Handmade Card – Celebrate Everything

 Namaste Friends !!

Kriti this side….. Hope you all are healthy and fine.

Today I want to share a handmade card using leftover pattern papers. I have used Little Birdie ‘Aqua Medley’ paper pack this time to make my card.

Generally, we use pattern papers to make scrapbook albums, envelops., etc. and what is left with us is lots of leftover papers! At times we really don’t know how and where to use them. So, I have an idea.We can make cards and tags with these left over papers.

This paper pack has lots of shades of blue. The cherry on top is it has coordinating elements too, to cut and use as embellishments.

This is my card and I have a detailed picture tutorial for this too.

Here is the detail picture tutorial…..

Step 1: Take a white card stock card base of size 8″ x 8″ and fold it at 4″. Take one piece of pattern paper from the Aqua medley paper pack. Cut it with the dimensions 7- 3/4″ x 3-3/4″.

Step 2: Now, take another piece of white card stock of dimension 7- 1/2″ x 3-1/2″. Take another piece of pattern paper from the Aqua medley paper pack. Cut it with the dimensions 7″ x 3″.

Step 3: To add some interest, I stitched the borders of both the pattern papers.

Step 4:  Next, adhere  all the layers one above the other according to their respective sizes with the help of  double – sided tape to give some dimension to the card.

Step 5: It’s time to decorate the card. For that I have used a beautiful chipboard from the store and to add some interest I have added cheesecloth.

Step 6: I have used some fussy cut pieces from one of the sheets from the paper pack.

Step 7: Finally, I added few handmade flowers from the same collection. Added few beads and sentiments and Voila it’s ready!

Some close- up pics….

I hope you like it…..

Mixed Media Canvas with Bloom Foam Flowers

 Namaste friends!!

Kriti this side…

Today I have a mixed media canvas for you all with some handmade foam flowers made with Little Birdie’s ‘Bloom Foam’.

This is what I made….

Tutorial for foam flower:-

Step 1: Take a bloom foam flower making sheet. The thickness of these foams is 0.7 mm, just perfect for making realistic flowers. .

Step 2:  Now, take Little Birdie’s Thin Cut Flower Die Flossie to cut out die cuts out of foam.

 

Step 3: Next, fold the foam piece into two layers. Put the die above it and pass it through the die cutting machine to get the four pieces of die- cuts at once of each flower size.

Step 4: Color the petals using oil pastels. You can color the foams using Archival inks, distress inks, Color Splash, or markers also.

Step 5: Take one die cut in your palm and fold like this.

Step 6: Fold it once again like this.

Step 7: Now, twist the tip like this….and rub it between your palms or between two fingers.

Step 8: After twisting and rubbing….open it up…

Step 9: After that, stretch the petal with your fingers to shape it.

Step 10: Now, paste all the four layers of each flower one above the other by off setting the petals so that all the layers can be seen.

Now the tutorial for creating the mixed media base.

Step 1: Take a piece of cardboard of size 3″ x 8″.

Step 2: Tear the first layer of the cardboard from one side so that the corrugated board can be seen. It will give an amazing texture to the base.

Step 3: Now apply Little Birdie’s white Gesso all over it to prime it.

Step 4: After it dries, apply Little Birdie’s Mixed Media paste using Little Birdie’s Mountain Peak stencil 4 x 4.

Step 5: Now, it’s time to play with the colors….I have selected Little Birdie’s Hot Pink Color Splash and Frosted Pool Alcohol Splash.

Step 6: After assembling all the elements, its looking like this…

Some close- up pics…

I hope you all will try this newly launched Bloom foam to make some gorgeous flowers…

Kriti Mishra