Floral Card and Tag Set

Handmade Floral Card

 Hi friends...I am back to my usual style of crafting...floral cards with layers and lot of embellishments...even attempting the CAS style was challenging for me!! Though I confess this card did start out with the intention of making a CAS one!
I wanted to use the gorgeous Graphic 45 floral image  and created a stenciled textured and ink smooshed background for it.

Handmade Rose

Used the MFT weave stencil with texture paste and one dried ,smooshed it over distress ink sprayed on my craft mat.The rose was made using Spellbinders Rose creations dies using this Tutorial : Easy Rose Tutorial 

Handmade Magnolia

And I had to add my favorite Magnolia too!
Supplies used to make the Card: Dies :  Winnie and Walter  Essentials Audrey Cutaways ,Spellbinders  Curved Matting Basics, Spellbinders Rose Creations  , Spellbinders Magnolia,Cheery Lynn  Rose Leaf Strip,Memory Box Pippi Butterfly  . 
Stencil : My Favourite Things Weave Stencil
Papers : Graphic 45
I made a matching tag featuring beautiful Graphic 45 papers and my favorite handmade Magnolia.

Graphic 45 Tag

Supplies used to make the Tag : Dies : Poppystamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Spellbinders Magnolia,Cheery Lynn  Rose Leaf Strip,Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13,Magnolia Doohickeys Vintage Box Lacing Coffee
Embossing Folder :Spellbinders Need a Rope 3 D Embossing Folder 
Papers : Graphic 45
 Here are some of the projects I made during the Winnie and Walter  World Card Making Day Challenges. It's cloudy here in Bangalore  so please forgive the dark picture of my craft table all tidied up for the "craftie"

Craft Room Craftie

Graphic 45 Gift Box

Graphic 45 Gift Box 

          Hi friends, it's very ,very hot in Bangalore right now and I have not been crafting or blogging as my craft room with my computer is on the top floor of our house and it's literally a furnace there !! 

       But I had to make a Christmas themed project for my DT post at the Rudolph Days Challenge and so here I am burning the midnight oil [because it's slightly cooler at night]!!

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish

My crafty mojo has been near absent and to try and rectify it I went craft shopping and picked up my first Graphic 45 paper packs!! Woo Hooo am I in love or what!!!

Chocolate Box

I altered this  box [ which housed chocolates gifted to us  by a kind soul!] with my first Graphic 45 paper and added lots of my favorite elements including snow[ using whipped spackle ], cute birds, a chipboard candle stick and chipboard giftbox !

Graphic 45 Gift Box 

 Added a gorgeous fabric flower trim [gifted to me by my crafter friend Remya] around the box decorated with cute penguins from the Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday paper stack. Loved adding a metal clasp to the box and tiny snow laden ribbon roses.

Graphic 45 Gift Box 

 I am in love with the Spellbinders Magnolia die and keep adding these handmade Magnolias to all my projects these days!!

Handmade Flowers Spellbinders Magnolias 

 Isn't the sparkle just awesome on this festive project? [achieved by spraying with E6000 spray glue and dusting Dress my Craft sparkling dust]

Handmade Flowers Spellbinders Magnolias

 The "Deck the Halls" is an additional element from Graphic 45 and propped up on foam tape and dressed up with a gorgeous resin crown!

Christmas Box

           And now comes my absolute favorite part of this project...the glittering sparkling Cookie Cutter tree cut from foam and shimmering white paper using a gorgeous Poppy Stamps die gifted to me by the super generous Maureen the host of our Rudolph Days Challenge!

Poppy Stamps Cookie Cutter Tree

 On opening the box..at first it looks like a regular box with handmade goodness inside!

Shaped Box

 I made some simple tags using Graphic 45 and Debbie Mumm papers and the Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags die[ my favorite die for tags!]

Shaped Box with Tags

 And hehe there are more magnolias and some gorgeous burlap sticker elements!

Shaped Box with Tags

 On unlatching the clasp on the box....voila...the box swings open into a 3 tiered gift box! The box is sturdy enough to hold tags, decorative chipboard elements and chocolates!!

Shaped Box with Tags

I had so much fun altering this box and I think it was just right to get my mojo back! When I am feeling more clever...I will whip up a Tutorial for you!!What do you say my friends....?

Christmas Box and Tags

Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Poppy Stamps Cookie Cutter die. Spellbinders Magnolia die , Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13 ,Heartfelt creations Classic Leaf Die

Papers : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday , Graphics 45 Time to flourish , Dress my Craft Oriental Paper

Fall Themed Tag

Fall themed Decor piece

          Hi friends I hope you are not bored of seeing fall colors on my blog! Sharing another project I made for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.
          I made it by embossing some Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags  die cuts with Spellbinders wood grain embossing and layering  atop  Spellbinders  die cuts.

Wood grain Embossing

        Love how the green , brown and orange shades came together in this one! The little ladybug is a tiny cloth-peg I picked up from my local super market....isn't it cute!!

Fall themed Hanging

       The coffee cup was created by heat embossing a Kaisercraft Tea Party stamp with WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder. And giving it company is a quilled flower , cute little mushrooms and an acorn I made using air drying clay and a Plaid mold.

Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 , Spellbinders Labels 8, Spellbinders Decorative Curved Square [ used to make the tiny swirl amongst the leaves], Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 , Cheery Lynn  Rose Leaf Strip, Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13, Heartfelt creations Delightful Daisy Die, Provocraft Leaves
Embossing Folder : Spellbinders Brick and Bark
Stamps : Heartfelt creations Delightful Daisies Stamp, Kaisercraft Tea Party
Embossing powder : WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder

Stamped Festive Tag

Poinsettia Tag

          Hi friends sharing a simple tag I made using a gorgeous Winnie and Walter stamp set I had won during World Card Making Day Contest. I die cut a tag and stamped tiny pine leaves from the Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora set  in 2 shades of green using Memento ink pads.
          Distressed the edges using Artistry inkpads [you can read about  Artistry ink pads here : Artistry Ink pads Review] .

Heat Embossed Poinsettia

               The gorgeous Poinsettia and leaves are from the same set and I heat embossed them in gold and colored it with Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pens and later added them to the tag after fussy cutting .

Heat Embossed Pinecone

          The tiny pinecone which is also from the same stamp set was heat embossed in gold and colored with Distress Inks .I added Poppy Stamps pine leaves  cut in glitter foam to my  Pine cone which I had fussy cut and shaped with an embossing tool to make it convex and more dimensional.

         Its such a simple looking tag but can you believe I must have worked on it for more than an hour and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!

Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Poppy Stamps Pine Boughs 

Stamps : Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Clear Stamp Set 

Coloring Media : Distress Inks  ,Memento Ink Pads, Artistry Ink Pads, Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pens 

Stamped Poinsettia

Poinsettia Tag

              Hi friends I never knew decorating a tiny piece of paper would give so much joy! If you haven't tried making a tag...do give it a go...its fun , its quick and soooo satisfying!

              I stamped , heat embossed , colored and fussy cut the Winnie and Walter Poinsettia and its leaves and added them to a snowflake embossed tag. I got the vibrant colors by using the Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pen set my friend and craft shop owner Priya had gifted me when I had visited her a few days back. I added tiny golden glitter balls to the center of the poinsettia.
           The Merry Christmas is a stamp I won in a giveaway from Lulupu when my friend Jaya tagged me on facebook[ It is so heartwarming when crafty friends think of me and winning such goodies from time to time adds to the charm of craft blogging]

Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Memory Box tiny bow, Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 
Stamps : Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora, Pink Paislee Merry and Bright
Embossing Folder : Sizzix Snowflakes

Warm Wishes Tag

Coffee Tag

             Hi friends I visited my friend Priya Sivaraj in Chennai recently and had an amazing time shopping from her craft shop. Shopping from a physical store can give you such a high and when the shop is owned by a knowledgeable crafty friend the experience is simply heavenly!!
          The Poppy Stamps tags die I used to make this tag is part of my huge crafty haul from Priya's shop and so is the gorgeous Kaisercraft Tea Cup stamp!

Stamped Cup

            I added chipboard snowflakes and glitter foam snowflakes to make my tag suitable for the season. I do not usually enjoy coloring but had so much fun coloring my tea cup and heat embossed leaves using the Akashiya Sai watercolor brush pen set Priya had gifted me!Supplies : Dies :  Memory Box Frostyville border  , Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Poppy Stamps Pine Boughs
Stamps : Leaves from Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora set, Tea cup from Kaisercraft Tea Party Clear Stamp set

Chipboard Ornament Tag

Chipboard Ornament Tag

            Hi friends, surprised to see so many tags from me...well only this year I discovered they are so fun and easy to make!! The star of this tag is chipboard! The lovely ornaments are chipboard embellishments I had picked up from a local supermarket quite some time back and hoarded for years! 
     

Chipboard and Glitter Foam

           I love using foam and hence love dies which can cut foam easily .The pine leaves were cut with my recently purchased Poppy Stamps pine bough die ! I used preglittered foam sheets to die cut my pines and deer....they are so neat to add the glitter element to a festive project as there is hardly any loose glitter!
Supplies : Dies : Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags, Poppy Stamps Pine Boughs , Memory box Leaping Deer
Linking to

1. Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge - inspired by Sandy and Dawn's ornaments tags of  Day 12
2. Chouxchoux Paper Art Challenge
3. Crop Stop Challenge using products available at   the Crop Stop Store

Glitter Foam Poinsettia

Foam Poinsettia Tag

           Hi friends sharing a tag with a glitter foam poinsettia and a glittery ornament with "wish" die cut within it [ using a movers and shapers die] .My festive tag has an embossed snowflake design and a glittery snowflake border.The lacy Poppy Stamps die cut is for a feminine touch!

Glitter foam snowflake border

            Made the  poinsettia by hot gluing 5 leaf die cuts and adding a green glittery bead to the center. The hot green holly leaves are also glitter foam die cuts. There is also a little angel playing the flute but I couldn't capture him very clearly!

Foam Poinsettia

Supplies : Dies :  Memory Box Frostyville border  , PoppyStamps swirly curl border , Sizzix Movers & Shapers Wish , Sizzix BigZ Movers & Shapers Carved Ornaments , Provocraft Leaves

Embossing Folder : Sizzix Snowflakes

Edited : This creation was chosen as top 5 at the ABC Xtreme Challenge !

Dangling Hearts Tag

Dangling Hearts Tag

           Hi friends sharing a festive tag in traditional Christmas colors. I started with a white card stock and stencilled a beautiful Christmas tree using a 2 shades of Distress Inks  . Then went to work on it with different shades of pink - red Distress Inks and ended up with a bright vibrant red background !

Plastic Stencil

            I dont have any branded stencils so used a thin plastic stencil I had picked up from the market several years back.The stencil itself is not of very good quality and I doubt it will last long but it does have a beautiful design!

Stencil Art

             I ran the stencilled card through a Sizzix embossing folder and added a snowflake border and glittery foam trees .

Dangling Beads

          I am rather happy with the little heart- pearl danglers I added to the lower part of my tag!The red rose is a foam rose and the leaves are stamped and die cut using a favorite Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings stamp- die cut set.

Festive Beaded Tag

I hope you like my festive tag!

Supplies : Dies :  Memory Box Frostyville border  , Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings , Sizzix Card front Winter

Stamps : Heartfelt creations Botanical Wings 

Stencil : Unbranded Christmas tree stencil from Devi and Co Bangalore 

Stencilled Festive Tag

           

Stencil Art 

Hi friends I am really enjoying participating in Challenges these days as it helps me to venture into areas I am not familiar with and most importantly to use supplies that have been neglected!

            This simple festive tag features candles I made using a local unbranded stencil and sponging with Distress Inks  .The candle flame and the dripping wax were made glossy by using Glossy Accents

Embossed Card

          The lovely embossed background was made using a Sizzix embossing folder.I love how embossing can add so much interest to CAS projects.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments you have been leaving on my blogposts despite me posting everyday these days!
Supplies : Dies :  Elizabeth Craft Designs Best Wishes, Itsy Bitsy framelitEmbossing Folder : Sizzix
Misc Products: Glossy Accents
Stencil : Unbranded Festive Stencil from Devi and Co Bangalore

Christmas Stencil

Linking to  

1. Chouxchoux Paper Art Challenge
2. Little Claire's white mostly

Fairy Christmas Tag!

Fairy Christmas Tag

           Hi friends I am thoroughly enjoying making tags....it is so much fun to embellish a tiny piece of paper! I used a Christmas tree foam stamp to stamp a tree on a musical notes pattern paper and heat embossed using Ranger's Holographic embossing powder...this powder is just wow for festive projects...once embossed it literally shines in different colors depending on how the light is falling on it!

Heat Embossed Flowers

 Added my favorite stamped heat embossed parchment flowers and some silver Marianne leaves. Experimented for the first time using a snow marker and ooh it was fun to see the snow puff up!

Handmade Resin Fairy

     And that is my handmade resin fairy you see popping up every now and then in my projects! She is going to put the crystal ball [ a crystal bead I added to her hand!] atop the tree!

Beaded Border

        And yes I couldnt resist adding a sparkly snowflake border! Also proud of the beaded trim with the crystal beads behind them! It is crazily tough to get equal spacing with beads!!I fuzzy cut 2 butterflies from a DCWV pattern paper and layered them with foam dots to make a 3 D glittery butterfly.

Embossed Tag

I hope you liked my fairy/angel  tag!

Supplies : Dies : Memory Box Frostyville border  , Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur, Marianne Fence, Marianne Designs Anja Leaf 3
Stamps : Itsy Bitsy Christmas tree foam stamp , Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur rubber stamp,
Misc : Marvy Uchida Snow marker , Ranger Holographic Embossing powder
Linking to

1. Linda 's 12 Tags Of Christmas challenge which is sponsored by her wonderful store, The Funkie Junkie Boutique - inspired by the beautiful tree and snow splatter on her tag of wk 6 [ link above]
2. Happy Little Stamper Christmas Challenge 
3. Craftindesertdivas Christmas
4. Cropstop Challenge 
5. Sweet Stamps Anything But a Card Dec 15