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!

 

Triple Circular Easel Card - Birthday

I was just sorting out my cards folder on my laptop and realised I had not posted some of my cards made previously. So, I am going to clear all the backlog and post them one by one in the days to come.

This card is similiar to the Triple Circular Easel Card I had made earlier. The difference is mainly the color theme.

 

The flowers are a mix of prima and locally bought flowers. The sentiments are all free digs.

 

 

For the bottom panel I have attached the top PP with a brad, so that it can be moved to write a secret message below. 

 

Challenges entered

Crafter's Cafe - #64 Girly 

Digistamps 4 Joy - #92 Anything goes
Divas by Design - Anything goes

 

All Star - Masculine Card

Hi. Today I have another masculine card to share. I wanted to try this tiled look and so decided to use pattern papers for the same. All the pattern papers are from single paper pad listed below.

 

The paper is so pretty and has so many elements that I really didn't need to add many embellishments to it. I made a star from scrap cardboard piece. The compass is stamped and distressed. I used a chain from my stash and attached it to the compass. The sentiment is from Just Rite All Boy stamp set.

 

I've used the left over paper scraps for the inside of the card.

 

The pattern paper used here is from Prima - Engraver paper pad which I had won at a challenge at BGC. 

 Challenges entered

CSCC#3 - Masculine Card 
Stampavie and More - #211 Boys
Itsy Bitsy - Monochromatic Challenge

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

Black and White Card with Yellow Flowers

I love trying new color combinations. And I was bored with the usual reds, pinks, etc. so I started out with a black card base. That set the ball rolling.... Then I used Black and White PPs to create the bg. I wanted to have a sentiment as the focus for my card. This sentiment is from the stamp set TPC Playful expressions.

I made the flowers using this rose flower template from the net. I traced and cut out these flowers on white handmade paper. Then I colored them using Wild Honey Distress Inks. The light and dark grey leaves are cut out from an ad pamphlet. I colored the seam binding ribbon with the same ink to match the flowers.

Here's a look at my card....

 I love the contrast of B/W with yellow and also the way these cute flowers look!!

Challenges entered

For the love of crafting - #18 Expressions

 Eclectic Ellapu - It's Sentimental

Allsorts - #222 Sentiment

Crazy 4 Challenges - 4C201 Use buttons or bows
Delicious Doodles - No. 51 Anything Floral
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - #273 Black, white and one other color

Thank You Monochromatic Card

Hi everyone!! It feels good to post after one full month. I was MIA due to some issues on the home front. I still won't be very regular with my posts, but I couldn't resist making one card this month.

I wanted to play along the lovely challenges running this month but managed to join only a few. I picked up Deepti's Card to play along her challenge.  She is a lovely crafter who has attained great feats in a short span of time and managed to make a mark in the blog world. Kudos to you girl!!

I have cut strips of pattern paper and adhered for the bg. Added a flourish, layered some prima flowers and a paper rose flower. The sentiment stamp is from Micia.

Challenges Entered

Deepti's Challenge - CASE my Card

Triple Circular Easel Card

Hi. I made this card some time back based on my this hexagon triple easel card. I really love easel cards and this triple easel card makes it so much fun as you have so much space to add so many elements. I have created my own template for this. So it can be recreated in any size.

The flowers are a mix of prima and locally bought flowers. The sentiments are all free digs.

 Challenges Entered

Elphine House - #46 Happy Birthday
Crafty Ribbons - #49 Flowers Galore
Digi Haven – must use a digi - Flowers
Dilly Beans – Citrus colours
Fairy Tale - Happy Birthday

Bottle Shaped Card for Dad

Hi. This is a card I made on order for Father's day. It is a bottle shaped card and like my previous bottle shaped card the colors on this card are also predominantly green.

 I affixed a tag for writing messages on the inner side.

Challenges Entered

CCEE Stampers - Masculine Card

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Masculine Card
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge – #111 Father's Day or a card for a man

Just for you - Monochromatic Card

Hey there. This is a very simple monochromatic card that I made while wrapping up my craft supplies after making the stuff I had planned for the day. So it was made in a jiffy with whatever came my way.

I have used 3D glitter stickers, doily, PP scraps, a left over cut-out of heart, flowers and pearls.

Challenges entered

For the love of crafting - #15 Monochromatic
In the Pink -  #20 Anything goes as long as there is pink
Fab 'n' Funky - #173 Girly
Nutcrafters - #44 Monochrome

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

Love theme Gatefold Card

This is a gatefold card that I made on valentine theme as DT of Lulupu blog. I have used MS Lace punch for the gatefold and weaved ribbon through it.

Once the ribbon is untied, this is how the inside of the card looks like. I have layered three hearts made from Tigerlily paper pad from Kaiser Craft. I hand-stitched the the middle of the hearts to secure them together.

 

 The layered heart is a mini card that opens upwards. The message can be written on the inside

Challenges entered

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Wedding Card with MS Punches

Hi all. I made this card and this quilled photo frame for a client who wanted to gift it to her niece immediately after her wedding in court. The bride was thrilled to receive this handmade surprise gift.

To add a personal touch, she added the couple's photo on the tag along with a hand-written message.

The flowers on the band are handmade using 5 petal punch.

The client had to carry the box to Delhi, so I made a sturdy packaging for the card and frame. I upcycled a sweet box by covering it with fancy paper, to hold the gifts.

Here's a peek at the full package..

Thanks a lot for visiting my blog and showering me with so many wonderful comments. I love reading all your comments.

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy - Weddings & Celebrations Challenge

For the Love of Crafting Challenge#11 - Fancy folds

Happy Birthday Dad

Hi friends. Here is a card I made for my dad. His birthday was on 11th October. It's a sheer co-incidence that I used only green colors PP for the card. My dad has retired from Indian Army and their uniform color is also Green :) [Olive Green].

 The embellishments are handmade and are a mashup of various things. I removed one layer form cardboard box and got this corrugated sheet. Then I cut it into heart and flower shapes. The center of the flower is a piece of metal from broken bracelet.

 I layered the heart with tile punch cutout. Then I drilled 2 holes into it like a button and threaded the string.

Challenges entered
Anything Goes Challenge - #78 Make your Own Embellishments
Celebrate the Occasion -  #84 Male Birthday
Delicious Doodles - Monochrome
Stamp with Fun - 3 papers

The BIG Bow Card

Ok so I made this card keeping in mind 2 challenges: For the love of Crafting - BINGO Color Challenge and Itsy Bitsy's Big B challenge.

Hope I did justice to both the challenges. This card is sort of inspired from the cards I posted day before yesterday. I have used MS deep edge arches punch. I punched a 2 1/2 inch wide strip from both sides. Then I tied the bow on the punched strip and then adhered it to the base.

 Front view of the card...

 These flowers are handmade. I made them in many colors. They are pretty easy to make with a 5 petal punch. I used the blue ones here too for baby rocker card.

 And here is the pretty bow. Isn't the brad so cute! I love these brads so much that I hardly use them. Don't want them to get over. I made those small pins by weaving the beads in a wire.

It's freebie time today. 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.

Please link back to my blog if you use this sentiment.

Challenges entered

For the love of Crafting - BINGO Color Challenge [Green,Blue,Neutral]

Itsy Bitsy - Big B challenge [Bow, Brad, Beads]

Crafts and Me - #103 Favorite Color

Paper Shelter Challenge - #83 anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - #53 anything goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - #35 More Than 2 Colours

 Elke Kaart Een Feestje  - #134Colour Challenge, Use Mainly Green

Baby Boy Rocker Card

Hey peeps! I made a rocker card for the first time. I think its perfect for a baby card as it rocks like a baby's cradle. I made a baby boy themed card for a dear friend who was blesse with a baby boy this week.

The pattern paper is from Paper Mania. And the image is also from Paper Mania "Me to You" pack. The flowers are handmade using 5 petal punch. The sentiment is a free digi stamp from Tracey's blog.

I have used assorted stickers to decorate the inside of the card.. The small footprints punch is from Itsy Bitsy.

Do lemme know how you like this card. I also made a similar baby girl card. Will share it soon.

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy - Big B challenge

Bearly Mine - #54 Add A Sentiment

LEJ Designs - #22 Monochromatic

Card Mania - Handmade Flowers

Cards For Men - must be masculine - Animals

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - must use digi - One for the Boys

Eureka Stamps - Animals

Hooked on Crafts - Cards for Men
By the cute and girly - Boys/Men
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Shaped Cards
The Paper Girls - Baby

White on White Wedding Card

Hi everyone! Hope all of you had a great weekend. I made this white on white card for BGC challenge over the weekend. I really liked this challenge and as soon as I read about it, I started visualising this card in my mind.

It is a center step card and I used an A4 sheet for this. So the card is quite big. I have used lots of punches here. The bride dress is made using paper doileys. I used two doileys to layer the dress.

 Here is a side view of the card.

I have used Martha Stewart Double Arches punch for the sides and Diamond Fence for the inner sides on both sides. I also used  Diamond Fence punch for the bottom panel.

Here's a close look at the sentiment and the hearts that I cut out from the lattice heart punch. 

Not sure if you noticed it. I have used a nylon net, that comes with some bottles as part of packaging, for the background behind the bride.

Challenges entered

BGC #16 - White on White

No Matter Which Challenges -  Die Cuts and/or Punches

The Ribbon Girls - Must use ribbon - Pearls

 Come and Get It Challenges - Tic Tac Toe [Pearls, Free, Ribbon]