Arty Sorts

December 5, 2011

Christmas Ornaments card

Heya!! I am on a Christmas cards making spree especially with my newly purchased PPs.

I loved these Xmas ornaments on a card I saw on net and wanted to make my version of them. I didn't have any cutter or punch of this shape, so I roughly drew on a paper scrap and altered the shape till it was as I wanted. Then used it as a template for the main one for the card.

Hope you like the card. Isn't the li'l penguin so adorable!!

Another view...

Challenges entered

ICRC13 - Christmas Non-traditional colors

The Pink Elephant - Snowflakes and Sparkles

Whoopsi Daisy - Snowflakes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Non Traditional Christmas Colours

December 4, 2011

Christmas card

Hi! Here is a simple card I made based on Mojo Monday Sketch #217.

The snowflakes are a digi image. The Chrysanthemum flower is made of quilling paper.

Another view

Challenges entered:

Mojo Monday - Sketch #217

Clearly Inspired - Christmas

Fairy Tale - Christmas

Jingle Belles - Christmas

Poodles Parlour - Christmas

Raise The Bar – Christmas

December 1, 2011

Happy Holidays

Its 1st Dec today and the holiday season has set in :) So here is my holiday card.

The colors and not the usual christmas colors and that's why I liked the card a lot. The PP was a RAK by Paru, The snowman and sentiment are digis. The snowflakes are punched. The laces are from my stash. I colored the snowman using Faber Castell watercolor pencils.

Hope you like my card :)

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations - #146 Christmas + sentiment

Divas by Design - #16 anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky - #101 Anything goes

7 Kids College Fund - Christmas, non traditional colors

Stampotique Designers' Challenge - #43 Christmas, non traditional colors

Shopping Our Stash - C12 #28 Digi Images &/or Sentiments &/or Recycle

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Christmas

November 30, 2011

Spiral roses Birthday card

Hey All,

Just here to share a card I made yesterday. I had purchased this background stamp from Kavitha's store and was tempted to use it. I had even stamped it on this card stock and kept for future use. Yesterday while going through my stash I realised that these flowers go so well with the bg and the sentiment added to the look. So the card was ready in no time :)

Challenges entered:

Craft Room Challenge - Make your own Flowers

Fab 'n' Funky - #101 Anything goes

Divas by Design - #16 anything goes

Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - no glitter - use a digi

Paper Shelter Challenge - #42 anything goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Free For All Week

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

November 27, 2011

Bird house

Hi! Today I am sharing a bird house that can be hung anywhere. I found the template on net and I printed it on cardstock. I then cut it and decorated it with quilled roses (my favorite) and punched leaves and a butterfly.
I used some craft scraps in the form of the negative part of border punch as the flourish and stems for leaves.

I made a scalloped roof for the hut. Here is a close-up of it.

Hope you like it :) Here is the link for the birdhouse template, in case you wish to make it.

Challenges entered:

For the love of crafting: #1 Hanging out

LESSology: #6 Hanging/Mobile

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything

Secret Crafter: #162 Borders & Flowers (Have used borders for the roof)

November 25, 2011

Bottle shaped card

Hey there! Today I want to share a card that I made for my dad's ex-boss on his retirement.

My mom and dad wanted me to make a card in a different shape so I came up with a bottle shaped card.

Here it is...

As you can see I also made a matching envelope with the card.

My dad had sent me the wordings for the card, so I stuck the greetings on the right inner side and made a tag for the left side.

The tag can also be used as a bookmark later.

A close-up of the front side...If you see carefully, the flourishes are actually the negative part of the punched border used for the envelope, which we normally discard. Also the little stars added on the greeting inside is from the punched border.

Challenges entered:

ICR Challenges: ICRC12 - Dots & /Stripes + tag

Card Makin' Mamas - Sentiments

Rainbow Lady's - Cards for Men

Stampavie and More - #156 anything but square

Whimsy Inspiration - #16 Tag

EDITED: Sharing the template I used to make this card.

November 18, 2011

Baby Card

Hi friends!! Today I have a cute little card to share.

Lots of baby news doing the rounds so I thought why not make a baby card. Also I thought the theme at ICR for this month's challenge suits a baby card very much.

For this card I have used paper scraps from my Triple Easel card.

I cut strips of left over paper and used them for topn and bottom borders.

The dots are punched out from a paper punch. The tag is hand-cut.

The baby stamp is from Hobby Ideas. The ribbon is also reused from candy wrapper.

I traced the elephants and hand-cut them.

I really loved the tag. Here's a close-up!

Challenges eneterd:

ICRC12: Dots &/ Stripes + Tag

Color Conceptions: Use paper scraps

Do You Stack Up? - Inspiration Picture* Splash of Blue

Sir Stampalot - Blue & Green

Alota Rubber Stamps - Dots

November 9, 2011

Quilled Magnet - Floral

Hi. Today I am sharing another Quilled magnet that I made on order for a friend.

The sentiment is handwritten. I added dimension to the sentiment by adding double sided foam tape at the back.

Hope you like this! Do let me know :)

See my other Quilled magnet - Retro here.

Challenges entered:

Anything Goes Challenge - #53 Stitches Real or Faux

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Sentiment as Main Focus
Heart Song Inspirations - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Stitching (faux or real)
Incy Wincy Designs - Stitching
Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Reel - Color Inspirations* Hot Pink, Turquoise and Cream

November 7, 2011

Top 3 and DT at Crafty JC

Hey folks!! I am delighted to be chosen among the Top 3 at Crafty JC's Recycling Challenge for my recycled tin can project.

This also means that I get to be the DT for their next challenge. This time we have a color palette to choose from, and my card is based on palette #2.

I made this card for my mom's birthday. The layout is based on card patterns sketch 138.

The card stock, glitter balls and silver butterfly stickers are from Pie Lane. The ribbon is from Archies. I had found this colored digi from internet and it was lying with me since a long time. The purple and green paper and the star were part of a scrapbooking kit I purchased from Hobby Ideas. 'You are a star' sticker is from Ms Elizabeth, again bought from Hobby Ideas.

Another view....

So, do play along and have fun! See you at the Crafty JC Challenge #11.

Challenges entered:

So Artful Challenge: Gypsy Spirit - Picture inspiration

2 Sisters - #64 Ribbon

Di's Digis Designs - 1stW Ribbons and Bows

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Stampalot Challenge - Blue and Green

All Sorts Challenge Week 128 - Anything but Square

October 29, 2011

Triple Easel Card

It is that time of the year when I make a special card for the most amazing couple in my life! Yes, it was my mom & dad's anniversary on 13th Oct. I sent the card to them and they absolutely loved it. They are the ones who have always appreciated my talent and given me the courage to tread my way.

Since the card had to be extra special, I wanted to try something different. So, here is my first try at the Triple Easel Card. I printed the wordings for 'Mom' & 'Dad' and hand-cut them. All the flowers are punched. The white pearls are from a local shop. The wordings on the lower panels are also printed on card paper. I added silver glitter balls (from Pie Lane) to decorate and emphasize 'Happy Anniversary'. The heart-shaped blue-colored stones act as stoppers.