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 )

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Ambili ( Amey )

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DIY Snowglobe ( Wet & dry )

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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 

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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.



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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

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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.
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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

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