Cards ,Crafts ,Kids Projects: Crafty Resume

Hi I am Dr Sonia Suprabha Venugopal, an ENT Surgeon from India. I stay in the beautiful city of Bangalore with my husband, teenage daughter and fur baby Toffee [a Siberian Husky] .

I started this blog in 2010 as a way to chronicle crafts and school projects made with my daughter who at that time was just a toddler. Over the years my crafting skills evolved, my blog grew and I became part of a beautiful crafting community.

I had a passion to share simple tutorials on my blog and I was amazed at the love and support I got from all over the world. In 2016 my blog clocked 5 million pageviews and when I decided to celebrate it with a series a giveaways for my readers it was overwhelming to see the sheer support I received from the global and Indian crafting community ! I had a whopping 14 sponsors chipping in to help celebrate and I actually had to refuse quite a few sponsors to make it a manageable!

When the pandemic struck I took a break from blogging but when I restarted blogging in 2023 I was surprised that the blog stats showed my blog was still popular with the search engines !

Over the years I have had the good fortune to have designed for some amazing craft companies both Indian and International.

I am a versatile crafter with an eclectic taste .I love working with different products

I have been a designer for Crafters Corner , the premier craft supply store in India with a huge range of imported supplies as well as their own brand Dress my Craft. I designed for Crafters Corner for a period spanning more than 5 years from 2014 to 2018.

I was able to work with new products, do detailed product reviews and write step by step tutorials for the company.

My Projects designed for Crafters Corner can be found at the Crafters Corner blog and their social media accounts.

I was also lucky to have designed for Crealies a Netherlands based company owned by Annelies which has the most amazing and versatile cutting dies.I love working with metal cutting dies and so this was a very enjoyable period for me as I got to think outside the box ! I had to step down from the team when the pandemic struck.

Itsy Bitsy is largest craft retail shopping chain in India and no crafter in India will not know about Itsy Bitsy. I have been lucky to have been invited to design for them on several occasions.

Castle Shaped Slider Card Tutorial

Easy Paper Basket Tutorial

I was also given a huge honour and invited to inaugurate a new shop of the Itsy Bitsy chain at Sahakaranagar,Bangalore.

Itsy Bitsy Store Inaugration

With me is Rashmi Closepet the founder of Itsy Bitsy. You can also see my daughter in the background.

With Rashmi Closepet

I have also had the honor to have guest designed for t

The Craftshop owned by the lovable and dynamic Priya Sivaraj who also has her own brand The Craftreat.

Handilane ,owned by the super sweet and talented Rakhi. Handilane is the specialist in MDF products and it also boasts an ever increasing range of unique and traditional crafting supplies.

At the peak of my bogging I was listed twice in a rowin Top Indian Blogs in 2017 and 2018

I find it embarrassing at times to post about wins and top 3 s but also think I should blog about it to encourage fellow bloggers as well as say Thank You to the crafters who think my work is good enough to honor me with a DT position and a top 3 or 5 award so publishing special honors in this page.

This quilled Sunflower girl came first at the Delightful challenge

Quilled sunflower girl

The Side step Pop up Ocean diorama card

Ocean diorama pop up card

was the first time I worked with as digital image.It was created for and featured as the Spotlight Guest DT post at Digital

Delights by LoubyLou.
It was also featured by Lisa Jane of Make it Mondays on her blog.
This Ocean Diorama Pop up card also came in the top 3 at My Craft Spot

This card also came top 3 at Crafty JC.

This Circle flower card

Punchcraft flowers

became top 3 at ICR [ Indian craft room] a very special recognition indeed for me!

This pop up castle card

Pop Up card castle

was spotlighted at 365 cards

This Swinging Spinning card was my Guest DT at Crafty JC

Swinging card

and came in the top 3 at Come and Get it Challenge

This quilled princess

Quilled princess

came top 3 at Sentimental Sundays Birthday Challeng e

These Styrofoam flowers

Thermocol flowers

became top 3at Crafty JC recycling challenge and so I became Guest DT

Crafttuts.com also featured this styrofoam flowers tutorial

This box making tutorial

Box making tutorial

was spotlighted at 365 cards

My Recycled House shaped Box

House shaped box

was winner at Create me pink

House shaped Box

My Recycled House shaped Box was also winner at Wee Memories

This Punchcraft and Quilling Flowers

Punchcraft

was featured at Unstampabelles and was also chosen as the Design Team favorite
The framed Punchcraft and Quilling Flowers also became top 3 at Incy Wincy
This Quilled box

Quilled Recycling craft

became top5 at Craftycardmakers

In Jan 2012 Heather honored me by inviting me to be part of the Scrapbook Stamp Society Dream team.

This recycled Doll House

Doll House

made as Guest DT for Do More with Less won at Crafty Mess Challenge Blog

and also won Top Sister at SISTERHOOD TOP SISTER AWARD

in the recycling challenge

and also was picked as the Top Pick at Tip Top Tuesday Spotty Dotty Challenge

I am also thrilled to say this special doll house was Top 2 Pick at Use it Tuesday

And was also featured on Totally Tutorials

Another recycled Project a DIY Photo frame

Photoframe

was featured on Inspire me Fridays
This punchart Handmade Photo frame

Handmade Photoframe

my Guest DT project for "For Fun Challenges" theme Anything But a Card and came Top 3 At Oldie but a Goldie Farm/Garden Theme Challenge

This book shaped card

Shaped Card tutorial

came top 4 at For Love of Crafting

This recycled House shaped box

House shaped box

came in top 3 at Snehal's Box challenge

The House shaped box tutorial was featured at Craft gossip-Recycled Crafts and was also featured as the "Pro" in Box category at ICR gallery pageant 2013

This Cascading Card

Cascading Card

came top 3 at BGC and I was invited to be Guest DT

and was featured as the "Pro" in Fancy fold category at ICR gallery pageant 2013
My 14 types of Paper flowers tutorial

Paper Flowers Tutorials

was featured at Outlawz...Thank You Colleen and Outlawz DTs..such an honor for me!
The party decoration paper flowers tutorial was also featured on Craftuts.com
It was featured as Fun Paper Crafts by Paper Mill.Uk

This hinged box making tutorial