Tutorial - Heart Couple Double diamond card

hey peeps,

I am so excited to share this card ..and this is my first one for wedding!The tutorial for double diamond card is here.I did a smaller version of it - to fit the couple. Yes,I am on a diamond spree now .(Hint:some more diamond cards to follow..:))

Sentiment is from Making memories wedding set. Rest from the stash.
Ash and Tejal are gonna limit the number of entries for a challenge after this...am sure!

one more card for ICRC9 -Celebrate!
Phindy's Place- Make your own embellishment

Today's Tip

Today I will teach you how to make the heart couple.It is super easy!

Cut or punch a heart shape in black.Cut the heart in middle for abt half an inch.Fold on either side of center cut as shown.

Now cut a v shape on the 2 folds.Using an empty ball pen, draw a center straight line till the end.Now place a tie and triangle piece of white card stock behind the black heart.If you make the coat in shades of grey, you can sponge it with black ink, around the collar.

For the lady, cut v shape from the heart, as shown in fig.

now with empty ball pen, draw lines showing the breasts and folds in dress.With color pencils, shade the lower portion of the breast and the folds in dress..the coloring does not show clearly here..Place another skin color heart behind.Lightly sponge it with red color and you can decorate it as you wish!!

I will be out of town, for 5 days.. but have scheduled posts..so keep visiting :) I am off to visit my mom n dad! :)))

-Priya

Ribbon flower !! and Tip -Emboss without cuttlebug

hi ladies,

I saw ETs challenge on Yvonne's blog and immediately wanted to make ribbon flower!..:) So , for the first time in my card making, I took out a needle to make that ivory layer of the flower!! This credit goes to you Erum!.. I combined PDCC#96 colors and CardPatterns#130 to create this card!!

And here comes my creation

The colors are

The sketch is

This card also goes to
ICRC9 - Celebrate
Phindy's place - make your own embellishment
Paper Creations ink - show us your flowers

Leave me your valuable comments or suggestions.

Today's Tip

Emboss without cuttlebug!

If you are like me, do not own a cuttlebug but want that beautiful embossing on your cards, here is the tip.Take your rolling pin and apply good pressure on the folder with paper.Go over it again and again in various directions..you achieve what you want!!happy?

ET's addition to the tip: Mist the paper before embossing and the design would be much more prominent and you wont have to put too much pressure. Thanks ET!

Tutorial- Heart flowers diamond top card

hello,

I had been trying to post for past 3 days... but something or other keeps me from blogging.. so...here we go... This is another Diamond top Card I made , after this. The instructions for making this card is here.

I made this flower sometime back and it was sitting idle in a box...Found this apt for the top diamond.. I then cut strips in Echo Park papers and placed them diagonally.viola!! I love how the card turned out!!!

This card goes out for the following challenges
ICRC9- celebrate.
Lilypad- sketch for the top...(hope they accept this entry!!)
Phindy's place- make your own embellishment
Paper creations ink-show us your flowers

Please do comment to tell me you like it or not!.

Today's Tip:

I am gonna teach you how to make the above flower.. It looks beautiful on cards and what more? it is easy!! You can do this in big and small sizes(depends upon the size of heart)You can see a smaller version of this flower in this card.

All the hearts in the flower are hand cut.. just fold the heart in half..

Tuck one heart inside other as shown in the figure.Before that,apply glue on one side of heart..(except the first one,coz we need to tuck it inside the last one)

Now, you need to be really quick in doing this. The last heart might not have enough space or more space(the bg would show).. adjust the other petals, so that make room for the last petal-- before the glue dries.Tuck first petal inside last. cover the center with another flower or button or as you wish!..

I am getting good response to the tutorials.. Thanks girls .. I love making tutorials for you too...Thanks for visiting..


- Priya

ICRC9 Celebrate!! and Scallop circle pram tutorial

hey girls,

ICR has crossed 100 members & have also had over 1000 photographs posted at the ICR gallery..!! which is really a milestone..Thanks Ash, Tejal and Sudha!! you guys rock! I know, it is much perseverance and hardwork , that brought ICR this far!! Many more milestones to come!!Congrats ..lets celebrate!This card is my entry for ICRC9 The challenge is CELEBRATIONS + NO Digi/Rubber Stamping other than Sentiments....

You know what?In the beginning I had no stamps and for digi, I was lazy to go out n take print ..so I always ended up making cards with PP and handmade embellishments..:) So this challenge was easy!

I just made sunflower with scallop circle punch.. the inside circle is hand cut...inked up the edges..Since I wanted to participate in Melissa's challenge in Yvonne's blog and Ellephantastic, I layered some echo park and papermania papers and arranged the flowers over it!
Ribbon,pearls and button from stash.the sentiment is from cloud9 wedding set.Ah yes!!the self adhesive rhinestone is from PieLane!..

And look at the bee.. i added glitters to its wings...a close up

This card also goes to

fussyandfancychallenge --celebration
fussyandfancychallenge -- use 3 or more of favourite embellishment (Rhinestones)
Paper creations ink-show us your flowers


So please write a comment to let me know what you think!

Today's Tip

Use you scallop punch to make a pram!!

Cut out 3 scallops from a scallop circle and for the laces, punch as shown in the 2 photo.. For handle punch using the swirl punch.. the wheels can be cut or punched with circle punch.. a flower inside and a pearl on it.. ur pram is good to use on card.. will show card soon using this :)

A thousand Sheets of Paper Candy!!

hello every one,

Amy is so generous to give away a thousand sheets of Paper and some stamps too...YUmmmy! is nt it..?So just chk out her blog for more details..
I am already drooling over the candy!!

Penny Slider Baby girl card!

Hi there,

My dear most friend is blessed with a baby girl! and I bought some baby gifts and a card for her.. She is 6 months old now and I thought a penny slider card would catch her interest.. and it did.. I am happy
You can find the tutorial for the card here.

So here is the card.. Stamps are from Fiskars Bottles and Blankets set.
The teddy bear is bought from local shop..PP from itsy bitsy

Today's Tip
You want some polka dot PP?Are you not able to find such papers in the color u want?Here is an idea!

Sponge a mesh with the color of ink u want!! You get great results...believe me.!!Another easy way to create PP!

You can see, how I used the above technique in this post(second card).
Hope this is of some help!!happy crafting!

ICR meet @Isphahani Center- 17 Aug

hello ppl!!!,


Excited to share with you, we Chennai ladies finally got together at Isphahani Center.Hurray!

There were 4 of us - me, Priya Venkat, Shobana and Varshitha.It was so much fun and I am still thinking abt it!!!

We made it more than girls chit chat and had a demo. Priya Venkat brought her minis, for us to touch n hold it and to savour the beauties, which we only saw online these many days!

Left to Right - Shobana, Priya Venkat, Priya Sivaraj with son,Varshitha


Priya Venkat and Shobana so kind to bring us goodie bag from their new venture-Paperz..

On the whole, we had a great time and I am looking forward for more such events... and yes... it feels so good to meet ppl sharing same interest , coz there is lotss to talk abt! :)))

Tri Fold Accordian Mini

hi ppl,

Tried a tri fold accordian .. this is for a sweet friend, who likes Brown(actually crazy!).When I open her wardrobe I see browns everywhere..!:)
Left ample space for journaling and attach photos..

The first page looks like this..

The flower is made of scallop circle!!ha..ha I am putting my punch to good use these days:)The buttons are from Dolly(20 20 swop).

There is another accordian inside to hold the photos..Distressed the doily n tag..Added some punched butterfly and flowers..

Could nt wait to glue the photos!! and write our stories!:)Hope she likes it..:)

I am sending this to Craftyjcchallenge


ok.. from today on I promise to give a tip or tutorial with every post I make.So that, u not only get to see my creations, but also learn something whenever you visit my blog..:) Happy crafting!!

Today's Tip:

Use ur Sakura punch and scallop circle punch to create some more shapes..
Just give a twist to the punched paper and punch again!here we go...

You can see , how I used them for Lions in this post.

Thanks for visiting!