Peace, Love And Joy

 Hello everyone! Today I have a card that I made for a couple of challenges. 

I used the Spellbinders - Poinsettia die set designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn to make the poinsettia. For the pine bough and pine cone, I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs - White Pine Pinecone and Bough, also designed be her. I decided to do a see through shaker window with arch dies. I used a mix of red and gold shaker mixes. The background is Altenew - Deck Planks 3D embossing folder. Now, this is an easel card. 

The stopper for the easel is the sentiment die cut, which is Altenew - Fancy Peace. I layered multiple die cuts to get the thickness. The other part of the sentiment ‘Joy and Love’ is from the Inspired by Stamping -  Poinsettia stamp set, stamped in gold ink. Here’s a better look at the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by. Peace, Joy and Love for a wonderful new year! 

Submitting this to:

Simon says stamp Monday Challenge - A new start - new year, new start of holiday cards for the year

Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge- Something new - New year, new technique for me (see through shaker easel)

Chickadee Snow Globe

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I have a Christmas card with shaker snow globe on an easel - oh and there's a chickadee inside the snow globe :)

I recently bought a die set from Momenta that has snow globe dies and a few transparent shaker domes as well. I wanted to use it for this card. I inked the background with Hero Arts Tide Pool ink. I die cut the chickadee using the dies from Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers - Winter birds. The leaves inside the shaker are from the Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers - Peony. I used a mix of different sequin mixes for the shaker. For the berries, I colored white pearls with Copics. The pine boughs are from Elizabeth Craft Design - White Pine Pinecone and Boughs. For the background, I used Altenew - Deck Planks 3D embossing folder.

Here's the easel look. For the stopper on the easel, I used the sentiment die from Crafters Companion - We wish you a merry Christmas. I die cut multiple layers of the sentiment and adhered them together to get the thickness. 

Here's a closer look at the sentiment die cut. The shaker dome adds a nice effect to the shaker snow globe. I spent more time on deciding what to use as a stopper for the easel than making the whole card, lol!

How do you like this card today? Please do let me know. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Mother's Day Tulips

Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today, with a Spring Mother's Day card, with a vase full of Tulips.

I have this Heartfelt Creations - Tulip Vase & Fillers stamp and die set for quite some time and was planning to use it for a Spring card. I stamped the tulips, leaves and vase with Brutus Monroe inks for no-line coloring. I colored the images with Copics and die cut them using the matching dies on my SNAP machine. Then I colored the edges with Copic also - this takes only a few minutes, but makes a lot of difference. I arranged the flowers in the vase and adhered them. I die cut the frame using Royal Elegance Frames on kraft card stock to frame the vase. I decided to make a easel card, so I took an A2 card base and folded the front in half. I adhered the lower part of the frame to the lower part of the card base. For the stopper, I die cut another frame from the same die set and stamped the sentiment from the Verve stamp set. I adhered it with foam tape on the inside of the card.

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

Submitting this to:

• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - Beautiful Blossoms
  
• International Women's Day linky
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Light up Balloon

 Hello everyone!! I'm on the Craftwell blog today, with a light-up card. Believe it or not, this is my first light-up card and certainly won't be my last :)

I made this for my Dad's birthday. I started by making the card base. I took an A2 card base and adhered a light blue cardstock panel on to it. I folded the top of  the card base in to half, to make the easel. I die cut the hot air balloon using the Sizzix Hot Air Balloon die, on card stock and vellum, using my Cut N Boss. I slightly colored the vellum with Brutus Monroe inks. I sandwiched the lights in between the cardstock and the vellum balloons and adhered it there and then placed the yellow pieces on the balloon. I die cut a few clouds using the die from the same die set. I adhered the switch part of the light behind one of the clouds. I die cut a banner and wrote 'Happy Birthday' since I couldn't find a stamp that would fit in it. I die cut another banner using another stamp set and wrote 'Dear Appa' - Appa is how I call him and it means Dad in our language Tamil. I adhered this banner with foam tape, on the inside of the card and it will serve as the 'stopper' for the easel. Here's a pic of it with the lights on:

And here's one with it flat, ready for the envelope:

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