So Happy For You

Hello everyone!! Today I have another floral card to share.  I was envisioning this kind of gradient background since quite some time. Finally I got the look that I had in mind. The stencil used here is from Craftslane. I used black soot and weathered wood distress inks to get this background.

The sentiment is heat embossed using ranger black embossing powder. The stamp set used is Penny Black. 

The floral cluster was stamped on glossy paper and then fussy cut. The stamp set used is Avery Elle Petals & Stems. (I love this one!!) The watering can is a digi from the net which I printed n cut out and again used same distress inks to color it.

That's all for today. Have a great day!!

Thinking of You - Avery Elle Stamps

Hi. Today's card has a lot of stamping and fussy cutting in it. I used my new Avery Elle Stamp set - Petals & Stems. I absolutely love this floral stamp set. It's so much my type...all about flowers. I did a bit of stencilling for the background. This stencil is from Craftslane. I love their stencils. Fabulous results and they are dirt cheap.

Napkin Fold Card with Handmade Flowers

This is a 10 x 10" Napkin fold card that I made recently. I have used bright colored pattern papers from DCWV paper stack.

This is how it looks when opened and laid flat. I have used MS around the page punch for the card base and the band.

 All the flowers that you see here, big small and tiny fillers, are handmade by me. The leaves are handcut and scrunched to give a natural look.

Napkin Fold Card with Floral bunch

Hello! Who doesn't like making special fold cards!! They do require more effort and time, but I guess the hard work is worth it becasue they look more appealing than a normal one layer card. 

Here is a huge napkin fold card that I made out of a 12x12" card stock. I decided to use  a bright patter paper to have a nice contrast with the kraft card stock.

For the band, I hand cut a frame to place the floral bunch on. The floral bunch is created using an assortment of daisy flowers, roses and leaves from my stash. For added interest, I punched out butterflies in colors picked from the PP and spread them across the card.

Revamped Blog and a Simple Card

Hello and welcome to my revamped, refurbished blog!! Thanks to Dr. Sonia for this inspiring post that gave me the push to update and declutter my blog. Not that I didn't like my earlier design, but since it was a custom template, I couldn't play around with it. Dr. Sonia, I have tried to incorporate many of your blogging tips here and would love to hear your feedback on the same.

 

Please do let me know how you like this new look by commenting on this post and by responding to the poll on the right side.

 

I am also sharing a rather simple card in this post. I really didn't have to do much here.

 

The card base is bright yelloe Fabriano CS. I used MS Loop punch to make that frame for the card. The black floral design is a sticker that I found in a stationery store. I wanted it look like a leafy vine behind a frame.

 

 

Challenges entered

BGC#63 - Monochromatic

 

 

Thanks for visiting!

 

Special Fold Card with Bookmark

Hello Everyone! Today I have a Special Fold Card with Bookmark to share with you. I had seen this kind of card on the internet but I am not able to locate the tutorial right now.

 

Actually speaking, it is a tri-fold card with the third panel being less than half the width of one of the panels. It folds inwards and has a pocket to hold a bookmark.

 

Sorry the pictures are not that good due to poor lighting.

TCM Fancy Flourishes - Card 1

Hi Everyone! This is my third card using the TCM Fancy Flourishes stamp. I totally loved playing with it. I used it to make a bacnground and pop those three flowers on top. The flower stamp is a foam stamp from Hobby Ideas. I had initially stamped it on the base layer, but I thought it needed an extra pop. So, I stamped and fussy cut it again and adhered it with foam squares.

 

 The black and white strip on sides is a washi tape. I put some glitter on the flowers..

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TCM Fancy Flourishes - Card 3

Hello All. Here is another card that I made using TCM Fancy Flourishes stamp. I have used this stamp on the background and I stamped it twice using Memento New Sprout and Pistachio dew drop inks. The second time I stamped a bit away from the first image to give it a shadow look. The base paper is pre-embossed one. I used a paper matching with the quilled flower for the matting.

An interesting part of the card is that I have used lots of scraps that are left behind while punching. I added them to give detailing to the leaves and also as an added element on top right. The border at the top and bottom is also a piece of scrap from scallop punch.

In case you are wondering which punch scraps these are.... here is the punch I used - MS Diamond Fence.

TCM Fancy Flourishes stamp

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Floral Bloom in tea cup

Hi. In this card I have tried out a couple of new things like lace edge on card base, handmade flowers & leaves and glittery tea cup shaped vase.  I went so overboard with the flowers that I almost ended up hiding the cup and its handle. But I guess as long as it looks good I am okay with it :)

Black and White Mucial Notes

Hello. Just a quick post to share one of my new stamped card. I have used three stamp sets here. The flower and butterfly stamp are from Micia wooden stamp and the musical notes stamp is from Maya road.

I used my score board to create a ribbed bg on lower half of the card. The sentiment is from TPC stamp set.

 

Stripes Stencilled Background Card

Hello! Today's card is made using one of my stencils from The Crafter's Workshop. I have used Chipped Saphire distress ink to color  the bg wigth stencil. The flower was stamped using a wood mounted stamp. I first staped the full image in green and fussy cut it. Then a second image was stamped in red ink and only the flower was fussy cut. The red part was layered atop the green image using 3D foam tape.

Challenges entered

 Crafting When We Can Challenge #79 - No Designer Papers

Fashionable Stamping - #83 Anything Goes

 

Tiled Background Card

Hey. This card was created when I was doing the series of lattice window cards. Instead of a woven background, I tried using my tile punch to create a window effect. I punched the tile 6 times to create this bg. Then I cut out a window from the card base and adhered the tiled bg from inside. 

The chrysanthemum is a free dg from the net. I colored it using distress inks and glued atop the card with foam squares. The seam binding ribbon was colored using the same distress ink.

Tea pot shaped card

Hi. I love making shaped cards and special fold cards when I get bored with the regular ones. This time I tried a totally new shape. The tea pot shaped card! I got the shape from internet and then traced and hand-cut it on card stock. The green embossed paper used on top of CS is readymade. The sentiment and tatty teddy is from Paper Mania paper pack. I punched flowers in silver glitter paper and backed it with pink paper to match the CS. 

Flower Pot Shaped Card

Hi. A quick post today to share my flower pot shaped card.

The base i.e. the flower pot CS is a handmade paper which had a pretty texture and made my work easy.

 

All the flowers and leaves are stamped and fussy cut. The flower stamp is from Inkadinkado. The small leaves stamp is from Itsy Bitsy and the big leaves stamp is a foam stamp which I had bought long back from Hobby Ideas.

 

 

Challenges entered

Crafters Corner Challenge #17 - Stamp.Color.Cut

Napkin Fold Card with Punch Craft

Hi. Today's card is a special fold card called as the Napkin Fold Card. This is my second try at it. I kept it pretty simple with some punch craft on the band.

This is how it looks when opened up. You can see the band before pnch craft was done on it.

 

Handmade flower with no tools

Hi there. I made this tutorial for my GD post at Lulupu. I had won the Feminine Card Challenge #30 for my Tall card with handmade flowers and was thus invited as GD for this fortnight.  These are the flowers for which I have compiled a detailed photo tutorial. They are all made using different colors of distress inks.

 

Although there is no dearth of readymade flowers from various brands, I still prefer making my own flowers. That way you never out of stock and you can customize them to suit your project size and color. The pictorial below gives detailed step-by-step instructions to make the flower.

The current challenge at Lulupu is to create a Card/LO based on this sketch.  

 

So I decided to make a card using this sketch. I have used MS fence punch to border the embossed paper panel.  Then I used a square frame die cut and scalloped heart die cut as the base and placed the flower arrangement on it. The leaf flourishes are stamped and fussy cut. Finally, for the finishing touch, added the dew drop pearls from Pie Lane.

Challenges entered

Imaginations#1 - Anything Goes With Distress Inks

Card Mania - Flower

CSCC #4 - Wedding and with floral inspiration

Clean and Simple 292

Hi. Today I am playing along the Clean and Simple #292 sketch. Here is the card that I created. For the lower part I have used The Crafter's Workshop - 6 x 6 Doodling Template - Mini Kaleidoscope stencil. The upper portion is made using scrap paper strips that we chop off while making projects.

The flowers are punched from silver glitter paper and and I attached a peach colored paper as backing for the flower. I also punched out same flower in black and attached below the glittered flower to add depth and shadow.

 

  Challenges entered

Clean and Simple #292 - Sketch

Card Mania - CAS (Clean & Simple)

2 Cute Ink Challenge - Glitter

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes / Punches and/or Dies

Stencil Background Card 4

Hi, here is my 4th card in the series of cards with stenciled background. You may view all my cards made using stencils here.

 

For this card again I have used my favorite stencil from 'The Crafter's Workshop - 6 x 6 Doodling Template - Mini Echoes'. The background itself was so bright and pretty that I was finding it difficult to embellish the card. That is when I thought of using these flowers from a pattern paper pack. I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them with foam tape for dimension.

 

 Challenges entered

A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power
Eclectic Paperie - Get Stenciled

Tall Card with Handmade Flowers

Hi everyone!! Hope you all had a nice weekend and lovely Mother's Day celebrations. I was working on a couple of projects which are yet not complete. Here is a tall card that I made last week. All the blooms that you see here are handmade.

 

 

This is a picture of the tiny flowers that I had shared on Fb few days back. Although they require lot of patience, I love making these tiny blooms to use as fillers for my projects. The orange vine that you see on the card above is made using the orange flowers in the pic below.

 

Here is a collage of few close-ups of the card. Click to enlarge.. 

 

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge # 30 - Feminine Cards

Crafters Corner Challenge #16 - Something Special

A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power

Mema's Challenge - May Flowers/Celebrate Mom