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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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

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

Quilled Photo Frame - Yellow

I made this frame on order on an urgent basis. The brief was to have contrasting colors. The pattern is same as my earlier frame.



Challenges entered

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

There She Goes - Flowers

Quilled Photo Frame on Order

Hi friends. I know many of you have been telling me that I don't quill as much now. I too miss quilling a lot and I really feel a piece of quilled art really gains lot of appreciation among craft admirers :)

 

So here is a quilled photo frame that I made on order recently. The brief was to use subtle colors for quilling. Therefore I chose pink and to add a contrast added purple small flowers. For the first time I have combined punched leaves also along with few quilled leaves.

Here is a closer look at the flowers...

 

 

Challenges entered

Crafters Corner Challenge # 4- Anything but not a Card or a layout

Quilled Bookmarks for Swap

This is a long due post. I had made 22 bookmarks for National Quilling Swap arranged by Gopi Shah. 22 people participated in the first ever quilling swap held in India and we had to make bookmarks equal to the number of participants.

This is the entire bunch. I have made all in same design but different colors and the type of papers used are also very different. Do have a look at the individual pics below. I have grouped them by colors.

I have used papers from magazines for these red ones

 For these I have recycled an old greeting card...

 For these I used wrapping paper on top..

 For these I have trimmed borders from journals and punched them

 For the blue ones I used paper scraps and punched them

 Here again I have used all assorted papers, some are from old cards, some from magazines and sone is from Itsy Bitsy sticker backing.

 Here also I have all assorted papers.

Challenges entered

C.R.A.F.T. - Monochromatic

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - One layer or CAS

Paper Play – Simply cute
Penny's Paper-Crafty - #97 Anything but a Card

Quilled Border Card 2

Hi. This is my second card in the series of Quilled border cards. The first one is here.

I first made the quilled border and then colored the digi to match the border. I used Faber Castell water colors pencils to color the image.

Challenges entered

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes  

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes

Recycled Bookmarks

Hi All. These are some bookmarks that I made using old wedding cards.

The texture of these handmade papers is really nice and I wanted to make use of them.

I have stuck colored papers to hide the text on the cards and retained the golden border on top and bottom. 

 

 Thanks for visiting!

Challenges entered
YNS Challenge #10: Books!
Crafts and Me - #96 use a digi

Quilled Border Card 1

Hi All!! TGIF!! I just realised my previous post was the 250th post on my blog!! Wow! Celebrations are in order! I am planning a big one soon. So keep watching.....
I am here to post a card that (can you believe??) I started around this time of last year. Completed it in bits and pieces. Actually I struck upon this idea of making quilled borders on cards and started out with four cards together. Each has a slightly different border. Then the challenge was to embellish the center portion. So it kept lagging behind. So finally here I post the first of the series today.

The top paper is from a magazine. The "Friends" sentiment is a colored digi.

A closer look at the border.....

It's freebie time today. Since the card is about friends, I designed a sentiment on friendship. 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

 Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment for your maim Focus

Creative Card Crew - #10 Sentiment as Focal Point

Truly Scrumptious -anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - #39 anything goes

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi - Clean and Simple
Pattie's Creations - include a digi / stamped image
Sugar Bowl - Anything goes
By the Cute & Girly - Spring is in the Air

Quilled Photo Frame

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing a project that has been on my to-do list for a long time. I wanted to make a quilled frame. The project never took off coz I wanted to make the frame too from scratch. But when I got these ready made ones I thought why not give them a try!

So here it is.... Hope you all like it!!

 A look at the upper half...

 The lower half...

Happy crafting!!

Card for Mom

Hey all! How are you doing? I had a rather dull weekend as I was quite unwell. So what better spending it making a card for the most special person in your life! Mother's day is around the corner. In India it falls on the second Sunday of May.

No prizes for guessing who the inspiration for this quilled lettering is!!! Yes, Dr. Pritesh!!! I am in awe of her work and more so when I met her in person last week in Pune. She is an amazing person: juggles so many things together at a time!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful work with us!! Do visit Pritesh's blog for a tute on quilled lettering.

Front view of the card. Size is 5x7"

Another view....

Today's freebie is the font I used for this card. Have fun!!

Please do link back to my blog if you happen to use my freebies. To download this, right click and Save As.

Challenges entered

CraftyJC Challenge#16 - For a special Lady
Card Crafters Circle: Challenge#21 - Mum's the Word!
 Dream Valley Challenges: Challenge#31 - For a Special Lady
 Paper Sundaes - Mother's day
Sentimental Sundays #101: For a special WOMAN
Through the Craftroom Door - Happy Mother's Day

Quilling Malaysian Flowers

Here is a simple quilled card I made. The flowers are the very famous Malaysian Flowers. I love using black for leaves and stems. For this card I also used a black CS and black on black looks even better in real.

Hope this view gives you a better picture :)

The flowers.... aren't they cute :)

Today I have another freebie for you all. Did you check the freebie I shared in my last post? Hope you like it. Also keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more such stuff.

Please do link back to my blog if you hapen to use my freebies. To download this, right click and Save As.

Challenges entered

Fab 'n' Funky - #118 no DP

Inky Impressions - Anything goes

Just Keep on Creating - #1 anything goes

Little Darlings Challenges - #22 flowers

Paper Pretties - PPC203 clean and simple

Scrapalicious - Flower Power