Pink Pop Up Box Card

I have been hoping to make a pop up card for quite a while.  I did check out many wonderful tutorials on the  Internet. But I got so excited about the concept of paper mechanics that I wanted to design one on my own and the attempt failed miserably. So this time I decided to stick to an existing fool proof pop up design. I loved the popup box cards and chose to go with one of those.

  

I followed one of the pop up box card tutorials from youtube. The daisies are inspired from here. Chose pink color so that  I could link it to Simon's this week's challenge. I didn't wish to clutter my card so chose to leave out the leaves. Moreover, I wanted to maintain a dual tone to the card.
 

I hand cut the butterfly and loved the way it turned out. I didn't make this card for anyone in particular. So going by Oscar Wilde's quote "Falling in love with oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.", I decided to gift it to myself. I just added a sentiment that I liked. This is how the card looks when its closed.

Corner Wall Sticker

I was on the lookout for ideas to brighten up my living room. I hunted for some wall stickers on the web and stumbled upon this one. Though I love asymmetry (more so because of my lack of perfection), I wasn't quite happy with the look of that particular one. So I decided to design one on my own. It turned out to be much prettier than I expected. It had a 3-D effect that the original wall sticker lacked.

I don't intend to share a detailed tutorial on how to make it. But I will briefly share the steps and the materials that you may need to design one.

Materials:
1. Card stocks
2. Origami color papers
3. Scissors/Craft knives
4. Wires
5. Stem tapes
6. Adhesives

Instructions:
1. Sketch out a template for small, medium and large sized leaves. Cut as many leaves as desired.
2. Choose a design for the frame that holds the leaves. Sketch out a template.
3. Stick the color papers on the card stocks before cutting them out using the templates.
4. Create desired length and number of stems using the wire and stem tapes.
5. Assemble the leaves on the stem and the stems on the frame, as desired.

Inspirational Poster

It was one of those days... I needed something to lift my mood. One of my favorite pastime is to read inspirational and witty quotes. I loved this particular one that said "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice", though am not very sure if I believe in it or not. Nonetheless I chose to make a poster quoting the same.

Getting back to the quote, I do believe that you can't be in control of everything in life but you can definitely control how you react to it. Well, knowing and walking the path are two different things!

Bournville, that I earned

This card is one of my personal favorites amongst my creations. I made it out of a Bournville chocolate wrapper. I have a sweet tooth and prefer milk chocolates over dark ones. But on one occasion, my friend gave me a Bournville dark chocolate and sarcastically remarked, "You have earned it". Though I am usually quick to take offense, I didn't on this occasion (may be because there was some element of truth in it) and rather decided to make this lovely card out of the chocolate wrapper.

The dark brown and green color in the wrapper (raisin and nut flavor) made me think of a tree. The part of the wrapper where it gets glued together, gave a nice texture just apt for the tree trunk. I could find some reds and variant of green in the wrapper for my bird. I wanted to use the inner wrapper as well to make it look more authentic. I thought it would be a cool idea to import the barcode from the wrapper on to my card.