Star Effect Cards

Star Effect Cards

Hi friends it feels nice to blog after a hiatus. I had injured my hand and was unable to craft but now I am much better and sharing a simple but fun card called the  Star Effects card.

These 3 Dimensional cards are easy to make and you just need a 6 x 6 piece of pattern paper to make it!The  component parts  slot into each other to create a dimensional card which can be sent in the  mail too!

Dress My Craft Magical Unicorns

I used the  Magical Unicorns papers and dicut motifs from Dress My Craft to make this gorgeous card for my daughter as a form of encouragement during exam season [she is having her final exams now and is working really hard!]

Floral Guitar Dies

I used the  Floral Guitar dies from Dress My Craft to create the  gorgeous delicate guitars in this card. They are a set of 2 dies which can be layered to create beautiful designs! You can either ink the  background die or cut it out of a different colored paper to bring out the  beauty of the  2 layered guitar!

Floral Guitar Die Cuts

I chose background colors of the  guitars to match the  colors in the  pattern paper and added cute unicorns and  whimsical castles to create a Magical Star Effects Card.

Star Effect Cards

The 2nd card is more sober and was in fact my first experiment with this style of card and I made it for my husband as he loves music and flowers!

Star Effect Card

I used papers from DCWV and the  lovely guitar dies to make this Star Effects Card.

Star Effect Card

I hope you like both the  ideas

I am sorry I dont have a step by step Tutorial but there are some nice Tutorials on the  internet .

Supplies :from Crafters Corner
Dies :  Dress My Craft Floral Guitar
Spellbinders Sing It Loud 1,Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday
Papers: Dress My Craft Magical Unicorns 12 x 12 , 6 x 6 , and die-cuts ,
Die Cutting Machine : Crafters Companion Gemini
Adhesive : Red Tacky Tape, Glossy Accents, Dress My Craft Glue
Inks : Distress Inks
Misc : Dress My Craft Teflon Bone Folders

Easel Drawer Box Card

Easel Drawer Box Card

       Hi friends....have you ever made a card you felt happy about when you made it but months later thought...what a lame card and could never bring yourself to send it anyone?!!

Well I have quite a few of those "what was I thinking when I made that" type of cards in my collection ...and have been challenging myself to rework some of them rather than throw them away!

So here is the ancestor of this easel drawer card... a  Glittery Card  I just couldn't bring myself to send to anyone despite being in my stash since 2016!

Glitter Card

So I went to work on it using handmade flowers and dozens of die cuts and made a Birthday Card [as my DT project for  Cuttlebugmania  Challenge where the theme is Birthday]! 

Wanted to play in a few favorite Challenges and so converted it into an easel card with blue and green color theme and dozens of butterflies for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge !

Easel Drawer Box Card

 I still didnt like the card much and so decided to try and wave a magic wand once again and tried to make it into an easel card with a drawer box!

Easel Drawer Box Card

My poor card was already quite bulky so rather than risk making a wobbly card stock drawer I very ambitiously made the drawer box from chipboard!

Easel Drawer Box Card

And that was easier said than done as it involved endless measuring and re- measuring, gluing and re-gluing!!!....Ufff...this sure wasn't one of those easy projects!

Easel Drawer Box Card

And though I am not a 100% happy with the overall project I do love how the drawer part turned out!
The drawer pull has a metal butterfly I transformed into a shabby white beauty using Stampendous embossing powder.

Altered Butterfly

 It did turn out gorgeous and shabby!!

Easel Drawer Box Card

The drawer box has blue crystal flowers as feet[ you can see the same Crystal flowers in this post : Crystal flower bouquet Tutorial ] and butterflies galore all around it.

Easel Drawer Box Card

 The easel part rests on a pearl - rhinestone border and a gorgeous satin flower trim. When you lift up the easel...you will see birthday wishes once again and gorgeous peacock blue butterflies.

Easel Drawer Box Card

 And on turning the card- box ...more birthday wishes!!!

Easel Drawer Box Card

 I may be weird but after all the work I think I like the backside of the card drawer box more than the front!!

Easel Drawer Box Card

 If you stayed  with me till here without falling asleep or running away...Thank you so much !!!

Easel Drawer Box Card

And here are the dies I used!! :

Winnie and Walter  Essentials Audrey Cutaways , Winnie and Walter Cover Model Multifaceted Cutaway,X cut 3 D Butterfly,Magnolia Doohickeys Vintage Box Lacing Coffee,Joy Crafts 6002-0251[Butterfly Border],Marianne Anjas Vintage Decoration LR0269,Cheery Lynn  Large Rose,Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13,Spellbinders Annabelle's Trousseau Layering Frame,Spellbinders Rose Creations  ,Spellbinders Magnolia,Tonic Studios Birthday Swirl.

Dont forget to join in at the Cuttlebugmania  Challenge with a Birthday themed project. It is special as we are celebrating Jannie's birthday [ Jannie is the sweet and wonderful owner of the Cuttlebugmania Challenge blog]

Linking to
 - Use Old favorites...The blue flowers were made using the Spellbinders Rose Creations  one of my oldest dies and a special favorite
Creative Fingers Challenge ,CraftyHazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge,

This project was Top 3 at the Butterfly Challenge ! Yippeee!! Thank you Mrs A. 
It was also featured at 613 Avenue Create
It was also featured as Top 5 at All Sorts Challenge! So honored and thrilled!
It was also chosen and featured as top 5 at Fussy and Fancy Challenge . Thank you so much !!
It was also in the honorable mentions at Scrappyland Challenge ! Thank you !

Owl Shaped Thank you Card

Owl Shaped Card

        Hi friends sharing another little Owl shaped card. This time popped up the polka dotted wings on a wing cut out of black glitter foam and bordered each wing with glitter foam leafy birder cut from the Poppystamps Emory Oval Frame die.

        Experimented combining different dies to make a simple flower[ used the Cheery Lynn rose to cut the flower petals from dotted pattern paper and the Poppystamps  large icelenad poppy die to make the glitter central pollen.

Owl Shaped Fancy Fold Card

And here is the inside of the card with a tea cup popped up on foam and a stylish Poppystamps Thank you  on a tag [ again from Poppystamps ]

Supplies : Dies :  Poppystamps Scribble Thank you, Poppystamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags, Poppystamps Large Iceland Poppy, Poppystamps Pine Boughs, Poppystamps Emory Oval Frame,Cheery Lynn  Large Rose, Elizabeth Craft Designs Teacup , Sizzix Owl Label Fold A Long

Papers : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday, Echo Park Dots and Stripes

Linking to  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  Pop Up

Word Art Wednesday 

Fancy Fold Step Card

Fancy Fold Step Card

          Hi friends , are you surprised to see so many posts from me?  I am on a determined spree to use up hoarded craft supplies. Do you have pretty papers that you love too much that you can't bear to use them...? Hehe I am big time guilty of that one and hope some of my friends can relate!!

Fancy Fold Step Card

          I used hoarded fall themed papers not only on the base of my card but to also make the embellishments like the die cut tree, the punched flowers and  the tea cup! I die cut the Memory Box tree twice and layered them offsetting a bit to give extra volume and depth and added some cute resin flower embellishments[ which again I loved too much that I have hung on to them for years!!]

Handmade Paper Flower

        The  Magnolia was made with a Spellbinders die and a subtle shimmer added using a special glitter called Crystal Clear. This beautiful glitter[available in India and also sold by the Heartfelt creations, USA] is made by my talented friend  Rajni Chawla   and she was so kind to send it to me to try out.Thank you so much Rajni!

Fancy Fold Step Card

I added rhinestone swirls above my tea cup and a shiny chocolate disc on the saucer!

Fancy Fold Step Card

Here is the side view showing classic fall elements on each step : acorns, a pumpkin, a lazy cat and fall leaves!

Fancy Fold Step Card

Have a good day!!
Supplies : Dies :  Memory Box Arboscello Tree, Memory Box Rounded Fence,Elizabeth Craft Designs Teacup , Cheery Lynn  Flourish 13,Cheery Lynn  grass,  Spellbinders Magnolia,Spellbinders Happy Days,

Punches : Martha Stewart , Jef daisy
Papers : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday

Light Up Pop Up Box Card Tutorial

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

        Hi friends, with nature's forces playing havoc at many parts of the world including Mumbai ,in India....I would like to share a card which echoes the sentiment "May the Sun shine brightly and bring cheer".

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

           This Pop Up Card has multiple layers of sparkling clouds, cheerful hot-air balloons floating up in the sky [on acetate strips] and a gorgeous sparkling rainbow! I went an extra bit in this one and made the Sun light up on pressing one cloudy corner!

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

I wanted to convey that no matter how cloudy and gloomy the scene is , the sun always comes up!

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

How to make a Light Up Card
The easiest way to make a light up card is using Chibitronics supplies. You can buy Chibitronics starter kits if you like but it's more economical to pick up just the essential components separately which are

Chibitronics Kit

1. LED Lights - I used Chibitronics  sticker LED lights as these are adhesive backed, tiny ,lightweight, come in various colors . If you dont get these in your country you can always use regular LEDs but they will be bulky and trickier to use. The Chibitronics LEDs being fairly flat and tiny make them ideal for paper-crafters and you can even use a couple to light up a card or layout!
2. Conductive tape - I used Copper tape by Chibitronics  as I decided that other electrical conductor options like aluminium foil and bare wire would be too tricky to use though technically they would work! This particular copper tape is adhesive on one side so ideal to use in paper-crafts and can be cut with a scissors or even be torn with your hands!

   

   How to make a Light Up Card
   

   
   

3. Battery for the LED - I used a Micro Lithium 3V cell battery I picked up from my local electrical shop.

I have a video Tutorial showing the basic steps on how I made the card. It is not as detailed a Tutorial as I usually do as it was very tricky to photograph the circuit making steps  so do forgive me !

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

The Pop Up Card folds flat for mailing but I think I would rather hand deliver this special card as I would love to see the recipient's reaction!!

Light Up Pop Up Box Card

 I would like to especially thank all my crafty blogger and social media friends who without knowing have helped me see the sunshine on many a cloudy day! Thank you !!
       

Supplies : Dies :  MFT Stitched Rainbow , Gina Marie Stitched Cloud Border,Magnolia DooHickeys Lovely Fence,Hello from Ultimate crafts Jadene Celebration Spray, Sun from DCAM Diwali die
Tools : Martha Stewart Scoring Board, Tonic Guillotine Cutter, Cropadile Big Bite
Adhesives : Tombow Multi Mono liquid, Glue Dots, Double Sided Foam Tape

Coffee Stair Step Card

Coffee Stair Step Card

 Hi friends....sharing my last card for the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. I used a favorite design...the stair step card made using the Spellbinders Happy die.

Coffee Stair Step Card

 I made the creamy coffee cup by used the "icing" from a Marianne Cupcake set a freehand drawn glass and  a Spellbinders die cut to make the sleeve of my coffee cup! The bourbon biscuit was made using air-drying clay and a Plaid mold.

Coffee Cup

My card has a lot of cheerful yellow and orange!

Coffee Stair Step Card

 The "Thanks" was made using a Winnie and Walter die cut and all the leaves on this fall card were made using stamps from Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set and embossed using WOW Metallic Gold sparkle embossing powder.

Coffee Stair Step Card

 In this view you can see all the cute little woodland creatures I added to each step...there is a squirrel , a fox, a rabbit and an eagle.

Coffee Stair Step Card

 The best thing about this card design is it folds flat and can be mailed!

Coffee Stair Step Card

Supplies : Dies : Winnie and Walter In a Word Thanks Cutaway,Sizzix Embosslit Lacy Heart,Marianne Creatables Cupcake LR0160,Marianne Anja Border,Spellbinders Majestic Labels 25,Spellbinders Happy Days ,Provocraft Natural and Texture Border,Cuttlebug Animal Crackers,Spellbinders  Borderabilities Eyelets Border,Sizzix BigZ Tim Holtz Tattered Florals
Pattern Paper : Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday
Stamps : Winnie and Walter In Bloom Elsa's Flora Stamp Set 
Simon Says Work it Wednesday

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