Welcome! Little one - Handmade Card.

Hello guys
Its all about BABIES this month and I have a handmade card this time to celebrate the arrival of the Little One/s which fill our hearts with love and joy......so here is what I made and this is also my DT inspiration for Lets Craft and Create Challenge blog where the theme is Child's Play all this month. Purple is by far my favorite color and since the baby themed card/ project are usually Blue and Pink, I thought to do something a little out of the box and made a card in my fav color - Purple!

You all can join in the blog challenge which will be running all month by clicking HERE.
Now, back to the card. I started with 270 gsm White cardstock cut to standard A2 size card base. For the front panel, I have used pattern paper from Papericious - Whimsical 6" X 6"paper pack. I have cut the paper to the size 4"by 51/4"and then dry embossed it with Sizzix embossing folder. Later I tied a White satin ribbon on the lower part of the paper and finished it into a cute bow. I mounted this panel on my front of the cardbase using some white fun foam sheet.

I did some die cutting now using Cottage Cutz Baby border die on a Purple cardstock and White cardstock. I mixed the 2 die cuts and adhered it on the front panel above the satin ribbon. To make the center element, I diecut few shapes from white, purple and design papers from the Whimsical collection using Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels one, ItsyBisty Nested Stitched Circles and Sizzix basic dies. I added them on the panel using some foam tape to give it a little dimension.
On the center, I added a cute Teddy Bear Sticker from Handmades Sticker collection. I do not have the name as its an old collection and I cannot find it anywhere.

I finished my card with a Welcome sentiment from Mudra craft stamps stamped on a white cardstock with Grape Jelly dye ink from Memento and then matted it with some more design paper in green from the same paper pack. The inside of the card is kept pretty clean. I do not know why its looking so blue in the pictures...in real its Purple and so royal looking...But that's Camera with its own drawbacks.

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

1. The Ribbon girl Blog - September use any image challenge
2. HLS September - Anything goes with Dies Challenge
3. Inky Chicks - Challenge#88 use your favorite colors - I have used my fav color Purple.
4. Scrapping4fun challenge #98 - Use Techniques - I have used Dry embossing and diecutting.
5. Word art Wednesday Week #300-301 - Anything Goes

Supplies:

1. Purple cardstock - ItsyBitsy
2. White Cardstock - ItsyBitsy
3. Papericious Whimsical paper pack - 6"X 6"- The craft shop
4. cottage Cutz- Baby border die
5. White satin ribbon - ItsyBitsy
6. Foam tape - ItsyBitsy
7. White Adhesive
8.  Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels one - ItsyBitsy
9.  ItsyBisty Nested Stitched Circles - ItsyBitsy
10.  Sizzix basic dies-ItsyBitsy
11. Big shot - ItsyBitsy
12. Welcome sentiment - Mudra carft stamps
13. Grape Jelly - Memento Dye ink - The craft shop
14. Teddy Bear Sticker - Handmades

I hope you all liked this card...Thank you so much for stopping by.

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.