Cake Pop up Card

I had been toying around with the idea for making a pop up card since days. But was not able to come up with an appropriate idea. Just recently a colleague of mine asked me to make a birthday card for her best friend and i thought why not to give pop up card a try!!!

When i think of pop up cards, the first name that comes to my mind is Dr Sonia. Browsing through her blog i came across a fab tutorial of cake pop up card and thought of giving it a shot!!
The link to Dr. Sonia's tutorial is here.

This is what i came up with

Its said that the front of a pop up card should be kept simple. So I just used 2 candles, some ribbons and a sweet image to embellish the front.

This is the inside of the card. I wanted to give it a party look. Hence added the "Happy Birthday" on a silver twine.
I wanted to try 2 pop ups. Hence added a cake pop up and another simple pop up that shows 2 teddy friends!!

And since all my cards always have a poem, added few words to complete my card!!!

The 2 pop ups

Please do leave back your valuable comments!!

Linking it to:
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Opus gluei
Sketchy Colours: blue,yellow
Totally Gorjuss: Something blue
Card making mamas:no pattern paper
Wags and whiskers: friendship
Charishma Cards:Birthday

A little achievement

Hi friends,

At times, I wonder how small things can give you immense please and sense of achievement.
A friend of mine has her own event management firm in muscat .Here is its link Areej T&C.
At the end of any event she loves to gift her client with some momento. She had recently organized an event for the HR department of a company. Now as a momento she had in mind a frame that she wanted them to put in their reception area.

She has particularly asked the photographer to capture the different expressions of all the employees during the event. And then she asked me to write a poem that talks about the various phases of corporate life and how these employees love being a part of that company.

It gets difficult when time constraints are placed when people ask for poems. After some pondering and head scratching I came up with something small and cute. She loved the poem and quickly framed it up with all the photos of the employees in various expressions. All this in just 2 days..!! This is the pic of the frame...

Her client loved the frame and put it up in their reception area.. just as she wished for them too!!! She was really happy as her.
And if u talk of me...i was on cloud 9... and kept beaming happily the whole day... After all its not everyday that my poems are in limelight :P   :)

Just wanted to share my happiness with all of you :)

Quad Easel Card

When I get emotionally involved while making a card, the result is always great. I always believe that no one but yourself can be the best critic of your work. And when my heart feels wow, am exhilarated.

So a friend of mine was leaving for USA for a long period. She wanted to gift something special to her mom. She asked me to make a "Nice" card for her. She told me she loves peacock blue. After some head scratching over various colour combinations, I finally gave up and decided to make a colourful card. After all, every lady loves bright colors!!!! When you decide to make something big and have limited time, you have to burn the midnight oil.... and that is what i ended up doing :) But had fun nevertheless!!!

So this is the Quad easel card I came up with....

This is the closed view.

This is the top view. I added the peacock blue colour at the base and paired it up with yellow :) Sometimes when u start making the card, color combination comes to you by itself

 Easel 1- a simple sticker of winnie the pooh..

Easel 2-  I found this pic dam cute and decided to include it in the card. Its my friend with her mom. The pics of 1980's give a vintage look to the card and make u want to hold on to that memory!

Easel 3- A little poem I made up to show importance of mom in daughter's life. The red flowers are made using the tiny balloon punches

Easel 4- This is my friends childhood pic. She looks sooo cute. I had to use this one!! The childhood pics often bring out some lovely emotional sentiments.


I was hoping and praying that her mom loves the card.... And she really did! my efforts after all were rewarded. :)
Please do leave back your feedback and comments....

Linking it to:
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corrosive challenges:rainbow bright
Dream Valley Challenges:Ribbon and bling
GingerLoft Challenge: bows
Glitter and sparkle
Joanna Sheen Challenge:layers
Pan PastelUK: Birthday
Sweet Stamping: for Mom