How to make Handmade Christmas Cards - Tutorial | DIY

Hey guys
Today I have a tutorial to make Christmas cards.....which are in non traditional colors. I wanted to give this feel of snow and so I have used really pastel shades of Blue, lilac and grey but I gave into the feel of Christmas and used Gold, green and little silver sparke on my snowflake.

 These are standard A7 cards and I have used stamps from Mudra craft for this project. I started with watercolor panels and clear heat embossed snowflakes in 3 sizes. Then, I ink blended using Distress inks to get this soft snow look...I didnt want to use traditional Christmas colors but yet I used green for the last card.

 Once I was happy with my panels, I assembeled it on my card base along with some gold glitter paper to give it a touch of whimsy. The sentiment used is also from Mudra craft which I gold heat embossed on vellum.....this allows me to see the background through it ....those snowflakes look so fun through he vellum. I also added a white wax cord in the front with a small bow to add a little extra to the front.

 Once, my card front was ready, I dressed the inside as well with a similar panel design and stamped the back of the card with a sentiment that says "Handmade just for you"....

 I made my own grey envelops and dressed them up as well using the scrap strips and white heat embossing snowflakes....make it look so special. I never forget to dress my envelopes up whenever I make cards. I finished it all with some silver sequins in the center of snowflakes.

I have a full tutorial and I encourage you to watch this if you want to know how I made these cards.

I am putting these cards up at the following blog challenges:

1. Addicted to stamps and more Challenge #366 - Anything Goes
2. Cute Card Thursday #607 - Anything Goes
3. HLS November Christmas Challenge -Anything Goes

Here is a list of supplies used:-

1. Mudra Stamps - Christmas Decor
2. Mudra Stamps - Wishing You
3. Mudra Stamps - Mail Delight
4. Distress Inks - Hickory Smoke, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Crushed Olive and Moved Lawn
5. Grey Cardstock for evnvelope
6. Watercolor Panels - Brusto 300 gsm
7. A7 Card Base - Iris 270 gsm
8. Gold Glitter paper - ItsyBitsy

Thank you for visiting me......have a fab day ahead.

Happy Birthday Dude! - Dt post for LCC challenge Blog.

Hey guys
I have a DT inspiration post for you all today for the Let's Craft and Create Challenge blog. The theme for this month is Hey Dude! and so I have a birthday card keeping this theme in mind. This challenge runs for an entire month and you still have 2 weeks to put in your entries. Please click the link HERE to go the challenge blog.

I am putting this card up at the following blog challenges:

1. Cards and more challenge #191- One Layer cards
2. Addicted to CAS challenge#171 - One Layer Cards
3. CWS challenge#17 - Boys to Men
4. Addicted to stamps and more challenge#255 - Photo Inspiration - This picture has inspired me to do the layers of balloons on my card.
5. Word Art Wednesday Challenge Week #296-297 - Anything Goes
6. Scrapping4fun challenge #97- Anything Goes

This is a fairly simple card and it took me hardly 15mins to do this.So I started with a standard A2 size card base in white and stamped balloons on it using 4 different distress inks...all in the shades of blue....Tumbles Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty ocean and Faded Jeans. I stamped the same image with different colors in each row. You can add more rows with more shades but I had 4 shades and so I did 4 rows.

What's the fun of using distress inks without a little water... so I sprinkled a little water and waited for the magic to happen. Lifted the water with a tissue napkin and dried my card with a heating tool.
Then, I added silver strings to my balloons with a silver sparkle pen....but i did not press my pen too much and lightly drew all the strings using a t- ruler.

To finish my card, I stamped the sentiment with versamark and Black embossing powder from Wow. Sprinkled some fun sequins to give it a little hit of sparkle.
So here I finish my quick and easy birthday card...I hope you liked it and will give it a try. Thank you for reading this post and have a great day ahead.

Supplies used:

1. Distress inks - Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans
2. White cardstock
3. Sequins
4. water
5. Wow Black embossing powder
6. Versamark
7. Balloon stamp -  KAISERCRAFT Pop!- Treats stamp set.
8. Sentiment - Geometric Nature - Mudra Craft Stamps
9. Silver Gel pen
10. Heat embossing tool - Wow

Mudra GDT post - Handmade Interactive Cards

Hello guys

I am honored to be doing a GDT post for Mudra Stamps today and I want to thank you Varshistha for this opportunity...... I have made 3 interactive cards and here are the sneak peeks....for complete blog post...please visit me HERE and leave me some love.

2 of the 3 cards I made are my first time and I really hope you will be lenient with me. I also have 3 small video clips shows you all the interactive elements in action....so know the list of supplies, more pictures, videos and how I made these cards please stop by the link above.

 1. Mermaid slider card.

So this is a really fun card and to be honest...its my first ever slider card I made and it took me one day to make this card but I am sure you guys will do it faster than me. To make this card, I have used Mudra Mermaid stamp set...such a fun set with so many cute fishies.....

2. Simply Floral Explosion Box card

The second card I made is again a first attempt by me....I have never made an explosion box card and so I took a day to make this one.....but thats just me. A lot of heat embossing and watercoloring went into making this card and I got this beautiful bouquet at the end....

3. Winter Shaker Card.

My third card is a fairly simple card and was super fun to make. I have made a triple time stamped card with a shaker window in the center and this card is based on the thought of "Christmas in July" For this card, I have used Christmas Decor stamp set and sequins from different packs from Mudra.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges

1. Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
2. The Ribbon Girl July 2017 challenge - Anything Goes
3. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #248 - Holiday ( Winter Shaker Card.)
4. Inky Chicks Challenge #85 - Christmas ( Winter Shaker Card.)
5. CWS Challege #16 - Celebrate (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
6. HLS July 2017 watercolor challenge - Optional twist - Blue (Mermaid slider card.)
7. CAS(E) this sketch #228 (Mermaid slider card.)
8. Scrapping4fun challenge #93 - Summer (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
9. Mod squad July 2017 challenge - Special Fold (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)
10. Paru's Card making challenge July 2017 - Birthday (Simply Floral Explosion Box card)

Leave a Little Sparkle wherever you go...... Slider card

Hello everyone
I am back today again with yet another handmade card and this time I have an interactive card. I have never made these kind of cards and this is my very first one...so please be a little lenient with me....

So....here I have made a slider card and it has been super fun...dunno why I never tried to make these before....
I am putting my card up at the following challenges:-

1. Simon Says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
2. Cute Card Thursday Challenge #484 - Anything Goes
3. Scrap and craft Challenge #5 - Summertime with butterflies
4. Scrapping4fun challenge #93 - Summer
5. The Ribbon Girl July 2017 challenge - Anything Goes
6. Word Art Wednesday Week #288-289-  Anything Goes

Let me tell you how I made this card...I started by heat embossing this pretty butterfly from Geometric Nature stamp set from Mudra stamps with Ranger White superfine heat embossing powder on a watercolor cardstock. I watercolored this butterfly with Distress inks - Cracked Psitacio, Mermaid Lagoon and Crushed Olive....  I love the way these colors blended together...so bright and fresh. Once it dried completely, I fussy cut it out.

Then, I took a brown cardstock which was 4" by 51/4" in size and cut a slit in the center with a craft knife in a curvy fashion (Thats where I will add a button as the slider element). I mounted this panel with a button below the slit on a gold glitter cardstock 41/4" by 51/2" using foam dimension tape. I carefully lined the slit from the back with foam tape so the button wouldn't star away from the slit.

I mounted this entire panel on a standard A2 size cardbase from a black cardstock (270gsm). On this button, I added my butterfly using foam tape cut to a small square. I finished my card with the sentiment from the same stamp set heat embossed on a piece of Off white cardstock using Ranger Tinsel Gold heat embossing powder and few sequins from Mudra. Finally, for more sparkle, I added a few dots on the cardfront using a gold gel pen and Clear wink of stella on the butterfly.

I have a small video clip for you to see how fun this card is. I hope you will like it.

Supplies used:-

1. Geometric Nature - Mudra stamps
2. Harvest Mix sequins - Mudra stamps
3. Gold sequins - Mudra stamps
4. Distress inks - Cracked Psitacio, Mermaid Lagoon and Crushed Olive
5. Ranger heat embossing powder - Superfine White and Tinsel Gold
6. Black cardstock (270gsm)
7. Watercolor cardstock
8. Off White cardstcok (220gsm)
9. Brown Cardstcok (220gsm)
10. Versamark watermark inkpad
11. Wow Heat gun
12. Gold glitter cardstock
13. Button
14. Foam dimension tape
15. Ranger multi medium matte

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

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.