Order for 80 cards

So it has been a fun and crazee week for us at the Kookiez Headquarters...My friend whose bridal shower we did last weekend, had placed order for 80 Thank You cards for her wedding. She had given us order for 20 initially then 1 evening she said I want 80-40 simple where we don't put much efforts and 40 fancy where we put efforts. So Dhaarna and I decided to finish it this week, since her wedding it just 3 weeks away and we have other things to take care of. few days of working long hours and we are down to 75 cards. Just 5 fancy left :D We are just sooo happy that we could finish the order. It would be hard to see them all, however here are some samples.

Emboss Resist-Fancy

Medallion-Fancy

Double Embossing -Fancy

So while I made fancy cards, Dhaarna took over the simple cards. Where I made 3-4 cards a day, she could make 10 a day. In some cards, she replicated the designs using different printed papers and different colors. While some cards she just replicated. Since the scrap queen that she is, she actually made all her cards with scrap. She tried and used all printed papers and cardstock that we might have used on previous occassions, and had pieces left. Just the base was new paper. Some of the samples:

Cute Little Thanks

Same Design, just different pattern papers

Another same design using different papers-Super cute

So now that we have almost completed the order, we are kind of unhappy as this week has been absolutely fun and eventful. We keep hoping everyone sees our work and we keep getting such orders =)

Happy Krafting until next time

Kookiez=)

Back after the Bridal Shower

It feels like ages that I came here and update what I have been doing. It's just been crazeeeee. Trying to fill an order of 80 cards while also preparing for a friends Bridal shower. My friend, also Dhaarna's Sister in Law is getting married in August (Mentioned in one of the previous blogs I think :D) So we had her Bridal shower this past Saturday. It was fun fun fun. The bride to be and her groom are movie buffs. Since the time they met, one thing they have maintained with watching movies together, whether it is Bollywood (Indian Cinema) or Hollywood movies. They watch dvd's at home or go to the theater. So we had to keep the Bridal shower theme as BOLLYWOOD. This meant pretty, bight colors. We started with the invite, cordially designed by Dhaarna-the graphic designer ;) just a gorgeous deign.

Bridal Shower Invite

The invite was in the form of a movie poster. We sent the invite to the guests through email (everyone is updated on technology :D). As gifts we asked the guests to bring movie dvd's for the couple so they could start their own DVD collection. Next came the favors. Since it was Bollywood theme party and about movie, obvious favor we could think of was a Music CD. So we created a list of new, upbeat dance numbers of Bollywood and made CD's at home. Dhaarna used the picture of the invite to create cover for the Cd case-which looked awesome.

Favor-Music CD

We made bags for the favor to go in and put in the cd and some candy-wrapped using It's a wrap all occasions stamp set from Stampin' Up! The bags were paper sacks decorated using cardstocks and embellishments.

Favor bag with the Cd and wrapped candy

A party always has games and thanks to another friend of ours-who came up with some wonderful games to play we had tonnes of fun. Now with games, we get winners and so for these winners we had some cute handmade jewelry put in our handmade boxes. The jewelry was also handmade by Dhaarna and the Bride to be (yes we are a creative bunch).

Game winner's gifts

These paper boxes were perfect to give gifts to the winners. They are simple rectangular boxes lined with some cotton to lay the jewelry in. So with all this ready, we had to decorate the place. Now our original idea was to do it outside in the screened porch of the house. BUT, with the scorching sun it was not going to be place, so we had to move it inside and we could not do half of the decor the way we wanted. However we used brightly colored pillows and nice gold bedspread to make a floor sitting.

Floor seating

Some indian grilled food and loads of laughter and fun ended our Bridal shower. The Bride-to-be had not idea about the whole deal, except she had to show up at a certain time at a certain place. She loved it and enjoyed it, so did our guests. This just meant, A SUCCESSFUL BRIDAL SHOWER yayyyyy. Kreative Kookiez took care of a Bridal Shower event as well :D

Happy krafting until next time =)

Friday Mistake-or is it???

Here is my today's make... I started working on this thinking I will use one of the Stampin Connection Sketch Challenge... However, I didn't completely use the sketch they had there.

So materials used in this card:

CS: Old Olive, Baja Breeze

Ink: Red Riding Hood, Old Olive, Versmark

Stamp: Petit Pairs

Accessories: 1" and 1-3/8" Circle punch, Damask and Eyelet Texture plate from Background set of 6

The Red Rhinestone, Clear Shimmer Embossing powder and blue ribbon are Non-SU.

I started with embossing half of the cardstock with Damask Texture plate and then put it on Eyelet Texture plate. Then I used brayer to go over the raised image. However, on the eyelet portion of the CS I ended up getting Versamark Ink on the flat surfaces also...and hence getting the powder on it...I brushed off quite a bit before Heat setting it... :( but as you can see the patches of glitter..So i sponged over just that part of the CS with inks- Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Red Riding Hood..I think it turned out just fine :D

Happy Krafting until next time =)

Technique Thursday

My day started slow with my husband returning from a trip early morning and trying to get back into work routine. But eventually I got to my craft room where my desk awaited me. With the errands that I had to run, I knew I had time for just 1 card today..I thought of trying a technique I had been wanting to. I am not sure what it would be known as...yes I cased it (its easier :D). I had seen this technique on France's website www.frenchiestamps.com -she has some amazing ideas. This technique uses 2 embossing folders with 1 cardstock.... Frenchie's tutorial- http://www.frenchiestamps.com/2011/06/two-embossing-folder-at-once.html

So I combined her technique with double embossing (applying versamark on the embossing folder). I am very happy with how it turned out :D

CS: So Saffron, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versmark

Stamp: Hodgepodge Happiness

Accessories: Polka Dot embossing folder, Frame Punch

The Damask Embossing folder, Silver embossing powder, Brown Ribbon and Oval Punch are Non-SU

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Happy Krafting =)

Black Thanks

I have never used a piece of black cardstock like in this card....always thought that how can a card be black. Cards are supposed to bring a cheer. So I started going through the color swatch to see what color have I not used until now. Helloooooo BLAAAACK.

And so here we are with a Thank You Card using Black.

CS: Old Olive, Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Stamp: Build a Blossom, Elegant Thank You

Accessories: Build a Blossom punch, Modern label Punch, Word Window Punch, Daffodil Delight Ribbon

The Red and White Rhinestone, and the Frame Embossing plate are Non-SU

So with all other work going around...its been crazee...but have to keep crafting ;)

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Happy krafting =)

Another Thank You Tuesday =)

So one card sketch from Splitcoaststampers.com and I had to go back :D. So I went back to see this weeks challenges and saw the new sketch challenge.

So I had to try this and since I am working on making Thank You cards, I decided to try making a Thank You card using this Sketch.

The materials for this card:

Cardstock: Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Very Vanilla, Sweet and Sour DSP
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pale plum, Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Tagtastic, For All You Do
Accessories: Floral Fusion Die, Flourish Texture Plate, Eyelet Border punch, Whisper White Satin Ribbon

The Brad, Oval Punch, and Purple rhinestone are Non-SU

I had never made a card using Perfect Plum CS, so I decided to use it for the base of the card =)

Enjoyed making it =)

Happy Krafting all. =)

Splitcoaststampers Challenge

Splitcoaststampers is a web community for stampers and scrapbookers. Enthusiastic stampers can share galleries of their projects and take part in challenges. They have categories for each day and under that category a new challenge is started every week. Like Monday's has categories- Try a new Technique and Clean and Simple Cards. So every week someone starts a thread with the challenge under each category and you can make cards as per the challenge and upload them and share with everyone.

This is a pic of the Wednesday Sketch Challenge (from few weeks back).

 

 

 

My version of the sketch.

Cardstock: River Rock, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla

Ink: Always Artichoke, Versamark, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip

Stamp: Greenhouse Garden, A Word for You

Accessories: Flourish Texture Plate (the artichoke paper has been through Big Shot-although can not be seen in the pic)

The ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder and White Rhinestones are NON-SU! (Inspite of being an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I like using NON-SU embellishments :D)

After I was done making the card, I was not sure I liked what I had done. I love the layout design... but now the card is growing on me.

So I had a slow Monday, just this 1 card... but will be back with a bang tomorrow.

Until then,

Happy Krafting =)

Experimenting Friday

So today was day of experiments. I had to... Today morning my friend called me asking if I could have a craft session for kids. She knows some people who want their kids to have busy summer, and she was going to meet them and could mention about my work and maybe I could do such craft sessions. Wonderful idea I said ;) That meant I had to come up with ideas to try and make it a Stampin' Up! workshop. So I went searching amongst all my fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

 So here it is...a Frog Candy Holder cased from Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie She is really awesome (love her videos and accent :D). I like scanning her site for ideas because she has some wonderful ideas and techniques.
So here we have a frog candy holder made using punches and glue. It might look complicated but once everything was punched out, it was just assembling it. So I figured this would be awesome thing to do with kids. For older kids, I could let them punch things, for little ones, I could pre-punch it, let all of them use big shot (simple rolling it is-should be fun for them).
But still searching for other items =)

Then I ended up making this card. Now this is a technique featured in the Last Stampin' Success magazine- Double Embossing Technique. Now the embossing powder I used here is Non-SU. After embossing it, I used sponge dauber and Pumpkin Pie ink and sponged in a little bit. I simply loved how it turned out.
Double Embossing is surely interesting... this has just encouraged me to get me embossing powder colors =)

This is all for Friday...if you are interested in knowing about materials used in these 2 projects... buzz in :D

Happy Krafting =)

Thank You Thursay

Trying to make simple yet elegant Thank You cards and ended up making 2 today.

So here is a card with a new technique that I learned from a colleague at Stampin' Up! Her website Stamp and scrap with Frenchie explains the process in details-Thank you Frenchie. So a simple clear embossing and sponging with color gives the card an entirely different look. I still have to get better at sponging. I added a little ribbon to avoid the shabby look from my messy sponging. Fortunately for me, it looks good =) I think this is why they say "You can never go wrong while crafting"

CS: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Ink: So Saffron, Versamark
Stamps: Curly Cute, My Friend

The ribbon, clear and gold embossing powder and pearls are NON-SU



This was the simplest of the two cards that I made today :D Simply used Embossing folder to emboss and put some rhinestones and voila...we have a Thank You Card.

CS: Basic Grey, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Stamp: Afterthoughts
Accessories: Frame Punch, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder

The rhinestones are Non-SU

If you are interested in purchasing any of the items used in making these card click on Stampin' Up! logo on the right or contact us.

Happy Krafting =)

Coffee Filter Lamp

So you see a whole box of brand new coffee filters being thrown away just because they were ordered wrong...What do you do? Don't know about others. But my crafty, no wastage buddy (Dhaarna) turns it into a wonderful lamp :D

Yes those are coffee filters turned into flowers and put together to make a lamp that hangs from the ceiling. Thanks to Dhaarna's origami skills, she was able to save the coffee filters and put them to good use. It just turned out very nice and creative. This was her first try working with coffee filters (does it look like that??), however, she hopes another one she tries will turn out better. The picture just does not do enough justice.

Also this would be the right time to introduce you to Dhaarna- A Graphic Designer by profession, but total crafter by heart. She loves to experiment with any material she can lay her hands on. She has a long history of artistic endeavors-from painting to crafting to origami (as you saw up here). Her fascination towards being different from others is what makes us going :D

So, comment if you think the lamp is creative and liked it...it bumps our crafting confidence =)

Three Little Words

A very simple card to say " Thank You". 

This card uses Stampin' Up! products:

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vannila, Cherry Cobbler

Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp: Three Little Words, Printed Petals

Accessories: Modern Label, Window punch, Pattern 1 Die

I have hand cut the flower and the rhinestones are Non-Stampin' Up! (SU)

Click on the Shopping Cart link on the right if you want to purchase the items used for making this card or contact us to place your order.

WELCOME

So it has been almost 6 months Dhaarna (my friend and business partner) and I started Kreative Kookiez- Thanks to Jigar- Dhaarna's husband and my friend for giving us this idea. We started selling on ETSY (a portal for selling handmade items). Buying new stamps, making cards, listing them on etsy, making cards for family and friends...it has all been fun. I also went to to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I still have to hold my first workshop, but hopefully it will be soon :D

So the next best step we thought would be-set up our crafting blog, so we can share ideas, put out our products and whatever possible (SKY IS THE LIMIT). Also use this blog to promote Stampin' Up! and hopefully take the demonstrator business a step forward. Although paper crafts is what we started with, we also want to share our other artistic endeavors through this Blog.

So stay connected, keep commenting and whenever possible talk about our blog to others you know =)

Happy Crafting

Kookiez
(Dhaarna n Shraddha)