Always In My Heart - Explosion Box | Romantic | Garden

Hello everyone
I am sharing a romantic Explosion Box with you all. This one is made for a client who is celebrating her first Valentine's Day with her Husband. I made this box to give an idea of " A Romantic Date in a Garden" and this is also inspired by the garden in my campus.......with green grass, flowers and butterflies...atleast it looks like that in summer.

My box is 6" by 6" by 6" and has 3 layers which in all hold 24 mats. So you can add 24 to 48 pictures.....but I would prefer you to add 24 pics and journal on the back of the mats. Apart from the picture mats, I also have tiny tags included in the box..they are so cute. I have used beautiful papers from Eno Greetings called as Blue Florals..these are really adorable and the quality is also very nice.

I decorated the entire project with handmade mulberry flowers from ItsyBitsy and other local craft stores in India. I also used gold foil cardstock to add soem shine to my project without making it very blingy. I have also added gold foil leaves....these bring so much extra to this project.

 The focal sentiment " Always in My Heart" is also from ItsyBitsy which I have gold heat embossed. Love the way it sits on the entwined wooden hearts.....

The decorative element int he center is my fav.....I adore those cutesy butterflies. They are to die for... The bench I have used is from Mudra Crafts and the lamp post is from ItsyBitsy. I really love the way it all brings the entire garden theme together....

I have tried to create a small garden on every flap of every layer...filled with flowers and grass and art pebbles. I made sure to add browns to complete the look of a true garden.....Here are a few more pics of the flaps.

I hope you all like it as much as I do. Here is a small video of my fun box....I hope you all will watch it.

I am entering this project at the following challenges:

1. Unstampabelles Challenge #86 - Simply Bright and Cheerful - Twist Arty Creations Appreciated - For me, Nature is the biggest artist because the hues that it has on its brush...I only wish I could have. My project is inspired by my garden and I have built the entire box to mimic it.
2. Allsorts of Blog challenge # 505 - Love
3. Mixed Media Warriors #37 - All you need is Love - My box is nature and garden inspired....so I have used a lot of roses, flowers and colors from the moodboard....also my project is love inspired and made for Valentines Day.
4. Mini Album Addicts February Challenge- I do not know if this qualifies...but I thought My explosion box album holds pictures and has place to journal and so I am putting this up for the Feb challenge.
5. Scrapping4fun Challenge #133 - Love/ Wedding/ Anniversary

Be Mine - Shabby chic Handmade card

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I am sharing a new card I made for The Valentine's Day with you all today. I love making Shabby chic projects and cards are fun to make. I love playing with flowers and sequins and so I came up with this card.

This is a shaker card filled with sequins and glitter mix in the tones of red, pin and gold. The heart shaped shaker window is a embellished with pretty flowers and buds and a few flourishes.

 I finished it all with a white ribbon bow onto the side and few gold sequins sprinkled here and there.
The card has a gold heat embossed sentiment BE MINE which I think makes it a cool Proposal card...what do you think?

Supplies used - Mostly all the supplies used are from ItsyBitsy store.

1. Red Cardstock (250gsm)
2. White Heavyweight cardstock (270 gsm)
3. Gold Glitter paper 
4. Pink Cardedstock (250gsm)
5. Handmade flowers
6. White Satin Ribbon 
7. Sisal Fibre 
8. Heart die
9. Sequins and gold glitter
10. Gold heat embossing powder, heat gun and versamark
11. Be Mine sentiment - local stamp

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 565 - Banish the Blues - For me it means using anything apart from Blue colors as well as the mood blue.
2. Sisterhood of Crafters - Make it Sparkle
3. Crafty Gals Corner #183 - Make it Sparkle
4. HLS Anything Goes with dies - January 2019
5. Through The Purple Haze Challenge # 152 - Favorite Color - My Fav color is Pink and Red. So most of my work will have a bit of these.

You and I | Mixed Media Layout | Shabby Chic Card | Valentine's Day

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Welcome back to my blog...Today's post is a DT inspiration for the ItsyBitsy blog. I have a mixed media layout which is Love themed. I made this for my husband for the upcoming Valentine's Day..... I was confused about making a layout or a card....initially I started off as a layout....But later I did turn it into a card with a cute message inside for my hubby.
Well, I have used the newly launched Little Birdie papers and flowers from the ItsyBitsy store. The new range of Valentine's Day products are really awesome and you can visit their store by clicking HERE.
Back to my project, I have a lot of pictures and a tutorial along with other information waiting for you on the Itsybitsy blog and you can go there by clicking HERE. You can also enter the month long challenge running on the blog to win some fun prizes. so here is a few sneak peeks of whats awaiting you.....

I am putting my layout up at the following blog challenges -

1. Allsorts Challenge Blog - Spots and/or strips - I have used dots stencil
2. Craftaddiction Mised Media Challenge - Moodboard February 2018
3. Crafty Calendar challenge - 2 or more layers - My layout has 3 layers and more built using papers, embellishments and flowers.
4. Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge 158 - Anything goes
5. Creative Artiste Challenge Blog #35 - Anything Goes
6. House of Cards February Challenge - Create valentine Background and/or colors
7. Mixed Media Warriors Challenge#25 - Think & Pink Moodboard Challenge
8. More than Words- February 2018 - Forever and Heart
9. Challenge at polkadoodle - week 5- Anything goes
10. Scrapping4fun Challenge 108- love, wedding, friendship, Valentine
11. Word Art Wednesday Week 320-321 - Anything Goes
12. Simonsaysstamps wednesday challenge - Anything goes
13. Modsquadchallenge - Valentine or Love themed Card
14. More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes + optional Red

I hope you guys like it.....Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting me. Have a great day ahead.

Be Mine - Handmade card using ItsyBitsy dies.

Hello guys
I am back today with a new shaker card. Shaker cards have always been my favorite and are super fun to make. I have made this one keep Valentine's Day in mind and this one I have made for my husband. I truly hope he likes this one..

I am putting this card up at :-
1 Itsybitsy Challenge#2 2017 - Being creative with thin cut dies.
2 Addicted to stamps challenge #229 - Clean and simple
3 Allsorts challeneg #402  - Hearts and/or Flowers
4 Cards and more challenge # 178 -Valentine's Day

5 Craft stamper February challenge - Take it and make it.
6 CWS Challenge #11 - Valentine
7 Let's Craft & Create Challenge #122- Love is in the air
8 Petal Lu Challenge #32 - Anything goes
9 Paru's Card making Challenge - Love
10 Scrapping 4 fun challenge #83 - Friends, Wedding, love, Valentine
11 The Ribbon Girl February Challenge - Anything goes

So to begin, I started with a 4 1/4" by 51/2" standard A2 size card for the base. I have used white cardstock from Itsybitsy. They had sent me this in a free haul some time back.I had used it earlier to make some tags and this time I used it to make a card. i must say that the quality is really good.

I cut the 3 hearts  on a 41/4" by 51/2" white cardstock piece using ItsyBitsy nesting hearts dies through my Sizzix Bigshot. The die set has 4 hearts and I have used the smaller 3 dies.
I added a little red hearts confetti sequins, clear white sequins and some gold sequins as my shaker elements.

I have used some foam adhesive and clear acetate sheet to create my shaker window. Once my shaker card was ready, I added some splatters using Memento Ladybug dye ink o the card front. to add more details, I made some dots with my red gel pen.

Embellished my card using some clear sequins and 3 red die cut hearts right in the center of the shaker panels. The sentiment "Be Mine" is stamped on vellum using Tinsel Gold embossing powder by Ranger.

For the inside, I just matted the card using Red cardstock and layered some red and whte die cut hearts.

That finished my card....all I need to do is write a message and make a cute envelope for this card. Can't wait to hand it over to my husband when he comes home....
Thank you guys for reading this post and until next time....Keep Crafting.

Supplies used:
1 White cardstock (Itsybitsy)
2 Red Cardstock (Itsybitsy)
3 Range multi medium matte
4 Clear sequins(Local store)
5 Red confetti sequins (Local store)
6 Gold sequins (Itsybitsy)
7 Itsybitsy thin cut dies Heart 4 pcs (Itsybitsy)
8 Foam tape (Itsybitsy)
9 Acetate sheet (Itsybitsy)
10 Sizzix Bigshot (Itsybitsy)
11 Vellum (Itsybitsy)
12 Wow Heat Embossing gun (Itsybitsy)
13 Ranger Tinsel gold Embossing powder (A1 craft supply)
14 Be Mine Sentiment (Local store)

Happy Valentine's Day - Handmade Gift Box

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I am back with a new gift box today and it is Valentine's Day themed. I made this for my husband and I really hope he likes it. I am planning to fill it with some things he likes.......shhhhhhh...its a a secret.

This box is actually 9 1/4"x 5 1/4" on the outside and 8 1/4"x 4 1/4" on the inside and the thickness is 2". I have gone crazy with bling this time. The pattern paper used is from Eno Greetings from the blossom series and the papers are all gold foiled. So to match them I have used glitter paper and few glitter paper diecuts and a bottle of glittery sparkle dots......bling bling bling.

I am putting up my project at Let's Craft and Create challenge #122 , Petal Lu challenge #31, Simonsaysstamp- Young at heart, Try it on tuesday challenge- Hearts and Flowers (I have used both flowers and a gold heart in my project)and  Scrapping4fun challenge 83

So here is the list of supplies used for the box:

1 Chipboard (Kraftily Konnect)

2 Black heavyweight paper (Itsybitsy)

3 Gold glitter paper (Itsybitsy)

4 White satin ribbon (Itsybitsy)

5 Silicon glue (Itsybitsy)

6 Pearls (Itsybitsy)

Gold beads(local store)

8 Pattern paper - Eno greetings Paper series Blossom.

9 Glass bottle (Itsybitsy)

10 Sparkle dots (Itsybitsy) 

11 Foam adhesive

12 Flourish diecuts- MFT 

13 Red Cardstock (Kraftily Konnect)

14 Gold Embossed paper (local Store)

15 Rose buds and poppies (Crafters corner)

16 Open handmade flower (Itsybitsy)

17 Red Rose and satin rose (Local Store)

18 Butterfly, Gold heart and Valentine notecard from the paper pack

19 Sentiment tiles (Crafters corner)

20 Metal charm (Local store)

At the very end I have added the link for the video walkthrough of this project. If you want a tutorial for this box, please let me know and I will come up with one.

 I hope you all will liked my project...until next time..keep smiling.