Long awaited...

Here's a card that I was waiting to make for so long; the first time I saw this image I fell in love with it :). It is SOOOO cute!

Then there's another card that turned out much better that I thought it would, I guess I put all my heart into making it :).

Not sure if you can see the glitter on the card, it's all in the right places!

• Stamp: I think the flower one if from Great Impressions
• CS and PP: DCWV, Bazzill
• Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Stickles Stardust glitter, Adhesive ribbon from Miss Elizabeth (at dollar store).

I'm back!!

Yes I've been MIA; first a vacation and then a move. We moved to the Pacific north-west!

I'd made a couple of things in this duration but never got a chance to show them off :).

These are the acetate boxes to hold chakli (a south indian savoury, an absolutely delicious snack!) , which is also home-made. I gave these to my family and they all loved it!

This was for my aunt's 25th anniversary. My mom wanted to send something which had "25th anniversary" written on it and since everything in the market seemed to exorbitantly priced I'd the idea to make this. I printed a poem on silver CS and inserted it on the right side of the photo frame. The stickers are glued on top of the glass and not inside.

 

I was always so afraid whether I would be able to do justice to this peacock image that I would never pick it up until now when my DH said it would be nice to use this image. I'm glad that it turned out well!

I'll soon start my blurfing to see your beautiful creations which I've been devoid of for so long!

Clear embossed card - a question?

I tried clear embossing here and I've a question - at some places it left behind a pink tint. Can somebody tell me why that is so?

• Stamp: Decorative Dainties from CTMH, Jolies Fleurs from LAD
• CS and PP: DCWV
• Clear embossing powder, decorative scissors

Photo Frame - a going-away gift

I made this as a farewell gift for friends who were leaving town and I must say that it was very well appreciated! The photo frame had white background and I covered it with dark red CS.

It looks more beautiful in RIL. The paisleys are embossed in silver and look fabulous. The sentiment is computer generated.

• Stamp: Jolies Fleurs from LAD
• CS: Bazzill
• Rub-ons, ribbon

Friday Sketchers

Okay, even though life has been very busy at this end of the world I HAD to post this card for the Friday Sketchers challenge; didn't want to miss another challenge deadline. It would've been the third in a row!!

• Stamp: from image swap
• CS: Bazzill; PP: DCWV
• Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Sakura white gel pen, dew drops
  

Best wishes

I totally love this card that I made! LOL! Tooting my own horn...

The sentiment and the background is embossed with clear EP and faux stitching on the border using Sakura white gel pen.

• Stamp: LAD's Jolies Fleurs, Flourishes Flourished Words
• CS and PP: DCWV
• Prismacolor pencils, OMS, Colorbox pigment ink, white Sakura gel pen, dew drops.

P.S. Made this for 2 Sketches 4 You challenge but forgot to post it on time :(.

Set of cards/notecards

This was a longtime desire of mine which finally got fulfilled. Whenever I would see somebody's notecards they would look so tempting, now finally I got to make some.

Ideally I wanted to make 3X3 notecards but I didn't have envelopes for them so made these instead which are 3.75 inch X 5.25 inch. They're actually big enough to be used for regular cards too, I think. The flower centers have rhinestones on them and the veins on the leaves and flowers are done using a Sakura white gel pen.

Do you get your rhinestones from the jewellery section of the crafts store? If not then you should try. Though they're not self-adhesive like the ones in the scrapbook section but they're VERY cheap! Around $3-4 for 100-150 pieces and if you can use the 40% off coupon in M's then the deal is even sweeter! Of course, there is the trouble of gluing these tiny pieces to paper but it's small compared to the price. Spaces have been left to add sentiment later.

• Stamp: CTMH's Decorative dainties
• CS: Wasau
• Colorbox pigment inks, rhinestones.