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 :)

Happy New Year!!

Hello!!
It has been a great crafty year..with so many new blogger friends, 41 posts from a "posting lazy" person like me :D, loads of shopping and new techniques learnt and my new craft supplies shop (Right now limited to quilling stuff..).
This is the last post of the year..but a long one...as I am going to share 4 new projects :)

Here's a quick card I made this morning for a dear friend...(I am not going to mention her name as it is not yet sent to her :D)

Supplies: Hero arts Wild flower Garden,Ranger Archival ink jet black, Distress inks : Tumbled glass, shabby shutters, Peeled paint, Spellbinder Classic scallop circle large, making memories brad butterfly, CS - Fabriano

Next is the punched flowers card. It was lying incomplete for a long time. Finally completed it yesterday.

And here's the close up of punched flowers -

I am feeling very lazy to write the supplies. So please message me if you wnat to know about anythig :)
The white blank circle will host the sentiment. I will add it when I plan to give it to someone based on occasion.
Yesterday, I also tried my hands at fabric flowers.

As red is the colour of love, I am submitting it at Kalindi's Unconditional Love challenge.

And now the last card. This is for all my lovely blogger friends.

I have used my scraps for this card and the flower is handmade, the one which I learnt at Laura's class.

Have a wonderful new year full of happiness, love and prosperity :) and thank you for all your support, encouragement and help during 2011.

Best Wishes

Today's card is based on Piali's sketch below for ICRC10 -

And here's my card -

It's the first time I used fabric on my cards and quite happy with the outcome. The yellow lace and the fabric cutwork patch is from my mom's stash. The sentiment is a peel off sticker. The red dotted pp is DCWV stack 7, the bottom pp is from paper mania. The doily is from Shruti. Thanks girl! I need some more :).
And now the show stopper of this card - the handmade flower. It is made using handmade paper using pielane glitter balls at center. I learnt this from Laura. Thanks Laura for the wonderful classes!
I will be uploading pictures of other flowers that I learnt in her class in my next post.

Submitting this at - ICRC10 - Sketch + use fabric/felt

And one good news! This card of mine made it to top 3 at the ICRC9 challenge. This is the third time I made it to ICRC top 3 :)

CAS quilled!

I made a CAS quilled card this morning. yes you heard it right.."Quilled"..A quilled card ...after ages :D... I wanted to make a card with white background embossed and 1 bright color quilling...but I ended using 2 colors.

I loved using white embossed CS and so there will be some more similar creations coming up.
I am submitting it to -
1) ICR challenge 9 - CELEBRATIONS+ NO RUBBER/DIGI STAMPING EXCEPT FOR SENTIMENT!!!
Yes, My 5th entry to ICRC9 :)..Well I can't help it..it came at the time I got my cuttlebug..so I had to put my stamps away.

A quick card!

Posting a quick card that I made last night. I wanted to submit it to ET's ribbon flower challenge but missed the deadline :(
But then I am glad that I got to learn something new :).

And here goes the Supplies list-
Martha Stewart garden trellis punch, Ribbon and CS - local, dark pink pp is from best occasions scrapbook kit, flourishes from Sizzlits Decorative Flourishes Set , Sentiment is cut from Provocraft Curls and Swirls alphabet set.

I have an extra set of "Provocraft Curls and Swirls alphabet set" for sale (brand new and unopened) for 1000 Rs. (excluding shipping).  Let me know if you are are interested. You can view the details of this wonderful die set at -
http://www.provocraft.com/products/detail.php?cl=cuttlebug&scl=alphabet&cat=&item=37-1054

I am submitting the above card at -
 ICR challenge 9 - CELEBRATIONS+ NO RUBBER/DIGI STAMPING EXCEPT FOR SENTIMENT!!!

I am on a roll this weekend..and to add to it the issues with my rotary trimmer are sorted. Since few days I was a little upset with the trimmer not cutting properly. I thought that the blade had worn off and I was feeling totally handicapped. Then I read Tejal's post on Paper Trimmers and found "Again, the track in which the blade runs, might need replacing once a year …again depending on your usage"
And it struck me to check the track and found that it was the culprit. I removed it and flipped it over and now the trimmer is cutting perfectly. Thanks so much Tejal!

So keep watching for some more cards :)

My second trishutter card!

This is a quick post to display my new trishutter card. It is made specially for Anita's Sentiment in window challenge.I am again just in time, just a couple of hours before the challenge closes :)
So, here's my card-

I will put up some better pictures tomorrow with proper lights.
In this card, I have done a lot of cutting as I don't own any die cutting tools. The window is handcut after tracing with label die cuts which I had bought from Kavitha. The butterflies are stamped, embossed and then cut. The flourishes are also hand-drawn and cut.The flowers are handmade. The centers of the 2 big cards are made using glitter balls from pie lane. The outer window is sprinkled with pink glittler from pie lane..and the butterfly trails in center are heart sequences..again from pie lane.
I will update this post with detailed pictures. Till then..Happy Crafting :)

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 :)