Explosion Box and a birthday gift

Hi Friendz....

Another year coming to an end and excited for the new year.. This year has been one of the bestest in my life for I finally settled down with someone whom I love .. and is my soulmate :)
This year also brought back  my tempting habit of keeping off waste and junk material to make something useful out of it. I had ample time and I started crafting again, it all started with one quilled post by my friend and I was excited to see how was it done when I brought a quilling tool from the market and tried on normal paper first to see what was it all about.. and got hooked in the way...
Within no time, I was back to blogging and met lots of fellow crafter's whom I admire and get inspiration from ..

I love trying out different things, and somehow during the process I found and explosion box.. I loved it to the core and made one for my SIL for her birthday.. it was widely appreciated... I now have made another for my nephew.. a belated gift though.. but still .. have a look :)

 Here the explosion box... I tried not to be tooo girly here... :)

and Pop it opens up to reveal a bunny shaped cake..

Front view of the bunny cake :)

I added a little banner here and I loved it when it came out nicely.. I never thought scraps could make smthing look this good ;) *wink wink* .. I'm saving all my scraps now ... tadaaaa...

Here's a panel when I left a small rectangle to fill up with my nephew's picture... :) and added a small sentiment.. 'our rising star '

No birthday party is complete without balloons... and here  they are... :_

A secret pocket to hide in some good bundle of wishes...

This is the complete view of the card from the top :)

and my favorite part... close up of the bunny cake... I'm in love with it... :)

I hope u all liked my new explosion box.. for I know... my nephew's gonna love it :)

Entering it for the following challenges:

1) http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.in/2012/12/challenge-43-anything-but-card.html
2) http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.in/2012/12/challenge-73.html
3) http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.in/2012/11/anything-goes.html
4) http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.in/2012/12/challenge-6-sponsored-by-sassy-studio.html
5) http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.in/2012/12/blog-hop-winners-and-abc-challenge.html
6) http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.in/2012/11/another-round-of-inspiration-and.html
7) http://houseofgilli.blogspot.in/2012/12/challenge-47-anything-goes.html
8) http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/challenge-9.html
9) http://everydayisanoccasion.com/?p=1131
10) http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.in/2012/12/anything-but-card-challenge-8.html
PS: If these posts inspire you to bring out the creative best in you, that would be the bestest thing that will happened to you, and I'll be flattered. But, kindly do respect the hard work and thoughts that goes into these works and please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks!!!


Love!
Manu