Happy birthday - With just a pop of orange

Hello guys
I dunt know why but i am just hooked on to handmade card.....everyday I wake up with something new buzzing in my head and I can't rest until its done. July for me marks the beginning of Birthday season for me and I have a lot of Birthdays lined up....so I decided to stock up on my cards so that I have enough to send to everyone I know.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Paru's Card making Challenges - July - Happy Birthday
2. Scrapping4fun Challenge #94- Birthday
3. The Flower Challenge#10 - Embossing Dry/Heat
4. HLS July CAS card - Birthday
5. Addicted to CAS challenge #115 - Summer - My card has summer bright colors
6. Addicted to stamps and more challenge #251 - Anything Goes
7. Double D challenge - A pop of color with Black and White - I have my inspiration from the moodboard.

Its a fairly simple card and took me 1 hour to make it considering that I colored the flower with watercolor pencils. Though, I did use water to blend them initially and so I started with a watercolor cardstock. But then, I was very unhappy with the blending and went back again with the pencils and did some shading on the flower..

 So, I heat embossed the flower and colored it with my pencils. I then fussy cut it out and kept it aside ready to mount on the panel. For the front panel, I stamped the leaf from the same stamp set several times using dye ink. I added a little black thread and on top adhered my flower. I glued this panel to a black cardstock making sure it was peeking out from 2 sides only. I added this to my chrome yellow standard A2 size cardbase. I finished my card with the sentiment stamped on vellum and added it to the front of the flower and sprinkled some clear sequins. I hope you liked my simple card with a pop of orange.

Supplies used:

1. Watercolor cardstock
2. Geometic Nature - Mudra Craft stamps
3.  Sequins- Clear- Mudra stamps
4. Black cardstock- 270gsm - A1 Craft
5. Chrome Yellow cardstock - 270 gsm
6. Watercolor pencils - FaberCastle
7. Momento Tuxedo Black Dye ink- The Craft shop
8. Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
9. Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
10. Wow gold Embossing powder - ItsyBitsy
11. Versamark - ItsyBitsy
12. Vellum - ItsyBitsy
13. Black thread

Happy Birthday - Geometric flower card

Hello guys
So today I have a handmade card which is again inspiration driven and here is the picture which inspired me to make this card. I was going through Pinterest for some inspiration for a project and I saw this picture. I was so driven by it that I decided to make a card.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Paru's Card making Challenges - July - Happy Birthday
2. Polkadoodles Week#28 - Anything Goes
3. Scrapping4fun Challenge #94- Birthday
4. SimonSaysStamp - Monday challenge - Distress it.
5. YNS color challenge#68 - I have used Pale pink, Bright pink and Green color.
6. Color Throwdown #451
7. DLART July Linky challenge
8. DLART Thankful thursday #208 - Anything Goes
9. The Flower Challenge#10 - Embossing Dry/Heat
10. HLS July CAS card - Birthday

It took me a while to make this as all the flowers and leaves are stamped and heat embossed on a watercolor cardstock and then individually watercolored using Distress inks. I fussy cut everything out and kept them aside while I readied my card base.

For the base, I started with a white cardstock(270gsm) cut to standard A2 size. I cut a frame out from the front of this cardbase leaving a 1/2"border for the frame. Then, I arranged and adhered my flowers and leaves on the front panel. Then, I added a piece of clear acetate behind my frame and secured everything.

On the inside, I added Kraft cardstock which was splattered with white acrylic paint and heat embossed sentiment which I glued behind my front panel. I finished my card with few sequins and a coat of wink of stellar sparkle on the flowers and leaves. I hope you all like liked my card.

Supplies used:

1. White cardstock (270gsm) - Itsybitsy
2. Kraft cardstock (270gsm) 
3. Watercolor cardstock (250gsm) - Personal Stash
4. Distress inks - Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive and Cracked pistachio
5. Mudra stamps- Geometric Nature
6. Mudra stamps - Sequins -Sugar Plum Mix and Harvest Mix
7. Watercoloring Brush
8. White Acrylic Paint
9. Ranger heat embossing powder - Superfine White 
10. Versamark watermark inkpad
11. Wow Heat gun
12. Ranger multi medium matte
13. Clear Acetate sheet - Itsybitsy
14. Wink of stella - Clear

Sending you Joy - Handmade card

Hello everyone
I am back with another Christmas card for you all...following the Christmas in July theme. So this one is a pretty simple card but took me some time as I did a little watercoloring.....

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #248 - Holiday
2. Cute Card Thursday Challenge -#284 - Anything Goes
3. DLART June Linky Challenge - Anything goes
4. Inky Chicks Challenge #85 - Christmas 
5. Word Art Wednesday  Challenge #288-289 - Anything Goes
6. Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

I started with a Off white cardstock cut to 41/4"by 5 1/2". On this I did some ink blending using crushed olive distress ink. I dried it with my heat gun and then I did some stamping with Cottage Ivy memento dye ink using leaf like stamp. This stamp is actually from Mudra Christmas decor stamp set and I used the deer stamp and the horn part of it which looks like mistletoe to stamp. 

Then, I turned the cardstock over and did some stamping using music notes stamp from Sheena Douglas Festive stamps -A Little Bit Festive A6 Stamp Set - Christmas Elements Stamp set using Memento Rick Cocoa dye ink. I stamped it repetitively until my entire front was covered. Then I snipped the edge and made it took like it was torn. I trimmed the cardstock  by 1/4" on the vertical side and mounted this on a gold glitter cardstock strip which was just 1"wide and 51/2"long. I then added this panel to a grey A2 size cardbase. I just wrote JOY sentiment using some watercolor pencils. 

Now, was the fun part where I heat embossed and then watercolored the poinsettia like flower which is from Mudra Simply Floral stamp set. I have watercolored using Abandoned Coral and Candied Apple distress ink. I fussy cut it and added it to the card front. Finished my card with beautiful shiny gold sequins from Mudra Stamps and a little Clear Wink of Stella on my flower.

I hope you like my card.

Supplies used :-

1. Grey 220gsm cardstock
2. Christmas decor - Mudra Stamps
3. Sequins- Gold - Mudra stamps
4. Sheena Douglas Festive stamps -A Little Bit Festive A6 Stamp Set - Christmas Elements Stamp
5. Off White Cardstock 220gsm
6. Gold glitter paper- Itsybitsy
7. Versamark - ItsyBitsy
8. Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
9. Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
10.  Ranger Superfine White Embossing powder - The craft shop
11. Simply Floral - Mudra Stamps
12. Distress inks - Abandoned Coral ,Candied Apple and Crushed Olive
13. Cottage Ivy Memento Dye Ink
14. Watercolor brush
15. Black Watercolor Pencil

Thanks for all you have done.

Hello everyone

Today I have a new card for you all and this one is made for a Doctor..... The patient wanted me to make a colorful card for her doctor just to express how colorful her life is now after he healed her.....so on the inside it says "for all you have done"

I would like to put this card up at the following challenges

1. Dl.ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Simon says stamp - Wednesday challenge- Emboss It
3. Word Art Wednesday#288 289
4. Mudra Challenge#10 - Triple Time Stamping
5. HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
6. Cute Card Thursday #482 - pinks
7. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge#206 - Patriotic/ Thank you card
8. Scrapyland challenge#68 - Embossing

I used the embossed resist technique for making this card. I white heat embossed all my little roses and leaves which are from the Mudra Wishing You stamp set. then I did a little distress ink blending using Spun sugar, Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron.

I made a triple stamped card by diecutting 3 dies from Sspellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels 1. Then, I also diecut white cardstock using same dies. The then trimmed the diecuts I cut from my front panel so that I could add them on the white mats. The largest one is flat, while the second one has a little dimension to it while the smallest has dimension foam behind it. I layed the entire panel on silver glitter cardstcok and then mounted everything on white standard A2 size cardbase (270gsm).

I added the sentiment on clear vellum with Black Achival ink and cut little banner ends. Finished my card with lots of sequins which are all from Mudra. My client requested a lot of sparkle and sequins and I was more than happy to oblige.......

Supplies used :-

1 Iris White 220gsm cardstock
2 Thanks - Mudra Stamps
3 Distress inks- Spun Sugar Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Cirton- ItsyBitsy
4 Wishing you - Mudra stamps
5 Sequins- Sugar Plum Mix, Harvest Mix and Clear - Mudra stamps
6 White cardstock- 270gsm - A1 Craft
7 Silver glitter paper- Itsybitsy
8 Black Archival ink- The Craft shop
9 Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
10 Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
11 Ranger Superfine White Embossing powder - The craft shop
12 Versamark - ItsyBitsy
13 Clear Vellum - ItsyBitsy
14 Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels One - ItsyBitsy
15 Foam dimension

Wishing you Safe Travels - See through shaker card.

Hello all  you wonderful people
Today I have a card for you. I have got really addicted to watercoloring technique and am making as many as I can. So this card is again for a special reason....I have a workout friend who is leaving for USA forever and Monday is her last last with us. So this one is for you Upasana.... I have know her only for a month...and got attached to her...you just connect so easily with some people. She was all emotional and so I have used a sentiment very carefully for this card.....I cleverly swapped a Farewell or W'll miss you with a "Wishing you Safe Travels"

The inspiration for this card comes from Tulle Shaker Cards by Jennifer Mcguire and you can know more about this by clicking the link HERE. I really loved the way she used Tulle...but I have used Clear acetate instead. So this my first try at this type of shaker card and it surely is fun.

I am putting this card up at

1. Dl.ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Addicted to stamps and more- Challenge #246 - Anything Goes
3. Penny Black and more challenges- June- Anything Goes
4. The Ribbon Girl- June card challenge-Anything goes
5. Simon says stamp - Wednesday challenge- Emboss It
6. Word Art Wednesday#287 287
7. Craft Addition Challenge - challenge #6 - Flowers flowers and yet more flowers
8. Papericious June challenge- Try something new - This is my first attempt at such see through shaker card
9. HLS June Watercolor Challenge - optional twist Masking
10. Paru's Card making Challenge June- Interactive

So more on to my card, I stamped and heat embossed some flowers, buds and leaves on a watercolor cardstock using some Clear embossing powder. I used distress inks to watercolors all my images and once they dried, I fussy cut them out.

 To make this panel, I started with a standard A2 size card base(A) and 1 white cardstock piece cut to A2 size (B). I stacked them and arranged my spellbinders die and ran it thrice through my bigshot. Then, I cut a acetate sheet bigger than my frame and box folded it in half (Basically it helped me to give room for the shaker elements to move freely inside the window  I have just folded the acetate instead of using 2 pieces so there is no tape on the exposed side. Also, I gave it a small 1/8" gap between the 2 folds lining my edges. I hope I am able to convey well. Rest 3 sides are sealed with dimension foam..) I filled my window with some fun sequins, flowers and clear sparkle from Papericious and then sealed it with foam tape on 3 sides. I adhered this shaker window to my A panel carefully so that one no foam tape is visible from any where and the shaker window is correctly lined up on the edge. The frame is rhombus in shape but the shaker panel is square inside.

Then added more foam tape everwhere else and added the B part over it carefully.I added little black splatters on the front panel using black watercolor and then started layering my flowers and leaves. I did stamp my buds with Memento Dye ink by masking off the flowers and buds and quickly watercolored them as well.
Finished my card with the sentiment stamped with Black dye ink on white cardstock and sqeuins.
I hope you all like my card and will try it out.

That finished my card. I have a small shaker video for it and you can watch it to see how fun this is.

Supplies used :-

1 Watercolor cardstock
2 Clear Acetate - ItsyBitsy
3 Distress inks- Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet for the flowers and bud                                             and Crushed olive and Twisted Cirton for the leaves- ItsyBitsy
4 Simply Floral - Mudra stamps
5 Sequins- Sugar Plum Mix - Mudra stamps
6 White cardstock- 270gsm - A1 Craft
7 Sequins flower
8 Momento Tuxedo Black Dye ink- The Craft shop
9 Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
10 Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
11 Ranger Superfine Clear Embossing powder - The craft shop
12 Versamark - ItsyBitsy
13 Wishing - Mudra stamps
14 Spellbinders Nestabilites Scalloped Labels One - ItsyBitsy
15 Papericious clear Sparkle and white sequins.
16 Camel watercolors

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.

Baby Girl Stroller Gift box

Hi guys.

   I have made a Gift box which looks like a baby stroller. You can pack gifts for the new born on baby shower, baby announcement or any occasion you can think of. Now earlier I had made one for a baby boy....this time its for a baby girl. this gift box is almost 18"in height and the dimensions is 14" x  8" approximately in length and breadth.

I am putting up my project at Craft stamper Magazine  and Petal Lu Challenge #31.

  For tutorial, you can visit my earlier post which is very elaborate Click on this link to go to Baby Stroller Gift Box for the tutorial. However if you guys want a video tutorial for the same, do let me know and I will be happy to do one for you.

This gift box took me 2 days approximately to complete as it is a big one and has tone of details to be added to it. I hope you all like it and would try to make a similar one at home.

Supplies used:

1.  Mount-boards or Cardboard (3)
2.  Scissors
3.  Cutters with sharp blades
4. Fevicol or white strong glue
5. Fevibond or silicon glue
6. Kangaroo 1 hole punch
7. Crafting mat
8. Ruler
9.  Compass to draw circles
10.  Pencils
11. Small tip glue tube
12. Binder clips or clothes pin
13. Level meter
14. Chart paper or any handmade paper for wheels ( big sheets in 3 colors of your choice I each. 110 gsm)
15. Heavy Card-stock (220- 250 gsm )
16. Embellishments
17. Eyelets
18. Eyelets punch
19. Wooden or acrylic beads
20. Satin ribbon
21. Glitter foam sheet
22. Kite paper or tissue paper
23. Needle and thread
24. Glitter paper flowers
25. Pearls
26. Rhinestone flowers
27. Wooden beads
28. Lace/ Trims
29. Welcome stamp and Archival ink

To make the movable shutter, I have sewed the pieces of the strips to one another in such a fashion that they pieces do not get apart completely. All the pieces of the shutter are held together with a homemade brad.....its simple .....just use button with 2 holes and a thick wire. Pass the wire through the holes of the button and its ready to work like a brad. I covered the exposed end of the wires using a glitter flower with pearl on the center.

  The shutters are decorated with glitter flowers from Itsybitsy and Pink lace trim also from Itsybitsy. I punched a hole in the center of first shutter and added a pink eyelet to it. I then passed the same pink trip and added 3 wooden beads to it....this helps to add some weight on the shutter and keeps it stay put rather than sliding back.

  Finally, I decorate the edges and wheels with thin strips of pink glitter foam. Adds a little interest an color at the same time. The sentiment used is from Mudra stamps and I have heat embossed it using Ranger black embossing powder. Matted it and mounted it using some foam tape.

  This gift box has movable shutter and fixed wheels. You can add an handle to it if you want but I haven't added it purposefully to enable easy access to the gifts.
I am adding the youtube video link below to view the complete gift box. I hope you guys will like it.

Thank you for reading this post and I hope you all will like this.

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.