Now, that was tough!

One look at the Play Date Cafe challenge # 51 colors and I knew it would be tough for me... but I wanted to try it anyway. This was what I came up with; with help from the sketch at Get Sketchy:

        

The colors are not the exact ones, I guess. But this was the best match I could find :-). I'm regretting not having ordered inks earlier... I realized today that I hardy have any :-(. But I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to get some colors locally soon.

The ribbon is courtesy T! :-) I tried a new ribbon ruffling technique (again!)... I really love ribbons and lace. The corrugated sheets are also a recent purchase when I went to meet T! The patterned paper is an old one from Hobby Ideas and the flowers are Itsy Bitsy. Buttons and twine are from my dear mom :-). I tried creating a matching envelope too...

Hope you liked it,

Ciao,

Smita

Get Sketchy # 57

My take on this week's sketch at Get Sketchy:

This is another 75th birthday card requested by mom. The 3 double-loop layers on the edge look much prettier IRL. You'll need to take a closer look to see the floral print on the PP... it was impossible for me to photograph it.

Till later,

Smita
PS: I had to edit this card before sending it across. I added a large layered scalloped flower, leaves and some flourishes.

Difficult but manageable....

I thought this week's Get Sketchy sketch was a tough one for me... But I wanted to play along. And I managed to...Hurray! Nothing much t say though... Not a great card. Tried a new color combination today. And some more experiments with satin ribbon (I must confess it took me ages to complete that medallion kind of thing with purple ribbon). Then I tried to do some stitching on the organza ribbon to hold it in place. The swirls on the green paper are made using my 3D outliner (too lazy to emboss). Lots of faux stitching using white gel pen and green glitter pen.

How I regret not ordering a corner rounder punch along with my Cuttlebug!!! :-( How could I?!?!

Till later,

Smita

Fair-i-ly beautiful!!

I am in love with today's card! :-) I found some gorgeous sheets of paper on a trip to the nearby market today. I've used a couple of them today :-) And I am proud of myself! Well, modesty seems to be my middle name, huh? ;-) Jokes apart, this card is for a few challenges
- Get Sketchy's 'awesome' sketch
- The Cuttlebug Spot's Color Challenge (Pink and green).
- Cute Card Thursday's Dimensional Cards
- Creative Cottage's Pretty Pink challenge
- Crafty Creations' Anything Goes Challenge # 61
- Incy Wincy Designs' Stitching
- Quirky Crafts Challenge's theme of Flowers
- Papertake Weekly's Open Theme

The image is a rub-on transfer from Hobby Ideas. I have used the 3D outliner for all the 3D glitter effect on the card. Stitched and ruffled a piece of organza ribbon... I made the flower by following a tutorial on the Whiff of Joy tutorial blog (well, loosely).. I did the white faux stitching with a white gel pen (one of my favorite tools these days!)

Hope you like it... 

Ciao,

Smita

PS: The green paper was already embossed.. And the pink had a very different texture... I hope you can see it in the picture... they were so beautiful that I couldn't let go of  them in the store... ;-)

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