Sunday, November 30, 2014

The Shabby Tea Room - GDT - Week #241 "Waiting for Santa"

Hello everyone,

It is my great honor to announce my appearance as a Guest Designer at The Shabby Tea Room this week! The Shabby Tea Room Challenge "Waiting for Santa" is inspired by a photo that I will show you later in the post, but first let me show you the card I create for this Guest Designer appearance:


and here is the inspiration photo:


I did not feel I had to improvise much with my card since the inspiration photo was so gorgeous and of course inspiring, I just went ahead and created a card based on exactly what is in the photo...


I used two different embossing folders to emboss the stockings. The edges were inked with antique linen and the top of each was decorated with pearl and flower ribbons. The strings that are hanging off the stockings were created with satin ribbons embellished with assorted color adhesive pearls.


I created this bow using pink and light brown seam binding ribbon and embellished it with a rustic metal flower.


The sentiment banner as well as the mantle were covered with clear crackle paint.


One more look at the finished card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenge #277 Embossing

Just us girls Challenge #269 "Anything Goes"

and

Try it on Tuesday "Christmas is Coming"

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Shabby Chic Wedding Hearts Card

Hello everyone,
Just a quick post of my newest creation...


I distressed edges of the base cardstock and diagonally layered two strips of white embroidered ribbon. The next two layers on my card are Cricut Ornamental Iron 2 and Damask Decor cutouts which I covered with a thick layer of white crackle distress paint to give it that rustic aged look. I added some more white embroidered ribbon underneath the square damask heart cutout and created ruffles for extra shabbiness and dimension.


You can see that aged look in this closeup...Distressing and aging are my favorite techniques.


I created this shabby bow with white seam binding ribbon and embellished it with a vintage crown button and rustic key that I painted with white spray paint and added some white crackle distress paint on it as well. Distressing, aging and adding a shabby bow is just my thing :)


Couple more side views of the card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #239 "Techniques"

Crafty Cardmakers and More...#128 "Distress it"

Scrapclub Kiev Quest#71 "Key"

and

Mojo Monday #373 "Tall and Skinny" sketch challenge


I hope you enjoyed this post...

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by....
Samra

Sunday, November 23, 2014

White on White Christmas Card

Hello everyone,
Just a real quick post, trying to squeeze as many projects and entries as I can in a weekend since my work week days are just too long that I don't have much time to do anything other than wake up, go to work, come home and sleep.


I used Spellbinders dies and some Cricut cutouts of trees and deer to create this card. I embellished it with a ribbon bow and a jumbo snowflake. Sprinkled adhesive pearls here and there and voila. :)


I used different thickness foam adhesives to get that dimensional look.


I used seambinding ribbon to create this shabby bow and embellished it with a jumbo snowflake that was covered with coarse glitter by Martha Stewart.


One more look from the side to give you an idea of how dimensional this card truly is...

I could not get the photos to be lighter for some reason, my apologies...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

Divas by Design Let it Snow

Rapakivi Weekend Challenge #22 Christmas Card in White and or Cream

and

Simply Create Too Snow, snow, snow or use all white

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

Shabby Chic Thank You Tag

Hello everyone,

This is the first time I made a tag:


One of the fabulous challenges asked to make a tag, and since I wanted to make sure I entered that challenge, I made this thank you tag. I cut out the tag using the Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge. I actually cut two pieces: the base was just white super heavy card stock and the layer was wood pattern scrapbooking paper which I inked on the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. I added a doily, a burlap ribbon embellished with white lace and another piece of white embroidered ribbon underneath the burlap.


The shabby bow was made with white seam binding ribbon tied with burgundy and orange twine. I made the flowers from variety of colored cardstock and sprayed rustic gold mist on some...


The sentiment was created on my PC using the font called Angelic War and then die cut using Spellbinders Fancy Tags die. I placed that die cut on another fancy tag die cut and intertwined them. Both fancy tags were embellished with bright gold liquid pearls.


Couple more different angle shots of the tag...

I am entering this tag into following challenges:

Artisant Challenge I used the challenge sketch, but not the color pallete


The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Week #240 "Grateful" with this gorgeous inspirational photo

and

The Sisterhood of Crafters "Thank-ful" Challenge

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

11/25/2014 UPDATE:
With great pride and joy I announce my win at The Sisterhood of Crafters at their Thank-ful Challenge! I am so honored and happy that they chose my tag over so many stunning entries. Thank you ladies! I proudly displayed my Top Sister Badge on the sidebar :)
12/1/2014 UPDATE:
I am thrilled to announce that my tag also won the Artisant random drawing challenge as we as The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Grageful! Thank you all!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Holiday Wreath Card

Hello everyone,

for some reason I try to stay away from creating red and green holiday cards, but this time it just seemed to be the right color combo for what I was trying to create....


I used a red music sheet patterned paper as my base, distressed edges and inked them with Fired Brick distress ink. My next layer is a wooden wall patterned paper that I also distressed around the edges and inked with Vintage Photo distress ink. To create the holiday wreath I used Cricut cutouts that I inked with Peeled Paint distress ink and some of them also have Vintage Photo ink added... The small pine branches are Martha Stewart branch punches in dark green and brown. I added some red berries to it and a shabby bow with jingle bells covered with rustic gold embossing powder which I used as glitter rather than embossing tool.


This quadruple shabby bow was made with Lipstick Red seam binding ribbon and embellished with tiny red twine bow and jingle bells.


The sentiment was created on my PC, printed on white cardstock and distressed with Antique Linen distress ink. I placed the sentiment into a Tim Holtz rustic metal frame. I added another bow underneath it and couple of red berry branches to add to a very festive look.


Couple more side views of the card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers and More...#127 A Touch of Charm I added the jingle bells :)

Fusion Card Challenge Sparkly Christmas I was inspired by the photo and used music sheet paper, red bow and jingle bells.

Just us Girls #268 Photo Inspiration Challenge where I found inspiration in the wooden part of the sled and the wreath.

A Christmas Card Challenge Merry Monday #135 Christmas Bells I added the jinble bells to my wreath.

and I decided to enter this card as my second entry to

The Mixed Media Challenge #5 Christmas

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

11/30/2014 UPDATE
I am honored to announce that my card was highlighted at The Mixed Media Challenge by two designers: Kripa and Shery! Thank you so very much!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Love Card

Hello everyone,

I finally found some time to create a card and enter it in a few challenges:


My original thought was to create a shabby chic card, but as I started working on my heart embellishments and covered them with UTEE, I realized I had to go different direction with my style, so I am not quite sure if this card can fit the term "elegant" but it sure isn't shabby enough to call it shabby chic.
Anyways, I cut out the different size hearts using Cricut Damask Decor Cartridge and covered them with UTEE. I embossed the top layer card stock and covered it with two layers of UTEE. The corner embellishments were made with Martha Steward molds and covered with white crackle paint.


I used a piece of red tulle to create that wavy ribbon and the flower. Underneath it all are branches of Baby Breath. The white flower was hand made by me. :)


I created the sentiment on my PC using the font called The Shipped Goods and printed it on a piece of vellum. I cut it out in a shape of banner and attached it to a little frame created with Martha Stewart mold.


Couple more views of the finished card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #238 Just a Word

and

Retrosketches #141


I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Vintage Christmas Card

Hello everyone,

I made this card for a very dear friend. I hope that she will like it.

Here is my card:



I made this card using a free printable paper from Far Far Hill, love that website, it has so many great designs. I distressed the edges of the paper heavily, since I wanted to create quite a shabby card. :)
I used white embroidered ribbon to create that ruffle strip on the side and some white gauze underneath the oval and flowers to add extra vintage look.


The young lady image is by Janets Printables, however I chose to print it in grey scale instead of color. The image was printed on super heavy cardstock. I used a Spellbinders die cut to create this oval.
All the flowers were hand made by me and then coated with sparkle spray.


The sentiment was created on my PC using 1942 Report font.


Couple more views from each side.
I am entering this card into following challenges:
House of Cards November Challenge: Sketch


The Shabby Tea Room Week #239 Just Neutrals


and

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog "Handmade Flowers"

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a great day and thank you for stopping by...
Samra

11/17/2014 UPDATE
With great pride and joy I announce that this card won the challenge at The Shabby Tea Room! I am ecstatic! HIP HIP HOORAY!

12/15/2014 UPDATE
With great honor I announce that this card won the challenge at House of Cards!!! I am so grateful for all the visits to my blog and all the sweet comments from my crafty friends! I appreciate you all!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Rustic Christmas Card

Hello everyone,

I created a Christmas Card in rustic gold, black and tan tones:


This card was created using black cardstock and cardstock from Paper Studio Our Family Tree Stack. I matted every peace of patterned cardstock with a piece of black one and distressed all the layers.


The reindeer is a Cricut Quilted Christmas cutout silhouette embossed with rustic gold embossing powder and decorated with black and red rhinestones.


The sentiment was created on my PC and printed on a piece of Our Family Tree cardstock. The quadruple shabby bow was embellished with a jumbo black rhinestone. I used rustic gold seam binding ribbon to create the bow.


I am entering this card into following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #236 My Deer

Mojo Monday Challenge #370 with a sketch:

and

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #239 Just Neutrals
with an inspiration photo

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra

Mixed Media Christmas Card

Hello everyone,

I made a Christmas card using quite a few media products: gesso, ink spray, home made texture paste, glitter, jingle bells, diamond confetti, you name it! I am slowly entering the waters of stencils, textures and paint and I love it. :)
Here is my card:


The wreath was made with branch punches died with ink spray, home made flowers embellished with turquoise diamond confetti and seambinding ribbon colored with distress ink.
The card measures 6"x6" and the top layer was cut just slightly smaller. I used a piece of 110lb heavy card stock to spritz some turquoise ink on it and then I added some gesso onto paper and spread it with with paintbrush. After that layer was dry, I created Damask Flourish stencil in diagonal corners with home made texture paste and white the paste was still wet I sprinkled some turquoise glitter on it.



I try to add a shabby bow to a card when ever I can, so here it is, another shabby bow embellished with a pair of metal jingle bells coated with white glitter.


The sentiment was created on my PC using Scriptina Pro font. I added some red bling just to add a splash of contrast.


One more look at the card...

I am going to enter this card into following challenges:

Craftbar Challenge #12 Use at least two media

Scrapclub Kiev Sketch #69

Scrap Magic Turquoise and Red


and

The Mixed Media Card Challenge#5 Christmas

I hope you enjoyed this post.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...
Samra