Altenew Persian Motifs Glitter Overload

Hi all. This card was made for Altenew's June challenge but I felt it wasn't good enough to enter the challenge, hence didn't post it then. If you overlook the design of the Altenew Persian Motifs stamp set, on its own the card looks fine. I put in a lot of hard work for this card but it didn't turn out as intended. 

I started by heat embossing the design on watercolor paper and then stamped the sentiment above it. Thereafter, I filled in the pattern using very fine glitter from Pie Lane. I added glue into the tiny spaces in the design and that is where some of the details of the design got lost. But on the whole, if you see, the design looks fine.

Once the glitter part was over, I watercolored the background using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. Then I felt the design got lost with watercoloring around it, so added yellow highlights in the spaces which was not filled with glitter. 

Lastly, I finished off the card with some ink splatters and sequins.

Here's a glimpse of how I added the glitter on the pattern....

I would love to know your views about the card. Thanks a lot for stopping by.

Handmade Christmas Card 2014 - Design 6

Hello. Here is my sixth Christmas Card for the year 2014. You can view my other Christmas cards here. 

The ornaments are from Penny Black stamp set. I stamped them on a light colored pattern paper that had small snowflake design on it. This way I didn't have to bother to color the baubles. The sentiment is also from the same set. The tiny Xmas sticker is from Pie Lane. The snowflake stickers are from my stash.

 

Below is the Penny Black stamp set that I used for my card.

 

Thanks for visiting.

Congratulations - CAS Black and Gold Card

I am on a roll with this Black and Gold color combo. This is my third card in this series. You can view them all here. The card is pretty CAS and quite an effortless one. I just used my MS Lace Punch to punch out the golden embossed paper. Then just finished the card with Pie Lane wine glass stickers and Congratulations sentiment.

 

Challenges entered

BGC#50 - Back to CAS + Colour Challenge

Itsy Bitsy - Monochromatic Challenge  

Celebrate - CAS Black and Gold Card

Hi. Today I am sharing a CAS card in black and gold color theme. I am glad it turned out just the way I wanted it to be, though I could not capture it well in the pic. The background is done with stencil and Gold perfect pearls powder. I just loved how quick and easy it was. The wine glass stickers are from Pie Lane. I have been hoarding them since a long time and I had this vague idea of what I wanted to do with them.

This is how I made the background. Laid the stencil on CS, inked with VersaMark ink and then generously covered it with Perfect Pearls powder.

  

 Challenges entered

BGC#50 - Back to CAS + Colour Challenge

 Itsy Bitsy - Monochromatic Challenge

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes / Clean and Simple (CAS)

AuroraWings Challenge - Monochromatic

Crafty Boots - Sparkle

 My Craft Spot - Shake It On

Triangle Front Card - Glitter Overload

Hi. Today I am sharing another triangle front card.....finally a little break from lattice cards :) For this card, I used a stencil from Pie Lane for the center motif. I laid the stencil on the card front and applied a thick coat of glue over it. Then I sprinkled the glitter generously over it. After removing the excess glitter, I got a light coat of glitter in the required area. I was not happy with the result, so I added another coat of glue and glitter over it.

At first, the central design was all that I intended to do on this card,  but then I wanted to play a bit more with the glitter, so I went ahead and added more lines at the blue base. For this look, I stuck double sided tape on the card base and sprinkled glitter all over it. For the extra bling, I added some flat silver gems to the card.

Challenges entered

Color Conceptions Challenge #8 - Glam With Glitter

Triangle Front Card

Hi Friends. Today I am sharing a very different kind of card that I saw on You Tube. I loved the simplicity of this card and I think with our imagination we can do a lot with it. In case you are not able to view the video, I have made a small template below to show you how to make this card. The template is not to scale and is only a guideline.

I have used this rose stencil from Pie Lane for the design on the center portion. Since I wanted multiple roses and not the full stem, I masked some areas of the stencil and made my own pattern.

The diagram below will give you an idea about how the triangle part is cut. Take any size of card say for example 4x6" in this case.  On the front side, mark the center point of the card and cut along dotted lines as shown. Cut another panel of the size of the card front which will be placed below the triangle part. For more details, do refer the video I have shared.

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy  - Say it with Roses Challenge

Lulupu Challenge #26 - Try Something New !

Diwali Bloghop 2013!

Hi Everyone!   We are very excited to bring to you this Diwali Blog Hop 2013.  All you got to do to take part in this hop is to visit the blogs of all the lovely ladies of this hop. The blog list and hop order is given below.  

I have created this card for the blog hop. It's a CAS card made using stencils. I used a washi tape to make a frame for the stencilled image. The design is colored using Wild Honey Distress ink. 

Why should you take part in this blog hop?

Who wouldn't want to win some exciting goodies!! Yes, Chaitali is giving away 2 sets of her newest stamp set, Henna Swirls, to 2 lucky winners of the hop! She'll pick 2 winners from all comments on all the blogs!

 

The prize is sponsored by There She Goes!!

The hop order is:

• Chaitali - http://cutscropscreativity.com
• Smriti - http://ribbonsetc.blogspot.com/

Sanketi - http://sanketij.blogspot.com/ 

Gayatri - http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com/ 

Deepti - http://deesartutopia.blogspot.com/ 

Pooja - http://reusingwithquilling.blogspot.com/

Indira - http://arty-sorts.blogspot.com/  --> You are here!

Happy hopping, and wishing all of you a very Happy and Safe Diwali!!

Handmade Diwali Card with Distress Inks

Hi everyone. I am sure everyone is soaking in the festive fervor and so am I... all the colorful things around inspire me create to some quick and bright diwali cards.

I made this card using Wild honey DI. I have stamped the doily design using DI. The doily print is not perfect and it rather resembles a sunburst or halo effect. This is the kind of effect I was looking for. I have used stickers from Pie Lane on these circles and the smaller ones are from Hobby ideas. The sentiment sticker is a local buy.

Handmade Diwali Cards Using Stencils

Hi friends. As mentioned in my last post, I am back with my bunch of Diwali cards. Do check my other posts for today to see all the cards, or you can click the Diwali label to see all my Diwali cards.
For this card, I used the diya stencil from Itsy Bitsy. I sponged the diya design on the card....

For this card also I have used the same stencil but I traced the diya design and and outlined it using 3D outliner. 

For this card, I use a stencil from Pie Lane.

Happy Birthday Bro

Hi. Today I am sharing a card I made for my brother's birthday. It's such a task to make cards for men. I can only think of Blue and Brown colors to be used :)

I have layered 2 PPs for the card and 1 embossed plain blue paper, which is actually not quite visible.

For the center part I did some stamping in black on the blue oval die cut. Then I stuck the alphabets on top of the die cut.

The black ribbon is from my stash and the button is from Pie Lane.

Also wanted to share that I was in Top 3 at Lulupu for their Make you own embellishments challenge for this card and I also won Hussena's challenge at Yvonne's blog for my Sweet peas card.

Challenges entered

Dude Time Doodles - must be masculine - two or more shades of blue

Crafty Sentiments - Male Cards

Creative Craft Challenges - All about the boys

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #69 Beautiful Bows

Ruby's Rainbow - no image, just words

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Add writing, text or script to your project

Shelly's Images - Anything goes

All That Scrap Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes 

Inky Impressions - Anything goes

Exploding box - Pink and Garden theme

Hi All. I made 6 exploding boxes this month. I will be sharing all of them one by one. You can view the first one here. This is the second one that I made on order. The client wanted a "Pink" themed box for a young girl. So this is what I came up with. It is a garden themed box with lots of pink and butteflies.

I have used off-white paper for the base. The lid is bright green and topped  with PP and a pink butterfly. For the first time I have used designer sticky note strips in place of pattern papers, and I guess they look equally good. They are also super easy to work with. The colorful diamond patterned strip on the lid is a sticky note and so is the checkered pink around the box. I used two of them for the outer side to cover the empty space.

There are many firsts in this box. I made a spring out of the regular craft wire used to make stocking flowers, etc. I wound it on a round object to make the spring.  

 The box opens up like this...

 I have pasted Perizaad's photos on 3 panels and written her name on the 4th one. The outer four panels are left for journalling.

 These letter stickers are a local buy.

 Here again, on the outer panels I have used circular designer sticky notes for writing personal messages.

 Another circular designer sticky note.... These are repeated on 2 sides.

 I loved the way the spring springs up! It wobbles with slightest of wind around.

The Just for you sentiment is stamped. I have used lots of punched daisy flowers on the spring. The green PP at the base gives a nice garden look.

 A close-up shows plastic butterflies stuck onto the wire from below. To hide the wire, I stuck silver glitter balls on to it. There are more glitter balls on the base PP and some silver butterflies from Pie Lane too.

Hope you like my creation as much as I enjoyed making it.

Challenges entered

Snehal's Challenge: Explosion box or any other box

Hussena's challenge on Do More with Less: Make punched flowers

Creative Craft Challenges - Summer time

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - #65 Summer Fun

Sassy Cheryl's - #126 Pretty Papers

Twisted Tuesday - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything but a Card

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Sentiment 
Come and Get It Challenges - Anything BUT a Card

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

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

Pastel Easel Card

Heyy all! I have been waiting to post this card since the day I made it. I don't plan my cards so I was really happy the way it came out. All the elements kind of gelled so well with each other.

The CS is from Pie Lane. The PP is from Paper Mania.  I have used a doily on the upper half and lined it with lace. The white flowers are also special as they are made from the same lace. The blue mulberry flowers are from Ujjwal's store. The peach colored cherry blossoms were actually on a tag that came along with a candle. I have reused them here.  The sentiment and flower stickers next to it is from Itsy Bitsy.

 Erum had illustrated how to make these flowers. You may like to have a look at her tutorial here...

Here's today's freebie for you. Do check out the rest in my Freebies/Templates section and link back to my blog in case you happen to use any of them.

Challenges entered

Moxie Fab World - Gingham

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #194 Laces & Shapes

My Time To Craft - #180 It Takes Two 

Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #69 Vintage or Shabby Chic

Bearly Mine - #36 Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - #54 Fancy Flowers

Sweet Stamps - #66 Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenges - Flowers and Doilies and Bling

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

PanPastel UK Challenge - Pastels Colours

 That Craft Place - Monochromatic

Anyone for Anya - Sketch

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - Flowers
My Sheri Crafts - #85 Wedding/Anniversary
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Flowers
One Stop Craft - #183 Spring Wedding or Anniversary
Alphabet Challenge - H .. Handmade Flowers
Simply Create Too - Mothers Day / Feminine
Glitter Geeks – Polka Dots
 The Poodles Parlour - Monochromatic
Guylou's Inimitability - Doily
CR84FN - Color challenge

 

UPDATE: I re-created this card on order for a client. Here is the picture. This one is a bit different from the first one.

 

 

It's Spring

Hi. This is my 4th card this week. Today I am sharing a spring card. I recently realised that I have lots of purple color things in my stash so I decided to match and use them. The PP is from hobby ideas. The frame is from Itsy Bitsy. The flowers and leaves are punched using daisy punch, 5 petal flower punch and leaf punch. The butterfly is from Hobby Ideas and the rhinestones are from Pie Lane.

A closer look at the flower.

Challenges entered

For the love of Crafting - #4 Sping Colors and Butterfly

BGC # 7 - Colourful and flowery

Clearly Inspired - Spring

Fussy and Fancy - Punches / Dies

Dilly Beans - Spring