Shabby Chic Cards with Little birdie crafts flowers

Hello guys

 Sharing some handmade cards today....these are very dimensional in my fav style...shabby chic. I also made some very dimensional envelopes to hold these cards.....super fun to look at. 

These cards are 6" by 6" in size and the envelopes are same size with 1" thickness. I used beautiful flowers from Little birdie crafts along with the laces and glitter papers.

The shaker window is filled with sequins, glitter dots, pearls and glitter all from ItsyBitsy along with the die used to diecut the glittery golden wreath.

Hope you all like it.

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)

Wedding Card with a Box

Hello everyone
I am terribly sorry for not writing any sooner. Was working on this big order and it had occupied most of my time and the rest I was indulging myself with Diwali celebrations. I am still in hurry and so this will be a short a sweet post. My new project is wedding cards with an easel opening box attached to the card itself.

The dimensions for this box is 7.5" by 5.5" and 1" thickness. There are 2 leaflets or this card and they are 5.75" by 3.75".
These are multiple layers of cardstock which was used to create layering effect as well as to add to the sturdiness of the card. The first leaflet is adhered tot he face of the box and the second is hidden in the pocket behind the first card. I have added an eyelet as well as some red organza ribbon and gold pearl string as a makeshift tassel.

I have incorporated white gold pearl cardstock which are 270 gsm and Red cardstock 250 gsm to build the entire card. I have created my own background using WOW gold embossing powder, WOW embossing gun and Versamark inkpad. I did some repetitive stamping using a single stamp to create the background effect. I have used the flourish from the Vintologic stamp set from hampton art for this purpose.

To create the easel box, I have used chipboard and White iris cardstock. I center box is 6.5" by 4.5" in size and 0.75" in height. I have used gold net fabric to cover the entire box and then added a white gold pearl paper as the base inside the box. The bottom of the box is chipboard which is covered with pearl paper and then layered with red cardstock. For the opening of the box, I have used some white iris cardstock to create the hinges.

The card is completed with a simple red organza ribbon, Mft die cut florishes with are glitter gold embossed and a gold bead.

This box is held by magnets.

That's all the information about this project.

I am putting up this project at Mod Squad Challenge Blog and Ranganjali.

Supplies:

White Gold Pearl paper 250gsm - Paramount, A. R street, Mumbai

Red cardstock 250 gsm - Jasmine Siddhiqui (Kraftily Konnect)

White iris cardstock 270gsm -Neha Gala (A1 craft)

Red organza ribbon -Pooja (Borivali)

Gold Beads- nupam stores (Borivali)

MFT Flourish diecuts - Dies and bishot curtesy Neha Gala (A1 Craft)

Eyelets -Itsybitsy

Gold Net fabric - Pooja (Borivali)

Wow Rich Metallic gold embossing powder - Itsybitsy

Wow Heat embossing gun - Itsybitsy

Ranger Gold Tinsel - Anupam (Borivali)

Stampset - Crafter corner

Versamark - Neha Gala (A1 craft)

Red tacky tape - Itsybitsy, Jasmine siddhiqui, Neha Gala

E- 6000 - Anupam (Borivali)

Aleene Tacky Glue - Crafter corner

Magnets - Anupam (Borivali)

Thank you for visiting me. I hope you liked this project.