Red and White Card

Hello Friends! Hope you are all doing great.

Here is my Card for today.

Sorry Card

A sorry card made by using two colours Red and white. The colours of the card are bold. 

The dimensions of the card are 3.75 X 8.75 inches.

Sorry Card

I have raised the rectangles with the flower to give focus to the element.

Sorry Card-Insert

Border on the side of the insert was punched through which you can see the chevron tape glued to the base of the card.

Sorry Card-Envelope

The same red and white chevron tape was glued to the envelope.

What do you think of the card? Do you think I should have stamped with matching red ink instead of black?

Please do leave you comments and suggestions.

Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock A4 size
• Red Card stock
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Small Deckled Mega Rectangles
• Memory Box Happy Hibiscus die
• Sentiment Stamp
• Black Ink
• Corner rounder
• Glue and Dimensional Dots
• White Insert
• Border Punch
• Chevron Tape
• White Envelope

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Cards Inspired by Meenakari Work-1

Todays card is inspired by Meenakari work. Meenakari work involves inlay work. Inlay means cutting out some space(design) and inserting some contrasting colour pieces to give a decorative look.

I used the same technique here.

This was my first trail. So I did not want anything too complicated to try. This  turned out well. I have used inlay work for my card. I have also made some more cards which I will share with you later on. 

Base is cream coloured card stock A4 size folded into half. I have rounded of the corners. 

Thank You Card

Then I cut out the flower design by using Memory Box Bloomington Border die from the Yellow-Orange plaid hand made paper.

I used the flower die cuts on another card. 

Thank You Card

I glued the  Yellow-Orange Paper onto the base of the card. 

I again cut out same flowers from Dark Red handmade paper.  I inserted it into the cut out space and glued it. 

Then Stamped out the sentiment.

This card has plain off white coloured insert and  plain white colourd envelope. I think I should make off white matching envelope for it.

Sorry for the poor images. The white part of the card looks like blue. It was difficult to take good photographs because of weather conditions. 

So do you like the concept? Have any one of you tried this technique? Please do drop in your comments and suggestions.

Materials Used:

• Cream Coloured Card stock A4 size
• Yellow-Orange Plaid Handmade Paper
• Dark Red Handmade Paper
• Memory Box Bloomington Border Die
• Thank you stamp
• Black Ink 
• Glue
• Corner Eater

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Good Luck Card

Hello Friends! Hope you are all enjoying your week end.

Here is my card for today.

Good Luck Card

The base was Kraft paper thick enough for card making. I have used the negative space of butterfly punched out from the kraft paper. Underneath I added an orange coloured scrap paper. Then added the sentiment printed on a circle punched out from the same colour paper.

I have added plain cream coloured paper as insert. This card has matching kraft paper envelope which I made to match the card.

Overall look of the card is subdued. What do you think? Is it too sombre? Should I have gone for some bright colours? If so which colours would match the brown of kraft paper?

Please do leave your comments and suggestions. I would like to read hem very much.

Materials Used:

Kraft Paper A4 size

JAGs Papermania Signature Printed Paper 6X6 size

Orange coloured craft paper scraps

Sentiment Stamp

Black Ink

Circle and Butterfly punches

Glue and Double sided foam tape

Cream Coloured Paper A4 size for Insert

Kraft paper Envelope

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Floral Card

Hello Friends!

Today we have some respite from rain. Though still heavily overcast, we did not have any rain in the  past 24 hours. 

Here is my card. Another Thank You card. My theme was floral. Background is subtle floral print in light blue. I also added a flower branch in white.

Floral card

My base was A4 size white Ivory sheet folded in half. Entire face of the card is covered by the printed paper. I then added the die cuts; dark blue light blue and the white one with stamped sentiment.

Floral Card

The I added the floral branch and the butterfly in white.

Floral Card-Punched Insert

For the insert I used a matching blue coloured paper A4 size with borders punched in the four corners. This card has a plain white envelope. 

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Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock
• Navy Blue Card stock
• Light Blue Card Stock
• JAGs W&M Paper Pack A4 size
• Spellbinders Label 20 dies
• Sizzix Framelits-Fancy Labels  dies
• Sizix Thinlits - Winged Beauties dies
• Memory Box Blushing Flower Branch
• Sentiment stamp
• Blue Ink
• Matching Light blue paper A4 size for insert
• Border Punch
• Glue

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Blue and White Card

Hello!

Today I am posting a Thank You Card.

I have used only two colours: Blue and White.

Blue and white Card

As a base I have used White Ivory card stock after rounding off the corners with a punch.

Blue and white Card

Then added the blue card stock and printed paper.  After that I stamped the sentiment on a square white card stock piece glued it to the die cut with dimensional dots and then added the entire thing to the card with dimensional dots. 

Blue and White Card Insert

Inside I have added a blue insert with rounded of corners and white insert with  punched the border (slightly smaller size).

This card has plain white envelope.

I wanted it to be simple and easy to make. That's why I have used only two colours. Hope you like this card.

Please do leave your comments and suggestions on my work.

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Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card stock A4 size
• Blue Card Stock
• JAGS Printed Paper W&M A5 size
• Spellbinders Nestabilites Timeless Rectangle Dies
• Sentiment Stamp
• Blue Ink
• Glue and Dimensional Dots
• Blue and White paper for inserts
• Medium Border Punch
• Corner rounder punch

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A Big Thank You Card

Hello Friends!

Still raining continuously. Its all damp and temperatures have fallen quite considerably. Its like in mid winter. 

Weather forecast indicates heavy rans for next two three days. 

That means, we can't step out of houses. 

I was planning to go shopping for some essentials and completing some pending works as Corona cases have gone down considerably. Before the third wave strikes I have to complete certain must do works. But with this rain it is not possible. I hope it clears at least next week.

Well here is a card I made for my niece. I still remember the day. We just returned from the outing all exhausted after a long day. It was 10 pm. I was busy cooking dinner. Just then my niece got a call from school that she has to bring a big thank you card for a guest visiting her school.

This is no  surprise. Kids seem to remember their projects or other school work late in the night, which they have to submit it the next day. So parents have to toil and help them. It always happens like that. None of the reprimands or punishments work. Next time it is same again. Parents do keep stock of stationery and other such things at home to avoid shopping at that time. But still something is always missing. 

My niece asked me to help her make it. At that time of the day on Sunday no shop would be open for purchasing any material. But luckily as a crafter I have stash of lots of things. 

So both of us managed to make this card by digging out some material from my stash. 

Big Thank You Card

The base is a White Ivory Card A3 size folded in half (Portrait) and trimmed it a bit. Then glued Printed paper from JAGs. 

I then added the die cut Fancy Lattice. This die cut was already there in my stash (I had pre cut some dies for testing newly bought ones). I wanted to trim it but my niece just wanted as it was.

Then I added the sentiment stamped die cut using Timeless Rectangle dies. This was also cut and stamped previously. I always keep a bunch of sentiments ready in my stash just in case I need them suddenly.

We added some fancy buttons and floral stickers.

For insert I had to paste two A4 size white sheets one on either side and masked it with blue Plaid Tape. I did not have A3 size papers for insert.

We added some floral stickers on the insert. 

All in all my niece was happy. Next day she and her class mates added messages and presented it to the guest. Everyone liked the card. 

The card was done in a hurry and we were also tired. We could have done better had we had some time to prepare it. 

Please leave your comments and suggestions if any. They motivate me to create more.

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Materials Used 

• White Ivory Card Stock A3 size
• JAGs W and M Paperpack A4 size
• Spellbinders Fancy Lattice Die
• Spellbinders Timeless Rectangle Dies
• 3D Stickers and plain Stickers
• Buttons
• Plaid Paper Tape Blue
• Thank you stamp and Red Ink
• Glue
• White Insert A4 size 

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Thank You Card

Hello There! Hope you are doing great!

Here it is still raining on and off. But today we have some sunshine. That's a great blessing. But it will soon rain again. 

I don't mind rains. In fact without monsoons we will not have water for drinking or for our agriculture. It is great for my garden too. But continuous heavy downpour is really difficult to manage.

Well here is another card. Again a thank you card. I have used three colours, white as base and purple and orange combo for the touch of colour. One of the ways to reduce my scrap stash.

I have lots of scraps of various sizes, colours and textures lying around. I have stuffed them into polythene bags. There is a lot of dust here in India and we have to keep everything in covered boxes or bags. 

In India we don't get much storage or organising items for craft materials. Even if we get the cost is too high. So we  are forced to manage with whatever is available.

Thank You Card

This card has plain white insert and a plain white envelope.

Hope you like this one.

Thanks a lot for spreading love and joy by visiting my blog and commenting. It means a lot to me. In these difficult times mostly locked down (self imposed) in our homes and fearing to hear about loss of your kith and kin, it is quite depressive and sad. It has been like that for the past one and half year. The future too seems uncertain. But we can only pray and leave everything to HIM.

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Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock A4 size
• Purple Card Stock Scrap
• Orange Card Stock Scrap
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 23
• Memory Box Bloomington Border
• Sizzix Thinlits Winged Beauties
• Sentiment Stamp
• Purple Ink
• Glue

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Red And White Card

Hello Friends!

Its been raining here for the past few days. Sometimes it is quite a heavy rain. Sometimes it is a drizzle. On the whole it is highly overcast and damp for the past one week or so. Because of heavy rains and winds, there are frequent power outages. With high levels of humidity it is really unbearable when there is no power.

Most of our daily schedule is disrupted because of power cuts. So it is irritating sometimes.

Well here is a birthday card with minimum colours. I have used white and red combination as background and a little bit of black in sentiment and embellishment. 

Red and White Card

I have folded the Ivory card stock into half and glued the die cuts. I then added the sentiment and butterfly sticker.

Red and White Card

Sometimes I hate to touch the stamping materials. It is so messy. And then the stickers I bought in a sale along with other crafts materials were overflowing my storage bins. So I had to use them.

This card has plain white insert and a plain white envelope.

I think the colours are too bold. But I thought white and red is a good combination. Can red coloured be paired with any other colour? Any suggestions please. I have so much of red card stock with me 

Materilas Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock A4 size
• Red Card Stock
• Tattered Lace Decorative Rectangles Dies
• Glue
• Happy Birthday Sticker
• Butterfly Sticker

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Warm Wishes

Hi there. Today I am posting another card which is simple and easy to make. 

As base I have used A4 size white Ivory stock card folded in half. I used strips of baby pink card and purple colour polka dots printed paper to add some colour. I love polka dots. Do you?

The scalloped ovals were die cut from pink and white coloured card stock to match the design. I stamped the sentiment on the white oval with black ink and added a small 3D sticker. 

I have used double sided foam tape to give a little dimension to the oval die cuts.

Warm Wishes Card

Warm Wishes Card

For the insert, I have punched border on three sides of pink paper using border punch. This card has plain white envelope. 

Insert Border using Punch

Insert

Sorry for the bad quality of images. Here it is all overcast and raining continuously for the past few days. 

Hope you all got vaccinated. Please follow all the precautions for protecting yourself and others from Covid 19. 

Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!

Materials Used :

• A4 size White Ivory Card Stock
• Baby Pink Card Stock
• JAGS Paper Pack -Spring Back -A5 Size
• Scalloped Oval Dies
• Sentiment Stamp
• Rangers Archive Ink-Jet Black
• 3D Sticker
• Glue and double sided foam tape
• Pink coloured paper for insert
• Border Punch

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A Blue Thank You Card

Here is a Thank You card. I make a lot of them as there is lot of demand for thank you cards on various occasions.

Thank You Card

Thank You Card

Base of my card is white Ivory card stock. I have used dark blue card stock and printed paper from JAGS. All the material is listed below.

I love the Blushing Flower die from Memory Box and the Deckled Rectangles dies from Spellbinders. The Border Dies from Spellbinders are also one of my favorite.

Thank You Card

For inserts I have used white and dark blue colour papers. I have punched out the borders in the corner using border punch.

Materials Used:

• A4 size Ivory Card Stock
• A4 size Dark Blue Card Stock
• White Card Stock scraps
• A4 size JAGS printed paper pack W&M CPPS15
• Spellbinders  Nestabilities A2 Bracket Borders One Etched Dies S5-181
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Deckled Rectangles LG Etched Dies
• Memory Box Blushing Flower Branch Dies
• Sentiment Stamp
• Blue Ink
• Glue and double sided foam tape
• White  and dark blue coloured A4 size coloured paper for insert
• Border punch

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Simple Book Mark

Hi Friends!

Today I am sharing one of my bookmarks made in craft workshop conducted for kids. This is simple and easy to make with minimal craft materials. 

The workshop was for children aged 5 years and above. I had tough time controlling them. Most of them were boys and they were not interested in crafts. 

One of the child brought his sister (who was just 3years old) along with him and insisted that she be with him. She was constantly crying. I made her sit on my lap and asked her to help me. She did a good job but was sobbing all the while. Slowly she got engrossed in the work and stopped crying.

It was an experience I can never forget. I do love children. But controlling children from different age groups is really difficult especially when most of them are boys. 

I supplied the craft materials. So I took along with me lots of material as there lot of kids who joined in the last moment.

I had lot of Craft paper Scraps with me. This one is hand made paper with basket weave texture. The colour was a mixture of pink with orange and glittery. That's why the colour is different in the images.

We took a long piece of paper folded width wise  as shown below.

Then punched a hole either on one side or in the middle  on the top side. Then we glued the folds together.

The children choose from the various stickers-butterflies, cartoon images, flowers among many other things.

Boys chose the stickers of cartoons, super heroes or cars and airplanes. Girls mostly chose flowers, butterflies of cartoon characters.

Here I glued the  Kittie and cup cake sticker as the little ones choice. We the tied the blue glittery string and added a wooden bead.

At the end of the class every one was happy and beaming. They proudly carried their craft work to give to their moms/dads.

The little one proudly displayed her creation in the class and was happy when everyone clapped for her.

As I gave a free hand to older kids they did create some very good pieces. Alas I could not take photos of them as I was trying to pacify and control the younger kids.

It was an enriching experience for me and I learnt a lot from the children.

Stay Safe Stay Healthy.

Materials:

• Handmade Paper with Basket weave
• Puncher
• Glittery String
• Wooden Bead
• Glue
• Self Adhesive Stickers

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Thank You Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well.

I am posting after a long long time. With Corona and lock downs life has changed a lot. We are still very careful, going out only when absolutely necessary and taking all precutions.

Here is a card I made some time back. A simple Thank you Card. This card was made in one of my classes for demonstration.

The base of the card is plain white ivory card stock. I have used sunny yellow hand made paper with square grid and red card stock for butterflies.

For the insert, I have used two different shades of  paper. The top layer is off-white coloured and underneath yellow coloured paper strips. I have punched out all the four corners of the top insert using butterfly border punch. 

Insert 

This card has a plain white envelope.

Hope you like this card. Watch out for more...

Materials Used:

• A4 size  White Ivory Card Stock
• White Card Stock scrap for stamping
• Sunny Yellow square grid handmade paper 
• Spellbinders Nestability-Scalloped Labels One dies
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies-Winged Beauties
• Sentiment Stamp
• Red Ink
• Glue, dimensional Dots
• Off white A4 size paper for insert
• Sunny yellow coloured paper strips for the four corners for insert
• Corner Punch Butterfly design

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