Bloomin' Design Studio

This is my original drawing of a long nose bird. The bird was painted on watercolor paper, outlined in ink and then attached to a cardstock paper.

I made this card for Paperminutes Sketchchallenge 82.

Supplies: Plain cardstock, watercolor paper, water color paints, ink pen and glue

Here is a handmade pop-up castle greeting card made by my 5-year old daughter. It is hard to see in the picture, but the roof tops are covered with glitter and so does my dining table. She is all thrilled now that she knows the secret behind pop-up cards. I am sure we will be seeing pop-up cards popping up all over the house. The picture does not show the dimension very well, but the card turned out soooo cute.

Make a pop-up card for someone special. You are sure to see a smile on their face.

Materials used: Cardstock paper, Marker pens, Glitter, Glue, Scissors(used with an adult)

I used caricature style drawing of my family on my new year greeting cards and colored it with water colors. My daughter who will be turning 5 in Feb’09 also distributed her handmade cards to her friends. My daughter’s cards came out great. She also added some glitter to her drawings which is hard to see in the pictures.

Use your creativity and create something today.

I used three different mediums for coloring the flowers on square pieces of water color paper. I then mounted them on a cardstock which has flowers hand drawn and colored in creating a floral background. It turned out a little on the gaudy side for me.

I made this card for Paperminutes Sketchchallenge 22.

Supplies: Plain cardstock, watercolor paper, oil based crayons, color pencils, acrylic paint, water color paint, glue

Colorful Painting Card

Just a monkey hanging onto a creeper ready to eat a banana and a peel fallen down. Sentiment on the card reads “You’re not old, you’re ripe".

I made this card for Kimmie’s Magnolia Challenge 2.

Supplies: Plain and patterned cardstock, handmade paper, ribbon, brad, color pencils, stamps, distressing ink, marker and glue

Ripe Banana Card