB Sweater Weather on Safari Stamp Set and cut them using the  BB Sweater Weather on Safari Dienamics. 
• Stamped the birthday sentiment, die cut the panel using Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX and finally adhered it to Kraft color cardbase.

Another glimpse!!

A Close up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Do leave some love in comments.

Thanks & Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona

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MFT CARD DESIGN SUPERSTAR CONTEST 2020

Welcome Baby

"Pink and Grey " only. 

My heart was reminded of the day my Princess was born. Pink and grey best suits to our Pretty Angels (daughters)😇.

A Special card for Special occassion!

A card designed to welcome little princess.

This is my first ever acetate card that too with heat embossing. I really enjoyed making this and I had so many learnings during the making of this card
 (since it was all transparent, no chance of hiding your errors)😀.

Message can be written behind the clouds.

Do leave some love in comments.❣️

Thanks & Regards
Sharda Maheshwari
Craftkona

Thanks - You are so Awesome

Hello Everyone..

I have a Thank you card today for all the Frontline workers who are serving us in this Pandemic.

Doctors, Nurses, Police, Grocers, Essential Workers, Medical Staff , Teachers ,Banking Personnel and all others who are working hard to keep us safe at home.

For this card I created my own background with coloured pens for a ruled look (Notebook Page). I made some watercolour blended patches and used my Alphabet dies to cut the word THANKS. Adhered some more elements to finish the card.

Have a look at it

Thanks & Regards

Sharda Maheshwari

Craftkona

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Cut it up Challenge204 -

Create Your Own Background Paper