QUICK AND EASY RAKHI TUTORIAL

Hi all, as mentioned in my previous post am sharing with you the tutorial of making a rakhi using acordion flower.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Colour paper
2. Scissors
3. Thread ( Embroidery or golden thread)
4. Accordion flower

PROCEDURE:

1. Cut a round shape of paper and make slits along the outline of the circle by making even cuts.
2. Cut two colour strands of woolen thread of desired length , twist them and make knot at  the ends. 
3. Glue the thread to the center of the round paper.
4. Place the accordion flower on top of the thread and decorate the rakhi with rhinestones, beads, golden balls etc. For the tutorial of accordion flower click here

ACCORDION FLOWERS

Welcome back Friends!!! Today am posting a tutorial on accordion flowers.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Patterned paper or colour paper . Paper cut from magazines can also be used
2. glue
3. scissors
4. scale or inch tape

PROCEDURE:

I used a tissue paper here. Initially try it out with thick paper as tissue papers are very light and may tear while creasing.

Here i used a pen knife to make a crease every 1/2 an inch.

Trim off any excess of paper after folding.

When you take away your finger, the flower again pops up to its circular shape. In order to keep it in the flattened position we must stick a piece of paper in the center.

The piece of paper used can be of any shape or it can be any embellishment used for decorating the flower.

These accordian flowers can  be used for decorating scrapbooks , greeting cards,wall decor , earrings etc. I have made a greeting card/ wall decor using these accordion flowers.

The tutorial of Handmade Rakhi using these flowers will be posted soon.

Have a nice day!
Happy crafting!!

FASHIONABLE QUILLED CHANDBALI EARRINGS

Hi all , Welcome back. Today am posting the tutorial of making a quilled chandbali  earrings decorated with urad dal beads. Chandbali earrings are very beautiful , heavy weight , traditional earrings in the shape of chand ( moon). They are suitable for all festive occasions and goes well with saree. Here i have made a simple chandbali design earring using paper. This earring can be worn with salwars and kurta.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Quilling strips of colour - light pink , dark pink , green , red , white and cream
2. Quilling tool
3. White urad dal ( Beads , stones, pearls can be used)
4. Earring hooks and rings
5. Scissors and glue
6. Acrylic paints

PROCEDURE:

Step 1 : To make a hoop.

Take a cream colour strip , cut into half and wind it around a circular object to get a hoop.

I used the glue bottle cap .

Step 2: Take the light and dark  pink strips and cut into 5 equal parts. Join a light pink and dark pink strip and quill into a tight coil.

Arrange these coils inside the hoop and glue them.

Step 3 : Take a green strip and do beehive quilling. Click here to learn Beehive quilling

Step 4: Cut the white strip into half and fold it four times and glue them. Bend the strip to get a half- moon shape. 

Step 5: Stick the green colour beehive strips to the bottom of the hoop. Below this paste the white strip.

Step 6: Take red and white small strips and quill into tight coils. Stick these below the white strips.

Step 7: Instead of beads i used white urad dal for decoration. Wash the urad dal , dry it and then paint them using acrylics. 

Generally Chandbali earrings cost 500 INR. Here we made an inexpensive, light weight, fashionable chandbali earrings with paper and urad dal. 

Since the colours used in this earrings are christmas colours ( red, green, white and pink) , these earrings are a perfect christmas gift. Linking this post to totally papercrafts challenges and unstampabelles challenge

ITSY-BITSY PICTURE INSPIRATION JEWELRY

The challenge was to create a project inspired by the picture given below. 

I used the colours red, light pink, dark pink , green and golden in the picture to create my project  " Fashionable quilled chandbali earrings." Linking it to Itsy-Bitsy challenge

EMBOSS PAINTINGS

Below are some of the emboss paintings done by me.

Made this bunch of flowers painting together with my friend Helen

This is the emboss painting i gifted to my husband.

And this one adorn's my chittappa's puja room

CHRISTMAS GREETING CARD

This is my second card for freshly made sketches challenge. The below is the template given for this week's challenge. 

I decided to make a  Christmas card. I used a  red pattern paper and made a Christmas wreath by quilling. I made a red accordion flower and stuck it in the bottom. 

Dedicating this card to my friends Helen Catherine and Jenifa . Submitting to freshly made sketches challenge .