Quilled Earrings

Here are some more quilled earrings that I made for ICR CASE Sequel. These ones I made in single colors. Please see some more earrings, made in multiple colors in my previous post.

Final packaging...

Quilled Earrings for ICR CASE Sequel

Hi! Below are some of the Quilled earrings I made for ICR CASE Sequel. It was so much fun to make them. I made some in multiple colors also.

See more earrings made in single color in another post here.

Mega Celebration Event no 5 - Treasure Hunt

Hello all! I am back with a bang! Hope you've been participating in my mega celebrations. If not, check out all the happenings on the main post here.....
And now, let's move on to event no. 5 -Treasure Hunt.

How to play
Below are hints to some of my projects/posts made over the last few years. All you need to do is find them in my blog and send me the corresponding post name. Easy, isn't it? Especially if you have been following my blog, this shouldn't take much time!! In case you have any queries, write to me, or comment on this post.

1. My only slider card till now
2. Card set, old price tag from John Players
3. Border, made of fabric
4. Green Design code G001
5. Colored Fringed flowers, wreath
6. Tirath and Shruti, Wedding
7. Umbrella, Quilling
8. Heart Stencil, Cake
9. Mom, Dad: Lettering
10. Monochrome, Pie Lane Stencil
11. Certificate, Christmas
12. Levis tag, Punched flowers
13. Quilled key, Brown, old calendar
14. Green CS, Roses
15. Heart digi, 4 times

Please note:

1. Send in your answers to indira.bhullar@gmail.com.

2. The last date to send entries for this event is Friday, 29th June midnight.

 The first correct entry will win a wonderful goody bag from me!!

Mega Celebration Event no 4 - Things to do with a circle punch

Hi all! I am back with another fun post. I actually wanted to call it 7 things to do with the circle punch but I guess I will certainly discover more things in the time to come and keep adding to this post.

But for now I will stick to 7 simple things to do with the circle punch. I will try and illustrate with some of my stuff where I have used these. I will also pick-up stuff around the net and link to it wherever I find good use of the circle punch.

1. Bunting – Punch out assorted pattern papers or colored papers and cut them into half and use as bunting.

Used here in a mini book..

Used here in a mini album...

2. Borders – Punch out colored / pattern papers and stick them to form a scalloped border. To add more fun to this design, you can also punch each of the pieces.

Used here as top border, overlapping...

Used here as side border, not overlapping......

All around border for circular easel card...

3. Flowers – There are many types of flowers that you can make using round punch.

Flower made using 7 circles.

1 punch manys ways :) [click to enlarge]

Step 1: Fold the paper and punch from the folded side.

Step 2: The petals should look like these.

Step 3: Combine 3 petals to form a tulip.

Step 4: Add 2 more petals on each side to form a lotus.

Step 5: Turn the lotus upside down and add another petal to form a 3D flower.

4. Background – Punch out assorted pattern or colored papers and randomly stick on the base to form a background. You can also punch out circles in different sizes.

[Source: Brenda's Crafty Corner]

5. Stamping – Use a small stamp to stamp a design on paper and punch it out with your circle punch. Or you can use a big stamp to stamp different parts of the design on 3-4 punched out circles to create a different look. Use these circles to decorate your card.

A small butterfly stamp...

A bigger stamp inked from different areas...

6. Frame corners – Cut the punched circle into four and stick on the corners of paper to create a frame type look.

Used here on 2 corners...

7. Tabs: You can either use the full circle for creating tabs or cut it into half. I have marked months on the tabs and attached on pages of the booklet.

 

Interesting references from the net:

1. Five Things to Make with a Circle Punch

2. Various uses of circle punch

3. Circle Punch Parachute

4. Circle punch card scraps

5. Shadowbox hearts

6. Circle punch cherries

Happy Father's Day

Hey guys! Again popping in to post a card that I made as GD for ICRC18 - Celebrations + Masculine Card. I made this card for my dad. He has been my greatest supporter in whatever I did. He appreciates my work a lot. Thank you Dad!

About the card: These PPs and the star charm were sent to me by Mallika as part of a swap. Thanks dear. I think they go really well for a masculine card. The sentiment is a digi. There are many recycled items used in this card. Like the wooden bead used to hang the charm is from an old bracelet. The ribbon is the extra piece that you get with readymade gents trousers in a small packet along with a button and patch of cloth.

The green button is from Pie Lane. The metal button on top right came along the price tag of men's jeans.

The star is made from a price tag. I scratched the edges with craft knife to get a rugged look.

Challenges entered

Creative Inspirations Paint - Father`s Day

Dream Valley Challenges - For that Special Guy

Scrappy Frogs - Celebrate men

2 Sisters - #96 Stripes and/or plaid

My Sheri Crafts - #87 Fathers Day

Mega Celebration Event no 3 - Crossword Puzzle

Hi guys! I am back with Mega Celebration Event no 3 - a Crossword Puzzle. Before we get onto that, I hope you have registered for the first and second event. If not, do that asap!!

Ok, coming back to the event: I have hideen names of 15 common embellishments that we use on our projects, in the puzzle below. I have crossed out one of them as an example for you. The first person to mail me all 14 correct names will be delcared the winner.  

The winner will be announced at the end of the final event i.e. 12th July. The winner will receive a yummy prize sponsored by Creativita Store owned by Jovita D'Souza.

Here is what Jovi has to say: "The basic aim of Creativita Store is to provide craft products to all at decent prizes so that everyone can pursue their hobbies. I try to offer a variety of products to my customers, the recent addition being 'Dies'."

How to play:

1. Download the above image.
2. Open it in Ms Paint and cross out the answers as shown in example.
3. The names can be found horizontally, diagonally as well as vertically, in both directions.
4. Send the crossed out image with a list of 14 embelishments to me at indira.bhullar@gmail.com.
5. The last date to send entries for this event is Monday, 18th June midnight.

**IMP** Rules to be followed:

1. To be eligible to win, you need to comment on Creativita Store's Facebook page and give them a feedback about their store.

2. No late entries will be accepted.

Jovi has been kind enough to sponsor a prize for this event, so I guess this is the least we can do to help her so that she can get the best stuff for us at reasonable prices. :) Thanks a lot Jovi for being a part of my mega celebration.

DT post for Pie Lane Challenge - Anything Goes

Hiya! In the midst of all the celebrations on my blog, I am here to fulfil my duty as DT to post an inspiration for Pie Lane's June Challenge - Anything Goes.

Do hop by to join the fun and win an exciting good bag.

Here is my take on the challenge:

My card is based on Mojo Monday sketch #245. It is a fairly simple card. The cardstock, layering paper and PP are local buy. The beautiful metallic butterfly and blue frosted beads on top right are from Pie Lane. I have used daisy punch for the flowers.

Challenges entered

Mojo Monday - Sketch #245

For the Love of Crafting - #7 Anything Goes

Beyond Grey Challenges - #10 Color Palette

Divas by Design - #39 Summer theme

Freshly Brewed - #100 Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious -  Flower Power

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge - Simply Summer

Mega Celebration Event no 2 - Guest Challenge

Hi there! Hope you have registered for the 1st event in the mega celebrations on my blog, i.e. my blog candy. More and more yummy stuff is going to be added to the candy, so don't miss it.

And welcome to the 2nd event today. I have a Guest Challenge for you by none other than the very very talented crafter, who is loved by the whole blogger community, and whose designs are an envy for all - Priya Sondhi from Priya and Papers blog .

I have a long association with her as we studied in grad college together and needless to say, I am so so proud of her work.

Over to Priya.....

"Hi all! When my dear friend invited me to set a challege, I just couldn't say no in spite of my busy schedule.. So here is my challenge for you.. A color challenge... Make any project using 3 colors i.e. Pink, White and a splash of black.. and yes when I say color challenge it means these colors should be the dominant ones on your creation... You can make anything a card, box, photoframe, or just about anything.. Since its Indu's celebrations, you can do some recycling too to impress her ;)..
Thanks a lot Indu for inviting me.. :) May you have many more glorious years to celebrate your success in whatever you do... And I hope everyone will join in.. There are lot many goodies to be won! "

Here is the inspiration from Priya

Thanks so much Priya........ and the inspirational card is gorgeous!! So girls, get started with your projects!!

The challenge will close on 12th July midnight. The winner will be chosen by Priya.
The prize for this challenge is being sponsored by Pie Lane.

Here is what Sri and Ton from Pie Lane have to say: "Pie Lane was started in 2007 as an east meet west venture. We started off with embellishments purely for the European market. Luckily, it occurred to both of us to make hobby craft much more than an export venture and we have been focusing on the Indian market for the last two years. The journey is TOUGH. There is so much for us to learn, so much awareness we have to create and it never feels like we have been working on Pie Lane for over five years. Its seems like we just started and we are, but, novices in this field.

But, its a very rewarding journey as we make for real life clients. People we connect with, who give feedback and have integrated into the Pie Lane family :)"

And here is the yummy stuff from Pie Lane up for grabs!! I am a BIG fan of their products. You can see all my cards made using Pie Lane stuff here.

Rules to be followed:

1. Please link directly to your post and not your blog
2. You can link to any no. of challenges you like
3. Do link back to this challenge in your post
4. No backlinking. Only new projects will be eligible to win
5. You can create any kind of craft project