I'm blogging again!

Hi!
   I have no clue what's got into me but, I'm blogging again! I myself am surprised I'm here for the fourth time in a week. Yesterday I was going through all I had stored in my USB and found a few cards I hadn’t posted yet! Being a last minute crafter, this is what happens... I hurriedly make a card, take a picture and forget to post it. This sympathy card is one of those I had to complete in a big hurry. My husband returned home asking if I had a sympathy card and although I always have these handy, I wanted to make it special, considering whom it was for and this is a card I’d made in Feb.

I made these quilled folded roses in two shades of peach and quilled some daisies which I lightly dabbed with Tim Holtz –Mustard Seed distress ink at the tips of its fringed petals The rose leaves were folded to reveal the veins and added some punched ferns and a few scrolls as well. The background panel used for the floral layout is animal print handmade paper from India. The sentiment was printed, cut out into an oval shape and overlapped on another in white for contrast and added some bling. The picture is not good as usual, but I hope you like it all the same.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:
Kalalayaa’s Art Studio – Handmade Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes
Card & Scrap – Flowers
Mark’s Finest Papers – Flowers
Cupcake Craftroom – Flowers & Leaves

To Mother with love

Hi!

      I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I’ve been  quilling again and made this square easel card with quilled flowers for mum on her 83^rd birthday.

This is my first attempt at quilled folded roses and daisies. Other than straining my eyes to cut the fringe very fine for the daisies, I enjoyed making them all. I wanted a basket of flowers for mum and came up with this version. I used thin strips in two shades of brown to weave it, then mounted it on 3D foam for dimension. As it still looked quite flat, I added a semi-circular piece of card paper to the base. I didn’t feel like quilling the leaves, so I added punched ferns instead. The base of the card is textured handmade paper which feels like wafer. The sentiment is printed and dabbed with a moistened tea bag to blend with the base.

Here’s the bottom and side view of the basket…

Finally, here's a close up of the basket of flowers.

I’m entering this into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown – 3D

Party Time Tuesdays – Anything Goes

Scrap-Creations – Birthday

SweetStamps BLOG – Flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar – Birthday Wishes

Creative Craft World  - Use a Square

The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog – Lots of Flowers

Card Makin Mamas - Birthday

crafts 4 eternity – Easel Card

Stampin' B's Design Team – Use Flowers

Stampin with the Dragon - Birthday

PaperCrafting Journey - Anything Goes

The Res-Q-Challenge – Use Squares

allsorts challenge blog – Make your own Flowers

One Stop Craft Challenge - Flowers

Lexi's Creations - Flowers

One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog – Card for Mom

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays – Easel Card

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers

Little Claire's Designs - Anything Goes

I’ve been quilling……

Hi!

      I hope all is well with my crafty friends. My 14yr old son, returned sick from school yesterday, unable to retain anything in his stomach and was all drained out. So, I was kept busy trying to get him up and about as he had to go back to school in the evening for the dress rehearsal of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ the school is staging for the next two days and he is the cast member. The headmistress was kind to permit him to be there just in time for his act and leave soon after and he just managed. He’s much better today and should be fine tomorrow. 

      I’m here today, to share my fourth quilled card. Although I’d purchased a quilling tool and strips from India 5 yrs ago, I never bothered to give it a try. I was inspired to quill after I came across the first quilling blog DAYDREAMS. And came up with this butterfly, then spiral quilled roses and a flower. I had trouble with the Indian quilling tool, so I asked my SIL in UK to send me one and she sent me the set by 'Quilled Creations'. These are great to work with and I now enjoy quilling. To try my new tool, I simply quilled a flower, then a butterfly and many more flowers. After I found the challenge at “Take a Quill Pill”, I quilled the second butterfly and made this card.

I used handmade flower petal paper for the base and added paper strips around the border. The computer generated sentiment was dabbed with a moistened tea bag to match the colors on the background, then, hand embossed the two hearts on it with my improvised tools (heart shaped paper clip and pen) and colored with a felt tip pen. I’ll be back here very soon with another quilled card.   Till then, take care.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:

Take a Quill Pill – Valentine

..Wee Memories..- Source of Inspiration (DAYDREAMS blog) 

 Challenge up your life – Monochrome

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog – Love

Color Throwdown – saffron/ tangerine tango/ chocolate chip 

Tuesday Throwdown – 3D

Creative Cowgirls Challenge Blog – Hearts on Card

Crafty Creations Challenges - In my garden lives…(butterflies in love)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Coffee & Cream

Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Inspired by a song (By Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross)