memories...

HI all, 

Hope you are enjoying the wedding season...

Its always been Quilling which i do the most but recently i tried my hands on Textures.

Have seen some wonderful projects using modelling paste, gesso, stencils etc etc...

So i was too tempted to try my hands on this ...

And coincidentally had my cousin's Silver jubilee coming up so thought why not create a layout...

So i took a canvas stretched on a wooden frame, used Texture white and created some circular patterns with Comb.Love the way the circles turned out..

Wanted to make it colourful so took up my distress inks ( i m totally in love with these!! :P) 

I always wanted to create something with photographs...so asked my nephew to get me there wedding pics(the day the journey started)...what could be better for remembering 25 wonderful years of happy wedded life..

And as i said i have been doing quilling , quilling n quilling...my family loves when i add quilling to there gifts...so it had to be the paper strips again..

So here is my simple no fuss layout..

Hoping you all would like this..and especially my brother loves his surprise :)

entering in:1. http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2013/11/challenge-21-magical-memories.html
               2.  http://crafterscornerindia.blogspot.in/2013/11/nov-challenge-14-make-it-festive.html

thanks for stoppin by...:)
happy crafting
lekha

Sospeso....finally !!

Hi,

Hope you all enjoying the the festival season and winters :)

I have a fetish for paper..paper...and paper...I love anything paper...and handmade.

But recently saw many amazing projects of Sospeso Trasparente ..a volume decoupage technique ...I have always been wanting to try my hands at least once....And believe me its super fun trying this...
Made a mdf frame and gave it a new look with acrylic paint, stamping with stazon..and a little texture with texture white ..

So, here is my latest project...and hoping you all like it...

Entering in :http://crafterscornerindia.blogspot.in/2013/11/nov-challenge-14-make-it-festive.html

                  http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2013/11/bgc43-create-shaped-projects-with.html

Thanks for stopping by...

Happy crafting...

Modpodge Tile Coasters

HI, 

For quite some time I was thinking of making something easy and fast...and MODPODGE was perfect answer to my question.

Had seen many variants of these tile coasters on Pinterest and had always wanted to try my hands on these.  

They’re cute, easy, and cheap.  My kind of craft project!

These are super fun to make and a great gift to give...I even made a gift box for these and my sister just loved her surprise gift. :)

Grab your tools and try these tile coasters..

You Will Need:

• Ceramic Tiles (4x4)
• Scrapbook Paper of your choice
• Mod Podge and a Foam Brush/and flat brush ( do remember to wash your brush after use)
• Spray Acrylic Sealer
• Felt (any color) or cork/foam dots    
• Any old visiting card,atm card (wondering where will this be used!!....naaah...you are not going shopping,,.!) 

Lets start....

1.  The first thing you’ll need to do is cut squares from the scrapbook paper that are just slightly smaller than the tiles.  One way to do this is to trace around the tiles and then cut just a little bit inside the lines.  Trim as needed to get the fit you want.

2.  Brush some Mod Podge onto the tile and then lay the square of scrapbook paper on it to adhere it to the tile.  Smooth it out with old visiting card/atm card as needed, making sure you get all the way to the edges. But use light pressure with the card or you will end up tearing the paper( i learnt the hard way)

3.  Next, brush a coat of Mod Podge over the paper, again making sure you get all the way to the edges.

4. Let your coasters set for several hours to dry.

5. To make sure your coasters will be waterproof, finish them off with a coat of spray acrylic sealer .

6. To keep the tiles coasters from scratching your furniture, you’ll want to put some felt on the back.  I used felt backing , you can also use cork sheets.Cut a square piece slightly smaller than your tile and stick it to the back. 

And that’s it!

gift box

Hi,
Started blogging again after 2 years...and entered couple of contests...and was among top 6 at the colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot (challenge 4)
It feels so nice to be appreciated by more creative ppl :)

We all know its festival time, weddings round the corner. I have been busy with my orders and this gift box/ gaddi box was designed for one of my client. And this flower bouquet ( gifted my mom on her birthday ) got me inspired to create these boxes, especially the sentiment "A bouquet of good wishes".

Have used mulberry flowers , diecuts, distress inks, gold and clear  heat embossing and pattern paper from DCWV ..Had fun making these..
Hope you all like these..

entering in :1. http://crafterscornerindia.blogspot.in/2013/11/nov-challenge-14-make-it-festive.html

                       2. http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2013/11/bgc43-create-shaped-projects-with.html?spref=fb

thanks for stopping by..

happy crafting

Lekha

Wrapped Blessings

Hi,
Had my recent date with ....GUESS who!!...yes!! everybody's recent favs...Distress Inks...
Believe me if you haven't still tried your hands on them you should!!
These are water reactive inks...and the moment you spray them with water...you can wait for some great effect...I would love to share some of my experiments with few techniques I used here..


1. Layering, little water spray and my favourite Twig n Berry stamp set

2. Masking , heat embossing

3. Scrunched paper texture, dabbing distress inks directly form ink pad and some water spray..also  stamped my flowers image and colored it using distress inks same as water color with a water brush.

Hope you liked my experiments :)
thanx
happy crafting
lekha

Entering in :Color conceptions : Spread your wings with distress inks

http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/08/challenge-4-spread-your-wings-with_5232.html

Flower punch

Hi ppl...

Another project I just completed...A triple layering card...Stamped images from Hero Arts and the heat embossed sentiment from Penny Black Gratitude stamp set...

Have been quilling for 2-3 years now..but as always my creative brain needs some change...and my latest crush happens to be these distress inks, stamps, and the various amazing techniques used to create some marvelous effects. Hope you like this one .

Here I have layered my card stock(took white watercolor paper), its best for using distress inks and i used my waterbrush to color the flower outlines..

As for the sentiment you might find a little shadow to the white embossed image..I first inked it with black permanent ink and than heat embossed it, so a little black peeps in from below..Another thing i added to it was liquid pearls from Rangers..an amazing product...i just rubbed some of the silver pearls with my fingertip to give that glaze finish.

Hope i continue to be active here :)

thanx

keep crafting..

lekha

Entering in:

1. Lulupu's stamp and color +emboss 

http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2013/09/lulupu-challenge-16-stamp-colour-emboss.html

2.color conceptions challenge..
Spread your wings with distress inks
http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/08/challenge-4-spread-your-wings-with_5232.html

De stress!!

Hi ppl, 

Back to blogging after almost 2 years...Still i don't like the idea of blogging..But thought why not give it a try...

Here I am with my latest crush...Stamps and distress inks....

Finally i am doing something other than quilling :) 

For this card I did Versamark images, heat embossed them and then used some distress inks...The square watermark images are made by using a stencil as a resist to water spray..

hope u like it...

thanks

keep crafting

lekha

Entering in:

1. Lulupu's stamp and color +emboss 

http://lulupu.blogspot.in/2013/09/lulupu-challenge-16-stamp-colour-emboss.html

2. Color Conceptions challenge..
Spread your wings with distress inks
http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/08/challenge-4-spread-your-wings-with_5232.html