This is a remake of an older card.....nothing much to write about.......

The other one is another personalized pop-up pull out card........I just love the bright n cheery feel of this one.....

Have a great day!

 This is a romantic 23rd Birthday Card made on request, hence the "23 Reasons" on the cover. The first page on the inside says "I love Nanni" (Nanni is the name of the lady for whom this was made).......followed by loads of heart shaped tags where the reasons will be written.
 I made this like a mini maze book (not in size, it measure 9x9inches but in number of pages, it has 6 pages excluding the front and back)
"23" and "Nanni" have been cut out using Cuttlebug alphabet dies. The heart tags have been hand cut.
 "love " has been written using Tim Holtz alphabet masks. There is a placeholder for a standard sized (4x6 inches) photograph on the other page.
 This is the back.

And 2 more views of the front


and the heart shaped tags.
Have a great Sunday!

This is something I made as a gift for a couple who just had a baby boy. It can be hung up on the wall.

I have been busy both at home and at work lately so haven't been able to craft much. My brother-in-law and his family are visiting us after 2 years and we are getting our kitchen remodeled plus to top it all I have a project release at work this week........anyway Smita had advised that I should make some excuse, sneak into my room for some time and make a card, I did just that on Sunday........n this is what I made.
This has been inspired by Card Patterns sketch #57 and also by Maggi, the guest on Yvonne's blog for this month. As I said earlier we are remodeling our kitchen so I have rolls and rolls of brown corrugated cardboard from packaging at hand. I cut strips of it and rolled it into flowers and tore a portion of it for the background.

I had received this blog ward from the very talented Laura sometime back, check out her digital doodling it is super cute. Thanks a ton Laura!!

 Have a great week!!

I clicked these pictures in a hurry and it shows.........alas I don't have these with me anymore to take better pictures :( . So I guess I'll have to do with these...........Thanks for looking!

A quilled card after a long time.......I made this for this week's challenge at Caardvarks. This is the first time I am entering a challenge at Caardvarks.
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I made this on request for friend for her parent's wedding anniversary. I built this card around the pink, green and chocolate brown polka dotted ribbon........some quilling, some stamping and loads of stitching.....I love how this has turned out...Have a great weekend!

I have recently started making photo frames, though my first love remains card making. Making photo frames requires a lot of time and patience but the end result makes it worth all the effort.
Here are a few quilled photo frames that I made last week. All the frames measure approximately 8 x 6.5 inches.The size of the photo is 5x3.5 inches. The frames have an opening at the top for inserting the picture. I have decorated the frames with the blend of quilled flowers and leaves, punches butterflies and leaves and some metallic roses.
Happy Crafting!!

This is what I made for this week's Card Patterns sketch.
I made this one for my mum.......her birthday is on 6th October......I know its early, but usually I am late, so this time I wanted to make sure that my card reaches her on time!
I have used eyelets for the first time....I have also used a Dovecraft metallic tag shaped brad and pasted “mum” on it.......I have used quilled fringed flowers and a few metallic roses too.......Thanks for visiting!!

I made these last week. These are available at
Sapna Book House
No. 2725, 80 Feet Road
(Opposite Chinmaya Krishna Temple)
Indira Nagar
Bangalore
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Diwali, the most important festival in the Hindu calendar falls on 17th October this year. Diwali or Deepavali is known as the festival of lights. Diyas (cotton-like string wicks inserted in small clay pots filled with oil) are lit—to signify victory of good over evil.I made a Diwali card with this week’s card patterns sketch. It didn’t come out too great and I did not have time to redo it :(.Here is another Diwali card that I made. I quilled the diya and used 3-D outliners to create the glow of the flame

I usually make 6”x6” or 9”x6” cards. Some of my embellishments are too small for these sizes, so I made a few smaller cards.Thanks for visiting!!

This is what I made for CP sketch #25. I made this for my sister for her birthday which falls on 4th of August. I hope she does not check my blog before that :P.
The flowers have been made using scalloped circles. The tutorial to make these flowers can be found here (ofcourse mine is not even close to that :( ) Do check out Inspirational techniques and tutorials for many more fab tutorials.
I liked these flowers so much that I made 2 similar cards!!This is the CP sketch on which my cards are based. The cards by the DT at Card Patterns are a must see.......
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I went craft supplies shopping again this weekend!! I have this bad habit of stocking up on supplies which I think I will need at some point or the other.......and I usually do use whatever I buy.......but the problem is now I have no space left to keep all the stuff that I keep collecting!! I guess every crafter has this habit......
Well now back to my shopping, my friend Sonal (who does awesome glass painting, you can view some of her art work here) informed me about a craft supplies shop here in Bangalore, and I cant thank her enough, this place is an absolute haven for card making supplies in Bangalore, it has all kinds of handmade paper, designer paper, foam sheets, beads, flowers in all kinds of textures and colors and sizes, ribbons (even imported ones), sequins, pre-punched shapes, stickers, quilling supplies.......and everything at almost reasonable prices :).

Here is the list of things I got from there:
1. colored eyelets – 29/- for a small pack
2. pre-punched cars – 40 pieces – 39/-
3. moon shaped beads – 29/-
4. small pack of metallic roses – 29/-5. one sheet of patterned paper – 7/-6. colored foam sheet – 30/-

Check out the shop’s website here http://www.itsybitsy.in/

I also went to the local handmade paper shop and got some lovely embossed sheets. I can’t wait to start using the new stuff!!

I am a bit late this week with Card Patterns sketch21. I had gone on a short vacation to Hong Kong last week and got back on early Monday morning and was busy at work since then. Well I had an awesome break, did a lot of sight seeing and shopping!! Will post pictures of the trip soon. Now I am all refreshed and raring to go......
I quilled the sail boat, (I hope it does look like one :P ) and outlined the edges using 3-D outliners. The “Happy Birthday” alphabets are punched.
Thanks for visiting!!

This week’s dare at DCM is “Make a card that shares your love with someone - it could be missing you, thinking of you, across the miles - just let you imagination take flight, as the wonderful design team have!”
This is what I made.
The broad pink lace and pink ric rac is from my stash. The flowers are quilled. The corners of the quilled image have been created by folding punched hearts around the corners.Thanks for visiting!!