Tri-fold Shaker Card

Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today, with this tri-fold, see through shaker thank you card.

I started by making the see through shaker. I die cut 2 hot air balloons using the Sizzix Hot Air Balloon Die on the patterned paper pad from Brutus Monroe. I took a piece of string attached the balloon and the basket part to it, leaving enough length at both ends of the string, so that I can attach the ends of the string to the frame. Now I adhered the other balloon and the basket on the back side, so that the thread is sandwiched between the 2 pieces of balloons and both front and back looks the same. I took a panel of size 4 3/4" x 5 1/2" of card base weight (110 lbs) and scored at 1/2" mark along the 4 3/4" side. This 1/2" will later be adhered to a A2 card base, making a tri-fold. In this panel, I cut out a window leaving a border of 1/2" along all sides. I adhered acetate on to it. I sandwiched the thread from the hot air balloon between the window panel and foam tape, on the top and bottom. I added shaker mix from Doodles Paper Playground. I closed the shaker with acetate on other side as well. I took out a panel of Silver glitterstock from Brutus Monroe and cut out a window frame, leaving 1/2" around all the sides. I adhered this frame on the shaker panel, to hide the foam tape.

Now I took a regular A2 cardbase and adhered the 1/2" extending out from the shaker panel on to one end of the card base. I inked one of the panels with BM Speckled Ink with the BM Cloud stencil to create a sky like scene. I die cut the sentiment "Thanks" using the BM thanks die on silver glitterstock and added it to the panel. Here's a view of the card, fully opened up.

How do you like this card? Please do let me know your thoughts and comments. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day.

Thanks A Bunch

Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today with this Thank You card with pastel color theme.

I die cut the balloon using the Sizzix - Favorite Things Collection - Hot Air Balloon die on the patterned paper from Brutus Monroe on my Cut N Boss. I took an A2 card base and used the Brutus Monroe Cloud stencil and Sidewalk ink to create a subtle cloud background. Then I assembled the die cut hot air balloon and adhered it down. I wanted to use the banner from the same die set for the sentiment, but didn't have any stamp that would fit in there. So I wrote the sentiment "Thanks A Bunch" on the banner. I adhered some flowers from this package.

How do you like this card? Please do let me know!! Thanks for stopping by. Hope you all are staying safe!!

Bunch Of Stars - Thanks

Hello everyone!! This is a Thank you card that I made for one of my doctors and I had shared it on the Craftwell blog few weeks back.

We had our third baby - a boy, on March 12 :) We have named him Asher. The sisters are so excited!! You will be seeing quite a few blue baby themed cards ;)

I started with white card base and folded it to make the Z fold. I cut panels with grey card stock and covered the entire base. I then cut up pieces of light blue card stock and embossed the pieces with the Sophisticated embossing folder on my Cut N Boss. I adhered these blue panels on to all the grey panels. I die cut lots of stars using the Brutus Monroe Star dies on Silver glitter paper and grey card stock and adhered them all over the card. I die cut a small label and inked the inside with BM Sea ink. Then I stamped the sentiment on it with black ink. 

How do you like my card today? Please do let me know in the comments below. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!!

Congratulations! Baby Boy!!

Hello everyone!! I'm on Craftwell blog with this shaker card for a baby shower for a baby boy. 

I cut a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock to 8 1/2" x 7 1/2" I took the remaining 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" and die cut 3 stars out of it. I used the star dies from Brutus Monroe on my Cut N Boss. I die cut various star frames and some small solid stars from a light blue card stock as well. For the shakers, I used Doodle Paper Playground Precious Boy shaker mix. The sentiment is cut from the Charcoal glitterstock with Brutus Monroe Congratulations die. I lined the card base with a grey card stock and adhered the shaker panel on to it. I adhered the sentiment on to it.

How do you like my shaker card today? Please do let me know in the comments. Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Baby Boy Dresser Card

Hello everyone!! It's time for a new challenge at the Unstampabelles. The theme for this month is 'Boys will be boys' and the twist is to journal about the qualities of a good masculine card. Masculine cards are generally a challenge to make, for people especially like me who cannot refrain from adding a flower, butterfly or a rhinestone. Our challenge encourages you to have a go at making a card for a male of any age, without the use of stamps!

Here is my inspiration:

I was planning to create a dresser card for a long time. Initially I thought of using brown cardstock for the dresser. Then I thought most of the baby dressers in Ikea is white or a light color. So I went with white :) The polka dot embossed card is from DCWV.

I had cut the onesie with my Cricut Explore previously. I embossed the teddy bear using an embosser and then followed the lines to fussy cut it. I added the eyes and nose with my black gel pen.

I used my tiny baby handprint punch to cut the shape of a baby's hand and added it to a frame which I inked with light blue ink.

I added a banner with the hand-written sentiment 'It's a boy'. I folder a piece of the same pattern paper I had used for the onesie to resemble a blanket flowing out of the drawer.

What do I consider to be the qualities of a masculine card -First of all, no butterflies or flowers. And certainly no pink. Sports, Super heros and gadgets can be added as the main focus.

Thanks for stopping by. Do let me know your thoughts and suggestions. Please visit the other design team members' creations as well. They are sure to inspire you with their lovely creations. Don't forget to enter the Unstampabelles challenge. The prize is the set of awesome decoupage sheets and stickers sheets.

Submitting this to:

• Beyond Grey Challenges - CAS
• IBSIC - Polka dots
• Word Art Wednesday

Congratulations Baby Boy

Hello everyone!! I'm sharing a Congratulations card that I made for a family friend of ours who had a baby boy recently.

Here is the card:

I used DCWV Embossed paper and layered it on a panel of blue paper. The blue onesie is cut using my Cricut. It is one of the free images.

The sentiment is a stamp from Unity Stamp Co's Basically Said stamp set. I stamped it with Tsukineko Dew Drops Sea Breeze ink and embossed it with clear gloss powder from WOW!

It is a pretty simple card. Please let me know your thoughts.

Submitting this to:

• Beyond Grey - Cards Only
• My Time ToCraft - Male (this is for a baby boy)
• Scribble & Scrap Challenges
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Male (this is for a baby boy)
• Unity Stamps I used the sketch
  
• Word Art Wednesday