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!

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 :)

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!

Scallop circle Animals

hello crafters,

Off late I am experimenting with my scallop circle punch and I find that I could make sooo! much with the punch.. Firstly I am showing you the animals me and my son created with them.My sweet boy was more than happy to punch for me and I assembled them together..:)Just love them.. cool is nt it?

If you have any doubts, you can comment here.. I am might be slow in responding for 2 days.

Now tell me , which one you like.. Would love to hear it from you..