Manifold meanderings into making
Hello there. I am finding I am able to write again. I have been gone for quite a long time in the blogosphere due to a lot of reasons. I think, like most people, COVID had a lot to do with it. Like so many others, I caught it last year in my line of…
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I have made this birthday card for a special person. Sometimes, the best way of ‘composing’ a layout is through simplicity. And sometimes, the best inspiration is right in front of you staring you in the eye. The sun had a particularly strong light when I made this card and my early roses were starting…
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Forty is a landmark moment, I think, as far as birthdays are concerned. This card was a specially notable one which I made last year for my friend. I am posting it today to share. This is definitely one of my ‘maximalist’ cards, hopefully still achieved with some visual sophistication. But this is relative to…
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I am having a die cut kind of mood with my cards lately. I found this yet-to-be-used dies from Sizzix. It’s actually two different dies – one produces these leaf patterns, and the other these mutiple florals, hearts, and other confetti shapes. I used yellow because it felt really zingy. The contrast with the black…
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Just wanted to share these two cards with the same theme. I had been playing with distress oxide inks for some time now and they do produce these gradient effects and unpredictable colour mixes when water touches them again. So I made these colour stories on 200 gsm watercolour paper and passed them through a…
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This was a birthday card for a very special lady. Used a nautical theme here. I had this idea of using sequins in my folly flowers and I really liked the result. Also did some foil work using a laminator and laserjet ink for the gold lettering. Two different sizes of circular die cuts made…
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As a final evolution in this series of posts, I give you lavender. Such a dainty colour. I’m not sure how effective the violet is in the middle, but I went for it. I added yellow accents just to give a complementary contrast and ‘lift’. I think, by this time I was using my own…
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A variation on the pink before – playing with two triangular arrangements (upright and inverted triangles with a white main flower). Geometry is always a go-to design element. It just simplifies the design process, clarifies it really well.
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One can never go wrong with pink (my personal fave!). This time I’ve added cornflower blue roses, to continue the summer vibe. When I make cards, I do tend to make them as a series, where I explore a visual story. This one was, again, given as a thank you card.
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This is another concoction using almost a polygonal arrangement with the flowers. This time, I wanted to keep the flowers natural looking by folding a rose. The white flowers seemed to work pretty well as an off-set triangle. This was just an accident, of course, no distinct design here, just random play and see what…
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Hello there! I have not posted for such a long time, but fortunately, I am happy to say that I am officially back! My creative juices are flowing again and those little grey cells are inspired with renewed joie de vivre. I thought I’d share this ‘thank you card’ that I quilled three years ago.…
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A birthday card. Just like most of designs, this was serendipitous. Just happened after arranging and re-arranging things. Then I was on a ‘flow’. I have to make this card for others, as I simply adore it at the moment. I’ve already given it to one person. I tend to make unique versions of the cards,…
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I have been blogging for awhile now. My posts are few and far between, as I labour over each of them. They are always marked by my latest work, big or small. Yesterday, I felt quite ebullient having moved my entire blog and web space here at WordPress. The work above hopefully encapsulates how I’m…
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 My impromptu fantasy of an orchid today – this is definitely a “folly” flower as I’ve not seen these colours on a wild orchid before.Just quilled some shapes, put them together and hoped for the best.
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This is the other variation on the ‘oval’. This one was for a baby shower; hence, the blue story.
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I made this first card as the first theme and varied it for another. I shall be posting the next one. I seem to be loving ovals at the moment. It is a naturally aesthetic shape – formal, symmetrical. But I couldn’t help putting asymmetry inside the oval.The background is scrapbooking paper. I thought it…
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