Pastel Easel Card

Heyy all! I have been waiting to post this card since the day I made it. I don't plan my cards so I was really happy the way it came out. All the elements kind of gelled so well with each other.

The CS is from Pie Lane. The PP is from Paper Mania.  I have used a doily on the upper half and lined it with lace. The white flowers are also special as they are made from the same lace. The blue mulberry flowers are from Ujjwal's store. The peach colored cherry blossoms were actually on a tag that came along with a candle. I have reused them here.  The sentiment and flower stickers next to it is from Itsy Bitsy.

 Erum had illustrated how to make these flowers. You may like to have a look at her tutorial here...

Here's today's freebie for you. Do check out the rest in my Freebies/Templates section and link back to my blog in case you happen to use any of them.

Challenges entered

Moxie Fab World - Gingham

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #194 Laces & Shapes

My Time To Craft - #180 It Takes Two 

Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #69 Vintage or Shabby Chic

Bearly Mine - #36 Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #54 Fancy Flowers

Sweet Stamps - #66 Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenges - Flowers and Doilies and Bling

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

PanPastel UK Challenge - Pastels Colours

 That Craft Place - Monochromatic

Anyone for Anya - Sketch

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Flowers
My Sheri Crafts - #85 Wedding/Anniversary
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Flowers
One Stop Craft - #183 Spring Wedding or Anniversary
Alphabet Challenge - H .. Handmade Flowers
Simply Create Too - Mothers Day / Feminine
Glitter Geeks – Polka Dots
 The Poodles Parlour - Monochromatic
Guylou's Inimitability - Doily
CR84FN - Color challenge

 

UPDATE: I re-created this card on order for a client. Here is the picture. This one is a bit different from the first one.

 

 

Quilled Border Card 1

Hi All!! TGIF!! I just realised my previous post was the 250th post on my blog!! Wow! Celebrations are in order! I am planning a big one soon. So keep watching.....
I am here to post a card that (can you believe??) I started around this time of last year. Completed it in bits and pieces. Actually I struck upon this idea of making quilled borders on cards and started out with four cards together. Each has a slightly different border. Then the challenge was to embellish the center portion. So it kept lagging behind. So finally here I post the first of the series today.

The top paper is from a magazine. The "Friends" sentiment is a colored digi.

A closer look at the border.....

It's freebie time today. Since the card is about friends, I designed a sentiment on friendship. To download the image, right click and Save As. Keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more and let me know your feedback about this.

Challenges entered

 Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment for your maim Focus

Creative Card Crew - #10 Sentiment as Focal Point

Truly Scrumptious -anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - #39 anything goes

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi - Clean and Simple
Pattie's Creations - include a digi / stamped image
Sugar Bowl - Anything goes
By the Cute & Girly - Spring is in the Air

Card set

I find it very useful to make two cards together at a time, similar in look but may be in different colors. This way you don't have to repeat the efforts needed to make that card and in the end you get two similar looking cards.

So here is a set I made few days back. It is a very simple card. I have used PPs on one side and punched them to string the ribbon. I then stamped the branch on top right and glued punched flowers on it. All the cards differ only in color and sentiment. The sentiment stamp is from Jovi's store.
You can see my other card sets by clicking on the Cards set label.

Challenges entered

For the love of crafting: Recipe Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday - #76 Clean & Simple

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Get Well

Kaboodle Doodles - Clean and Simple

Ooh La La Creations - Ribbon or Twine (or Both)

Mother's Day Card

Hi All, sharing another Mother's Day card that I made yesterday. It is a really simple one. I wanted to weave the ribbons by punching holes in the card and use it on my card. So here is what I came up with. The sentiment is a digi. The PPs are from Mallika, which she had sent for a pattern papers swap. The ribbon is a local buy. I punched flowers in assorted colors to match the PP. Hope you like it :)

And the freebie for today is....

Please do link back to my blog if you hapen to use it. To download the image, right click and Save As. Keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more and let me know your feedback about this.

Challenges entered

Crafts and Me - #83 punches and diecuts

Crafty Creations - #169 frame

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - #70 Mother's Day

Penny's Paper-Crafty - #79 Mom

Scrapalicious - Mom

Crafty Sentiments - Mothers Day

Celebrate the Occasion - #62 Mother's Day

Quilled Photo Frame

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing a project that has been on my to-do list for a long time. I wanted to make a quilled frame. The project never took off coz I wanted to make the frame too from scratch. But when I got these ready made ones I thought why not give them a try!

So here it is.... Hope you all like it!!

 A look at the upper half...

 The lower half...

Happy crafting!!

Card for Mom

Hey all! How are you doing? I had a rather dull weekend as I was quite unwell. So what better spending it making a card for the most special person in your life! Mother's day is around the corner. In India it falls on the second Sunday of May.

No prizes for guessing who the inspiration for this quilled lettering is!!! Yes, Dr. Pritesh!!! I am in awe of her work and more so when I met her in person last week in Pune. She is an amazing person: juggles so many things together at a time!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work with us!! Do visit Pritesh's blog for a tute on quilled lettering.

Front view of the card. Size is 5x7"

Another view....

Today's freebie is the font I used for this card. Have fun!!

Please do link back to my blog if you happen to use my freebies. To download this, right click and Save As.

Challenges entered

CraftyJC Challenge#16 - For a special Lady
Card Crafters Circle: Challenge#21 - Mum's the Word!
 Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge#31 - For a Special Lady
 Paper Sundaes - Mother's day
Sentimental Sundays #101: For a special WOMAN
Through the Craftroom Door - Happy Mother's Day