Mini envelope & Scratch off card - A perfect valentines day gift

Hi,
Valentine's gifts that are very cute are the ones that I make like to make. A cute and handmade gift for your loved ones is really an awesome idea. I made some cute mini envelope for the coming valentines day.They are really easy to make, the surprise is inside the envelope 😉😍😍😍. When you open the envelope, there is a scratch-off card, which hides some messages for your loved ones

Click here to download free quotes

Mini envelope guides

Paper size 3.5 by 3.5 inches Guide paper size 2 by 2.5 inches

Paper size 4.5 by 4.5 inches Guide paper size 2.5 by 3 inches

Paper size 5.5 by 5.5 inches Guide paper size 3 by 3.5 inches

Watch video for the tutorial 

 Thank for visiting
Ambili VS (Amey )

Shadow Box Card - Easy method

Hi,
Shadowbox cards are my favourites. I started liking them at once I saw them made by some of the creators of Lawn Fawn. They used their dies for making this box card. As I do not own a die cutting machine, I thought of making by my own. I made one, that was easy too.

Measurements for making the box is
2 cardstocks 7 by 3 1/4 inches
Score the cardstocks at 4 inches  & 6 1/2inches on the 7-inch side.

For inside supporting pieces
3 cardstock pieces measuring 3/4 and 5 inches
score and fold at 1/2 inches from both sides of the 5-inch side.

Embellishments ( I made my own using Lawn Fawn fairy friends stamps )

Watch video for the tutorial

Supplies used are 

Cardstock

Pencil & ruler

Craft Knife

Embellishments

Double sided tape

Clear glue 

Thank you

Ambili (Amey)

Christmas treat box

Hi,

My today's blog n vlog is an easy Christmas treat box/ ornament.This is an easy make project. We can make on either designed paper or on embossed cardstock. If designer cardstock is available readily, then the process is super easy. This can be used as an ornament filled with candy or other treats.

Easy to follow video is also embedded in this post 

Supplies required are 

Red cardstock 

Embossing powder

Embossing ink

Gold foil washi tape/ Glitter washi tape

Double sided tape

Watch video tutorial 

Thank you
Ambili VS ( Amey )

Watercolour Christmas card - Penguin ( Holiday Craft #11 )

Hey ,
My addiction to watercolour is increasing day after day. They are a sort of relaxation for me too. Today's vlog & blog is a watercolour Christmas card which is inspired by an e-card. I drew the penguin outline first ( I am not an artist though ), then the ear muffs. Used a teal blue colour as the background.
Color schemes are teal blue ( mixing one part blue, one part yellow and one part white )
Majenta for the earmuffs ( one part red and one part blue )
Black for the penguin.

Supplies used are

 Sakura Koi watercolour
Canson XL watercolour paper
White gel ink pen
Watercolour brush round no 4, 8, 14
Watercolour flat brush 3/4 inch
white embossing powder
heat gun
antistatic powder bag ( homemade )

Check out the video also


Thank you 

4 Easy watercolour Christmas cards - Watercolour Christmas card part3 - Holiday craft series 2017

Hi,
I recently made 4 more card designs using my watercolours. One of this design is inspired by an e-card that I got last year. These designs are simply hand drawn or handpainted no complicated steps & not so many supplies were involved in the making of this cards. I just used my watercolour paper and Sakura Koi watercolours and watercolour brushes.

Card 1involved painting stripes & trees
Card 2 is a collection of warm & cosy items like socks, hot chocolate & mittens
Card 3 has the design of triangle trees in a subtle teal blue background.
Card 4 was some presents hanged down from a tree branch

Supplies used are
Watercolour Sakura koi
watercolour paper Canson XL
Watercolour paper Strathmore
waterproof pen Pilot
Metallic acrylic paint
Watercolour brush  round no 4
Watercolour brush round n0 8
Watercolour brush round no 14
Watercolour brush Flat 3/4 inch

Watch the video for the tutorial.

Thank you
Ambili ( Amey )

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Watercolor Christmas card ideas Part 2 ( socks & baubles )

Hi ,

My vlog and blog for today are watercolour cards. I made another set of watercolor cards that I completely enjoyed while creating. I cannot afford so many varieties of stamps to make cards. So I used watercolours to create some of my Christmas cards.

I made 2 cards today one is a socks ard and the other is a bauble card. 

1. Bauble which is hand drawn using some templates made by and then filling the baubles with watercolour. Templates are handmade using sticky notes and scissors
Color scheme is custom mixed light Turquoise blue ( mixing one part blue, one part yellow & one part white ) & Quinacidrone rose 

2. Winter socks also involved template made from paper.
Both of them looked fantastic for me.
Color scheme is Crimson Lake, Permanent green pale, Paynes' grey
I used the Sakura Koi 24 paint set

Supplies used are 

Strathmore watercolor paper
Canson XL watercolor paper

Sakura Koi watercolor
Waterproof pen
Watercolor brush round no 4
watercolor brush round no 8
watercolor brush round no 14
Metallic gold acrylic paint
or
Metallic watercolor
Wink of Stella shimmer pen ( optional )
Various stamps ( optional or you could hand-letter your greetings )

Please watch video for the demo

Thank you
Ambili ( Amey )
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3 Watercolor Christmas card ideas to try 2017 - Holiday craft

Hi,
Winter is the favourite time of the year because of its festive cheers. Christmas is my favourite festival for so many reasons.
My blog and vlog for today is watercolour Christmas card making.I made 3 cards together for the videos as these cards are extremely easy and simple to make. I love everything cute n simple.

 I used watercolour wet on wet technique for the tree and bauble cards. Wet on dry technique is used for the wreath cards. The cards turned out to be super awesome. I made some more cards of the same patterns. I will be sending this cards to my relatives and friends in India and in US.

 Please watch the video tutorial of the same

Supplies used are
Sakura Koi watercolour
Strathmore watercolour paper
watercolor brush
Watercolor brush no 8
Watercolor brush no 14
canson XL watercolor paper  ( a cheaper option )

Thank you for stopping by
Ambili ( Amey )

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DIY Snowglobe ( Wet & dry )

Hi,
My today's vlog and blog is a snowglobe project Which I made using things that are available at home.
One is a wet snowglobe with water inside it & other is a dry snowglobe. Recently I visited Michaels stores though I do not like the store. I bought a mini lamp post model which is perfect for a snowglobe or mini winter park making. I had the trees with me which I bought from Walmart last year.

Materials used are
Mason jars
Glitter
Miniature figurines
Miniature trees
Glycerin
Distilled water
White Sand

The dry shaker snowglobe is perfect for kids project
Watch video for the process 

Thank you
Amey ( Ambili )

Poinsettia card - Holiday Craft Series # 3

Hi,
My today's blog and vlog is a Christmas card that I made involving hand drawing, water colouring and heat embossing. I made a free PDF file of the same so that those who do not like drawing can download and then use markers or watercolour to paint them.
Click here to download free Poinsettia outline
I used a medium & small template of poinsettia flowers to make my first outline. Then I scanned the image to make a free outline for those who want to download.

Supplies used are
 Strathmore watercolour paper
Watermarkpen / embossing pen
Embossing powder
Sakura Koi watercolour
Sakura water brush ( this comes with the watercolour set )
Glitter cardstock

 Make sure you watch my easy simple tutorial video as well.



Thanks for visiting


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Explosion Pop - up Card

Hi,
Making scrapbook is my favourite hobby, but when it comes to the interactive part or adding a photo mat with a twist, I feel a little bit lazy. I want my scrapbooks to be sweet & simple. Recently I have seen so many people making interactive scrapbooks. One of them was this Explosion pop up card. This card was originally created by Karen Burniston I guess. Her's was the first video I have seen exhibiting this card. I tried making this by my own. It turned out to be good.

This card making requires time to make so this can be gifted as a special gift for someone special

Supplies used are

Cardstock

Pattern paper

Washi tapes

Edge punch

Dimensions used are

Base card 6 by 12 inches,  scored and folded at 5, 10 & 10.25 inches

Explosion Piece 6 by 10 inches ( 2 nos )

Pop - up card piece 4 by 10 inches

Watch the video for detailed tutorial 

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Twist and popup card

My today's blog and vlog is a fun fold card. This is a twist and pop-up card. This can be used both as card and also as a scrapbook element or even as a mini album for photos.
this card involves 3 steps, but they are simple

Step 1 Mechanism
Cardstock  2 by 9.5 inches

Step 2 popup piece
Patterned paper  3.5 by 9.5 inches

Step 3
Base card 4.5 by 11.5 inches.


Please watch the video for the tutorial

 Thank you for visiting.
Amey (Ambili )

Easy Christmas card made using mini stamps. Holiday craft series #3

Hey,
Christmas cards are my favourite cards to receive and send. I love making cute cards. My todays blog is an easy card making tutorial. I created this card as a part of my holiday craft series , and this #3. I had already uploaded the video in youtube.
This card making involves mini clear photopolymer stamps. This stamp set was from Hero arts. it was an old purchase from amazon. I used the hearts and mini berries from the set to make the card. this is a mass produce card.Gold embossing is used for the greetings.

I stamped the heart upside down and used the berry stamp to fill the gap between the hearts. the stamping takes the shape of a tree. Glossy accents is used to give a clear dimensional look to the hearts.

Supplies used are

 Hero arts mini stamp

 Glossy accents

Colorbox ink

Gold embossing powder

Heavyweight white cardstock

Red cardstock

Embossing ink

Homemade antistatic powder bag

Video tutorial

i know this card is self explanatory , but watch my video.
 Thank you for stopping by
 Love
Amey ( Ambili )

DIY Bracelets / Bangles from plastic bottle. Upcycling plastic

Hi;
My blog and vlog for today is an Upcycling project. I upcycled plastic bottle to bangles/bracelets. Such a cute project to convert a plastic bottle to a foiled bracelet. I used washi tapes and scrapbook paper for the project. The making process is really easy.

This involved two methods.
Methos #1 Applying washi tapes on the plastic bottle piece that is cut into small bracelets.
Method #2 Decoupaging scrapbook paper using Modpodge

Please have a look at my video to see how the bangles are made.

Supplies used are
Washi tape
 Modpodge

Thank you for visiting.
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DIY tea light holder / votive - Recycling old water bottle

Hey,
Today I was cleaning my dining room and found a lot of empty water bottle there. We usually drink bottled drinking water. I usually dispose of lots of drinking bottle in the garbage. Seeing this bottle an idea came to mind. A tea light holder/votive. I used two bottles to make a holder. I applied gold metallic acrylic paint using a cheap makeup sponge on the bottle and let it dry.Once it is dried I painted borders using black acrylic paint. Then pasted flat beads on the border and finally made some polka dots also
This is an easy and humble work

Materials used are
Bottles
Metallic acrylic paint
Crystal flat beads
Tacky glue

Please watch the video demonstration

Thanks for visiting

Amey

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Holiday craft series #2 - Easy christmas wreath card

Hi,
My today's blog and vlog is a card that I made for my holiday craft series 2017 card #2.
The cards are two wreath cards. one is a pine leaf and evergreen leaf wreath & the other is a red bauble wreath card. I love baubles and wreath a lot. I used Canson xl watercolor paper and Crayola watercolor for the cards. Used washi tapes for other decorations.

This is my cards.

Materials used are
Crayola watercolor
Foil washi tape
Canson XL watercolor paper

Please have a look at the video also

Thank you for visiting
Love
Amey

DIY Wall decor using mirror chips and cardboard pieces

Hello ,
I was trying to discard some of my old packing boxes. Then I thought why shouldn't I make something from that old cardboard pieces instead of trashing them. I went ahead with my thought of recycling the old cardboard pieces to a wall decor pieces. This craft project involves making a wall decor pieces from old cardboard. I used acrylic paint and mirror pieces to add some beauty to my work. Old CD pieces can also be used instead of mirror pieces. Easy to make wall decor is here.

Materials required are

Cardboard circles 3.5, 2.5, 2 , 1.5 inches in size

Glitter paper circles 2.5 & 1.5 inches size

Red color acrylic paint

Mirror / old CD pieces 1 & 0.5 inch 

Hot glue or instant glue

School glue / white glue

 Watch my video to see how I made this.

Thank you for stopping by
Amey 

Holiday Craft #1 Bauble card using distress oxide ink and freezer paper masking

Hello,
My vlog and blog for today is a holiday craft topic from my holiday craft series. I thought of giving this topic a test run.So my first craft is a Christmas card made on the theme of Christmas baubles. I used distress ink, distress oxide ink & pigment ink for this card. This card can be created using watercolor as well. I don't usually make multiple layer cards. So I tried to keep my as simple as possible. Christmas is the favorite season of the year. I love sending cards to my dear ones across the globe.

Supplies used for making this card is

Distress ink moved lawn

Distress oxide ink peacock feather 

"                            abandoned coral

Color Box pigment ink 

Uniball  onyx black pen 

Glitter cardstock

White cardstock

Please watch the video and give letme know, how it turned out.

 Thank for stopping by 

Amey Daniels

Self opening favor box

My blog  & vlog for today is a self-opening favor box.This box looks really elegant and can be used as thank you gifts for ceremonies like marriage and baptism. I used ivory colored thick cardstock paper for this. The box is a little bit faceted type.gold embossing of cherry blossom image and glitter band makes this a rich looking one.

Materials used are

 Cardstock

 Embossing powder

 Versamark embossing ink

Glitter cardstock strip

Double sided tape

Scoring Board 

Measurements are

Cardstock 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches

Score at 7/8  inch & 4 1/2 inches on the short side

Score at 3 1/2 inches & 7 inches on the long side

Please have a look at the video demonstration of the same

Thank you for stopping by. Give your valuable and suggestions
Amey Daniels

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Easy DIY birthday card

Hi,
I always love to make, but I cannot afford so many costly stamps, stamping tools, inks, etc.
I know so many others are also like me. So my today's card is completely handmade & hand-drawn birthday card. This card is a beginner watercolor card with hand-lettered greetings. I used my Canson XL watercolor paper and Crayola washable watercolors to make the card.
I made a birthday banner & balloon design for the cards.

This is how my card looks like.

Try this and let me know your valuable response.

Please don't forget to watch the video also.

Thanks 

bye

Amey 

Easy Thanksgiving Card

Hi ,
My today's blog and vlog is a Thanksgiving card.This is the season of gratitude and family reunion.
I made a card for my beloved ones using watercolor only, that too inexpensive watercolor.The card is a whimsical design based on autumn leaves in brown, orange and green colors, an easy make design. I got the inspiration from an e-card that I saw on google.

My card looks like this
Materials used are
watercolor paper Canson XL watercolor paper
watercolor  Crayola watercolors
Black pen
Pencil and eraser
Have a look at the video and leave comments


Try this and share the joy of creating
Happy Thanksgiving
love
Amey

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Baptism Favour box - Candle Box

Hi,
My today's blog n vlog is a baptism favour box. This box is an easy make. can be used as a mass produce box in less time. Total time for making the box is five minutes.I used cardstock for making this box. This box holds a candle but can hold a slender chocolate treat I guess




















The measurements are
Cardstock size 12 * 4.5 inches

Score at 1,2,3,4 inches on the short side 

Score at 3/4, 1 3/4 inches on both ends of the long side

Supplies used are
Patterned cardstcok Cardstock
 Black cardstock
Foil washi tape copper washi tape
Expressit double sided tape

Please don't forget to take a look at the video tutorial as well

please share your valuable comments and response
Thanks for stopping by
Amey Daniels

Easy & Inexpensive Autumn / Falls Season Greetings Ft Crayola Watercolors

Hi,
Autumn/falls is one of my favorite seasons.The colors of falls have a soothing& enchanting effect on me. I was born and raised in India, so we don't have a falls season there. Last year I moved to the USA. It was the time of falls season when I landed here. That was my first autumn experience. I loved the colors of autumn season ranging from yellowish green to dark pink or crimson red. My today blog topic is watercolor cards I made on the falls theme using inexpensive Crayola watercolors.
I used Canson XL watercolor paper for my painting
This is how my cards look like

I used the colors green, yellow, orange and red for the card.
Please don't forget to watch my video here

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Lawnfawn challenge blog - Custom Sentiments

An InLinkz Link-up

Hi,
Today I am posting my lawnfawn challenge blog - custom sentiments. I used the fairy stamp set and Rileys ABC alphabet set for this challenge
I made a popup card and my custom sentiments are " Abracadabra " &  "you enchant me".
Have a look at the card.

Thank you for stopping by
Love
Amey Daniels

Wedding favour Box

Hi,
My today's blog & vlog is a tutorial on How to make a wedding favour box ( treat box ).
This is one of the bulk produce design that I use to make for selling. I love this a lot, though the making process may look a little bit time consuming, it does not.

The dimensions are scoring guides lines are as follows

Cardstock for the external boxes size is 5* 5 inches.
Cardstock required for making the inner box is 6 7/16  * 6  7/ 16 inches
Scoring on 5 * 5 pieces is at 1/2inch, 1 1/4 inch on all the four sides
Score  at 2 inches on all the four sides of the large cardstock
Use strong double sided tape to assemble the box

Supplies used are
uptown flair scrapbook paper from hobbylobby
Copic expressit double sided tape ( Amazon )
white cardstock
watch the video for a detailed tutorial ( 7 minutes )


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Card making - Simple Watercolour Card

Hello ,
Today onwards, I will be adding my card making blog. Card making was like my childhood hobbies. I usually make news cards from pictures and sentiments that I cut from my old cards.
I have a huge collection of cards and tags I made from my old cards
Today, I made a card using watercolours, that too made from inexpensive Crayola watercolour that I bought from Walmart. This watercolour was a random purchase from Walmart as the price was only USD 1.77. I am not sure of the actual price, but it was less than USD 2 for sure.
I used Canson Xl watercolour paper, that is is also a Walmart buy.
The colours are really bright, I have seen so many expert cardmakers using watercolour for card making, so I thought of doing the same. I used Crayola because I don't have any professional grade watercolours with me
The process was really simple and it turned out to be good.

Please don't forget to watch the 5-minute video tutorial of the same 

Thank you for stopping by

love 

Angle Hinged Cuff Gift Box

Hi,
My today's blog and vlog is an Angle hinged cuff box. This cute box is perfect for holding a ring, a piece of chocolate etc. The box resembles a cube of size 2 inch.
I used a pattern paper and cardstock for making this and red satin ribbon is used to decorate this

My box looks like this
A hand-drawn template is added for reference
Have a look at my video for detailed steps

In the video, you can see I use pencil drawings. That is only for demonstration purpose. When I make this box for gifting or for selling, I don't use pencil markings. This is really easy to make once we master the method of making this.
Feel the joy of creating and share it with others

Fort shaped treat box.. Make your own...

Hello,
I am thinking of publishing my treat box tutorials on every thursday, on my blog and my youtube channel as well. Today i made a box which is perfect for homemade jams, cookies, pickles, etc. This is an easy make box. I have seen so many people making this box using envelope punch board. But my box doesn't require any device.
I used cardstock from Hobbylobby.

For the reference I add a template here 

with love

Popup Box card / flower bouquet card

Hello
Who doesn't like flowers? What if we can make a flower bouquet inside a card. So my today's project is a pop-up box card which is filled with flowers, grass and leaves. I made this as a thank you card. But this could serve many occasions.
I used a thick cardstock for making the box. The flowers, leaves and grass were cut using my Cricut explore1 machine
Previously I made a birthday card for a 2-year old using the same pattern but dimensions of the card was different

The box card or pop up card looks like this

 OMG I love it

This is an absolute craft that everyone should try. Though I used a cutting machine to make flowers, grass and leaves, I think it doesn't need a machine's help to cut the same.

For a little help I upload a template please have a look at that too

Don't forget to check my video for the tutorial 

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DIY Book Box - Hidden storage idea

Hi ,
Last week I did a DIY storage box that looks like a book.I thought I would share the idea here. This is really easy to make.I used cardboard pieces, scratch scrapbook paper, cardstock for idea
Have a look at my book box.I love it very much.
Can you identify my storage box here in the picture?

Here is my book box. I keep this along with other books on the shelf so that no one notices

my box

 

I share my video here , just in case if someone wants to see 

Thank you for stopping by
love

DIY Memo pad

Hello,
Yesterday I made a memo pad.It's like a back to school or giftable type one. Actually, the pad is kinda perfect girly one better suit a teen girl. They are really easy to make.
This will be a perfect gift for mothers as well. Try with some masculine colour so

as to give that as a gift to dad, etc

Click here to download  the free printable ruled paper

Try this yourself

click the video to see how I made this

Thank you for stopping by
Regards Amey Daniels

DIY Mini Envelope With A Scratch-off Card (use for any occasion )

Hi good afternoon 

Today I am giving a note on crush with miniature items. I like everything cute and mini, and if it's loaded with surprise OMG I will be on cloud nine. I made a mini envelope as a part of my miniature craze

I will give you instruction on How I made a cute mini envelope with a surprise inside that.

click here for  download quotes for free
watch video how I made this cute envelope


This envelope fits perfectly for a gift jar. To make a card reduce the size of paper and guide paper
Thank you so much for visiting my blog

Twist and fold square card DIY scrapbook element

Hi

Today  I did a scrapbook photo element.It is a folded photo card. This is an old origami fold and really easy to make. This can be used to decorate scrapbook as it can hold many photos

 Template for my fold and twist card is given below

This is the finished card unfolded

How I made the card watch video

Happy crafting
love and hugs
AmeyDaniels

DIY - key holder from Recycled Cardboard

Greetings and welcome to my blog. Thank God for the sunny weather the past 3 days here. Saturday I did a recycling project and uploaded the project in youtube Yey .... my first youtube upload. Happy girl here.....The project was a key holder made from a cardboard box. So it's like a combo of DIY and recycling work for me. We were planning to buy one key holder from a shop, but I changed my mind when I saw a cardboard box, in which our recording stand came.  why cant I change a piece of cardboard to a keyholder? Thats how this project was born

 Materials required are

1. cardboard
2. hotglue glue
3.  acrylic paint 
4. decorative paper pieces or scrapbook paper pieces
5. circle frames
6. embellishments

Below is the link to my channel to watch how I made this