Napkin Fold Card with Handmade Flowers

This is a 10 x 10" Napkin fold card that I made recently. I have used bright colored pattern papers from DCWV paper stack.

This is how it looks when opened and laid flat. I have used MS around the page punch for the card base and the band.

 All the flowers that you see here, big small and tiny fillers, are handmade by me. The leaves are handcut and scrunched to give a natural look.

Floral Bloom in tea cup

Hi. In this card I have tried out a couple of new things like lace edge on card base, handmade flowers & leaves and glittery tea cup shaped vase.  I went so overboard with the flowers that I almost ended up hiding the cup and its handle. But I guess as long as it looks good I am okay with it :)

Friendship Swap #6 - Art Journal

Hi everyone! Finally I get to share the altered art journal which I made for Friendship Swap #6, which is hosted by Riti Poddar. My partner for this swap was Monica Surayya. We get to know our partner names only after completing the project and sending final pictures to Riti. Till then it is a big surprise for us. Also, till the time I received my journal, I didn't know who was sending it to me :)

I have done this type of project for the first time. I totally enjoyed making this and was glad to know that my partner Monica loved it too.

 

 

To start with, we all used the same kind of art journal i.e. A5 Brustro Artists Sketch Pad. 

I first covered the book with DCWV pattern paper just the way we used to cover our school books. I then brushed it with some white acrylic paint to lighten some of the areas. You will again see my favorite stencil being used here for the cover and the tag inside. I used modeling paste with stencil at the top corner and colored it with distress ink to match the pattern paper. Luckily I had this matching lace in my stash which I used to hide the paper join since I have used two different papers for the front and back.

The spiral roses are handmade with white tissue paper and then colored using distress inks. The leaves are also handcut and colored using distress inks. I used the mdf cage as the focal point and placed all other elements around it. The tiny lock and key metal charms add to the overall look of the book. I loved how the small pearl cluster around the key came up.

 

 This is the back of the book. I kept it pretty simple with only the pattern paper. 

 

Finally, I added a small pocket with matching tag to hold some memorabilia.  

Here's a closer look at some of my favorite elements...

 

Challenges entered

Imaginations#1 - Anything Goes With Distress Inks [Used DI to color the roses and the modelling paste stencilled design]

Simon Says Stamp - Stencil 

Fresh Brewed Designs - Flowers and lace

Ruby's Rainbow #81 - Flora and fauna

Handmade flower with no tools

Hi there. I made this tutorial for my GD post at Lulupu. I had won the Feminine Card Challenge #30 for my Tall card with handmade flowers and was thus invited as GD for this fortnight.  These are the flowers for which I have compiled a detailed photo tutorial. They are all made using different colors of distress inks.

 

Although there is no dearth of readymade flowers from various brands, I still prefer making my own flowers. That way you never out of stock and you can customize them to suit your project size and color. The pictorial below gives detailed step-by-step instructions to make the flower.

The current challenge at Lulupu is to create a Card/LO based on this sketch.  

 

So I decided to make a card using this sketch. I have used MS fence punch to border the embossed paper panel.  Then I used a square frame die cut and scalloped heart die cut as the base and placed the flower arrangement on it. The leaf flourishes are stamped and fussy cut. Finally, for the finishing touch, added the dew drop pearls from Pie Lane.

Challenges entered

Imaginations#1 - Anything Goes With Distress Inks

Card Mania - Flower

CSCC #4 - Wedding and with floral inspiration

Tri Shutter Card - Happy Birthday

Hi. This is my first try at a Tri-Shutter Card. I find it a bit complicated but its so interesting because of the fact that it has so many panels to embellish. I have used really soft pastel colors for this card. The white flowers are handmade with lace. Rest of the stuff is pretty self-explanatory so I won't write much here. The sentiment is stamped on vellum.

 

Challenges entered

BGC #52 - BINGO [Diagonal: adhesive stone, ribbon, flowers, sentiment]

Tall Card with Handmade Flowers

Hi everyone!! Hope you all had a nice weekend and lovely Mother's Day celebrations. I was working on a couple of projects which are yet not complete. Here is a tall card that I made last week. All the blooms that you see here are handmade.

 

 

This is a picture of the tiny flowers that I had shared on Fb few days back. Although they require lot of patience, I love making these tiny blooms to use as fillers for my projects. The orange vine that you see on the card above is made using the orange flowers in the pic below.

 

Here is a collage of few close-ups of the card. Click to enlarge.. 

 

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge # 30 - Feminine Cards

Crafters Corner Challenge #16 - Something Special

A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power

Mema's Challenge - May Flowers/Celebrate Mom

3D Card with handmade flowers

Hello!! Here's a 3D card that I completed recently, but I had designed the template for it long back and was looking for an apt design for it. The flowers, leaves and the branch that you see here are all handmade. I will try to share the template for this card, but I am not sure how to make the template in printable format.

 

The picture quality is not too good, so please excuse that.

 

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge # 30 - Feminine Cards

Stampin' Royalty #227 - May flowers

 Simon Says Stamp - Spring Flowers

 Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

You make me smile

Hi all.... today I am sharing a 6x6" card which is very special to me. It is special coz after a long time I made a fully loaded card with so many embellishments, layering and also all the flowers that you see here are totally handmade by me, except the tiny pink mulberry flowers. The big leaves are also handcut and distressed using shabby shutters distress inks.

The big flowers are inspired by Gabrielle Pollacco's tutorial. Although mine look a bit different because while actually making the flowers I didn't have the video in front of me. I made a rose for the center of the flower.

 

The other yellow flowers are handmade too. I like to make my own flowers in my spare time so that I have them ready in stock when I sit down to create a project. The mdf window was purchased from Anita Kejriwal. I have used small doilies to make the window curtains. The metal button and chain are from my stash.

This is how it looks from inside. 

 

Here is a close look from various angles....

For the curious souls, these gorgeous papers are from Prima Introspection Paper Pad which I had won at a challenge at Lulupu.

 

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge # 30 - Feminine Cards

LESSology Challenge #36 - Window display

Crafters Corner Challenge #16 - Something Special

Love to Create - Flowers 

My Craft Spot - Mother's Day or Spring

Stencil Background Card 2

This is the next card in the series of stencilled cards that I created recently. The stencil used here is 'The Crafter's Workshop - 6 x 6 Doodling Template - Mini Echoes'. I have done the stenciling with Ripe Permission, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspbery distress inks on a glossy white paper. Using a glossy paper mellows down the color of distress inks, so if you need a softer look, it is ideal for that. The bloom and big leaves are handmade. The sentiment is stamped in vellum.

 

Challenges entered

Creative Colors Challenge # 9 - Color inspiration + Flowers

Stencil Background Card 1

Hey, my today's card is made using The Crafter's Workshop fish scales stencil. I recently got some new stencils and was playing with them. For this card, I have used glossy card stock and I must say the results are very different than that on water color or non-glossy paper. I love the neat finish on glossy paper and also the fact that the inks look softer on it. On watercolor paper, they give a bolder look.

The leaves are also made using stencils and Forest moss distress ink and then fussy cut. The flowers are all handmade. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted sentiment stamp set.

 

Challenges entered

Aud Sentiments Challenge - #105 Use a sentiment or the number 4

Creative Knockouts - #34 Anything Goes 

Handmade Harbor -  Birthday/Best wishes

Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

Creative Moments - #39 Anything goes/Spring

 

 

Upcycled Liquor Box into Gift Box

It's been a long time I made an upcycled project, and something like this had been on my mind since a long time. So I got my hands on a liquor bottle cover.. and converted it into a pretty keepsake/gift box. You can view my other recycled projects here and my recycled project tutorials here.

I have used pattern paper from Papermania pack, MS Swirling Lace Punch, pearls, punched flowers, leaves, roses from Nupur's store and the big bloom is made by me out of handmade paper. The sentiment is stamped and embossed using zing embossing powder from Crafters Corner that I won as winner of a challenge.

I have lined the upper edge of the lid with brown paper to give it a finished look. It closes sits snugly on the lower lid and to keep it in place I have used velcro dots beneath the straps [see pic2].

I filled it with some {yes, some.... i have loads of it ;)} of my junk jewellery..... that necklace peeking out was a RAK from Ekta Maker.

A view from the rear side... 

The floral arrangement sitting pretty on my shabby chic box..

The big bloom is made out of a handmade paper carry bag of a hospital. I loved the texture of this paper bag and I tore it apart to make these pretty flowers :)

Side view of the box...

Behind the scene pics...

Recycled stuff used here is:

Liquor box for base

Net from old couier envelope

Flower made of paper bag handmade paper

Old broken jewellery piece as a charm, next to brad

Challenges entered

1. Lulupu #17 - Fancy me [Fav technique – Recycling and Shabby chic]

2. Itsy Bitsy – 4 P’s: Pearls, Pattern Paper, Posy, Pink

3. Crafters Corner #12 - 3 embellishments (Flower, Pearls, Brad), 2 Pattern papers, 1 sentiment

4. Color Conceptions #4 - Spread your wings with distress inks (Worn Lipstick for Big bloom, Forest Moss for Leaves, Tattered Rose for Flourish die cut, Wild honey for Daisy centers, Vintage photo and Worn Lipstick for distressing PP edges)

5. DCAM #2 - Shabby is Chic!

DIY Flower Basket

Hey guys. I am very happy to share this project with you that I made on order last week. 

All the flowers and leaves are handmade by me. My client wanted to gift this to her husband on his birthday, and the feedback in her own words was.... " Your card and basket made my day"!!  So does mine :) .... the appreciation we get for our hardwork is the true fruit of our labour.

As you can see, there is an assortment of flowers... daisies, carnations in two sizes and some fillers. I didn't have big leaves to match the flowers, so I decided to make them on my own. I handcut white CS in mixed shapes and sizes and colored them using distress inks. I loved the natural shaded effect with distress inks.

Here is an overhead view of the basket.. 

Edited: The basket is upcycled. It was a chocolate bouquet as you can see in the picture below. I removed all the laces and raised the handle of the basket which was orgininally glued down here. I have also used the long sticks on which the chocolates were mounted, to stem the flowers. For the small blue daisies, I used my old semi-dried nail polish to color them.

 

Challenges entered

LESSology Challenge #29 - Birthday Party
Color Conceptions #4 - Spread your wings with distress inks [Leaves have been colored with Shabby shutters and Forest Moss]
Stampavie and More - #195 Flowers
Crafter's Cafe - #30 Diecuts/Punches
Crafty Sentiments - Anything But A Card
Stamp with Fun - Decoration

DIY Flower with Handmade paper

Hi everyone. I received many messages to share the tutorials of the flowers that I made recently. I will try to make more tutorials, but as of now I a sharing one simple flower tute. The best thing about this is that you can make it with basic tools and vary the size as per requirement.

I had used a similar flower in one of my cards here.

I have detailed out everything in the pictorial below. In case you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Hope you like the tute. Do let me know if you try it.