Shabby Chic Floral Card | Photo Tutorial

Hello, bloggy friends!
I am sharing a shabby-chic card after a very long time. My current love is making stamped cards, but I do like to make layered cards from time to time. I made this for my Guest Post at Itsy Bitsy. You can check it out HERE, if you haven't already.

Here's a look at my card first :

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I also have a small tutorial to share on how I created the background for my card and the products used.

Step 1 - I have used a peach colored card base which was sent to me in the kit along with a piece of pattern paper which I have distressed using a pair of scissors & colored the edges using two different shades of Distress inks.

Step 2 - After distressing, I glued the pattern paper to the cardbase & then using a stencil from Itsy Bitsy (Floral) and some Modelling Paste, I did some stenciling using a Spatula to add some texture. I also added a bit of Distress ink to the Modelling Paste to give it a hint of colour.

Here is how it looks once the stenciling is done!

Step 3 - This is what I have used for embellishing my card. The Pattern papers that you see on the left were the ones I have worked with & the little flower embellishments were created using flowers from this set. I absolutely love the Glitter Paper from Itsy Bitsy & I have used it for die-cutting my leaf & foliage. Also used some dies for embellishing my card.

This border die by Spellbinders is absolutely regal & so intricate. I absolutely love using this.

I'm linking my card to the Simon Says Stamp - Use Pink, Happy Little Stampers- Mixed Media Challenge (Nature), Fab n Funky - Fabulous Flowers, Fusion - I'm going with the inspiration picture this time. (I'm inspired by the colours of the florals) and Cards 4 Galz- Use atleast one die.

I hope you like this card of mine. I would love to hear your comments/suggestions regarding it.

Have a nice day everyone!

Guest Post for Itsy Bitsy!

Hi friends!
I am so excited to let you all know that I am Guest Designing for the Itsy Bitsy blog. Itsy Bitsy is one of my most favourite craft stores by far, and I was so thrilled when they invited me to their blog for a Guest Post. I'm sharing three cards there with a short tutorial. Here's a small sneak peek for you :

Please do visit the Itsy Bitsy blog to view the complete projects & don't forget to leave me a comment there :)

Have a nice day everyone!

For the Love of Crafting # 10 - Color Bingo !!

Hi Everyone,
The Current Challenge at For the Love of Crafting # 10 is a Color Bingo ...And Guess what I am hosting it : ) : )
...And here's a look at my Creation's  :-
                   

 
Well!!, as you can see I was so inspired by the color's that I have made 2 projects for this time's challenge !!..A small bag  and a card using the colors Blue ,Green and Neutral from the grid  :)..and if you  want to know more about this challenge please hop on to our challenge blog -For the love of Crafting  :) Hey ...Do you all know what ??we have Two wonderful prizes up for grabs...yes!!!  so  do join us for this color  bingo challenge :)  

Here's a pic of the bag :-
                           

  And a look at my card :-
         

     

Supplies Used :-
For the Bag :-

Base CS-Hobby ideas CS
Lace and Handle CS-Anandha Stationery,
Flower's-Itsy Bitsy (Boutique collection),
Green Diecut:Mansi's Store.

For The Card :-

Base CS -Campap,
PP-From Priya's store (Assorted pack ),
Flower's-Itsy Bitsy (Boutique collection ),
Punched Lace-MS daisy border punch,
White ribbon-stash,
Green flourish Diecut-Mansi's Store,
Scallop punch-EK success,
Circle Punch-JEF,
Sentiment-Hobby ideas stamp .  

Challenges Entered :-
1.Amusing Challenges : Anything but a card entering My bag :)
2.Pile it on : pattern paper    (card )
3. Anything but a card :anything goes debut challenge
4. Come and get it challenge (Tic Tac Toe :Diecuts ,(Punched )Lace and pearls )    
5.Bearly Mine :anything but a card (Bag)
6.Itsy Bitsy The Big B challenge  (used brad and bling for the bag )

Hope you all have a Good day ahead and please do drop in your comment/suggestions :)
                                                                                          

BAGS Galore !!

Hi Everyone,
                     Today sharing with You all some Small Paper Bags which I have Made on Order for My Friend !!These are Really Small Bags and Can Hold A Standard  Cadbury 's Dairy Milk Choc :) So Here are the Pics :-

           
       

 

   And Some More :-

 

These Bags are Made with Handmade paper and I have Used Itsy Bitsy Flowers To Decorate Them ...And I have Made a Total of 12 Of These small Bags !!Well My Friend Loved it , Hope You all Like it Too ;)

Suppllies Used :-
Handmade Paper- Local Buy
Flowers -Itsy Bitsy
Punches -Jef {Swirl} Leaf {Botanical} Round {Large}, .MS Daisy Punch ,Scallop Punch {EK Success}
Decorative Scissors -Scallop {Hobby Ideas}
Pearls -Stash


Challenges Entered :-
1.Oldie But Goldie Challenge - Flower Power { Flowers are More than 6 Months Old}
2 .Itsy Bitsy Blog- Flowers
3.Lia Stampz -Anything Goes

 Do Leave Your Lovely Comments and Suggestions !!
Have a Good day Everyone !!
                                                                                     

Pie Lane Inspiration....

Hi Friends,
Today I am sharing a  Card I made for the Pie Lane Challenge #2,Recipe-Flowers,Flourishes and Buttons nad Here is my Take on it: :-

And Now a Another View :-

              My Card is Based on the Sketch from Just Add Ink

And Here's The Sketch :-

         The Colours of My Card are inspired from this time's Colour Throwdown Challenge

        Supplies Used :-

Red CS-Hobby Ideas.
Green Cs-DCWV.
Brown-Kraft from Stash.
Cream CS-DCWV Scrap Pack.
Die -Cut-Handcut and Traced(Bought from Kavitha's Store).
Flowers-Itsy Bitsy (Inked with Rubber Stampede Inks).
Square Scallop-Hand-Cut with Scallop Scissors.
Pie Lane Butterflies,Lotus Flower,Flourishes, Glitter Balls.
Green Rhinestones-Card Kit.
Ribbon-Stash.
Button-Card Kit


Challenges Entered :-
1.Just Add Ink-Sketch
2.Colour Throwdown -Ivory,Kraft ,Olive And Red
3.Unstampelles Challenge-Anything Goes With no Stamping
4.Deep Ocean Challenge -Glitter.
5. Papertake Weekly-Bows,Buttons,Blooms&Bling.

                                                                                   

An Anniversary Card. ......And some shares!!!

Hi Friends and Fellow Bloggers,
Wish you all a Very Merry Christmas !!!!! My Today's Post is An Anniversary Card for a very Dear Friend:) My this Card will reach Her a little Late...Due to My Mistake..But hopefully She will like  my Card and forgive My mistake:(
This  is a Quilling  Card again with lots of Layers ...So without further ado Here's My Card:-

                                                         
Now a Different View :-

         And a Look at the Matching Envelope:-        

 And a look at the Flap Side :-

          The Idea for the   Window Trellis is inspired from  the Box From Priya's Blog.  The Idea for the envelope is also inspired from Her.

Supplies used:-   (Card)
Red Cs-Hobby Ideas
Dotted PP-Bought  from Kavitha's Store
Punched Lace-Ms Daisy punch
Glitter Strip-Priya's Candy
Sentiment-Itsy Bitsy
Frame-Itsy Bitsy
Quilled Strips-Handcut
Flowers -Itsy Bitsy
Glitter Glue-Hobby Ideas(White)
Faux stitching-Uniball Signo(Silver)
Pearls-Stash

Supplies Used:-(Envelope)
Handmade Batik Printed Paper
Flowers and Butterfly- Itsy Bitsy
Punched Lace-Ms Daisy Punch
Hobby Ideas glitter Glue(White)

I  am Entering this Card in the Following: :-
1.Daring Cardmakers ( Spots and Stripes)
2.Polka Doodles(Through the Window)
3.The Perfect Sentiment (Anniversary Sentiment +Used the Trellis and the  flowers for inspiration)
4. LadybugCrafts Ink Tlt Challenge (Flowers,Ribbon Punches/Diecuts)
5.The Crafty Pad(Anything But a Christmas Card)
6.Scrappy Frog Challenge(Faux Stitching)

And now for some  Goodies that I Have Received :-
First up Is Karuna's Lil Giveaway Which I had Won For Being the 700th Like On her Fb page
  Crafting Queen
And here's A look at the Gorgeous Card and the goodies She sent Me :-

                           

                             
                     And Now A   Beautiful Christmas Card Which Ujjwal sent Me With my Order    :-

                                And Now a cute Stamp Which  I got from Priya Sivaraj On Being one of the Winners In her Blogerversary Celebration   :-

              Thank You So So  much Karuna,Ujjwal And Priya For your generosity.
              I loved all of your Gifts   and Cards.

     Hop e you guys  Like My Card ... Do Let me Know through your Valuable Comments   :) Have A Great Day Everyone!!!!                                                                               

A SHABBY CHIC BIRTHDAY CARD....

HI FRIENDS,
Today I am posting a  Birthday card in a style which is quite unlike my usual work ,but once I started making this card it seems the elements just fell into place ,so without further ado a look at my Card First:

                                                 

    And now adding some more detailed pictures of the Card below:

                                                                                            

   

       My pic's have not come out well this time I  feel the colors in real life look much softer than shown here but I seem to be having some problem with my camera too ....hope it gets resolved soon...anyways  a little bit about my card now .The DP used is bought locally and I  have used MS punch to create the paper lace those cute flower embellies  on the lace   are from Pie Lane which Snehal had sent me in her Candy and the pink flowers used in the corner are from Priya's candy ,the Tag is made from Fabriano Brustro and have stamped the flowers using clear stamps from The Paper Company and inked with HobbyIdeas pretty color ink.the butterfly is from Itsy Bitsy and I have stamped the dots on it and covered it with glitter glue from Hobby Ideas, the rhinestones are from my stash,I have stamped the sentiment on vellum using clear stamp and ink from Rubber Stampede and the ribbon on the tag is from my stash as well.
Thats it from me hope you guys like my Card would love to get any feed back from you:)Have a Good Day Everyone.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1.http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-15-monochromatic.html  (Monochramatic)
2.http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/11/flutter-by-wednesday-180.html (Use a Butterfly or Angel)
3.http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com/2011/11/rubys-rainbow-ch16.html   (Use anything with Wings)
4.http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-15-flower-power.html(Flower Power)
5.http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/2011/11/house-of-gilli-challenge-17.html  (Monochramatic)
6.http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-12.html (Use Punches or Diecuts:used both Flowers are Diecut and the Swirls are Punched so is the Paper Lace).
7.http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-93.html(Bingo:  Flower Pearls and Lace)
8.http://stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/crafty-sentiments-bling-it-on.html (Bling it on)          
9.http://www.thehybridchick.com/2011/11/card-caravan-challenge-6-birthday-theme/(Birthday Sentiment)
10.http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/2011/11/cyda-challenge-33-embellishment-bingo.html  (Pearls,Flowers,Ribbon)                          

A BIRTHDAY CARD FOR A TEEN....

Hi  Friends,
Today I am posting a card which I made at the request of my friend's daughter who wanted to give it to her Friend for her 17th birthday,she had a few Specification's  for it  and asked Me to make a card in Shades of Blue with the words "Smart 17 ''written on it .So here is what I created, have a look First:

  And now Showing you some close up of the Flower's and the Dress Form:

                                         
        And now for the Flower's:

   Now a little bit about my card ,when I started to make this Card I was stuck for Idea's  and kept  trying out various things until I came upon this Card by Vicky from the Blog clips and cuts  and then I had a starting point for my card, That is the Dress form and I hand drew the Silhoutte shape  and Cut it and Distressed the edges with Memento Ink (Rich Cocoa)and made the Skirt with a 1 inch Satin ribbon in white and placed a dotted ribbon and  a strip of Glitter  on the skirt . I made the string  around the neck with Pie Lane Glitter Balls and for the top I  cut a piece of Blue (DCWV)CS and stuck it to the Silhoutte shape,I used the Itsy Bitsy Alphabets to form the Word "smart" and the 17 is from Glittered number stickers from Itsy Bitsy and  placed on punched out heart  I decorated the alphabet tiles with some punched flowers and also framed the dress form with some Itsy Bitsy flowers in shades of blue and light yellow The Flourishes are from Pie Lane,the DP is from K&C Company and the edges are punched using Fiskar's 3 in 1 corner punches the base CS is from Hobby Ideas.  
                        That's about it from me.  If you have any questions or doubts do let me know and will try to help you out.Please do drop in a line to let me know if you liked my card. Have a Nice Day Everyone:)    
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1.  http://www.lilypad.inlinkz.com/2011/10/28/simon-says-stamp-presents-a-texture-challenge/ (Texture is from the ribbons and the Glitter strips and Flourishes)
2.http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-60-birthdays.html   (Birthday card for a Teen)
3.http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-69bingo-time.html   (Bingo:LAST LINE:Glitter /Punch/diecut,Ribbon )
4.http://createmepink.blogspot.com/2011/11/cmp-3-flower-challenge.html    (FLOWERS)
5.http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2011/11/shopping-our-stash-challenge-25.html (Used Alphabet Stickers and Swirl Stickers)
6.http://www.cardcupids.org/blog/?p=1823    (Bling)                                                                          

BIRTHDAY CARD!!!

HI Friends ,today I am posting a card which derives inspiration from this time's Tuesday trigger at the MOXIE FAB WORLD.And here's a picture of the inspiration :

     And now a look at my Card:

                                               

   And now a Different view:

                                 

    Okay a little bit about the card now,I have used mainly Pie Lane and  Itsy Bitsy stuff to create this card ,The Base of the card that's the Turquoise color Cardstock is from a Card kit from Itsy Bitsy which I have placed on a white Fabriano Cardstock, The above grey Pattern Paper I won as a candy from Kavi  and the flower's used here are from Itsy bitsy and the Flourishes,Butterflies and the Glitter Balls  in the Centre of the Flower's are from Pie Lane which I Purchased from Khushboo . The grey lace above is punched border from Fiskar's and the sentiment is stamped using clear stamps from The Paper Company.That's about from me.
                                  Please let me know whether you liked my card any suggestion or tip's are welcome.Have a Nice Day Everyone.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1.http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2011/10/tuesday-trigger-dress-finesse.html(Inspiration from the above pic)
2.http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-20-use-flowers-andor-felt.html(Use flowers/and or felt)
3.http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2011/10/birthday-celebrations-with-stretch-n.html(Birthday's)
4.http://www.lilypad.inlinkz.com/2011/09/23/simon-says-stamps-presents-a-bling-challenge/(Add Bling to your project:flourishes,butterflies and flower centre).
                                                                              

CASE-ING A CARD!!

HI Friends,
So  as my title suggest I have a cased card to show you all today ,This is based on the CASE STUDY challenge 60 where we are asked to make a card based on the Inspiration from their DT Niki Estes,so without further ado here's a peek at my Card

       And now a look at Nikki's Card from which I have taken the Inspiration:

    Itsn't her card just gorgeous,I loved it the moment I saw it and so with lot of courage and my finger's crossed I decided to case her card.I have used a lot of distressing in my card ,firstly I distressed a white Cardstock with  Memento (Cocoa) and then layered it with the  Stamped damask pattern Border stamp  which I had won from Michelle(I LUV SCRAPPING) as a blog candy the Damask paper is distressed with a yellow ink from Rubber Stampede  and then I layered the Bingo card which I had also got from Michelle  , I then used an MS border punch to make a Paper Lace and layered it with an paper strip which I have distressed with A LA MODE  ink (Blue color),the Scalloped circle is traced from die cut which I then hand cut and the circle is also hand cut the Butterfly is stamped with an Inkadinkadoo stamp and the sentiment is from The Paper Company .The flowers are from Itsy Bitsy and have added some Bling to it.  That's about all from me.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1.http://casestudychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/case-study-challenge-60.html
2.http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-142-vintage.html (Vintage)
3.http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/10/flutter-by-wednesday-174.html (Include a Butterfly......)
4.http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/challenge-38-and-winner-of-37.html (Happy birthday)
5.http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/10/simon-says-stamp-and-show-things-with.html (Things with wings)
I Hope you guys like my card any Review is welcome and so are your suggestion's so please don't forget to drop in a line.
Have a Good Day Everyone:)
                                              

A QUILLED GIFT BOX.

HI friends today i am posting an quilled wooden box which can be used as a gift box where u can place some choclates or any small gift or even use it as a trinket box to keep small knick knacks so here are the pictures for it.

                                                 

      This is a small wooden box which i have painted using acrylic paints and then done quilling on it .I have been wanting to try these paticular quilled flowers for quite some time now and when i decided to make this box i used these Quilled flowers.If any one is interested in a tutorial for them u can see them here.  I  also have used a paper lace to decorate the bottom of the box and also used itsy bitsy flowers on the top ,to add a bit of jazz to the card i have used a bit of glitter glue.
i am entering this box in yvonnes blogs for the gifting with angie barrs challenge.                 
okay thats it from me and as usual would love your reviews and suggestion very much so please drop in a line.

A PINK ON PINK CARD.

3HI everyone today i am sharing with you my monochramatic pink on pink card which is also the theme of this time's ICR CHALLENGE.
Please have a look first,

     and now for a little closer detail,

     This time i have done mostly quilling on my card .The centre flowers are called chrysanthemums or popularly known as mums,the centre of these flowers are fringed and  in which i have used bindis to highlight the very centre of the fringed flower .And for the stems and swirls i have used the looping technique as well as the regular swirls,the side paper lace is a martha stewart border punch(daisy) and the side flowers are from itsy bitsy, i have highlighted the flowers with a hobby ideas glitter glue which i had won  in snehal's candy for the ICR challenge 4.The thank you sentiment is stamped and i have used Making Memories brads to hold the sides.My background is a DP from Papermania on which the plain pink cardstock is placed ,the corners of which are punched with fiskars corner punch.I guess  thats about it all .Oh and for the tic tac toe  grid i have used the side first row of lace, flowers and brads.
        Hope you guys like my work,any input will be appreciated so please leave a comment.Thank you and have a good day .                   
  i am also entering this card in the following challenges:
1.http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/07/challenge-27-all-about-flowers.html
2.  http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2011/07/card-week-flower-power.html
3.http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/2011/07/pretty-blossoms.html
4.http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/