Spring 3D Easter box card!

So, I have been crazily working on 3D pop-up cards - they are just so much fun to make, and look adorable! Here is one I had made for Easter wishes.

The handmade pop-up greeting card is like a Pandora's box - featuring a cute hand sketched, and water colored Easter bunny with goggle eyes, sitting in a garden holding a huge Easter egg. I made the card super fun and bright.. which is generally not my style, but I loved how it turned out!

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

Cinderella Pop-up card!

Yes, I said it - I am officially obsessed with pop-up cards. Anything that looks out of the ordinary greeting cards catches my eye. I wanted to create a girlie pop-up card, to go down the memory lane of my own childhood. I know I would have loved this card growing up. I loved fairy tales, spinning stories, and everything to do with fairyland.

My mom says that as a kid I would spin stories and get my brother in trouble, and would talk for hours about all things that happened at school. Once a chatter box, always a chatter box! :)  

So, here I made a Cinderella-inspired Pop-up card. I thought of everything that reminds me of the whimsical Cinderella fairy tale - the pumpkin carriage, the glittery glass slipper, the fairy godmother, a starry night, and lots of magic. 

Mixed media cards!

I was inspired to make some cards with artsy backgrounds. Wanted to create something new, which I hadn't done before. Thought I would give a start, and see where they lead me, and think they turned out quite nice!

Card no. 1

Got all my distress inks out, and started to spray. Was aiming for a "batik" inspired background. So, used a stencil, versamark, and then holographic embossing powder, to get a glittery design on the card. Then went on to emboss it, stamped a sentiment. 

Here is a close up of the background:

I have also entered this card into the Crazy 4 Challenge no."C4C319"
And into the Share Joy Challenge 19: Sketch & Tic-Tac-Toe.

Card no. 2

I wanted to make an inspirational card with an artsy background. Nothing like making one of those to cheer yourself up! 

Again, I started off with spraying several layers of distress inks. Then I went on to stamp some areas to get some more texture. I also painted a few areas with acrylic paints to get a pop of color. Then, I hand sketched out this pretty girl. Went on to emboss her hair with holographic embossing powder to get that shine and glitter. Then made some handmade paper roses, added some paper vines, and then stamped some pretty flowers to adorn her pretty hair, finishing off with some pearl dotsThen, I stamped "You're one of a kind" on several pieces of leftover embossed paper, and added that to the card. 

Here, you can probably see some textures and layers going on: 

I have also entered this card into the SugarPea Designs Sugar Sketch 37 (SPDSS37).

Hope this inspires you to do something creative! 

Love!

Wallet Card!

Folks, this is a card I had made for hubby dear on his birthday. The inspiration for this card was a wallet. 

Here it is all wrapped up in an altered box. Hubby thought it was an actual wallet! 

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. 

Football card!

Hi folks, 

In this blog post I share a football themed card I had made for a soccer fanatic! I made a Z-card with some handmade pop-out embellishments to give it a rough look. I wanted to keep a minimalist color theme, to accentuate the theme of the card. Used the honeycomb embossing folder for the gorgeous footballs and stars. Did a lot of stamping on the pages inside, and voila!

The recipient loved it! Hope you like it too!

I have also entered the card in the following challenges:
Our Creative Corner - Wish upon a star: http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.at/2015/12/wish-upon-star.html
Share Joy Challenge 15 - Sketch and Tic Tac Toe: http://www.sharejoychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/share-joy-challenge-15-sketch-and-tic.html
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C317 challenge:

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/crazy-4-challenges-c4c317.html

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C316 challenge:

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/crazy-4-challenges-c4c316.html

Love,
Divya

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.

Baby Card/(Micro) Mini album!

Hi folks,

So in this blog post, I share a card I had made at the arrival of a baby boy. I made the card to look like a baby dungaree. Loved this color combination, thought it added some brightness and deviated a little from the blues that I love. I added some buttons to the dungaree which were embossed with stars, and made a huge pocket to add a micro-mini album with pictures of the baby.  

Tool Box Birthday card!

Hi folks, 

So, in this blog post I share a "toolbox" card I had made long back. I had made the box with paper. Then I made a handle to the box, a tag, and sketched out all the tools, and then fuzzy cut them as embellishments. 

Here is how the toolbox looks from the front:

Interactive baby cards!

Here, I share baby cards I had made for two adorable babies.  

Card no. 1

This was a "shaker" card I had made for a tiny tot turning 3. I wanted to make something fun and interactive. I made a "window" using a transparency. Fuzzy cut some cute animals from a paperline which as usual I don't recall, and added them to the background. Then went ahead and hand-picked the number "3" to add to the window. Added some balloons outside to get the party started! Think it looks super cute! 

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. 

Retirement Card/Album!

This was among one of the first scrapbooking albums I had created. I think I had made this back in 2010 as a project for retirement. At that point of time, I did not exactly know what kind of craft I was getting into, and due to the lack of resources, I had handmade EVERYTHING! I even sketched out the embellishments and the letters myself! Tied all this using lace to finish it all.

This was the cover:

Masculine cards - perfect for the men in your life!

In this post, I share some fun masculine cards, that are super easy to make, and look adorable, and use up lots of scraps from your stash. Don't you just love that? So, for these cards, I used up left over papers from my previous projects. Frankly, I am not even sure which paper lines they were from! 

Card no. 1

I divided the first card into two segments and used two contrasting colors for the same. Distressed the papers, and in between added a tag. Found a picture of a dilapidated car online, and thought it was just the perfect subject for my card. I then embossed some black bazzil cardstock for the background. Then, added the car on top of it. Used some die cuts, stickers, and washi tape as embellishments.

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 

Elegant fashionista card!

Hello folks,

Here is a pretty fashionista card I had made a few years back.