Pop Up Box Card and Crafty Tips

Pop Up Box Card

Wish you all a Happy New Year friends. So glad to share this sweet and adorable card + a few Crafty tips as my  first post of 2018 which is also my DT post for the Cuttlebugmania  Challenge where the theme is "Flowers"!

Pop Up Box Card

One of my crafty resolutions for 2018 is to get back into the spirit of blogging, sharing Tips and Tutorials. So here goes....
Crafty Tip 1
If you are like me and are looking for easier and quicker ways to color your images: try experimenting with and combing the different media you own.
Here I colored the Wild rose studio Bunnies using a combination of Zig Watercolor Brush Pens  and Staedtler water-color pencils ....I first roughly colored the image  with the color pencils and just highlighted the areas of the image I wanted a deeper color with the watercolor brush pens . Then went over the image with a water brush .And here is the conclusion : when you combine the two media you get better coverage,easier blending, a richer look and it is way quicker!
Here are more Tutorial posts on the Zigs :

• An introduction to Zig Watercolor Brush Pens 
• Water-coloring tips with Zig Watercolor Brush Pens 

Pop Up Box Card

I used beautiful Lemon craft papers [ won at my friend Lisa's giveaway] and gorgeous Crealies dies [shared earlier in my Guest DT posts earlier here : Pop Up Card Tutorial , Pop Up Christmas Card] to make this Pop Up Card !

Crafty Tip 2

Sometimes the most mundane of stationary supplies can help you ante up your crafting game to  a whole new level!

A T square ruler is one of the most useful things to have around if you are a perfectionist!

It is so easy to perfectly horizontally align your border dies, sentiment stamps or embellishments if you use this baby!

And mind you ...you dont need a fancy one too...mine cost just around a 100 rupees[ which will be 1 to 2 dollars only]!

More posts on using Rulers

• How to use the T square  to get perfect horizontal border die cuts : Die cutting Tips
• A review and demonstration of different brands of Craft Rulers  to enhance your crafting skills: How to Use all the features of your Craft Ruler

Die cutting Tip

Crafty Tip 3
Buying craft supplies is a big addiction for many of us...well ahem it's part of the whole crafting scene isnt it! And I think almost all of us must have felt guilty at one point of time!!
Well one way to feel better about buying something is to find more than one way to use it! Hehe it always seems to work for me!!

Die cutting Tip

Here I used the Crealies border die  4 times to die cut a lovely  frame design which forms the backdrop of my Pop Up Card ....it does look cool doesn't it !

Crafty Tip 4
 Most of us have certain set crafty habits...like for example I tend to usually make my card bases in white! And if you are a flower maker maybe you like to cut your flowers from white paper and ink them or use colored card stock....well every once in a while consciously try to stray away from your set habits!

Die cutting Tip

Here I used pattern paper, plain paper, colored card stock and foam to mix and match the Crealies flower die cuts to make a medley of sweet looking flowers!

Pop Up Box Card

Here is the back of the Pop Up Box card with a pocket created to hold a large sentiment tag.

Pop Up Box Card

Thank you so much for staying with me till the end of this post and bidding you once again a Happy New Year with this  beautiful quote !

Pop Up Box Card

Supplies : Dies : Crealies Duo Dies No 47 [Flower],Crealies Set of 3 -No 47 [Flower],Crealies On the Edge No 33,Cheery Lynn  Rose Leaf Strip. 
Stamp : Wild Rose Studio Spring Bunnies.Papers : Lemoncraft Fresh Summer