My First Easel Card!

Yup! Very first and a very rough card too!

There are many mistakes in this card but I thought I’d continue working otherwise I will never try an Easel card again… and I tell you one thing… those of you who still have not tried this out, SHOULD! It is so easy! I think I will be making a lot of these!

Okay don't be harsh and don't judge, this is just a rough card… and again a cell phone picture.

 

The tree is an internet download, shaded the scenery on Photoshop. I have applied white glitter at the bottom (snow). The tree goes from grey glitter to silver… have used embossing paste to draw the outline and branches of the tree… The scalloped oval shape is hand drawn and the sentiment is hand written. The sentiment is not that clear in the picture but it is quite readable otherwise.

I will make a better version of this card soon. Just was in a hurry to post my first easel card!

Hugs!

Challenges: Delightful Challenges (glitter it up), Whoopsi daisy (Christmas), ABC challenge (Holidays), ABC Christmas challenge (winter wonderland), creative cottage (someone special at Christmas)

Gothic Chic (or a goth chick!)

The girl who asked me to make a few birthday invites for her 18th birthday is a wannabe Goth. I call her bat. She only wears black and basically lives black. She hates to admit it but she loves pink too, hence the combo.

On to the card, this invitation is based on the sketch by Laura at 2S4Y. (again a cell phone picture)

The flower is handmade, the swirls are hand drawn, cut and then glittered. Added a bit of hand stitching just to frame the card.

The paisley stamp was sent to me by Stef (thanks a ton). Stef is my very own, personal Santa Clause! *hugs*

Tomorrow I will post my first easel card! Till then… hugs and kisses!

-E.T

Challenges: 2S4Y (sketch), Inktegrity Design Team Challenges (flowers and ribbons), Delightful Challenges (glitter it up)

Big Box

Hey everyone! I totally forgot about this. I made a box, a big box that holds… hmmm you can say a dress shirt… I made this two months back… this was the LAST CLEAR pic I took from my camera… You can see that the angle is not right and you cant even view the box properly… it’s because after this shot all the pictures taken had horizontal lines on them.

Anyway, the paisley is a stamp that Stef sent me (Thanks Stef!)… the black polka dots are actually punched circles… I used a typical single office punch machine for this. I had to make a grid for stamping the paisley and sticking the tiny circles . The flower is handmade… It looked pretty real!

The swirl as always is hand drawn, cut and then glittered with olive green glitter. The border of the box has been framed using a crinkled ribbon (typical sub-continental), here it is called “gota” (“Gota” has metallic  threads running through them along with normal ones, you can call it metallic ribbon LOL I have no other word sorry! And I think they are handmade)

The base of the box is covered with a Hallmark wrapping paper… I just found a “less lined” pic. Here you go!

LOL now I remember after looking at this picture, I accented the swirls with some sequins and green diamantes. And yeah I know the flower center ruined everything! But I still like the bloom!

Super Hugs to all of you!

-Erum

P.S: You can see that the stamping is not done properly… we have BAD inks here :(

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Hello hello there my Blogville buddies… my room is a kitchen sink at the moment. I have started so many cards and finished none of them. I did however manage to finish one card today. This is an “Engagement Invitation”  based on the sketch from Digis with Attitude. First take a look at the card then we can begin with all the screaming…

Again, it’s a cellphone pic… so bear with me.

EeEEEEEeee aaaAAAaa I know… that is a LOT of glitter, O.K, more than A LOT… But this is how our weddings are! Lots of sparkle and shine! There is never too much bling in this part of the world when it comes to weddings and related occasions!

Anyway this person is wearing steel grey dress on her engagement, hence the matching invitation.

I have glittered the embossed section of the card and sprayed some lacquer on it to make it stick, it has given the embossed flap a very different look than the base (which are same by the way).

Here is another view against the light, so you can see what I am talking about.

Seeee… it looks nice right?? It looks better with the lacquer… the lacquer muted the glitter somewhat and gave the paper a pearlescent touch. Thank God!

Don’t know why the flower is looking fluorescent, it is really not… in this picture it is giving off light on its own! LOL Oh I so want my camera!!!

The flower is handmade. Never made this one before. Looks good, too big though.

The card looks beautiful… I had my doubts when she chose this particular folder… I showed her the birds and swirls one… thinking that the lesser the glitter there is, the better it will look.

The light orange swirly border is a diecut.

Will show you the complete package soon, till then… hugs and love!

Erum

P.S Forgot to add the sentiment :(

Challenges: Digis with attitude (sketch), Inky Impressions (flowers), Inktegrity Design Team Challenges (anythig goes), ABC Challenge(Glitter), Craft Your Passion Challenges (Anything Goes), Whoopsi Daisy Challenge (add sparkle), Lexi's Creations (anything goes), Digi Doodle Shop's Best (anything goes)

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This was on request from a lady who mailed me the quotation. Thought I’d share.

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Aah well… I am here with a new card… This means the picture has been shot using my cellphone… I am not very happy with the result… but I am SO happy with how the card turned out… it is absolutely fabulous (bragging is an art). There is a new flower that I tried I will be showing you guys that too... So beginning with the card.

Here we go… the cellphone picture.

One glittery card here huh?! But the black never looks gaudy…that's the best part about it.

The flowers are hand drawn (very very roughly I tell ya).The stems are hand stitched. The sentiment is hand written (as if you all couldn't tell!). The swirly thing, beneath the ribbon is one of the border diecuts (thank God I ordered this). I was planning on buying some border punches, but all those punches will cost me almost as much as a Silhouette will, well NOT almost… I am just trying to justify buying a Silhouette! Anyway, I think I will wait a while and get the machine instead. It was almost 150$ this time (Knowing it will cost me a little more than half of its cost just to get it delivered here, I still want it).

Oh yes, the butterfly is hand drawn too, and it was a pretty rough sketch. I am so happy it turned out so cute. I know it looks kinda abnormal through this angle but it’s really not. And the shimmery, holographic yellow ribbon…. matches with the flower centers! I really wanted to do this combo… The yellow really brings out the whole card.

I now see that I have not erased the pencil marks from the dashed line (the butterfly’s path). Most of you might hate the light glare… but this was the only way I could avoid the purple hue… see the bottom-right corner… that’s what I am talking about.

Totally forgot about the flower. Here it is:

It’s not complete…. and I wasn't even planning on using it. I was just playing with my father’s “stock exchange” reports and came up with this.

All right, enough with the blabbering. Gotta go create some more. Maybe again with black, white and yellow. I am just loving this combo right now. Or maybe I will use this ridiculously square sodding flower somewhere.

XOXO

-E

Challenges: Inky Impressions (flowers), Inktegrity Design Team Challenges (anythig goes), Craft Your Passion Challenges (Glitter), ABC Challenge (Glitter), PTW (sparkly&bright), Sentimental Sundays (distressing)

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Made this for someone, she gave me the quotation… it is by Caryn Leschen. I thought I’d share.

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