Pinkfresh Studio | Beautiful Blossoms

Hello, crafty friends!
I have TWO Cards to share today on the Pinkfresh Studio Card Blog featuring the gorgeous, Thankful For Friends Stamp Set from the August Release.  

For my card, I first stamped the floral image from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set on a piece of Canson Montval Watercolor Paper using a light dye ink. I stamped the image using a very light ink colour as I wanted to do no-line watercoloring. Next, I coloured the image using Liquid Watercolours. I used Bubble Gum and Candy Apple to colour the flowers, and Key Lime and Emerald City for the stem and leaves. This image has very detailed lines and requires quite a bit of patience to colour, but the end result is worth it, in my opinion.

Once my image was coloured, I die cut it using the coordinating Thankful For Friends Die Set. I contemplated for a while about how I wanted to incorporate it as a part of my card design, but ultimately decided to pop it up on my panel using fun foam for dimension. Once I was done, I took another piece of Watercolour Paper and did a watercolor wash on the panel using Licorice Liquid Watercolour. Next, I die cut a circle from this panel using the Essentials: Braided Circles Die Set. Once that was done, I die cut the panel using the Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Rectangles Die Set. 

Then, I took a piece of Watercolor Paper and loosely painted stripes on it using Sunshine Liquid Watercolor. I adhered this piece behind my main card panel. I assembled my card together and adhered everything down using liquid glue. The sentiment is from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set and I stamped it using Detail Black Ink on a strip of White Cardstock. I lightly inked the edges using Fresh Pear ink to give it more definition. I finished off by adhering some yellow Jewels and black and green plaint splatters to my panel. 

My next Card is somewhat special to me because it features an art form with which I actually began my paper crafting journey - Paper Quilling. I have always been very fascinated with it and decided to incorporate it for my card today with a modern twist. I have done Sculptural Quilling and used the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set for my design. 

This took me over two days to complete simply because it is very labor-intensive and requires quite a bit of effort and patience to complete. I am quite rusty with my skills, but I really enjoyed working on this, and hope you like the idea too! The Thankful For Friends Stamp Set is so beautiful and I loved working with it to create this card. 

For my card, I started off by stamping the floral image from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set using a very light dye ink to use as my reference point. Then, I used several 3mm and 5mm paper quilling strips to quill the entire piece. Once I finished working on the entire piece bit by bit, I adhered it down to my card base. 

I wanted the design to be very clean and crisp, so I decided to add a die cut frame to elevate the look of the design. I die cut some frames from the Pretty Frames Die Set from White Cardstock and adhered them to my panel using foam strips. I also added few black paint splatters and white Jewels to add a little something to the design without making it too distracting.

To finish off, I added a tiny sentiment strip to my panel which is from the Charming Floral Wreath Stamp Set. I am quite happy with how it's turned out!

I hoped you liked my cards. Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Hussena

A Top Note Box using Tri-Colors !!

Hi Everyone,
Sharing with you all a box I have made ...Its called a "Top Note Box" and it looks something like this :-

                                               
And a side -view :-

                                       
And another -view :-

And this is how it looks when it is opened up :-

                                     
 I saw the tute for this box on SplitcoastStampers and I wanted to try it out ...I have made this Box especially for My friend Snehal's challenge which is  "To make any kind of Box" :). The colors I have used  here  re inspired from this time's "Itsy Bitsy" challenge  which is to use the Indian Tri -Color ...And  Today being Our Independence Day this works Perfectly  :D ..My central flower is a quilled one and I have used 2 shades of Orange to layer it !!! And used locally bought stamens for the centre !!Decorated it with some punched leaves and Itsy Bitsy Glitter strips as the swirls !!

Supplies Used :-
Base CS- Campap {200 gsm} thickness
PP- Cosmo Cricket {bought from Piali 's Store}
Diecut- Hand traced and cut
Punches -Jef large {Maple Leaf} , Punch Bunch [Sprig leaf } ,Corner Swirl {Fiskars corner punch}
Glitter Strips -Itsy Bitsy
Stamens- Locally bought    
Ribbon and Pearls- Stash
Faux Stitching -White Signo gel pen by Uni -Ball

Challenges entered :-
1.Snehal's Creation -Make any kind of Box
2.Itsy Bitsy -Tri Color Challenge
3.Beyond grey Challenges -Bingo {Flowers ,Diecut, Glitter}
4.UnstampaBelles Challenge -Paper Flowers { My Quilled flower}
5.Shopping your Stash -Revisit an old technique {Paper Quilling}

Hope you all like my box :) Do leave your comments /suggestions
Wish you all a Very Happy Independence Day

                                                                                                               

My Card "For the Love of Crafting" # 9

Hi Everyone,
This time's theme at "For the Love of Crafting" is  CAS Cards ...And Here's my take on it :-

                                               
And  a Front view :-

                                    
 My this card is inspired from Romina's Card at Beyond Grey Challenges..... And my color choice was influenced by this time's Itsy Bitsy  "Tri -Color" Challenge   ..I have dome some quilling after a long time  ,But I felt this card worked well with quilling !!  
And did you notice the Embossing I have done?? It was done using My MS Scoreboard :) I think it has come out beautifully..Don't you ? :P            


Supplies used :-

White CS -Campap
Stamp -TPC Studio
Die Cut Leaf -Bought from Mansi
Misting done using -Fevicryl Fabric Colors
Ribbon -Local Buy
Pearls and Rhinestones -Anandhaa Stationery


Challenges Entered :-
1. Beyond Grey Challenges -Case -Ing Romina's card
2.Itsty Bitsy -Tri Color Challenge
3.Lulupu- Make Your own Embellishments {Quilled flower}
4.Simon Says Stamp (Bingo-)Ribbon,Free and Blooms
5.Crafty Sentiments-Clean And Simple

Few BOXES and an Envelope :)

Hi Everyone,
Like I told you all in My Last post :) I have a few Boxes to Share with you which are Made using the MS Scoreboard !!..I really Had Fun Decorating them after I figured out the proper Measurements for The Lid and the Base :P.. So Here's the Pics :-

 

  The Below  one ..I have learnt  from You -tube HERE's The Link :-

                                   

  Another View :-

                                 
   And Now for the final One :-

        And Now for the Envie :-

                                   
  And the Back Side of the Envie :-

         I had Made this  Envelope on order for My Friend :)She had asked me to Place the Gold Coin in Such a Manner that it would Look a Part of the Design ..So I decided to do a Quilled Sunflower with the Centre as the Gold Coin ...And Embellished it with Two Layers of Pearls to Highlight the Coin in the Centre...In Making this Envie I found that Pie Lane Products {Glitter Balls and Small Butterflies } Really Complimented My Quilled Design and Worked Perfectly...     I was quite happy with the Outcome and so was my Friend :)

Have a good day Everyone:)
And do Drop in Your Comments /Sugggestions !!
P.S : Supplies Used way too Many so if you have any Queries ..Shoot Me an Email or Leave Me a Comment and I will get back to You !!        

Challenges :-
1. Crafty Cardmakers- Make your Own Flowers !!      
2.MIM- Always Anything Goes    
3.Pile it on- Make your Own Embellishments {The Flowers are Handmade  in all  the  4 Projects }
4.Frosted Designs- Make your Own Embellishments {  The Flowers are Handmade  in all  the  4 Projects}

                                                                                 

Inspiration For Crafty JC Challenge #16

Hi Friends and all you Peeps,
        Today I am Sharing with you all a Mother's Day card which I have made for the Crafty JC Challenge # 16 where this Time's Theme is a Card For " A Special Lady"and this Time it a Quilled Card I have kept the Card Simple and used Pastels  Colors for the Soft ,Pretty look...So without further Rambling Here's a look at My Card First :-
                                     

                                         
   As you all can see its all in Pink...Actually when I was Making this Card I never realized  that I am making a Monochromatic   Card but that's what I have ended up With  :) And of course I have done my Fave Quilled Flowers which is the" Open Loop" ones to create the Bouquet...Hope you guys like My Work ....And Please do Join in all the Fun at the Crafty JC this Time by Creating a Card for that Someone Special!!!

Supplies Used :-
Base CS- Campap
Pink PP- Papermaina Capsule Collection (Anandha Stationery),Itsy Bitsy Gingham (Bought from Priya Sivaraj)
Paper Doily- Fiskars Round Punch
Corner Punch- Fiskars Scroll Decorative Corner Lever Punch
Daisy Border Punch- MS
Silver Chevron Border- Pie Lane
Digi Sentiment- Itsy Bitsy
Pearls- Anandhaa Stationery
Ribbon -Stash


Challenges Entered :-

1.Crafty Sentiment Designs -Mother's day
2.Going Grey with Scrap Creation -Mother's day
3.Paper and Such Designs- April Showers Bring May  flowers
4.Stamp- N-Doodle- Mother's day  
5.Tuesday Throwdown-  Motherly love        
6.Use it Tuesday -Mother's Day {Pp's and the Chevron Border are Hoarded}      
7.Kaboodle Doodles- Honouring Mothers    
8.Incy Wincy Designs- Spots and Dots
9. Love to Create- Mother's day          

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!!!!                                                                               

SOME ENVELOPES AND B'DAY SHARES:)

HI Friends,
I know I  have been MIA for some time as I was busy with some order,But today I wanted to share some of my Quilled envelopes which I have been making for some time... These envelopes are used to gift money in Marraiges or some Special Functions,So here's a look at them :-

       

  So these are a few of  the most recently made envelopes ..I was starting to miss Quilling and was seeing a lot of different styles of Quilling which I  had not tried before so I  ended up experimenting with the Multi Strips Scrolls which I had seen earlier on Suganthi's blog here.  and also did those Open Loop Flowers in a Bouquet and my fave Punched flowers too.The Third Envie has got some Pie Lane Glitter Balls and Butterflies...Hope you All can See it.
I also wanted to share a few Birthday cards and gift that I got last month...Sorry I am late in Sharing them .....Here's a look at what I  got :-

                                                          ....
    This Beautiful Card and Wooden case was sent by Snehal from all the way from J&K......... The card is just Gorgeous and so is the Case which now hold my Quilling Needle's:)Thank you so much Snehal..;:)
                                         

      This lovely Stamped card was sent by Pooja on behalf of the ICR  Team... Thank you so much you guys :)

I am entering the above Envelopes in the following Challenges:
1.http://justsomelinesblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-challenge-handmade-gifts.html(Made Handmade Gift Envelopes)
2http://www.weememories.net/2011/12/challenge-78-sponsored-by-artful.html(Free for All)
3.http://annabellestamps.blogspot.com/2011/12/say-it-withchristmas-1-handmade-gifts.html.Handmade Gift )
4.http://willowsketchiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/willow-sketchie-challenge-1st-december.html (Anything Goes ).
Thats it from Me  ...Hope you guys like my Work...And if you have any queries Drop me a Mail...Try my Best to help you out..Do Leave your Comments/Feedback....:)
Have a Good Day Everyone


                                                                                                                               

SOME DIFFERENT TAGS.

HI everyone how  have you all been it seems like everyone is very busy in the blogland right now and there is no time to craft much well the same goes for me too hence am posting some tags i had made a few days back.These are made for my brother who had come to visit me after a long gap of four years .So without any further ado here's a look at my tags.

    And now the back part.

                                         

       

               

   

      I am sorry about so many pictures but i didn't want to combine and photograph all the tags together i felt that each one looked best on it own hence had to click separate  pictures of each tag.
And now something about the tags themselves i have tried  some variation in shapes like the round one where i have used a doily which i had purchased locally as my base for the punched flowers and have inked the edges using chalk inks and the second tag is again only quilling and the first is made using itsy bitsy flowers and also some punched flowers the last tag  is made using two different sizes  of   heart punch's and the leaves are hand cut the butterfly stamped and colored.  
Hope u guys like my work your comments and suggestion are always welcome so please drop in a line.  
I am entering these tags in the following challenges.
1.http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/   (anything but a card .)  .
2. http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/.(anything goes.)
3.http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/.(anything but a card.)
4.http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/   (bag it or tag it.)    .
5.http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/.(anything goes)                                                                                                                                                                            

ICRC CHALLENGE 8.(A SKETCH +SOME SEWING)

HI friends today i am sharing a card which i have made for the ICRC challenge 8 .I had been selected the GD for this time's challenge which is to follow a sketch and the twist being to add some stiching to it be it real or faux stiching .

and based on the above sketch here is my card have a look.

                                                 
I have used only quilling on this card as i felt the design justified it.This card has been inspired by a card i had seen on the QUILLED CREATION'S gallery some time back .I  don't have a link to share as it was quiet some time back, i really liked that card and the colors and the design stayed with me and when i saw this sketch i felt it would work so well with it.
                              Now a little bit about the card it self as you can see i created a window effect by placing four squares and layering them in three colors ,the design mostly consist of leaves and a flowers so kept the colors two toned (green and red) the quiiling strips are from michaels which i had with me for quite some time the good thing about these strips is they are pretty thick and they give a nice glossy effect too i enjoyed working with it.the sentiment is stamped and have done a bit of faux stiching around it.that's all from me.
                      hope you guys like my work,and as always your comments are much appreciated so do drop in a line .hope all of you have a good day ahead.
iam entering this card inthe following challenges:
1.http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ (anything goes.)
2.http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.com/ (anything goes)

ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL.

HI friends today i am posting a card which is made for this time's ICR CHALLENGE and the theme is all creatures big and small but with a twist use one of each.I have done quilling this time too just have a look.

    I have kept the quiiling quite simple as wanted to highlight the humming bird and the butterfly more.The centre flower is made by joining two halves of an half circle coils and the grey flowers flowers are the open coil flowers the back ground paper is a DP from K&C company the scallops edge is hand cut with scallop scissors and the pearls are colored with chalk ink from inkadinkadoo.the butterfly is punched and covered with hobby ideas glitter.The sentiment is stamped and is a hobby ideas stamp.
i hope u guys like it and if u do please don't forget to leave me a comment.
i am entering this card in the following challenge:
1http://indianstampers.blogspot.com/2011/07/icr-challenge-7.html.(creatures big and small)
2.http://craftyjc-challenge.blogspot.com/2011/07/craftyjc-challenge-(friends forever friendship card)
3.http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(use sparkle)
4.http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/.

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/