Hello all!!
Today on Valentine's day...where love is what should spread...lets forget about hate and truely love the ones we love!!
Its this time of the year where flower and card prices shoot sky high!!
To save myself from the cliched cards...i decided to hand make the card I wanted to give my husband!! And yes he loved it!!
It is a hand made card on a hand made paper!It is a lay mans job and its even cost effective!!
First make a plan and make a list of all you want.
Remember- glue, water colours and paint brush, scissors, ruler, eraser are a must to start making anything.
For this, I required,
Take a Hand made[vegetable paper] sheet of paper from any novelties store or a gift gallery.
Depending upon the colour of the sheet take a contrasting thinner sheet of paper...it could be hand-made or Japanese paper.
Then according to your plan, either you could use loads of this and that at home or you could buy simple little trinkets. Chose your trinkets depending upon the colour, shape and size of the paper and the card that you are going to make.
For the inside where words are to be written you might want to colour white sheets or buy those love expressing notepads with colourful sheets on them.
Keeping all this ready, you can start making the card.
Firstly, if you want to spray paint, cut the desired design from that sheet of paper which should be visible to you when kept on hand-made paper.keep it an appropriate angle.
Now chose ur colour, dip an old unused toothbrush in it and using index finger gently rub it against the bristles on the paper. Focus should be on the edges of the cut-out design, so the imprint is prominently shown.
That done...using a tissue paper,slowly and carefully remove the cut-out. remember, it will still be wet and if you drop it on the hand-made paper the colours cant be erased.
Keep this aside for drying after finishing all the spray painting you want to do.
While it dries, you can finish writing and decorating your plain paper that is reserved for words!!
Now the Glue activity!! On the inner side of the hand-made paper stick the other Japanese paper[remember-it has to be contrasting,else there is no point in using it].Stick the paper on which you have written!Decorate the rest of the inner side suiting your likes and materials available.The design depends on how you want to keep it.
For the outside, I have painted and stuck shells[ಕಪ್ಪೆ ಚಿಪ್ಪು] and conches[ಶಂಖ] on the end of the card making it looks elegant and capturing!
Then, i have made two hearts, one big and one small inside it! Cut them out and paint them.
Now,take a hard piece of paper, roll it and fold it in such a pattern that it looks like stairs[tip-make one stair so its easier for it to bounce]and also has the spring{bouncing} effect to it.
Now stick the smaller heart in the bigger one using the spring as a connector or a bridge.
Once it gives the boucing effect, your job is done.
Now, stick the bigger heart where ever you find it good on the front!!
And the card is ready to be given!!
PS- When you spray paint the hand-made paper, the imprint falls on the other side of the paper too, be careful.
All the best for all those who are going to try this, trust me the appreciation is worth every drop of sweat shed!! Will post more of this in future!!
Get creative and bring joy to the world!! Hope this did some good,if it did do write back to me!
Cheers,
Sujyothi
Today on Valentine's day...where love is what should spread...lets forget about hate and truely love the ones we love!!
Its this time of the year where flower and card prices shoot sky high!!
To save myself from the cliched cards...i decided to hand make the card I wanted to give my husband!! And yes he loved it!!
It is a hand made card on a hand made paper!It is a lay mans job and its even cost effective!!
First make a plan and make a list of all you want.
Remember- glue, water colours and paint brush, scissors, ruler, eraser are a must to start making anything.
For this, I required,
Take a Hand made[vegetable paper] sheet of paper from any novelties store or a gift gallery.
Depending upon the colour of the sheet take a contrasting thinner sheet of paper...it could be hand-made or Japanese paper.
Then according to your plan, either you could use loads of this and that at home or you could buy simple little trinkets. Chose your trinkets depending upon the colour, shape and size of the paper and the card that you are going to make.
For the inside where words are to be written you might want to colour white sheets or buy those love expressing notepads with colourful sheets on them.
Keeping all this ready, you can start making the card.
Firstly, if you want to spray paint, cut the desired design from that sheet of paper which should be visible to you when kept on hand-made paper.keep it an appropriate angle.
Now chose ur colour, dip an old unused toothbrush in it and using index finger gently rub it against the bristles on the paper. Focus should be on the edges of the cut-out design, so the imprint is prominently shown.
That done...using a tissue paper,slowly and carefully remove the cut-out. remember, it will still be wet and if you drop it on the hand-made paper the colours cant be erased.
Keep this aside for drying after finishing all the spray painting you want to do.
While it dries, you can finish writing and decorating your plain paper that is reserved for words!!
Now the Glue activity!! On the inner side of the hand-made paper stick the other Japanese paper[remember-it has to be contrasting,else there is no point in using it].Stick the paper on which you have written!Decorate the rest of the inner side suiting your likes and materials available.The design depends on how you want to keep it.
For the outside, I have painted and stuck shells[ಕಪ್ಪೆ ಚಿಪ್ಪು] and conches[ಶಂಖ] on the end of the card making it looks elegant and capturing!
Then, i have made two hearts, one big and one small inside it! Cut them out and paint them.
Now,take a hard piece of paper, roll it and fold it in such a pattern that it looks like stairs[tip-make one stair so its easier for it to bounce]and also has the spring{bouncing} effect to it.
Now stick the smaller heart in the bigger one using the spring as a connector or a bridge.
Once it gives the boucing effect, your job is done.
Now, stick the bigger heart where ever you find it good on the front!!
And the card is ready to be given!!
PS- When you spray paint the hand-made paper, the imprint falls on the other side of the paper too, be careful.
All the best for all those who are going to try this, trust me the appreciation is worth every drop of sweat shed!! Will post more of this in future!!
Get creative and bring joy to the world!! Hope this did some good,if it did do write back to me!
Cheers,
Sujyothi
2 comments:
its an inspiring step by step guide to make a greeting card ;-) But you need a lot of patience to follow those steps. i would rather get the card from the store ;-)
Vishvas, the satisfaction that you get after making it is so fantastic that you will thank yourself for having made it!It seems lengthy but when you sit down to make its rather simple :)!!
Try it and let me know!!
Thanks for dropping by..keep visiting and giving me good comments!
Take care
Sujyothi
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