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September 8, 2014

Tea pot shaped card

Hi. I love making shaped cards and special fold cards when I get bored with the regular ones. This time I tried a totally new shape. The tea pot shaped card! I got the shape from internet and then traced and hand-cut it on card stock. The green embossed paper used on top of CS is readymade. The sentiment and tatty teddy is from Paper Mania paper pack. I punched flowers in silver glitter paper and backed it with pink paper to match the CS.

January 31, 2014

Stenciling using handcut stencil

Hi all, today I am here to share a card I made using stencils. I had joined the online stenciled class and it made me dig out all the stencils I had with me. I experimented with an old stencil of mine which I had traced way back in 1998 on a normal sheet of paper. I have preserved it since then. I really love this sweet peas stencil. I visualised how I wanted my card to look like and started accordingly. I wanted a flower bunch in the background in light shades and a 3D bunch overlapping it.

I started with shading the stencil using distress inks. In the collage below you can see the behind the scene pics. I used foam tape to adhere the top bunch to create the 3D look. I finished the card by attaching the panel on a green CS. On the side I punched a silver glitter sheet border and glued it. I layered it witha peach lace to match the flowers. I added some stickles on the top layer to match the glitter border.

Here are some pics of work in progress. You can view my older cards made using stencils here.

June 28, 2013

Shabby Chich Card with stamped flowers

Hey everyone! Here is a shabby chic card that I made last weekend. I have used 2 pretty stamp sets from Lulupu called Flower Fancy Micia wood mounted stamp and Thank You. I stamped the flowers and leaves and fussy cut them. Then I arranged them into a floral arrangement. The B&W border below is actually a washi tape from Lulupu that I stuck on CS and punched out.

Challenges entered

For the love of Crafting - My heart goes shabby

April 4, 2013

Jar Shaped Card - Red Flowers

Hi. This is my second post for the day. And this is my 2nd Jar Shaped Card posted in this week. I wanted to clarify as many people commented on my previous jar card that this is not a tag. It is a quite a tall, shaped card :) And yes the bg is a digi, I have not stamped it. I have used these pretty flowers from Itsy Bitsy that I won as a prize for my Shabby Chic Cart.

Here are both my jar cards posted in this week. You can see my all Jar Shaped Cards here.

Challenges entered

MilkCoffee Challenge - Anything but square

Whimsical Designs -Shaped Cards

Nutcrafters -#40 Shaped cards

Midweek Magnolias - #55 Charm

4 Crafty Chicks - #136 Charms

April 1, 2013

Best Mom

You must have seen the sneak peek of my card that I made for Lulupu today. So here's the full story behind the Mother's Day Card that I made for this month's challenge at Lulupu #11 - My Mum, My World.

I had so much fun using these pretty pattern papers and layering them. I felt I could just go on and on with the layering. After a long time I used so many supplies in one card.

To start with, I chose a flower shaped card base in yellow. To cover the base I have used this pretty paper from Zephyr A4 paper pad. Then I used a circular card board that comes inside a Muesli bottle lid, to give some height to the center part. I covered it with pattern paper from My Minds Eye - Blink of an eye collection. I topped this with the gorgeous die cut from Bo Bunny. The die cut is secured using pink colored Doodlebug brads crushed velvet. I created the MOM tags by hand cutting left over papers from My Minds Eye paper pack. I have used stickers from my stash for the letters. The yellow flower is made using daisy punch. I have also used the gorgeous cream fabric tape and decorated it with pearls.

Another view...

All the linked products are available at Lulupu.com.

Challenges entered

Crafter's Corner #7 - BINGO [Pearls, Pattern Papers, Dies/Punches]

Fashionista Challenge#14 - Mother's Day Cards

Eureka Stamps - Stripes or Circles

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - cards - Use 3 Decorative Papers & Your Favorite Embellishment

Dream Valley Challenges - Pearls and Lace

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Shaped card

February 14, 2013

Shabby Chic Cart

Hi. Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine's Day. I have a special post for this special day. It is a Shabby Chic Cart that I made out of the mail box template by adding few elements into it. I had seen this type of cart somewhere on Pinterest [I got the link: Tara's Card Studio]and really wanted to make something like that. I have used lots of punches for this project.

This is a side view of the cart. I really like that cute li'l flower pocket next to window. I have always wanted something like this in my house.

A view from the back.

I have put some artificial grass-like stack to look like hay stack.

The front look: There is a cute little door with knob which opens up so that you can store some goodies inside. A flower pot is placed in the balcony. For the first time I actually used the MS Fence punch to create the fence.

Hope you like my li'l cart. Do share your comments/views.

Challenges Entered
BGC #24 - Shabby Chic Love
Crafter's Corner #5 - Expression of Love
MilkCoffee Challenge - Make it Cute
Sarah Hurley Challenges #77 - Anything but a Card
Stampavie and More - Lots of Layers

November 10, 2012

Shaped Shabby Chic Card

Hi. This is the card for which I had shared a preview yesterday. I made this card for inspiration as Guest DT for Lulupu Challenge Blog. I was asked to make a Shaped Shabby Chic Card.
I have tried a jar shaped card for the first time!

I made this card for my mom’s birthday and so I designed it keeping her in mind. I wanted to make it fun and bright and chose bright red color for the card base and for the roses too.
I wanted the red roses to be the center point of the card. The butterfly and flower lace die cuts are a RAK from Juhi and they were perfect for this card.

The twine used on the card is from an old price tag. I added small cherries at two places: one on the twine and other is a 3D sticker just next to the butterfly. The 'MOM' letters are self-sticking plastic stickers.