All about love

Happy Sunny Monday everyone,

it is so hot ( I have developed this habit of cribbing about the heat)... I have a couple of cards to share which I made to gift for a wedding.. The one am sharing today is completely using non-traditional wedding colors..

It is a flip pocket card like the one I had made earlier as my dedication to three very special ladies in my life... You can check the earlier card here.

This card is super fun to make and super fast to assemble.. Once I had the general idea in my head as to what I had wanted to make, the execution went pretty fast...

So here goes.. ( WARNING: Picture heavy post)

This is a box in which the card was gifted

the box and the card

after untying the ribbon and opening the flaps

the insides

I loved the color palette of this one.. I have been working with so much pink lately that now I am getting averse to it... *sob sob*..

Supplies used:-

card stock=> Locally purchased and brustro

PPs=> The black damask PP and the one on the inside where the sentiment is; is an RAK from Sunehra, The orange one is purchased from Saumya ( I do not remember the name) and studio calico purchased from Ujjwal.

Stamps=> Hero arts flower BG and flourish BG, Whimsy bird swing, MMe Lavender and Fiskars Love quotes

Inks=> Memento lady bug, rich cocoa and dandelion, Archival black, Vintage photo distress ink

MFT Chevron die and Spell binders label 17 and floral ovals

Jeff punches for flowers and leaf

Pie Lane butterflies

Staedler water color pencils

Black gel pen for faux stitching

Entering this card for the following challenges

Addicted to stamps=> BINGO ( i used ribbon, flowers, sentiment)

Crafting when we can=> Punches and/or die-cuts ( I have used die cuts)

Crafty Catz=> A fancy fold or two

Cute card Thursday=> tie it up

That's it folks.. Will see you soon... Have some very BIG news to share.. any guesses??

Hugs,

Khush

True Friend

Hello,

I finally am having a little breathing space after back-to-back orders... Phew... Made a couple of double z-fold cards during the day yest using one piece of 12x12 card stock.. I am stocking up on cards because I can see an immediate need for them in the not-so-distant future.. :D

The double z-fold card looks really cute in real life... You could even call it a gate-fold card with a twist because the basic design structure and mechanism is that of a gate-fold card... I have a lot of love for special folds for simply I feel.. When you have the tools.. try something totally over the top rather than just folding a card into half... Mind you, even that simple folded card might give you nightmares at times but to cut a long story short, I have an attachment to special folds and hope to try as many as possible...

So here are the pics of my card.. the colors are inspired by the current Itsy Bitsy Logo color challenge.

the card lying flat

the card standing view (open)

the insides lying flat

the double z-fold card comes together really really quickly... No wonder I dished out two.. I'll share the second one as soon as I complete it...

Supplies:-

card stock=> Locally purchased and brustro

PPs=> Street lace mat stack ( used the glittered ones)

Stamp=> Penny black paint the town red and Fiskars friendship quoted (bought from Jovi)

Ink=> Unity Noir and Memento Danube Blue

Distress Inks=> peeled paint and tumbled glass

Spellbinders Timeless rectangle die (Jovi's store)

Jef 5 petal punch and that small punch too is from jeff

Pie Lane butterflies

Entering this card for the following challenges:-

Itsy Bitsy=> Color challenge

Crafters Corner=> Bingo ( I used Distressing, PP and Butterflies)

Crafts 4 eternity=> Lots of flowers

Dilly Beans=> Flowers

Sisterhood of crafters=> Animals

Thanks for dropping by.. I hope to be back soon... Have a fantastic weekend...!!

Hugs,

Khush

friendship at it's best- This one's for you Piyu, Shalini and Shruti

My last and final post for my truly inspirational friends who I have had the privilege to meet in the blog land...

Priyadarshini or Piyu as she is fondly called everywhere is known for her quilling but I love all her work which even doesn't have quilling... Her eye for color and neatness spurs me to try and maybe reach her level...Someone who is always there to just talk and have fun... :D

Shruti or Maddo is a crazy whack... Her style is totally unique and well I could not emulate her even if i wanted too.. Just do not have my brains working the way hers does... :D

Shalini is more than EVERYTHING to me and her friendship is now beyond the realm of just blogger or crafting...

So this is my dedication to them... The tute for this card was found on Pinterest and I had noted it down so sorry I cannot link it bk to the original...

After ages am back with a PICTURE HEAVY POST \m/

the closed look

a close-up of the image

ribbon untied

the insides

left panel

 

right panel

a close-up of the faux letterpress technique and my VERY glittered flower

the insides

close-up left panel

right panel with insert

 

pocket panel with insert

insert

This was an amazingly fun card to assemble and really quite simple.... Although it took me ages to assemble... I now take care while working.. LOL

Supplies used:-

Cardstock=> locally purchased, fabriano elle erre and brustro.

PPs=> Authentique which was an RAK from Jovi, Crate paper which was an RAK from Snehal, DCWV bought from Mansi and Studio Calico purchased from Ujjwal.

Stamps=> Penny Black party time, Fiskars just laugh and friendship sentiment sets purchased from jovi.

Ink=> Unity Noir purchased from Ujjwal, cantaloupe purchased from rainbow Craftykari

Distress inks=> Vintage photo, tea dye, tumbled glass and peeled paint from Khyati

Dies=> Spellbinders heart circle, heart square and floral ovals purchased from jovi. Label 1 has been traced and handcut, tim holtz tattered florals purchased from crafters corner

Embellishments=> Basic grey brad, ribbon from stash, Pie Lane butterflies, bling an punched flowers from stash, pearls from stash

Darice embossing fodlers, honeycomb and interlocking circles from Priya's store.

MS doily lace punch purchased from crafters corner

Coloring medium=> Staedler water color pencils and BIC markers from crafters corner.

silver signo gel pen.

Entering this card for the following challenges:-

 For the love of crafting=> seasons stories ( I created a complete spring scene)

Avadares=> Spring or easter ( I go for spring)

Dilly beans=. Friendship

MAWTT=> Spring is in the air

penny's paper crafty=> ribbons & die-cuts

Crafty Sentiments=> Hello Spring

Papertake weekly=> 1-2-3 ( 1 ribbon, 2 images, 3 sentiments)

Card Mania=> Lots of layers

crafters Corner=> stamping

Tim Holtz blog=> using the tattered floral die

Thank you so much for dropping by... Your comments are highly valuable...

Hugs,

Khush

This one's for you Saumya

My next card.. for someone I truly admire.. She is mad to the point of being ridiculous but who says I like normal people.. We are kindred souls for we take no BS from anyone...

My association with Saumya has been awesome.. she is like beyond awesome... I fall short of words because the words I want to use for her I cannot use here so shall tell you over BBM... :D

This is what me made for you Saumya...

The red flower reminded me of you.. the first time I actually saw you, you were in red... *wink*

open view

the sentiment

I just realized that the sentiment is crooked... *rolling my eyes*... But this holds so true for you Saumya.. That day the amount I laughed is unreal.. I hadn't laughed so much in ages... I associate smiles with you and lots of  giggles... ;)

Thank you for being such a  beautiful part of my life...I just want you to know that you really are a HUGE inspiration... my cards sucked till you came back to life on my BBM again... *cheesy* I know but the darn truth.. Live with it... and be prepared to be bugged out of your life... :P..


Supplies:-
Cardstock=> Fabriano elle erre
Papers=> Studio calico purchased from Ujjwal and authentique which was an RAK from Jovi (thanks girl)
Sentiment=> Fiskars laugh purchased from Jovi
Ink=> Unity
Dies=> Tattered florals from crafters corner... The label 17 on the inside is traced and handcut...
Jef punches for flowers.. MS doily lace purchased from crafters corner
bling from stash.

Entering this for Tim Holtz's tattered floral challenge

Thanks for dropping by.... Your comments are very valuable...


Hugs,
Khush

Quad easel card

Hi Guys,

If you are coming for Tejal's blog hop, kindly click here to go to the post.

I made a Quad Easel for Tejal's birthday... Just sharing detailed shots of the card.. Am frickin' impatient and could not wait any longer to share the pics...

Making cards for special friends is very difficult... For anything you make doesn't feel good enough and making a card for Tejal was scary.. Not because she wouldn't like it but she is such a perfectionist and I am far from perfect.. I should say me and perfection have no bonding at all.. :P

So I decided to go with what I do best... Bright colors and special fold cards... I had been meaning to try the quad easel card for ages... Looks complicated but is so easy to assemble...It looks like a table decoration and can be manipulated to be just about anything...a card.. a frame.. center piece... Numerous options...

Well, enough of rambling... Will just go and show you the detailed shots of the card...

closed view

panel 1

panel 2

panel 3

panel 4

open view

here it is... Just a  reminder.. to be eligible for the prize for the blog hop, Kindly comment on the blog hop post and not this one...

Supplies used:-

Card stock=> Yellow fabriano and Brustro for stamping

PPs=>Echo Park, Bo Bunny and paper Mania

Stamps=> Fiskars make a wish,Penny Black Party time and digi image

Embellishments=>bling from stash, jeff star and daisy punch, pearls from stashbuttons from stash, Pie Lane butterflies and Adhesive flowers from Itsy Bitsy

Unity Noir Ink

Vintage photo Distress Ink

Entering this card for the following challenges:-

Crafters Corner=>celebrate with flowers

Itsy Bitsy=> Make it Dimensional

Lollipop Crafts=> Happy Birthday

MIM=> Always Anything goes

Song Bird challenges=> yellow

stamps & fun=Creativity=> easel cards

CIP=> Anything goes

The crafty Pad=> use an Animal

A gem of a challenge=. Flowers

Emergency crafters=> recipe challenge (gems, flowers and sentiment)

I hope you like the card Tejal... Your comments are very important and thank you everyone who have joined the blog hop so far and making Tejal's birthday memorable...

Hugs,

Khush

Happy Birthday Buddy!!

Hey friends,

 My last post before I leave for my holiday to Rajasthan and Agra... It's a birthday card for a friend made on order.. I absolutely am in love with this fold.. It's a 6-fold card and it's final measurement is 6*6.. As you all are very much aware, I love making big cards so am always in search of tutorials which can give me bigger dimensions or I sit and calculate ( the latter takes ages as I suck in Mathematics BIG TIME).. Being a gift to a girl, I went all out to make a PINK card.. Yea, you guessed it right.. I am back in the PINK MODE... and some green too.. Will post the green cards after I come back.. :D

So enough of rambling.. I shall get straight to the card...

I love love this digi from the paper shelter.... Now a view of the card after it opens up in its full glory and then of course the individual shots... I really need to start working on the whole video thing... My posts are getting way too picture heavy... :D

Now I'll quickly just show the individual panels....

The card as it looks after IT'S belly band is removed...Isn't the PP gorgeous.. My heart broke while using this.. (sob sob)

I've embellished it to the minimum as I really wanted to show off the gorgeous PPs in all honesty...So just a sentiment...

Another panel showing off some sentiments...

The bear with the heart on a panel which would open up vertically.. :-)

Friend sentiments... Love you buddies... :D

Just jazzed up the polka dotted PP with a sentiment stamp.. :)

Bling attack part 1.. I missed doing up rhinestone frames so am doing it on this panel and the one that follows... :)

That's all folks.. A nice fold to try put for those who enjoy special folds..:-)...

Supplies:-
Pink Cardstock for base and layering=> Locally purchased
Digi images=> The paper shelter and Sliekje's
Digi Sentiments=> E.T and rest I picked up from the free digital stamps blog.. Don;t remember particularly from whom...
PPs=> the covering PP is from the scrappy swap sent by Saumya, Echo Park Summer days bought from Ujjwal, Hobby Ideas, Itsy Bitsy and the pink polka dotted one is from a scrapbooking kit I had picked up in Phuket
The coloured printed sentiments are also part of the scrappy Swap sent by Saumya
Coloring medium=> Staedler color pencils and glaze pens for the little tweety in the inside panel available at lulupu
Die cuts have been traced and hand cut...
rhinestones are from my stash
Stamp=> Unity just wanted to say purchased from Ujjwal and inked using memento lilac posies purchased from Varna's
Butterflies are from my dear Pie Lane.
Mulberry flowers from stash.
Other tools, Sure cut deluxe trimmer and scor-pal available at lulupu.

Entering it for the following challenges:-
Paper Pretties=> Card for girls
paper Shelter=> wings
Crafty Sentiments=> use a digi
Forever Friends=> think Pink
Incy Wincy Designs=> Digi's only
Made especially for you=> use 3 flowers
For the love of crafting=> Spring colours+ butterflies

Thanks for dropping by,.. Your comments are very important for me... Have a great weekend.. See you guys after a break

Hugs,
Khush

P.S:=> Kavitha is offering some fab candy.. You can check the details here.