Handmade Card - First year Birthday

Last Saturday I got an invitation call from one of my friends, to attend his son's birthday party. The party was that day evening itself. I always prefer to give handmade gifts and cards. To many kids and infants I have gifted  applique work quilts and crocheted frocks .
As the party was on same day, I could not make any gift, so thought of buying it. Made  a simple card to wish the kid on his birthday. I'm not so good in making amazing cards, like some of my craft friends make. While making card, I give importance to theme.
 As it was for baby , I  selected pink color paper.

Pink paper to make the card

 And attached attached the border made by Martha Stwewart punches on the edges.

With punched border

 To make the theme "one year birthday", cut the shape of  1 and attached some ready made embellishments I had. I made it colorful, thinking the child might like the bright colors :)

With colorful embellishments

 My son was happy to give this to the birthday boy :)


Planning to make a crocheted frocks as gifts to bay girls. Will share once I make those.

Until then,  

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana

Handmade birthday card

Recently, to wish on a birthday I made this handmade birthday card. Compared to the handmade cards made by experts it is very simple. But serving the purpose.
This was a masculine card, so I chose blue color handmade paper.

For the edges , attached the border made by Martha Stwewart punches, which was gifted by my sister in law. Recently I started crafts related to punches :-). So she had gifted some punches.

And used some embellishments which I had purchased recently. Front page a birthday cake and flowers:

And inside, the favourite things for boys with a happy birthday wish.

As I have mentioned already, it is very simple, but served the purpose. Slowly learning card making, soon will post some more.

Until then,  

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana

Customized card making

Its already years I made cards. Few years back I had made quilled cards for teacher's day because of my son's demand. Recently inspired by many card makers, again getting back to card making. I had the occasion too.
In our custom, when a baby starts walking , and the baby crosses the main door of the house, we celebrate it . In Kannada its called "Door crossing ceremony"(ಹೊಸಲು ತುಳಿಯುವುದು). One of my friends had invited me to the ceremony. She has twin babies. So I decided to make a card to wish them. I chose yellow handmade paper, to show the brightness.

And made a door with ice cram stick, in the shape of door. Attached the shape of feet using punchcraft.

 

Painted the door with wood color, acrylic paint

 

 As it was the ceremony for twin babies , glued two small baby punchcrafts and some embellishments which I had bought.

 

Outside glued some punch craft flowers and pearl embellishments.

I made this card to conceptualize my wish to the babies, "You are coming out of the house first time crossing thr door.Let your path be filled with flowers wherever you go".
I'm slowly getting back to paper-craft . Hope to make some more cards.Surely share all my expiriences with you all,

Love , laugh and live the life to the fullest,

-Ranjana