Floral Layout, Desktop Calendar with Post it notes holder !

Today's post is not about cards or canvas, rather few gifts with handmade flowers.

Made these for my little one's teachers and KG supervisior as tomorrow is Open house and we would be meeting all staff and get his progress report, New school uniforms and Books :) He is way more excited to meet his teachers and friends :)

This is the picture taken with the class teacher and friends on his 6th birthday and so i felt this would be apt to be framed with some handmade flowers using Spellbinder dies for large blooms and blue flowers are from Cheerylynn Medium Rose die. Leaves are form Spellbinders foliage die and all these are stuck on 8x8 mariposa pp and then mounted to Fabriano Brown CS.

The red blooms are distressed with Worn lipstick DI, Orange blooms from Spiced Marmalade DI, Blue blooms from Tumbled glass DI. There are misted with water, distressed and then shaped.
Now i got it framed too and all set to gift away tomorrow :)

Next is the Easel desktop calendars with Post it notes holders.

There are 4.5" square Easel cards with Spellbinder die Majesty matted for focal panel with few handmade blooms using Cheerylynn Designs Medium rose die and Ivy florish die.

Except the blues, rest of them are made from CLD Medium rose dies and sponged with Colorbox pigment inks.

Hope you like this !!

Challenges:
Cheerylynn Designs - Anything goes ( Easel Calendars with Post it holders - Used CLD  Medium rose die and Ivy Florish die)

SSS wednesday - Anything goes

Creative Blog Hop and a Canvas - First Ever Try :)

Thank You Bhavana for nominating me for this Creative Blog Hop. It helps to know a little more about the artists and their interests.

So...Little about me...

1. What are you working right now ?

Working on a card right now in my craft space and few pending project works going on.

2. How does your work differ from others of your genre?

My card making style much inclined towards pastel shades, shabby chic and vintage kind. I love to make my own handmade florals using various dies and so my cards are florally embellished always :)

3. Why do you create and what you do?

Am an MPhil graduate in Toxicology and have a pulsating desire to do my PhD. Right now, SAHM of a naughty little fella, who keeps me on toes always. Learnt classical dance, veena and carnatic music, but only being in this crafter community, made me to enjoy my life amidst of my regular mundane.

4.How does your creative process work?

To me..inspirations are everywhere and in everything. It depends on the eyes of beholder.
To inspire and to be inspired by.. is my motto always.

Thats all from me!

Love to nominate two other talented crafter pals who excels in their own line. Love to know a bit more about you guys. Hope you love to continue the chain :)

Smita Satish and Rupa Swaninathan

And coming to my First ever Canvas. Done bit of Mixed media kind style. Rest left to you to comment.

Today is my little one's 6th birthday and wanted to add my fave pic which we took on his 10th month at a tour at Macau near Hong Kong at 2010 New year :)

Very Happy Birthday Adithya :)

Its a 5x7 mini canvas and i gessoed down initally. Then took DCWV Luxury stack pp which has a metallic and pearlised sheen on it. Love this stack for its richess and elegance. Took the one with little blue shades and baby pink shades and light brown scrolls.

Then its pasted on the canvas using Modpodge Matt and again gessoed down to tone down the color and to pick up the mists.

Added the handmade blooms which are gessoed down and sprayed with Glimmer mist blue and diamond dust sprinkled on it edges.

The metal embellishments are Prima junkyards and the diecut Bundle of joy is distressed with Tumbled glass DI. My new stash, Tim holtz Elegant florishes are diecut from kraft CS and gessoed down a bit and added near the pic. Few CLD ivy florish leaves are diecut and their edges are distressed with tumbled glass DI . Few ink splatters in black, blue and few blue pearls to finish off.

Hope you like my attempt!

Challenges entered:

IBS #91 - used light blue and kraft

SSS- Anything goes

Thank You card!

Today's card is my last DT inspiration for Cardabilities blog for the sketch #118.

The sponsor for this time reveal is Flying Unicorn . Come and play along to win exciting prize from the sponsor.

Thank you Karan Gerber for the wonderful opportunity to work with your awesome sketches and talented Design teamies across the world. Absolutely enjoyed this DT term :)

Todays' card

Just stacked the Spellbinder and joycraft diecuts on a kraft CS and matted against a white CS. The bloom is made using joy craft die. 

The leaves are from Spellbinders foliage die. Few pearls and white acrylic ink splatters to finish off the card.

Challenges entered:

IBS customer gallery -  used IBS trendy circles

IBS color sketch  #91 - used kraft, white, green

Simon says stampblog - Anything goes

Hugs and Kisses!

Hi All,

Today's card is all about crazy inking and collage of stamping :)

Hero Arts Leafy wines are stamped diagonally using Ranger's Archival Sepia ink and the whole card is distressed using Antique Linen, Aged Mahogany, Rusty Hinge DIs for building layers. Kaisercraft Hessian stamp is used for the texture on the corners of card and Heidi swapp script are stamped using Festive berries DI.

Ornate diecut is added as focal point and on it the floral arrangement is made with the crinkled flowers using Cheerylynn Designs Gardenia strip, CLD tropical flourish, CLD olive branches, CLD rose strip. A corrugated heart diecut is added which is distressed with aged Mahogany DI and picket fence DS is used randomly on it.

IBS sentiment is stamped on a Avery Elle tiny tag die. Few rhinestones, stick pollens are added as accents.

Hope you like it!

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs - Anything goes (used Cheerylynn Designs Gardenia strip, CLD tropical flourish, CLD olive branches, CLD rose strip)

IBS customer gallery (used IBS sweet valentine stamp set)

IBS  used kraft, pink and white colors

Love You card :)

Wishing You All A Very Happy Valentine's Day :)

Today's card is DT inspiration for Cardabilities. The sponsor for this fortnight is DiesRUs. Play along to win exciting prize from our sponsor :)

Sketch for this time is:

Bit of mixed media kind of card. The panel is a pp from Vintage notes. Stamped kaisercraft heissian stamp and using stencil, applied texture paste on the pp and misted with pearlescent pink mist and stamped Heidi swapp script stamp randomly around the centre of pp.

Made a heart from paper cord and slightly misted with the pearlescent pink mist, Few Prima flowers around the heart with cheerylynn ivy florish leaves, pink grossgrain ribbon and few pearls as accents.

Hope you like it!

Supplies:

pp - Vintage notes
CS- Fabrino kraft cs
Die - Cheerylynn ivy florish leaf die
Flowers - Prima coffe break collection
Pearlescent pink mist
Stamp - Kaisercraft Heisian stamp
Heidi swapp script stamp
Sentiment IBS - Just because
Pearls, Pink gorssgrain ribbon from stash


Challenges:

IBS feb customer gallery - Jus because stampset

Pink Posies card - CLD DT call !

Today 's card is especially for Cheerylynn Design Team call. Its one of the finest dies, which cuts paper like butter. I love to work with those dies very often and this DT call, urges me to attempt my luck to work among the wonderful designers' team.

Always love to find ways to use my flower dies and this time too attempted to make different flowers. Used only Cheerylynn dies to make this card :)

Diecut the CLD Mexcian tile die from white CS and matted this against a pink CS and layered this panel on a White CS.

The large bloom is made from CLD sunflower die and distressed with Tattered rose and Wornlipstick DIs. The roses are made from CLD Gardenia strip die and this time tried to attempt peony kind flower than usual roses.These are distressed with worn lipstick DI on edged, misted and shaped. Small roses are made from CLD medium rose die and the single petal pollen centered too are from same die. Those are distressed using the Worn lipstick DI.

These flroal cluster are arranged on the CLD tropical florish die with CLD rose leaves and CLD olive branches.

The Sentiment banner is diecut from Itsy bitsy venetian label,and IBS sentiment is stamped using Black Archival ink and mounted using adhesive foam.

Hope you like this!!

Supplies:
CS- White from Fabriano, Pink from DCWV pastels stack

Cheerylynn Designs dies - Mexican tile die,
                                            Olive branches,
                                            Gardenia strip die
                                            Rose leaf strip
                                            Medium rose strip
                                            Tropical florish die
DIs-   Tattered rose, Worn lipstick

IBS Sentiment, Ranger black archival ink,pearls,

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs DT Call

Cheerylynn Designs - Tickled pink (CLD Mexican tile die,
                                            Olive branches,
                                            Gardenia strip die
                                            Rose leaf strip
                                            Medium rose strip
                                            Tropical florish die)

Layered Shabby chic card :)

Hi All,

Today's card is a layered shabby chic one with those pastel shades of beige, brown, baby pink, mint green,olive green. Hope you like it!

Hope am bitten by shabby bug, offlate making cards with these tones predominantly :)

Layering and the card front are diecut from Spellbinder Curved rectangle die and layers are added using the foam tape to give bit dimension to the layers. And these are matted against the kraft CS.

Cheerylynn Designs Tiffany border is attached to the sides of the 3rd layer of the diecut and to the ends a cream beaded trim is attached. Its a RAK from a dear friend Pooja :)

Cheerylynn Designs Tropical flourish are added and top of it added heart diecut from a corrugated cardboard and to it, added Picket fence DS and on its sides added Vintage photo DS. The sentiment is added on a heart diecut and centrally placed on this corrugated heart.

Two strips of CLD ivy florish are added under the heart so that it peeks from it.

Always wanted to try different flowers using the CLD dies. And so the Big cabbage rose are made from CLD gardenia strip and those small blooms are made from the calyx of the CLD medium rose die and to it, added few white pollens. Hope you like these trial versions of my flowers :)

CLD butterfly is added near the floral cluster and few pearls as accents.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:

CS- Fabriano kraft CS

PPs-  IBS vintage florals
So Sweet 

Dies:
Cheerylynn Designs - ivy florish, gardenia strip, tiffany border, small butterfly with angel wings,medium rose,tropical florish
Itsy bitsy - Heart thinlits
Stamp - IBS Sweet Valentine
Sepia Ranger Archival ink, pearls
beaded trim - RAK from sweet friend Pooja...Girl am loving it!!

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs - Add a flourish (used vy florish, gardenia strip, tiffany border, small butterfly with angel wings,medium rose,tropical florish)

IBS customer gallery (used Sweet valentine stampset and Vintage floral pp)

IBS #90 (used hearts)

Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers

Inkspirational #75 Rose colors

Just us girls#278

Layered Vintage Card :)

DT inspiration card for Cardabilities here! Very fond of inks these days and tried to create layered vintage bg for this card.

Here we go,

Sketch for this challenge

Watercolor cs is taken and built the layers from scratch, using various DIs - Aged Mahogany, Scattered straw, Vintage Photo. Adequately misting and drying every layer before adding each layer of inks. Then the edges are roughed and rolled at diagonal corners of the card.

Heidi Swapp Script stamp (new in my stash) is randomly stamped, and its shown vaguely at few places only as its been lost in misting and ink layerings.

Took heart diecuts in Red CS and distressed its edges in black soot DI. The CLD medium rose diecuts are distressed with aged mahogany and pearl centered. And Spellbinders foliage leave diecuts are distressed with evergreen bough and aged mahogany, misted and shaped.

Diagonally, Kaisercraft Heisian stamp(new in my stash) is stamped using Vintage photo DI for the extra textured look for the card.

Sentiment is from IBS Everyday Sentiment stampset which is selectively stamped using Ranger Archival ink and the banner edges are distressed using Vintage Photo DI. And random splashes of Black soot inks as the finishing touch!

This front panel is then matted in a black CS which is then on a white base CS.Few black rhinestones are added as accents on heart diecut.

Hope you like the overall look of the card!

Supplies:

CS- Fabriano CS
Inks- DIs- Vintage photo, Aged Mahogany,Scattered straw, Black soot, Evergreen bough
Stamp - heidi Swap script stamp, IBS everyday greetings, Kaisercraft Heisian stamp
Dies - CLD medium rose, Spellbinders foliage die, Itsy Bitsy heart thinlits


Challenges

IBS#90 - Hearts

IBS customer gallery - Used everyday sentiment

You are Lovely :)

Made a simple card today with combination which i always in love with and used only Cheerylynn dies to make. When it comes to patterned paper use, its hard for me to put scissors on it. Rather am hoarding a whole lot of pps which had been lying in stash for several months now.

Now on to my card,

Took kraft A2 cs from Recollections stack and used for the base of the card. On it, used pp from Homemade memories 12/12 stack and as a focal element placed a diecut from Zephyr paper pad. Stamped sentiment from IBS sweet valentine set using my new Sepia Ranger's Archival ink. Added few pearls and heart pearls as accents.

Blooms are made using the DCWV pastel cs. Big roses are made using CheeryLynnDesigns gardenia strip and small roses using CLD medium roses, baby breaths are from CLD embellishment die 3, the foliage are made using CLD olive branches, CLD rose leaf strip.

CLD tiffany border strips are kept below the florals and a pink double stich grossgrain ribbon, added few pearls. Hope you like it!

Supplies

CS- Recollections A2 base kraft CS, DCWV pastels pink CS, Fabriano kraft CS
Dies
Cheerylynn Designs gardenia strip
CLD rose leaf strip
CLD olive branches
CLD medium rose
CLD tiffany border die
CLD embellishment die 3

Stamp - IBS Sweet valentine
Ink - Ranger's Archival Sepia ink
Pearls. heart pearls, Pink grossgrain ribbon

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs- Anything goes 
(Cheerylynn Designs gardenia strip,CLD rose leaf strip,CLD olive branches,CLD medium rose,CLD tiffany border die
CLD embellishment die 3)

IBS#90 (hearts, used rose, white on card)

IBS customer gallery (used sweet valentine stamp set)

613Avenue create - Anything goes with twist (used patternedpaper, ribbon, dry embossing on flowers.diecuts)

SSS- Anything goes

Love Birds Card :)

Love is in air.....

Valentine day is nearing and the challenges at very many blog demands Love themed cards :)

And so my attempt making a Love themed one with various diecuts and use of dark shades. Hope you like it!!

Here we go,

The red CS front panel is a diecut from my new Spellbinder die - A2 Divine Eloquence and this has been matted on base White and Black CS. And on it Cheerylynn French pastry doily in black is kept as a base for the white caged birds diecut.

Hope it goes so well with the theme Love, as they look each other and to emphasize even more, added heart rhinestones on each bird and the point of their meet, added a wood veener heart which is sponged with Worn lipstick DI.

The floral spray is made using the new cheerylynn die in my stash...Those cabagge roses and single petal blooms are made using CLD Medium rose, which are sponged with Worn lipstick DI and the leaves are from Ivy florishes, which again are sponged with Bundled sage DI. Both leaves and flowers are sponged and shaped. The Memory box die hanging hearts are also my new addition to my craft stash, to which added pearls hearts at centre.

The IBS sentiment is stamped on the banner die of the Spellbinders A2 Divine Eloquence and
few rhinetsones are added as accents.

Hope you like my first card of this Valentine season  :)

Supplies

CS - Fabriano White, Black, red

Dies:
Cheerylynn die - Medium rose
Cheerylynn die - French pastry
Cheerylynn die- Ivy florishes
Memory box - Precious hearts
Spellbinders - A2 Divine Eloquence

Frekled fawn - Woodveener heart
Inks - Bundled sage, Wornlipstick DIs
Ranger black Archival ink

Sentiment - IBS sweet valentine

challenges:

Cheerylynn -  Sweethearts (used hanging hearts, heart wood veener, heart rhinestones, heart pearls)
(Cheerylynn die - Medium rose
Cheerylynn die - French pastry
Cheerylynn die- Ivy florishes)

Allsorts - Spring flowers

Fairytale stampers - Flowers

NBUS - Cheerylynn medium rose die, Memory box precious hearts die are new in my craft stash

IBS customer gallery - Used selective stamping on IBS sweet valentine stampset

IBS - hearts and colors as well

Winter Wonderland

Love this season especially for the Snowflakes... and wanted to create a winter scene with the dies on hand.

This time took Cheerylynn Snowflakes die and used it on a winter scene. Hope you like it!

Here we go,

Matted Spellbinders curved rectangles on blue and white base cardstocks. The front panel is tore and roughed at its edges. Stamped my new Kaisercraft Woodgrain stamp in White embossing powder and slightly sponged with Vintage photo DI to mimic the frosty look on trees. MS sprig punch is used to added to create the frosty look of leaves on tree trunk.

A small diecut of same die is used to create a mini scene for the sentiment which says "Let it Snow". Masked the area and sponged with Tumbled glass and Broken China DIs and stamped the sentiment. And on the lower part on the word, "Snow" and around it added Diamond dust twinklets to create a frosty look.

And this is mounted on the front panel and to it added the Memory box Deer Trio diecut (a new addition to my craft stash), which is sponged on edges with vintage photo to give a defined look.
The deer family in kept on the snow which is created on base of the front panel.

And now the CLD snowflakes diecuts are taken, sponged with tumbled glass DI and added on the entire winter wonderland.

Hope you like this attempt.

Supplies:

CS - Fabriano CS white and blue
Dies:

Cheerylynn Dies - Snowflakes die
Memory box - Deer trio
Spellbinders - Curved rectangles die

Inks
DI - Tumbled glass,broken china, vintage photo
Rangers Black archival ink

Stamps

IBS winter wonderland for sentiment
Kaisercraft woodgrain stamp

Challenges:

Cheerylynn : Snowflakes (CLD snowflakes die)
Pinspiration challenge - Snowflake

Winter Whites :)

First post in this new year 2015!!

Like last year, this year too i have started my first post on WOW card (white on white). Am a big fan of WOW cards. Earlier done 4 Wow cards and you can check here .

This card done entirely using Cheerylynn dies only :)

CLD's Mexican tile die is used for the front panel and for me every tile look like a snowflake :) .Its matted against a front and base panel using foam tape for the dimensional look. White Thai tissue paper is used for the central portion and the texture of it, mimics snowy feel and on it added my new CLD Snowflakes die, which has very many sizes and patterns of the snowflakes. At one go, you can have lots of snowflake diecuts :) IBS sentiment is stamped using versamark and silver embossed.

Diagonally at corners, the flower clusters are made using CLD gardenia die, one of my ever favorite for making roses and this time i used diamond dust glitter for that frosty look on flowers.
The Flaky flowers are made using CLD embellishment die and the CLD build flower-2 leaves are being used along  with CLD ivy flourish die, CLD tropical flourish die.

Few more shots

Pearls of various sizes used as centres in snowflakes and flowers.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:

Base CS, Front panel - Fabriano 

Dies:
CLD -gardenia strip,
CLD tropical flourish
CLD snowflakes die
CLD mexican tile die
CLD ivy flourish
CLD embellishments die
CLD build a flower 2

Zing silver embossing powder, pearls.

Stamp - IBS winter wonderland

Challenges:

Cheerylynn designs- Winter white

IBS customer gallery - winter wonderful stamp set used

Cardmania - CMC#64 Make it sparkle (Diamond dust on flowers for sparkle look)

Dies r us - Anything goes with something new  (used my brand new stuffs - Cheerylynn Snowflake die , Cheerylynn Build a flower-2 )

Pinspirational challenge - Snowflake

NBUS#3 (used my brand new stuffs - Cheerylynn Snowflake die , Cheerylynn Build a flower-2 )

Vintage card - Just for U :)

Its my second time try at Vintage style. Earlier card can be seen here. Love this style for the dark tones of brown, beige, tans, black hues and still creating magic.

This is the last card for this year 2014 and also DT inspiration card for the Cardabilities challenge.

Felt like IBS Vintage floral PP is so apt for this theme and so matted this against the black CS. To achieve the look, pp is roughed,rolled at edges using scissors, distressed with vintage photo DI and to give a bit more darker shade, distressed pp at various places and stamped randomly with IBS script stamp from Friends forever stamp set using same DI. Am in love with the effect it has created on bg.

Used Doily die and cut the doilies of various sizes in brown CS. And on it, arranged the floral using Joycrafts die. This time, tried a different flower other than my usual flower style. Hope you like it!


Closer shot of flowers

For stamens, used CLD embellishment dies and cut in black CS. The rose strips are diecut in white and distressed with Vintage photo DI and the florishes of black and white to balance the flowers.
Sentiment is stamped in oval scallop diecut and distressed with DI.

Thats all from me :)

Wishing all my readers, blogger-pals, a very very Happy and Wonderful New Year 2015. May your days ahead be more joyous and lovely :)

Thanks so much for the support and lovely comments, which is the only source of driving force for me.

Supplies:

Vintage floral PP - IBS
CS- Brown,Black
Dies - Joycrafts florishes die, MFT scrolled florishes, CLD embellishments die, CLD rose leaf strip, Nellie Snellen doily die,Couture Scalloped oval die

Stamps- Script from IBS forever friends set
              Sentiment from Small label stamp set
Inks - vintage photo DI

Challenge:

IBS customer gallery - vintage floral pp and forever friends stampset.