Quilled Blossoms Thank You Card (CAS)

Happy Thursday all!

Thanks for stopping in today. We are all frozen over in NYC making it extremely depressing to go out. Makes me wonder how on earth I lived in Buffalo, NY for 2 years. :D I hope it's warmer wherever you are! :)

I have here a card that is currently circulating my office at work to be signed by everyone. Shanta's last day will be tomorrow and I will miss the energy she brings. Hope she'll feel the love in the card. :)

Card details: Layout was based on this sketch. 3 quilled blossoms were formed into bowls with white paper strips. Depth is created in this way. Chalk was faded into petals to bring out colors. Vellum was printed on for the words. Flourishes were wet embossed. The only regret I have is making the flowers so thick. I wanted to partially conceal some petals with the banner, but in order to do this I would need to put the banner on stilts of foam dots! You may not be able to tell from this photo except the way that it pops out, but I have to say it is pretty unflattering looking at it from the side. This also caused such a raised card that it far out-sized the A2 envelope I had prepared for it. It had to go into an envelope one size up. I'll have to work on that. ;)

Below are 3 close ups of the card. In sharing my joy in making a new blog friend, Lenetta, I would like to participate in her new blog hop which encourages self-accomplishment--Weekly Goals Linkup # 3. For every picture, I will put down one goal for the week for a total of 3. Yes, I know it's weak, but you have to start from somewhere...right? 

1. Write 2+ blog posts.

2. Beat my old bowling record of 167 tonight (Good luck to me--
I did that in 11th grade and only recently started playing again).

3. Make 2+ cards this weekend.

If I fail to meet my first goal this week, then I'll be back next week. :X Just kidding...I will try my best to make good on that one. ;) Have a good one!

Entered in:
-Retro Sketches #47
-Chalk N Stock Jan '13 Anything Goes w/ Chalk
-Papercrafting Journey For a Girl Challenge
-Aud Sentiments Inspirational Bingo (Diagonal: Flowers, (Wet) Embossing, "You")

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

Pink Cat Studio Stamp and Quilled Flower Card

Hi everyone!

I want to wish you all a Happy May Day (or May 1st)! For those of you who may not know, this is a celebration of spring or for others...protests. lol Let's not talk about that part though. :) This topic leads me to the new Tuesday Alchemy challenge this week which is to create something inspired by May Day! It is a really beautiful day here in NYC to draw inspiration for this theme that is sponsored by Pink Cat Studios. The winner of this week will receive 3 digital stamps!

This is what I have made for May Day:

I used the Lily Holding Flowers digi stamp--chalked it and colored parts of it in with colored pencils. The hem of her dress, eyes, and the centers of most of the flowers are dabbed with liquid pearls. The grass and flower are quilled to simulate her standing in a field/garden. 

Quilled Pink Tulips (Mother's Day Card)

Mother's Day is less than 2 months away! Time to start making Mother's Day cards!

Get ready for the national day when we all celebrate our lovely mothers! Why not give her double the amount of flowers this year? ;D

This lovely card has a chalked background, an inkjet printed "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment, and 3 quilled flowers in pink and outlined in white. Leaves are a turquoise blue. Glitter was dotted sparingly. 


Have a lovely day! :)

Etsy