Hello & welcome to my blog! My name is Vee and I'm a crafter who loves to scrapbook & make paper goods for friends & family. I'm in the process of opening my very own online shop, so that I can share my handmade crafts for everyone to love. I'm stepping to an unexplored adventure so I'm hoping to help you guys come along in my journey through my goals, ideas & projects. Thank you for visiting! I am very grateful `=]
Questions or Comments? Email me [veebhu.patel@gmail.com]
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We're still a little over 2 weeks away in celebrating Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. but I'm already daydreaming about roasted turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, and sweet corn, among other delicious sides. Luckily for me, I'll be heading over to an early Thanksgiving potluck dinner this weekend so I'll get my fix in soon. Until then I'll put my thoughts of food onto paper, or rather to this week's mini-card.
Because I had no turkey stamps, I decided to make my own version of a turkey - just how we did back in elementary school! I adhered two punched circles together & created the face by hand drawing the beak & snood while using black pearls as eyes. The 'feathers' were made using stamped leaves in different colors of pattern paper from the Basic Grey collection - Green at Heart.
Cutting each leaf one by one was no easy task but it was all worth it for this end result. The last finishing touches were to add glitter glue to the leaves & glossy accents on the beak & snood.
The turkey is dimensionally adhered on top of a green flocked pattern paper with punched edges. To connect the whole leaves theme, I stamped top & bottom borders to the card and colored in the leaves with glitter pen.
Inside the card, I added a 'happy THANKSGIVING' stamped sentiment along with the same border stamp I used on the front of the card.
As for this week's mini-cards, I'll be giving away 5 of these leafy-feathered turkeys to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post before 10pm on Sunday, November 13th, 2011.
Last week's giveaway winner is: Discount Ink. I have emailed that person already so please Discount Ink be sure to reply to the email ASAP. If I don't here from him or her by Friday, I'll announce another lucky winner!
I'm in the process of putting up this & other previous mini-cards on the shop this week (I'll announce it on the blog). Next week I will officially begin posting the HOLIDAY 2011 series of mini-cards. So remember if you need a holiday card & want to win a free set, come by my blog every Monday from next week till 12/12!
Good luck!
xoxo
vee
GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:
'Guess who'
I have already emailed the person. If I don't hear back from him/her, I'll announce another winner. Thank you to all who commented! `=]
Just two more months until the new year but let's not get ahead of yourself now Vee. It's time to focus on the present & work hard to make those dreams come true.. time to get those resolutions going if you haven't started them already.. time to celebrate the beginning of holiday season with good food & amazing family + friends. Create your own magic this month & see where it takes you.
It's going to be a fun & creative month.. I feel it already.
Today is 11.1.11 which means everyone should have had an awesome special day. Come on, if you really think about it, you must have at least one good thing happen to you.. am I right? For me, it's my mama's birthday! This fabulous woman is 54 years old yet she looks like she's in her late 30's / early 40's! I'm hoping I got her youngin' genes & that I look as thin & young at that age.. ::fingers crossed::
The family did the usual little celebration with beautiful flowers & some sugary frosted white cake from the local grocery store. Unfortunately, we couldn't really go all out for mama. Brother has a big Math midterm tomorrow & practically the entire family is on some kind of strict food regime, either diet-wise or medically speaking. But we promised mama dukes that very soon we will all go out to a nice fancy restaurant & indulge in some spicy Indian food.
Along with her cake & flowers, she also received a special handmade card by yours truly. I literally called her the day before to ask for her favorite colors.. this is how the conversation went:
Me: Mom! What's your favorite color?
Mom: Why? What are you doing? What are you getting me? It better not be expensive, you're broke & have no money!
Me: *sigh Mom I'm making you a handmade card.. now let's start over. What is your favorite color?
Mom: Oh ok then it's brown.
Me: What's your next favorite color(s)?
Mom: Um... purple... blue... that's it really. But you can do whatever you want I'm sure it'll look nice.
Me: Ok good thanks mama!
Mom: Uh huh.. sure. Now is your brother home from school yet? He hasn't called me back yet..
This is where I came up with the theme colors for the card. I didn't want to use dark brown as the base of the card so I chose kraft cardstock instead. I covered up the front completely with this pretty blue pattern paper & decided to glam it up with glitter, rhinestones, & a sparkling dollie.
The left side border is made up of punched pattern paper, white embossed stamp, baby blue ribbon, & brown sewing thread wrapped around the card 10+ times. I glued & taped the ends of the ribbon & thread on the back of the card. I'll be covering it up with a photo of mom & the kids.
The label is dimensionally adhered on top of the dollie. I stamped the sentiment with brown ink, then outlined it with Sharpie & Gelly Roll pens. The corner of the labels are also stamped & outlined, with little glitter dots stickled on.
I used distress ink on the dollie to give it a vintage look. Then sprayed it down with water mixed with purple pearl pigment to give it extra shine. I topped it off with lavendar rhinestones and blue glitter glue.
The inside is kept simple using the same blue pattern paper with a sentiment stamped in brown ink. I'm going to leave it untouched & use the other side (where the ribbon & thread are) to write a personal message & add my own family photo.
Because we all met up at my parent's place early afternoon, I didn't have time to finish the card & add my personal message/photo. Luckily she doesn't read my blog so she won't know until tomorrow what it looks like.
I included a big list of most of the materials I used for this card below. I hope everyone enjoyed 11.1.11 & if not, you still have another chance next Friday to celebrate 11.11.11!
xoxo
vee
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