Using Everyday Dies for Cultural Cards | Rakshabandhan Card Ideas (Hindu Festival)
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I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I have a bit of a different card post today and I'm going to show you how to use your everyday craft supplies to make cultural cards (well, one in particular). I want to show you that it doesn't really matter which background you are from and which festivals/events you celebrate, you can use your current stash and modify your items to your liking to fit your occasion.
Here's a little background on this card. During this month in the Indian calendar, there is a festival that is celebrated called Rakshabandhan. This is a Hindu festival and it is usually when brothers and sisters come together to spend time together and celebrate the bond they share as siblings. The sister will tie a bracelet called a 'rakhi' on their brother's hand as a symbol of their bond and she will give him sweets to mark the day. The brother will usually give the sister a small monetary gift as a thank you and this entire gesture is to keep their bond strong through time. I usually celebrate this yearly along with a lot of Hindus. So I actually make these cards every year and I wanted to share them with you.
The video below is very easy to follow and I'll show you exactly how I made this beauty!
I encourage you to look through your stash and like I mentioned, there are so many supplies you can use and tailor to your own cultural needs. I chose this Spellbinders Trefoil Tile & Panel Card Creator Dies (DOM Feb 2021) because it actually had the look of diyas that we use to light up around the house during the hindu festival of Diwali. I know that there are a lot of other crafty supplies from various companies for other festivals from other backgrounds. For example, I know Gina K covers Hannukah in some of her Christmas sets and I love that Altenew has quite a few items for Eid, Hannukah and many other backgrounds. I specifically love the Altenew Candlelight Stamp set, which I used on the inside of this card as it has a diya image that perfectly suits this card! Not to mention that this set has a few other simple candles, and I know candles or lights are common amongst many backgrounds and celebrations.
If you watch the video, I will also show you how to make the Om Sign for this card which is indicative of the Hindu background. Since I can't seem to find a stamp or die for this sign anywhere, I decided to make one myself with simple Number dies which I'm sure everyone has a set of in their stash. I used the Birch Press Designs Sugar Script Numbers dies but you can use anything you have on hand. With a little bit of creativity, you can probably figure out how to make any cultural symbol for your own background.
I also created a few more similar cards for the same occasion but made them to be mini slimline cards. Since I was making so many, I opted to use embossing folders for the backgrounds and just used a simple stamp set for the interior decor.
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