Best Wishes Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. Here we are enjoying last leg of winter. Day temperatures are rising but still pleasant.

Today I am sharing this simple and easy to make card.  It is Tent Fold card with size of 5.9 X 3.9 inches or 15 x 10 cm on folding.

This is a small card. Usually I prefer bigger sized cards. But I think this one looks cute. Since I used scrap available with me size of card is not of standard size.

Base is Ivory card stock in tent fold. I have used JAGS printed paper which is very classy and subtle. For insert I have used two different coloured papers. The top one(pistachio coloured) is punched using border punch.

Card Insert-Punch Design

I have made a matching envelope with pistachio coloured paper and punched the border on the flap.

Matching Envelope

Hope you like my work. Please leave your comments or suggestions. Thanks a ton for all your love and support.

Materials Used:

• White Ivory card stock
• White and Tangerine coloured card stock scraps
• Memory Box Die-Elodee Bird Background
• JAGS Beautiful Flowers Paper Pack 6X6
• Pistachio and Olive coloured papers for insert
• Pistachio coloured paper for envelope
• Border Punch medium size
• Brown colour felt pen for beak and legs
• Black and white gel pens for eye
• Sentiment Stamp
• Tangerine colour Ink 
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Glue and Dimensional Dots

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A Hello Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. I am back after a long break. I had to take a break because some of my students were taking board exams. I was attending to their doubts 24X7. Summer was at its peak. We had to pickle some mangoes at the last moment. 

I was exhausted completely and wanted to relax a bit. But entire family suffered food poisoning. So though better now with all the antibiotics I still feel weak. I think it will take some time for me to completely recover

Here we had a few showers at the onset of monsoons. But the heat and humidity continue. 

Today I am sharing with you a simple card. 

Hello Card

I have used colour pencils for colouring the stamped image. The word Hello was cut out of white and tangerine orange coloured card stock. I used two layers-tangerine colour as top layer to make it thick.  I added Glitter to it using colourless glue. 

Border Punch

This is the border punch I used. When I first started making cards, cutting dies were not so freely available in local craft stores nor there were few online shops. The cost of branded dies is also very high. Punches were newly introduced in our local craft shops. So I bought some.

Insert

This is how the insert looks. I used a soft peach coloured paper for it with corners punched .

I wanted to use the colour combination of violet and orange. I think the combo looks good; a bit bold though. What do you say? Please do leave your comments/ suggestions.

I want to thank all those lovely people who kept on supporting me through out. Your support means a lot to me. THANK YOU!

Watch out for more... I have loads to share with you.

Materials Used:

• Ivory White Card Stock A4 size + Scraps
• Iris Coloured Card Stock
• Chartreuse Yellow and Tangerine Orange Coloured Card Stock Scraps
• Essentials By Tattered Lace -Oval Dies
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Card Creator - A2 Filigree Delight Dies
• Phrase Set Two Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Hello
• Floral Stamp (unbranded)
• Black Pigment Ink
• Colour Pencils
• Colourless Glue
• Gold Glitter Powder
• Medium Sized Border Punch
• Peach Coloured Paper for Insert
• Plain White envelope

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Butterfly Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. I am posting after a long time. I was down with severe back pain. My mom was also not feeling well because of the summer heat. Final exams are going on for some students.

Now I am a bit OK. But cannot sit for long. That's why I couldn't post.

I thank all you beautiful people who have been supporting me despite me being inactive and not posting on my blog. 

Today I am sharing with a simple and easy to make card. I love butterflies. Who doesn't?

Butterfly Card

The butterflies were punched out using punch. Actually, the butterflies are not cut completely. That is they are attached at the center to the card from which I punched them. Only wings portion can be lifted up a little. I hope you get my point. 

I have punched out tiny butterfly border for the insert. Underneath it I adhered a half inch strip of tangerine card stock with scalloped border (remains from some other  project)

Butterfly Card-Insert

Hope you like my creations. If you do please leave your comments/suggestions on my post. I would love to read them. 

I have so much to share with you all. So keep an eye on my blog.

Materials Used:

• Ivory White Card Stock A4 size
• Tangerine and Sunshine Yellow color Card Stock Scraps
• Black Chevron Tape
• Sentiment Stamp
• Black Pigment Ink
• Butterfly Punch
• Butterfly Border Punch
• Self Sticking Half Back Pearl Strip
• Plain White Paper for Insert
• Scallop Punch
• Plain White envelope

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Best Wishes Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing great and enjoying yourselves.

Here the temperatures are soaring. Though it is spring season, day temperatures are quite high. Today I felt the hot wind which is quite dangerous. It is too early for the hot winds. But this year summer may be quite unbearable.

I am sharing a very simple and easy to make card. 

Best Wishes Card

Base for the card is cream coloured Handmade paper which has brown fibers and slightly rough texture.

Brown is not one of my favourite colours for making cards. May be I can use it in scene cards if required or a little scrap here and there. But as a background, I don't prefer it. I had to use this brown designer paper some where. So  used it here.

The top layer was brown coloured embossed designer paper. 

The scalloped circle was cut using Sizzix Dies. The edges were dabbed with brown pigment ink. The sentiment was stamped with black ink and touched up with brown pen. 

The butterfly was cut with Spellbinders Butterfly corner Die. It has embossed design on the wings. The edges were dabbed with brown ink. I used foam dots to give it a slight dimension.

On the whole, the card looks sober and dull. May be a little bit of colour could have brightened it up. 

What is your opinion? 

Any suggestions as to what else can be added? Please do drop in your suggestions and comments.

Thanks a lot to all you beautiful people sending so much love and for lots of your support.

Materials Used:

• Cream Coloured 4 size + Scraps of Handmade Card Stock
• Brown Embossed Paper
• Sizzix Framelits-Circles Scallop Dies
• Spellbinders Butterfly Corner Die
• Sentiment Stamp
• Black and Brown Inks
• Brown Felt tipped Pen
• Glue and Foam dots
• Plain Cream Coloured Paper for Insert
• Plain White envelope

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Simple Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well.

First of all I want to thank all those beautiful people out there for their love and support, Thank you so much. Your support motivates me to create more and more.

I could not post for the past few days because I had a sever back ache and had to take rest. Working on computers aggravates my back and neck pain.

Moreover, my internet was also down. These days, there is frequent outage and the service provider is taking a long time to rectify the fault. It is really irritating but what to do.

Today I am sharing yet another simple card made with punched out border and 3D sticker.

Simple Card

I have used a white mat and then top layer of Lilac with punched-out border. Actually the punched-out layer was already attached to the white card stock. This was left over form some other project. So I just glued it to the card base.

Then stamped the sentiment onto the punched out card label (available in my stash) and added to the card.

The sticker is glittery, therefore, the image is not so clear.

I have a huge stash of left overs, scraps, bits and pieces of card stock, printed paper, stickers, embellishments and so many other things. I want to use them in my next projects and decrease my stash. I am running out of storing space.

Hope you like my work.

Thanks a lot once again for all your love and support.

Materials Used:

• White Card Stock A4 Size + A5 Size + Scraps
• Lilac Coloured Card Stock A5 Size
• 3D Floral Stickers
• Sentiment Stamp
• Lilac Coloured Ink
• Border Punch
• Self-Adhesive Acrylic Gems (White)
• Border Punch
• Plain White Insert
• Plain White envelope
• Glue

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Red and White Card

Hello Friends! Welcome to my blog. 

Because of the heavy and continuous rains all my daily chores and other work got piled up. Lot of cleaning to do in the garden as well as inside the house. Loads of washing and other things pending. So also my shopping for essentials and other things got postponed.  So I have to complete all that with in this week.

In todays post I am sharing with you a card, which was made using only two colours, that is red and white.  

Yes I have shared with you some cards previously also.

Card Size is 4 X 8.5 inches. Will this qualify for slim line cards?

I think I have made lot of cards with this MB flower dies. May be because I like this and also that when you are using it for first time.

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

Hope you like this. If you like my work please  and also leave your comments and suggestions if any.

Please get vaccinated and follow all the precautions. Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!

Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock
• Red Card Stock
• SpellBinders Nestabilities Small Deckled Mega Rectangles Dies
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants Lattice dies
• MemoryBox Bloomington Border Dies
• Circle Punch
• Butterfly Punch
• Red and White light weight card stock scraps (for punch craft)
• Sentiment Stamp
• Red Ink for Stamping
• Glue
• White insert plain
• White envelope

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Thank You Card

Hi Friends! Hope you are all doing well.

Here the past few days, there has been continuous rains. Today also it heavily overcast and raining now and then. It is all damp and cold. So we are mostly indoors. Our celebrations of Janmashtami was also very low key.

Today I am posting another Thank You card.

Base of the card is A4 size white Ivory Card folded into half. I have layered it with blue textured paper and then with yellow embossed strip. Then added the flowers and sentiment.

Insert has been punched in the four corners using border punch.

This card was easy and simple. Hope You like this. If you like my work, please drop in your comments and like it on FB and Insta accounts.

I have lots more to share with you. So keep an eye on my blog.

Thanks for all the support you are extending to me and my blog. 

Materials Used:

• A4 size White Ivory Card Stock
• A4 size Blue Textured Sheet
• A4 size Yellow Embossed Sheet
• White Card Stock Scrap
• Red Handmade Paper Scrap
• Memory Box Bloomington Border Dies
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 23 Dies
• A4 size White paper for insert
• Border punch Medium size
• Sentiment Stamp
• Blue Ink
• Glue

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Just For You Card

Hello Friends !

Hope you all had a Happy Varalakshmi Puja. I was busy because of that and now that the festival is over I am tired. But I want to share this card with you today.

Small is beautiful. That's what I thought after I looked at the finished card which I am going to share with you today.

Today I am posting again a small sized card. It is overlapping Gate Fold.

Card Size is 14.5 cms height X 12.8cms(after folding) width and 14.5 cms X 29cms (before folding).

First I stamped the bird image on to a white scrap and colored it. Then cut it using SB Radiant rectangles Dies. Then I cut the other oval die and then stamped the sentiment.

I have coloured the stamped image using colour pencils.

First I cut the borders on the edges and then scored and folded the card.

I was a little bit confused when cutting these borders to get them facing each other. Then I figured it out. Sometimes even simple things don't strike us.

This is how the borders look.

Then I added the die cuts to the card on either side.

Then I punched out a pink paper (square) using border punch and added as insert. 

This is the envelope. I used a different border punch on the envelope. I did not relaise that as I made a bunch of envelopes separately and did not check the design on the insert. I should be careful in future. 

Anyways here it is the card with the envelope. 

Hope you like my card. Do drop in your comments and suggestions.

Have a joyful weekend.

Materials Used:

• Pink Card Stock A4 size
• White Ivory Card Stock Scarps  
• Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles Dies
• Spellbinders A2 Bracket Borders One Dies
• Itsy Bitsy Happy Bird Day Stamps
• Itsy Bitsy Say it with Flowers Stamps
• Black Ink
• Pink Paper for insert
• Border Punch
• Flower Stickers
• Glue

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A Small Thank You Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well.

Its a sunny day today. Actually its very hot like in summer season with lots of humidity. 

Today I am posting a Thank You card which is simple and small in size  -  4.5 x 5.7 inches. Actually I have cut an A4 size White Ivory card length wise into half and the folded it.

This is an 'A'fold card.

Thank You Card

It has a cream coloured insert (matching the Antique Linen colour of the card) with punched border.

Card Insert

I made a matching envelope with punched border. 

I should have used the same design of border on envelope too. I think I missed it out. Sometimes when I am making more than one card, I try to make all the inserts at the same time. Similarly for the envelopes too. That's how I might have missed it.

Envelope

Hope you like this card. Please do leave your comments and suggestions.

Stay Safe.  Stay Healthy.

Materials Used:

• Ivory White Card Stock
• JAGS Spring Back Printed Paper Pack A5 size
• Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles Dies
• Itsy Bitsy Clear Stamps
• Black  Ink
• Rangers Antique Linen Distress Ink
• Cream Coloured Paper for insert
• Cream and Pink Coloured Papers for envelope
• Border Punches
• Glue

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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. 

Watch out my blog for more...

Stay Safe! Stay Healthy!

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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