A Creative Jaunt......
An affair with art , craft and recycling
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Altered book
I attempted to build a doll house from a book in a vintage style.
I cut out doorways and staircase from the pages of the book
and this is how it looks. Them with lots of layering, texture pastes, stenciling through a lace, sketching, fuzzy
cutting and embellishing I build a scene of any day in a house. This book depicts
a page out of any ladies life…look through some more pictures to see what I
mean.
The basic page cutting such that the book can be folded shut |
I wanted to use a metallic lace (which you will see as an outline of the walls) I have been hoarding for a while. It’s also perfect to add a vintage look. For creating a vintage look to the walls I applied modeling paste though a lace and inked it orange.
See the walls texture, created by stenciling through a lace with modeling paste |
Note the stairways |
For the cover of the book refer this link to see how I did it.
See the cover of the book in the mirror reflection
Most of the miniatures I have made from card board. The
candle stand and the dressing table were both made in a vintage style to add as
accessories. There is also a little doll there , a rightful resident of this
doll house!
Hope you liked my story book!!
Linking this to: Lessology challenge: 48 lace up |
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Frangipani earrings from plastic bottles
Another attempt to recycle, this time plastic bottles into earrings...
Here are the WIP pictures..
I have written a detailed Do it yourself instruction here
Here are the WIP pictures..
I have written a detailed Do it yourself instruction here
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Tea light holder mixed media
As I was reading my blog roll , I came across 2 challenges(which
I am linking to) that have highly inspired this project
Firstly, Lulupu challenge 49 = color palette+ feminine creations + use wings which has a
fantastic picture. In the picture something subtle but what caught my attention
the girl in the picture holding a candle stand, the bronze clock and the tinge
of pink, blue and peach.
I altered a cardboard box into a tea light candle holder. I
added strips of cardboard and painted make it appear as wood. Further randomly added
torn vintage pp , dabbed with inks and gesso.
I added brown and orange flowers (from flourishwithbling) and some hand made flowers. I made a metal butterfly from some broken old earrings. I also made the peach flowers of handmade paper and added pearls to it to embellish
Embellished this with
pearls, beads, fibre etc. I also stuck a magnifying glass to focus on “our
journey” to add some emotion and magnify emotions.
Hope you enjoyed it and play along the unstampablles challenge which is giving away a superb pillow box die from Die-namics .
Linking this project to
Lulupu challenge 49 and CSCC #14 andmaterials used |
Linking this project to
BGC #68 (make your own embellishments). I have made flowers, used magnifying glass as embellishment.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Water colour card
I was highly inspired by a huge vase that stands at the corner of a Thai restaurant's interiors, which has some intricate Chinese painting of white, blue and gold. Here is my CAS card done with water color pencils. A simple design, but its turned out better than I thought.
Linking this to Lulupu challenge 48: watercolors
CSCC challenge 13: anything goes
Linking this to Lulupu challenge 48: watercolors
CSCC challenge 13: anything goes
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Altered Hair Clip
One again this month I did something totally out of the box.
This time the theme at unstampabelles is to make something implying “Oh Baby!” Well, you can make a baby themed
project or use the expression how you wish!
It is the Easter period so guess you could also use Easter babies!
However, you can create anything to do with Babies! Including baby animals if
you wish.
The twist is to make a non-traditional styled project for a
baby.
So I’ve decided to make the best of the theme and alter hair
clips for a baby girl.
I started with a simply black clip, stuck white foam cut
out (as per the measurement of the clip
), coated it with modelling paste to create a smooth / flat texture and stuck
checked printed paper onto it. Once done I simply wrote “Happy” on it using my
stash of transfer stickers. The baby bear is a die cut I have been hoarding for
some time. I layered It on the back with a foam sheet and its done. For a final
touch I coated it with a matt finish clear mod podge which created magic!!
Hope you liked it…Am planning to make more like these (with
my stash of epoxy stickers this time)
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Peace within
This month’s theme at unstampabelles is Harmony or/and Peace with a twist to incorporate flight into your article
For the angels and the frame I have used gelatos. For the sky I have used ink and spray while for the moon (which is my favourite I have used gesso and ink for a 3D effect. All of the drawing are freehand …….Hope you liked it.
Also linking this to
BGC66: Mixed Media
Monday, January 19, 2015
Pretty gift bag
This is my first post this year and thank you everyone who liked my worked and made my day by leaving your comments.
The festive season always brings loads of inspiration for me. This month at unstampabelles, is to create a thank you memento with a twist to take inspiration from something just outside the window. So as I head to my window, this is what I see looking closer.
So taking inspiration from this I decided to make a Thank you gift bag. I made plenty of these as a return gift for my daughters birthday now.
This is a quick goodie bag I made up of hand made paper. I also made crepe paper flowers and added silver twine as a handle.
Well, I made 20 of these and packed them with toys and chocolates. They are quick to make, fun to decorate and add a whole new flavor to the gifts. And kids love them (as much as the mommies!)
The festive season always brings loads of inspiration for me. This month at unstampabelles, is to create a thank you memento with a twist to take inspiration from something just outside the window. So as I head to my window, this is what I see looking closer.
So taking inspiration from this I decided to make a Thank you gift bag. I made plenty of these as a return gift for my daughters birthday now.
This is a quick goodie bag I made up of hand made paper. I also made crepe paper flowers and added silver twine as a handle.
Well, I made 20 of these and packed them with toys and chocolates. They are quick to make, fun to decorate and add a whole new flavor to the gifts. And kids love them (as much as the mommies!)
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Xmas card
Yipee............. its Xmas month and is time to make a fun xmas card. This time I tried my hand at a reverse sand-shaker card (ah this is my own term!) with a summer time xmas theme. I have recycled plastic packaging. I have folded an OHP sheet to create a card, stuck my plastic packaging on it, written with a marker inside and stuck paper on it, hence the word 'reverse'.
To go with the summer time my Santa (hand sketched) is in his swimwear on the beach. I have made a palm tree by simply cutting and swirling paper and stuck metallic glitter buttons. And now for the fun part, have filled this plastic with glitter powder, sand and white beads. I have added lots of glitter powder to reduce the weight of the sand (although in the picture its not so clear I know).I have stuck Christmas sentiment stickers from imaginationsonline.
And the best part of this is that when the card it kept flat the glitter and sand spreads all over, but when held straight it gathers right at Santas feet. For the background I have painted on a water color paper (remember my 60 sec water color technique!)
This month at unstampabelles the theme is Summer fun - twist: to make a Southern Hemisphere Christmas card: Sponsored by Bizzy Bec http://www.bizzybecscardmakingscrapbooking.com.au/
To go with the summer time my Santa (hand sketched) is in his swimwear on the beach. I have made a palm tree by simply cutting and swirling paper and stuck metallic glitter buttons. And now for the fun part, have filled this plastic with glitter powder, sand and white beads. I have added lots of glitter powder to reduce the weight of the sand (although in the picture its not so clear I know).I have stuck Christmas sentiment stickers from imaginationsonline.
And the best part of this is that when the card it kept flat the glitter and sand spreads all over, but when held straight it gathers right at Santas feet. For the background I have painted on a water color paper (remember my 60 sec water color technique!)
Hope you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you all!
Linking this to Imaginationsonline challenge : Xmas with traditional colors
This month at unstampabelles the theme is Summer fun - twist: to make a Southern Hemisphere Christmas card: Sponsored by Bizzy Bec http://www.bizzybecscardmakingscrapbooking.com.au/
Friday, November 28, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Sand Art Rangoli
Hey all..I have been extremely busy with the festive season and plenty of birthday celebrations in my family. This is a rather delayed post but here is a quick glimpse of some of the Sand Art (Rangoli) I made this season. For all those who are not familiar with Diwali, in India this is a very important festival of lights, color, food and firecrackers...Ofcourse lots to do for crafters, chefs and artists also. Cleaning, decorating, preparing delicacies, gifting and vacationing is typically what we all do.
Something most Indian Homes do is draw a rangoli at the entrance of their how like a welcome gesture. Rangoli these days is a colorful sand/ marble powder which is thrown into patterns and shapes to create great pieces of art or design. Here is a glimpse of the Rangoli I made at our entrance.....
And lastly, I cant resist but share with u a glimpse of these colorful sugar puffs i made
Yes, if you did notice, this festive I was obsessed with peacocks!!!..I even ensured everyone in my house was wearing peacock- colored dresses!!!
Something most Indian Homes do is draw a rangoli at the entrance of their how like a welcome gesture. Rangoli these days is a colorful sand/ marble powder which is thrown into patterns and shapes to create great pieces of art or design. Here is a glimpse of the Rangoli I made at our entrance.....
This one was huge 6 X 6 feet |
this one was smaller 3 feet... |
Come sunset, and we light up with tea candles |
And lastly, I cant resist but share with u a glimpse of these colorful sugar puffs i made
mmm...yummy! |
Yes, if you did notice, this festive I was obsessed with peacocks!!!..I even ensured everyone in my house was wearing peacock- colored dresses!!!
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Mini dressing table for a doll house
November 14 is celebrated as children's day so I thought of making a dressing table box unit for my kids doll house (something I have been promising her for long).
This month the theme for the unstampabelles challenges is - Box it up - with the twist being create a tutorial for others on your blog on how the box was made; you could have a link and show progress photos and tips as an alternative . The challenge is sponsored by:
Well, this time I interpreted the theme box it up differently. I thought out of the box quite literally!!! I decided to use boxes to create a miniature box unit dressing table, for a doll house.
So I gathered a couple of match boxes and cardboard. I measured an area (in my kids doll house) where I wanted to place this and cut out the cardboard as below.
Since I wanted to work on a grungy look, I tattered the cardboard as you can see and then folded it to my dimension. Remember the side flaps have to equate to the height of the table. Further, I used the natural corrugated portion of the cardboard to form the rims of the table.
For the drawers I stacked the 3 boxes on top of each other.
I covered the whole box unit with a crumpled masking tape to create an uneven texture. Yes I know it looks ugly at this stage.
There on I have done the following to get to the next stage:
- Coated the masking tape with black gesso.
- Next rubbed silver embossing powder onto the black with a sponge. At this stage naturally the protruding portion gets colored.
- I cut out an oval shape of thick paper and coated it with foil for making a mirror.
- Since I did not have a mirror border chipboard of this size, i decided to go with a cut out from a piece of lace.
- After having picked the lace you want to use, cut it to dimension and dip it in glue, such that it hardens when dry and become stiff.
- Post this I dabbed it again with black gesso.
- The small beads paired very well with color combo and used that for my drawers and mirror.
This is a fully operational dressing table, with usable drawers (for the doll!).
hope you like my piece of furniture, all boxed up....
Am linking this to:
Imaginationsonline challenge 5 : Out of the box
Friday, October 31, 2014
Imaginations online products
Yesterday I received my much awaited gift parcel from imaginationsonline. The items very extremely well packaged and though it was raining in my part of the city everything was in great condition.
I received 2 packs of rubons with very handy sentiments, a pack of Epoxy stickers and bottle caps, a pack of 3d Foam tabs, a pack of die cut stickers, pack of epoxy embellishments and embellishments. Imaginationsonline is definitely a place for embellishments. This packet had pretty butterfly metal embellishments, plastic buttons, wood buttons, wooden shaped embellishments, plastic embellishments, gears, mini keys. The very adorable baby embellishments, paired with stickers are perfect for baby projects.
My favorite are the handmade flowers from happy crafters, these are very versatile and are ideal for mixed media projects. The little heart shaped buttons are so cute and will pair them up with my stamping projects.
Now my brain is already all over the place looking for craft inspirations. ..Keep checking for more on how I use these goodies in my projects.
So while you check out the Imaginationsonline store, lemme tell you they are offering upto 50% on several stamps, inks and embossing products in the clearance sale. And even if your desired products are not currently in the clearance, you can add it to you wishlist to get updates!!
I received 2 packs of rubons with very handy sentiments, a pack of Epoxy stickers and bottle caps, a pack of 3d Foam tabs, a pack of die cut stickers, pack of epoxy embellishments and embellishments. Imaginationsonline is definitely a place for embellishments. This packet had pretty butterfly metal embellishments, plastic buttons, wood buttons, wooden shaped embellishments, plastic embellishments, gears, mini keys. The very adorable baby embellishments, paired with stickers are perfect for baby projects.
My favorite are the handmade flowers from happy crafters, these are very versatile and are ideal for mixed media projects. The little heart shaped buttons are so cute and will pair them up with my stamping projects.
Now my brain is already all over the place looking for craft inspirations. ..Keep checking for more on how I use these goodies in my projects.
So while you check out the Imaginationsonline store, lemme tell you they are offering upto 50% on several stamps, inks and embossing products in the clearance sale. And even if your desired products are not currently in the clearance, you can add it to you wishlist to get updates!!
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Celebration time!!!!
Hello Belles, this is my first post as a part of the design team of UnstampaBelles challenges.
The challenge for October is .....
..TIME
and the twist is shabby chic!
Time can be many things - a moment, a place in the day, a memory.....
Remember also you can make a card but
you can also make anything else that suits the challenge theme!
Just also remember - NO STAMPS to be used please either digital or rubber or clear/cling - not even in the background or for a sentiment.
October is Sponsored
by
They are currently having a
Now, have a look at my project. I interpreted the theme quite literally, using a clock. My project indeed has a flavor of shabby chic but is also what I call "cute".
I received this triangular desk clock with a big corporate
logo inside…and I couldn’t help but alter this one. I wanted to go with the
baby theme. I made this as a gift for namakaran
(It is a festive celebration in India
when a new baby is born and is also named in this ceremony). To the
clock, I also added 3 photo areas where photos
of one’s choice can be displayed.
And dear readers, I also have and easy step by step tutorial
for you!
To start with I opened the clock piece to paint (white)the
inside to hide the logo. Since a new mommy is tearing herself part between
feeding, changing diapers, playing with
the baby and taking care of herself I thought of adding stickers / sketching
cartoons with copic markers to add flavor. I also stuck a monkey on the long hand of the clock
suck that he can do the rounds(pun intended) 24 times a day, accompanying the
mommy.
Click for an elaborate view |
Next I cut out a tree with my paper knife from a Kraft colored cardboard
(Which is one ingredient I almost always use for my mixed media project).
Please click for an elaborate view |
I had hoarded the yogurt cup holders we buy from the store.
When I stick two together in allows me to even slip photo through it acting like a frame. I
decided to use it here as the radius of these perfectly matched the clock (I
broke the 3rd circle as you can see).
For the base of the clock, I first coated the glass with
masking tape. Then I coated it with gesso and modelling paste and scratched
with a fork to create a checked pattern. I once again smooshed the ink pads
directly on this. Then I stuck my tree onto the side.
I cut out my textured papers and stuck them onto the created
frame. This is the space created to add photos.
Now comes the fun part, embellishing this. You can see a lenient use of
chipboard, beads, lace, twine.
The bird is a chipboard, the eggs are beads while the nest
is burlap string. The baby and the milk bottle are embellishments (of polymer clay) by Sunglow Art.
Note that I have leniently used lace behind each embellishment and inked it for adding drama!
I made flowers using
the same textured paper and pearl. The green moss/ grass is fibre moss. If
you do not have this green wool which is torn and tattered will work equally
well!
Did you also notice a tad of shimmer i added? |
And here it is!
Hope this inspires you to play along and make your own time
piece….Link your project HERE
Supplies used (If not mentioned in the post already):
Embellishments/ stencil from itsy bitsy
Gesso white
Modeling paste
Hot melt stick
Archival ink pad: rose, magenta hue
Dylusions ink sprays: Funky fuchsia, bubblegum pink
Am also linking this to
Imaginationsonline:
Festive Celebration of baby birth
BGC
61#: Baby shower
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