multi-fold note cards day #1=> Easel cards

Hello everyone,

The last swap at swap central India saw up swapping multi-fold notecards, 4 cards of each of 5 different folds and each card had to be different.

To say it was a mammoth task would be an understatement. I wasted so many card stocks and finally one fine day, the brain started working and then there was no stopping it.

I will be posting each fold as a separate post instead of making one big post. This way I will also have things regularly being updated on my blog.. LOL

Today I will be sharing my easel cards with you.. I absolutely love making easel cards. They are just so versatile and there are endless possibilities as to how you can incorporate different elements to do up your easel cards.

I tried all the various types and wasting enough paper to realize that it is best to keep it simple...

So without further rambling, here goes...

I love the ric-rac in rainbow colors... I did add pearls to the punched card stock on the base later on so they are not here. Added them as an after thought.
Supplies used:-
Card stock=> white 300 gsm paper locally purchased and fabriano scraps for die-cutting
Polka dotted Washi tape on the border
PTI ric-rac die. Spell binders floral ovals for the oval cut
MS 3-1 butterfly punch and Deco shells
Bling from stash.

Finally understanding the concept of the use of negative space, love the outcome of this card. Looks like the giraffe is peeking inside a window.. :D

Suppleis Used:-
card stock=> Locally purchased
Digi was found on Pinterest
negative space of floral ovals die
Black pearls RAK from Spardha (Thanks girlie)
MS doily lace punch
Staedler water color pencils for coloring.

Lots of stamping and some fussy cutting on this easel card.

Supplies used:-
Card stpck=> Locally purchased and fabriano elle erre
stamps=> recollections love bird and HA Playful Animals
Inks=> Unity Noir and Memento
Itsy Bitsy boutique flower inked using tea dye distress Ink

This one if my favorite of the lot. Love the heat embossed vellum butterfly against all that black and pink.

Supplies:-
Card stock=> Locally purchased
Darice interlocking circles embossing folder from Priya's store
Spell binders heart circle die
HA antique engravings stamp set
Versamark embossing ink
zing white embossing power from crafters corner
MS doily lace from crafters corner
bling from stash
worn lipstick distress ink

A consolidated pic of my four easel cards.

Thanks for dropping by... Your comments are very important for me... Have a great day

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

This one's for you Tee!

So what do you do when a friend makes a suggestion and we turn it into a full-fledged card making drive.. Aaah well, the joys of friendship.. One never says NO to any idea.. Just tweak it around to make it more appealing...

The woman's day inspirational card idea was Tejal's and it appealed to me immensely... It does make sense to make something for a crafter friend who has inspired you in some way and what better way to show appreciation than do a post about it...

So, I start off with probably my most fav person... Tejal... Doing anything for her is a pleasure as well as a very daunting task... but what the hell, she is now used to my eccentric behavior and has accepted the fact that I am beyond repair... :P

This card is dedicated to you Tejal- for all you have done... taught me everything I know so far about stamping... My masking class over the BBM was epic... and all the photographs back and forth each day just teaches me something new.... An honest opinion about my work and not worrying whether I would feel bad about it ( I do not feel bad... pushes me to try better and impress you... tough ask but am up for the game.. :D... SO thank you so so so much for all you do.. not just for me but for a lot of people... I know there are a lot of us who have greatly benefited from your help...

So, I made an all stamped card for Tejal  no surprises there), Used butterflies on it (cheeky grin)... and used glitter (uncontrollable laughter).... Oh yes I am quite predictable that ways... :P but how could I not incorporate the three things which Tejal is known for... :D...Tee I am awaiting a comment for this one....


So, for the very first time I tried triple layer stamping... I have been wanting to do this for ages but I guess got the correct motivation now....

the card standing

close-up

glittered butterfly

I loved how this card came about and pretty quickly too. I did waste some paper because I could not find the right stamp for it.. Finally went for my BG stamp... and this is it... :D

Supplies used:-

card stock=> Fabriano elle erre, Fabriano brustro for the butterflies and locally purchased 

stamps=> HA flourish BG stamp and Antique engravings

Ink=> Unity Moulin Rouge which I got from Ujjwal.

Fevicryl 3-D glitter glue.

Entering this for the following challenges:-

4 crafty Chicks=> Clean & Simple

Happy Campers=> Flutterby Butterfly

CASE study challenge

Flutterby Wednesdays=> winged creations

Anything goes=> Seeing double

LEJ Designs=> Things with wings
Card Mania=> Lots of layers

Thanks for dropping by... Your comments are very valuable to me.. Have a superb Weekend...

Hugs,

Khush

pop-up book card

Hello everyone,

Bright and sunny Monday morning and I am back with a post which is thankfully not an order and not part of any swap.. I realized lately all my creations were just that....

I sat down to make a pop-up book card which I had come across on Pinterest ( love to browse through there) and It was really challenging for me for it required straight line cutting using your craft knife ( I suck at cutting using the knife... the cutting knife and me are not the best of friends but nevertheless we have called for a temporary truce for this project.. :p)


It took me the entire day yesterday to finish it and well in the end it was really worth it... every element is how I wanted it to be... I have kept it really simple and just showcasing the limited supplies I have used on this project...


So enough rambling.. Will just show the pics...

the outside(lying flat)

the card(standing)

the inside

left side close-up

right side close-up

I loved making this one... and it's a huge one... 6x6 in size... and there was a lot of measuring and hand-cutting involved... I just realized how difficult it is to do a pop-up mechanism and my very dear blogger pal Dr.Sonia does it with such panache and ease.. I now truly realize the effort that goes into making it.. Hats off to you Doc..!!

Supplies used:- 

Cs=> Locally purchased and brustro

PPs=> DCWV and Echo Park

Stamps=> Penny black party time and fiskars for sentiment

Ink=> Unity Noir

Tea Dye distress ink

Dies=>Spellbinders floral ovals, cherry lynn fanciful flourish (I have just sued a part of it) and tattered florals

Punches=> MS doily lace and Jeff retro flower

Bling from stash

Mulberry rose

Darice embossing folders interlocking circles and basket weave.

Entering this for the following challenges:-

Itsy Bitsy=> Pattern paper challenge

The corrosive challenges=> rainbow bright

CIP=> Anything goes

Allsorts=> Animals

Crafty Catz=> Dies and punches

milkcoffee=> Make it cute

Thanks for dropping by... Your comments are very very valuable for me.. Have a great week.

Hugs,

Khush

P.S I Love You

Hahaha, Please do not get confused by the title.. I am not doing a book review...I suck at reviews ( and that is just about anything)..

Happy Valentines Day all.. The last few weeks all on the blogland and facebook I have been bombarded with the valentine fever... So finally I sat down to make this mini and put in all the love I could for my someone special... Mind you, it is not for him but I did make it keeping him in mind soo...

I made a mini... I have no name for this.. it is like a flat version of an explosion box, just bigger in size...And I put in as much of pink and black and red possible.. I am almost blinded by the bright colors *wink*


I wasn't too sure how to do up the cover so I have left it without any embellishments for the moment, so if any of you have any suggestions please feel free to give them to me.. I would really be obliged...

SO now that I have given a lengthy enough introduction to my post, I shall go on and share the pictures.. Needless to say, like all my posts, this is a VERY picture heavy post.

    I absolutely love this quote and really does hold true... Like you can see, no embellishments.

Bottom Flap

the top flap opens to a tag page

so does the bottom flap

the tags

the inside flap

a close-up of the sentiment

the tags

the other flap

I absolutely loved doing the distressing inside the die-cut. Thanks Tejal for this inspiration. It makes a lot of difference to a project from taking it to ok to something eye-catchy. *hugs*

another panel to hold tags

There is a similar panel on the other end too which read 10 reasons I love you and holding a couple of tags.. I forgot to take pictures of that.. :D

a peek-a-boo page

This pee-a-boo page is inspired by Erum who happens to be a great source of inspiration to me. Thanks Erum *hugs*

the inside of the peek-a boo page

Again, the other end has a similar pee-a-boo page. I have tried to balance it out as much as possible...

heat embossed CS with heat embossed sentiment and an insert

This was my most favorite part.. I tried heat embossing for the very first time and it was super fun... :D

the insert

the pocket and insert together

centre panel

The idea for this mini came all off a sudden.. I was kinda bored since my niece isn't around and once I started I could not stop.. I think I went a bit overboard... It was challenging for ti had quote a few firsts for me.. The distressing and heat embossing bit... and I think I used up most of my dies which are quite few as you can see.. :LOL


Supplies:-
Base CS=> 300 gsm black paper locally purchased, brustro, fabriano elle erre and lots and lots of my saved up scraps.
PPs=>Echo park, some 6x6 papers I had picked up from Crazee Daisy, sweet owl
Dies=> Spellbinders label 2, heart circles, floral ovals, MFT eiffel tower die, PTI ric rac die
Distress inks vintage photo, worn lipstick, dusty concord and tumbled glass.
Inks=> Versamark, memento lady bug and lilac posies, Unity noir and moulin rouge
Stamps=> Fiskars sentiment stamp sets, MME for the damask pattern, recollections love birds, Inkadinkado flourish stamp
Hobby ideas clear embossing powder and heating tool.
Small bling from stash and the large ones on the flowers were a RAK from Maninder (Thanks Girl)
Petaloo mulberry flowers.
Jeff leaf punch and retro flower punch.
BIC Markers for my flower centers.
The forever in the center panel is a chipboard which was an RAK from Shalini Mittal. (Thanks Shalini).
MS Doily punch


Entering ym card for the following challenegs=>
Crafters corner- Expressions of Love
Itsy Bitsy=> Pattern paper challenge
Crafty Creations=> Love/Hearts
Divas by Design=> Love/ Romance
Little red wagon=> have the word love somewhere
The paper shelter=> valentine
CTO=> Valentine anything goes
Crafty Sentiments design=>Valentines
CYP=> My Valentine



Thanks for dropping by... Have a fantastic time...


Hugs,
Khush

Birthday wishes

Hello everyone,

I know I know, I have been MIA for ages... Just been too busy attending weddings... It is the wedding season in India and with weddings in the family, it just gets all the more hectic....

And in between all this, I had the opportunity to meet two of best-est girlfriends I have made and have been working closely for the past one year.. Could not msis out on the opportunity of meeting them...

To say it was a crazy day would have been an understatement... It was amazing and it was after ages that I laughed so much...

Now that I have said all that... Back to crafting... It was after a long hiatus that I crafted and like any other thing you do, I felt a bit rusty... Moreover the brief was pretty vague so I had to add my interpretation to it...I was just told the fav colors of the person who would be receiving this card... That's all I had to go by..

SO i made a quad easel.. My second attempt after the one I made to Tejal's birthday... You can check that card here.


Just sharing the pics, most of it is self-explanatory...

                                                        the card lying flat

                                                              the card standing


 Sharing the individual shots of the panels....

                                                                           panel 1

                                                                   panel 2

                                                                     panel 3

                                                                      panel 4



I really loved the way this card has come out... Simple yet cute...

Supplies sued:- CS=> Fabriano Elle Erre
PPs=> I bought from Radhika
Stamps=> Fiskars sentiment stamps
Inks=> Hero Arts Neon Blue, Memento Tangelo
Vintage photo distress inks
Spellbinders label 2 and floral ovals
MS Doily lace punch
Embellishments=> Handmade flower made using daisy punch and itys bitsy adhesive embellishments, bling from stash
Signo white gel pen
Corner rounder punch


Entering this card for the following challenges:-
Itsy bitsy=> use pattern paper


Thanks for dropping by... Have a great week



Hugs,
Khush