You're Special!!!

This fortnight's DT inspiration for Cardabilities blog. Blogging for the first time from Chennai..Oh yeah...Enjoying winter vacation now here with such heavy downpour :)

Sketch#113 is

Hope you like my attempt on the inspiration. Play along the challenge and visit Cardabilities to see fellow DTs inspirations.

About the card:

PP is distressed at the edges and matted against the White CS. Another PP is used  as frame diecut, and on it arranged a simple floral cluster with the baby pink roses, pale blue rose and a simple florish.

Tifany border strip is diecut from a light blue pp and matted on the frame under the floral cluster.
A large IO butterfly die is added near the floral cluster to add an extra interest.

Few pearls as accents. and IBS sentiment added on a banner.

Supplies:
Base PP, Tiffany border strip PP - Zephyr paper pad
Frame diecut PP - Docrafts Paperpad
Dies - IO butterfly, CLD gardenia strip, MFT florish, Joycrafts frame die
DI - Spun sugar, Tumbled glass

Challenges:

IBS - customer gallery (used just because stampset)

Love :)

Before i go for winter vacation to India, Wish to send some love to you all :)
It was a sudden surprise by my hubby, and a bit heavy heart, am gonna travel and spend my vacation without him by my side and on the other hand, happy to attend India's ever first Prima Workshop at Chennai !!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Very Wonderful New Year 2015 :)

Last card for this year from here before i sign off for vacation !!

Matted a red pp against a ivory base CS. A simple floral arrangement using Cheery Lynn Gardenia strip flowers, baby breaths from CLD embellishment die and the leaves are from CLD ivy florish die.

Love this sentiment from IBS and want to focus the sentiment this time. Hence added on Marianne frame die which is tilted and off centered and around which arranged the floral clusters.

Flowers are misted with water and shaped to make flowers with yellow pollen centres. Baby breaths are shaped and glitter dot centered.

The hearts, border die, sentiment are from the same stamp set - IBS Sweet valentine which is discontinued now. One of my ever favorite stamp set. Inspired by stamping (IBS) known for their lovely sentiment stamps and Am so in love with those stamps.

To add little interest, added a big butterfly from IO die and few rew rhinestones as accents.

Hope you like it!!!

Supplies:

PP - Zephyr paper pad
Ivory CS - Fabriano
Dies:
Gardenia strip, Embellishments, Ivy Florish - Cheery lynn Designs die
Butterfly - IO die
Yellow pollen, Glitter dots, Rhinestones from Stash

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs - red and green (Gardenia strip, Embellishments, Ivy Florish - Cheery lynn Designs die)
IBS customer gallery - IBS sweet valentine stamp set
IBS #88 color sketch

Creative moments - Anything goes

Season's Greetings Card+Box!

Hello Friends!!

An early Season's greetings card from me this time. Little one's winter holidays are gonna start within few days and wish to gift this to his loving class teacher Mrs. Beena Antony.

Keeping in mind, few challenges, come up with a card today. 

Here we go,

If you are a frequent visitor of my blog, would be known by this time, that am a pastel shade lover and its so hard for me to use glitter, sparkle kind and dark shades in my projects. Yet this time, tried using those in my card.

First of all, must say, i love this Mexican tile from Cheerylynn Designs and was waiting to use for Xmas time cards. Purposely left few places with negatives of diecut and matted against a red CS and again which is matted on the white Base CS.

Always wanted to make poinsettia from the Cheerylynn rose strip die and at last included here. Hope you like my attempt. Applied golden glitter glue on the leaves to give a sparkly effect and three golden half pearls for the centre.

And a last minute inclusion is the Bauble. Yes thats a harddrawn one and gold embossed part is the central portion of the mexican tile diecut, which i havent used for the card centre, instead used to make the bauble.

A sentiment on a diecut with few rhinestones.

And inside of card has a diecut with Xmas and New year wishes and the ornate corners are again made sparkly using Gold Glitter glue.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:

CS - Fabriano White, Red CS

Dies - Cheerylynn Mexican tile, die, Cheerylynn rose strip die, Spellbinders Timeless rectangle die, Itsy bitsy Venetian label die

Ranger gold embossing powder

Heat gun

Sentiments - IBS holidays sentiment set

Pearls, Glitter glue, rhinestones

ETA:

Made a matching box for this card.

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn challenges- T'is the season (Cheerylynn Mexican tile, die, Cheerylynn rose strip die) WINNER

Imaginations - Traditional christmas colors

Creative colors
Holiday green+Holiday Red+Gold Embossing

Beyond grey challenges - Sparkly christmas and new year eve (used red, green,white, xmas ,new year sentiments and used gold embossing powder, gold glitter glue and rhinestones as sparkles)

Kraftzone - Bingo with a box (Dies+Flowers+Pearls and Sentiment+Stamping+Pearls)

IBS december customer gallery (used IBS holidays sentiment set)

IBS - Color sketch #88

Just for You :)

Hi Friends,

Yet another month end reveal for the cardabilities Sketch #112 and my take for DT inspiration is

Sketch #112

Karen Gerber, known for the awesome sketches at Cardabilities and each one of it, is my favorite.
Visit the blog to see my fellow DTs awesome inspirations for the challenge.

And about my card..

Patterned paper is matted on to the base CS and distressed the edges. Wanted to go for muted tones and so this attempt of creating a flower cluster which is much similar to the pp tone.

Gessoed down the central portion of the pp to tone down the pp a bit and on that the flower cluster are placed.  Tessatina border , Medical gauze, Raffia, pollens, along with the Floral spray and the diecut leaves which are distressed with weathered wood.

Few pearls to finish off the card with the sentiment on a banner near the cluster and random splashes of inks.

Hope you like the card.

Supplies:

CS - Fabriano brusto
PP - Hand made memories 12/1 2paperstack
Dies - Joycrafts floral florishes, CLD ivy leaves, Memory box Tessatina border
Sentiment - All occasion from Stampendous
Ink - Ranger Balck Archival ink, Weathered Wood DI
Pearls, Raffia, Medical gauze from stash

Challenges Entered:

Beyond grey challenges: Monochromatic
Crafty sentiments designs - Use diecuts  (Used Joycrafts die for flowers, Cheerylnn die for ivy leaves, Memory box tessatina border die)
Virginia's View Challenge - Distressing

Debut DT Post!

Very Happy to Design for Cardabilities today and this is my Debut post as Design Team member.

Thank You Karan Gerber for this awesome chance to work with the wonderful Design members across the globe. Always loved your wonderful floral sketches.

The Sketch #111 reveal for today is

And my take on the Sketch is

Its a 6x6 card floral card with a digital image sponsored by the Pickled Potpourri Designs.

A kraft CS is matted on a IBS Vintage floral PP. Colored the digi using Faber Castell watercolor pencils and used a dry technique. Hope it needs a lot of improvement.

Roses are made using CLD gardenia die and colored with Festive berries DI. The other flowers are created using MFT petal party die and colored with Tumbled glass DI.

Colored digi placed centrally on a doily and the floral arrangement are on a side with CLD rose leaves die and CLD ivy flourishes die which are again sponged with Peeled paint and Crushed olive DIs.

Few DI inks splatters and pearl centres to finish off the card with a IBS sentiment on Spellbinders banner using Rangers Archival black ink.

Visit Cardabilities blog to see my fellow Designers' creations and play along to have fun.

Supplies:

PP - IBS Vintage floral 
CS - Fabriano kraft
Inks - DIs : Peeled paint, Crushed olive, Festive berries and Rangers Archival Black ink
Sentiment - IBS Just because set
Dies - CLD:  Ivy florishes die,  Rose leaf die, Gardenia strip, MFT : petal party
Nellie Snellen doily

Challenges:

IBS customer gallery - Used Jus because stamp set, Vintage floral pp

IBS #88  (Used kraft, white , red and green )
Color challenge

I'm Thankful!

Hi Friends!

Am back again with am thankful card. Its for all the loving wishes for my birthday which just poured in my inbox and embellished my day in a very special way..

And also loads of craft supplies as gifts from my Mom, which just reached UAE few days before. And my hubby ordered lots of craft supplies which safely reached my Cousin at USA, which will reach me next year only..

And another happy news...Have been selected as the Design Team Member of Cardabilities. Love the wonderful sketches at the blog and am so very happy to be among the talented bunch of designers there. Thank you Karan Gerber, for the chance in your awesome team :)

Lot many reasons to say Thanks from my end :)

Made a 6x6 floral card. PPs are matted on the dark brown CS. All the florals except the central white flower is handmade ones. CLD gardenia strip is used to make the flowers and the small roses are made form Mft fancy blossoms die.
Florals are arranged on the tulle with CLD roses leaves and CLD Tropical flourish die.

Florals are distressed with Distress inks - Festive berries, Tumbled glass and dry embossed with the yellow pollens as centres. Sentiment is stamped on banner made from Marianne die

Joycrafts die - Butterflies are added . Few pearls, Raffia double bow as accents to finish the card.

Supplies:

CS - Fabriano Dark brown CS
PPs- Woody and Vintage Notes
Dies -Joycrafts Vintage florishes
          Marianne Banner die
          MFT fancy blossoms
          CLD gardenia strip
          CLD tropical florish
          CLD rose leave strip
         
DIs - Tumbled glass, Festive berry
Black Archival Ink
Sentiment - IBS Just Because stamp set
Cream Raffia - RAK from Pooja (Reusing with Quilling). Thanks Pooja :)

Challenges:

Cheerylynn challenges - Give Thanks (CLD gardenia strip
          CLD tropical florish
          CLD rose leave strip)

IBS - Customer gallery (IBS just because stamp set)
IBS - #87

Sketch saturday - #334

Layered Shabby Chic card !

Hi Friends,

Today's card is just another Shabby chic card which is my favorite style for its soothing tones and pastel shades. Hope i have pulled this out to an extent. Love to hear it from you.

Its a 6x6 card and of course a layered one. Want to play with new products in my stash. A week back, its my 3rd blogoversary and so gifted myself with awesome crochet laces and trims. And the one you see here is one of that awesome pieces. Just tinted partly with Tattered rose DI.

Except the central flower all are store bought and the central one is made from CL sunflower die by distressing with Tattered rose DI, misting and shaped with pollen added. Just above the crochet lace is the CL Tiffany lacy border which is also tinted with the Tattered rose DI.

Flower clusters are added to the doily with CL Ivy leaves which are again distressed with Shabby shutters and crushed olive DIs. Sentiment is heat embossed on a venetian frame label. The pps are from Vintage notes and the Spellbinders corner fluorishes are distressed and added to the corners. Few pearls added as accents.

(If anyone need such laces, kindly mail me..am happy to grab some for you in my next trip to India as here shipping charges within UAE is absolutely free in this craft store)

Supplies:

PPs - Vintage notes
Dies: CLD sunflower die, Tiffany border, Ivy leaves
Spellbinders Corner florish
Itsy Bitsy's Venetian Frame label
DIs - Shabby shutters, Crushed olive, Tattered rose
Zing White Embossing powder
Stamp Set - IBS - Small frame label sentiment
pollens, pearls from stash

Challenges entered:
Cheerylynn - Laces -  (used CLD sunflower die, Tiffany border, Ivy leaves)
Cardmania - Doily
IBS - Color challenge -used pink, blue, white

IBS customer gallery - Used IBS stamp set
Creative inspirations - Lovely lace

Floral Thank You card :)

Yet another post and of course a last one before my India trip on 24th June :)

In my last India trip, carried few craft supplies and it was lying almost 1 month unused. Atlast now find some time to use those.

Stenciling is done with TH honeycomb stencil using Texture paste and by masking a central portion of the card using a scallopped oval diecut, misted the card with Heidi Swapp Georgia peach shimmer mist.

MFT fluorishes are added and Flowers are made from CLD Gardenia strips by misting, distressing with various distress inks - Tumbled glass, Fired brick, Dusty concord and those CLD ivy fluorish leaves are distressed at edges by Crushed olive distress ink.

And a butterfly is stamped on White CS, colored using distress inks - Mustard seed and Wild honey and fussy cut and added near floral spray.

Used Gauze on adhesive side of masking tape and  sponged it with Distress ink Victorian velvet. A sentiment is stamped, then diecut it using Spellbinder Ribbon Banner die and added to the card. Misted stenciled cs are used as banners at right top of cards and few pearls are added as final touch.

Hope you like the card!!

Supplies:
White CS 
Inks - Dusty concord, Tumbled glass, Fired Brick, Wild honey, Mustard seed, crushed olive, victorian velvet, Rangers Archival Black
Dies - Spellbinder ribbon banner die, MFT florish die, CLD gardenia strip, CLD ivy florish die
Stamp - Stampendous Butterfly, IBS - Small label frame sentiment
Stencil - TH honey comb
Mist - Heidi Swapp Georgia peach shimmer spray

Challenges :
Lulupu - Inspired by Lulupu logo    (used colors from palette given and banners are used )

BGC - Stamping in fabric and misting (misted with Heidi swapp georgia peach spray on bg and stamped sentiment on diecut gauze)

IBS June customer gallery - (used sentiment from Small label frame)

Imaginations - Anything goes with DIs (Dusty concord, Tumbled glass, Fired Brick, Wild honey, Mustard seed, crushed olive, victorian velvet)

Curtain call challenges -Sweet pea theme (inspired by colors)

Pink Posies :)

Very happy to share that, today my card is being featured at Inspired By Stamping blog. Would like to thank Joanna and IBS team for this opportunity. This card and the co-ordinating box is made by IBS products  such as Spring liliac, Vintage floral paperpads, Sweet Valentine and Butterfly wings Stamp sets

Now onto card :)

Used this pic for inspiration.

The pps from Spring floral and Vintage floral are taken in light mint and baby pink color and matted. Used Picket fence distress stains randomly on pps to tone down their colors. This card front is matted with 6x6 white base cs.

Tore the pp at top left corner and curled up the edges, such that inner pp later is visible. And inbetween that space, tucked a baby pink tulle. Baby pink roses are made using Joy craft die and leaves are made from CLD rose leaf die and muted the color of it by applying picket fence DS on it.

Fillers flowers, mini rose buds are added to create the spray and teeny tiny bow added. Butterflies are heat embossed on vellum and colored with spun sugar Distress ink. Sentiment is stamped on a white vellum and heart pearls are added. Few white pearls as accents.

Box :)

Box and Card:)

This box is so very apt for holding 3dimensional projects such as 6x6 cards. Made a box from 300 gsm kraft cs and used velcro for its closures. On the sides, used CLD tiffany border on white cs. And on top of it, followed the same color scheme as card. Used digital freebies for pps and matted on each other using foam adhesive. Mulberry flowers with candi polka dot centres, a mft florish, grosgrain ribbon and few pearls are added. Sentiment is added on a Venetian label frame and added at centre.

I absoultely enjoyed doing this monochromatic shabby chic project. Hope you like it too!

Supplies:

Card:
White Fabriano CS
PPs- IBS - Spring liliac, Vintage floral paperpads
Dies - Joy crafts die, Itsy Bitsy Venetian label frame
Stamps - IBS - Sentiment :Sweet Valentine ,Butterfly - Butterfly wings
Picket fence Distress stain, pearls,vellum, Zing white embossing powder

Box :
Kraft CS
PPs -Digital freebies
Dies - Venetian label frame
Sentiment - IBS Sweet valentine stamp set
Mulberry flowers, candi dots, mft florish, pink pearls, pink grossbrain ribbon

Challenges entered:

Dubai Scrapbooking - Pic inspiration (pic shared above)
Itsy Bitsy - Monochromatic challenge
Crafters corner -  Go 3D (Box for a dimensional card)
613create Avenue - Anything goes

Altered Frame :)

Hey Hi Friends!

Today's post is about an altered frame. This frame was lying with me for more than 1.5 yrs now and current challenges demand it to alter it and so this sweet trial :) 

This frame fits 4"x6" pic and it was gifted by a friend when we left Taiwan. So wanted to place a pic which we took in Taiwan in an outdoor shoot, before our relocation to UAE.

This pic was taken during onset of Spring season and so wanted to give more cheery and colorful blooms which is signature of Spring :)

Gessoed down the frame and added these lacey distressed Tiffany border by modpodging it. Border is distressed with Walnut stain - Distress stain. Then blooms are made from Cheerylynn Designs (CLD) Gardenia strip and the floral leaves are made from CLD Olive branches and MFT florish dies which is again sponged with peeled paint Distress stain. 

Closeup views of Blooms :)

Flowers are misted with Distress stains (Milled lavender, Mustard seed, Dried marigold, Dusty concord) and embossed to give shapes. (Love making these as i never used these colors for flowers earlier). Centre is made using styrofoam balls which is filled with Pop microbeads. (Oh ya...its my new add to my stash..Just loving it) Fillers flowers are added to clusters.

Love Heart woodchip is gesso-ed first and then misted with Heidi Swapp Georgia peach shimmer and lastly added glossy accents for that glossiness. Lastly added pearl strips and FAMILY glittered alphas as final touch.

Before

 After

I totally loved altering this frame and planned to gift it to Mom as Mothers Day gift :)
Hope you too like it!!

Supplies:

CS-  Fabriano brusto

Distress stains - Milled lavender, Dusty concord, Dried marigold, Mustard seed

Dies - Tiffany border, MFT florish die, CLD olivebranches and gardenia strip

Pop microbeads - pink and black

Heidi Swapp - Georgia peach shimmer

Freckled fawn -Heart woodchips

FAMILY - Itsy bitsy glittered alphas, glossy accents

pearls, filler flowers,

Challenges:

Dubai Scrapbooking Blog - Altered frame 

Color conception - Anything but cards  (mine is Altered frame)

IBS#81 - Flowers

Stampartic- Using dies (CLD tiffany border die, flowers from CLD gardenia strip dies, CLD olive branches dies, MFT leafy florish die)

Curtain call challenge- Confetti crush