Quilled Border Card 1

Hi All!! TGIF!! I just realised my previous post was the 250th post on my blog!! Wow! Celebrations are in order! I am planning a big one soon. So keep watching.....
I am here to post a card that (can you believe??) I started around this time of last year. Completed it in bits and pieces. Actually I struck upon this idea of making quilled borders on cards and started out with four cards together. Each has a slightly different border. Then the challenge was to embellish the center portion. So it kept lagging behind. So finally here I post the first of the series today.

The top paper is from a magazine. The "Friends" sentiment is a colored digi.

A closer look at the border.....

It's freebie time today. Since the card is about friends, I designed a sentiment on friendship. To download the image, right click and Save As. Keep checking my Freebies/Templates section for more and let me know your feedback about this.

Challenges entered

 Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment for your maim Focus

Creative Card Crew - #10 Sentiment as Focal Point

Truly Scrumptious -anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - #39 anything goes

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - must use a digi - Clean and Simple
Pattie's Creations - include a digi / stamped image
Sugar Bowl - Anything goes
By the Cute & Girly - Spring is in the Air

Black and white circular easel card

Hi All. Today I have another black and white, circular easel card to share, but with a dash of blue. I made this card keeping in mind the challenge at Beyond Grey Challenge blog. I guess I just made it in time as today is the last day of submission.

The PP is from Kavitha's store. I really like the way the dotted PP gels with the striped one. The white lace adds a magical touch to the card. The glitter pot sticker and the birdy are from Itsy Bitsy. And so are the flowers used on the inner panel. The sentiment is a digi.

This is how the card looks when opened. I have hand cut the white part to write the message on. I added flowers from Itsy Bitsy as embelishment.

And yes, did you all notice my new watermark? I have been wanting to change my watermark since a long time, and finally came up with this. I really wanted something that resembles my style and the things I love. I am crazy for flowers, so I added the flowers, on two sides :) and yeah swirls too!!

 I really want to hear from you all, how you liked it.

Challenges entered:

BGC#5 - Black & White with a dash of Aquamarine/Blue

Crafty Ribbons - Black and White with one other colour

Fussy and Fancy - Anything but a Square/Rectangle

DRS Designs - Shape Up - No square or rectangles
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Fancy Folds

EDITED: I was chosen in Top3 at BGC#5 for this card.

Love U, Friend!

Hi ! I have made so many wonderful friends in the blogland and learnt so many new techniques from them. They all inspire me in some way or the other. So my card below is dedicated for all you wonderfull blogger friends. Thanks for being there and for all the encouraging comments.

I will be sending this card to one of my dear friend. [I don't want to reveal her name, coz its a secret for her ;)]

I have used a digi for this card and colored it using water colors. ICR really makes us think hard about the card concept :) And I totally enjoy that coz I am getting to learn new techniques and working on new ideas. For embellishment I used punched flowers, ribbon and buttons from my stash.

Challenges entered:

ICRC7 Challenge - Big & small creatures

Craft JC Challenge #8- Friends are forever