30.4.12

Bag Shaped Card and Template

Bag Shaped Card
Bag Shaped Card
Shaped cards are so fascinating.The cards I make are usually gifted to special ladies in our lives and all ladies do love bags! So made this purse shaped/bag shaped card using the cardboard cover of this book in yet another recycling craft.
Recycling Craft

How to make a Bag shaped card [Without a template!]

Card templates are so popular and I love them too but nowadays I am too lazy to work with templates since it takes so much more time to print / trace etc.You can also skip the print trace routine by using whatever is available at home like I did----
I made this bag shaped card by using a plate on a folded A 4 card! Just outline part of the plate circumference, add a handle shape and cut out!
But for my blogger pals who love templates here is the bag shaped card template.
Bag Shaped Card template
I inserted a fancy fold on the inside of the card which helps the folds of the bag swing apart and can even hold a little gift. You can see the clasp made with glitter foam and punched flowers in this photo.Dont know what made me use yellow to mar the beauty of an otherwise beautiful card!Here is the link to the fancy fold insert tutorial
Bag Shaped Card
Here is the closeup of the punchcraft daisy flower and the link to Punchcraft Flower Tutorial
Punchcraft Flower 
On the back of the card I used a stencil to make a floral design and added some punched butterflies. My little daughter was quite critical that I colored the leaves black[In her dictionary leaves should be green always]!
Bag Shaped Card
I played with photo-editing and added a sparkle to the rhinestone flower on the clasp of the bag!

Bag Shaped Card
Hope you enjoyed this simple creation.Need to hear your opinions as this was somewhat "not my style" and received lots of criticism from my 5 year old assistant --especially for the black leaves !

29.4.12

Paper Flower Tutorial- Easy Daisy

Paper Flower Tutorial
Paper Flowers
Sharing a simple paper flower tutorial. This tutorial is for the daisy in the Stationary Set posted earlier.
A few steps transform the flat punched daisy to a dimensional beautiful flower.This method can be adapted to many different punched flower shapes and not just the daisy.
How to Make a Daisy Punchcraft Flower


Punchcraft Flower Tutorial
Paper- white and red paper[ I didnt use cardstock as I find it difficult to punch thick paper]
Punches-I punched 2 daisies , 2 suns and a tiny flower[optional] as shown for each Punchcraft Daisy flower. If you dont have a punch you can still use this tutorial techniques to shape and craft hand cut flowers.
A self retaining forceps is a wonderful tool in crafting. Mine is something I bought locally and it was not very expensive.A forceps is  actually not essential as you can always use nimble fingers![I have thick stubby fingers so for me this forceps is the best tool!]
Embossing Tool [ any rounded blunt object will do!]
Embossing Mat- No need to rush out and buy one as you can always use the soft foamy side of your mouse pad
Black Sketch pen or paint 
Glue
Paper Flower Tutorial
Grasp a punched daisy as shown so that it grips 2 petals at the center. You can grasp a single petal but shaping 2 petals in one go makes it so much faster[ I am always on the look out for such time saver techniques and I hope you guys like it too !]
Paper Flower Tutorial
Fold over the flower at right angles at the forceps grip and in no time you can fold and crease all the petals to make a quick punchcraft flower.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Emboss the center of the daisy  punched flower
Paper Flower Tutorial
Use the shaped flowers as such or layer the 2 daisies to make your punchcraft flower.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Layer the 2 flowers atop each other and glue with a dot of glue at the center. Make the center with contrasting color sun shape or any other shape you fancy.
Paper Flower Tutorial
A neat trick is to shade the tips of the central shape of your paper flower.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Apply a dot of glue on the center of the daisy and glue one central sun shape punchcraft flower.
Punchcraft Flower Tutorial
Glue on the 2nd sun shape and the optional tiny punched flower to make the quick and simple paper flower
Paper Flower Tutorial
This is a simple punchcraft flower yet I had to share the tutorial as its so quick to make yet so beautiful to look at. I hope my dear blogger pals liked it too!
Here is the link to the Paper Rose Tutorial used in this stationery set.
Here are links to other Flower Making Tutorials

25.4.12

Paper Flower Tutorial- Punchcraft Rose

Paper Flower Tutorial
Paper Flowers
I love making Paper Flowers and these punchcraft flowers helped so much in  transforming this tin can and cardboard box in yet another recycling craft.
Recycling Craft
I made a stationery set of a pen stand and easel box type notepaper holder and decorated them with vintage paper , some quilling and lots of punchcraft paper flowers.
Paper Flowers
I have never worked with vintage style paper -- this was part of a winnings from Lil Bee Boutique[Thank You  Hana].So quite unsure how it has balanced out with the punchcraft flowers. 
Paper Flowers
This is the lid of the box with quilled leaves and punchcraft flowers.

Paper Flowers
The lid of the box has an extra flap which can stand up like an easel to display the paper flowers. 
Paper Flowers
One can add a small photo or quote on the inner panel of the recycled box.

Recycling craft
On the lower half of the box I added  a lacy pearl border  and some tiny punchcraft flowers.
Paper Flowers
This matching stationery set was inspired by 2 blogger friends  Hussena and Priya Sondhi who do such an awesome job of color coordination and " matching"! Do drop by their blogs to be fascinated!
This is the closeup of the rose on the tin can which I recycled into a craft tool holder /penstand.To match with the box , I used the same type of punchcraft flowers.
Punchcraft Flowers
How to Make a Paper Rose
Materials required
1.Paper - normal thickness paper is enough and not cardstock [which is so much tougher to punch and shape ]
2.Paper Punches- I used the pear punch for this rose. You can hand cut rough pear shapes too! The circle punch is optional-- the circle or any other shape is used to form the base of the paper rose. 

Paper Flower Tutorial
3.Glue
4.Shaping tool- optional ....you can use a pen or knitting needle as alternatives
Make the Paper Rose Petals
Punch 12 pear shapes and shape each into a flower petal. Gently roll back the 2 corners of the pear shape as shown in the photo of the paper flower tutorial 

Paper Flower Tutorial
I find it quicker to shape all 12 paper flower petals in one go!
Paper Flower Tutorial 
Make the central rose bud  
Take 4 of the shaped petals and bend the narrow part of the pear shape at a right angle as shown . Make the inner most petal by increasing the bend of the 2 corners ,applying glue on one corner flap and gluing in place to form a conical bud.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Take a 2nd petal and apply glue as shown at the corners and the base. Wrap it around the first petal to make the bud. 
Paper Flower Tutorial
Take 2 more petals bend at right angles at the narrow part ,apply glue at the base and lower part of the erect part.Slide and wrap both these petals around the bud. You can add more petals in the same fashion to give a more fuller rose bud.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Pinch the upper part of the pear shape with the thumb and index of one finger . Using the thumb of the other hand to create the central crease makes it quick and easy[Sounds tricky but its not!!]. Bend the narrow base at a right angle. Apply glue at the base and lower edges of the paper flower petal.
Paper Flower Tutorial
This picture shows the 8 shaped petals and the central bud of the paper rose
Paper Flower Tutorial
Place the bud on the base of one petal and wrap the petal around it. In this way surround the bud with 3 petals to make a mini paper flower.
Paper Flower Tutorial
Add 5 petals to surround the central flower. I find this stage the trickiest as I use normal glue which takes its own sweet time to dry! 
To help the petals stay in place I shaped a circle into a cup and pasted it as a base to hold the petals of the flower together. 
Another trick is to insert the paper rose into the hole of the circle punch -- this helps to hold the petals in position while the glue dries on your paper punchcraft rose
Paper Flower Tutorial
Here is the link to the Paper Daisy Tutorial
Here are  Tutorial links to make Paper Roses with other shapes
Paper Flowers
Do tell me how you liked the roses and yet another recycling project .

If you are a beginner to punchcraft here are links to some Easy Punchcraft flower tutorials
If you want to try some Advanced Punchcraft flowers here are some tutorials

19.4.12

Punchart Animals DIY Photoframe

Punchart Animals  Photoframe
Punchart Animals
This Photoframe is my Guest DT project for "For Fun Challenges" theme Anything But a Card. Thank You Kathy for inviting me!!
This project combines 2 things I love to incorporate in crafting--Kids crafts and Recycling!
I made the photo frame by recycling an old cardboard box.Here are  links to DIY Photoframe Tutorials
Punchart Animals
One of my crafty vices is buying punches !! And when I want new ideas for a punch, I let my daughter play with the punched shapes as somehow kids are often better than grownups at thinking " out of the box " and coming up with some amazing ideas. [See the punchart Ganesha ]
 My 5 year old designed all these punchart animals!
Punchart Animals
These strawberries are made from AMOS playdough- its sticky to use in the Indian climate but dries light and firm.Added some glitter glue stems and quilled leaves for our playdough strawberries
Playdough Strawberries
This Punchart Teddy is my daughter's version of Teddy dancing with  flowers. These blue quilled fringed flowers were made by recycling a magazine border. I loved my 5 year old's idea of using the crown punch as "claws"!
Punchart Animals
We used the punches shown below to make our punchart sheep.
Punchart animal
The pear punch is the head.The swirl punch was used to make the horns and the body was made from 5 scallops.We cut out flower petals to make the legs of our punchart sheep.
Punchart Animals
To add some glamour to the other wise "kiddy " project added some quilled flowers
Quilled Flowers
Photo frames are such useful items to make and keep or gift away. I hope you  liked our homemade photoframe with  playdough strawberries  and Punch art animals
Punchart Animals
Edited: This Photoframe came Top 3 At Oldie but a Goldie Farm/Garden Theme Challenge
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