Red Gaddi Box | Gift Box | Chocolate Box | Cash Gift Box

Hello guys
Today I have a new colors of gaddi box for you. I made 25 of these as a custom order for a wedding ceremony. Though the original purpose of this was to accommodate money bundles.....I however feel it will be an apt gift box or chocolate box. Previously I had 3 colors available in this and I am so glad to include the 4th color this time. You can click here to go to the previous post.

To make these boxes, I have used 300 gsm white cardstock. The beautiful printed papers are from ItsyBitsy from L'Amour collection.The the ribbons, chipboard embellishments and most of the flowers are from Itsybitsy as well. I have gold heat embossed the chipboard embellishments using Ranger Gold embossing powder.I have also added diecut leaves using Curvy Leaves Die from Elizabeth craft designs.

This box is big enough to hold !00 notes of INR 2000....thts a lot of money to gift someone. That is it from me today....I hope you all liked it. Thank you for visiting me and have a great week ahead.

Gaddi Boxes/ Money Boxes/ Gift Boxes

Hello guys
Today I have few boxes for you. I made 60 of these as a custom order for a wedding ceremony. Though the original purpose of this was to accommodate money bundles.....I however feel it will be an apt gift box or chocolate box. Here are the 3 designs I made...I took the pictures at the very end when only few boxed were left to be packed.

To make these boxes, I have used 300 gsm white cardstock. The beautiful printed papers are from ItsyBitsy from L'Amour collection.

The the ribbons, chipboard embellishments and few flowers are from Itsybitsy as well. I have gold heat embossed the chipboard embellishments using Ranger Gold embossing powder. The big roses and poppies, rose buds and micro roses are from Crafters Corner.I have also added diecut leaves using Curvy Leaves Die from Elizabeth craft designs.

The box has ribbon as well as magnetic closures at the sides...because it was a money box...I added extra closure.

That is it from me today....I hope you all liked it. Thank you for visiting me and have a great week ahead.

Best Wishes - Tri Fold Money envelope/ Card -3

Hey guys
How are you all doing? Here I have a money envelope again for you all which is perfect for any occasion. I have a Best Wishes sentiment which is very generic and can be used for weddings, festivals or any other occasion. This is the third design in this line and I have a few more to share with you all.

In size while the envelope/card is 7" by 3.5" in size and is a 3 fold envelope. There is a small pocket to hold the money and the center part is empty to add our message. The top part is left empty and we can keep it that way or add a nice poem or some stamping depending on the occasion. Here are some close up shots of the envelope.

I am putting this project at the following blog challenges:

ScrapyLand challenge#71 - Anything Goes - I have used Elizabeth Craft Designs die.

DLART August Linky challenge - Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 fun challenge#96- Lace/ Ribbons

HLS August Anything goes with a Die challenge

Inky chicks challenge#86 - use a sentiment instead of an image.

Supplies used:

1. Ranger White heat embossing powder
2. Ranger Superfine black heat embossing powder
3. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
4. Versamark watermark inkpad
5. Beige cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
6. L'amour Paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
7. Chipboard elements - Round Ornate Frame (ItsyBitsy) 
8. White sakura flowers - The Craft Studio
9. Tim holtz Distressing Tool
10. Rose Buds - Adornos
11. Small Roses - The Craft Studio
12. Big open roses - Itsybitsy
13. Sentiment - Geometric Nature stamp set - Mudra craft stamps
14. Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die
15. Silicon Glue (ItsyBitsy)
16. White Adhesive
17. White 1" Satin ribbon (ItsyBitsy)
18. Cheesecloth

Best Wishes- Tri Fold Money Envelope/ Card -2

Hey guys
How are you all doing? Here I have a money envelope again for you all which is perfect for any occasion. I have a Best Wishes sentiment which is very generic and can be used for weddings, festivals or any other occasion. This is the second design in this line and I have a few more to share with you all.

I am putting this project up at

1. ScrapyLand challenge#71 - Anything Goes - I have used Elizabeth Craft Designs die.
2. Allsorts of challenge blog - Week 426 - Photo Inspiration - The colors and flowers in the pic have been an inspiration for the color scheme for my envelope.
3. DLART August Linky challenge - Anything Goes
4. Inkychicks Challenge #86 - Use sentiment instead of an image.
5. WordArtWednesday Week # 294 - 295 - Anything Goes
6. Modsquadchallengeblog - The Wing's The Thing - I have Butterfly as my focal point.

In size while the envelope/card is 7" by 3.5" in size and is a 3 fold envelope. There is a small pocket to hold the money and the center part is empty to add our message. The top part is left empty and we can keep it that way or add a nice poem or some stamping depending on the occasion. Here are some close up shots of the envelope.

Supplies used:

1. Ranger White heat embossing powder
2. Ranger Tinsel Gold heat embossing powder
3. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
4. Versamark watermark inkpad
5. Red cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
6. Daisies - Jasmine Siddhiqui
7. L'amour Paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
8. Chipboard elements - Garden Butterfly (ItsyBitsy) 
9. White sakure flowers - The Craft Studio
10. Tim holtz Distressing Tool
11. Rose Buds - Adornos
12. Sentiment - Geometric Nature stamp set - Mudra craft stamps
13. Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die
14. Silicon Glue (ItsyBitsy)
15. White Adhesive
16. White 1" Satin ribbon (ItsyBitsy)

Best Wishes- Money Envelope -1

Hello everyone
How are you all doing? I was on a small vacation from 27th to 30th to celebrate my Birthday.....fully energized and now back to work. So, here I have a money envelope for you all which is perfect for any occasion. I have a Best Wishes sentiment which is very generic and can be used for weddings, festivals or any other occasion.

In size while the envelope is 7" by 3.5" in size and is a 3 fold envelope. There is a small pocket to hold the money and the center part is empty to add our message. The top part is left empty and we can keep it that way or add a nice poem or some stamping. Here are some close up shots of the envelope.

Supplies used:

1. Ranger White heat embossing powder
2. Ranger Tinsel Gold heat embossing powder
3. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
4. Versamark watermark inkpad
5. Ash grey cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
6. Wils open roses - yellow - Itsybitsy
7. L'amour Paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
8. Chipboard elements - Scroll Borders (ItsyBitsy) 
9. Cheesecloth
10. Tim holtz Distressing Tool
11. Blue white rose - Personal stash
12. Rose Buds - Adornos
13. Small Blue roses - ItsyBitsy
14. Sentiment - Geometric Nature stamp set - Mudra craft stamps
15. Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die
16. Silicon Glue (ItsyBitsy)
17. White Adhesive
18. White 1" Satin ribbon (ItsyBitsy)

Thank you for reading this post. Have a nice day.

Happy Rakshabandan - Shabby Chic Money Envelope and Gift Box (Pink)

Hello everyone

How are you all today? I hope you all are having a fab week. So I have yet another Gift box with a matching Envelope for the upcoming festival Raksha Bandhan. This is the second one I have made and its similar to the first one with the only difference being the color of the project.  

Importance of Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu secular festival which is a celebration of sibling love and to be very specific Brother- Sister bond. Raksha Bandhan in Sanskrit literally means "the tie or knot of protection". The word Raksha means protection, while Bandhan is the verb to tie. On this day, The sister comes to Brother’s house and ties a sacred thread (Rakhi or an amulet)on this wrist in turn seeking protection from all evil for a lifetime. This is followed with a prayer or a song while putting red vermillion dot (Tilak) on his forehead and performing Aarti . An aarti is nothing but  a tray with lighted lamp which ritually rotated  clockwise around the brother's face, along with the prayer and well wishes.She then feeds him sweets which traditionally are ladoos, barfis and pedas (Indian Sweets)and in the recent times we feed them Chocolates and sometimes even diet sweets….lol. In return, along with the promise to protect her all her life, the brother also gives her gifts and money.

My husband has 2 sisters (1^st cousins) and they would be coming over for Raksha Bandhan to my house and for them I have made this money envelope and a gift box to add a small gift and some money.

The box is 5" by 5" by 3" in size while the envelope is 7" by 3.5" in size and is a 3 fold envelope. The is a belly band to hold the money and the center part is empty to add our message. The top part is left empty and we can keep it that way or add a nice poem or some stamping. Here are some close up shots of the envelope.

I am putting this project up at

1. Addicted to Stamps and more challenge#250 - Photo Inspiration (Got inspired by the colors in this photo)

Supplies used:

1. Ranger White heat embossing powder
2. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
3. Versamark watermark inkpad
4. Pink cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
5. Green cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
6. J'ardin Paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
7. Chipboard elements (ItsyBitsy) 
8. Tsukineko Radiant Neon Pigment Ink Pad Quad Warm
9. Kraft cardstock 270gsm  (ItsyBitsy)
10. Sequins - Sugar Plum Mix and Yellow (Mudra)
11. Small roses (1cm) - Nikita More
12. Violet flower - ItsyBitsy
13. Rose Buds - Nikita More
14. White Sakura flowers - Nikita More
15. Sugar Pollen - ItsyBitsy
16. Rakshabandhan stamp - Peek a boo designs - Happy stamp set
17. Happy stamp - Petals From Scratch Card Sentiments Clear Acrylic Stamp Set by Fiskars Stamps
18. Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die
19. Silicon Glue (ItsyBitsy)
20. White Adhesive
21. White 1" Satin ribbon (ItsyBitsy)
22. Pink roses (ItsyBitsy)

Happy Rakshabandan - Shabby Chic Money Envelope and Gift Box.

Hello everyone

I hope you all are having a fab week. I have a new project to share with you all today and it’s the first time I have made something like this.  Here I have Money Envelope with a Gift Box which I have made for the upcoming Indian festival Raksha Bandhan. 

Importance of Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu secular festival which is a celebration of sibling love and to be very specific Brother- Sister bond. Raksha Bandhan in Sanskrit literally means "the tie or knot of protection". The word Raksha means protection, while Bandhan is the verb to tie. On this day, The sister comes to Brother’s house and ties a sacred thread (Rakhi or an amulet)on this wrist in turn seeking protection from all evil for a lifetime. This is followed with a prayer or a song while putting red vermillion dot (Tilak) on his forehead and performing Aarti . An aarti is nothing but  a tray with lighted lamp which ritually rotated  clockwise around the brother's face, along with the prayer and well wishes.She then feeds him sweets which traditionally are ladoos, barfis and pedas (Indian Sweets)and in the recent times we feed them Chocolates and sometimes even diet sweets….lol. In return, along with the promise to protect her all her life, the brother also gives her gifts and money.

My husband has 2 sisters (1^st cousins) and they would be coming over for Raksha Bandhan to my house and for them I have made this money envelope and a gift box to add a small gift and some money.

The box is 5" by 5" by 3" in size while the envelope is 7" by 3.5" in size and is a 3 fold envelope. The is a belly band to hold the money and the center part is empty to add our message. The top part is left empty and we can keep it that way or add a nice poem or some stamping. Here are some close up shots of the envelope.

I am putting this project up at

1. Craft stamper magazine - Take it Make it July
2. CWS Challenge #16 - Celebrate  (I have made a this project to celebrate Indian festival RakshaBandhan. )
3. HLS - Anything goes with Dies - July 2017 (I have incorporated leaf dies in my project )
4. Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Week 27 - Anything Goes
5. Scrapy Land Challenge #69 - Anything Goes (I have used Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die)
6. Word Art Wednesday Week #290-291 - Anything Goes

Supplies used:

1. Ranger White heat embossing powder
2. Wow heat embossing gun  (ItsyBitsy)
3. Versamark watermark inkpad
4. Violet cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
5. Green cardstcock 250gsm (ItsyBitsy)
6. J'ardin Paper pack (ItsyBitsy)
7. Chipboard elements (ItsyBitsy) 
8. Memento Grape Jelly dye ink
9. White cardstock 270gsm  (ItsyBitsy)
10. Sequins - Sugar Plum Mix and Yellow (Mudra)
11. Small roses (1cm) - Nikita More
12. Brown Poppies - Crafter's Corner
13. Rose Buds - Nikita More
14. White Sakura flowers - Nikita More
15. Sugar Pollen - ItsyBitsy
16. Rakshabandhan stamp - Peek a boo designs - Happy stamp set
17. Happy stamp - Petals From Scratch Card Sentiments Clear Acrylic Stamp Set by Fiskars Stamps
18. Elizabeth Craft Design Curvy Leaves Die
19. Silicon Glue (ItsyBitsy)
20. White Adhesive
21. Violet 1" Satin ribbon (ItsyBitsy)
22. Yellow roses (ItsyBitsy)

Happy Easter Handmade card

Hello everyone
I am back with a handmade card today and after really long. I haven't made any cards in the last few months and so I am really excited to share this one with you all. Since Easter is on the horizon, I have made a shabby chic Easter card.

I am putting my card up at monthly competitions at:-
1 Addicted to stamps challenge#236

2 Allsorts challenge Blog Week 410 - Bring on the bling

3 Cards and more challenge #181 - Easter cards

4 Craft Stamper - Take it Make it April

5 Creative Artiste Challeneg#25

6 Cute Card Thursday Challenge #472

7 Inky chicks Challenge #81

8 Lets Craft and Create Challenge #124

9 Paru's Card Making Challenge

10 Petal Lu Challeneg#35

11 Scrapping$fun Challenge# 87

12 Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge week 14

13 The Ribbon Girl April Challenge

14 Scrappy Land Challenge #63- Used die from Elizabeth Craft Design

15 Try it on tuesday # Botanical

I have used a lot of products to make this one and am simply in love with the result. The papers used for the card are from Eno Greetings and Papericious. I have done a little stenciling using a very pretty Roses stencil from Prima Marketing. The egg is fussy but by me since I didn't have a die for it. The stamp used for the sentiment is partly from a local store while the EASTER is handwritten using a finetip waterproof Black pen.

I added some delicate leaves using Elizabeth craft designs die and some mulberry flowers which are from different stores. The laces and trims are from local store and Itsybitsy. I did dry brush some Art Basics Heavy white gesso on some flowers and other places.

 I have distressed the edges and added some sparkle using clear sparkle powder from Crafters corner. I have also used Wink of stella at some places. The little gold bird is from Papericious chippies and is heat embossed using Tinsel Gold from Ranger.Finally, I finished the card by added few  sequins and splatters of gold and white acrylic paints.

List of Supplies:-
1 White cardstock - Itsybitsy
2 shades of green cardstock - Itsybitsy
3 Pattern paper for background - Eno Greetings
4 Pattern paper for Egg - Papericious Flora Season
5 Roses Stencil - Prima Marketing
6 Pink color splash - Itsybitsy- To add Pink tinge to the texture paste used for stenciling
7 Embossing/ Texture paste - Art Basics Prima Marketing
8 White Gesso - Art Basics - Prima Marketing
9 White fun foam to add dimensions - Local Store
10 Leaves die - Elizabeth Craft Designs
11 Mulberry flowers - Crafters corner, The Craftshop, Local stores
12 Jute twine - Itsybitsy
13 Laces and trims - Local store and Itsybitsy
14 Clear sequins - Crafters corner
15 Gold sequins- Itsybitsy
16 Silicon glue - Itsybitsy
17 Clear Sparkle dust - Crafters corner
18 Wink of stella - Crafters corner
19 Tim Holtz Distressing tool- Crafters corner
20 Bird Chippies - Papericious
21 Versamark - Crafters corner
22 Tinsel Gold - Crafters corner
23 Wow Heat gun - Itsybitsy
24 White and gold acrylic paints

I hope you liked my card. Thank you so much for visiting me.

Junk Journal Cover

Hello all you wonderful people
I made something today and want to share the same with you all. I love junk journals and have been making them ever since I was 12. So as per routine, I made one for myself this year and a separate one to record my work....so twice the fun I must say. But then I caught up with work and forgot to decorate the cover.
I am putting this up at Scrapping4fun challenge#86
I found some leisure time on my hands today and decided to decorate my journal cover with some scraps of papers lying about with me like for ever and few holographic sequins which I am sure must be atleast 10 years old......really old stash....We buy and then forget to use them. So after carefully sorting out the good ones from the spoilt ones.....I used them to decorate my cover.....lol....

 I used scraps of papers from Papericious Color Conception paper pack which were lying with me for very long. I do not throw away anything and I have pattern paper scraps lying with me all the time. So, I made the most of it. The flowers are from scraps of cardstocks which is again something I hoard and refuse to throw away. I diecut the flowers using Sizziz dies and the leafy flourish is from Elizabeth Craft Designs Leafy Branch 2.

Did some matting and added details in the center. I added some old sequins and splatters of white paint to bring everything together.
Simple and quick. I did this is 30 mins...and I am super happy with the result. I hope you all like it as much as I do.
Thank you for reading this post and have a great week ahead.