Valentine's Day Challenge - Results

Dear All,

How could I ever apologize for such a delay in the posting of the results of this challenge........I feel so overwhelmed that so many people took this challenge up of breaking the tradition of hearts, reds and pinks to create a loving wish........let me begin with the winner of the two categories......

The winner for the challenge is: Smita! Congratulations Smita, the dolphins and the waves were perfectly executed! :)

The winner for the most innovative idea goes to: Szalonaisa.......Owl always love you! Hahahaha! I couldn't stop smiling at the word-play! :) Congratulations! :)



The entries for the challenge are:

















Kavya's entry







Entries by e-mail:

AB's entry



Winners, please e-mail me your postal addresses at pritzd@gmail.com. I hope to be able to dispatch your respective prizes soon :) I want to thank EVERY single participant for treating my challenge with such respect and taking time out to join in! :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

No Hearts, No Pinks, No Reds :)

Hello All,

A quick post, an inspiration to everyone wishing to participate in my Valentine's Day challenge, you don't need hearts, reds or pinks to make a Valentine's Day Card! :D (I have a thing against the heart shape, too cliche, I guess!)............

The golden swirls are hand-drawn, I really enjoy that kind of drawing (and I don't do it often enough). The colours (yet AGAIN!) look a little skewed. It's a very pretty cobalt blue and bright orange combination......the embossed lines on the background are also hand-made, along with the golden dots. I don't think I take much to stamps etc, and hence, nearly completely hand-made card :)

After this, I may be going on a break because relocation blues are approaching......my husband will be a PhD in 18 days' time (boy, I am SO thrilled!)..........I will try posting as and when I can :)

Happy Quilling PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

White Pink Flower Frame - Tutorial

Hello All,

After a long silence (yes, I do hit mental blocks many times!), I am back, with a simple tutorial. Nothing ground breaking :) I just felt like posting a tutorial......the flowers have been used in this Frame :)




The flower tutorial is here and the leaves are something I have posted about before........

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Some cards

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

October theme in Emirates Quilling Guild

Hello All,

The October theme of Emirates Quilling Guild made me pick up a colour I am generally averse to - Pink :) And truly speaking, it was nice to work with pink (I wouldn't want to be caught wearing pink though :D)..........and I thought, well.......lemme try something different from a usual flower bouquet. The concept started building and I landed up with this (a symbol of a woman's grace and strength) :-)

Happy Quilling and as they say in Sweden: Hej då

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Quilled Orchids

Now that I am equipped with the quilling tools I bought from Artystree, it is so much easier to make shapes in regular sizes. I wanted to try my hand at something like that and orchids always come in hand. Equipped with how Inna Dorman had quilled orchids once, I decided to give it a try. I have done it slightly differently compared to hers but I am satisfied with the result :-)

The flowers have been made using the 1.5 cm circle in the quilling designer board (top left circle). For the bigger petals, I made the whorl and pressed two together. The darker pink are single whorls. The leaves have been folded by hand. I don't particularly like husking, so I fold them by hand. But looks like, I will need to husk leaves more often! :D

Base: 500 gsm white carton paper covered with beige (80 gsm) printing paper
Flowers: 120 gsm pink (two shades) and 80 gsm red paper
Leaves: 80 gsm dark green printing paper
Frame: 500 gsm carton paper readymade frame from Gallerix.

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)