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Gift wrapping, Gifts and Favors in Dubai.

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 naush

Hello friends,

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I find myself struggling more and more to find time, between the various arty crafty projects lined up for Doodle Buddies and the favor company, Aspen House Gifts, that I have been working on. Aspen House Gifts is purely a reflection and an extension of my love for creative design and presentation.

Kindly visit :- Facebook Aspen House Gifts or Blog Aspen House Gifts, if you’re looking for some outstanding party favors, bridal shower favors, Baby shower favors, Wedding favors, Eid Favors or corporate gifts. We specialize in personalized party favors, bespoke keepsakes and corporate gifts.

With an eye for design and a love for all things creative, each gift reflects your lifestyle and personality, complete with glitter, ribbons and innovative ideas.

Paper World Middle East took place between 2nd and 4th of March 2015. Over the years, it has developed into my most anticipated event of the year. The marketing world showcases its products on the internet however, to have a proper glimpse and examine the product, meet the manufactures, distributors etc is an excellent experience. And a very rewarding one, at that ! It poses as a fantastic opportunity to meet the people of your industry and familiarize with the latest trends, virtually at your door step !!

If you were unable to attend this year, fret not. I’m sure you will indulge in the following photographs which cover some of the gift wrapping stores that were participating in the exhibition.

Boxes and bags !

Party supplies.

Napkins, tissue paper.

Paper bags (Love the polka dots)

Innovative gift wraps.

Apothecary bottles. A recent trend in the favor business.

Embellishments

Pastel shades

It was a pure feast for the eyes ! The colors, the presentation and the designs ! My next post will contain the other aspects of the exhibition.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment. I really appreciate it and I hope you join me next year in visiting the Paper World Middle East.

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Handmade greeting cards in Dubai – 13

March 5, 2015March 5, 2015 naush

I am absolutely delighted that my cupcake awning card was the first place winner at the Crafty Gals Corner. I now have my very own badge too 🙂

Although I have two more awning cards in store, to share with you, today, I am sharing a very spring-like card.

The various elements included in this card are :-Circular diecut, Digital stamp (sentiment as well as flowers) Ribbon, bling, faux stitch, polka dots, yellow flourish design paper, white pearls, mother card, copic markers and distress ink.

I’d like to share this card at the following card challenges :-

Add a Little Dazzle – W, SIO – #64Texture or Anything Goes see below (Week 1 of 2)
Crafter’s Cafe – W,F, 3E – #106 Use A CharmCrafting By Designs – W,F, 3E – March Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons – 2W, 3E – #97 Girly Girls (Week 1 of 2 )
Crafty Gal s Corner – W, E2 – #9 Movie Madness
Creative Moments – 2W, 3E – #63 Anything Goes/Spring Green (Week 1 of 2)
DoubleClick Skittles – 2W, E1, F – #17 Use the Color Green (Week 1 of 2)
Inspiration Destination – W, F- #23 Always Anything Goes
Penny’s Paper-Crafty – W,3E – #217 One for the Girls/Female Cards
Scrappers’ Delights – 2W, SIO – #42 Always Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)
Simon Says Stamp – W, 5E – Special Lady/Girly
Whimsy Inspiration –Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO – #80 Use A Sentiment
Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO – Spring Colors
Creative Card Crew 2W – #82 – Green (week 1)
Cuttin and Stamping Challenge 2W, 3E – Gold (Week 1)
Die Cuttin’ Divas W, must include a Die-cut – #205 Sketch*
Digi Choosday Challenge –W,E2, – #9 Mum’s the Word
Doodle Pantry M,First Tuesday,1E,SIE – must use digital image – Anything Digital Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday – W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #73 Anything Goes with a twist: Add a Ribbon
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E – Let’s see some Green (Week 1)
Just Inspirational Challenges W, 3E – Mother’s Day
Loves Rubber Stamps W – #141 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly W – Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays – M 1st Tuesday of the month, 3E – #196 – Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E – Always Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday 2nd & 4th weeks – Pearls for Girls (Week 1)
Try Stamping On Tuesdays – #207 Sketch *
Tuesday Throwdown W– #234 – Circles

Die Cuttin’ Divas Try Stamping On Tuesdays

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment. I really appreciate it and I hope you get some time to do what you love to do this week. 🙂

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Awning card, Different Card Folds, Friendship cards, Window display card

Handmade greeting cards in Dubai ~ 12

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 naush

Hello friends.

If you’ve been following my blog, then you already know that I have been having so much fun designing these awning cards. The possibilities with these cards are endless. You can have a store window display of ANYTHING from a library to a bakery and everything in between !!

Today my card is another Awning card, with a store window display of some purses.

Some of the elements in this friendship card include :- awning, pastel colors, diecut flower, diecut banner/tag, digital stamp sentiment, Martha stewart border punch, polka dot design paper, pastel shade tiny purses (the stool on which one of the purses is resting, is also a diecut )

Hope you like this card and appreciate it as much as the previous awning cards too.

I am entering this card, in the following card challenges :-

2 Cute Ink Challenge – 2W, SIO, E2, C10 – (Week 1) Spring
Artistic Inspirations – 2W, E3 – (Week 1) Anything Goes with a Twist of Green
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – W – Sketch*
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – M, 2nd Monday, 1E – (Deadline March 8) For the Girls
Card Mania – M, 3E – (March) Spring
Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge – M (2nd Monday), no 100% digital projects, E3, use “hoarded” items – (February) How I Love Thee
Crafting from the Heart – W, E3 – Always Anything Goes
Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas – 2W – (Week 1) Green
Craft Your Passion – W, E3 – Always Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers – 2W, C15 – (Week 2) Stripes
House Mouse Challenge – 2W, SIR, F – (Week 1) Spring or anything goes
Imagination Crafts – M, 3E, 7C, SIR to win prize – (March) Always Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends Challenge – 2W, 2E, SIO – (Week 1) Use Green
Mema’s Challenge – M, P1 – Anything Goes
Monday Mood Board– M, first Monday of the month – (March) Photo Inspiration*
Monday Morning Challenge – M, E4, USA entries only eligible for main prize, Challenge Tab on top – (Deadline March 21?) Spring
My Besties Challenge – 2W, SIR (freebie available), E3 – (Week 1) My Besties + 3D or 3 Layers with option of Buttons
Not Just Cards – 2W – (Week 1) Always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations – 2W, SIO – (Week 1) Lots of Folds
Shabby Tea Room – 1st & 3rd Mondays – (Week 1) Pop of Pink Photo Inspiration*
Stamp and Create – M, 1E/week – (March) Is it Spring yet?
The Outlawz Greetings Challenge – W, Must have sentiment or greeting, 1E, must sign in to participate
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge – M, E2, SIO – (March) Always Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge – W, cards – Girly Girl
Whoopsi Daisy – M, SIO – (March) Add a Sentiment

Okey dokey !! and that’s That !!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment. I really do appreciate it and I hope you get some time to do what you love to do this week. 🙂

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Awning card, Different Card Folds, Paper Piecing, Shaped Cards, Window display card

Handmade Greeting Cards in Dubai ~ 10

February 25, 2015February 26, 2015 naush

Hello friends ! I am continuing the 14 days 14 cards series. This being my 10th card.

This is an awning card for a boutique/window display.

Elements/techniques in this card include :- Dry embossing, rubber stamping: flowers, border punches, design paper, pink brads, die cut oval, sentiment: digital stamp. Each one of those vases are paper pieced individually and distressed, copic markers on flowers. The awning itself, was a lot of effort. Had to cut stripes of pink and add to the white portion to give it an awning-like appearance. Plenty of layers involved here. Perhaps, becoz I tried this technique for the first time, I took a long time to design and dress it up. I just love how it turned out !

I’d like to join the following challenges :-

Add a Little Dazzle – W, SIO – #64 Texture or Anything Goes see below (Week 1 of 2)
Crafter’s Cafe – W,F, 3E – #105 Lots of Layers
Crafting By Designs – W,F, 3E – Thinking of You
Crafting for all Seasons – 2W, 3E – #96 “Die and/or Punches” (Week 2 of 2 )
Crafty Gal s Corner – W, E2 – #8 Fancy Folds
Creative Moments – 2W, 3E – #62 Anything Goes/Paper Piecing (Week 2 of 2)
Decorate to Celebrate – 2W, F, must be party decoration – #94 Anything Goes (Week 2 of 2)
Fresh Brewed Designs – W, 5E – 1 Image and + 1 Sentiment
Inspiration Destination – W, F- #22 Always Anything Goes
Miriam’s Crafting Blog Monthly Challenge – M, 1st Wed., E4 – Romance
Mod Squad Challenge – W – Spring Forward
Outlawz Sketch – W – Ning group, login req – sketch*
Paper Shelter Challenge – W,3E, SIO – #192 Make It Digital
Penny’s Paper-Crafty – W,3E – #216 Lots of Layers
Scrappers’ Delights – 2W, SIO – #41 Anything Goes (Week 2 of 2)
Simon Says Stamp – W, 5E – Anything Goes
Sisterhood of Crafters – 2W, 3E – Paper Piecing and/or Paper Piercing (Week 1 of 2)
Whimsy Inspiration –Monthly 3rd Wed posting, 3E, SIO – #80 Use A Sentiment
Wonderful Wednesdays – W,SIO – Always Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesdays – W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week – #172 – Anything Goes

Tuesday

Creative Card Crew 2W – #81 – Birthday with Sentiment (week 2)
Cuttin and Stamping Challenge 2W, 3E – Anything Goes (Week 2)
Digi Choosday Challenge –W,E2, – #8 Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge W – #313 Monochrome
Party Time Tuesdays – M 1st Tuesday of the month, 3E – #195 – Anything Goes
Retarte W, E3 (winner will get an online class in Spanish)- #36 – Something Old Something New or Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E – Always Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday 2W, 3E – Rubber Stamps Only (Week 2)
Tuesday Throwdown W– #233 – Anything Goes

Well, that’s it then !!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment. I really do appreciate it and I hope you get some time to do what you love to do this week. 🙂

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Friendship cards

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February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 naush

Some of the best friends, I have made over the years, are from my college days. What’s truly amazing, is how our friendship withstood all the time lapses, life threw at us. Marriages, children, deaths of parents, accidents, illnesses, bankruptcies and even some, sainthood, thrown in, for added measure !!

We have been a very closely knit group of friends who have harbored our friendship, outside the realm of religious beliefs, language, upbringing and distances. I am deeply honored to have had my favorite group of friends in SABNIK.

While I live in Dubai, the rest reside in India but not a year goes by when I am not remembered on my birthday and when I am not a part of the developments in their lives. We may not Skype or whatsapp every other day, but there is a deep sense of satisfaction, knowing that we have eachother for guidance, support and occasionally, a kick up one’s backside 🙂 (when needed !!)

In an age, where, speed and technology has taken over our lives, I still find solace and a sense of belonging with these friends, who have stood by me, through hail and storms.

I’d like to dedicate card # 9 in the series of 14 cards – 14 days to Sabnik. My BFF’s when the term was not even coined !

Highlights include :- Pattern paper, diecuts, acrylic stamps (quote + Chinese lanterns), twine. Naturally none of my cards are dressed up without some distressing 🙂

I am entering this card in the following challenges :-

2 Cute Ink Challenge – 2W, SIO, E2, C10 – (Week 2) Valentine’s/Love
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – W – Sketch*
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – M, 2nd Monday, 1E – (Deadline March 8) For the Girls
Card Mania – M, 3E – (February) Add some Red
Crafting from the Heart – W, E3 – Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion – W, E3 – Always Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers – 2W, C15 – (Week 1) Love
Digi Sketch Challenge – 2W – (Week 2) Any Sketch + For the Girls
Eureka Stamps – W, 3E, F – All is Love
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge – 2W, SIR – Must include Cricut cartridge cut – (Week 2) Valentines Day
Incy Wincy Designs – W, 5E – Punch or Die Cut
My Craft Creations – 2W, tabs on top – (Week 2) Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards – 2W – (Week 2) Always Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog – 2W, 3E – (Week 2) Anything goes + Option: Thinking of you / Valentine
The Crazy Challenge – 2W, 4E – (Week 2) Love
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge – 2W, E2, SIO – (Week 2) Always Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge – W, cards – Be My Valentine
Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft – M, P1, 3E, Must Stamp, does not have to be vintage – (February) Spring Colours

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