Black Lattice Window Card

Hey guys! This is another card in the series of lattice cards that I have been making in the last couple of days. This time I wanted a red and black combo. The red poppy flower goes pretty well with the black backdrop. I got this digi from the net and colored it using Faber Castell color pencils. It was a bit tacky to fussy cut this, as it have many closed spaces which had to be cut-out with a craft knife. Instead of adhering it with 3D tape, this time I glued it directly on the lattice frame. The sentiment is heat embossed and the stamp set is from TPC.

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge #27 - Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special [L: Lattice, Leaves, P: Pencil Water colors, C: Card Stock, Cutting by hand]

 Elphine House - #55 Make your own background

Penny's Paper-Crafty - #167 Anything but Square

Paper Shelter Challenge - #148 Anything Goes

Framed Flowers

Hi All. Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend. Today I am sharing a card wherein I tried making a frame with some paper cutting and punching. I used a pre-embossed sheet to make the frame. Then I weaved the ribbon onto the frame by punching holes at various positions. Punched the edges with an MS punch.

The image is from Beccy's place. I printed and then colored it using Faber Castell watercolor pencils. Added some pearls on 4 corners to finish my card.

Challenges entered

Create Something Catchy Challenges #1 - Picture inspiration 

Lulupu Challenge #27 - Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special [L - Leaves, P - Punches, Pearls, Pencil colors, C - Coloring digis, Card Stock]

Lattice Window Card

Hi everyone!! I have been meaning to try out a lattice window card since a very long time, and finally I got the time for it. Though tedious, I loved creating this lattice window. I am also going to try out different versions of it. I first created this panel and then mounted it on a green card base. Love how the green peeps out of the white panel.

I also have been doing a lot of watercoloring these days... my cards in coming days will reveal those! I printed a whole lot of these pretty digis from the net and colored them using Faber Castell watercolor pencils. This one is from Beccy's blog. When I completed coloring this, I had a vision in mind as to how I wanted my card to be and I was able to achieve what I had thought of. I wanted a very subtle but intricate background for this.

Here's a look at behind the scene pics... I used an old piece of CS to create the lattice, thus the coloring on the strips. 

That's all for today... Ciao!!

Challenges entered

BGC #46 - Love is in the Air
Lulupu Challenge #26 - Try Something New !

Black and White Anniversary Card

Hi folks. Here is a quick post to share a card I made particularly for Sindhu's challenge.

Its a Black and White Anniversary Card. The sentiment is a digi. The couple silhouette is from internet. I traced it and handcut it. The black and white border is from Itsy Bitsy. I have added some lace below the border to add a touch of elegance.

Challenges entered

Creatalicious Challenges #56 - Wedding Day

The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes

Perfectly Rustic - Pattern Paper

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #56 - Add some Black

Mojo Monday 255

Hi. Today's card is based on Mojo Monday Sketch #255. It's a very simple card but I like the contrast in the colors. The kettle image is a digi that I printed and colored. It was actually a colored image that I converted into black and white and printed and colored. The border is MS Diamond Fence Punch.

 Front view

 A close-up of the kettle and flowers. The cream rose is made using 5 petal punch. The purple one was sent as RAK by Varshitha and the pink mulberry one is from Ujjwal's store.

The sketch...

Challenges entered

Mojo Monday - Sketch 255

Best Wishes

Hi All. Here is a simple card I made this week. The colors are very different from the ones I usually use, but somehow I liked the output. I have used the PPs from Paper Mania. The sentiment is from Itsy Bitsy. The image used is a digi. The ribbons, lace and pearls are from my stash.

Another view

Today's Freebie is a sentiment that I have designed. 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

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #50 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - #9 Ribbon 

Creative Stamp Friends - BINGO

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Victorine Originals - Anything goes
2 Sisters - #88 Use a digital image
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Blue Quilled flowers card

Hi All, Just sharing a quick card. The CS is white and I added a blue backing paper for the PP and for the inside of the card as well. The sentiment is a digi. The blue ribbon is from my stash. I adorned the card with my fav embelishment - quilled flowers :)

Hope you like my card!!

Challenges entered:

Craft Your Passion - Monochromatic

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

House of Gilli - White Plus One Color

Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes

Cheerful Stamp Pad -  Anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Make your own Flowers

The Crazy Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Creative Inspirations Paint - Monochromatic

You're so thoughtful

Hi All!! How was the weekend?? Mine was a nice crafty one..... I made 4 cards :) Will share them one by one! Ok so here is the card I want to share today.

The focal point of this is the frame. I cut out the frame from a thick embossed handmade paper. I have used a colored digi as the picture for the frame. The dotted PP for the bg is from PaperMania. I embellished the card with quilled flowers and butterfly. I used silver glitter balls for the stem and leaves instead of the conventional green color leaves and stem.

The 3 blue dots at both diagonals are from Pie Lane.

 Here is another look...

Have a good day!

Challenges entered:

Crafters Companion - Spring

Ippity Challenge - Flowers

PanPastel UK Challenge - Add a Flower

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - March Spring Clean

Little Claire's - #19 Spring

One Stop Craft - #174 Hand made flowers

Totally Gorjuss - #123 Spring

 

UPDATED - 26 May 2014:

I re-created this card on order, with a new sentiment. Here are the pics...

 

Love post digi card

Hi All. I made this card for Varna's Blog hop today. Varshitha had sent this beautiful digi to us. I wanted to keep the digi as it is and so I did not color it. The patterned bg is also a digi that I created. I mounted the love post digi on an old price tag and made a bow with the thread of the tag. I then embellished the card with quilled flowers. The pretty green colored heart is a part of a sticker pack that one of my friend's had got from UK. The round black thing on top right is a sticker that is used to secure punched papers in files. I also used my fav embellishment nowadays: Pie Lane swirl sticker.

Challenges entered:

Scrapalicious - anything goes

Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - use a digi

Partytime Tuesdays - PTT #57 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge  #74 - Photo Inspiration

Circular Easel Card

Hi Folks. Today I am posting a very lovey dovey pink card apt for wedding/anniversary/proposal.

About the card:

Upper part: The major element of this card i.e. the PP is a recycled stuff. The whole idea of the card cropped up form this one image. It is a page from an interior design magazine. So you can see the glossiness of the PP. There is a striped wall and a plain wall ; you can also see a part of the roof and a hanging lamp. The chandelier is a digi and the flowers are punched. The ribbon was a RAK from Neha Gala during one of our ICR meets. I must say I am quite addicted to these Pie Lane swirl stickers now. Feel like using them in all the cards that I am making now. The silver butterfly is also from Pie Lane.

The Base: I wanted to create a wedding effect with wedding/engagement rings, and that's when I thought of using quilled rings. I used a pink gem stone for the lady's ring. Here again I have used similar flowers but in smaller size, and Pie Lane stickers and butterfly.

The gorgeous white pearl sticker is from Crawford market. I have it in blue and purple as well. :) 

 A close-up of the rings...

Do let me know how you like my card :)

P.S.: In case interested, I had earlier posted a tutorial for these flowers here. And yesterday I had posted a card using same flowers.

Challenges entered:

For the love of crafting challenge #4 - Blooming gorgeousness

ICR Challenge ICRC15 - Love + Photo Inspiration

Crafty Sentiments - Shaped but Not Square

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Pink & Girly

Paper Sundaes - Circles

DIY Bg with Stamp inks

Hi All!! I really didn't know what to name this card so named it on the technique used. I just randomly came up with this idea to create a background that matched the colored digi of perfume bottles that I had. I will post a tutorial for it soon. But for now to give you an idea, I used Hobby Ideas stamp inks for creating this bg. They come in round thick pen form. After stamping using pink and purple colors, I rubbed it down with a wet tissue.

The flowers used on the card are made using 3 different sizes of flower punch. The golden swirl sticker is from Pie Lane and the ribbon from my stash.

Do let me know how like this technique.

Have a good day!

Challenges entered:

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Allsorts - #143 Free and Easy February

Crafty Calendar - February Love and Marriage

Hiding in my Craft Room - #35 Bring on some spring

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi , Don't Be Square

Crafty Ann's - Bold & Bright

Delicious Doodles – Pink

Fairy Tale - Spring

Patties Creations - include a digi image, Vintage

Poodles Parlour - Mothers' Day/Female Card

Stamp Man - Colours of Spring/Easter

Stampin For The Weekend - BINGO - I used 1st row: Ribbons, Sparkle (Sticker) & Flowers

Waterfall Card with Heart digi

Heya! I am back with another waterfall card in my favorite color - Yellow! For this card I have used the gorgeous PPs from PaperMania. For the four panels I have used a heart digi from Whimsy Stamps that I won at a challenge at Whimsy Inspiration. The wooden beads are from an old bracelet and the ribbon from my stash. Hope you like my card. To see more of my waterfall cards, click in the 'Labels' section on the right.

This is how it opens up... 

Have a great day!

Challenges entered:
Creative Mondays - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - Monochromatic
Hooked on Crafts -  Hearts
Nettie G's Digital Gems - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Squigglefly - Bright and Sunny with Yellow 
Whimsy Stamps - Anything but a square card

Hearts Waterfall Card

Hi all. This was the first waterfall card that I made for my husband on his birthday. Somehow could not share it earlier.

I have used 4 different heart digis for panels. The PPs are from paper mania. The buttons and ribbon are from my stash.

Here's an inside view of the card. I stamped 'I love You' using the new sentiment stamps that I purchased from Jovi's store.

 This is a mini booklet made from a single sheet of paper, in which I wrote the small messages. The tutorial for this was shared by my blogger pal Priya Sivaraj at her blog.

 The birthday sentiment hidden inside the flap that opens... 

Challenges entered:

Creative Inspirations Paint - Hearts

Doodle Dragon - Use any or all of these colors RED, PURPLE, BLACK, BROWN, and PINK

Challenge Up Your Life - #62 Tone on Tone Monochrome

Crafty Emma - #72 Lots of Layers

Catered Crop - Hearts

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi, Hearts

Hotshot Crafts – One for the Boys

Patties Creations - must include digi, Valentine & Love

Thinking of You Card

Hi. I am back with another V-Day card. This time I used a big quilled flower to embellish the card. It is inspired by Azlina's quilled flower posted at her blog here. The heart digi is from   Whimsy Stamps that I won at a challenge at Whimsy Inspiration.

 A close-up of the flower... Doesn't it look like a cross-section of a cut strawberry. And incidentally I had a wooden strawberry shaped button which Jovi gave to me as a RAK. It matches so beautifully with the flower. The glittered borders are from Itsy Bitsy. The sentiment is stamped using my new stamps I purchased from Jovi's craft store.

Hope you all like my card. Thanks for visiting!

Challenges entered

4 Crafty Chicks - Valentines/Love

CRAFT - Valentines

Delightful Challenges - Love

Penny's paper crafty - Love is in the Air

Whimsy Stamps - Love themed

Cute Card Thursday - Pink Valentines/Love

Do You Stack Up? - Love

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Love is all around

Rainbow Lady's - Have a heart

Hanna & Friends - Be my Valentine

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Valentines / love

Crafting for all Seasons - #20 Love is in the Air

Digistamps 4 Joy -  #36 love

Divas by Design - #21 Love

Colorful love card

Hi peeps! This is a love card that I made based on an old sketch from Card Patterns. It helps to use card sketches when you are in a dilemma or have no idea about what you are going to make.
The PPs used in the card are from Hobby Ideas. The flower is handmade without using any templates or punches. Only the dark innermost petal is a punched daisy. The sentiment is a digi. I used two ribbons for the border, one broad and one narrower than it, and placed the latter on top of the broad one. The tiny blue beads on top right are from Pie Lane.

Challenges entered:

ICR: ICRC15 -Love + Photo Inspiration

Alota Rubber Stamps - Love with NO red

By the Cute & Girly - Love is in the Air

Whimsy Inspiration - #24 make your own flowers

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Love is all around

Waterfall card - Printed Motifs

Hey there! Today I am sharing another waterfall card with you all. As I had told you, I am in love with waterfall cards ever since Neha Gala from A1 Craft store, shared the tutorial with us.

The motifs that I used on the card are digis that I printed on card stock. I found these on the internet. The PP is from my collection of papers. Don't remember the brand as of now. The buttons and ribbon are from my stash.

This is the second panel..

The third one..

The last one. You can stamp a message on this blank part that is pulled out, as a surprise element.

Another view of the card...

Hope you liked it. See my other waterfall card here...

Challenges entered:

Divas by Design - #20 anything goes

Little Darlings Challenges - #16 Polka Dots

Fab 'n' Funky - use a digi

Tandastamps - rusty

Hooked on Crafts - Something Bright

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations - Fancy Folds

Scrappers Delights - Anything Goes

Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes

Unstampabelles - no stamps allowed - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Polka Dots

BIG Flower card

Hi all! Today's card is based on Mojo Monday Sketch # 224.

Yellow is my favorite color and I loved the way this card has come out.

The flower is handmade without the use of any diecuts or punches.I throwed in a bit of black to break the monotony. But the main focal point of the card is the flower center.

It's made by gluing black colored glitter balls on a wooden bead.

 Here's a close-up of the flower center.

 The Mojo Monday sketch and my card...

Hope you like my card!! Am off to sleep now :)

Challenges entered

Mojo Monday - Sketch Challenge #224

Totally Papercrafts – Make Your Own Flowers

Hotshot Crafts – Flowers

Clearly Inspired - Pastels

Paper Crafting Journey - Floral

Waterfall card for Christmas

Hi. This is my 2nd waterfall card made for Christmas. Thanks Neha Gala for sharing this link to Dawn's site. I never thought they were so easy and addictive!! The snowflakes are digis. I have used them in my other Christmas card here as well.

 When you pull the botton flap, where the ribbon is tied, the pictures start opening up beautifully :) Here's the second one..

 Third one...

 Last one... You can use the empty space on the inner side of the bottom flap to add a sentiment or any other surprise element. I did that for the first waterfall card that I made for my DH bday. Will share that one soon :)

 Really loved this technique. They are so much fun and quick to make.

Hope you like my card. Happy Crafting!

Challenges entered:
Crafty Boots - Christmas
Heart Song Inspirations - Snowflakes and/or Doilies
Hooked on Crafts - Christmas
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Christmas Fun
Moving Along with the Times – Last Minute Christmas
Dream Valley – Christmas
Squigglefly - Clean and Simple Holiday Theme
2 Sisters Challenge - Christmas
Card Makin' Mamas - Christmas
Lollipop Crafts – Christmas