Tri-Fold Birthday Card

Hi friends. I am sharing a card that I made as a Guest designer for Mudra Craft Stamps in December this year. This special fold card has been made using the Linen Blooms stamp set.

Here's a detailed step-by-step process of how I made this card:

This is a tri fold card with each panel measuring around 2.5 inches wide. 

1. I stamped loads of flowers and leaves from the Linen Blooms stamp set to create two big floral bunches for this card.

2. Fussy cut all of the flowers and leaves.

3. Stamped the Birthday sentiments on a die cut piece and also on the middle panel of the tri fold card.

4. I glued the stamped die cut piece, offsetting it on the first and second panels of the tri fold.

5. Thereafter, I started arranging the flowers and leaves to form a bouquet around the die cut. Some elements were stuck using glue and some were popped up with foam dots.

6. Once I was happy with the look of the bouquet, I cut off the excess top part of the first panel of the tri fold.

7. Then I made the second floral bunch on the third panel of the tri fold.

8. I cut off the excess card stock from the middle and third panels too, outlining the bouquet. 

Happy Birthday Card with Altenew Striped Florals Stamp Set

Hi. Today I am sharing a card that I created for Altenew's August Challenge. I have used Altenew's Striped Florals stamp set for this card. 

All the flowers and leaves were heat embossed in gold and colored using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The birthday sentiment is from a stamp set from Flonz Craft. I arranged the floral elements as a bouquet on the card base and popped up a few of them using foam dots for added dimension. Adhered a grey glitter tape at the bottom and added the sentiment with foam tape.

Challenges entered

Altenew - August 2016 Inspiration Challenge

Altenew Painted Roses Birthday Card

Hey there.... Sharing a quick card I made using the Painted Rose Stamp Set from Altenew. This was my first try with this stamp set. 

To start with, I stamped the roses using Altenew Inks - Red Cosmos set and fussy cut them. I punched out a tile pattern repeatedly on a scrap piece of paper using a tile punch and stuck it on the card base. Then I heat embossed the sentiment from WPlus9- Whole Lotta Happy stamp set on green vellum and adhered it onto the punched piece. This way the tiled pattern did not overpower the design and at the same time gave a subtle look from behind the vellum piece.

Next I arranged the fussy cut roses around the sentiment and added some more punched tile and floral pieces next to them. Finished off the card using black rhinestones and a golden punched heart.

That's it for today. Do drop by again!!

Pop-up Box Card - Birthday

Hello. Here is another Pop-up Box Card made on Birthday theme. I have used loads of embellishments from Itsy Bitsy. The sentiments are from various stamp sets and the big circle birthday message is a digi.

 

Some space at the back for writing a personal message.

 

Close-up of the panels...

 

Triple Heart Easel Card - Birthday

Hi. As complicated as it looks, it is pretty easy and fun to make card. This is my second Triple Heart Easel Card on Birthday theme. The big yellow flowers are handmade.

 

Side view of the card.

 

Challenges entered

Penny's Paper-Crafty #181 - Anything Goes 

 

Tri Shutter Card - Happy Birthday

Hi. This is my first try at a Tri-Shutter Card. I find it a bit complicated but its so interesting because of the fact that it has so many panels to embellish. I have used really soft pastel colors for this card. The white flowers are handmade with lace. Rest of the stuff is pretty self-explanatory so I won't write much here. The sentiment is stamped on vellum.

 

Challenges entered

BGC #52 - BINGO [Diagonal: adhesive stone, ribbon, flowers, sentiment]

Triple Circular Easel Card - Birthday

I was just sorting out my cards folder on my laptop and realised I had not posted some of my cards made previously. So, I am going to clear all the backlog and post them one by one in the days to come.

This card is similiar to the Triple Circular Easel Card I had made earlier. The difference is mainly the color theme.

 

The flowers are a mix of prima and locally bought flowers. The sentiments are all free digs.

 

 

For the bottom panel I have attached the top PP with a brad, so that it can be moved to write a secret message below. 

 

Challenges entered

Crafter's Cafe - #64 Girly 

Digistamps 4 Joy - #92 Anything goes
Divas by Design - Anything goes

 

Mojo Monday 343

Hi. A quick post for Mojo Monday 343 sketch.  My card is a Masculine card. Have used lots of matting to get the desired look. The boat and sentiment is from Just Rite stamp set.

 

Here's the inner look of the card....

 

 

Challenges entered

CSCC#3 - Masculine Card 

Mojo Monday 343 - Sketch 

Di's Digis Designs - Birthdays

Crafting At the Weekend #1 - Anything goes

Stencil Background Card 1

Hey, my today's card is made using The Crafter's Workshop fish scales stencil. I recently got some new stencils and was playing with them. For this card, I have used glossy card stock and I must say the results are very different than that on water color or non-glossy paper. I love the neat finish on glossy paper and also the fact that the inks look softer on it. On watercolor paper, they give a bolder look.

The leaves are also made using stencils and Forest moss distress ink and then fussy cut. The flowers are all handmade. The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted sentiment stamp set.

 

Challenges entered

Aud Sentiments Challenge - #105 Use a sentiment or the number 4

Creative Knockouts - #34 Anything Goes 

Handmade Harbor -  Birthday/Best wishes

Crafting By Designs - Anything goes

Creative Moments - #39 Anything goes/Spring

 

 

DIY Stencil

Hi guys.. this is another simple card that I made inspired by the Stenciled class.

I made a stencil using my giant daisy punch on a transparent packaging sheet. I must admit it is rather difficult to punch the packaging sheet. I could just partially punch and then the punch got stuck. I removed it carefully and cut out the uncut parts with a knife. I second stencil that I used is from Pie Lane.

I used Wild honey, worn lipstick and ripe permission distress inks for this technique. Used some beads from my stash to form the center of the flowers.

Apron Shaped Card

Hi everyone!! I am back to my blog after a lonnnnnnnnnnnng break. First I went to Pune to meet my parents and then to Dubai for a much deserved annual vacation. Also work has been keeping me busy so I have not been able to craft regularly. I have been seeing lovely posts from my fellow crafters and admiring them. Hopefully I get on track soon :)

Here is a card that I made for my mom's birthday. I thought of making something simple yet meaningful. Since she is the best cook I know, I thought of making an apron shaped card for her.

This is my first try at an apron shaped card. I did have to experiment a bit :)

The card base is kraft colored card stock. I used the little border stamp from MME's 'Follow Your Heart Be Amazing Clear Acrylic Stamp' which I had pruchased from Crafters Corner, to outline the apron. The buttons were white in color and I did not have matching red buttons, so I colored them using my nail polish.

For the inside of the card, I printed this doll from the internet and colored it using distress inks.

A close-up of the coloring that I attempted :)

Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you all a Happy New Year. I know I am late, but nevertheless!

Challenges entered
Itsy Bitsy: Picture BINGO [Top row: PP, Ribbons, Inks]

Magic Explosion Box - Cake

Hi everyone! I am back with a brand new post today and some happy news!

This is an explosion box that I made few days back. It's a pretty pink box with a cute cake inside. What's interesting about the cake is that the base is a platic scoop that comes with milk/protein powder boxes. I just cut off the handle and covered it neatly with fabric lace, plastic lace and embellished it with fabric roses and pearls/crystals. Easy peasy, isn't it? :)

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy – 4 P’s: Pearls, Pattern Paper, Posy, Pink

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - #241 Pearls and Lace

Card Mania - Pastel Colors

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with Handmade Bow

Lexi's Creations - Pink

Now onto the good news part. Most of you must have seen it on my fb page, but I thought I should share it here too. I won at two blogs for my 'Upcycled Gift Box' and I am also featured at another blog for the same project. Details are as below:

1. Winner at Crafters Corner Blog 

2. Winner at Lulupu Blog

 

3. Featured at DCAM Challenges 

DIY Flower Basket

Hey guys. I am very happy to share this project with you that I made on order last week. 

All the flowers and leaves are handmade by me. My client wanted to gift this to her husband on his birthday, and the feedback in her own words was.... " Your card and basket made my day"!!  So does mine :) .... the appreciation we get for our hardwork is the true fruit of our labour.

As you can see, there is an assortment of flowers... daisies, carnations in two sizes and some fillers. I didn't have big leaves to match the flowers, so I decided to make them on my own. I handcut white CS in mixed shapes and sizes and colored them using distress inks. I loved the natural shaded effect with distress inks.

Here is an overhead view of the basket.. 

Edited: The basket is upcycled. It was a chocolate bouquet as you can see in the picture below. I removed all the laces and raised the handle of the basket which was orgininally glued down here. I have also used the long sticks on which the chocolates were mounted, to stem the flowers. For the small blue daisies, I used my old semi-dried nail polish to color them.

 

Challenges entered

LESSology Challenge #29 - Birthday Party
Color Conceptions #4 - Spread your wings with distress inks [Leaves have been colored with Shabby shutters and Forest Moss]
Stampavie and More - #195 Flowers
Crafter's Cafe - #30 Diecuts/Punches
Crafty Sentiments - Anything But A Card
Stamp with Fun - Decoration

Joy Fold Birthday Card

Hi Friends! Today I have a Birthday card to share which I made for my brother. It is a joy fold card and I am thinking why didn't I try out this amazing fold earlier. It has so much room to decorate and play with. I really enjoyed making this card.

I decorated the card keeping in mind some of the challenges. I twisted a paper clip to form a tiny heart embellishment. The transparent glittered butterflies are made out of acetate. I used acetate from packaging material to make these butterflies. There's also a small one I used to hold the front flap of the card.  For the top, I made a paper pinwheel and used toothpick (wooden) to form its pole.

Challenges entered

Catchy Challenges - BINGO [Acetate, Paper clips, Wood]
For the love of crafting  - #18 Expressions
Crafters Corner - #11 Anything Goes

Cake & Ice-cream

Heya. Another quick card from me today. This card is based on many things.

First is the sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping.

And second is this video I saw on You tube.

I have used my PP scraps and some handy embellishments to make this really quick card and I love how colorful it looks :)

Challenges entered

Clean and Simple Stamping - #245

CAS Argyle

The moment I saw this challenge on BGC I knew I had to make something. And it primarily had to be CAS as this argyle pattern that I had is quite busy in itself.

I punched through the pattern and used the negatives to form the flowers. 

Challenges Entered

BGC #33 - Argyle

Catered Crop - Die Cuts/Punches

Crafting When We Can - Keep It Simple

Triple Circular Easel Card

Hi. I made this card some time back based on my this hexagon triple easel card. I really love easel cards and this triple easel card makes it so much fun as you have so much space to add so many elements. I have created my own template for this. So it can be recreated in any size.

The flowers are a mix of prima and locally bought flowers. The sentiments are all free digs.

 Challenges Entered

Elphine House - #46 Happy Birthday
Crafty Ribbons - #49 Flowers Galore
Digi Haven – must use a digi - Flowers
Dilly Beans – Citrus colours
Fairy Tale - Happy Birthday

Baker's Twine Border

I was really impressed with the idea of using Baker's Twine in so many ways by Color Conceptions challenge blog. I decided to use the BT that I had in my stash since a long time, waiting to be used.

This is what I came up with. It's a circular easel card in red base. The top white portion is the card board type material that lines the inside of the lid of cereal bottle, like Muesli, etc. I stamped directly onto it with Micia Birthday song stamp from Lulupu store. Then I decided to sew a frame with BT for the top portion of my card. I glittered the cake, the dress, bow and cheeks of the girl with stickles glitter glue.

 Here are a few close-ups...

Challenges entered

Color Conceptions Challenge #1 - A New Beginning and use Bakers Twine!

Lets Get Trendy Now 3 - Day 4 - Stiching