Burnt Sienna design paper

Hi!!!!
I made this card for pileiton challenge-Do something fun with your paper.So made this Burnt Sienna(no pun intended) by  literally burning paper over a gas stove!
Well actually what I did was, rubbed a halved lime over a background design stamp from Hobby Ideas and stamped it onto A4 white sheet and let it dry for a few minutes.Then I held the paper over the gas stove burner at a distance of 8 inches and let the paper burn a little.The result was this beautiful vintage looking sheet of paper.I got this idea from Jak heath's blog but it was  a long time ago and I don't remember the exact post.The background design paper is a printout of a freebie from her blog too!
I combined a few of the following challenges:
1) Practicalscrappers - Border Punches and decorative edge scissors
2)corrosivechallengesbyjanet -Lot's of flowers
3)cardpatterns -sketch
4)pileitonchallenge - do something fun with paper

Hand-made decoupage tray

Hi y'all!Got down to some other forms of crafting other than card-making.

Had bought a wooden tray from Hobby Ideas almost a year back and couldn't think of how to paint it.The black color comes from a series of failed attempts at using crackle paint in the right way.I just couldn't get the right combination of colors.In the end it looked like a crazy abstract expressionist piece!So went ahead and colored it black!The sunflowers  decoupage paper is from Hobby Ideas.Pasted the images using modge-podge.I still have to paint  a top layer of varnish though.Hope you like it! suggestions are welcome as to what combo of colors would look good on something like a wooden tray.

More Simple cards

Hi dearies! Felt like making some simple cards today...not too much fuss.
The butterfly card has a frame stamp from Hobby Ideas and butterfly and sentiment from Itsy Bitsy.The aperture card-stock is from Hobby Ideas and Design paper from Landmark.
The sunflower card is made with a sunflower punch I bought from Odyssey.The papers are handmade papers from Landmark.Hope you like the cards.Cheers!

It's a Boy card

A big Hi to all my dear friends, fellow bloggers/crafters! Finally got down to some crafting after a hectic trip out of the city.
 I don't know if I have mentioned, but I actually am a fan of clean and simple cards...but I find it difficult to create something simple without it looking drab!
A few months back I had bought this pack of cardstock with square apertures from Hobby Ideas store in Mumbai, but I must admit I was quite disappointed with the texture of the paper..it's just plain cartridge paper..no sheen no nothing...and quite costly too!Buy it if you must!And so I decided to do something with it..I can't let it just lie around.
This sketch from CPS inspired me to use this card-stock.So made this card for CPS sketch 173
So I decided to do some stitching with a cotton anchor thread..(Tip:First pierce the paper with the needle  wherever you want your needle to come out of the paper coz stitching paper is no easy job!)
The baby boy stamp is from a set of clear stamps from Hobby Ideas.This set has alphabet characters too!
White stamping ink is also from Hobby Ideas.
The star punches are from an embroidery supplies store in Vashi sector -9 market,Mumbai.Ialso found a fabulous multicolor twine in this shop which I used for making a tiny bow. Perfect for tying on buttons etc.
Hope you like the card!