Quill and Punch Works

Hello, crafty friends!
I have TWO Cards to share today on the Pinkfresh Studio Card Blog featuring the gorgeous, Thankful For Friends Stamp Set from the August Release.  

For my card, I first stamped the floral image from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set on a piece of Canson Montval Watercolor Paper using a light dye ink. I stamped the image using a very light ink colour as I wanted to do no-line watercoloring. Next, I coloured the image using Liquid Watercolours. I used Bubble Gum and Candy Apple to colour the flowers, and Key Lime and Emerald City for the stem and leaves. This image has very detailed lines and requires quite a bit of patience to colour, but the end result is worth it, in my opinion.

Once my image was coloured, I die cut it using the coordinating Thankful For Friends Die Set. I contemplated for a while about how I wanted to incorporate it as a part of my card design, but ultimately decided to pop it up on my panel using fun foam for dimension. Once I was done, I took another piece of Watercolour Paper and did a watercolor wash on the panel using Licorice Liquid Watercolour. Next, I die cut a circle from this panel using the Essentials: Braided Circles Die Set. Once that was done, I die cut the panel using the Essentials: Diagonal Stitched Rectangles Die Set. 

Then, I took a piece of Watercolor Paper and loosely painted stripes on it using Sunshine Liquid Watercolor. I adhered this piece behind my main card panel. I assembled my card together and adhered everything down using liquid glue. The sentiment is from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set and I stamped it using Detail Black Ink on a strip of White Cardstock. I lightly inked the edges using Fresh Pear ink to give it more definition. I finished off by adhering some yellow Jewels and black and green plaint splatters to my panel. 

My next Card is somewhat special to me because it features an art form with which I actually began my paper crafting journey - Paper Quilling. I have always been very fascinated with it and decided to incorporate it for my card today with a modern twist. I have done Sculptural Quilling and used the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set for my design. 

This took me over two days to complete simply because it is very labor-intensive and requires quite a bit of effort and patience to complete. I am quite rusty with my skills, but I really enjoyed working on this, and hope you like the idea too! The Thankful For Friends Stamp Set is so beautiful and I loved working with it to create this card. 

For my card, I started off by stamping the floral image from the Thankful For Friends Stamp Set using a very light dye ink to use as my reference point. Then, I used several 3mm and 5mm paper quilling strips to quill the entire piece. Once I finished working on the entire piece bit by bit, I adhered it down to my card base. 

I wanted the design to be very clean and crisp, so I decided to add a die cut frame to elevate the look of the design. I die cut some frames from the Pretty Frames Die Set from White Cardstock and adhered them to my panel using foam strips. I also added few black paint splatters and white Jewels to add a little something to the design without making it too distracting.

To finish off, I added a tiny sentiment strip to my panel which is from the Charming Floral Wreath Stamp Set. I am quite happy with how it's turned out!

I hoped you liked my cards. Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Hussena

Hi everyone this time i am doing something a bit different from the usual flowers.This is a b,day cake done on envie .I am entering this lovely cake for a take a quill pill challenge its my first time for entering any challenge so hoping for the best.the cake i have made using quilled squares and the icing with scrolls then finally decorated it with punched flowers.near the cake i have placed a gift box which has been opened to let out the b'day balloons ,hope u all like this project of mine.

Hi everyone this time i have posted an pot of quilled flowers.The petal of this flowers are made by glueing two half circles .I have made a five petaled flower but u can vary the number of petals in this flower and the end result is always good.I loved the colour combination which has finally turned out so thought i might share it with all of you.The leaves are made in similar way to the flower petals the rest u can see for yourselves.

Hi everyone today i have posted multiple loops method quilling envie.I had seen this method for the first time in suganthi's blog[daydreams] her step by step instruction are very easy to follow and i have made this flower using this multiple loop method .The butterflies r punched and colored using stamp inks and the rest of the design uses a lot of swirls for  greenery. hope u all like this.daydreams I am sorry but i seem to have pasted the link of suganthis blog at the end instead of above so please excuse my mistake.

Hi Everyone this time i have posted an envie which i made for my friend who wanted to give it for a special house warming function,she had specified that i incorporate a house in the design so i finally came up with this design.I wanted to create an small house with a garden but am not completely satisfied with my end result,and here i have to mention that a few days ago i had seen kavithas [kalalaya blog] where she had posted a card with quilled bunnies and her grass effect was simply too good i wish i had done half as good as her.Any ways just want to add that i have used punched flowers and butterfly to complete the garden effect.And the blue lace on top is my representation of a blue sky.

HI  everyone this time i wanted to do a post on  quiliing so this pram and baby goodies seemed appropiate.I have seen different versions of pram on the net and i am comfortable with this one and i luv adding the bottle and the baby steps [which i have not done here].I always have a bit of problem with the rattle which i think does not turn out the way i want ,but at the end of the day this is the best i cud come up with.

This a a paper bag i had made using hand made paper.The quilling done on this is done using broader quilling strips than normally used ,i guess this is about 3mm this is cut on a paper shredder hence the serrated edges which i kind of like.This is finished of at the bottom with paper laces.Ok and finally i would like to say sorry to Suganthi of Day dreams blog b'cos she had asked me not to photograph my works when placed in plastic bag,but this time i did the same mistake again so please bear with me.

This is a purse shaped envelope which i made for my mom.i have used various punched flowers to decorate it and also paper laces.
         i am entering this pure envie in the following challenge.
                         http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/.

These r purse envelopes i don't have the back pics but they r quite cute .Here again i have used a combination of quilling and punching.The center base is a yellow punch lace on which i have done the quilling the roses r made using innas spiral rose technique.the rest of fillers r punched roses and also some quilled ones.

In these envelopes i have done punchcraft and a bit of quilling too. The flowers r all made using punches which i have later embossed and given shape to.The envelope on the right hand corner[green one]i have made out of an old wedding card.

Okay firstly i have to say this is my last post for this year ,will be posting in the 2nd week of jan  cos i am going on vacation.Now about the envelopes these r different shape than regular ones and a lot of fun to make i have decorated them using both quilling and punching method.The envie on the right hand corner(the blue flowers) was made using twisted loop method which i had seen on the Daydreams blog suganthi does step by step tutorials which r really easy to follow and well illustrated too.The rest r bit of punching and quilling combined.

These envelopes were made for a house warming ceremony.Imean the below ones, it was made to the  theme of 2 birds on a tree all the invitation were made on this theme.
               the basket envelope was made using inspiration from a pic i had seen of the basket on claires  creation blog.the butterfly too i had seen on the net but don't remember the site .

These r paper boxes made from wedding cards.These r made based on the tutorial by Suganthi of Daydreams BLOG.I have usedpunched flowers on three boxes while the fourth box is made using the folded rose in quilling.
           if u like my post i would luv to hear from u.

I have made this bag using gift paper and then decorated the centre with a punch flower also the square paper have been punched in the corners.

these r gift envelopes which i have made for friends.these r made for different ocassion.in the above envelope i have used looping method.

my quilled boxes


these r my quilled boxes.i have painted them and done quilling on themalso have used some punched elements.