Congratulatory Card

Today I am posting a congratulatory card. I am making some in advance.

This is for celebrating success. I think it  can be used for success in exams, new job or new house, engagement, marriage. I will just add one more sentiment if needed for that particular occasion. Or else I will just add the appropriate message inside.

Now for making this- I started with baby pink textured card( I told you I have tons of them and need to use them at the earliest). I attached the blue chevron printed tape. Then I added the musical instrument stickers. I don't have musical note stickers or stamps. A few of them would have made it better. May be I will add it later, if I can find them. Then I stamped the sentiment "Celebrate" using a clear stamp mounted on acrylic base, on to a pink card stock strip. Then attached it to a blue card stock strip. Cut them into the shape you can see and attached them with dimensional tape.

The banner of glitter multi coloured tape was an after thought to pep it up a bit and give it some colour. I have used a multi coloured cotton thread. You can see here. I used it because it is thick. But it is not showing in the card. 

Any way, I have varieties of threads and yarns of different weights, colours and for different uses, ranging from embroidery, crochet, tatting, knitting etc. I experiment with them and use them in various crafts.

So that's it. the card is simple and easy to make. 

Materials used:

Textured baby pink card stock

textured blue and baby pink coloured card stock strips

Blue printed tape

Musical stickers

Multi coloured Glittered tape

Multi coloured cotton thread.
Sentiment (clear) stamp mounted on acrylic base

Black ink for stamping

So what do you say about this card. Do watch out for more.......

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Birthday Card

Here is one more birthday card. I am making these cards in advance and keeping them ready. Once the schools an colleges start, I will be busy with my students once again. I have to be prepared for many birthdays and other occasions now. 

Okay, now about this card- I used a cream coloured textured card stock as base.This is one layered simple fold card. I used blue glitter tape and cartoon sticker. I think they are Cinderella and Snow White. 

I made this card with a little girl in my mind. I think she may like the card with these characters. I also kept the card very simple. I don't think children may like too much fancy card. I will print out the message and attach it just before I give away the card. So I kept it blank inside.

Actually I made this card some time ago. I had very few sentiment stamps. Recently I bought some sentiment stamps. So I had to try them out.  

I stamped the "May all your dreams come true" in rainbow colours (I believe that dreams are always colourful) and Happy Birthday in blue colour. 

But since it was a textured card, the stamping was fuzzy in some places. I touched up with colour pens. Matching the right colour was a problem. But in the end I did my best.

Then I attached the crystals and pearls underneath the sentiments.

There it is. My card is ready. 

I have to make the envelopes- for many cards. I am putting it of as I am not able to find matching stationery to make them. May be I will have to settle for white in the end?

Any idea which paper to use for that? 

Materials used:

Textured cream coloured card stock

Cartoon Sticker

Blue glitter self adhesive tape

Multi coloured and Blue coloured Inks 
Self adhesive crystals/faux pearls

Sentiment Stamps

I am also making other cards and keeping them ready. I will be posting them in my future posts.

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Good Luck Card

Hi there.

Here is one more card.

Its a Good Luck card. Many of my students have done excellently well this year in the board/final exams and some of them are leaving me. So for wishing them all the best, I have been making some cards. This is one of them.

This one is very easy to make. 10-15 minutes at the most. First I punched out butterflies from silver and black papers. 

I folded the card, attached the silver and black tape  (parallel ones) length wise. Then glued the  punched out butterflies. 

I stamped out the sentiment onto a rectangular piece of white card stock using black ink. I trimmed it to fit the space on the card and then punched out butterflies(half) on both sides using a medium sized punch. Then glued it to the card. 

Then I attached the black and silver tape on the top and bottom of the sentiment.

That's it. 

Materials used:

Dark pink (pearl) marble handmade Paper
Silver and Black glitter self adhesive Tape
Silver coloured hand made paper
Black hand made paper
White card stock
Good Luck sentiment stamp
Black ink for stamping
Butterfly punches(two sizes)
Glue

I will be happy to know your views, comments or suggestions if any......


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