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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 Dr...

Santa Dome Ornament            Hi friends happy to share some Santa themed projects as my DT project for Maureen's Rudolph Days Challenge where the theme is always "Anything Christmas". I  just got back from a whirlwind trip to Florida , USA and am still somewhat jet lagged but had fun making this adorable Santa Ornament  . Santa Dome Ornament The ornament was made using a clear dome, tiny Styrofoam[thermocol] "snowballs" ,  Marianne Santa  and  Poppy Stamps Fluffy Snow tree  dies !!It was tricky to capture Santa's cuteness through the glass but you can see him better in this Pop Up Card below! Santa Pop Up Card  I created a wintry snowy scene with Origami Christmas trees[ Tutorial : Easy Paper tree Tutorial ] in front of a woodland cottage[made with Dee's Distinctively Small Winter Cottage die] and an adorable Santa! Foam Santa Card This card is my favorite as it features a few of my fa...

Handmade Paper Flowers  Hi friends Thank you so much for the fabulous encouragement and kind words on my Foamiran rose Tutorial ....I am so grateful! Sharing a cheerful bright floral card I made for a crafter - blogger friend Sharada. I have used dozens of dies and added lots of layers and tried to make it as cheerful as possible and Sharada is such a cheerful bubbly character....today is her birthday but my card is yet to travel to the post office....posted on the blog so that at lest "virtually" I can send her the card!! Inside the Card Supplies : Dies :  Creative Expressions Orion die,Simon Says Stamp Heart of Roses,Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Main Street Tags ,Spellbinders Card Creator A2 Filigree Delight,Sizix  Floral Wreath 660256,X cut 3 D Butterfly,Tonic Studios BirthdaySwirl,Ultimate crafts Jadene Celebration Spray,Heartfelt creations Delightful Daisy Die,Spellbinders Rose Creations  ,Marianne Anja's Corner,Elizabeth Craft Design...

Foamiran Flowers Tutorial Hi friends, foam or rather the newly christened version paper thin " foamiran" seems to be quite the rage in the paper-crafting world right now especially with crafters who like to make flowers. I have always loved crafting with foam but this is my first project using  foamiran . Foamiran Flowers Tutorial        My foam roses are  the cutesy type and sparkle beautifully as they have been given a liberal dusting with distress glitter! Since they are my first attempt and I am still polishing my technique ,no two flowers turned out the same...hehe!! Foamiran Flowers Tutorial Here are a few Crafty Tips : The rose is not the easiest flower to make and if you are working with foamiran for the first time ,make some simple flowers before trying a rose. Regular foam of the thin variety is much easier to work with compared to foamiran but yes foamiran is so much more delicate and can give beautiful re...

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 ...