Thanks So Much!!

Hello my friends!
   OMG! It's almost 3 months since my last post. How time flies! I thought I would be back here in Sept. but, just could not as one thing after another popped up. A big thanks to you all for your support by sticking out here although I was MIA for so long. In fact, each time I viewed my blog, I found I had visitors and even some new friends which made me feel good. Besides, during my absence here, I was featured for THIS card on Flashback Friday and also received two blog awards. 
Thank you Lori from Loris Artsy Obsession for honoring me with this Butterfly Award.

To accept this award all you have to do is these 3 things...
1. Link back to the person who you received the award from. 
2. Answer the following 10 questions (You'll find the questions in Lori's post HERE)    
3. Pass the award on to 10 of your crafty blogging buddies.
Sorry, I'm not going through the task of answering questions but I would like to pass this award to all of you my friends for all your blogs are cool in their own special way. Now, don't be shy, please feel free to grab it from here.  
Thank you Sue from Sue's Craft Haven for the Tag - You're It Award!

To accept this award you have to share 10 things about yourself and pass the tag on to five other Blogging Buddies. Sorry, once again I'm not going through this or else my post will not be up today. However, if you'd like to know more about me, I've shared over 15 things about myself in a post HERE. And this time I will pass it on to my buddies who also post awards on their blog.

They are:

Dawn from Dawn's Crafting

Susan from Imagine, Create, Express

Helen from Let's Create

Shen from My Curious Crafts

Kevin from McCrafty's Cards

Finally, here's my card to say ' Thanks So Much' to YOU.

The stamped image of the Arum Lilly is from 'Stamp It' -Flowers. (An Indian Educational toy! I bought in India several years ago) It was colored by my DD using soft pastels. I layered it on gold cardstock, used a SRM sticker sentiment & lightly highlighted the edges with Tim Holtz (Mustard Seed) distress Ink. The latter two items were sent to me by my crafting buddies. Thanks Nina from Crafting in Croatia and Ann from Stargroves. Today, I'm able to craft with some actual crafting supplies (not even heard of here) because of you. God Bless You!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty JC Challenge - Simplicity

Little Red Wagon - Thanks

Stamping with Brenda - Anything Clean & Simple

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Card with a paper woven border

Hi!

   I’ve no idea what’s gotten into me but here’s the third card in red and white in succession. This time I’ve especially designed this card for a challenge at Moxie Fab. The challenge is beautiful borders. A lot of ideas came to my mind but I finally decided to make a card with a paper woven border.

To make this, a margin was drawn on a rectangular piece of red card stock on all four sides. Then strips of equal width were cut within the margin and along its length and woven with white strips of equal width to form this pattern. Very simple!! The sentiment is printed on my PC. Making this, brought back memories of my childhood when I used to weave simple paper mats & use them as a table mats for myself. LOL

 I’m also entering this card into the following linky parties:
Make It Monday
Inspire Me Fridays

Reposting my first non-traditional shaped card

   Today I happened to visit the Flashbach Friday Challenge Blog and found that the guest designer for the current challenge is my friend Julie, a last minute crafter like me. The challenge she’s chosen is to post the first non-traditional shaped card.  I like making shaped cards and here’s my first since I started blogging.

Here's a close up as I did not get a clear picture of my roses

This is my first attempt at an easel card and quilled spiral roses. The scalloped circle was drawn free hand and cut using scissors. 

For more details go back in time to view the original post HERE.

Accordion folded flowers

Hi!

  Today I’m here to share a card I made for a challenge at create. The challenge is to make accordion folded flowers. I kept to the same technique and also made accordion folded leaves and a butterfly. I wish I could add a tutorial here, but there has been no connectivity all day and now that it’s finally here, I’m posting in a hurry hoping that I’ll be just on time to link up to create after all the effort I put in to make this card.

   The papers used are a gift wrap paper for the flower and colored A4 papers for the flower center, leaves and butterfly. The basic requirement to make all three is a rectangular piece of paper, scored to form the accordion fold. In addition, to make the flower, I glued a thin strip of yellow paper along one edge before folding and after joining to form a circle, cut it to reveal petals and added a bead in the centre to cover the space. For the leaves after the accordion fold was made, it was folded in half (like a fan), the edges that met were glued then cut into leaves. To make the butterfly, I drew a symmetrical design in red, folded, tied it in the centre with brown cord for the antennae and body, cut into shape, then lightly colored the edges of the wings. The background paper is white card stock dabbed with distress ink and layered over red card stock. The sentiment is stamped, the frame around it is a rub on and the ribbon is from my stash. I hope you’ll like my new creation.

I’m also entering this card into the following challenges:

 Color Throwdown – Color challenge #149

Digi Design House - Handmade Flowers

Creative Craft Challenges  -Pretty Blossoms 
CREATIVE BELLI BLOG - Handmade Embellishments

Young Crafters Unite Blog Hop

Hello  Friends!

    Welcome to Young Crafters Unite blog hop. Britta and Marie have teamed up to bring together all the young crafters in blogosphere. It’s a fabulous idea and I’m really excited about it as it’s my first  time. Thanks to the young crafters Britta and Marie for organizing it.

To start at the beginning of the blog hop and know the details, go directly to Young Crafter’s Unite. If you are arriving from Aditya's blog you are in the right place.

    You must be wondering what makes me a young crafter. Well, crafting relieves stress and keeps me happy that’s what makes me feel young.

Here’s my project using one of my favorite crafting techniques – Quilling.

The background paper used for this simple card is handmade embroidered beehive shape for the bud, a fringed flower for the centre and a digital sentiment. paper, in off white & silver. Sorry, I could not get a clearer picture as the holographic ribbon gave me trouble. It gives a different glow in every angle and this was the best I could do. I used the basic quilling shapes for this card. The teardrop shape for the petals, the eye shape for the leaves, the

You will find tutorials for quilling HERE.

 I’d also like to share an old favorite quilled project.

The flowers are quilled folded roses and fringed daisies. The basket woven with thin paper strips and the leaves punched.

 Here’s the bottom and side view of the 3D basket…

And  a close up of the basket of flowers.

 You can comment on the hop links from 12:00 hrs July 1^st until 23:59 hrs July 4^th  CST(Chicago, USA) and don’t forget there are prizes for randomly selected comments. The more blogs you visit, the greater your chances of winning!!

The next blog to hop to is Ruby

 Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by.