Chipboard Baby Album

Hello friends. This is a chipboard baby album that I made on order some time back. It is meant to record events for baby's first year.

Pages 1 and 2

Page1: To note the birth stats of the bay

Page 2: To stick the very first picture of the baby

Pages 3 and 4

Page 3: It is a folded card to stick pictures of the baby along with pictures of mom and dad on both sides.

Page 4: It is an insert to stick picture of the baby with the full family.

 Page 3: This is how the folded card opens.

Page 5 and 6

Both these pages have pockets to store 2 inserts each. These pages are dedicated to save baby's firsts, like baby's first crawl, first tooth, first solid food, etc.

Page 7 and 8

Both these pages have pockets to store 2 inserts each. These pages are dedicated to save baby's favourites, like fav dress, fav toy, fav song, etc.

Did you guys notice these cute critters? They are stamps and I have stamped them on colorful PPs and then fussy cut.

Pages 9 and 10

Page 9: This is again a folded tie-up card to record baby's growth years.
Page 10: This page is created to store memories related to baby's first birthday.

Page 9: This is how the tie-up card opens. It has a pocket with lots of tags to write notes. For the right side I made an accordian fold where the parents can stick pictures of baby and write their messages on. I have not stuck it so that it is easy to stick pics, and later on it can be attached to the card base.

Page 10: This open up card is meant for details of the first birthday along with pictures.

This is my first ever baby album, and it has gone all the way to US. I hope the new parents love it :)

Challenges entered

Crafter's Corner #8 - Summer Sundae
Used lots of PP, Punches, Many embellishments and Glitter alphabets and Glitter foam sheets on last page.
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Ruby's Rainbow - #55 Baby
V's Sweet Ideas Blog - Baby theme

Magic Explosion Box - Beer Bottles and Cake

I love making explosion boxes and I have made a no. of them in varying themes. One of my client wanted an exploding box for her husband's bday. She wanted me to incorporate beer bottles inside the box along with cake. This itself started ringing a bell in my mind and I began imagining how it would shape up.

Here's a look at the box. I loved the color combo :) How do you like it???

 Top view...

 Let's open the box now..

This is how the box looks from inside... Whole lot of personal messages and cute pics.

I made the beer bottles from old wedding card and some stickers (the golden part). For the beer mugs, I stuck these Pie Lane glasses on brown CS and cut out a cup shape from it. Isn't the square cake so adorable :)

Thanks for dropping by :)

Challenges entered
PPS - Flowers and ribbons
Cupcake Craft - Boys
Lexi's Creations - Focus on the Sentiment
Make My Monday - Handmade Embellishments
The Crazy Challenge - Use Sentiments
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Male-inspired 

Anniversary Frame with Quilling

Hi. I am so happy I am back to quilling with these last few orders that I received. The client wanted a big frame with 3 pictures and a personalised message and lots on quilling along the pictures. This is what I came up with. The moment I got this order I knew I wanted to pick up pastel shades. The picture along after framing is not captured very well as I was in a hurry to ship it.

This picture will give you a much clearer glimpse of the frame. I wanted to give a nice background to the frame and not just quill on a plain paper. So I decided to use some pretty pattern papers. I took a print-out of the wordings that the client had sent.

The client specifically wanted these quilled birdies from my 'Love birds card', in the frame. A close up of the quilled birdies all glittered up!!

 Challenges entered:

Docerela Creations - #38 - Color Pallete

Charisma Cardz - #20 Here Comes Summer
Creative Moments - #17 Circles

MilkCoffee Challenge - Load on the Flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #128 Circles

Crafters Corner - Summer Sundae

1. Used 2 punches - Fiskars scallop punch & MS Doily lace
2. Used 2 pattern papers
3. 3 embellishments - Quilled flowers, butterflies, metallic button
4. Dash of glitter on birds

Quilled Name Plate

Hi. I made this name plate on order. The color theme suggested was Red and Gold and the technique required was quilling with beehive. I have used 2 shades of red. Not sure if its visible through this picture. One of the WIP photo below shows it well. I have not incorporated too much design into this so that the names can be read clearly. I used a handmade paper from a local shop for the base. I painted it with bronze and golden paint to make the texture stand out and I really liked how it enhanced the overall look.

 A look at some work-in-progress images.

Do you see the difference in the bg color here. The bright bronze and gold makes it stand out.

This is my first attempt at a quilled name plate. Do let me know your frank feedback on this.

Edited: Thanks for your feedback friends. No, this is not my handwriting. I took a print out and traced it on paper as printing on handmade paper is not possible.

Monochromatic Easel Card

Hi All. Today I am sharing an easel card that I made on order. My client wanted an easel card to accomodate a picture of her mom-in-law along with some sweet wordings that she had sent. At the bottom, she wanted to put up a picture of herself and her husband along with some more personalised messages.

She also wanted lots of quilling on the card. So this is what I came up with. Monocrhomatic theme is just a co-incidence. I have mainly used green and yellow..

Challenges entered

For the love of crafting - #15 Monochromatic

Upcycled Cardboard Box

Hi. Posting the cardboard box that I made for Lulupu blog. Some of you might have already seen it there. I made this cute and large storage box for a friend of mine. She wanted an empty box to store some goodies and gift it to her hubby.

I won't go into the details about it. In case you are interested to know more about how I made it, the details can be found at Lulupu blog here.

The image below summarises how I made the box

Challenges entered

LESSology - #24 Are you a cover girl?

Chipboard Love Album

This is a 5x7 Chipboard Love Album that I made on order. The abum has 6 leaves and so I have incorporated lots of folds inside to accomodate more pictures of the client. She is getting married soon and wanted to gift it to her would-be.

This is the cover of the album.

Page 1 and 2

Page 2 has a accordian fold mini card that opens up to display 4 photos. It has a tag behind for journalling.

Page 3 and 4

Page 3 has 2 photos placed in a pocket with a window. The pocket is big enough to hold more photos and has a tag that can be used for journalling.

Page 4 is a gatefold card that has to be untied. Did you see that cute dolpin charm? It was sent by Mallika as a RAK :)

The inside has a flap with a photo on it.

The flap opens up to reveal another photo and has a place to write messages.

Page 5 and 6

Page 5 is another folded card. There is a photo on top, and when untied it reveals 2 more photo and has space for writing.

Page 6 is another folded card with one picture on top and a sentiment written on a flap that overlaps on the photo.

The card opens up likes this.

Page 7 and 8

As you can see I made a heart shaped mini card on page 7. It has photos on top and inside.

Page 8 is a telescope card. (I guess I used most of the folds I knew :) LOL )

Page 9 and 10

On page 9, I made a joyfold card. 

On page 10 I made a variation of a pocket fold card so that it opens up to show a photo and space for journalling.

Some snapshots of the punched flowers...

The client loved the album and that makes me so happy :) Hope you too like it!

Challenges entered
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Anything but a card
Sassy Studio Designs - #173 Fancy Fold