Of butterflies and a flower...

Here's my take on Kazan's sketch at 2S4Y. I loved the sketch and the new DT (including Sankari and Cheryl) are awesome! I loved their takes on the sketch... And as soon as I was done drooling over their beautiful cards, I decided to try my own too. ;-)

I kind of liked this card for a few reasons:
1. 2S4Y is my *favorite* sketch blog (sigh!!!...)
2. I love bling and there's loads of it on my card...
3. I used some new supplies that came in the mail yesterday ;-)
4. I added some dimension by creating layers (and I love layers)

So, here is the card from this lesser mortal ...

I have used a glitter and a plain frame in the centre; I curled, embossed and layered some Itsy Bitsy flowers to create the central focal element ;-) (big terms!!)... I also layered the butterflies to create a 'fluttering' effect.. Finished off with some 3D outliners, stones and micro beads.
Oh, by the way, I also dry embossed the edges of the beige card stock (not visible in the pic)...

Here's a closeup of the flower:

Ingredients:
CS: White and beige CS from stash
Others: Glitter and plain blue frames, flowers and butterflies from Itsy Bitsy, stones and microbeads from local craft stores, 3 D outliner from Hobby Ideas
Tools used: Fiskars trimmer, Shilpi embossing stylus

Cheers,
Smita

Get Sketchy

I loved this week's Get Sketchy sketch. And I have been wanting to do something like a patchwork card with all the DP I had finally managed to collect.

First, I made this card:

It turned out to be something short of disastrous. It really got me upset :-( And to think of it, I had wasted some lovely Heidi Grace paper.

Then, I decided to give it one more try:

 Not bad... what say? :-) It took quite a while to get the cupcake in place though :-D.

Ingredients:
CS: Silver from DCWV, striped from Hobby Ideas, Worded paper and the paper used for the cupcake from Heidi Grace (Donna! what would I do without your papers ;-)), paper for scrunched circles from Hobby Ideas
Others: 3 D Glitter from Hobby Ideas, button and twine from stash

Cheers,
Smita

Bloom and grow... :-)

Hi all,

I am on  roll... LOL!! Here's a quick card from me. This is for this week's 2S4U sketch, Laura's sketch # 38. How I love their sketches!! :-)
I have also submitted this for the first Quixotic Challenge. Their challenge is to make a Birthday card.

I am quite happy with my card ;-) (when am I not these days!!?) .. he he...I have used an old favorite technique of mine - Dahlia fold. Just that it was so much easier this time around with the teeny weeny circle punch!! Those who have bigger punches can whip up bigger flowers in seconds, of course!

Ingredients

CS: Silver CS from the DCVW stack, polka dot paper from Hobby Ideas, DP from a Heidi Grace stack (thanks again, Donna), blue velvet paper from Paper Company (thanks again, Chirag), yellow paper for the flowers from stash

Others: Rub ons from Heidi Grace (Donna!!),stone embellishments from local craft store (used as leaves), tiny flowers in the center from local craft store, Fevicryl 3D outliner 

And yes, there's a little stamp from Hobby Ideas (my first corner stamp) :-)

That's it from me, girls!

Cheers,

Smita

Pretty simple!!

:-)

I made a simple card yesterday... and for once, I immediately liked what I made... I was in a major mood for crafting but in no mood to turn on the comp and check out any challenge blogs... so I set my own challenge - to make a card using stuff that are available out here. I decided not to use any DP or fancy embellishments that are not readily available in my city ;-) Yeah, I know I took it too far by the last specification..LOL!! But I did manage it ;-)

Here is the card:

Ingredients

CS: White textured (TK) paper as base; Chocolate brown and green tinted papers

Stamp: Leaf stamp from a pack of clear stamps from Hobby Ideas

Others: Sentiment sticker, flower, and brown satin ribbon from local craft stores

And here is a big secret... I hate the color Chocolate brown ;-) but I just decided to use it and see if I can like it on cards :D

Love,

Smita