Colorful Quilled Balloons Birthday Card

 When I was young, I really liked the word "technicolour" after hearing it in a Lizzie Maguire song. It sounded cool to say and was fun to roll around the tongue. Technicolourtechnicolourtechnicolour. 

According to The Free Online Dictionary, it means 

"brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable".

And that is exactly what my new card is : 

I nearly got blinded when making this card, the colours was so bright and cheery.

BD004

Great for the young and the young at heart =)

Quilled Flower Paper Clip

A quilled flower paper clip I made for a classmate's birthday.

I've been wanting to put this up for aaaages, but i had to wait until I'd given it to my friend or it would spoil the surprise!

of Mr Lotso and God's love.

Found out last week that the guitar card I made, was actually meant for a girl. Whoops!

Also, the white guitar that she wanted for her birthday was acoustic, not an electric guitar. Double whoops!

So I remade the card.
Code : AOC005

Close up of the cross :

 Inside : the white acoustic guitar she wanted  =)

I know, musically this is all wrong. Like how the 'd' in birthday can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a quaver or a minim. But hey, creative licence!

I put a lot of symbolism into this card - wonder if you'll see it the way I do?

Here's the 'hidden meaning' in my design :

The heart enclosing all the flowers -

God's love encompassing all

(and hence linked to the cross, which was a request to be included in the card).

4 swirls radiating from the cross/centre of the heart :

The fact that we are asked to also radiate God's love to all 4 corners of the earth.

Gold and silver :

The kingship of Jesus, but also a direct reference to the recipient's name Alycia. 

I googled it! and it means noble / royal.

Purplish pink teddy bear :

She has a purplish pink teddy bear called Mr. Lotso. =D

so it's not some random bear, it's Mr Lotso to you!

That was a fun card to make! Felt a little loath to part with it =P

Handmade guitar card

In the process =)

Finished!

Inside view

 AOC004

A friend requested a card with a white guitar and here is the result. White guitar with gold detail and real strings! REAL STRINGS. The strings were awful to maneuver : never thought metal could be so stubborn LOL. 

On a separate note : I think I seriously need to do more research on cards for guys. No flowers, no ribbons, no swirls, no glitter, no nothing! =S 

Burst of colours =)

AOC003

Birthday card! The colours look so striking on black and white =) 

Quite surprised that I managed to finish it in a day and a half, actually, considering that those flowers REFUSED to be glued together, despite multiple attempts and rivers of glue. In the end I had to hold them with my finger firmly, sitting there glaring at it, until the glue dried. =D

But I quite like how it turned out! =) 

Just getting started!

Here's a birthday card I made for Ema 2 weeks ago!
loving the cute pop-up cake and candles =D

The front of the card :

3D flowers, vines, and Ema's name in gold glitter.

Close up of the 3D flowers.

The waterfall card I made for Hari's birthday.

The letters of his name unfold slowly as the tab is pulled (as seen in the video).

Low-tech-me didn't know how to rotate the video so it's horizontal =P 

The back of Hari's card.

Calvin's 18th birthday card is made with strips of paper woven together.

A close up of the weave.

Notice that the "18" and Calvin's name are on raised platforms? 

Quite happy with the results! though they took me 3 whole days to finish. 

Codes : 

Ema's card : BD001
Hari's card : BD 002
Calvin's card : BD003

These cards were specially designed for Ema, Hari and Calvin. They are not for sale. The codes are just here so that anyone wanting something like this can easily refer (e.g. I want flowers like on BD001).

lovies, yuenie.