Cards for a Cause (Cause 1)

Hi all,

Here is a sympathy card i made recently.

A group of fellow crafters have joined hands together to create cards for causes. This is the first cause.

This card went to a fellow crafter who lost her son recently.

entering this card into 

1. Cas(e) This Sketch 

 Thank you for being around. 

Hugs

Catherine 

A Pop Up Box Card made on order for a 2nd Anniversary couple

Hey all

How have you been ?

AM gonna show you today a Pop Up Box Card I made on order. Usually I get orders from friends and through references. This was totally from a new client through my facebook page and am happy about that. The lady wanted a stand alone Pop up box card in 2nd Anniversary theme and what i came up with was this.

And when closed, this can fold and fit inside an envelope. 

Hope you like it. Do let me know your comments n suggestions. 

Entering this card into 

Create Something catchy challenge 

August Challenges- Week #1- The Craft Shop -Inspired by the Craftshop Logo 

Quick card for a Niece...

Hey all

This is a card I created for my niece for her birthday.

This is a last minute work. I just remembered her birthday is falling that week and i will have to ship her a card atleast the same day so that it reach her the same day.

I colored the cute prima doll with distress ink pads n fussy cut the image.

Created background with Distress inks and patterned with Chevron stencil. Added a washi tape as border. Placed the image over a doily, added some sentiments and am done.

And am happy it reached her on her birthday.

Here is the card.

Hope you all like it.  Thank you for being around motivating with ur lovable comments.

Stamps Used:
Doll from Prima
Sentiment is from IBS and Kaisercraft

Entering this card into the following challenges:
1.Create something catchy challenge - NO-LINE coloring
2. cardsgalorechallenges.-Use a stamp 

Altered Art - Mobile Holder

Hey Friends,
I know its been so long that I blogged. My two little daughters are keeping me so busy that even if i make something,I dont get time to craft.
This mobile holder was done on an order this week.
I first applied Primer, then decoupaged with a pattern paper, Distressed the sides. I wanted it to have a girly look. So, decorated with some flowers and butteflies and am done...

Here it is

I actually loved the outcome. Hope you liked it too. Would love to hear your comments,
HUgs
CAtherine

Entering this into the following challenges

1. alteredeclectics - Altered Art  (Ends Jun 30)
2. getcreativechallenges - Challenge #16 - Must Include Butterflies (Ends 15 jun)

A Thank you card

Hey all

Another post for the day.

It is actually that time of the year when i get busy with orders for Thank you cards. YES. It is the academic year end.

This was a card made for a teacher of a cute little boy.

Another card in which i tried my favorite Heat Embossing technique...

Inspired by the Pinspired photo of Create something catchy challenge...

And here is my card 

Heat embossed flowers on the background.. The flowers were heat embossed with white embossing powder and then Distressed(Emboss resist technique)

It is actually beautiful in the real than in the pic. Couldn't capture the emboss effect from my camera

Hope you all like it... 

Entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Catchy challenges - Lets get pinspired 

2. Whoopsidaisy challenge - Add a sentiment

3. creataliciouschallenges- Anything goes  

4. simonsaysstampblog -Anything goes 

A Birthday card with my favourite technique - Heat Embossing

Hey All

Hope you are all doing great... I keep deciding on resolutions of keeping my blog updated and then with my two cute babies around, I fail completing that. Today ,am deciding again and hope to keep up with that.

And now I wanted to share a Birthday card I made recently inspired by the mood board of LULUPU's 3rd Birthday celebration Bash..

I love all techniques of scrapbooking but my fav among them are using Distress inks and Heat Embossing. And i have tried both on this card....

Stopping my story here n showing you the card and the moodboard of LULUPU.

Impressed by so many elements in the mood board, tried incorporating them in the card . 

The Gold Embossed sentiment over Pink  - Pink Background with Golden Embossing 

The Photo frame - The Diecut shape beneath the main sentiment 

Colors of the French Macaroons - Colors of the diecut in the centre 

Tassel Banner - Used ribbons as tassel beneath the flowers (Not so prominent in the photo)

The techniques I have used are Heat Embossing, Distressed the frames with Distress inks and handmade diecut flowers.

Hope you all like it... 

Entering this card into the following challenges:

1. Lulupu - 3rd Birthday (Mood board)

2. cardsgalorechallenges - Anything goes

3. hidinginmycraftroom- Embossing 

4. carabbiemomentsofcraft - Anything goes (For Mom /Special lady)

5. scrappyhands - Bingo (Flower,Ribbon and stamps / Embossing,Ribbon and Notes)

Birthday Banner for my lil one !!!

Hey All

Here is a Birthday Banner I made for my lil one's Birthday party...

I used a digi paper as Base, Diecut two circles, and over that  placed the Diecut Alphabets.

Finally, i added a Brown ruffled ribbon on top as an outline..

Hope you all like it.

Entering this banner into the following challenges:

1. notjustcardschallenges - Challenge #14  (15 Mar)

2. 2creativechicks - Anything goes  (31 Mar)

3. die-cut-divas - Spring / Children's challenge (31 Mar)

Hugs

Catherine 

Firts trial with a Tri shutter card

If you know me already, you must be knowing that I am more of a CAS, simple, one layer card person. Thanks to the team for such a challenge that it gave me a chance to try all new things. Last time, I tried Mixed media on a clock and it was actually a hit according to me.

With that courage, I tried a fancy fold this time -a tri shutter card and the challenge personally here was I wanted it Masculine...

This is the view of the closed card

When the ribbons are opened

The First open

I used a lot of quotes, colored La la land Birthday Marci with Distress inks, attached a ribbon to hold them all together from the back and am done.

Full open view 

Supplies used:

Kaisecraft Texture stamps

Marianne Anja's Large Oval

Fleur De Lis Square

Hugs

Catherine 

A Late Post... My star Card with a simple tutorial

A Star Christmas Card 

I have a simple tutorial on how I did that... 

I used a 30cm by 30cm square cardstock. Find the centre (15cm) on opposite sides of the square and make a mark . 
From the bottom right hand corner, measure 30cms to the centre line at the top. Repeat this with the bottom left hand corner.
You now have a triangle that is 30cms on all sides. Cut the triangle. 
Hope the picture explains it better. 

    

Now, find the centre point on all three sides of the triangle and join these points. 

For the next set of score lines, make a mark at the point that is 1/6th of the length of the side of the main triangle. HEre 1/6th is 5cm.. so I marked at a point that is 5cm on all the sides from the edge.. that is from the pointed sides of the triangle. Now join them. 

Score and fold along all the lines.. The inner triangle lines are valley fold and the outer ones are mountain fold. 

Fold and close the card overlapping each point of the star to make it a star. 

And it is ready to embellish it pattern papers and we are done. 

Hope u all like it..

Hugs

Catherine