Hi friends , my daughter loved the Magic Interactive Shutter cards I had made earlier so much ,I made some more to give to her friends .
Children's birthdays come all of a sudden and I am often left with no interesting card in my stash so I am going to be making lots of interactive cards just for children!
Interactive Cards
My first card has a sports theme on the cover with tennis rackets and footballs and a badge and trophy. On opening a Happy Birthday message is revealed and lots of birthday presents!
Interactive Cards
Here is the video showing the magic shutter card in action.
Interactive Cards
The 2nd card is more simple and I thought it would be good for a young boy though my daughter insists that even girls would like it!!
Interactive Cards
I hope you liked these simple interactive card ideas. They are not the easiest cards to make but boy are they fun to play with! There are links to these Shutter Card tutorials on my Pinterest Board : Card tutorials Supplies : Dies : Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles , Ultimate crafts Jadene Celebration Spray,Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday,Spellbinders Shapeabilities Persian Accents
Hi friends first of all Thank you so much for all the love showered on my Mixed Media Mini Book.....crafty friends are the best!! You girls have definitely boosted my morale to continue my experiments with mixed media! Sharing yet another project which is out of my comfort zone....a CAS design ! I made this "Happy" Card for my Guest Designer Post for ICR CAS Challenge !
Ombre Creation
This is my first try at an ombre technique. I used different shades of blue ink on white cardstock and die cut the "happy" from it. This style of card seemed a perfect chance to showcase some of my new stamps from Winnie and Walter. I heat embossed 3 goldenstars and colored them in different shades of blue.
Ombre theme
Layered my golden stars on an ombre inked card panel . To make the ombre look more lively I added little dots using a white gel pen. Used a star embossed white card stock with a few star sequins [a gift from Winnie and Walter]to bring all the elements together.
I hope it has turned out okay. My in-house critique [ my 9 yr old crafty daughter] on seeing this card exclaimed " Who made this Amma?" [ amma is malayalam for mom ] and when I asked her how it was she just said "its not your style at all"! I guess that meant I better stick to layered flowery cards and projects in future !! Supplies : Dies : Winnie and Walter Happy Cutaway. Embossing Folder : Itsy Bitsy Stars. Stamps : Winnie and Walter True Star Sequins : A gift from Winnie and Walter Ink pads : Artistry Ink Pads Ocean Reef,Midnight blue; Distress Inks Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers
Hi friends sharing an Accordion Pop Up Card I had to quickly put together this afternoon for a young man who is celebrating his birthday today! I used a felt guitar sticker and jazzed it up by adding a chain of rhinestones. The red and black stars on the other pop up panel is also a felt sticker. Used gold metallic card stock on my accordion frames I used the same guitar sticker to make a masculine themed card earlier : Guitar Card The young man who is my daughter's classmate had been pestering his mom to let him take guitar classes and so I hope he likes this guitar Pop Up Card !
Supplies : Dies : Spellbinders Asian Accents , Elizabeth Craft designs Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Craft Designs Karen Burniston Oval Accordion
Hi friends, in India gifting cash for any occasion is quite popular and we get all kinds of fancy"money envelopes" for the same. Most of the time I too end up using the store bought money envelopes to gift money!But today I made my first "money envelope" the paper crafter's way! A young man in our neighborhood is celebrating his birthday today and I made this tuxedo shaped gift card/ money holder for him.
Tuxedo Shaped Cash Holder
The outer jacket has diagonal scorelines scored with the scorpal and the red big glitter foam bow holds the 2 flaps of the suit in place. The faux stitch lines were made using a gel pen.
I added a pocket inside the Tuxedo using double sided foam tape to hold the "money"!
Supplies : Dies : Lifestyle Crafts Bow, Spellbinders Floral Oval
Punches :Fiskars border punch gifted by Priya Sivaraj
Glitter Rose- Giveaway win from Isha
Edited : This gift card holder was featured by Di at her Pixie's playground
I had wanted to try the sunburst technique for quite some time and when I saw the Challenge at Unstampabelles was " Sun with Gold" I jumped right in. Creating the sunburst was actually much more difficult than I had anticipated! To balance the bright golden color of my metallic gold card stock I used a "Popcorn" paper [DCWV snack stack] in between!
Sunburst Card
The golden peacock feather was cut using the Spellbinders Jewel Fantasies die.
Sunburst Card
Kept the card quite simple as I wanted to keep the focus on the sunburst and added a Sun sequin which I layered on a circle and a golden snowflake whose spokes looked just like the sun's rays!
Hope my readers are enjoying the different styles of creations I am sharing these days! Supplies : Dies : Lifestyle crafts Nesting Circles, Spellbinders Jewel Fantasies, Sizzix Winter Die. Papers : DCWV Linking to Unstampabelles Sun + Gold BGC Anything theme
Hi friends...I am on a stamping spree....inking up unused stamps and trying out new techniques!
Partial Stamping
I used an Itsy BitsyBalloon and Hats stamp and since I didnt want the party hats part of the stamp on my card I used the embossing dabber to dab only the balloon part of the stamp. I made it very similar to my Partial Floral Stamped card.
Partial Stamping
I drew the strings of the balloons using an embossing pen and used Ranger's fine gold embossing powder and heat embossed .Water colored the images using a mixture of Distress Inks and Faber Castell water color pencils.
Partial Stamping
I think the card looks appropriate for a little boy !
Hi friends I am on a card making spree..replenishing my stash of cards! Sharing a masculine card in gold and brown.
Heat Embossing
The musical note is a wooden embellishment I dabbed in Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger's super fine gold. Love how we can custom make our own embellishments with embossing powder.
Guitar Card
I used a DCWV paper , distressed its edges with vintage photo Distress Ink and layered it on metallic gold card stock .I also added a metallic gold Happy Birthday sentiment sticker in keeping with the golden theme!
Guitar Card
The guitar is made of felt and I dressed it up with little metal balls [ actually they are bindis which we Indian women use to adorn our foreheads] and a gold- crystal chain I picked up from a fabric store!
Guitar Card
I hope you like this simple Guitar Card
Supplies : Dies : Spellbinders Majestic Labels 25 ,
Hi friends sharing a Masculine themed card featuring a beautiful piano - music script DCWV paper , the edges of which I tore and inked and layered on thai paper. I inked some Marianne die cuts[ the same design I used in the Gate Fold card] in vintage photo and antique linen and added sparkly rhinestones and glitter foam dots .
Golden Peacock Feather
The pattern paper has beautiful shiny accents of gold . I tore and distressed it edges with vintage photo added a golden peacock feather, a golden key and golden glitter foam dots!
Glass Bead Gel
The wooden musical note was a gift from my friend Priya .The shiny glassy texture on the corner was achieved by using Glass Beads Gel [you can read more about it here : Texture Media Experiments]...its gorgeous how it reflects the light and adds interest !
3D Dome Sticker and Glass Bead Gel
I didn't want my card to be very bulky but wanted to add some dimensional elements...I actually made the clock by cutting out the clock image from the packaging of a sticker [ from Itsy Bitsy] and adding 3 D dome stickers [ from Papericious] on top .
3D Dome Sticker
It was my first trial with these stickers and I loved the shiny glass like look the transparent 3 D domes gave!
3D Dome Sticker
The shiny golden Happy Birthday is a sticker and it matches the subtle golden hues of my card. Here is the side profile of my card with subtle shimmer and shine!....Hope you like it !
Piano Card
Making masculine cards is challenging for many of us but I think using a music theme is a safe bet ...I hardly know any guy who doesnt enjoy music!!
Dear friends I am on a "Challenge entering" spree ...I am surprised that I have managed to post 16times this month. Last month I was debating stopping blogging altogether [ you can read about that rant here : simple handmade flowers] and this month here I am blogging as if I have nothing else to do!! I do feel a bit crazy!! Has that ever happened to you too?
My winnings from Lulupu
I have a bad habit of hoarding crafty goodies for months and sometimes years especially if I have won them or been gifted them! Now I have resolved to use at least part of my winnings/ gifts as soon as possible ! The gorgeous paper used in this simple card was part of my winnings from the Craft Shop Lulupu [ owned by the talented Karuna]for this project : Spinning Pop Up Ball Card . It was just the perfect paper for me to make a card to enter the All sorts Challenge themed " Numbers"
Faux stitching
I wanted the numbers to signify dates and the sentiment echoes "celebrate everyday"
I wanted to add something in the empty space and my handmade bird clay embellishment just seemed to scream " add me, add me"!!! Sorry I do sound like a loony lady dont I! Well I was thinking of my hubby when I made this sort of masculine plain card and he loves birds and enthuses so much when he sees any feathered being!
Clay embellishment
Supplies :Dies : Spellbinders Curved Borders 2 , Spellbinders Jewel Fantasies,Itsy Bitsy Labels Edited : This card was chosen top 5 at All Sorts Numbers theme Challenge
Hi friends, hope you are having a wonderful time. So many of you appreciated my Spinning Pop Up Ball Card shared earlier. This version of the Pop Up Hexagonal Ball has 3 hexagons and each hexagonal ball spins atop the one below it!
Spinning Pop Up Card
The inspiration for this project was a "love" themed pop up card made by Khusboo Banka who makes it profesionally [ so if you want one to gift to a loved one...order from her!]
Spinning Pop Up Card
Recently my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding Anniversary and I had to make something special for him.I literally spend days working on this creation and added elements my husband loves....flowers [ my husband loves gardening and especially loves flowers!] ,birds, music, and butterflies !
Spinning Pop Up Card
The I love you is a wooden embellishment which was inked in distress ink and painted over with clear rock candy crackle paint.
Spinning Pop Up Card
The shimmery white flowers you see all over my Pop Up Card are stamped and heat embossed parchment flowers
Spinning Pop Up Card
I used a glitter textured pattern paper for that added "oomph"!
Spinning Pop Up Card
Cute little cupids grace many of the panels of my hexagonal ball tower. The 3 D stickers are a gift from my dear friend Lisa [ of a mermaid crafts]
Spinning Pop Up Card
I hung a resin cupid playing the harp on my top most hexagonal ball!
Spinning Pop Up Card
The wooden musical note was inked in 3 shades and given a coating of "wink of stella" to give it a subtle shimmer
Spinning Pop Up Card
My husband is a keen bird photographer and so I just had to add the doves!
Spinning Pop Up Card
The " Till the end of Time" and "Love conquers All" are Love quotes on acetate from DCWV.
Spinning Pop Up Card
Since the card has 6 layers which fold flat I had to keep the embellishments fairly flat especially on the lower layers. The silver scroll design is a Spellbinders die cut on glitter foam and what I like about foam is its dimensional yet takes a little bit of squishing!
Spinning Pop Up Card
I kept my bulkier embellishments on the topmost pop up ball!
Spinning Pop Up Card
The beautiful multi-layered 3 D decoupage flower sticker is again a gift from Lisa !
Spinning Pop Up Card
The huge parchment flower was made using Heartfelt creations stamps and a crystal flower.
Altered Box
I altered a biscuit tin using red felt to house my Pop Up Card !The box has a couple of things my husband loves... a rose, a camera, a bird and a guitar!
Altered Box
I made the shabby style rose using this tutorial : Easy Rose tutorial .The lacy hearts are layered Spellbinders die cuts inked with distress ink and brushed with "Wink of Stella" [ I think you can just make out the beautiful shimmer!]
Altered Box
And if you want to see how the card pops up and spins do click on this short video . My daughter helped to demo the card for the video!
Supplies : Dies : Sizzix Pop Up Ball by Karen Burniston, Spellbinders lacey hearts,Spellbinders Rose creations, Spellbinders Embossed Sentiments,Heartfelt creations Classic Leaf ,Heartfelt creations Sun Kissed fleur,Memory Box spring border,Memory Box rounded fence, Cheery Lynn leafy flourish , Cheery Lynn butterfly , Sizzix Butterfly , Marianne Bird house, Papers : Various DCWV,Media : Wink of Stella [ from Crafters Corner],Charms : from Crafters Corner Wooden Embellishments- gifted by Priya of the craft shop Edited : This card was winner at Lulupu Shaped Card Challenge and received an honorable mention at Scrappyland Challenge
