Hello , Happy Friendship day to all my bloggy pals... Last week my parents and my husband jointly gifted me a sewing machine for my upcoming birthday.  I always wanted a small handbag/ pouch to carry my ipad and books when I go out. So I was very happy to sew my first project of making a mini handbag. Here are some pics..

Hello friends, Today am sharing with you all an explosion box made for my husband's birthday.

This is how the box looks when it is closed

When it is openend it explodes with a cake in the center. I followed the tutorial of Rina Meyer's from you tube to make this box.

I have used black cardstock for the base and recollections pattern papers.

My most favourite part is the center cake. I made that using chart paper and covered it using gift papers. I decorated the cake using spiral roses.

The explosion box has pockets on all the 4 sides. On one side of the explosion box I made an accordion fold pocket tags.

Another pocket contains a small book of precious moments. 

The other two pockets contain greetings and a letter. 

I decorated the lid of the box using flowers , pearls and crochet borders. 

My husband was happy and surprised after opening the box.  I too thoroughly enjoyed making the box and took care of every small details so that he likes my gift .

Submitting to
Lulupu challenge - " go 3D"
Imaaginations craft challenge blog - " Anything goes"
Dream valley challenge - " Favourite colour combo" - Whenever I wanted to make a project I would always think that black and pink will only look rich and good compared to others. So that is my favourite colour combo. In this full project I have used various shades of pink with black.
4 crafty chicks - " Photo inspiration " - I was inspired by the cake and created an birthday theme explosion box with a cake at the center
Imaginations - " Bingo challenge" - I have used pattern papers, punches and pearls in my project . Pattern papers for covering the explosion box and for the pockets , punches I have used in the lid and for making cake, pearls I have used for decorating the lid of the box.

Hi all , Today am posting a floral card made for a few challenges.I felt happy and excited while doing this card as it involved lots of new techniques like stamping in fabric, using dies for the first time, learning a new method of flower making and also trying out a new colour combo which I have'nt done before. Hope you all like it. 

I started off by painting a cardboard sheet with raw umber + black colour. ( coffee brown colour) I had this recollections pattern paper in my stash for a long time but now only got the opportunity to use it on a card.

The colours on this card are inspired from create something catchy challenge inspiration pic and lulupu challenge palette. 

The flowers are handmade and coloured using distress inks. For the center of the flower I used some urad dal. 

I used Martha Stewart lace die for cutting the center black cardstock  and the pattern paper. I sprayed pink mist on a oval shaped canvas cloth and stamped the sentiment on it. Then I made a banner out of sattin ribbon. The smudging effect on the ribbon is due to marker.

Lulupu Challenge - Inspired by the new lulupu logo - I have used the colours blue , yellow , orange and pink. I have used yellow colour banner in my card. 

Beyond grey challenge - "Stamping and misting challenge " - I have used pink mists on the fabric and stamped the sentiment upon it. 

Kraftzone challenge - " Anything goes with dies and pattern paper" - I have used martha stewart lace die and pattern paper.  

Imaginations - "Anything goes with distress inks" - I have used distress inks to colour the flowers and leaves. 

Kraftyhands challenge - " floral fancy" - Created a card with flowers

Hi all, today am posting a layout created based on the sketch given  by  beyond grey challenges. I chose the title of my layout as " cute". Here are some pics. 

I started off by colouring the canvas sheet using distress ink. Then used  pieces of pattern paper to create layers. The image is printed from net. The title is handcut from black cardboard sheet.The flowers are handmade and the bottle caps are used for stamping. 

Hello friends, Today am sharing with you a black and gold cas card made for beyond grey challenge.

Hello Friends, Today am going to share with you all the tutorial of making paper rose. I will also share with you some pics of the bouquet which I made using these roses. So lets get started!! ( Picture heavy post)

PROCEDURE:

Initially cut a six petal flower from the colour paper. Using this as the template cut three more flowers. Totally we need 4 flowers for making rose.

At the back side of the flower draw lines joining the petals. Here I used one sided colour paper so the back side is white in colour.

First we need to cut off one petal from 2 flowers ( we need 2 five petal flower). Draw a curve as shown on the picture and cut the petal leaving the curved area. This curved space is for sticking the petals together.

Repeat the same process and cut off two petals .( We need 1 four petal flower)

Similarly cut off three petals from the fourth flower ( We need 1 three petal flower)

Cut three single petals from the colour paper. Using a toothpick curl on both the edges of the petal. Do not curl the entire petal.

Repeat the same process for all the flowers. After curling the petals it looks like this (see pic 2). As you can see in this pic we have 3 single petals, 1 three petal flower , 1 four petal flower and 2 five petal flowers.

Now take the three petal flower apply glue at the flap ( Curved portion) and stick the petals.

Similarly apply glue at the flap of all the flowers and stick the petals together. 

Glue the bud to the three petal flower off centered. 

I made another rose using pink colour paper.



I totally enjoyed making these bright smiling and full bloom roses so made a bouquet of paper roses.  I used orange , white and red colour papers respectively.


Now coming to the vase , its actually made by recycling a ghee bottle.

This is the original plastic bottle and I recycled this into a vase by covering it with colourful washi tapes.




I also stamped a sentiment Thank you on the vase.