About This Blog

Hello Cardlovers! I am Deepthi, a mom of 3 year-old son and a soon to arrive baby! A busy mom with interests in paper crafts ever since I was child. A graduate in Environmental Engineering, I never got the chance to explore my interest in learning the craft until motherhood came along. I love handmade cards, giving gifts, and writing a letter rather than sending an email. So I made this site "Card-a-Mom" - a place for my handmade cards based on my inspirations throughout the world of internet. I just started card making and am constantly learning new techniques in paper crafting. Please leave your suggestions/comments as you explore my blog. Welcome to my space!

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Quilled Ganesha- happy Ganesh chaturdi

Ganesha outline from the google images

Just started quilling a month ago and tried quilling Indian gods for the first time.
A little off the original pic...but was happy with the outcome

Tried different handmade paper backgrounds for the ganesha

Finally liked the purple handmade paper background as the card base

Added a small mouse for the little ganesha
Final finished quilled ganesha card with mouse and ladoos at the bottom

A peek inside..
Happy Ganesh Chaturdi to all of you!


Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Brighter skies are on their way!!

A hats off card. There are a lot of tutorials to make this graduation card but I gave it to a young one for being the topper in the high school.
 A congratulation card with a small pocket to add a gift card or notes.
I did not have the stamp, but made a card using the inspiration with hand cut circles.
Forgot where I saw this stamp and its make- probably hero arts or inkadinkado. Used this image to create the above card.




Friday, August 15, 2014

Happy Independence Day!!

Made my 3 yr old sort the 3 colors of the National flag..a fun thing for the little  hands !

He glued the tri coloured thermocol balls on to the adhesive backed acetate/OHP sheet.

I was told by a kindergarten teacher that picking up, holding  bit size grains, pebbles or  any thing of that size with their fingers will improve their ability to hold the pencil and their handwriting skills.

So we started it with making a National Flag! My 3 yr old did it all by himself and was very happy as it had ice cream sticks too!

My son had a health week going on  and so we made a healthy-green-flag. The top row had Masoor dal- orange, centre- Sabudana/sago/tapioca, last row had green gram/moong dal- green.
Happy Independence Day!!