ICRD AUDITIONS 2015!!!

Hello All…. 

ICR is back into working & the parent team needs few new designers to help the runway…

Hence ICR is announcing its ICRD Audition 2015….. J

We are all excited to check out what comes up in mail for the same…

We would love to have few talented designers onboard with us…

For details on the Audition, rush to ICRDESIGNER AUDITIONS  in the ICR CHALLENGES GROUP !!!

Cya :)

ICRC29 - Elements with a "Theme" Twist

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Hello ICRians!!! Presenting you another fun challenge here at our very own Indian Craft Room!!!!

 Here is the Challenge for the month of  May - ICRC29 – Card with Elements and a “Theme” Twist 

Here is the story pad for you,

 So, the idea is to visit all the DT blogs and collect the elements that you need to use on your project. You have to use a minimum of three elements on your project, but you can use more. 

And the "Theme Twist" which we are announcing here is,

Make a card for your mother or some other important woman in your life - you sister, cousin, aunt or grand mother and use at least three elements from the DT blogs. 

Here are the DT Blogs for your reference,

DT BLOGS:

Banu

Nupur
Sheetal
Smita
Gopi

Be sure to list the three elements that you've used, when posting your cards. If you have any questions, please reach out to any of the DT members!

We cannot wait to see your creativity and what you come up with. Please stop by at the ICR forum for more details and to post your challenge cards.

ICRC28 - GD INSPIRATIONAL POST!

Hello Crafters,

Back with a fresh GD inspiration for this month.....

So WELCOME ALL to another GD INSPIRATION!!!


Well, with all the dedicated creations that is put up for the challenge, we have our GUEST DESIGNER from the ICRC26, who held the candies well with love literally up in the air!
Guest Designer for ICRC28..... SNEHAL WELDE!

SPEECH BUBBLE + PUN/WITTY SENTIMENTS Here is the STORY BOARD for you!

So here is Guest Designer, SNEHAL WELDE......

{Click on the photo to visit her space}

Here what she has to say :

I am a stay at home mom of two pretty girls.I have many passions and I am trying to share one of them through this blog.I am married to the most wonderful man who is also an IAF officer for last eleven years.My interests include writing,reading,crafting,cooking and many more.

Over to her creation.....

Ouch! It made a hard "hit"...... Kudos!!!

SPEECH BUBBLE + PUN/WITTY SENTIMENTS..... Challenge ends by April 30th @ Midnight….. Make your submissions to the gallery with the tag name ICRC28.


HAVE PUN!!!!

ICRC27 - Sunday Spotlight

Hello, This is Banu here posting for ICR. Happy Sunday. I hope you are having a good weekend. We have a brand new challenge up on ICR for the Month of March - ICRC27 - One Layer card with Repeated stamping.

Here is the story board and we would love for you to come and play along,

Awesome submission so far. Just wanted to spend some time and shine the spotlight on this gorgeous card from Sathya Kala.. :)

You can view the card on ICR Gallery here and more info on her blog here.

I just loved the subtle masking she did for the leaves and flowers and you can see the stamping off or 2nd generation stamping that she did with the leaf stamp. Very nice.

The flourishes at the top and bottom clearly draws your eyes to the center panel. Very clever and the simple sentiment. Of course the distressed edges...Very nice and very creative.

I am highly impressed and WOW'ed by all the creations so far on ICR. Keep Checking out our blog for other spotlights coming up soon :) (Maybe it will be one of your creations).

We would love for you to Join (if you are not already a member of ICR) and play along with our challenges. There are freebies for you, a chance to be the Guest Designer for next month and of course all the fun and inspiration.

Until next post...Keep creafting...
Thanks
Banu

ICRC20 - EMBOSSING + FRIENDLY FUN WITH FONTS!

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Hello ICRians!!! Presenting you another fun challenge here at our very own Indian Craft Room!!!! Though not tough the DT did have a lil hard time putting their inspirations together..... Let's see what you gotcha say!

'EMBOSSING (Dry/Wet)+ FRIENDLY FUN WITH FONTS!!!.... by Priya Sondhi...

Here is the challenge pad for you!!

*EMBOSSING WET/DRY + A SENTIMENT WITH AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT FONTS!!!!!!*



Allowed embossing techniques...

1. embossing through an embossing machine...
2. embossing with the help of stencils...
3. heat embossing using embossing powders...
So.. embossing should be quite visible.. embossed flowers will not be considered embossing here..

and 3 different fonts has to be a part of 1 single sentiment... using 3 different sentiments that has different fonts will not be considered...

And since FRIENDSHIP DAY IS ROUND THE CORNER, let us use some sentiments towards it...... 

This week we are being sponsored, by Gopi Shah from Create Me Pink.....


We are pleased to inform you all that our very own scrapper is  JUST Married!!! And to share the happiness of her newly wedded life, she is sponsoring the challenge this time!!!


We all wish you a wonderful life ahead!!!


and peeps do drop some wishes & happy thoughts for her at her blog ...


And here is a glimpse of the goodies for the winner!

Here is what she has to say...


" My name is Gopi Patel, and I was born and raised in New Jersey, USA. I've always loved anything and everything crafty…especially paper crafts! I started out with scrapbooking about six years ago, and I joined the stamping and card making world just last year. I love to blog and be able to share my passion of paper crafts, which includes: scrapbooking, card-making, rubber stamping, and other crafty projects, techniques, and ideas. Blog surfing and logging into the ICR both allow me to find new creations and inspirations on a daily basis...it's wonderful!

I am blessed with a wonderful familly and friends, an amazingly talented boyfriend of 10 years (we'll be engaged in 2 months!), and a gorgeous Shetland Sheepdog named Khushi. They are all pros with dealing with my crafty cravings :) I work full time in OIT, I'm a part time dance teacher (Bollywood/Semi-Classical), and I'm also a Demonstrator for Stampin' Up. Thanks for taking the time to get to know me! Feel free to ask me questions, and your comments are always welcomed!

http://www.CreateMePink.blogspot.com

Thank you Asha and ICR for the opportunity to be a sponsor for such a great platform!

Gopi Patel
Stampin' Up Demonstrator
http://www.CreateMePink.blogspot.com
Thanks! "


And below are the inspirations from the DT.... on ICR!





Sudha has done dry embossing here...... and the sentiment is so apt with the friendshop day around... I love that amazing inspiration from her! It is exciting to see what she inspires us with!

And this is from me... :p Was feeling terribly ill during the course of this card..... Pain & exhaustion killed me... Yet managed to put something together as an inspiration..... 


I have dry embossed on vellum & ran some bic markers on the emboss a lil, as I did not wanna deviate from the simplicity of the card....

   

That's from Mona..She has done a fab job with so many different fonts in one sentiment... That's an amazing one Mona.. Thank You!!!

That's the FUN filled inspiration from dear Bhavana....... I LOVE the Sentiment, and she has used embossed patter papers... which flaunts the playful mood & influences us with it too....

  

And here is the inspiration from Priya...... She has used 2 different embossed papers and combined different stickers to make a single sentiment with 3 different fonts.... Used puffy heart stickers to add cherry on the top.. ;)

Now ICR is excited to check on our crafters as to what techniques & what fonts you guys would play with, this FRIENDSHIP DAY!!!



Just unleash your creativity & show the world what uniqueness you can come up with @ ICRC20!!!

ICRC18 UPSHOT!!!

Hello Peeps,


Here winding up ICRC18, with its results..... :D



We are so happy about the success of the MASCULINE CREATIONS CHALLENGE to which evidences can be relished at ICR GALLERY today..... Thanks Everyone who participated with great enthu & zeal.... We love our men!



And here are the results.....


The Imaginations Sponsor is won by,

Congrats BIPASHA!!!! Thank You deary for playing with us with such an unique creation @ ICRC18... :D


Checkout ALL PARTICIPATION HERE!!!

ICRC18 CREATIONS!!!


And now for the toppers who scored the highest number of votes as compared to the rest! This time we were surprised to have clear scorers, without any tie breaking hassles for us... :p

Our Toppers are (In No Particular Order) :


SNEHAL WELDE with her Fun in the Sun .....
POORNIMA JAIN who made it through with that clean masculine project



And for our new Guest Designer!!!!
HUSSENA CALCUTTAWALA with that Neat & Crisp Masculine Creation ...... :D


ICR is proud of you crafters...... Continue to keep up the good work..... Kudos!!!! :D


And not to forget our next challenge which is FANCY FOLDS + ANYTHING BUT EASEL FOLD!!!



For details look into ICRC19!!!
NOTE : KINDLY ADHERE to the CHALLENGE GUIDELINES, to see your efforts being considered for the CHALLENGE!!!! Believe me, it hurts to reject somebody's PASSION :(

ICRC19 - FANCY FOLDS + ANYTHING BUT EASEL FOLD!!!

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Hello ICRians!!! We are back with yet another exciting challenge. This month's challenge is to ignite your creativity skills and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we did. Here it is

'FANCY FOLDS + ANYTHING BUT EASEL CARD! 
by Mona Daryanani.....

*Fancy Fold means any kind of fold except the basic fold *



CHALLENGE + TWIST : FANCY FOLDS + ANYTHING BUT EASEL FOLDS


This week we are being sponsored, by Scraps N More.....

Piali Was kind enough to sponsor us with a MIND BLOWING GOODY!!!

Thank you so much Piali.... :)


And below are the inspirations from the ICR DT:











Time to unfold all those folds you fancy..... Find Details HERE AT ICRC19!!!

ICR's MAKE & TAKE WORKSHOP @ DELHI!!!

Following up the infant steps taken, in walking ahead after the successful CASE {CARDS & SCRAPS EXPO1}, ICR is organizing its MAKE & TAKE WORKSHOP on the 18th of JUNE, Monday AT DELHI......

It is a FIVE DAY workshop with the last day dedicated for 'DISPLAY OF WORK' accompanied by a 'Live Snack Party' for all participants along with their near & dear ones.... YAY!!!

 

So book your spaces now & to do so, follow the details below on the pamphlet.....

Wishes,

ICR

ICRC17 UPSHOT!!!

Hello Peeps,


Here winding up ICRC17, with its results..... :D



We are so happy about the success of the SHAPED CREATIONS CHALLENGE & are gleaming proud of some amazing shapes that adorn our ICR GALLERY today..... Thanks Everyone who participated in our one of the kind challenges.... We all love to get shaped up, don't we.... :p



And here are the results.....


The ITSY BITSY Sponsor is won by,

Congrats PRIYA!!!! Thank You deary for playing with us with such a great enthu & hope to see you join us in ALL the fun @ ICR... :D


Checkout ALL PARTICIPATION HERE!!!

ICRC17 CREATIONS!!!


And now for the toppers who scored the highest number of votes as compared to the rest! There were TIE BREAKERS too...... :p



Our Toppers are (In No Particular Order) :


MEGHA JAIN with her perfect Tea Pot .....
TARANJOT KAUR who made it through with that yummy looking cake.....


And for our new Guest Designer!!!!
LAVINA with that Neat & Crisp Apron Shaped Card...... :D


ICR is proud of you crafters...... Continue to keep up the good work..... Kudos!!!! :D


And not to forget our next challenge which is CELEBRATIONS + MASCULINE!!!



For details look into ICRC18!!!

NOTE : KINDLY ADHERE to the CHALLENGE GUIDELINES, to see your efforts being considered for the CHALLENGE!!!! Believe me, it hurts to reject somebody's PASSION :(

ICRC18 - CELEBRATIONS + MASCULINE!!!

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Helloooo ICRians!!! 

We know we left you with shapes for way too long that everyone just stopped shaping up.... ;) Yet we had some amazing shapes on display at ICR GALLERY!!! Do take a look to be sure of them & to shape up your ideas along...... :D

So after the long shaped break, we are back with something special for men this time..... For all those special men in our lives, WAY TO GO!!!!

CHALLENGE + TWIST : CELEBRATIONS + MASCULINE CARDS

*Celebrations-Birthday,congrats,welcome baby*

And the COMBO TWIST is Masculinity. No femininity in any form like no flowers, no pinks etc.

We have a NEW SPONSOR this month...... Do check them out FOR THE BEST DEALS!!! You would be surprised.....

Imaginations Craft Store.....

Aditya was kind enough to sponsor us with SOME MIND BLOWING GOODIES!!! Take a peek if you do not believe us.... :O
 

Here is what will be included in the prize:

Making Memories - Wedding Grab Bag. Contains 3 different Journal Books, black glittered alphabet stickers, love seals, glittered metal words, glittered stickers, metal tags, metal words, glittered alphabet stickers, wedding stickers.

Thank you so much Aditya.... :)

INSPIRATIONS FROM OUR TALENTED DT!!!

Let's see how masculine one can get..... now!

Amazing to sit back & watch...... Find details HERE at ICRC18!!!

ISICR4 - Fourth Month SCRAPPING!!!

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Hello Indian Scrappers!!!

A Warm WELCOME back to you ALL for our new month's layout!

We are off to another month of awesome layouts! 
FOURTH MONTH - APRIL!


Here is the CHALLENGE PAD with a SKETCH to guide you through..... Especially for the beginners.....




I'm excited to be able to put together the layout for the month of APRIL....my favorite month of the year!  I hope you have as much fun as I did, with this challenge.



The SKETCH provided is optional..... It is up to you to follow it or not..... Has been provided just to guide the beginners, to get them started.....

But as said the DARE is CONDITIONAL..... The Layout (LO) you make for ISICR4 should include 3-D......Add DIMENSION of some kind to your pages...

1. Make one sheet {ONE LAYOUT (LO)} per month
2. So that ADDS up to TWELVE (12) LO’s per YEAR, which COMPLETES YOUR ALBUM
3. A SKETCH would also be posted to guide you through…. {which is optional}along with a DARE TO FOLLOW, which is CONDITIONAL!
4. When you have COMPLETED the LO (PAGE) for the month (deadline), take a picture of the same & upload it to the ICR GALLERY with respective TAG NAME! {ISICR4}
   
5. Sheet can be decked either FRONT X BACK or Right Side photo X Wrong Side Journaling or anything you choose…..
6. End of the YEAR, you would have ONE COMPLETE ALBUM, with 12 pages! So now you have your OWN ALBUM… :D
7. Picture the ALBUM & upload it to the ICR GALLERY, with respective TAG NAME…. {ISICR4}
   
8. ONE RANDOM ALBUM would win the 2012 YEARLY CONTEST! {with a sumptuous PRIZE of course!}
9. Since it is ICR’s FIRST, Size & theme is FREE to be adapted to ONES WILL!
10. ICR emphasizes on SCRAPS literally…. Nothing expensive & complicated….SAVE YOUR TRASH/JUNK & get creative in UPCYCLING/RECYCLING them… BEST OUT OF WASTE!!!
11. ANY QUERIES of any nature have to be addressed prior to the BEGINNING of the CONTEST… {Ignorance of any SORTS will not entertained later}

I'm having a fantastic time working with ICR as the "SCRAPPY DESIGNER" through the YEAR LONG SCRAPINDIA FEST {2012} :)



Here is my inspiration for the month of APRIL.  This is from a trip to the island of Aruba!  I hope you have a great time putting together your April layouts!




Asha will be posting up her creation shortly :)




RULES & PROCEDURES TO PLAY ISICR4!!!!

1. Scrappers who enrolled for the year are expected to stay committed......
2. DO NOT TAKE ICR FOR GRANTED!!! All the efforts behind this are, to make a MARK & to pave way to our FUTURE GENERATIONS…
3. Any LO scrapped prior to the posting of the SKETCH/DARE will not be eligible for the CONTEST.
4. Any layouts without RESPECTIVE TAG NAMES or DARES, will be deleted from the photo gallery
5. Please upload ONLY ONE picture of your layout. {You may post multiple pix on your own blog, and provide your site URL in the 'description' for all those wonderful detailed shots!}
6. PLUMP SPONSORS WANTED!
   
7. Stick to DEADLINES!

DEADLINE TO submit your SECOND LO for the month of APRIL{2012} is Monday, April 30th 2012@ Midnight!

March scrap contest Submissions!

1.	AshaLatha R K Prasad	8.	Preeti Jain	15.	Khusboo Banka
2.	Meghnna ( SK)	9.	Gopi {SK}	16.	Neelu
3.	snehal welde	10.	Priya Mohan	17.	Sarah
4.	khushboo	11.	karishma sahuji	18.	Saumya Mohanty
5.	Dolly / Kishley	12.	Kalindi	19.	atiya
6.	Prasanthi Viswanadh	13.	megha jain
7.	Priya Venkat	14.	Priya Sivaraj

Happy Scrapping & Have Fun!!!!

- GOPI

ICRC16 UPSHOT!!!

Hello Peeps,

Kindly excuse us for the delay in announcing the ICRC16 results.....

But before we announce, I personally wanna salute all dear crafters who attempted this ethnic challenge & dared themselves with the colors of India....

Makes me feel proud that we are deep rooted & have the passion to creatively hold our spirits high..... :D

And here are the results.....



The ITSY BITSY Sponsor is won by,

Congrats DEEPTI!!!! Thank You deary for playing with us & hope to see you join us in ALL the fun... :D



Checkout ALL PARTICIPATION HERE!!!

ICRC16 CREATIONS!!!

And now for the toppers who scored the highest number of votes as compared to the rest! There were TIE BREAKERS  too...... :p

Our Toppers are (In No Particular Order) :

GOPI PATEL  with her Classy Holi Creation .....
POORNIMA JAIN who made it through with her Messy yet Secure Holi creation.....

And for our new Guest Designer!!!!
INDIRA TANWAR with that Safe & Secure Holi Creation...... :D

ICR is proud of you crafters...... Continue to keep up the good work..... Kudos!!!! :D

And not to forget our next challenge which is SHAPED CREATIONS + INSPIRED SHAPED FROM HOME!!!


For details look into ICRC17!!!


NOTE : KINDLY ADHERE to the CHALLENGE GUIDELINES, to see your efforts being considered for the CHALLENGE!!!! Believe me, it hurts to reject somebody's PASSION :(

ICRC17 - SHAPED CREATIONS+ ANYTHING IN & AROUND HOME!!!

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Hello Everyone!

Welcome to another interesting & exciting episode of IR CHALLENGES!!!

Only for those who love to dare themselves towards BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN THEM.....

CHALLENGE + TWIST: SHAPED CREATIONS + SHAPES INSPIRED FROM THINGS IN & AROUND HOME!!!

Though square and rectangle are shapes but we are looking for some unique shapes!!!.. Shapes that you see at home... not the nestabilities ones... but a real one!!!

we are again sponsored, by our very own and my favorite Indian craft store Itsy Bitsy.....!!!!
A gift hamper of yummy craft goodies !!!


"Itsy Bitsy is the No.1 Manufacturer and retailer of the most desirable hobby and craft products in India.

Itsy Bitsy specialises in Papers, embellishments and tools for Quilling, Punching, Card making, Scrap booking, Paper crafting, Jewellery making and much more, please visit www.itsybitsy.in to know more….

Online payments active again"

And for the inspirations, we have our new DESIGNERS on board, doing exactly that..... INSPIRING!!!

INTRODUCING THEM to ALL.......

BHAVANA KESARKAR:


Welcome Dearie..... :D

Here is little something about her:
"My name is Bhavana Kesarkar and I am a software professional living in Bangalore. Although I am a techie by profession but my heart beats for art and craft. One of the things that I like to create is cards and scrapbooking which I started about 2 years ago and got hooked to it. I like sketch challenges. My strength is making elegant cards with a meaning. My favorite style is making clean and smple cards with stamping, coloring and paper piecing. I am glad to have been given the opportunity to be one of the designer at ICR. I am looking forward to all the creativity, fun and crafting."

Here is what she came up with for ICRC17... Is that not cute!

MONA DARYANANI:

Welcome Dearie..... :D

Lets see what she has to say...
"My name is Mona Daryanani, I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have a beautiful family who are my strength and pride. Art pretty much sums up my interests, I get inspired by pretty much anything and I use those inspirations to create my cards. No matter where I am, my eyes roam and my brain mentally captures a potential good idea. My artsy journey began with gift wrapping, a common gift giving routine became a fond interest, it then carried on to scrapbooking, I preserve every special memory with a dash of art on it. I have also attempted almost every art form including quilling, napkin folding and many more. My current favorite is card making and I devote a lot of my time to it. Aside from my Art, I love children and I am a kindergarten teacher. I've been crafting for the past 8 years and I will continue to please your eyes and tickle your brain cells with my creations for as long as my hands can cut and stamp! I have just started to take my hobby seriously and started my blog too and the best thing about this is you get to meet many fellow crafter who share the same interests as you. I am honored that I got the opportunity to be a Design team member for ICR. Thank you ICR team for making me feel accepted and I hope to continue to inspire you throughout :)"

And here is a lovely inspiration designed by her...

PRIYA SONDHI:


Here is, what she gotcha say,

"Hello friends! It’s Priya Sondhi from Bangalore, India. As far as I can remember, I always had
a liking towards arts, crafts and colors. I and my sister used to make paintings with different 
techniques like metal embossing, batik, glass paintings, etc and other pretty things to decorate
the home. Or you can better say my sister used to do all the fancy stuff and I usually copied her ;)… 
So my childhood was spent among paints, brushes and papers. As the life took its turns, my 
sister went abroad to pursue her career in fashion designing and I pursued my career in software. 
One fine day I stumbled upon some paper crafts websites and it completely bowled me away. 
I slowly started my process of learning paper crafts and used to follow paper crafts blog silently..
With the encouragement of few lovely ladies in ICR I finally decided to start my blog… and since 
then there is no looking back... I was awarded with ICR achiever for the year 2011... Which is my 
highest achievement till now as a crafter... I strongly feel that everyone should have a hobby to 
pursue which can give them a space of their own, energizes the life and to have fun even if you 
are alone." 

Here is a bunch of beauty from her.....

And below are inspirations from us......

I had the cuppa template since a very long time & was probably resting in the box, looking forward to this day..... to be used, rightfully!!!

And here is the inspiration from our dear Sudha.....

OMG! Those are some shapes flaunted here.... And indeed the wait to check out ALL YOUR SHAPED CREATIONS, is gonna be very exciting & fruitful!

BRING THEM ALL ON!!! Let's see those beautiful imaginations & skills executing them.....

WISHES!!!!