Magic Slider Cards...

     These are the two Magic Slider Cards I have been working on this week. I always wanted to try them, but was a bit scared I would waste the papers ( I sometimes tear up the paper in frustration :D )

      We are going to my in-laws' place tomorrow and we have four nephews and two nieces. I have been trying to make a card for everyone, but couldn't find the patience and time. I could make only two and these are for the youngest nephews. Hope they like them :)

          I have followed two different tutorials for these cards. The one with the li'l monkey is done using this tutorial. The image is hand-drawn referring to an image I got from a friend.

        You can find the written instructions for this video here.

        I found another tutorial using A4 sheet n it was slightly larger than the first card. So I made the one with a rocket.

 

       Here's the tutorial I found on a blog by Sharon.

       I found so many other tutorials which are more or less the same as those I have mentioned here. Let me know if you follow some other method :)

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White A4
• Acetate sheet ( or transparency sheet if you live in India )
• Black permanent marker, Water-colour pencils from Faber-Castell and Colour markers from Luxor
• Quilling strips - Black, Brown from Itsy Bitsy
• Satin ribbons - Black, Copper
• Glitter glue - Silver
• Buttons

Challenges:

• Top Tip Tuesday Challenge#87 - Things with Wings ( The Rocket )
• Crafty Sentiments - Bows or Ribbons
• Ruby's Rainbow Challenge#39 - Cute & Cuddly ( The cute little monkey )
• PaperPlay Challenges - Week82 - Wooden It be nice ( The tree branch on the Monkey card )
• Color Me Creative Copic Challenge#54 - A touch of Red ( Used Red in the Rocket Card ;  coloured with markers & watercolour pencils ) 
• Ribbon Girls October Challenge - Boy card
• Made Especially For You Challenge#14 - Use 3 leaves ( 3 leaves on the Monkey card )
• Cupboard Trilogy Challenge#4 - Things with Wings ( The Rocket )
• Colour Queen Challenge#159 ( The Rocket card has Black, Red, Orange, Green, White colours)



• Cup Cake Inspirations Challenge#182 ( The Rocket, Stars(Glitter) )

• AnnabelleStamps AC090 - A Kid's Card

Hope you liked them. Please leave your comments :)

Pink!!!

    Another card in Pink! Its a Wedding card, inspired by 365Cards Day223 - Double the Fun and CAS-ual Fridays CFC#74 - Put your {Heart} into it

    Its a CAS card, with 2 colours of Ribbons, 2 pairs of buttons ( in 2 colours) , 2 Hearts, 2 colours of Cardstock, so that it fits both the challenges :)

Supplies:

• Cardstock: White, Pink
• Satin Ribbons: 2 Shades of Pink
• Buttons
• Silver Glitter Glue

Challenges:

• 365Cards Day223 - Double the Fun
• CAS-ual Fridays CFC#74 - Put your {Heart} into it
• Less is More Week88 - Colour : Silver
• Southern Girls Challenge#55 - Tie a Ribbon around it

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Neon...

    Today's challenge at 365Cards is about using   NEON  colours. After a search in my stash, I found some old acrylic yarn lying around and also a flower loom. The loom was my Mom's n I didn't know how to make flowers with it.

    Anyhow I tried n tried and got something that looks a bit like a flower, but it was not good enough to include in my card. Then I got this great idea. Why not fold the flower in half and make it look like a butterfly? So I made one, n also a flower which does look like a flower :)

   This is my butterfly

and flower...

Together...

    And finally, here's my card.

      I used black cardstock, as I found it highlights the NEON colours. The sentiment is handwritten.

Supplies:

• Cardstock: Black
• Patterned paper: Gift wrapping paper
• Yarn: Neon colours
• Flower loom
• Markers

Challenges:

• 365Cards Day 224 - NEON
• Papertake Weekly challenge - All creatures Great and Small ( Butterfly )
• Top Tip Tuesday Challenge#87 - Things with Wings ( Butterfly )
• Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Crazy Challenge #130 - Handmade Flowers
• Joanna Sheen Challenge - Down in the Garden
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge#31 - Friendship
• DL.ART Thankful Thurday / Linky Party - Anything goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge#36 - Anything goes
• Make It Monday Challenge#110 - Anything goes
• Craft Door Magazine Challenge#38 - Anything goes
• Papelitos Stamps Challenge#15 - Anything goes
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers
• Itsy Bitsy India - Make it dimensional challenge

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Update:
18Oct2012
Checking 365Cards for the winners is the 1st thing I did today n I won a $10 Gift Certificate from Freckled Fawn, for the Day224. The best way to start one's day!   :)

Feeling Floral...

    This is my card for today. Its very simple. I wanted to do something that has lots of flowers n warm colours. Since I didn't have such patterned papers, I decided to make one. I took a paper out of my sketch book ( it has that creamish white colour n is strong enough) n painted simple flowers on it with Red, Yellow n Orange Acrylic paints with a Cotton ear-bud :) I let them dry n ta-da! My paper is ready.

    I glued it to White handmade cardstock n attached a piece of Red cardstock to the front layer.
I painted a cake on a Red Handmade cardstock with White Acrylic paint.

         The inside is simple with just "Happy Birthday" written on a red card.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: White n Red handmade
• Acrylic Paints from Fevicryl Hobby Ideas

Challenges:

• That Craft Place Challenge - Make your own background
• Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Happy Birthday
• The Sisterhood of crafters challenge - Happy Birthday
• Papelitos Challenge#14 - Flowers
• Paper Pretties PWC226 - Flowers
• Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Delicious Doodles Challenge#5 - Flowers
• ATCs with attitude Challenge#24 - Yellow,Red,Orange/ Anything goes
• DYSU Challenge#92 - Warm colours
• Deep Ocean Challenge#35 - More than 2 colours ( Red, Orange, Yellow, White )
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes
• Craft Door Magazine - Anything goes Challenge#38
• Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge#4 - Anything goes
• Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #51 - Anything goes
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Pretty Pink!

      We have a friend's wedding coming up this month n I've been planning a card, but was caught up with other things. Finally I got some time n here it is.

I quilled the pretty pink roses n leaves :) Here is the closeup.

      There are lots of online tutorials for quilling roses. You can check them out or here is a link. http://wandasworx.com/pages_blog/quilled-roses-the-easy-way/

       The inside of the card looks like this.

     I left some extra card on the top to make holes n make it a wall-hanging if wanted. The sentiment is handwritten. The man n woman silhouettes are also drawn n cut by me. I cut the apertures using Paper cutter. I'm thinking of getting the punches. But I find them a bit pricey. Have to keep on searching.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock :  Handmade, White n Pink( Glittery, though you can't see the glitter in the pic)
• Quilling Strips: Pink n Green from Itsy Bitsy 
• Silver Glitter Glue from Pidilite 
• Pink Satin ribbon
• Markers
• Paper cutter

   I'm entering this card for the following challenges. ( I know this is a very long list, but I just want to know more people n more people to know me)

• Sentimental Sundays Challenge #122: 3-2-1 Recipe ( 3 Colours-White,Pink,Green, 2 Windows, 1 Ribbon plus a Sentiment )
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #189 Think Pink
• Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes
• Just keep on creating - Anything goes Challenge#4
• Craft Door Magazine - Anything goes Challenge#38
• The Stamping Boutique Challege - Pink Pink Pink!!
• Make It Monday(MIM) #109 - Anything goes
• Fab n Funky Challenges - #141 - No patterned paper
• Divas by Design Challenge #55 - Use some texture ( Ribbon, Flowers, Glitter)
• My Mum's Craftshop Challenge#78 - Love is all around
• Ink It Pink Challenge - Let's see who you are
• Simon says Glimmer and Sparkle ( Silver glitter, Satin ribbon)
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC226 - Flowers
• Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge#51 - Anything goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge #35 - More than 2 Colours ( White, Pink, Green)
• A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge#33 - Flowers
• Papelitos Challenge#14 - Flowers
• Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes
• Twisted Tuesday Challenges 2TC26 - Rock, Paper, Scissors ( I cut the windows using Paper cutter, the Glitter n the Wedding theme remind me of Diamond)
• Cupcake Craft Challenge#212 - Think Pink
• Cardmania Challenge#4 - Handmade Flowers
• Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge#4 - Anything goes
• Lexis Creations Challenge 75 - Pink
• House of Gilli - 2 Fave Things ( 2 Rose bouquets, 2 Apertures )
• My Grafico Challenge#138 - Anything goes
• Simon says stamp and show challenge - Leaf-spiration ( Quilled leaves)
• Crazy Challenges CCH#130 - Handmade Flowers
• There She Goes - TSG#175 - No patterned paper
• Crafters Corner India Challenge 1 - Celebrate with Flowers
• Itsy Bitsy India - Make it dimensional challenge
• Trapped In Craft Challenge#1 - CAS+wedding theme

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments. Your feedback means a lot  :)

'Fall'ing in Love...

       For the Day 212, the 365Cards gave this Colour Combo Challenge.

       Since there are so many challenges on Fall this week, I decided to go on with it. I wanted my card to be Clean n Simple.

       Instead of layering cardstocks, I used Gift wrap paper ( It has all the shades mentioned in the colour combo, though the green is of a lighter tone, "Laurel green" as per wiki) n Quilling strips in the border to give the layering effect.

       I made an Origami maple leaf ( strictly speaking, may not be called Origami since cutting of paper is involved) with the help of this tutorial. You start with a square piece of paper ofcourse.

   
        Isn't it beautiful? It is easy too! You just need a good pair of scissors :)

        I used the following supplies.

• White cardstock
• Gift wrap paper( fall leaves pattern) n Rusty red Quilling strips for the border
• Embellishment: An Origami Maple leaf made from Orange coloured craft paper
• Markers for writing the sentiment

       Here's my card.

I'm submitting this for the following challenges.

• 365Cards- Day 212- Colour Scheme 
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday 1000 POST LINKY PARTY
• Simon Says ,,,,,, ANYTHING GOES !! :-)
• {PIN}spirational Challenge #26 (Fall colours)
• Tuesday Throwdown #117 - Fall colours
• BrokenBoxStock Challenge #10: Fall Foliage Color Palette
• TotallyStampalicious - Fall colours
• CYDI? Challenge # 19 ~ Indian Summer
• Crafty Sentiments - Autumn Colours
• Crafts and me challenges - #103 Favourite colour (Orange)
• Trimmies CRAFT Challenge 174, Make your own Embellishments ( Origami maple leaf)
• Just keep on creating- Anything goes Challenge No.3
• Sentimental Sundays- Challenge #121: Autumn
• FridayMashup FM78... Let's get Twiney!! (Fall leaves)
• CraftDoorMagazine - Challenge #37- Anything Goes
• JoyfulStamper Inspire Me Fridays 78 - Anything Goes!
• LoveToCreateChallenge- Challenge #34 Anything Goes
• UniqueCraftersChallenge September Challenge - Anything Goes
• DeepOceanChallenge #35 More Than 2 Colours (Orange, Red, Laurel Green, White)
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #188 Fall theme
• DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE (Fall colours)

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments. Your feedback means a lot :)

Early Christmas!

       I made this card for all the early Christmas challenges. When I saw the 365 Cards challenge for Day 208- Imagine this: Falling Snow, it reminded me of how I used to dream, when I was a child, about snow falling all around my house, walls covered with snow, n me making little snowmen (  It doesn't snow where I live! ).

       So obviously I decided on a Snowman n an Origami Christmas tree. There are so many tutorials for Origami tree. But I wanted the tree to give dimension to the card, so I went along with this tutorial n made the tree... http://wegrowbyourdreams.blogspot.in/2007/11/origami-christmas-tree-tutorial.html

Supplies used:

Card stock : White, Red(handmade corrugated)

Embellishments: Origami Christmas tree n Flags with Green n Yellow craft paper

Markers for colouring

Faber-Castell Pinking shears

 I haven't written a sentiment, since it is obvious :)

         I just love the way the tree sticks out of the window :)

I'm submitting this card for the following challenges.

• 365 Cards Day 208 Imagine This: Falling Snow
• JingleBelles- Dashing Through the Snow
• Simon Says ,,,,,, ANYTHING GOES !! :-)
• LoveToCreateChallenge- Challenge #34 Anything Goes
• BrownSugar Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
• CraftDoorMagazine - Challenge #37- Anything Goes
• JoyfulStamper Inspire Me Fridays 77 - Anything Goes!
• Trimmies CRAFT Challenge 174, Make your own Embellishments
• Just keep on creating- CHRISTMAS IS AROUND THE CORNER
• MovingAlongWithTheTimes- Seeing RED!
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday 1000 POST LINKY PARTY
• DeepOceanChallenge #35 More Than 2 Colours
• UniqueCraftersChallenge September Challenge - Anything Goes

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments. Your feedback means a lot :)

On a Sunny Day :)

    Hi! Hope you all had a great weekend! :) Last week, my husband returned home from work with a great news. He had holidays on Wednesday n Thursday n said he could work from home on Friday, so that we could get a 5 day vacation :) So we went to my parents' place. We clicked so many pics on our way n had a great time at home :) Will try to share some good ones if possible.

    Now, coming to the cards. I thought I would complete all the 7 challenges @365 Cards  last week. But with our unexpected vacation, I was just happy looking at the other participants'cards.

   After returning home, I just couldn't make up my mind about which challenge I should work on. Finally I decided on Day 207-Super Sketchy Sunday and came up with this.

   I had no idea I was going to make a monochromatic card till I started. I used two shades of yellow here. For the border n candles, I used handmade paper Quilling strips. I cut the shape of cake from coloured papers and layered them. For the confetti, I shaped the Quilling strips into Spirals and glued them to the card. Finally I attached the handwritten sentiment and a star made with craft foam to the top right.

    I'm happy with the Sunny effect I've created in the card with the limited supplies I've got. Isn't it apt for the Sunday challenge?

    I'm submitting this card for the following challenges.

• 365Cards Day 207 - Super Sketchy Sunday
• BrownSugar Challenge #8 - Anything Goes
• Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays 77 - Anything Goes!
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday 1000 POST LINKY PARTY
• LoveToCreateChallenge- Challenge #34 Anything Goes 
• Just keep on creating- Anything goes Challenge No.3

Hope you liked the card. Please leave your comments, your feedback means a lot :)