A Marathon Of Cards

It has been 12 days since my last post. The last few days were not so good with my baby and me both down with cold and fever. Hence crafting was parked aside. But I am back with a bang now. Such energetic has been this comeback that I was on a card marking frenzy last night. When I completed the last one I checked the clock and found it was 5.30 in the morning! The night had just flown!!!

Here are the cards I was working on last night. This first one is an inspiration from Case Study's latest muse. I adapted the colors and the circular structure from the card to come up with mine. I cut out some oval shaped dies and inked the edges. With the same ink color stamped a heart image on each of them. I chose the heart stamp as it was the only one which was fitting into the oval shape.Not to mention, have set it on an embossed background. This one will be linked to their current challenge - Case Study#150

The second one would also be playing for another challenge - CAS(E) This Sketch#37. The challenge was to draw inspiration from the following sketch:

And this was my version:

The concept was very direct.I have stuck to the hexagonal shapes, colored them with some water color pencils and placed a quilled flower of the same color on each of the shapes. I really love the effect it has created.

The next card is a simple stamped card using some washi tape.

Then there was this card which i made with some cardstock and just two cutting dies. No stamps, no inks, no color digis, no color pencils. Just two cutting dies - I wanted to see what could be done quickly without any frills in around 15 minutes.Of course to add some interest to the otherwise staid look, I added two feather embellishments.

The last one is a card where I used a lot of elements- die cuts, stencil, border punch, handmade paper flowers, pearls and a digi from Sarah Kay. It's kind of the polar opposite of the previous card.

Hope you liked the creations. Do drop in your comments and suggestions. The one I liked the most? - The CAS card with hexagons and quilled flowers turned out to be my favorite!

Cheers,
Indrani

Butterflies in My Cards

Spent the last couple of days working on cards with butterflies. I really love this element in cards. They lend a touch of elegance. I am yet to own a cutting die for a butterfly. So worked with whatever I had available with me.

The first card is a very simple one and it straight away follows the following sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

The digi in it is from Artfire and I think its lovely! I will be linking this one to the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches #93 - A Sketch by Alisa.

I did the second one with a Crafter's Workshop stencil and some paint. This is also a simple card with some washi tape, a flower and butterfly cut outs to complete the look. Will be linking this one to the Challenge#48 at CASE Study.

The last one is also a one layer card textured with a medium (some homemade gesso). The gesso recipe was shared by Pooja from Reusing With Quilling and man it worked wonderfully! Would like to thank Pooja a ton for it. After the applied medium dried, I stenciled out the butterflies and colored them with water color pencils.

And here's a snap with the flash on to highlight the sheen on the gesso.

The color inspiration was from the following photograph from Beyond Grey Challenges.

The sketch inspiration is from the following sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.

Linking the card to the following challenges:
BGC#34 - Photo Inspiration + Anything Goes
CAS(E) this Sketch#35

Thanks for stopping by,

Indrani

Three Cards by 3

Last night I was awake till 3 in the morning trying to complete three cards all at the same time. At just around 3, my 7 month old woke up with a smile, sat up, embraced our dog who was sleeping at his feet and gently called to me, as if asking me to go to bed. Luckily for me, I was almost finished by then.

The first one of the cards is inspired by the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch. I made a quilled flower for he focus of the card and some buds and swirls to accompany it.With it I will be playing along their current challenge.

The next card's been made to participate in the current challenge at Dynamic Duos. In this challenge one had to make a card in grey and any other color of one's choice. I chose teal and this is what I came up with.

The last one is a simple thank you card with some hand-painted flowers.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you liked my creations. Till next time, happy crafting!

Indrani

Inter-weaved Quilling Strips

The idea of inter-weaving quilling strips struck me when I watched this video from Christina Griffith's cardmakingmagic.com. Her video tutorials on various card projects are truly awesome and one of the most-watched by me.When in this video I watched Christina weave ribbons to get the look, I thought of replacing the ribbons with quilling strips for my version. I have used 7 mm quilling strips for this card.

The digi is from The Paper Shelter, one of my most loved digital stamp websites.

With this card, I 'll be playing along the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches 91
Pin and Tack "Spark Your Creativity Now" Challenge


Indrani

A Sketchy Card

It was time to try something new - so I crafted a new kind of flower from quilling paper strips and created a simple card in line with the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge shown below.

I am super excited to participate in the very first sketch challenge. The aim was to create a CAS (clear and simple) card. Here's my interpretation of the sketch:

Here's a few more angles. With this card I'll also be playing along Pin and Tack "Spark Your Creativity Now" Challenge.

Hope you enjoyed the card. Have a great day!

Indrani