Changing theme: Valentine's Day cards made with Christmas die

Hello everyone!
If you are a fan of Crafter's Companion, you may already know how amazing is the "Sara Signature Scandinavian Christmas" collection is! There are two mixed media dies in this set.. One of them is called Love Birds... This die is beautiful! It is perfect for christmas ornaments & many more other projects..

I was planning to make some Valentine's Day themed card for my Etsy shop & was looking for any heart shaped die in my collection! I found this, which seemed perfect to me! :)

So, I die cut some red hearts from the Candy Red shimmering cardstock & put them in the center of the card & topped it with a little vellum heart & a sentiment on black cardstock.. I have used 3 different colored shimmering cardstocks (Pink Pearl, Silver Starlight & Gold Dust) for the background & Gold Mirror Luxury Cardstock for the border.. For base I have used Kraft Cardstock..

I loved the way it turned out.. The vellum heart made the card design extra special! Don't you think?! :)

When I cut the heart of red shimmering card, I was actually planning to use the base of the card.. But later I came with the idea of that one.. So, I had some red bases where the heart was cut out from.. I also had some tiny die cut leftover bits.. So, I cut a another heart wit the same die, this time out of a gold glitter luxury cardstock & did some diecut inlay with the red leftover pieces... It may look easy, but it was very difficult for me to get those little pieces in proper places!

But, I loved the end result! I intentionally kept it simple.. without any sentiment or embellishments.. Now it can be used for any occasions!

In case, you want to check these cards on my shop: 

Click Here for these cards.. 

 Click Here for this one!

Hope you all liked my cards.. Thank you!

Tavana

The Mosaic Dome Die & My Eid Cards

Hello everyone!
Remember my last post on Eid Greetings Cards? After having success on selling those cards on my Etsy shop, I decided to create some more for Eid-al-adha.. I was a little busy with my DT projects & household chores & had a lot of trials & errors.. So, I am too late to sell cards this time! But, still ended up creating 8 pairs of cards.. 

My cards are of 2 types.. Some are made with watercolor backgrounds.. & some with a beautiful dome diecut!

This pair of cards are made with the a beautiful Mosaic Dome die set by Altenew.. I just cut some Shimmering Cardstocks (the colors are sooo beautiful! you'll love it!) from the Crafter's Companion & stamped Eid Mubarak from the Eid Greetings Stamp set by altenew.. 

 

These are also created with the same die.. The only difference is, on the green-red cards I die cut the dome on the card front & inserted the other diecut piece.. But, here I just topped the golden dome on the card front.. Easy, right? For the dome, I used golden Luxury Cardstock from the Crafter's Companion (check these out! there are soooo many amazing colors!!!) 

 

This pair is created using the watercolor resist technique.. I used Ranger gold embossing powder & Clear embossing powder for embossing the stamp image & to create the resist.. Then I used the smooching technique with watercolors.
Oh, I forgot to mention! Currently I am in love with watercoloring! I wish I could watercolor everyday, all day long! I have been introduced to watercolor recently for my DT projects & oh my! I loved it! I used Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers for watercoloring.. & also Aqua Watercolour cardstock... 

 

Here is my another watercolor card.. I created a background with the watercolor markers & then added 2 diecut doilies with golden sentiments.. The doilies are made with the Verity Rose Doily metal die (get it if you like it! these are on clearance sale, & once these are gone, are gone forever! ).. Loved the resulted look!

Hope you liked my cards.. I am really enjoying the papaercrafting! But, still I miss mixed media! I hope my next post will be on a mixed media project! InshAllah..

That's all for today.. Let me know if you liked my work..
Thank you

Tavana

Eid Greetings Card with Crafter's Companion & Altenew

Hello everyone! It's been a month, I didn't write any blog post... Last month was the month of "Ramadan" (according to Arabic Lunar Calendar), which is a very important month for the muslims all over the world.. We fasted from before dawn till sunset everyday & also got involved with lots of religious duties..

Aaannndddd...., I made some cards! I made some Eid Cards.. Eid-al-Fitr is the day when we celebrate the end of Ramadan.

 

When I first decided to make Eid cards for my Etsy shop, I was confused how to put on the sentiments! So, I did some research & luckily found only 2 youtube videos, from the same Crafter, where she used stamp sets from Altenew.

I was soooo happy to find this! Though there are 3 stamp sets on Eid & ramadan, I decided to buy one for now! 

 

Now, as you know I am a new card maker, all the cardmaking & the papercrafting supplies I have, is from the Crafter's Companion, which I have got or bought as a design team member! So, all of my cards were mostly made from Crafter's Companion products.

 

I have used the 3D Embossing folders & the Decorative edges from the Crafter's Companion to create the cards... 

I enjoyed making these cards very much! & Have decided to make more for the Eid-al-adha.. & may be some more other occasion cards too!

I have sold 12 cards this time Alhamdulillah.. Hope this is just the beginning for my shop! Let me know which one is your favorite!

Tavana