A new beginning!

Hello Friends,

First of all let me wish all of you a very Happy New year! A little belated I know, but hopefully this new year brings all of all that you desired and loads of happiness your way.

Well today I have a card to share which I have created especially for the Cheery Lynn challenge where the theme is "Thank You"and I have based the sketch of my card on the Cardabilites current Sketch #114. It so easy to create a card based on sketches as it does half the job for you. The LO is already prepared and you just have to create your design based on it.

You'll have to forgive me for the poor photographs as it has been very cloudy these past few days and raining since morning today. :/ 

Here's a look at what I have made :

To create my card, I used some K&Company pattern papers from their Best of K&Company collection. I have used various Cheery Lynn dies to create the flowers, my ever faovrite Gardenia strip die.The leaves are from Cheery Lynn Olive branches and Cheery Lynn Tea Rose die(Only the leaves), and even the background doily is from Cheery Lynn called the French Pastry doily die. I have distressed and colored my flowers using Distress inks Victorian Velvet and Tumbled glass..As a final touch added some fillers and pearls and of course Platium Glitter in the form of Stickles to finish off my card.

Supplies used :

Card base- Fabriano Brustro

Pattern papers- Best of K&Company collection.

Dies- 

Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die, 

Cheery Lynn Gardenia strip die, 

Cheery Lynn Daisy strip die (For the blue filler flowers), 

Cheery Lynn Tea Rose die(Only the leaves), 

Cheery Lynn Olive Branches,

Cheery Lynn Embellishments #3 die, 

Cheery Lynn 3 in 1 Exotic Butterflies (Small), 

Memory Box Amira Flourish die.

Stamps- Simon Says Stamp' Thanks' stamp set.

Inks- Distress inks- Victorian Velvet, Tumbled Glass, Crushed Olive, Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Pearls and fillers, Platinum Stickles.

Challenges entered :

Cheery Lynn- Thank you.

Cardabilities- Sketch (Featured!)

Dies R Us - Anything goes with a twist (I have used my brand new Memory Box Amira Flourish die, my Cheery Lynn Embellishments #3 dieand my Simon Says Stamp' Thanks' stamp set.)

NBUS - Challenge #3 ( My NBUS is my new Memory Box Amira Flourish die, my Cheery Lynn Embellishments #3 die, and the Simon Says Stamp' Thanks' stamp set.)

I hope you like my card. I would love to hear your views on it so please do drop in your comments. :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day everyone! :)

An Envelope and Gift Bag

Hello friends!!
I'm back again sharing with you the very last post for this year and it's NOT a card. Hehehe :D Jokes apart, recently though, I had been asked by my cousin to create a very large gift bag approximately measuring 20 inches X 15 inches in size. She wanted to gift to her MIL and she wanted an exclusive envelope to go with it and this is what I came up with.
The sad part though, is that the pictures I clicked are from my phone camera and are not very good quality ones. So please bear with me!

The gift envelope :

 The gift bag! 

 A close up of the decorated panel :

Since the gift bag was very large in size, the only thing I could think of creating was to create a panel for it which I did using cardstock and DCWV pattern paper. I have added punched laces using the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch colored with Tim Holtz Distress Stains- Spun Sugar. The flowers and the leaves are created using Cheery Lynn Medium Tea Rose die. I'm totally in love with this die as this helps cut five different layers of flowers in one go plus it also cut and embosses the leaves, all in one go. This really saves time on die-cutting and plus the results are really beautiful. :-) I've used handmade paper to create my roses and leaves.

The gift envelope was embossed using Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and added a Spellbinders die panel and again used the Cheery Lynn Tea Rose Medium die to make my flowers and foliage. The glittered alphabets are die-cut using glittered Washi tape and Memory Box Alphabet Soup die.

Supplies used :
Gift bag base- Local buy
Patterned paper- DCWV
Punches- Martha Stewart Doily lace.
Dies- Cheery Lynn Tea Rose Medium die, Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die, Joy! Crafts Lily Angle Corner 2 die, Memory Box Alphabet Soup die.
Inks- Distress Stain - Spun Sugar.
Stamens , Fillers, Pink Glitter Washi tape, Pearls, Glitter Strips.

Envelope base- Handmade
Embossing folders- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Sizzix embossing folder (RAK from Piali)
Dies- Cheery Lynn Tea Rose Medium die, Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die, Memory Box Alphabet Soup die.
Punches - Martha Stewart Doily lace punch, Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Butterfly punch, Jef flower punch.
Pearls and glitter strips.

Challenges entered :
Cheery Lynn - Anything Goes

Hope you like my projects! I would love to hear what you think about them. :)
Have a nice day everyone!

You are awesome!

Hello everyone!

I am back again to share a shabby-chic card with you all. Love this style of card making and can't stay away from it for long. :P

Recently, I have been getting quite involved with the mixed media trend and I guess my card does incorporate a bit of Mixed media this time around! Here's a look at what I have created :

The base of my card has been made using three different patterned papers. The light pink striped pattern paper is from Graphic 45, followed by the blue one from Prima Marketing Cigar Box paper pad and finally the alpha one from Prima Marketing Coffee Break Paper pad.

The small butterflies were paper pieced from Prima Marketing Forever Green paper pad. For the base of my floral arrangement, I have used a Prima Marketing Doily Die #1 and popped it up on foam dots and colored with Distress ink- Tattered Rose.

 I have created a shabby-chic card so to create the look, I have distressed all the papers using a paper distressing tool and have inked all the edges of the papers with Distress ink- Tattered Rose. The flowers are all from my stash and I have Gesso-ed the edges of the flowers using Heidi Swapp Color Shine- Tropicana Teal Mist mixed with Gesso and painted using a paint brush to give that light blue colour to the flowers. The Gesso gives the flower a very nice texture and colour!

The sentiment has been stamped and paper-pieced and popped up on foam dots to give that raised look. I have used a lot of rhinestones on my card to add the bling factor to it. :D

Hope you all like it.

Supplies used :

Base cardstock- Campap and Fabriano Brustro.

Dies- Prima Marketing Doily Die #1.

Patterns papers - Graphic 45 (RAK from Piali), Prima Marketing A4 Cigar Box Secrets paper pad. Prima Marketing Forever Green 6 by 6 paper pad,  Prima Marketing Coffee Break Journaling Notecards - 4 X 6.

Flowers- Stash and few were RAK from Priya.

Stamps- Technique Tuesday Incredible stamp set.

Inks- Versafine Onyx Black ink pad, Distress ink- Tattered Rose.

Heidi Swapp Color Shine- Tropicana Teal Mist, Lindys Stamp Gang Hottie Pattotie Mists. (Used to colour the flowers).

Gesso, Rhinestones, Fillers, Mulberry Leaves.

Challenges entered :

Cardabilities - Sketch challenge ( Featured )

Virginia's View Challenge- Distressing

Have a nice day everyone!

Gifting ideas !!

Hi friends,
I'm posting after a long time! Sorry about that but on the brighter side, I have a gift set to share today instead of a card. Yipee me :).. I had loads of fun creating this and my cousin quickly picked up this set for a upcoming wedding in the family so, I'm happy the way this turned out.

I'm sharing a kraft base gift bag with a matching tag! Here's a look at what I've created :

 The matching tag :

The set together:

To make this gift bag, I have used a kraft paper bag which was a local buy so I had a readymade base to work with but you can always create your own gift bags using Kraft paper.

The yellow pattern paper is from Pebbles Basic paper pad and I have layered die-cuts on it which I have coloured using Heidi Swapp Tropicana Teal Mist and Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink(I mean the bluish-green die-cut that you see on the bag). The flowers are handmade and were also colored using the same mist but I added loads of water and Distress Spray Stain- Picket Fence to lighten the colour. The leaves are also die-cut and colored using Crushed Olive and Shabby Shutters Distress ink. I've added few flower buds and foliage to complete my arrangement and also some tulle for added texture!

The border lace on the kraft bag is the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch. I have colored my oval die-cuts on the bag and the tag using Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Mist to give the added shine!

The tag was made with the left-over paper from the bag and I've kept the arrangement same so that I could create a matching gift set.

You'll notice I have kept the sentiments very general on both my bag and tag so that this could be gifted for any ocassion be it for a birthday, wedding gift, marriage anniversary or any kind of celebration.

Supplies used :
Kraft bag- Local buy.
Pattern papers-  Paper Pad - 5.5'' x 8.5'' - Pebbles Basics.

Dies- Elizabeth Crafts Design 'Best Wishes' die, Cheery Lynn tea Rose Medium die, Spellbinders Floral Ovals die, Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8, Sizzix Sizzlits Die Set 3PK - Flowers, Branches & Leaves.

Stamps- Inspired by Stamping creative Tags stamp set.

Inks - Distress inks- Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive and Squeezed lemonade, Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Heidi Swapp Tropicana Teal Mist, Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch, Viva Inka Gold, Tulle, Fillers and Pearls.

Challenges entered :

Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge -Gift packaging. (Made it to Top 3)

Crafty Sentiment designs- Use die cuts challenge

The Kraft journal-Use leftovers ( I have used leftover diecuts from other projects in my bag and tag).

( Winner! )

Have a nice day everyone!

Mr. & Mrs.

Hello everyone,

Today, I have another card to share with you all and I have created it for the Runway inspired challenge where we have to create a card based on the designer Oscar De La Renta's designs. He is a fabulous fashion designer and all his designed clothes are so gorgeous! Sadly though, he recently passed away. To honour his memory, the Runway challenge has asked us to choose from one of his Spring collection looks and create a card based on it. My card is inspired from the below picture :-

And here's my take on this inspiration :

Well as you can see, the first thing that attracted me to this look was the gorgeous lacy bottom half and I immediately had to recreate it ...At first my thought was to go for a die cut lace, but then I decided I wanted an stamped element on my card rather than a die cut one. I got out my  Justrite Floral fan Elements stamp set and picked out an border stamp from it and stamped and embossed it on vellum paper using Ranger Super Fine White Embossing powder and then fussy cut it and pleated the paper to create this look .

Then, I pulled out my Antique linen Distress Ink pad and smooshed it on my Craft Sheet and spritzed it with water liberally. I then ran my cream color cardstock in it. This gave a nice base color to my card and I went ahead and layered my embossed lace on the cardstock. On the upper half of the card,  I adhered a black card stock followed by a silver Washi tape. The frame is made from Mod Molds - Ornaments and painted using the Distress Spray Stain- Tarnished Brass and Platinum Stickles and I have adhered a Prima Zephyr paper on the back of it as I wanted to incorporate a little bit of the background from the inspiration picture in my card. I finished off my card with a die cut sentiment.
I'm also entering this card in the Pretty Paper Studio challenge where the theme this month is Embossing!

Here's a look at the stamp set I used for the lace :

 Hope this looong post has not put you to sleep :)

Supplies used :

Cardstock- Fabriano Elle Erre, Paper Accents- Vellum.

Dies- Memory Box Alphabet Soup die.

Stamps- JustRite Floral fan Elements stamp set.

Inks- Versamrk Dazzle Embossing ink pad, Distress ink- Antique Linen.

Ranger Super Fine White Embossing powder,  Prima Zephyr paper pad, Mod Molds - Ornaments, Distress Spray Stain- Tarnished Brass, Silver and Gold Glitter Washi tapes.

 I really hope you like my card ..Do drop in your comments about it ..Would love to hear from you regarding it :)

Have a nice day everyone!

Welcome Baby !!

Hi friends,

So, I am back again to share my inspiration for this fortnight's challenge at Lulupu- Kids play.  I have gone with a new born baby card and kept my sentiment general so that this card would work both for a baby girl or a baby boy.

I have created a layered, embossed card on a kraft color base and used some pretty gold glitter tape to add that bit of shine to my project. The leaves are cut from that glitter tape. What I did was, I adhered the tape on a plain white cardstock and then ran it through my Big Shot with the leaf die. Worked like magic :D

A close-up of the flower clicked in natural daylight. Looks gorgeous in real life!

I have dry embossed the side panel of the card on the right side and sponged in white pigment ink over it to highlight the embossed design and on the left side, I have stuck a DCWV dotted pattern paper and die-cut the flower using watercolor paper and colored it with Peacock Feathers Distress ink by heavily spraying it with water. Even the side die-cut lace has been colored using Peacock Feathers Distress ink and I've created an ombre effect on the lace.

The baby pram is stamped, die-cut and the sentiment has been heat-embossed using Ranger Super Fine Gold embossing powder.

I'm entering this card in Virgina's View Challenge #9- Metallic. I have used gold embossing powder and glitter tape. Hope this qualifies!

Also, my card has been inspired by this time's Fusion challenge graphic picture. Love the ombre color.

Supplies used :

Kraft cardstock- Darice Core'dinations Collection.

Pattern paper- DCWV  Fresh Florals paper stack.

Embossing folder- Cuttlebug Textile folder.

Dies- PTI Filigree Border die, PTI Bloom Builder #3 die, Spellbinders Make a rose die (for the leaves), Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Frame 2.

Stamps- PTI Polka Dot Parade #4 stamp and die set.

Inks- Versafine Onyx Black, Colorbox Frost white pigment ink pad, Hero Arts Shadow ink- Tide pool, 

Distress inks- Peacock Feathers and Vintage Photo.

Versamark Dazzle embossing ink pad, Ranger Super Fine Gold embossing powder, Gold glitter tape.

Hope you like my card. Please do leave your comments regarding it. I love to hear from you :)

Sparkle with Prima Lulupu Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the Lulupu Sparkle with Prima blog hop!

You should have come here from the very talented, Nikita's blog.

If not, here's a link to follow the complete hop list starting from the Lulupu blog.

Today is the Day 8 of the Blog hop and I hope you all have been enjoying all the gorgeous inspiration that the Lulupu team and the Guest Designers have been sharing up to now. We also hope you're hopping along each of the blogs and leaving us some love as they are lot of prizes to be won this month! Not only that, we have a month long challenge this month where we are asking you to use your Prima products to create a 'sparkly' project for this festive season. We not only are giving prize to to the Winner, but also to do the Top 3 this time. You really don't want to miss this opportunity :)

Now, coming to my project, I have an altered MDF box to share with a step-by-step tutorial. 

 The insides of the box which I have covered with a pattern paper from the Prima A4 Cigar Box paper pad.

Now, for the tutorial part :

Step 1- Paint the MDF box with White Gesso entirely. This will help in the paint coverage as Gesso gives tooth to your projects and so it takes colours very well.

 Step 2- Measure and cut the pattern papers you're going to use. I've used Prima A4 Cigar box paper collection entirely for my box right from the base paper to ALL the embellishments as well.
Distress your papers after cutting them either with a Distressing tool or with the help of a small pair of scissors and ink the edges using Distress inks of your choice. I have used Scattered Straw thought it is totally optional.

 Step 3- Before sticking the papers to your box, paint the box using paints of your choice. I have used Acrylic paints from Camlin- Chromium Yellow and Cobalt Blue.
Then, I have done stenciling using modelling paste from Sakura and a art knife and ofcourse a stencil of your choice.Mine is from My Favorite Things.

Step 4 - I've done stenciling on the top and all four sides. Then, added blue splatters using Heidi Swapp- Tropicana Teal mist and Heidi Swapp- Gold Lame mist. (This step is optional)

After these steps, I painted the insides of the box as well with Gesso and Blue paint and layered the Prima pattern paper inside as well. This is from the Prima Cigar Box paper pad too!

To embellish my box on the top, I've paper pieced the flowers from the Cigar Box paper pad again, mounted it on foam and adhered it to the top of the Honeycomb MDF piece.

The butterfly die-cut, the wooden cage and the bow are all from the Prima Epiphany collection- Wood icons and Ephemera pack.

I have used the Prima Coffee Break Crystals on the butterfly and also some gold sequins from the Epiphany Ephemera pack. The sentiment and the small tag n the right hand side are from a discontinued collection of Prima now, called Prima Romance Novel paper pad. I have liberally used Ranger Platinum Stickles on the butterfly and flowers though it does'nt seem to show in the photograph. :(

Hope you like my project. Do leave me your comments and views regarding it. 

You next stop on the hop is another incredible crafter, Mallika Kejriwal

Have a nice day everyone!