Guest DT @ Pie Lane

Hello! A quick post to show 2 cards that I made for the pie lane challenge 2. As my this card made it to top 3 in pie lane challenge 1, I was selected as a guest DT.
So here are they -

Supplies : CS - Fabriano, PP - Papner mania,DCWV stack 7, Punches - Jeff, Sentiment - TPC Sentiments, Dies- Sizzix Decorative flourishes,  Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circle and peals and buttons from stash.

CS - Fariano (white,black), locally bought (Red), pp - DCWV stack 7, emblishments - butterflies,button from pielane, pixie dust from pielane, flower - Handmande, embossing folder - Cuttlebug swiss dots, Punch - MS Ribbon loop, Distress ink - Fired brick, Dies -  Sizzix Decorative flourishes, Pearls and ribbon from stash, Sentiment - TPC Sentiments

 I regretted not having the pie lane swrils. But planning to get them soon.

Lucy's sketch week - day 3

Hello!!
The third and last post of the day :)
Here's Lucy's day 3 sketch -

For this card, I tried giving a vintage effect.

Supplies: PP - DCWV stack 7 & paper mania, Jeff punches, Handmade ribbon flower, Hand written sentiment,
2012 -cuttlebug Curls and Swrils alphabet Die Set

Here's the close up -

Not sure if I succeeded in giving a vintage effect, but I surely enjoyed making this card.
Also submitting it to ICRC 14 - Anything goes, but CAS
See you again soon :)

Lucy's Sketch week - Day 2

Hi there!I am back again with Lucy's sketch week - Day 2 card.
Here's the sketch for day 2 -

And here's my CAS card based on it -

Supplies: CS - Fabriano, PP - DCWV stack 7, punches - Jeff, sentiment - MICIA stamps

Here's a close up-

I have borrowed the butterfly punch from Shruti and am loving it! I guess I have to buy it soon..
I will be back soon with day 3 card!

Back with Unconditional Love!

Hello Friends!! How have you been? I had been MIA for a long long time and missed you all so much!..Thanks to my hectic professional and personal life. My weekends are more busy than weekdays. But while I was missing, I did manage to make some cards and will be sharing the backlog one by one(Once I click the pics :)..Those who know me well...also know how lazy I am at clicking pics..).
Now without wasting more time...I will show you my latest card made specially for Kalindi's unconditional love challenge. There are still couple of hours left for the challenge to close...and thankfully I made it on time :D

The dolphins are hand drawn and coloured using steadler water colour pencils. The glitter on waves is from pie lane. Sorry for the poor picture..

Kalindi also has a candy for celebrating her blogaversary. So click on the picture to check it out -

And now here's the card I had made for Tejal's birthday. I had posted a sneak-peek..but went missing before uploading the complete one :)

Supplies: Parchment paper, Hero arts blossom art stamp, colour box frost white ink, MS glitter, clear embossing powder

I will be back soon with the back logs :)

Back after a break...

Hey All,
I am back along with my mojo after a gap of 5 long days. Long..because I was on bed rest after a small surgery..Anyways.. I am feeling much much better and completed a half left project today.
This card was initially meant for Anita's Challenge at Kavi's Anniversary celebrations. But missed the deadline due to my health issues. Hence I would be submitting this for Anita's Friendship Challenge. And I dedicate this card to Khushboo my newest blogger friend.

The flowers are handmade following Anita's tutorial. Thanks so much Anita for the wonderful tutorial! The flowers look like real ones and I am going to experiment more with it.
Here's a closer look at the flowers-

An year back, I had got some handmade papers from Singapore which were very thin and I thought were useless. But I was mistaken. These papers are just perfect for making these flowers. The pattern paper is from Paper Mania and butterfly is stamped on parchment paper with black ink, clear embossed and coloured on back side using water colours. (As I am at my mom's place and I didn't have my markers with me). The sentiment is MICIA stamp and the circle punch is from Fiskars.

I also wanted to flaunt my prize for winning Karuna's Just heat embossing challenge. Thank you so much girl! Super loved it :) .

 Now that my mojo is back..I'll be soon experimenting with the embossing pen :)

You are Special!

I have a "You are special!" card today.
I started with this card for participating in Kavitha's inspirational challenge. But as I continued, I figured that the colors I am using are apt for the "Dhin Chak dhin" challenge at ICR. So this card will go to both the challenges.

I got inspiration from Tejal's this card. I simply love her cards especially the CAS ones.
Thank you Tejal for this wonderful inspiration!
And here's my card-

And here's a closer view at the "Special butterfly".

The black butterflies are stamped on parchment paper using black creativ ink and then clear embossed. The silver butterfly is stamped using creative glue pad and then embossed with silver embossing powder from Ranger. Yellow paper has tiny stars embossed and is form making memories.
Finally I am using things from my stash :). The dark blue pp with golden dot is from Paper Mania. Cardstock is local and flowers are quilled :)

2 more Birthday cards!

Hello!
I have 2 more Birthday cards today. I had made these long back for 2 of my friends & colleagues but didn't upload as I had not given it to them. I am still experimenting with pattern papers and stamping. Hoping that one day I would master it like my fellow bloggers :)

In the card below, I have used inkadinkado clear stamps which I had purchased from the crafting queen store. The butterfly is then clear embossed. I used the technique mentioned on Tejal's blog for colouring the butterfly.

 More cards to follow :)

Another Spring Card

This week I made another spring card especially for challenge - http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/03/sketch-n-stash-challenge-57.html
The sketch provided was -

And here is my card -

The flowers and leaves are punched and the butterfly is a digi colored using color pencils and then clear embossed to give a glossy finish.
I am getting so addicted to punch craft and stamping that I just hope that I don't forget my dear quilling :)

This card also goes for following challenges -
Delightful Sketches  - Show us some Green....
SimonSaysStamp -  Happy Birthday!
Aly's Sunday Sketch - Spring
Mami doodles - celebrate spring
wags'n whiskers stamps - spring
Stamping with dragon - bring on spring
Paper Crafting Journey - Up in the air
Crafty Purple frog - Show us some Green
Stamping Vacation - No Fancy Borders
Bee Crafty - Spring Florals

Monarch Butterfly

Here is the picture of my latest quilling work - the monarch butterfly.
It took more than a week to finish it. 1-2 hours a day. This makes my 4th big butterfly.

Quilled Butterflies

These are my first two tries at quilling butterfly.
Just stick a magnet behind and they can make good fridge magnets.