Four drawer easel card

Hi all!!

Hope you are well wherever you are! February is about to end and soon its time for the blog candy draw. If anyone is still interested please feel free to join. I always appreciate your visits and lovely friendship!! You can see the candy post here. As I already said, in addition to the winners news, I have another good news to share with you. Please do check in the first week of March.

Now onto my card. This is going to be a little longer than my usual short posts :)

I've never tried many types of cards, except easel card and some few fold cards. I always stick to the normal card making, which I myself got bored!! :) So for a change, I tried an Easel card with four drawers.And tried to make the card as much as shabby chic as possible.

As you can see I kept on adding flowers till I was satisfied and the center white flower is the lace flower hand made, which I mentioned in previous post.

Now with the drawers opened, (a special waiting for you:) )

its yummy chocolates sitting inside each draw :).

The candies in one of the drawers  have gone inside while I was the taking picture :). Hope you can see a small quilled cupcake on the left side.

Here's a closer look at it:

Now the card closed:

A close up of the flowers:

The other side:

Some details of the materials that have been used
Dcvw French Country Paper stack and Lucky Season paper pad.
Flowers-lace flower hand made, other flowers store bought.
Corner charms and antique  key charm
brads and laces
Die cuts
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Prima Engraver crystals

I must frankly give a special mention to the white self adhesive fabric tape from Lulupu store,used here. Its simply superb!! For a lace lover like me, the first thing came to my mind when I saw self adhesive fabric tape was, how can a lace be self adhesive!! But I must say, that I was overwhelmingly satisfied and have used one full roll for this card. Simply I couldn't stop using!! :). This is my honest opinion!.

Thank you for your sweet visits and lovely comments. Entering this for the:

Lulupu Challenge #46

Love you SWEETS

Twist - Use Red or Pink 

BGC#65 - Mood board + Stamping

My second card for the challenge.Inspired by the shabby chic colours and flowers!

Also sharing with Stephanie's Roses of Inspiration Link up #8

Vintage style wedding card

Hello everyone!

Excited to show today's creation :). Made a vintage style wedding card for my cousin who is getting married next week. This is for that special couple.

Here's the card:

I said I was excited because, the lace flower you see is hand made. After viewing several videos on how to make lace flowers, I ended up making my own. I've hand stitched the laces on a piece of white cloth at the back. I've also made few more in white which I will share in the upcoming projects.

A closer look at the flower

The pp I've used is from DCWV. . I hand cut the hearts and have embossed with Courture creations trellis embossing folder. The die cut is from Anna Griffin collectables. I really wanted it to include in this card but I ordered it only yesterday. Priya from The craft shop was kind enough to send it immediately. Today I got my package and finished the card. The stamps is from Inkadinkado.

Hope you liked my card :). Please share your opinion about the lace flower:) I'm very eager to do more of them :).

Thank you so much for your visit today and all the lovely comments.
Linking this card with:

Creative Colors Challenge # 29

Pastel Blue * Pastel * Yellow * Pastel Pink 
PLUS - Use design patterns from the inspirational picture !

 

BGC#65 - Mood board + Stamping

 The roses and the laces and the cream colour mainly inspired me. The cream flowers are just awesome!

Eureka Stamps Challenge #127 All is Love

 The Shabby Tea Room Week #245 - 'I {heart} You

Whoopsi Daisy Pretty in Pink Challenge

Challenge#170 Anything Goes at Word Art Wednesday

 

 

 

Shabby Anniversary card

Hi all!
Hope you are doing well :)

Today I have a shabby card to share with you inspired by Creative colours challenge colour pallette

Soft Green - Shabby Pink - Creamy Yellow

PLUS add Pearls

 

Here's what I made:

I used the DCVW pattern paper as base on cream card stock. Then I added the pink lace. The die cuts are spell binders and cheery Lynn bird cage dies. The butterflies are from Itsy Bitsy and the doves are decals. In the picture the pink looks different. Made this was a newly wedded couple.

Hope you liked my card.

Sharing with:

CreativeColorsChallenge#17 and DT Call

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 148 - Frame It

 

Round easel card

Hi all!

Hope you all are doing well. Seven months have passed so quickly, another new month  and we are almost at the end of the year!!
I'm sharing with you a round easel card I made for my cousin's engagement.

Mainly inspired by "Ring around the rosie theme" of The shabby Tea Room I made this card.

Another picture

Thanks for your sweet visit today and all your lovely comments!
Linking with:

Week #229 - 'Ring Around The Rosie'@The Shabby Tea Room

Anything Goes Challenge@4crafty chicks

August 2014 Challenge - Anything goes@Bearly mine challenges

Anything goes@Divas by design

 

Shabby chic home layout

Hello everyone!

Hope you had a great weekend. We had guests visiting and some wood work during the weekend. So it was very busy for me. Did this layout some time last week and got it to post today.

The base for this particular layout has an interesting story :), which I will share below. Now take a look at the project

 

 One day I saw my little one painting with "all" the poster colours on the floor.On the other side  my gesso was also used!! (you can imagine how that scene would've been) 

I immediately started cleaning the floor   as the paint spill was really heavy!! Then I suddenly saw him using the gesso on my cardstock! I allowed him to do some painting this time :) And that is the result of this base. Of course I did some more coating but the green you see mixed is by my little fellow:). He some how manages to reach to my craft items. Mommies please give me your suggestions to store the craft items, especially when you are having a toddler.

Now, back to my layout. I then stamped some images and did the tower house separately and stuck it to the layout using 3d tape. Made the lace flowers and hand drew the roof and door. The fences are made of quilling strips. I used DCWV french stack paper for the tower house, which I liked to call a castle :).

Here's another picture

Thanks for visiting today and all your sweet comments.

Linking this with:

 BGC#55 -Welcome HOME

Challenge #7 Anything goes with PP, STAMPED IMAGE & EMBELLISHMENTS

Shabby birthday card

Hello crafty friends,

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Today I have a birthday card to share with you, which I made with the inspiration from The shabby Tea Room. I created my own pale green pp for this card. But it;s not visible in the picture :(.

 The vintage birthday greetings is from Little Birdie blessings. Dear Abby provides such beautiful inspirational pictures. Do visit her blog for more inspirations.Thank you Abby.

Here's my card:

I layered pink card stock on a white one and then used the green pp. I made it by painting a light coat of Faber Castell paint. Then added some layers for the digi and the favorite part was embellishing. I purchased these cute paper roses recently and used them grandly for this card :) I also used the Martha Stewart three in one punch which I added to my stash now :). The Cheery Lynn flourish and the joy crafts butterfly added a good beauty. I gave a light watery coat of green to the polka dot paper too.
Linking this with:

Week #224 - 'Party Time'@The Shabby Tea Room

Challenge 24@Crafting From The Heart

Challenge #138 - Anything Goes@Word Art Wednesday

Challenge #63@Sister Act card Challenge

Lulupu Challenge #33
 Inspired by New Lulupu Logo(Have used the pastel colours of the logo)

Thanks for your sweet visit today and all the lovely comments.

I'm sharing this wonderful hymn with you today.

When I survey the wondrous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My richest gain, I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride

See from His head, His hands, His feet
Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose, so rich a crown

Oh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful Cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live

Oh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful Cross
All who gather here by grace, draw near and bless Your name

Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were an offering far too small
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all

Oh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful Cross
Bids me come and die and find that I may truly live
Oh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful Cross
All who gather here by grace, draw near and bless Your name

May God bless you!

Shabby chic box

Hi all!

I made a box and decorated it shabby chic style. The colour inspiration is from The shabby Tea Room

 

and the Misting and Stamping technique inspiration is from Beyond Grey Challenges.
Both the titles were just making me want to try something new. So here's what I came up with.

I don't have a score tool so, the measurements are somewhat roughly around 10.5cm for the boxes. I made them square.
I used the DCWV French stack papers to cover the box and then my laces and pearls around. I distressed the doily with Tattered rose and then misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang glitz spritz cactus gold. You can see it clearly in the picture below. I used a soft muslin cloth and tried stamping on it with the same distress ink for background and then stamped "HOPE" with archival ink. The white flowers are from a lace, I cut them individually and put the small paper roses on them.
Hope the outcome is good.

Thanks for your visit today and all the lovely comments.
Linking this with:
The Shabby Tea Room
Beyond grey challenges-Stamping and misting

Scripture card

Hello everyone!

It's a very busy time of the year, Hope everyone is preparing for something or the other.

Today I have a scripture card, a photo inspired one from Our Daily Bread Designs blog.
Below are the inspiration photos.

 

 

I chose the first photo, and here's the card:

 The floral rug and the color green were my inspiration. The pp is digital scrap booking paper from 'Free Pretty Things For You' blog. I used a cream card stock as base, layered a cream green paper and then the pp. The die is Itsy bitsy's fancy panel dies. I stamped the scripture from odbd "Thank God" set with frayed burlap distress ink.The flower is also from Itsy bitsy collection.
Hope you like my card.

Linking this with:
ODBDSLC204 Inspiration Challenge

 Challenge #134 - Anything Goes@Word Art Wednesday
 Faith Hope Love Scripture Challenge #FHL8 

 Thanks for your sweet visit and lovely comments .

 

Shabby chic Birthday card

Hi all!

Hope you are all doing good. Hope all who celebrated Easter had a great time, celebrating the Lord's day.

Recently I'm interested in shabby chic style very much, you can see that with my cards. Today again I have a shabby chic birthday card. I'm planning to give this to an aunt who helped us in the church. She was very encouraging. So my card is totally feminine.

I've used the DCWV French stack as my paper base, on which I've placed a fancy square die cut from itsy bitsy,embossed with Corture creation Trellis EF.
I've also used mini fanciful flourish from Cheerylynn. The butterfly is from joy crafts.The roses and flowers are local buy and the pink nylon flowers are from itsy bitsy. They were given as compliment for shopping :)

Here's my card:

 Hope you liked my card.

I'm linking this with :
 Challenge #129 - ANYTHING GOES@Word Art Wednesday

Challenge 15@Crafting from the heart

{PIN}spirational Challenge #104 Ap 22-28

Challenge #63 ~ Spring@ChocolateCoffeeand cards

 

A shabby chic Scripture card

Hello friends,

Today, I have a scripture card -a shabby chic type I made this time.

The scripture is provided by Word art Wednesday blog.

I made the white rose and rest diecuts and embellishments  arranged accordingly. I tried to incorporate the colors given by The Shabby Tea Room challenge  this week.
I was also inspired by the pink and green in the BGC's Grown with love. 

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM IMAGE





BGC GROWN WITH LOVE IMAGE

Here's my card

 Based on a pink card stock, I've layered DCWV French stack paper.The white rose is  on  the organza ribbon bow I made. The white rose is actually made with a single petal punch.The diecuts holding the scripture are on a white satin ribbon. Hope it is visible! And you can also see the mini fanciful flourish.The red roses are from local craft store.
Hope you liked this card ;)
Thank you for your kind visit today and the sweet comments.
Linking this with

Challenge #127 - Anything Goes@Word Art Wednesday

Week #213 - 'Floral Fantasy'@The Shabby Tea Room

BGC#49 - Grown with Love!

Eureka Stamps Weekly Challenge #84 Ribbons & Bows

 

 

Shabby chic projects

Hello and welcome to today's special post! (it's really going to be loooonnnng :) )

Yes, this project making was very special to me as it was "Shabby chic" and hope it will be to you as well! :) Have been doing this for more than a week and today I got to finish :)

Beyond Grey challenges wanted a  dinner ware (an altered one) included in our  project and it should be of a shabby chic type. So here is what I came up with:

I altered a mason jar type coffee bottle and made a complementing altered box for the same. You can see the details below each picture.Hope you'll find them useful.

Here are the closeups

1.The bottle

 

 Covered the bottle with layers of DCWV French stack papers before layering the ribbons and laces.

I had to wait a long time for the drying process and then added the other embellishments. If see closely, you can see the spoon with the daisy flower. Painted the spoon with pearl metallic paint, added a flower and a handmade tag.Have distressed the tag with frayed burlap distress ink and stamped the sentiment with the same and the tiny metal tea pot is a new addition to my stash from Bits n pieces paper boutique. I've also added a vintage flourish die cut butterfly from Joy crafts.

The other side of the bottle:

Have attached a tiny button and another metal tea pot charm.

2. The close up of the the embellies

3. The box, front and side view

For the box, I altered some cardboard pieces, stuck them together, and covered them with DCWV French stack papers but it was a tedious process ;) bringing them together! and for the center part, I used itsy bitsy's fancy panel die cuts, embossed one with Corture creations trellis EF and inked the same with tartered rose distress ink and left the other plain. Punched out some flowers and leaves from the same stack of papers and added pink daisies and another die cut butterfly.The stamps I've used were sent to me by dear Grace. You can visit her at th-ink-ingofyou.blogspot.in

Then laces and pearls around the box to the added beauty.

 Below are the items I altered

Hope you enjoyed your visit today. Please do share your thoughts on this project.
I'm linking this with

BGC#48 - Vintage/Shabby and Dinnerware !! 

Please do take a look at the DT projects over there for this challenge. They are gorgeous and  you'll find them interesting  too!

And also with

Week #211 - 'Bits and Bobbles'@The Shabby Tea Room
 my favourite challenge blog, also having awesome inspirations :) 

Thanks for your sweet visit today :)

shabby mini album's pages

Hello friends,

Hope all of you are doing well. Past few days, I have been hearing about some of my blog friends' illness and that really saddens me and I'm continuing to pray for them. Mean while, we those who are blessed with good and the best shall be thankful and say a prayer for those who are in need of good health, better relationships and every other blessing from above! I know you are all some of the great people! This is my humble thought that was on mind, and thought will share with you all.

Now onto my album's pages. The inside of the shabby mini album:

I planned to have four pages but ended up with two due to the thickness of the pages. Below are the details.
Papers- DCWV French stack
Frames-Free Pretty things for you
Flowers and butterfly- Itsy bitsy
My friend Berina had asked me where I buy the laces.
So for the laces-RS Shopping centre, Adyar and Adyar thread Emporium
The letters are from another local stationary store.
The pink ribbon was sent by dear Grace.
I planned to make some tags but didn't find the need to put them in here.

Another picture:

Thank you so much for your kind visit today and your sweet comments.
May the peace of The Lord fill your hearts.
Sharing this with

Challenge #124 - Anything Goes@Word Art Wednesday

and 

Week #210 - 'ANYTHING GOES'@Te Shabby Tea Room

Easter card

Hello friends,

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments on my shabby album cover. It gave me so much enthusiasm to  create the pages with care!

Today, is a quick post from me. This is an Easter card I've made with the scripture from freechristianprintables  site.
Since I wanted to bring the pastel colours of Easter, I 've used baby blue, light green and yellow, and once again tried a shabby chic look. Hope it's there!

Here's the card:

 The yellow paper in the middle is actually torn in half from the base of a sheet which holds flowers. Have recycled the base. And the first  pp base is from the "Yes please paper pad" which was a prize by Beyond Grey Challenges for my sweet valentine card. The second paper is from the DCWV  French stack. Made a tiny pearl flower at the top right corner for a little more embellishment..

Linking this card with:

BGC#47 - Torn & Flower-full !

Thanks for your sweet visit today and your lovely comments :)

Shabby Mini album

Hello everyone,

It's a pleasure meeting you all once again, through this post. I was "not  kind of crafting" for the past two weeks, however managed to visit some of your sweet blogs :)

Yesterday made a mini album with the help of a youtube tutorial I watched some time ago. I've completed the cover and wanted to show it to you all. And here it is.

I have used the pp fresh floral for the outside and the  inside of the album. The paper doily is inked with tattered rose distress ink and stamped "celebrate" with the same. Those roses are my favorite :) I found them in our local craft store. The silver tule is for an additional beauty to the roses. Pearls and laces for a shabby style touch.

Will share the inside of the album once finished.

Thanks for visiting today and your sweet comments.
Linking this with

The ItsyBitsy Say it with Roses Challenge 

challenge-27-lulupu-2nd-birthday-special

L-leaves, lace P-pink, pastel, pearls, patterned paper, T-tule, C-cutting die

Challenge #122 - Anything Goes@Word Art Wednesday