Mudra's first birthday Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Today's post is a very special one - we're celebrating Mudra's first birthday! How amazing to see that the company is one year old, and just look how far it has come already - they have so many wonderful products! Happy birthday Mudra and Varshi, here's to fantastic celebrations, and to many more exciting birthdays and anniversaries to come! 

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Hello, and welcome to our “First Birthday Blog Hop”! 

Yes, Mudra is one year old this month, and what an amazing journey it has been so far. And this month, we want to celebrate our big milestone with you because it wouldn’t have been possible without your support. We have so many fun things lined up throughout this month, with lots of chances for you to participate and win some cool prizes.

We wanted to start the celebration today by bringing together our amazing creative team and some of our friends to share some of their beautiful creations with Mudra products. We have an amazing line-up of projects that you sure are going to love!

RULES: 

- Follow Mudra Blog

- Like Mudra Facebook Page

- Follow us on Instagram 

- Subscribe to our Youtube channel

- Visit all the designers' blog hop posts and leave them some love

- After finishing the blog hop, add your name in the inlinkz in the Mudra Blog Hop Post

PRIZES:

To celebrate, Mudra is giving away a beautiful pack of crafting supplies from Mudra to 1 winner, selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop.  You have until Wednesday, March 15th at 11:59 PM IST to enter, and the winners will be announced on the Mudra blog on Monday, March 20th. 

There's also an additional Goodie Bag for a random participant sponsored by The Craft Shop, Chennai. 

The giveaway is open internationally. 

And to sweeten the deal, some of our designers in the hop also have giveaways, so make sure to leave comments on all the blogs for a chance to win!

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If you have come from Ujjwal Gupta's blog, you are on the right track. Don't worry if you got a little bit lost - you can check the complete list of participating blogs on the Mudra Blog. 

Here's my card for the Birthday Celebrations, I used some of our recently released stamp sets for it. As a surprise to Mudra owner, Varshitha, all of our designers are sharing happy birthday cards today :o)

1. I coloured and fussy cut one of the cute ostriches, and did the same for the balloon

2. To make the front panel, I first die cut it with Mama Elephant dies, and then coloured the background using Distress Inks. For additional interest, I spritzed the background with some water mixed with Ranger's Perfect Pearls

3. I put the panel together on top of a top folding card base, and then adhered the ostrich & the balloon (for additional dimension, the balloon is popped up on some foam tape)

4. I stamped the string, making sure that one part of it appears to be coming out of the ostrich's wing, and I also hand drew a little bit of the string around the end of the balloon, for a more realistic look

5. The "happy" part of my sentiment was stamped directly onto my card panel, and the "birthday" was stamped on a scrap piece of paper, fussy cut, and mounted on the front panel with some foam tape

6. To decorate the card, I used a shimmer pen on the balloon, and added a few embellishments made with Ranger Enamel Accents in complimentary colours

I hope you're enjoying our hop! Don't forget to leave me a comment if you want to be eligible for the prizes.

But wait, there's more! I am also giving away a prize! I will choose one random commenter from this blog post, and the winner will get the card featured in this post. Additionally, I have a small surprise prize that I will send to the winner - all you have to do to be eligible for it is to be a follower of my blog, it would also make me really happy if you could follow me on Instagram. I will announce my winner on Monday March 20th as well. The winner will have one week to get in touch with me in order to arrange the shipping of their prize - if no contact is established, I will choose another winner. 

Your next stop in the hop is the lovely Linda Langes. Here's a sneak peak of what you'll find on her blog:

Happy hopping!

Mirella