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

A Smorgasbord of Crafty Stuff

This card has a lot going on. I myself kinda lost track by the time I completed it (ha ha, kidding). This is like the lasagna of crafts - full of layers and toppings.

Here's what I used:
2 digital papers from Shery K Designs and one from The Paper Shelter.
The digi is also from The Paper Shelter.
Used some die cuts for the purple corner and the leaves.
I had the piece of lace in my stash.
Some pearls, stones and buttons for embellishments.
The flowers in the lower left corner have been hand-painted by me.

With this card I will be participating in the following challenges:

Crafting with Dragonflies; Challenge#5 (Card Challenge- Vintage with layers and lace)
Sentimental Sundays; Challenge#160: For the Girls
Eclectic Ellapu; Recipe Challenge
Heck of a Challenge; Play Bingo (lace/die cuts/buttons)
Sparkles Monthly Challenge; Steampunk or Vintage
Country View Crafts Challenge; Die Cuts
Pile it On; Challenge#25 Vintage or Shabby Chic

Take care till next time,
Indrani

Just Saying Hello

With today's card I have tried another way of weaving quilling strips to create a mesh effect.

I first embossed a white card stock and then die cut an oval from the centre. Thereafter used two toned strips to weave the mesh. Then covered the back of the mesh with another oval die cut to give it a background. To highlight the emboss, have sponged some pearl acrylic (sky blue and white) paint on the two diagonal corners. I am in love with these pearl acrylics from Camel Fabrica and extensively use them in my works.

The digi in the card is from Sliekje's Digi Stamps. The site has some cute animal digis. The three big yellow flowers in the upper right corner are handmade while the smaller ones are punched. Signed off white a "Hello" sentiment.

With this card I will be playing along the following challenges:

Retrosketches#69

Quirkycrafts Challenge# 13 2013 Everybody Wants to be a Cat

Ciao

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

Glitter Glamour

This is my first non-quilled card project to be shared here. This card was inspired by the Itsy Bitsy "All That Glitters' Challenge. Once again I am not a big fan of glitters. But trying to work with something you are not particularly fond of - that's what ups the ante. I added a lot of pink - I am a total pink person. Ì had the image from Freekidscoloringandcrafts. I love the images there. I coloured the image with wet glitters. Embossed and glittered a pink strip to give a lacey look. A couple of glittered flowers and swirls and I was done.

With this I will be participating in the Itsy Bitsy "All That Glitters' Challenge. Hope you like it. And remember
Live More,
Laugh Often,
Love Much.

Indrani

Quilled Wedding Card

Weddings in our country are lavish and full of vibrant colours. The exuberance of a wedding starts off right from the beginning, that is, with the invitations. Yes...the wedding card. I have seen some excellent ones in my life and hence was wondering how a quilled elegant wedding card might look like.

Thinking of it, here's something I attempted to craft - a paper quilled wedding card with an Indian touch.

I had to follow an elaborate process for the pink flowers. I painted a blank white sheet of paper with Fabricia pearl acrylic color pink. To get the silvery effect I added some dash of the pearl white. Then I cut out pentagon shaped pieces from the paper and folder the petals from it. Then arranged some 10 to 12 petals to form each flower. To finish it, added some pearls to the centre.

To add some bling I used few stones along the swirls. I resisted using more as I did not want the stones to be the focus of the work. 

All in all, I found it pretty catchy.

Do put in your thoughts on it.

Indrani

A New Beginning

What a day! Laced with some things good and some not so good ones. But what day is not so? A part of the day feels good as the weather out is awesome. It's been drizzling all day, actually since three days now, and I am enjoying it. Of course people who have to step outside for work or otherwise wouldn't be much thrilled about the continuous spell of showers. But since I am at home, cant help but just enjoy it. On the other hand am feeling a tad bit sad about a certain news - that a prominent film maker of our cinemas has passed away. Did I know him?No not personally, but I loved his films. I loved the vision with which he created his films. I feel sad thinking there wont be such films anymore. That's my day today. But whatever it is, today feels just about the right time to start my blog. I am here to blog about my love for art and crafts, especially about my new love "paper quilling". I am new at this art and I aim to go a long way with it. And along my journey I plan to share my work with my fellow artists.

My last two nights were engaged in conceptualising and creating something in white. I ended making this card. A card like this can be used as a wedding invitation or wedding greeting card.

The word BLISS in the centre has been quilled.  The white paper flowers are all handmade. For the borders I have used a spellbinder die.

With this card I would be participating in the Itsy Bitsy Pristine Sparkle Challenge for May'2013.

Keeping my fingers crossed. Meanwhile, do post your comments on how you find it and please feel to give your feedback. There's always one room in my house --- for improvement :-)

Indrani