Window Card

Fairly frequently done so it’s not a particularly original idea, but it’s an easy way to make something very pretty. 

Window frame and window flower box cut out from cream textured card, the flowers and little butterflies were punched out from various coloured papers and pasted on. The green vines were drawn on using green Aqualip pen. The larger butterflies were cut using a pattern printed off the internet as I don’t have a large butterfly punch. The curtains were cut from patterned card and the ties are leather strips. 

The banner inside the card was made like the previous ones, just cut out and written on. 

For a friend who has been sad lately, in hopes that something pretty will cheer her up, even if only by a little.  

Nyan!

 Remind me never to try recreating a pixelated character again. 

Nyancat birthday card, made from a multitude of coloured cards - the cat itself was made from a black card as a base, cut to shape, with the beige, pink and grey areas cut to fit so that the black outline would show. 

I take no credit for the general idea - it was a semi-recreation of another longer card Nyancat card I saw online.

For another cat-crazy friend. :)

Just Married

For my dear cousin whose wedding I could not attend. :( Little surprise in the mail~

She mentioned before that she really liked my previous giraffe thank-you card, so I decided that she’d have a giraffe wedding card. Same giraffe template used as before, except that I had a bow for the groom - and I cut up a small white lace doily that I’ve been saving for ages, ad pleated it to make the veil and the ‘dress’. 

The white textured card was expensive (!) paper, bought from a specialist paper shop in MidValley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The note section inside the card is simply tracing paper. I used a dove-hearts border punch at the bottom and then secured the tracing paper using tiny brads. 

Winter is Coming

Birthday card for a Game of Thrones fan - although I’m not entirely sure if House Stark is her favourite. 

The idea was to have a ‘House Stark’ banner with her initial/name on it. The insignia was referenced from a great Game of Thrones poster I saw somewhere - please tell me if you know the original artist.

Three layers - black base, turquoise layer (her favourite colour is turquoise), and the white banner. I cut a window through the turquoise card for the sentiment. little details added using white Pilot Choose and translucent Aqualip. 

Ribbons and Gifts

Fairly simple birthday card made using shimmery, pale yellow cardstock for the base plus a lace-edge cut out using pattern scissors. 

The 3D ribbon bow was made from shimmery red paper following origami instructions easily available online (it’s really easy, and turns out amazingly beautifully). The ribbon ‘wrapping’ the front of the card are just strips of the same paper cut and pasted on. 

The gift tag was actually a recycled clothes sizing tag, in good condition, and the flower cake is a reused pattern drawn on in fine lineart pen and coloured with red Aqualip. 

Swirl designs were added to give subtle decoration to the base card, using white (clear) Aqualip pen. 

Toothless Wants Cake

This one took me a long time to figure out. (Needs to put some effort in to researching paper engineering and pop-up cards) Somehow I never get Toothless’ expressions right! :( 

Made using a lot of cardstock - one sheet of dark blue, one sheet grey, one sheet brown for the backing (of which the edges can be seen in the photos. I used the kirigami eagle card pack shown here - spending a few hours staring at the sample photos and haphazardly putting my own version together - not really a kirigami as I used a ton of adhesive and glue. >.< But oh well. It worked out in the end. His tail design was drawn on in white Pilot Choose pen. 

I WANT A NIGHTFURY PET.