Quilling Tulips and Vines Die Cut Thanks Card

There are a few things I need to address because I'm going to keep forgetting if I don't do it now!

-Happy to say that I got 3rd place at the Polkadoodles challenge back in June! Thank you and I apologize for taking so long to acknowledge that!

-More recently I was in the top 5 at Allsorts Challenge Blog for the Acetate Challenge! Many thanks! :)

-Lastly, a great big thanks to Ann Martin for selecting me as a winner for the Party Origami book giveaway! I made her a card as a thank you:

Fun stuff! Thanks to everyone in the crafting community! :)

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Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenges #48 Anything Goes

Quilling Yellow Sunflowers Best Wishes Doily Card

Are any of you nervous about insects? I am a bit disturbed about the 17 year cicadas that are supposed to rise in swarms in the coming weeks. :T This means I was only ten during the last invasion of this particular species of cicadas! Ignorance is BLISS sometimes. :D

I made a card for one of our work studys for her last day in the office. When I was a work study, I got some personal time to do my homework on certain days...this is not so for our office unfortunately. They are greatly treasured individuals who we rely on heavily for important responsibilities. For this reason, I will miss her very much.

I rarely use doilies, but I liked the delicate look it gives after seeing what Karon did on her post: 

Birthdays with Bling. I then wet embossed "Best Wishes" in silver. 

 The flourishes were stamped and pearl accents were added on the ends. I tried to keep the sunflowers about the same size. They were also chalked to add a gradient-style shading.

Finally, we had so much to write, I decided to turn it into a pocket for the interior. It's more like a wedding invite if you ask me!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Entered in:
-Crafty Catz #182 Anything Goes
-Five Simple Things Inspire Me Fridays 102
-Simply Create Too #37 Anything Goes

Quilled Yellow Orange Sunflower

Hello! Thanks for stopping in today! I have the good fortune of being selected as the guest designer at the sweetest thing this week! This card was made following the Sweet Sunday Sketch 182:

I had a lot of fun making this card. There's a lot going on, but I do like trying to put the quilling as the center focus. I just bought some sunflower seeds to grow, so I made sunflowers amid my excitement!

They are chalked which is where you see the fading effects.

Big thanks to Karen for giving me the opportunity to join in the fun this week! Do head over to play or just say hello to her!

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-Sketchy Colors #159
-Totally Gorjuss #179
-Card Crafter's Circle #70 

Flowers w/ Buttons, Quilled Leaves Orange For You Card

Hello! We welcome you to another week and a new challenge at Tuesday Alchemy. How about some buttons? 

I rarely throw out old clothes as I donate them, so I don't normally get my buttons from that. Instead, I try to save the extra buttons I get with new shirts and pants to use. The larger button on the yellow flower center was from a shirt that I bought a while ago. The other 2 small, colorful ones are from an embellishment set I bought a few years ago. This challenge has brought to my attention that in all the years I've been crafting, I have not used one button! Isn't that weird? Well here it is ladies...my first card with buttons. :D 

For this card I used buttons on the centers of the flowers. "For you" was handwritten with orange colored pencil. Leaves were quilled using a mixture of yellows and oranges. 

Here is some extra button inspiration that I found from this lovely blog called It's Written On the Walls. They've compiled a list of button art on the web for you to consider. Check out this one for example:

Isn't it great? :)

Play along for you chance to win a lovely prize from Robyn's Fetish!

Yellow Flocked Cat You're Purrrfect Card

*This post was set up in advance because I am away this week and next.*

How many of you have pets? I have 2 cats that are turning 3 in August. :) This week we are celebrating our furry friends near and far at Tuesday Alchemy. Sponsors for this week are Latte Dah Designs  & Bee Happy Kit/Di's Digital Downloads, so play for prizes! 

The cat was stamped and is applied with some flocking powder (a.k.a. crushed velvet). Sentiment was chalked with multiple types of oranges and reds. This is an old Cat stamp set by Inkadinkado. I took a picture of it zoomed in, so maybe you can see the fibers. 

I leave you today with my daily cat visitor. I took a picture of her through the railing. 

Entered in: MIM #95 with Cupcake Cards & Craft, PTT#74-Anything Goes

Happy Mother's Day! Yellow Quilled Tulips Bouquet

Wishing you a Happy Mother's Day! That's what it says in Chinese! Thank you to my best friend, Jen, for translating it and to Alex for commissioning! I've never done anything with actual Chinese characters, so I'm pretty proud of it. :) 

Well here's the mother's day card for Alex that I made. I borrowed the tulips from a previous card I made and put it on top of a simple layout.

 I sprayed it with glitter too! It is stunning in person!

The yellow handmade envelope that goes with it.

This year my mom is in Maine taking care of my grandma, so we aren't doing anything for Mother's Day. Instead, we chatted over the phone. :)

This whole weekend has been super HOT, so my bf and I are going for a long walk to get frozen yogurt in a little bit--it's to make us work for the extra calories. :D Yesterday we had bagels in the park overlooking the East side Manhattan skyline which is 2 blocks from us. It has been a very enjoyable weekend (I'm a very simple girl to please). lol

Good day to all the mamas out there!

Birthday Greetings Purple and Yellow Quilled Balloons

This card continues with the balloons theme from 365 Cards Day 27, uses a sparkle element for Tuesday Alchemy's Challenge #7, but also integrates the card sketch from The Sweet Stop. I knew I wanted to make a birthday card with those balloons!

I used a purple and yellow theme throughout this card. The words and balloon background were stamped and then brushed with Perfect Pearls.

Smile! Quilled Sunflower Photo Frame Card

This card has a slit that acts as a picture frame! The card further crosses boundaries between the scrapbooking and card making world by sharing the most essential thing in most scrapbooks--photographs!

I think this is the ultimate in personalizing a card and that is sticking in your own picture! I really, really tried to make the sunflower look as realistic as possible with the petals being places in more 3D looking positions. It is quilled with 4 different colors of yellow and brown quilling paper and the flourishes feature 4 different colors of yellow and orange. The center of the flower is also a bit pearlescent from going over it with shimmery watermark ink. The word, "Smile," is a rub-on sticker and the strip of brown (it is more of a pinkish-brown) was made using double-sided glue tape and Martha Stewart glitter. The whole interior is blank, so there is a lot of space to write a lovely message! P.S. That picture is of me (left) and my best friend, Jen, since 1st grade (right) on Thanksgiving 2011. :)

   

I am entering this card into 365 Cards' Day 15 - All Smiles. I believe our smiles go well with the whole concept. lol Go check out all of the other lovely cards made for this challenge! :)

Quilling Yellow Cone Flower

This birthday card was inspired by the above prairie cone flower picture I found on the web. It's far from capturing the beauty of its natural beauty, but hey, I tried! lol

The larger cone flower head zoomed in:

The smaller cone flower head zoomed in:

We saw snow in NYC today...along with sun? Either way, stay warm and safe!