Welcome card

Second post in a day!!!! These blog challenges really inspire me to do this.  Made this card for Lulupu's challenge with banner. As I said earlier , I again tried a card with distressed background. It is not easy for me to get the perfect look... I need more and more practice.

The blue color lattice was created with normal square nestabilities since I don't have the lattice die. Though it was time consuming I like the way it look.

Happy that I found a way to use that extra small square die. Then added swirls , flowers, leaves and butterfly.The brick effect was  made with foam pad and scale. At last made this special heart banner which I liked the most. I found the card to be empty at the center so took this calendar part from other project and added to this card.

Linking this to lulupu's challenge challenge-33-inspired-by-new-lulupu-logo

Birthday card

It is really fun to use distress inks and Am playing with it almost everyday. Discovering many techniques like masking , brayering and embossing over it.
This card is one example of my try . Actually i came across a similar card in pinterest . Having that as model I made some changes and finally created this one.

   

The circles are not very smooth as they are hand cut. Then distressed with pink, yellow and red inks. Again placed a white card stock underneath and sponged it with distress inks and added dimension with foam tape. Last step is to stamp,color,cut and stick butterflies with foam tape.


Linking this to stamp,color,cutchallenge-17-stamp color cut

Back again !!!!

Its been a long gap since I posted something in my blog. I had done quite a number of cards and took photographs but I  was so so lazy to write , edit and publish and missed several blog challenges. Am here today to participate in CASology blog challenge with cue word WOOD.
       
             I had several ideas with wood and ended up with wooden horse toy as I had seen someone selling it in the roadside recently. Most of us would have played with this toy when we were young.
         
            Hope this matches the cue word given in the challenge .
     

Hand drawn the horse and colored it with watercolor pencils. I need some good practice on watercolor pencils.  

Entering the challenge http://casology.blogspot.in cue word - wood. 

Used wooden horse toy image.

Summer wishes card

As soon as I saw lulupu's summer themed card challenge my mind was filled with so many different ideas... I Have not tried CAS cards yet. So I really wanted to make something the same day. The first card I made was with watermelon and " Enjoy each slice of this summer" sentiment. But it looked simple and empty so came up with this beach theme which is my friend mythili's idea.

Beach, A perfect place to spend our vacation in summer. So thought it would match the challenge very well .

Planned to use real sand for beach sand and used peacock feather distress ink to color the beach. I know water looks clumpsy, am not really that good in using distress inks. It will take years  for me to master I think :(

Used some embossed stars as starfish. Thought Sun ,clouds and umbrella will make the perfect scene. And my card is done :) :)

Linking this to lulupu challenge-28-cas-cards 

And addictedtostamps-challenge-89-cas

Card for a baby girl

I made this card especially for itsy bitsy's precious baby challenge. Babies are the most wonderful thing in this world. I love babies especially baby girl. So decided to make this one for a girl baby with pink and white color which is the favorite color of girls.

Luckily I had a patterned paper with girl baby theme with me. Wanted to incorporate footstep concept ( dad's , mom's and little one's) in my card but I did not have any die cuts or punches for that. So I had drawn and cut those with the help of scissors. Again it looked so plain so heat embossed it with pink embossing powder. And the sentiment was also handwritten. And finally for decoration purpose I added some roses, pearls,ribbon and swirls.

Materials used
1. White , pink cardtock
2. Patterned paper from itsy bitsy
3. Embossing folder
4. Hydrangea die for roses from itsy bitsy
5. Sizzlits swirly die

Linking this card to
 the-itsybitsy-precious-baby-challene .

 lulupu's second birthday challenge
 
             C - cardstock
             P - patterned paper,pink,pearls
             L - layers

    imagination-crafts challenge anything goes

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.in/2014/04/anything-goes.html

Surprise pop up card

I love to create interactive cards with various techniques. I wanted to try a pop up card so I started searching some easy tutorials and got one HERE.

The reason why I like to make interactive card is,you don't need any special dies, decorative punches or embellishments. With card stock,scissors or craft knife you can create a wonderful card and surprise your friends.

Recently I bought a medallion four die and wanted to use it somewhere in my card. You can see it in the left side of the card. And the triangles in the right side are scrap from some other project. The flowers in top left corners are handmade without any punches or dies whereas the flowers in the bottom right corner are made with Itsy bitsy hydrangea die. Used inked torn paper at the bottom. And finally my favorite Gorjuss doll stamp.

Card when closed 

And when you pull the ribbon at the top 

Side view

Linking this to challenge 27 lulupu 2nd birthday special(category - cards only)

C - card stock, color pencils

P- patterned paper,pearls ,pop card,peacock feather distress ink

T - torn paper at the bottom

L - layers of cardstock

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.in

beyondgrey challenge torn and flowerful used inked torn paper at the bottom of the card

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.in (anything goes)

Clay Miniature Cake

Tried my hands on baking sorry making a cake with clay after my successful miniature clay food post . I got a huge positive response for that!!! This is a super easy cute cake to be made!!!!

 All you need is
1. Clay
2. Rolling pin
3. Oil colors of your choice

How I made

1. Prepared two balls of clay, one in white and one in pink
2. Rolled out the clay flat and thick
3. Using circle cutter, I had cut two white and two pink clay pieces
4. Then arranged it alternatively
5. Again rolled out the white clay little bit thin and covered the whole cake with it.
Then using a sharp knife cut a piece to show the different layers of cake and decorated it with little roses.

Used sharp pointed tool to create impressions on the sides of the cake. Creating option here is endless. Change the color, shape and decorations to make more attractive cakes.

Sending this to Lulupu 2nd birthday challenge  (Category 3  - everything goes)

C- clay , cake

P- pink color

L- layers of cake