Valentine's Day Special : 'Red roses' greeting card

Hello folks :) How are you doing today?

'Something Different' is happy to present to you the third greeting card from 'Valentine's day Special Series' : Red roses!

And here goes the tutorial for this card. 

Step 1. Take a white drawing paper with dimensions shown in picture below.  

Next step is to fold this paper along the marked lines. Resulting card will have two flaps as below:

Step 2: Time to make the red roses. These roses can be painted on white drawing paper and then cut them out, as I have done here. 

However, if you are not comfortable with painting, then I am providing a .jpeg file of this red rose below. You can just take a print out of it on white drawing paper and cut along the outline. If you like, you can also change the colo

r of the flowers in MS-paint or other such application.

Step 3: Now, take one of the roses and apply an adhesive to only half of the back side of it. Then then paste this flower to the bigger of our base card such that half portion of the flower is free, as shown.

Repeat the same with the second rose,only this time paste it on the smaller flap of the base card, as shown below. 

So your card will now look like this:

Now paste the last rose in a similar way to the bigger flap again. 

Step 4: Now just write a nice, romantic message on the card and I have also added some leaves to the flowers using black marker pen. You can paint the leaves green instead, if you prefer it that way :)

And there you go, a rosy valentine's greeting card is ready!!! 

That's it for today guys :) Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Stay tuned for the next creative posts by 'Something Different'!

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Valentine' day Special : 'Flip-heart' greeting card :D

Hi people!! 'Something Different' is back with the second greeting card tutorial of 'Valentine's Day Special Series'. Well, this is how the card looks like:

and if you open it, it will unfold your love message :

Lets get started then!

Step 1: This card has five folded parts. So I have taken 5cm x 25cm long black strip to form a base of the card. You can customize the card size as per your wish, just make sure that it is foldable in five equal parts.

Fold the this strip as shown in the picture below. We have to make alternate folds here. 

Step 2: We are gonna need 6 white squares of size 4 cm x 4 cm for writing our secret love message. (One square is to be kept blank. So make sure that your message is well-arranged on the remaining 5 white squares.) I used MS-word to make a tabular template as shown in following image. Each cell of the table is of size 4 cm x 4 cm. Then I printed it out the message and cut out all the squares.

Instead of using a printed message, you can totally hand write it and give it more personal touch. :)

Step 3: Paste each of the white squares (with message on it) on the black strip such that it is centrally aligned on each folded part.

Step 4: Now we are gonna paint a red heart on the remaining blank white square. You can customize this step as you like. e.g you can paint a rose or a teddy bear etc.

Step 5: Now paste this red heart on the back side of the black strip (just behind the square with 'Dear you').

Step 6: Take a red ribbon about 45 cm in length. And paste it middle portion of the ribbon on the part next to the heart. (Refer to image below.)

Step 7: Fold the black strip. And tie a knot of ribbon as shown. (Your ribbon will make a plus sign on backside on the folded stack.)

And in the front you will get a cute, little bow :)

That's it guys!! Your Valentine's day card with secret hidden message is ready!! Use it well ;)

Let me know if you liked this tutorial. I hope you enjoy making this card. Stay tuned for more craftsy stuff by 'Something Different'! :)

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Domino's box turned into my craft tool-box!!

Hi peeps, greetings from 'Something Different'!! Today I would like to share with you a tools-organizer that I made for myself out of Domino's pizza box. 

My craft tools keep on growing in number day by day, so I wanted to make something to get them properly organized. I had saved a couple of Domino's pizza boxes. Why? well that's a habit. :P I tend to store everything, that I feel, might be useful (someday!) in crafting. 

Anyways.... So I took one of those pizza boxes and covered it well with gift wrapping paper to give a nice look and it also gives a little extra strength to the box. Then I decorated the top and made some inner boxes with the help of white cardboard paper; according to my needs and shape of the pizza box. And voilà! this is the result!!

Looks neat, huh?? It is indeed very handy to have these tools arranged properly in one place. Hope you like this idea :) Stay tuned for more of such crafty tips from 'Something Different' :) Cheers!!

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Valentine's Day Special : 'beating heart' greeting card tutorial

Hello there!! Hope you all are doing well. As Valentine's day is nearing, 'Something Different' has brought for you some simple tutorials of greeting cards for your someone special. :) First of this series is a lovely 'beating heart' card.

 Step 1: We are gonna make a 3-D heart. For that we are gonna need three heart shape cut outs. (length 4.5 cm approx) I have used plain white drawing paper and then painted three parts as shown in the picture below. If you want, you can totally use red colour printed paper instead. Two of our heart cutouts are folded in middle as shown.

Step 2: Now apply an adhesive (e.g. fevicol) to the edges of the folded hearts, and then stick these two parts on the either sides of the middle (all red) heart cutout. Ta-da, there's our 3-D heart! :D Now keep it aside for drying.

Step 3: Lets start with the main card base. I have taken a white drawing paper of size 26 cm x 11.5 cm, folded width-wise to get a card of size 13 cm x 11.5 cm. Now, by keeping margins as shown in picture below, I have cut out the middle rectangular portion.

Step 4 : With the help of punching machine, I have punched a hole in our 3-D heart (Ouch!) Make sure it is perfectly in the center.

Step 5 : Take 18 cm long thread and double it. Make a knot of this thread through 3-D heart as shown in following images.

Step 6:  Make a small hole in our base card as shown and pass one end of the thread through it. And then tie a knot or two on the back side as shown. Cut the extra thread, if any.

Step 6 : Write your love-message on the card and there you go, a simple, loving 'beating heart' valentine's card is ready!! If you give a small tap to the heart, it will start beating :D

Well I like it simple as it is, but you can of course add more embellishments to it, if you like!

Thank you for visiting 'Something Different' :) Hope you liked this tutorial. Keep in touch for more of such crafty tutorials. Cheers!!!

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A Simple wall make-over!!

Hi everybody, greetings from 'Something Different'! After facebook, twitter, pinterest and instagram, 'Something Different' is happy and ready to venture into the world of blogging. 

For the start, I have come up with a simple tutorial to give your room a quick and cute makeover with lil birdies. Get ready!! 

Step 1: I love to play with the colours, so I am going to make bi-color birds in various combinations. Cut out the two basic parts (each of different colour) as shown in the image below. If you prefer, you can also make a bird shape cutout in a single colour. 

Step 2: Now just stick those overlapped parts together. 

And there you go! A cute, puffy bird is ready! Very Simple, isn't it?

Step 3: Make lots of such birds in different color combinations of your choice.

Step 4: Make a small hole near the neck of the bird with the help of sharp needle. Stacking a few bird cutouts together while making a hole would save some time!

Step 5: Next step is to thread each cutout. Pass a normal thread through hole and tie a knot or two near the neck point. Make sure your thread is considerably long, say of a foot-length or so. Also preferably choose the color of the thread such that it blends well with your wall color.

In this way, thread all the shapes and you are all ready for the final step.

Step 6: Now tie a loooooong thread horizontally on the wall to make a main branch to hang all birds to. I have used cello-tape here to do so. Then tie each of the birds to this main branch. 

And tada!! Your wall hanging is ready!!! Doesn’t it look cute?? (My last year’s Christmas tree is giving it an additional special effect :P :D)

Well I hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial to give a quick makeover to your wall and add some colors to your room. You can customize it any way you wish. You can use butterflies, flowers or stars instead of birds. Anything you like!! J

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