A Tea Light Candle Holder Card with a Tutorial

Hello friends, welcome once again :-).

I am back with another card today & this one is a tea light candle holder card with a tutorial (thanks to the Itsy Bitsy Challenge, let me tell you I really enjoyed compiling this & please excuse me if I have forgotten to capture a few steps).

This card doubles as a box to hold small gifts (chocolates, candies, tea lights) within the card. I have used this tutorial for reference.

Let me first take you through the steps in making this box. I have used another cardstock to show the first two steps because I forgot to take pics!!!! 

For my card I have used heavy weight white CS.

Glue one strip to form a box, leaving the smaller sides unglued to insert the candles.

The box & the card both are ready now. You can chose to decorate, embellish as you wish. I chose to heat emboss some flowers & then distress the card & box (used fired brick, barn door & mustard seed inks) as you can see - 

Now here is the much awaited part....................the final look. I truly loved the white heat embossed flowers against the red BG.

Some close ups.............

This is the inside of the card...................included a small pocket to hold a tag.

The tag completely co-ordinates with the color scheme & design............lady bud included!!! The tag is distressed with walnut stain & vintage photo inks.

The front & the back of the card.

Also made this card with the Lulupu Challenge#14 in mind & used the colors accordingly.

Also linking this to - 

One Stop Craft Challenge#236

C is for Challenge#3

Craft-Dee BowZ July Challenge

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A Thank You Bicycle Card

A very good morning to all you lovely friends!

My dear friend Deepti now has 130+ followers on her blog & to join in the celebration here's her card I cased................a bicycle loaded with THANK YOU for all the awesome videos & techniques she shares with us.

This is Deept's card

Some close ups of the card - 

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CAS(E)#36

Good Morning Friends!!

Started working on this card using the beautiful sketch at CAS(E)#36.

I find it most difficult to make CAS cards, so always try & play along CAS(E) every week. This is my card based on the above sketch. 

Once again I have used my fav Itsy Bitsy embossing folder on the card stock.

Also linking this to CFC 109.

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Cover a Card!

A very good morning to all!

A quick short post to share with you the outcome of my first Impression Obsession stamp - Cover a Card. Loving this gorgeous stamp, all I did was heat embossed & then distressed.................super quick & look at the amazing result!!

Linking this to MIM#148.

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Dynamic Duos#60

Good morning peeps!

Created a card with the color combo at Dynamic Duos - Summer starfruit & gumball green.

 

Take a look -

Stamped the hero arts leafy vines on CS, heat embossed & distressed with mustard seed. Also used the distress tool along the edges. Loving this color combo, do you?

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CAS Card

Hello Friends!

Playing along once again at CAS(E) this week. The inspiration this time along is Chrissy's sketch - 

I kinda flipped the sketch & came up with this CAS - 

The stamps used are -  Inkadinkado - BIRDS GALORE & sentiment is from Paper Craft.

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CAS(E) this Sketch #34

Good Morning Peeps!

Here is another CAS(E) this sketch card from me.

This week we have a sketch by Karolyn

And here's my interpretation of the sketch.

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Shabby Chic Card

Another post from me today & am so glad I made it in time for the Lets Get Trendy Now!3 - Day 4 - Stitching. Never done stitching in my cards/LO earlier so I definitely wanted to attempt this. This is also my last card for the series & I genuinely thank - Julie, Amy, Yvonne for their efforts in compiling this series to inspire us all! Had it not been for this I would never have made a card with neons & stitching.

Coming to my card................its a shabby chic style. The base is a kraft CS & DP used is from DCWV - distressed in vintage photo ink & also a distressing tool. The cage is heat embossed in gold. I have stamped the sentiment FLY HIGH on distressed burlap..........perfect for the LO of the card.

The bird is also distressed & then heat embossed in clear EP (well its not a diecut, but I have stamped the image on the wrong side of the DP & then fussy cut!!!).
Now coming to the stitching, its the black line you see along the small birds of the DP so that it appears like a branch (does it???)

Also linking this to -
Docerela Stamps Challenge
Ruby's Rainbow #57
Charisma Cardz #25 (3-small sequins blue flowers, 2-roses, 1-cage)
For the Love of Crafting

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Two Sunflower Cards

A very good Sunday Morning to all!

Will make a very quick short post for this card which I made for the Lulupu - Lady Stamp-A-Lot Challenge.

I used a BUILD A SUNFLOWER SET from Do Crafts.

In the first card I have heat embossed the sunflower to create a BG on a DP, distressed along all the sides in vintage photo. I also randomly stamped tiny sunflowers in the BG.

The second card too has a sunflower but this one is paper pieced - heat embossed & distressed with mustard seed & spiced marmalade inks. The card stock from Itsy Bitsy is embossed (Itsy Bitsy folder - spots). I loved the outcome of embossing! Added a piece of thai natural fibre, bordered with red raffia & the sunflower...................the solitary sunflower stands so beautifully against the BG.

Also linking this to - 

Crafty Catz Challenge #189

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A Flower Pot Card

Good Morning All!!

Sometime back Hussena had made a gorgeous flower pot card, inspired by her I always wanted to give it a try & today I did!

Used brown handmade paper as the base for the pot, the border is punched with EK success punch. Added burlap distressed with vintage photo, over it to lend some texture 

Here's my attempt at this card.

The blooms are die cuts from a Itsy Bitsy pack - distressed the flowers in four sizes with spiced marmalade & layered them over, glued a bluish flower sequin in the center.......

The card has a beautiful tag inside..................for this BG I stamped the flourish with versamark ink, embossed in white & then distressed - some sequins, crochet lace & burlap finished the tag. Was unable to capture the beauty of the blooms in this pic...........................in real they are simply gorgeous!

A band embellished with pretty sequins & lace along with flowers holds the tag in the pot.

Linking this at - 

Lets Get Trendy 3 - Day 2 - Sequins

Itsy Bitsy - All that Glitters

Ruby's Rainbow #57

Scrapper's Delights

Creative Moments of Craft

A.R.T  Challenge

Art Impressions

Have a happy weekend.

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A Bright Card

Another card from me today , I have attempted to add lots of layers here.

The base of the card is a black CS overlaid with DP (DCWV mattstack - pretty poisies). Heat embossed the flowers with clear embossing powder, distressed over it with spiced marmalade & stamped the text. 

Layered the bottom with torn embossed paper, the edge is again distressed. Added washi tape & red florist mat (picked this at a florist.............that's what they call it). Also used raffia to highlight the washi tape

The little birdie, a love charm  & some rub ons completed the card. Also added some glossy accents over the EP to render a shine. I really liked the BG & though bright the colors feel fresh. 

Take a look at the details

Linking this to - 

Lets Get Trendy 3 - Day 5

House of Gilli #53

Incy Wincy Challenge (bottom line - 2 stamps, flowers, metal charm)

Crafts and Me Challenge 138

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

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A NEON Card

I made this card for the Let's Get Trendy 3 - Day 1 - NEONS. Used a DP (DCWV - pocket poisies mattstack pack)

 to overlay on black CS. The crochet lace is from Itsy Bitsy. The pendant used to embellish is colored woth distress paints (tarnished brass & salty ocean)

Also linking this to Inkspirational Challenge 26

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