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16.2.23

Origami Penstand

Hi friends sharing another Origami Penstand with Graphic 45 papers. I love this penstand design as it is sturdy and functional and it also helps use up the much loved papers in my stash!

Origami Penstand

My daughter loves pearls and rhinestones so I painstakingly added them to all 6 sides of the hexagonal penstand. The roses were made using dies and foamiran.

Edited : This project was chosen as Top 5 at All Sorts Challenge Anything Goes. Thank you !!

27.1.23

Altered Box

Hi friends I love to make utility items for my home and this is a broken acrylic box I dressed up to function as a catch all .

Handmade Paper Rose

I made the rose in shades of pink and purple. The leaves were made nearly 10 yrs back!...hehe yes in this 2013 blogpost : Leaf Tutorial

Handmade Lace

The gorgeous lace you see is handmade! Yes...made at home using modelling paste,glue and a silicon mould.

Leafy Border

I am on a mission to use up paper these days and I had just a snippet of the striped green paper left after covering the sides of the box .So instead of saving it as scarp ...die cut leaves and used it to create a leafy border .

Supplies used: Dies : Leaf : Little Birdie, Marianne,Dee's Distinctively Berry Sprigs;Paper : Papericious,Dress my craft; Silicon mould : Crafters Corner

26.1.23

Graduation Photo Framed

Hi friends, I started this blog in 2010 to chronicle the various school projects and crafts I made with or for my little one . Many of you have seen her on my blog and literally seen her grow up over the years. So this is a very special blogpost as I am sharing a frame I made to commemorate my little girl graduating 10th standard [equivalent to O levels]. Not only did she graduate with flying colours but her school honoured her by presenting her with an award for excellence in academics over the whole 10 year period.

Handmade Flowers

I framed her photo with lots of handmade roses inked, sponged and sprayed with a medley of colours to match the colours of my daughter's saree [ our traditional Indian dress]

Handmade Flowers

I used a variety of materials including paper, foam, sospeso and shrink plastic to make the flowers and leaves.

Handmade Flowers

The roses are made from very thick card stock to hold their shape well so they were quite time consuming to make.The foam flower was quick and easy to make.Here is the link for the foamiran flower tutorial

Handmade Flowers

The heart shaped base is made of MDF. It was given a coating of gesso and I decoupaged it before adding all the flowers and leaves.

Graduation Photo Framed

I hope you liked this project and Thank you for dropping by and supporting!

Supplies used: Sospeso,Foamiran,Shrink Plastic, Resin Frame-all from Crafters Corner. Butterflies, Foliage Dies: Little Birdie

Linking to https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/challenge-621-anything-goes.html

This project was chosen as a Designer Spotlight at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Theme Flowers. How Thrilling and Thank you so much !

22.1.23

Handmade Gift Set

Hi friends....sharing a handmade gift set I made for a friend from my medical college days .She loves the colour purple and Mrs A's Butterfly challenge gave me the impetus to make this project. It's a fridge magnet mutli purpose holder similar to the one I had shared earlier in this post : Multipurpose Holder

Roses are handmade and I had fun adding foliage ,crystals and pollen filers.

Here is how the holder looks from atop...it is spacious enough to hold a notebook, pens, bills etc. The holder is made of several layers of thick cardstock and foam and I added strong magnets on the back to hold some amount of weight.

I also made a matching shaker notebook with my friend's monogram "S" and bookmarks .

Hope you like this handmade gift idea.

Linking to

1. Butterfly Challenge . I am entering this Multipurpose Holder in Category 1 :Any project + Colours : Forest Green and Fuchsia[ Purple ]+ Butterflies

2.The Outlawz Paper A la mode Challenge -no cards

16.1.23

Fridge Magnet Multipurpose Holder

Fridge Magnet

Hi crafty friends....I can't believe it has been more than a year since my last blogpost. Life was busy and though I did craft occasionally...I didn't have an inclination to blog or be active on social media.I guess we all do go through such phases isn't it.

My project today is something I made for my home......it is a multipurpose holder with magnets on the back to help attach it to the fridge door. It is roomy enough to hold bills,a notebook and pen .

Handmade Roses

My kitchen has a predominance of the colour red and so my fridge magnet too had to be red! The foliage was made with Heartfelt creations stamps and dies. and the shiny flower was made with Shrink plastic.

Shrink Prink Flower

The paper rose and rose bud were made with dies and thick card stock.

Handmade Rose

I hope you like my project.Do comment so that I can drop by and visit you too. I sure do feel rusty to blog after so long!

Linking the Darnell's NBUS challenge.NBUS item is the Gateway die from Heartfelt Creations

20.12.21

Shrink Prink Flowers

Hi friends...my love with Shrink Prink continues. Shrink plastic is so easy to create with and I am enjoying altering objects around my home with creations made of Shrink Prink , a type of Shrink plastic.

Shrink Prink Flowers

I love how hard and durable the flowers and leaves are and they are perfect to create home decor items

Shrink Prink Flowers

I used a variety of flower and leaf dies and used the regular heat gun to shrink the die cuts. The flowers are pretty easy to shape as the heating makes the plastic soft and pliable so this is a good medium for people who love flower making but don"t really enjoy the pressure required to create dimensional paper flowers !

Shrink Prink Flowers

Hope you like my project.

Supplies used: Dies : Dress My Craft Flower 2,Dress My Craft Big Flower,Dress My Craft Big Flower 5 petal round,Dress My Craft Rose

5.12.21

Foam Poppy Flowers

Glitter Foam Flowers

Hi friends thank you so much for the warm welcome. I am rediscovering the joys of crafting nowadays but since time is still bit of a constraint, I try to indulge in quick crafts .

This flower bouquet made with glitter foam was quick and simple to make involving just die cutting and hot gluing!

The dies I used are huge and the largest flower measures more than 5 inches.They are from from Dress My Craft and designed for Shrink plastic so that they shrink to a reasonable size. I used these dies to make the flowers in my previous post: Shrink Prink Photoframe

Glitter Foam flowers

This was a quick DIY project for my home and it makes me happy just to look at the shimmering glittery blooms!

Supplies used : Dies : Dress My Craft Curvy Edge Flower, Memory Box Fringe Border

Linking to

1. DL Art December Challenge

6.3.20

Puzzle Shaped Home Decor

Hi friends...sharing a mixed media project in the shape of a Puzzle which I made as a birthday present for my husband who loves gardening, flowers and birds!

I made it with the new MDF Puzzle from Crealies which is a very large puzzle and has lots of room to express your creativity!

I painted the Puzzle with a coat of gesso and decoupaged spring themed elements from a paper napkin onto it

Applied a brick stencil design using crackle texture paste and stamped a chicken wire design in the gaps of my design

Made flowers to match the design on the paper using circles!

Added cute little birds behind the flowers!

And of course I had to add my favourite sentiment die from Crealies "Smile" on a banner. I used the Crealies sticker sheets to die cut the smile...the sticker sheets are so useful to diecut and stick delicate diecuts such as the text dies.