Watercolours and Mandala

 Hello everyone,

You really don't need much to CREATE...just the urge to create...
Like I did on this card...a few watercolours and a paint marker...thats all I used to create this card...

Check out how the gold marker shines in the light...Loving it...

I also used a golden flower as the centre of my mandala and a piece of vellum for my sentiment

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Used the Horizontal middle row - Watercolour + Love Sentiment + Flower + Mandala



Watercolour background -

Floral mandala + Flower centre of mandala + Love sentiment



No pattern papers used-


No stamps used-

You Make my Heart SOAR...

Heya friends,

It has been quite some time since I made a dimensional card...
So I sat down and make one for Valentines...

Lets start with the card base...the base is pattern paper from Papericious...love this collection with different woodgrains...
For the background...I wanted to stamp arrows...but didn't have any in my stash...so I carved one in the middle of the night...hehehe...its not perfect but I love it!

Awesome Amazing Beautiful LOVE

Heya crafters,

Has it ever happened with you that you see a sketch on a challenge and brain gets flooded with too many ideas for that sketch?!?!?!
This happened with me...and what caused this was this sketch from Stamplorations...
This sketch is so versatile...I already have ideas for 4-5 cards I can make based on this sketch... I just hope I get the time to make them all...

I have fallen in love with Kraft cardstock recently...and all the credit goes to Kraft+ challenge...

Here is the first card I made...

Shaker Card with a twist

Hello everyone,

I am back with another Valentine Card...can't stop making them...:D
Shaker cards are very much in trend now...but I have observed that there are very less variations of shaker cards...meaning...it usually an image in the background and an acetate either stitched or adhered with foam tape...

And I always like to give my cards a twist...
So here is my shaker card...

Here is a closer look at the shaker elements and the image behind...

I know what you are thinking...where is the twist?????

Wait for it...

Open the card and.............

A bit more....

And Tada...the twist... it is a see-through shaker card...the image is on the inside of the card...

Here's another look at the see-through shaker card...

(My second futile attempt to emphasise that it is see-through :P )

Now that the suspense is over...let me tell you about the all the elements on the card...

The card background - I have used Worn Liptick DI with a circular dauber. I wanted a messy look so I did not try to blend the colour and I also spritzed it with water several time. I have used Vintage Photo DI for the edges of the card. And lastly, I have flicked white acrylic paint with a toothbrush for the white splatter.

The B&W heart - The heart is part of a digi from The Graphic Fairy. I omitted the couple that was in the middle of the heart. Fuzzy cut the image.

Shaker elements - I have used some silver sequins, light pink pearls and small silver balls

The shaker background - I used the heart cut-out from the front panel on the inside of the card. The sentiment is stamped using letters from different stamps.The doodle border is drawn using a Micron tip pen. 

Hope you like my shaker card and the twist...

Note: Sorry for the quality of the pics. Had to take them with mobile. :(

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Create Something Catchy - Love-themed shaker card

Stamplorations - Heart + stamped sentiment

The Mixed Media Card Challenge - Love themed card

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Pink card

The House That Stamps Built - Pink + Hearts

Valentine Card

Hi,

My second post for the day...as I was saying...just can't stop making Valentine cards...
For this card, I tried out a few new things...a different type of layout...first time using Washi tape...and also the colour combination

I cut-out panels of brown and grey cardstock and left a gap in between where I stuck the Washi tape.
Fuzzy-cut the rose and coloured it in Worn Lipstick DI...

The first flag label I coloured a piece of white cardstock with Worn Lipstick DI and spritzed it with water and stamped the sentiment in Archival Black Ink. This was mounted on a grey and white flag label.
The second flag label is a piece of washi tape pasted on a peice of white paper.

To finish off the card, I drew a border with white gel pen. I also higlighted the panels with white gel pen

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.in/2015/02/237_16.html
http://www.houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.in/2015/02/february-challenge-love.html
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.in/2015/02/challenge-246-happy-valentines-day.html
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.in/2015/02/february-challenge-love-love-love.html
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.in/2015/02/132-love-love-love.html

Love you to the Moon Spinner card

Hello everyone,

I just can't stop making Valentine's card...even though its been 4 days since Valentine's Day :D
Here's another one...
This one has a lot of my favourite things...interactive part, lovely quote and stars...

I just love this quote "I Love you to the Moon and Back".
I was inspired by the quote to create this card...

I made a spinner card...where the heart goes to the moon and back...lol...

         

For the spinner part, I cut out a swirly slot,,,which starts with a heart hole and ends in a Moon ( drawn and coloured with White Sakura marker)...
The heart which spins/slides was made using a heart stamped in blue dye ink which was mounted on a white hand-cut heart with foam tape...

I got this freebie a few days back...don't remember which site it belonged to...

I printed it out in black and white...I cut out the words and stars from the image and glued it on the blue card base...

For the black layer, I took a piece of black cardstock and sprayed white acrylic ink with a toothbrush... The effect is amazing...It looks like a view of galaxy or like a night sky full of stars...

I mounted the blue card layer on the black base. In the end I drew a rugged white border with white gel pen...and the card was done :)
I think this makes for a good Masculine card...or even a card for a child.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
The Male Room - Masculine card in non-traditional colours
Stamplorations -  Spinner Heart + Heart stamp
The Crafter's Cafe - Heart + Valentine
Sentimental Sundays - Valentine Sentiment
Crazy for Challenges - Valentine card

ZIA Valentine Card

Hello crafters,

I love drawing zentangle patterns and doodles...so I was very excited to see the Zentangle theme on the Alphabet Challenge...
I have been pushing myself to try out new colour combinations...so I was happy to see the Pink and Grey theme on Less is More challenge (Congrats on completing 4 years!!!)...coz I almost never use Grey...
And with Valentine's Day closing in...there is Love theme on CASology and Hearts theme on The Crafter's Cafe...

So with all these elements...I got to work...

First I drew a heart and cut-out the middle part...I coloured it with Worn Lipstick DI.
Now I wanted it to be glossy and a bit 3-D...but I don't have Glossy Accent...so I went ahead with a thrifty way...I covered the heart with Fevicol (glue) and let it dry overnight...
I just love how it turned out...

I really like how white patterns look on a dark card base...so I took a grey cardstock and started drawing zentangle patterns with a white Gel pen...I have used Printemp and Zinger zentangle patterns here...they are my favourite patterns...

Once the patterns were drawn I glued the heart...
The last part was the sentiment...the label is coloured with Worn Lipstick DI (I spritzed a little water on the label) and the sentiment is handwritten...

I did not do much with the sentiment because I wanted the heart and zentangle patterns to be the focus on this card...

I would love to hear your comments and opinions about this card...

Note: ZIA means Zentangle Inspired Art :)

Paper Tole Rose (Tutorial)

Hello everyone,

It been almost 2 weeks since my last post...whoa!!!
I had a lot of my ideas in mind...but I was too exhausted to actually make them into cards...
So I decided to take some rest...some time off...

But now I am back...and I have a new technique (new for me) and a tutorial...
I saw this technique on Stamplorations once...its called Paper Tole...
It is a way to make prints appear 3-D...works best with flowers...

So hop on for a tutorial...

The first step is to take many prints of the same image in the same size...
The no. of prints you will need will be equal to the no. of layers you want...
I went with 4...

Next you will have to colour in all the images...I coloured mine in Work Lipstick DI...

The next step is to decide the layers...what portion of the image do you want on a layer...

In case of flowers...just start eliminating layers of petals...

eg: for the 2nd layer...eliminate the outermost layer of petals...

Next step is to attach foam tape to each layer...leave some space around the edges of the layers...I will tell you why in a moment

Now start assembling the layers...starting with largest image at the bottom...

Be sure to align the layers perfectly...

And Tada...your 3-D rose is ready

Now you can curl up some petals...to give it a more 3-D look...and that is why I left some space around the foam tape...

Here is a better look at the layers...

Now that this was done...I thought of trying some more new things for my card....

I have never used corrugated cardboard and wire on my card...and they both seem to be very much in trend right now...So I gave it a go

I added a handwritten sentiment below the corrugated cardboard,wire, rose assembly with white Sakura marker...

I am pretty pleased with how it turned out...

I think it works great as a valentine card without hearts. The cardboard and wire give it a masculine feel...

oooh...a few more things...

I added some distress ink to the area where I wrote the sentiment...just to kind of...outline it...

Also the corrugated cardboard is from some cardboard box that was at home...

Whew...now that was a big post...

I would love to hear your comments and opinions about the card...

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

The Male Room Challenge  - Masculine Valentine card

Stamplorations - CASEplorations - CASEing Debra

AAA cards challenge - Valentine card

CASology - Love  - Love theme card

The Paper Shelter  - Corrugated cardboard

Interactive & Iris Heart Card

Hello everyone,

When I was little, I received a birthday card from my cousin. It was an interactive. It had a small window and a circular tab on the side. When you slide the tab, the messages through the window would change...

Now many years later...I finally found out how to make one...Hurray!!!!!

So I chose to make a valentine card with this technique...
The quote says... For yesterday's memories,  today's happiness, tomorrow's dreams.... I LOVE YOU!!!
When you slide the circular tab on the left...the message changes...                              

For the front of the card, I have used pattern papers and some stamping on the side panels...

The I LOVE YOU is a printed sentiment...And the quote in message window is handwritten...

As this card is for my hubby, I wanted to make it more special (read complex :P )...

My husband loves interactive cards as well as elegant cards...so I did both...

I made a Iris fold heart as well...I just think it looks neat and elegant...

I used all my pink and red pattern paper scraps for the iris folding...

And to merge is all together I added the individual elements in an accordion card with 3 sides...

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.fi/2015/01/challenge-23-valentines-day-with.html

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.in/2015/01/sos-186-love-me-do.html

http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/challenge-2-romancewe-do-doobadoo.html

http://colourq.blogspot.in/2015/01/colourq-challenge-277.html

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.in/2015/01/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe283.html

Inspired by the Colour Gradient (Class and Elegant) -  http://thecardconcept.blogspot.in/2015/01/challenge-27-love.html