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!

"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