Friend Shaker card

Hello everyone
Good to see you all. Its been really busy and crazy in my house this month. I am juggling between my work and my family and more work than family....and I am not able to blog so much. But anytime I find myself with couple of hours, I just run to my workstation and create something quickly and upload it here with some tutorials for you all.

Today I found fews hours free in the morning and I decided to turn a bling eye towards all the ongoing orders and dispatches and satisfy my creative urge. A few days back, I had got a free haul from ItsyBitsy and It has a stencil, silicon glue, glitter glue and a pigment inkpad in it. I wanted to try them for long and made many unsuccessful attempts. Today is the day when i finally got my hands on them and I made a card using the stencil, pigment pad and the silicon glue. I didn't get a chance to use the glitter glue but will make another project and use it.

Now to the card I have made. It is a shaker card with has the shaker elements inside a tag which I have mounted on the card. Making shaker cards is my thing and that combined with stenciling is like my new favorite technique. I love to stencil any opportunity I get.

Supplies:

1. White texture cardstock (220gsm)
2. Pink Cardstock (220gsm)
3. Chevron pattern paper in green and white from Eno Greetings
4. Sequins
5. Golden Micro beads ( Itsy Bitsy)
6. Green Satin ribbon ( Itsy Bitsy)
7. White Eyelet ( Itsy Bitsy)
8. Eyelet punch
9. Flat pearls in pink and white
10. Clear acetate sheet ( Itsy Bitsy)
11. Clear Stamp ( Kaisercraft- Best Friends)
12. Stencil ( Itsy Bitsy)
13. Black pigment inkpad ( Itsy Bitsy)
14. Distress inks ( Abandoned coral, spun sugar)
15. Ink blending tool
16. Score board
17. Foam mounting tape
18. Silicon glue ( Itsy Bitsy)
19. White adhesive or red tacky tape

Procedure:

• I started with making the base of my card using the textured white cardstock cut to standard A2 size( 5.5"by 4.25"). 

• Then, I took the pattern paper and adhered it to the card base in a offset manner using adhesive.
• Then for the shaker card, the tag is 3"by 3.5". I have cut the pink carstock and then using a stencil and distress inks, I created the background. I also cut some acetate sheet and front shaker window  frame to fit the tag. I have used silicon glue to attach acetate sheet to the shaker frame.

• I stamped the sentiment on the background using pigment Black inkpad, added sequins and gold microbeads and adhered the shaker frame using foam adhesive.

• Then I punched a hole and fixed a white eyelet on the tag. Used some green satin ribbon for the tag. I adhered the tag on the card using red tacky tape.

• Finished off the front, with some sequins and flat pearls using silicon adhesive.
• For the inside, I have added some pattern paper and stamped another sentiment from the same stamp set using pigment black ink.

That completes our card. I am putting my card up at Lulupu, Peek-a-boo, CWS , Happily Ever Crafter Giveaway, Ranganjali and Craft Stamper magazine.

Thank you all for reading my post and I hope you all liked it. Keep smiling and have a good day.

Friendship Explosion box

Hey guys
I am back with another project today. Since it all about friends this month, I have made a friendship explosion box. This one was for a client and a very quick make, I did steal a few pictures before dispatch. It requires very few supplies and I will give you a tutorial to make this one.

Supplies:

1. Cardstock
2. Pattern papers ( Papericious and Itsybitsy)
3. Embellishments
4. Scissors and trimmers
5. Adhesive
6. Scoring board and bone folder

Procedure:

1. I have made a 3"by 3"by 3"box. So start with a 9"by 9" heavyweignt cardstock. Score at 3"and 6". Then rotate the paper 90 degrees. Then score again at 3"and 6". 
   
2. Once done, bend then at all the score marks. Cut as shown in the image below.
3. Since this is a single layer box, I did not add more layers to it and out work is done for inside layering.
4. To make the lid, use a 6.1"by 6.1"paper. Score at 1.5"and 4.6". Rotate the paper by 90 degrees and score again at 1.5"and 4.6".
   
5. Once done, bend and cut as shown in the image below.
6. To add the small inner box, Repeat the procedure above but instead of 9"by 9" paper, start with 6"by 6"paper. Score at 2"and 4"and rotate by 90 degrees and score at 2"and 4".
   Once done, cut as shown in image to obtain the shape of box. 
   
7. For the lid, start with 4.1"by 4.1"paper. Score at 1"and 3.1"and rotate by 90 degrees and score at 1"and 3.1"'.
   
8. Once everything is ready, decorate it with your favorite pattern papers and embellishments and then assemble the box. I suggest so that you can apply good fore to adhere your paper and burnish your tapes. You cant exert much force after the box is assembled.
   
   
   
   
9. I have used pattern papers from Itsybitsy and Papericious. I have also added 3 photomats into the pockets. I have stamped on the photomats using Memento Tuxedo Black and Peek-a-boo stamp for photographs.
10.  I have also written few quotes from the internet about friendship and printed them on white cardstock. I did so because the stamps which I have were too big for the explosion box I made.
    
    
    
     
11. Once everything was embellished and ready, I went ahead and joined the boxes and lids. Finished the box with mulberry flowers, rhinestones, pearls, ribbon and Mdf cutout stamped with the sentiment. The stamp is from Fiskars petals from scratch stamp set.
    
    
    
    

Thats the tutorial for this little explosion box. You can decorate it the way you like with your choice of papers and embellishments. Thank you all for reading my post and have a great day.

I am going to put up my project at the monthly challenge at Papericious which has a moodboard with different items that inspire you. I was inspired by the ribbon, diecut, flowers and little microbeads. I have tried to incorporate those in my own way.

Happy Rakshabandhan Card

Hello everyone
I love this time of the year in India...its raining right now but festivals are on the horizon.For me of course, the celebrations start a bit early as I love rains. Super super excited about it...but thats not what I am posting today about.

The first festival to approach is Raksha Bandhan which is on 18th August and I am sure its really special for everyone who either has a brother. I have two elder sisters and never quite celebrated Raksha Bandhan but yet it is a special day because we would be busy with all the preparations at home as my maternal uncles would come home.
Well, this is the first card I made this year to celebrate Raksh Bandhan which is for a very special client.She wanted to send to her brother who stays away from her and so I had to do this card so early.

I have did distress ink blending to get a bright frame for the card using Shaded Lilac, Spun sugar, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Mermaid Lagoon, Seedless Preserves,Moved lawn and Crushed Olive.I added some white splatters to the card using some white acrylic colors. I then went ahead and make a shaker card which is filled with gold, silver, white and clear sequins. This is a pull out card and the message can be written on the hidden card inside.

 Lots of elements are added to this card like a paper Rakhi I made using punch out flowers and a quilled flower in the center. I finished the Rakhi with an embellishment in the center and attached a golden twine to it. You can also replace this with a real Rakhi for your brother and attach it to the card with a mild adhesive.
The sentiment I have used is from Peek-a-boo designs and I have stamped it using Memento Dye inks Grape jelly and Lilac roses.To give it a pop I did a gold edge to it using a gold fine tip pen. You can do embossing as well using gold embossing powder.

For the main frame of the card. I have used glitter paper cut outs from ItsyBitsy to give it a finished edge. I have filed the card with gold, iridescent, white, silver sequins and metallic micro-beads, I have made a shaker window in such a way that the center part of the card is adhered to the shaker portion and it creates a frame like look to the shaker window.

For the inside of the pullout card, I have added a red and gold tassel to the tag. At the bottom of the card I added a strip of the ink blended front card and a glitter strip.
I did some ink blending on the white cardstock using Shaded Lilac and Spun Sugar distress inks and stamped some leaves from Fiskars Petals from Scratch stamp set. I fussy cut them and then adhered them on the card. The other side is blank and you can write your messages there.

That finished our card. Its full of vibrant colors and glitter and sparkle and turned out exactly how my client asked me to do it. She was very happy when she saw it and I felt the time I spent making this card was worth it.

Supplies used:

• White cardstock
• Distress inks - Shaded Lilac, Spun sugar, Peacock Feathers, Squeezed Lemonade, Mermaid Lagoon, Seedless Preserves,Moved lawn and Crushed Olive.
• White glitter strips
• Stamps for Raksha'bandhan
• Yellow Glitter punch out flowers from Itsybitsy
• Ink blending tool
• Gold Thread
• Sequins and micro-beads
• Fiskars Petals from scratch stamp set
• Red and gold tassel
• White acrylic paint
• foam adhesive
• Acetate sheet
• Paper cutters,scissors and trimmers
• Strong adhesive 
• Gold fine tip pen
• Memento Dye inks Grape jelly and Lilac roses

I am entering this card at Peek-a -boo challenge of the month and Paru's card making challenge, Thank you all for reading my blog post and Happy Raksha bandhan to you all.

Baby Mobile Card

Hey guys
How have you been? I am a bit busy this week with some work commitments, but I am taking pictures of the projects before I dispatch them. I am not able to find time to blog about them as soon as I take pictures, so I am posting about them in between my work when i can find time. So, here is a Congrats card I made for someone who just had a baby. I am linking this card at Craft Stamper for the challenge of this month which is Anything Goes.

I made this card yellow and grey as I wasn't informed if it was boy or a girl and hence the color choice. This card has a gift envelope inside so it can carry your message as well as cash gift.

To make this card, I have used a 5.5"by 5.5"white cardstock for base. Then I went ahead and googled some elephant clipart to make the mobile. I found a one I liked and printed it to the size I wanted. Then after printing it, I tweaked it a little to make it look like the one in the card.

Once, I was happy with my elephant, I fussy cut it out. I took a white cardstock and added yellow polka dotted paper tape on it. I then traced my elephant 4 times on this piece of cardstock and then fussy them out. Then, to add the ears, I cut 4 hearts from Papericious Colour Celebration pattern paper. To make the mobile stand, i used the same pattern paper and used a black waterproof pen to make the threads. I adhered the elephant to the card using foam tape and added a flat pearl to finish the mobile. I have stamped the congrats sentiment from JustRite Clear Grand Handwritten Sentiments Stamp Set on white cardstock and layered it on the pattern paper. To finish the card, I added some yellow bakers twine and a thin strip of the Papericious Colour celebration pattern paper.

For the inside, I made a small envelope and added the swirly pattern and Best wishes Sentiment which re both from Inkadinkado Birthday Wishes Stamp Set. Secured the envelope using White Satin ribbon.For detailed Turorial for making the envelope, please refer my earlier post Congrats on your Engagement.

I want to remind you all about the giveaway running on my blog till 28th July. Please visit the post One Lakh Blogviews and Giveaway to know how to participate in the giveaway.

Thank you for reading my post and hope you all liked it.

Supplies used:

1. White cardstock
2. Papericious Colour Celebration pattern paper
3. Yellow polka Dotted paper tape
4. Black waterproof finetip pen
5. Memento Dye inks- Tuxedo Black and Dandelion
6. Yellow Baker's Twine
7. Scotch foam adhesive
8. Red tacky tape
9. Martha Stewart Scoring borad
10. Scissors
11. JustRite Clear Grand Handwritten Sentiments Stamp Set.
12. Inkadinkado Birthday Wishes Stamp Set.
13. Satin Ribbon from ItsyBitsy.

Hexagonal newspaper basket with a lid

Hello guys

I am uploading pictures of yet another basket that I have made. This basket is also made with newspaper tubes and colored with acrylic colors. I have embellished this one with flat pearls and some critters from ItsyBitsy.

 For tutorials you can visit my previous posts. I am not posting a specific tutorial here as the procedure is similar to the earlier baskets. The only change is that I have added few embellishments.

Thank you all for reading my post and have a Happy Monday. 

Newspaper Basket for Tissue Napkins

Hello guys

I am back today with yet another newspaper basket. This one is incredibly easy one to make and it was custom made for one of my clients. I did it in a record time of 2 days and that includes varnishing the basket.

I do not have much pictures of this basket as the client was in a big hurry and I had no time to take appropriate pictures. I randomly clicked some from my mobile phone and got only two pics which were ok and I uploaded them here on my blog.

 I have detailed tutorials on my other posts. I am just going to give a summary about how I made this one. I started off by making some newspaper tubes and started coiling them around a pen. Did 16 small circular discs for the sides, joined 4 discs together to get the sides of the basket.Then I went ahead and did the base by coiling the tubes in a square style. After I achieved the desired size, I attached the sides to the base and then added an additional coil around the base to hold off the sides.

Once the basket was done, I gave it a glue wash and dried it, and repeated the process. Once thoroughly dried, I went ahead and painted my basket with Fevicryl acrylic colors. Then to finish it gave it 2 coats of Asian Paint Aquadur PU varnish.
Thats all and my basket was ready. this one is very easy to make. I would maybe leave this basket near the door entrance to leave my keys there,...just a thought. I would like to remind you all about the Giveaway on my blog which will be running till 27th July and you all can participate in it. Just read the post about giveaway and follow the steps.
Thank you all for reading my post and have a good day.