Valentine's Day Special : 'Dancing in the moonlight' greeting card tutorial

Hello everybody :) How are you doing today?? Ready for the fourth tutorial from 'Valentine's Day Special' Series by 'Something Different'?? Today's card is called 'Dancing in the moonlight'! and well, as the name suggests, it is little bit extra romantic, isn't it? ;)

Here's the tutorial :

Step 1:  Card has two rectangular parts. First part is of size 30 cm x 15 cm. Fold it in half to have a square greeting card of size 15 cm x 15 cm. 

Step 2 : Join the diagonals of the square as shown to find it's center.

Step 3: With the help of compass, draw a circle having diameter 10 cm. If you don't have a compass, you can use any circular object having approximate diameter of 10 cm. Then cut out this circular region. So first basic part of our card is ready! :)

Step 4 : The second part is again rectangular in shape and is of size 21 cm x 15 cm, Mark lines at 1 cm and 8.5 cm from one of the shorter edges of the rectangle (as shown).

Step 5: Keep first part of the card over second part such that fold of the first part matches with the line drawn at 8.5 cm on the second part. With reference to the first part, draw a circle again on the second part. 

Result will be as shown below:

Step 6: Draw a line at 7.5 cm from the other shorter edge of the second part to find the diameter of the circle.

Step 7: Draw lines at 1 cm on the right hand side of this diameter as shown.

And then cut along the darker line as indicated in the image below.

Step 8 : Flip the second part and make folds as shown:

Step 9: Flip the second part again and draw any picture on the circular region. e.g I have drawn a couple slow-dancing together :) <3 

Then paint it. (While painting, I decided to give a longer gown instead of frock ;) :D... Looks more romantic, isn't it? ;))

Step 10: I have a beautiful starry paper in my collection which superbly matches with my today's theme of the card. So I decided to cover both the parts entirely i.e. front and back (except for the circular region) with this paper. Check out the results:

If you do not have such paper, then not to worry. You can use dark blue or black paper instead and then using some glitters, you can make the stars.

Step 11: Apply an adhesive to the small flaps of the second part. 

And then paste first part over second part such that both circles match perfectly.

Now the top view of the card will look like this :

Step 12: Mark a line at 7.5 cm on the first part as shown.

Apply glue to the other flap of the second part and paste it on the first part along this marked line.

So now top view will be something like this.

Step 13: We are almost done now. I have added some lovely lines on the remaining part of the card. And ta-da!! 'Dancing in the moonlight' card is all ready!! <3

So did you like this 'Dancing in the moonlight' card? Hope you will try making it too :) Lot of customization can be done in this card. Let your imagination soar!!! Let me know your experience :) and as always stay tuned for more crafty tutorials by 'Something Different'!!!

You can also find us on 

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/something.different.crafts

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Smth_diff_craft

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/smth_diff_craft/

Instagram: instagram.com/smth_diff_craft

Take care! Buh-bye!! :)

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'!

You can also find us on 

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/something.different.crafts

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Smth_diff_craft

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/smth_diff_craft/

Instagram: instagram.com/smth_diff_craft

Happy crafting!!

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'! :)

You can also find us on 

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/something.different.crafts

Twitter: www.twitter.com/Smth_diff_craft

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/smth_diff_craft/

Instagram: instagram.com/smth_diff_craft