Have a Sweet Day

Hello Friends...

My in-laws have come to stay with us for a few months so I am a little busy these days...

So I will keep my posts short

Today I am dropping by quickly to share a new card I made...

I have the frilly butterfly as my focal point & I have used the sentiment from Petite Banners ...

I stamped the sentiment & die cut it using the coordinating die from Fancy Labels 3 Die  ..

I love how this card turned out...

IBS Products:

Petite Banners

Fancy Labels 3 Die 

On the way to the Dream

Hello Friends...

I don't usually make vintage cards... But I wanted to try it with some IBS stamps...

I have used stamps from 4 different stamp sets...

I started with stamping & heat embossing 4 frames from the Fancy Labels 3 stamp set...

Then I inked the background with spun sugar, antique linen & vintage photo & stamped the flourish image from Spring Lilacs stamp set repeatedly to give the background the look of old wall paper with 4 photo frames...

 

Next I took my watercolor paper &stamped the images from Fancy Labels 3, Spring Lilacs stamp set & Lily Of The Valley in light brown ink & colored them to make pictures for my photo frames

I took the sentiment from Words of Inspiration stamp set  & stamped it on a die cut & adhered it inside the card...

Thanks for visiting today...

IBS Products :

Fancy Labels 3

Spring Lilacs stamp set

Lily Of The Valley 

Words of Inspiration

Pink, Purple & Yellow....

Hello Friends...

I am back with a new card I made for JustRite Friday Challenge #123:  Pink, Yellow & Purple...

I love yellow & purple color combo so I wanted to play along in this challenge...

& I love how this card turned out...

Hope you like it...

Entering in :
JustRite Friday Challenge #123:  Pink, Yellow & Purple

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything goes

A Friend Walks in

Hello Friends...

I know its a bit quiet here on my blog... 

I have been a bit busy with some family issues & workshops...

I am still crafting  but not getting time to click the photographs & the rainy weather is not helping either..

 So please excuse the not so good quality of photographs...

Moving on to my card for today...

I really love the sentiments on Words of Inspiration stamp set & wanted to make a card with one of the sentiments as the focal point..

So I got out my new oval die, stencils, inks & other tools & got to work...

& here is what I came up with..

 I had never tried this color combination but I love how it turned out...

Hope you like it...

IBS Products :

Words of Inspiration

Pinwheel Birthday

Hello Friends...

A quick post to share a new quick, easy & fun card I made with IBS stamps...

I started with the stenciled background...

I stamped & inked two pinwheel images from Swirling Pinwheels, fussy cut them & attached them to my card base...

I have used the sentiment from the same set..

Hope you like it...

IBS Products :
Swirling Pinwheels

A Birthday Mini

Hello Friends...

For today's post I have made a cute little birthday theme pocket mini using lots of IBS stamps...

For the cover I have used the pinwheels  from the Swirling Pinwheels stamp set & the sentiment from the Fancy Circles stamp set...  I drew some wavy lines with my black pen to make the frames...

On the inside I have used sentiments from Fancy Labels 3, Vintage Frames, Petite Banners & Birthday Greetings...

There is 1 tag in each of the 3 pockets for photographs...

Hope you like it...

IBS Products :
Swirling Pinwheels

Petite Banners

Fancy Labels 3

Vintage Frames

Fancy Circles

Birthday Greetings

Celebrating You

Hello Friends...

Today I have a birthday card & envelope set to share with you all...

I have decorated both side of this envelope...

The watercolor panel on the card & the envelope flap was heat embossed in white pearl & fussy cut...

I am in love with this butterfly... I painted it with perfect pearl powder for the pearl finish which matches with the pearl embossing & gives it such an elegant look...

I hope you like it...

Entering in:

JustRite Friday Challenge : Card & Envelope Set (I was a Winner ... yay  )

Crafters Corner : Stamp, Color, Cut ( I was in top 3  :)  )
Imaginations Online : Anything goes with Distress Inks ( water coloring with distress inks & coloring die cuts with distress inks)

Rose Basket

Hello friends...

Has it ever happened to you that you wanted a background that matched perfectly with your focal image & couldn't find it in your stash... what would you do in such situation???

This happened to me when I was making this card & then I had to improvise & make my own pattern paper with the stamps, coloring & distressing...

I started with the gorgeous rose stamp from the Basket of Flowers stamp set...

I stamped it twice, colored it & then cut out the rose & leaves part...

I overlapped the 2 pieces & arranged them on top of my die cut basket..

& then when I couldn't find anything that matched my design I made my own pattern paper...

I stamped the pretty rose stamp from the Fancy Labels 3 stamp set in very light color & colored it with a no-line watercolor effect... 

Next I distressed the edges with various inks till I liked the look...

Once that was done I stamped the script stamp from the Background Basics III stamp set in the same light color that I had used for the flowers for some subtle texture & then again stamped it with the musical notes stamp from the same stamp set for the vintage look...

Here is a close up of the custom made pattern paper for my card...

Hope you like it...

IBS Products :

Basket of Flowers

Fancy Labels 3

Background Basics III

Entering in:

Imaginations Online : Anything goes with Distress Inks ( water coloring on the stamped image & handmade rose pattern paper, Distressing die cut pattern paper, die cut basket & embossed CS)