The Grand Opening of My Brand New Shop on Etsy!

I am soooo glad to announce you all that starting from this moment I am the proud owner of an Etsy Store! I am so excited!!!

Ever starting following blogs and blogging myself I've seen crafters from all over the world selling and showing their work on Etsy, but I always had the idea that it must be a very complicated thing to manage such an online store. Lately, though, at the proposal of more friends, I've been encouraged to create such a store myself, in order to facilitate people from everywhere to be able to purchase my cards, if wanted. So, here it is!

The Shop's address is:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/IHeartHappyQuilling?ref=pr_shop

For the moment, I've only posted 6 cards, but I plan adding more in time, so stay around to follow my work there, too!

Also, I will post here soon too, so stay tuned!

But,
Until next time,
Behave And Quill!

Thank You...For Being Patient With My Absence!

I know, I know, I've been missing for a long time now, but I have been on my Easter holiday for a week and the week that just ended was a rough one for me so...all in all I haven't been very communicative lately.
But enough with the talking, let's see some craft project! One of my dream craft items I truly wish to own one day are The Nestabilities from Spellbinders. One of the most helpful items for a crafter, from my point of view, and as I may guess, not only mine. But, if you lack what you wish for, you are liable to improvise. So, if you are in the same situation as me, with a pair of compasses and a pair of hobby scissors try to re-create one of the scallops from Spellbinders, like I did here.

The sentiment is written in Romanian and it means "Thank you a lot!" or "Thank you very much!" (you get the idea... :)   ) and it is made using glitter powder over my handwriting.
I hope that you'll like the card I'm showing you today and I promise I'll show you soon what I have been up to during my holiday. I am in a new phase of my crafting discoveries and experiments of which I am delighted. I don't intend to tell more now, but, because you are my friends, I will give you a hint: pencils! 
Well, hoping to see you soon,

Until next time,
Behave And Quill!

Felt Heart

A couple of weeks ago, as I was searching through different stores for all kind of materials (like ribbons, papers and other card supplies) I found a set of different sheets of felt, precut for making a flag - the triangle style. What was great about this set is that the precut shapes were self-adhesive, so that made them even easier to be used. I decided I would buy it right away and planned on using the shapes on my quilling cards. I started by making these two little hearts on my card here. This one went to a friend's friend, on her birthday. I haven't found yet what she thought about it, but I could only hope she liked it. What do you say?

Also, if you have noticed, I've been trying lately to give more dimension to my cards, to make them look more 3D. I think they must get as "alive" as you can make them be, so I'm looking for all kind of techniques in order to obtain this. What about you? What do you think your card should try to be?

Until next time,
Behave And Quill!

You're Sweet. Candy Sweet.

Tonight I share with you a delicious treat. No, it's not chocolate, muffin and not even sherbet, for it to be said. It's sweeter. And cuter :) At least so I think.
I've made this baby-blue - candy-pink combo almost by accident, but when I put them aside and said the names of the colors I realized how well they would work together.

And, of course, what would a nice treat like this be without a little sugary sparkle? So I sprinkled as much sparkling accents as I could...

As far as I know, the also sweet recipient of this card hasn't received it yet, but I was promised to be told I would get the feed-back as soon as possible. Until then, I'll be expecting yours, along with your comments and opinions! So, what do you think?

Bye for now,
Until next time,
Behave And Quill!

2 Cards Out Of My Comfort Zone

I know I haven't said much lately but I haven't worked much on my cards, as I've been ill and all, but yesterday I had my perfect Sunday, quilling 2 cards. Not these ones I am going to show you, but these I had in my folders for a while and only today did I manage to watermark them.

I hope you'll like them, although I must confess they are both not my style specifically. One because of the model ( the butterfly) and the other because of the colors. Anyway, I like the way they turned out and I'll be waiting for your sincere opinions.
As about posting new stuff, I promise I'll try to stay around more.

But,
Until next time,
Behave And Quill!

Spring Fever

Remember when I was telling you about the never-ending winter that was here, in Cluj? Well, it seems like, finally, the spring decided to come, so we enjoy our warmer and sunnier days, although yesterday and today it rained a little. So, being in the spirit of rebirth, I'll show you a "fresh" card today.

As you can see, I used a couple of different items and techniques for this card, including painting, punching, quilling, pattern paper and some ribbon. I start to realize more and more that quilling is beautiful both in its "pure state" but also when mixed with other crafts, images etc.
So, what do you think? Do they all blend together well? I'll be waiting for your comments in the section below.

But,
Until next time,
Behave and Quill...and Experiment!

Royal Purple

I decided to share a quick post with you before I go to sleep today, so here it is :) I made this card for one of my professors in college, which was given by one of my colleagues and, as far as I know, she liked it very much.
It was the first time I used such a technique, inspired by the layering Gina K. is doing in her videos on the Stamp TV Youtube Channel - which by the way, I love so so so much!!!!!!

Unfortunately, as I have no dies or Cuttlebug (...yet :D) I had to keep it this simple, without risking to make it look clumsy or rough and tumble. I like the colours and the fake-embossed card stock - which I will show you in a future post how it's made and I like how the flower is positioned asymetric.
I am planning to make a couple more cards like this the next week, so stay in touch!
Until next time,
Behave And Quill!