Floral Profusion

As the name suggests, this post is all about flowers ;)


Second post of the day, dedicated to Floral Profusion challenge #114 (A Floral Profusion HANDMADE FLOWERS) being hosted by, Crafty Cardmakers And More.
This is a quick post, short and sweet! (I'm running short on time, the challenge is about to close, need to enter this)

Without further delay, I present my piece of art...

All these gorgeous red flowers are hand made using cardstock; not paper but cardstock. It was difficult to mold cardstock, and yes it made my fingers ache, but the results are amazing. The petals are a lot stronger, they don't tear or bend easily. 

These are keepsake boxes, ideal for gifting trinkets.
Hope these inspire you too!

Happy crafting!

Tag: Soul Mate

"New Beginnings", is the April challenge at Country View Challenges, and that is the inspiration for this tag. To me, new beginnings is a whole lot of things, and though there are several occasions in our lives that qualify as new beginnings, love, is what all these events revolve around.

So, my entry too, revolves around love!

The colors are inspired by Vintage Romance (which was the theme for a Tag Swap which I had intended to participate in). The roses on the corners are drawn and colored with pencil, while the background is stamped.
A vellum heart is layered over cardstock and glittered vellum.

A distressed layer is stamped with 'soul mate' and some bling added for detail.
and that is about it!

Happy Crafting!

Guest Designer: Paper Chase Theme

Hello everyone! I'm the Guest Designer at Country View Challenges for the month of March. Our theme this month is "Paper Chase"; a project with a very strong paper theme.

I used paper from some vintage books as the back drop, giving it a papery feel. Bright pink rosettes (close to neon pink) were added too brighten up the card. Since most paper is made from wood pulp, gave it a woody feel at the same time brightening it with neon flowers.

Happy crafting!

Come Fly With Me: Bird

I love working with birds and bird cages, and so I delightfully share with you my entry for Challenge #110 Come Fly With Me being hosted at Crafty Cardmakers and More.

Its a simple card in shades of white and lilac. The flowers are hand made; stamped and inked in dark and light tones of lilac. The bird and vine are chipboard, lightly inked, while the based is dry embossed. Sprinkled some white beads for finishing touches.

Happy Crafting!

Ripped Jeans: Male Themed Creation

Presenting to you my entry for challenge number 109: This is a Man's World, being hosted by Crafty Card Makers and More.
I wanted to make this card a little different from all the masculine cards I've seen so far. Since this was meant to be a male themed creation, I wanted it to have a rugged, rough, yet youthful look and feel. And so took my inspiration from the below "Ripped Jeans" image found online:

This is what I put together:

Worked with kraft card and blue cardstock. The blue base was first inked to appear as denim and then ripped to create the ripped jeans effect and inked further. Below is a close up, showing all the details =D [very happy with the effect]

 

The sentiment is embossed; black and copper.
The inside is simple.
And as you can see capturing the colors was a task in itself. =)

Happy crafting!

Red, White and Pink: Heart

Its a beautiful Monday morning here! (and just after typing that I had to pause-- so its a beautiful afternoon now =D) Received Country View Crafts gift voucher today, for winning the January challenge, yay! Challenge entry can be found here.

Coming back to the post; This red, white and pink themed card with a large textured heart was made for submission to Challenge no 58 being hosted at Lia Stampz, and the Have A Heart Wednesday Challenge being hosted at Simon Says.

The heart is hand drawn and colored. I wanted to add texture to it and did so by embossing it heavily. Here is an another picture where the texture is clearly visible.

 
That is about it. Love the heart :)


Happy crafting!

Mini: Chalkboard

Here is a mini expressing my love for chalkboard! =D
The mini is 4x4 with lots of flowers, mats, pockets and chalkboard accents.
I used purple, yellow and blue for flowers, and white for the leaves.

These two pages are my favorite! The inspiration came from clipart borders. Here though its all stamping.

 Happy crafting! =)