Fall Leaves and Coffee Card

Coffee Card

 Hi friends , sharing yet another fall card in bright orange colors! I heat embossed leaves from the Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set using WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle and water colored it in lovely orange shades .

Coffee Card

 Made a cup of coffee using Marianne presents die and Memory Box 's splash border[ the mug handle] and layered it atop a wood grain embossed tag!

Water-colored Flower

A rather bright card if I may say soo myself but somehow I am in love with bright cheerful orange nowadays!
Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Marianne Presents,Memory Box Splash Border,Marianne Anja's Corner,Winnie and Walter  Essentials Audrey Cutaways,
Stamps : Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set

Gatefold Owl Card

Gatefold Owl Card

        Hi friends, I just couldn't resist making another Owl Card...especially since I found to my amazement that so many of you loved owls!!

        This gatefold Owl card was so easy and fun to make since I used a Sizzix Owl  Fold A Long die , part of the candy I had won from Katarina...blogland is an amazing generous place!

Heat Embossed Flower

           The flower and leaves I used at the bottom is from Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set .I used WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle embossing powder on the leaves...its one of my favorite embossing powders!

Owl Shaped Card

      My owl has a  pattern paper base [ details below] and  details made using foam. I love to use foam to give light weight dimension in  papercraft projects ! Sticking it however can be tricky...you can use tacky tape/ Aleene's tacky glue or fabric glue.

Gatefold Owl Card

         Since this card is for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop I wanted to add a nice cup of Cappuccino inside my card but I didn't have any cup/ glass die so I  improvised and made a creamy frothy cup of coffee with dies I had in my stash!

Coffee Cup

         I drew the glass freehand and used the "icing" from a Marianne Cupcake set to make the frothy cream of my coffee! Cut up a Spellbinders die cut to make the sleeve of my coffee cup! I am so happy with the  way it has turned out!

Creamy Coffee

And here is my Owl Fancy Fold card sitting happily amongst the flowers in our terrace garden.

Gatefold Owl Card

Supplies : Dies : Sizzix Owl Label Fold A Long , Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13, Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper,Nellie Snellen Hearts,Sizzix Handwritten Love 660218,Marianne Creatables Cupcake LR0160,Spellbinders Majestic Labels 25
Pattern Paper : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday
Stamps : Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set 

Tea and Flowers !

Die Cut Paper Flowers

          Hi friends I am on a  crafting spree and enjoying making cards for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!The teapot is a Kaisercraft Tea Party stamp embossed with WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder and layered on  a Spellbinders decorative curved square die cut.

Cheery Lynn  Chrysanthemum

      Created the paper flowers using the Cheery Lynn  Chrysanthemum strip die and thin punchcraft paper. The leaves are a  favorite of mine and were made with Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set and WOW  Metallic Gold Sparkle embossing powder

Cheery Lynn  Chrysanthemum

        I used a Martha Stewart border punch to make a fall themed leafy frame to decorate the inside of the card .

Fall themed Card

      Also added a few punched butterflies and in this view you can also see the lovely aperture style floral vines created using the Couture Creations Venetta die .

Fall themed Card

And that is the card sitting amongst the flowers in our terrace garden!Hope you like the riot of bright colors!

Supplies : Dies :  Couture Creations Venetta,Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum Strip, Spellbinders Decorative Curved Square ,Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 , Spellbinders 2012 Holiday tree ,Spellbinders Fancy Labels Tags 4
Stamps : Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur, Kaisercraft Tea Party, Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set 
Pattern Paper : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday
Embossing powder : WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder, WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle
Punches : Jef medium Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart Leaf border punch

Fall Themed Tag

Fall themed Decor piece

          Hi friends I hope you are not bored of seeing fall colors on my blog! Sharing another project I made for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.
          I made it by embossing some Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags  die cuts with Spellbinders wood grain embossing and layering  atop  Spellbinders  die cuts.

Wood grain Embossing

        Love how the green , brown and orange shades came together in this one! The little ladybug is a tiny cloth-peg I picked up from my local super market....isn't it cute!!

Fall themed Hanging

       The coffee cup was created by heat embossing a Kaisercraft Tea Party stamp with WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder. And giving it company is a quilled flower , cute little mushrooms and an acorn I made using air drying clay and a Plaid mold.

Supplies : Dies :  Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags , Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 , Spellbinders Labels 8, Spellbinders Decorative Curved Square [ used to make the tiny swirl amongst the leaves], Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 , Cheery Lynn  Rose Leaf Strip, Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13, Heartfelt creations Delightful Daisy Die, Provocraft Leaves
Embossing Folder : Spellbinders Brick and Bark
Stamps : Heartfelt creations Delightful Daisies Stamp, Kaisercraft Tea Party
Embossing powder : WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder

Owl Shaped Card

Owl Shaped Card

         Hi friends...here is another Owl shaped fancy fold card I made for the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. This one is similar to the Fancy Fold card  I shared earlier but with a little variation.
        When the card swings open there is a nice hot cup of coffee with a "hello" rising up from the steam!
        The cup was created by heat embossing a Kaisercraft Tea Party stamp with WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder.

Owl Shaped Fancy Fold Card

I love making and seeing cute cards, they cheer me up!!!....How about you?!

Supplies : Dies : Sizzix Owl Label Fold A Long , Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13, Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 ,Ultimate crafts Jadene Celebration Spray,Spellbinders Pagel Maps Say What, Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur
Stamps : Kaisercraft Tea Party Clear Stamp set, Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur
Papers : DCWV The Four Seasons Stack
Embossing Powder : WOW Metallic Copper
Linking to  
DL Art Thankful Thursday Challenge 
613 Avenue Create ,Crafty Cardmakers,Trimmies Craft Challenge
WOW September Challenge : used WOW Metallic Copper embossing powder
Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Fancy Fold Owl Card

Fancy Fold Owl Shaped Card

        Hi friends...sharing something cute and cheerful....an Owl shaped fancy fold card in fall colors made for the Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop!

Quilled Rose

My little owl is a girl and has sparkling brown eyes and wears a quilled rose on her head!

Fancy Fold Owl Shaped Card

           The card swings open in a gate fold fashion and you get a nice impressive large card!

Fancy Fold Owl Shaped Card

          On the inside panel , I added a nice tea pot full of coffee created by heat embossing a Kaisercraft Tea Party stamp with WOW's Metallic Copper embossing powder.
        This card was so fun to put together using a  Sizzix Owl die which was so generously sent to me   by Katarina all the way from Scotland [as part of  her candy which I won]!Thank you so much Katarina for taking so much trouble!

Supplies : Dies : Sizzix Owl Label Fold A Long , Spellbinders Aster Flower Topper, Spellbinders Decorative Curved Square, Elizabeth Craft Designs Best Wishes,Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13, Cheery Lynn Build A Flower Embellishments 3 ,
Stamps : Kaisercraft Tea Party Clear Stamp set, Heartfelt creations  Sun kissed fleur
Papers : DCWV The Four Seasons Stack
Linking to  
Crafty Cardmakers

Edited : This card was winner at Crafty Cardmakers

Pyramage Die Cutting Tutorial

Pyramage Box

           I have a deep fascination for 3 D decoupage/ Pyramage technique and have made many projects using ready made printed image sheets and even stamped images. [You can see examples here : Accordion Pop Up Card, 3 D Decoupage Tutorial ] 

Pyramage Tutorial 

          But fuzzy cutting  can be tiresome at times and here is an easier ,quicker way to create the 3 D decoupage look using dies.

Pyramage Die Cutting Tutorial 

I saw this technique at Splitcoast Stampers using stamped images and they called it Telescoping image technique . I tried adapting it to pattern paper and loved how easy it was!
For this technique you need 2 stamped images or  pattern papers and 4 nesting dies.

Pyramage Tutorial

I have used 4 dies from the  Spellbinders Labels 8 die set. You can use any nesting die set you have.

Pyramage Tutorial

Place the 3 larger dies on the paper/image and remove the middle one. Tape the other 2 to the paper and cut through your die cutting machine.

Pyramage Tutorial

You will get die cuts as shown below

Pyramage Tutorial

Replace the dies on the 2nd sheet of pattern paper/ image and this time use the smallest of the 4 too ie if you are labelling the 4 dies as 1,2,3,4 from smallest to largest, you will be using numbers 1 and 3.

Pyramage Tutorial

Tape the dies 1 and 3 to the paper and die cut.

Pyramage Tutorial

You will get 4 die cut frames as shown .These are now ready to be stacked atop each other using foam tape. I found it sturdier to stick the die cuts with the center aperture to a similar die cut before layering.

Pyramage Tutorial

Isnt this a cool technique to make a 3 D pyramage image!

Pyramage Box

I added  my pyramage image to a glitter foam die cut and used it atop a shaped box made using the same Spellbinders Labels 8 die using this tutorial : Easy Hinged Box Tutorial 

Hinged Box

Hope you liked this easy technique to create Pyramages!
Supplies : from Crafters Corner
Dies :  Spellbinders Labels 8
Papers : Bob N Betty
Linking to  
613 Avenue Create 

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder Tutorial

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder

        Hi friends , Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Sharing an easy tutorial to make a fun Purse Shaped Gift Card/ Money Holder.
        If you don't have a die cutting machine , don't despair, you can easily handcut a  purse shape like I have done in the posts here : Bag Shaped Card Tutorial  and Explosion Purse Tutorial .
Here I have used the  Spellbinders Labels 8 die set though you can use any die in your stash you feel will look good as a purse!
Step 1 :Create a Shaped Card 
One of the easiest ways to create a shaped card is to place the die over the edge of a folded card and run it through your machine.

Shaped Card

Tips : tape in place to avoid shifting of the sandwich

If you are using thick card stock and the die doesn't cut through both the layers ...invert it and run through again with the cutting side up!

Shaped Card

Step 2 : Add an Embossed Texture
Once you have cut out your basic purse shape, run it through an embossing folder .

Texture Creation with Embossing folders

Then pounce on it with Distress Inks ! You can use 1 or more shades and try various things like using a sponge or simply swiping the ink pad over your embossed paper...both techniques of ink application will give entirely different looks!

Embossed Faux Leather Texture

Step 3: Create a Faux Leather Look
You can create a shiny faux leather look  by dabbing Embossing ink [ Using Ink-pads like Versamark or  Ranger's Distress Embossing Ink  or using an Embossing Ink dabber] all over your embossed card , sprinkling clear embossing powder and heating it!

Heat Embossing

Step 4 : Create Pockets inside the Purse

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder

Line the inside of your purse with matching pattern paper[ I have used Bob n Betty papers]
Make pockets on each side of your purse using the  same die  and trimming the die cut to add to the central fold line.

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder

You can use different embossing folders to make different styles of purses and if you want to make a quick purse without all the embossing ,use simple pattern paper! 

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder

You can make handles for your purse using nesting ovals . If you are using magnets as a closure mechanism you can hide it under the handle.
I liked the hidden magnet closure better than the velcro closure mechanism!

Purse Shaped Gift Card Holder

The pockets on inside of the purse can be made by using the same die, trimming the die cut  and sticking just the 3 sides .
I hope you liked this simple tutorial illustrating one more way to have fun with your crafting supplies!
Here are more Tutorials using the Spellbinders Labels 8 die : Easy Diorama Card Tutorial ,3 D  Purse Tutorial , Hinged Box Tutorial , Pyramage Tutorial

Supplies : All from Crafters Corner
Dies : Spellbinders Ovals, Spellbinders Labels 8
Embossing Folders : Cuttlebug squares,WRMK Next Level Embossing Folder Woven
Papers : Bob n Betty

Easy Hinged Box Tutorial

Hinged Box

Hi friends , Thank you so much for the lovely comments on my Onam post!! Sharing a hinged box I made with  dies and some simple mixed media techniques!

Partitioned Hinged Box

The box as such measures 5 x 3 inches and is made from a single piece of cardstock measuring  9 x 7 inches and I made customised partitions for the inside .The cardstock is scored on the  9 inch side at 1, 4, 5 and 8 inches and on the  7 inch side at 1 and 6 inches. 

Hinged Box Tutorial 

Wedges are cut off for neater and easier gluing .Here is the link to the  detailed Tutorial : Hinged Box Tutorial 

Hinged Box Tutorial 

I used the Spellbinders Labels 8 die to die cut the base and lid of my box. As I wanted a sturdy box I layered 2 pieces of card stock under the pattern paper.

Hinged Box Tutorial 

Stencilled a design using texturing medium Whipped Spackle and the Memory Box Texture Adornment Stencil.

Hinged Box Tutorial 

The paper I used was so pretty I kept the embellishing to a minimum! Added a homemade resin cabochon [ made using resin and alcohol ink in a silicon mold] on an oval die cut.

Hinged Box 

Couldnt resist a tiny ribbon rose on the corner of the box!

Hinged Box

And here is the box with real roses from our garden!

Hinged Box  

Supplies : All from Crafters Corner
Dies :  Spellbinders Labels 8, Spellbinders Elegant Ovals
Stencil : Memory Box Texture Adornment Stencil 
Papers : Bob n Betty