Behind the Scenes - Explosion box!

Every project takes so much time and patience from start to finish to get everything perfect! Here are some photos I have taken while creating the Butterfly Explosion box. Had the best time – creating, taking pictures, more creating, and enjoying the creative process from start to finish.

Papercuts and trims - Getting measurements right is the first step to every project!

Valentine's day cards for your love!

Valentine's day is just around the corner, so in this post I share two cards I had made for Valentine's day few years back. Think it is something super cute and can be made for valentine's day, a birthday, or an anniversary as well!

Card no. 1

For this card, I used a base of a cute pink postcard I had lying around. I think it was from some valentine collection that I owned. Then I added a doily, die cut flowers, a die cut heart, and some washi tape. I then added a pair of cute printed chipboard birds from my Dearlizzydaydreamer collection and some bling to finish it off.

Card no. 2 

For this card, I used an embossed cardstock as base. Then, I used some butterfly die cuts, one of which I embellished with gold foil, and added a title.

Think it looks simple, but is a super cute gift!

Hope you take some inspiration from these and make something for your loved one!

Love,
Divya

"10 Highlights" mini album

Hi friends,

With Valentine's day just about a month away, today I share a mini album I had made for my valentine last year! It could also be a perfect anniversary or a wedding gift for a couple. 

So, the concept of the mini album was 10 highlights of our relationship, or the 10 things we love doing together. I also added 10 photos I love of us along with it! Since it was a Valentine gift, I wanted to use pink for the cover. To embellish the cover, used some jillibean soup alphabets, lace, and a charm. :) The inside pages have cute little tabs as well. 

Unfortunately, I do not have more pictures of the inside. 

Hubby loved it. Hope you do too, and get inspired to make something for your valentine!

Love,

Divya

Piano greeting card!

Folks, in this card I share a card I had made inspired by a piano. It can be an amazing anniversary, birthday, valentine's day card, or a card for a music lover. 

This card is bound to attract attention wherever it is displayed, and is sure to be a conversation starter for your loved one!

The piano legs, and music sheets all fold flat to make it easy to send it to the recipient. The piano lid is adorned with gorgeous handmade pink roses and vines. 

Picture Film Reels!

I had these picture wheel dies by Tim Holtz, and had been thinking of what to do with those when I saw this cute cute snow fun film album by Sizzix. I was inspired to make something like that, and here is what I did with it.!

(P.S. - This post is picture heavy!)

Picture wheel no. 1

I wanted to make something for a cute tiny tot who was turning two. So, I took blue as the theme. Added a filmstrip with images of him growing up, and then decorated with some flowers, jute string, burlap, ribbon,lace, and a cute big baby pin. 

More masculine cards!

Hello friends, in this post I share three masculine cards I had made. 

Card no. 1 

For this card, I was inspired by a suit! I made a blazer sleeve where I could slide in the shirt card. To this blazer, I added two pockets. 

"Stepped" card!

Folks, in this post I share a stepped card I had made for an anniversary. It can also be gifted on a birthday, or valentine's day. Color themed it pink/red, added a picture of the couple, embellished it with paper blooms, leaves, lace, and a ribbon to tie it all.

All wrapped up card:

Interactive Car card!

Folks, in this post I share an interactive Anniversary card I had made for a couple who was making a move to a new city to start a new life. 

Feminine cards for Birthdays/Anniversaries!

In this blog post, I share two colorful cards I had made: 

Card no. 1 

This one is inspired by a purse. Added some jeweled scrapbook paper, lace, a die cut flower, and beads to embellish it. 

Card no. 2

In this one, I added an embossed background that I fuzzy cut. On top of that I glued this cute printed chipboard girl with flowers I had from the dearlizzydaydreamer collection. Then, I added some felt flowers, die cut branches, and gems to embellish.

Altered travel suitcase with "Memories" mini album

Folks, in this post I share an altered travel suitcase I had created. In it, is an altered mini album along with an envelope to store more pictures. There is space to add any memorabilia collected on the trip as well. 

Suitcase:

I had picked up this suitcase box at a discounted price, and I wanted to do something with it. So, I thought what better than to make a travel suitcase. I first painted it with acrylic paint. After the paint dried, I stamped it a bit to get background. Then I used scrapbook paper, envelope, jute string, paper and fabric blooms, washi tape, tags, stickers, and other embellishments. 

"Family time" Mini album

Folks, in this post I share a mini album I had made titled, "Family time", which was an anniversary gift. I created the front and back cover with chipboard, and used some natural colors, decorating them with flowers, doilies, and some bling. Used some lace for binding, and thought it looked super cute! 

I wanted to then make a sleeve to put this album inside. For that, I recycled some cereal boxes (again!) Hot glued them together to make this design. Then modpodged some pretty scrapbook paper. Added some lace, flowers, and bling, and voila!

Hope you like it, and are inspired to do something crafty today! 

Love,

Divya

Flip card - for a Birthday/Anniversary!

Folks, so on this post, I am sharing a card I had made for a birthday taking inspiration from those flip cards we loved as kids! 

So, for the cover of the card, I made a house. Cut some scraps of paper to make it, and added some newsletter butterflies, lace, confetti and a tag as embellishments.  I made some clouds, birds, and the ground with white acrylic paint. Thought it looked super cute. Also hand drew some ethnic design near the spine to add some layers. 

Birthday/Anniversary "Tailored" cards

Folks, so in this post I share two cards I had made for a birthday and an anniversary. 

Card no. 1   

So, for the first card, I used some scrap paper for my stash to make a background. Also added some die cut embellishments to the background, along with scraps from Websters pages. I added some lace to get some more layers.

Feminine cards - for Anniversaries or Birthdays

Folks, here are some cards I had made while experimenting with water color and acrylic backgrounds. Don't you just love those? They give you the effect that you want and never fail to impress.

Card no. 1

With the background all set, I added distressed gorgeous Kaiser flowers, some die cut embellishments, with some lace from my stash. (By now, you get I love floral!) Also added the beautiful typewriter chipboard from the gorgeous Dearlizzydaydreamer collection. Added a small distressed hand written note to the typewriter, and that was it!

I have also entered this card in the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C316:
http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/crazy-4-challenges-c4c316.html

Card no. 2

Made the background exactly like in card no. 1 except using different colors this time. Somehow loved the contrast of black with the reds and oranges, so went on to make a complimenting tag with similar colours, and add it for some depth and layering. Then added some die cut embellishments along with pretty black Kaiser flowers and some trims, and that was it!

Hope you like these, and get some inspiration to do something crafty!

Love
Divya