CLEAN AND SIMPLE CARD

Hi , Today am posting a clean and simple card made on the theme love for freshly made sketches.

DIY 2014 PLANNER BOARD

Hello friends , its time for the dawn of a new year. So am posting a useful tutorial on making a planner/memo board for 2014 from recycled materials ( cardboard , old gift wrappers , calendar sheets, cereal boxes etc). Lets get started off with this new year project.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

1. Big size cardboard boxes ( i used the internet connection kit box)
2. Gift wrapper
3. coloured tissue papers ( kite papers)
4. Cereal box
5. Printable monthly calendar 
6. Embellishments and decorative items of your choice
7. Photo
8. Old calendar sheets
9. Sticky notes

PROCEDURE:

Cut the cardboard box to the size required for your planner board. In the center cut like this ( pic below) for keeping the photo. The size of the rectangle in the center depends on the size of your photo. You can also cut multiple rectangular layouts to keep as many photos u want to.

Cover the cardboard with the gift wrapper.

Decorate the board of your choice by leaving space for sticking to do lists.

Here i have hand cut the word create from ordinary paper.You can cut out your own sentiments or if you have more space you can even paste some inspirational quote. 

I decorated the photo frame by sticking flowers made of coloured tissue papers.  On top of the sentiment i stuck some punch craft flowers and quilled the leaves. I will make a tutorial on these flowers in my future posts.

Now you can start pasting your to do lists and photo on the board. I used post-it as they are easy to remove and wont damage the board.

For making the envelope holder board take a smaller size cardboard box and cover it with gift wrapper.

Take the cereal box , from the bottom mark 4 inches and cut it. Paste it on the smaller board by using hot glue from glue gun and board pins.

Cut the old calendar sheets and make small pockets for holding envelopes.

I pinned the jan 2014 calendar on the board and marked the important dates using colour pencils.

So here is the decorative planner board for 2014 made by recycling the waste materials of 2013.

I categorized my to do lists as follows : to do list for blog posts , to do's in craft , grocery and shopping list , call and mail list and other works list. 

This planner board makes it easy for me to organize my work . This board serves as a beautiful photo frame as well as a wall decor.

Instead of sticky notes the to-do list printables can also be used. School or college time table can also be stuck in the photo frame.

You can download to do list printables by click here .
Hence friends , get motivated and organized with your DIY planner board this 2014. This would be a perfect gift to welcome 2014. Below is the image of an inspirational to do list.

Let's follow this list everyday and make this year a successful and memorable one in our life. Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous 2014.

Happy Crafting!!!

Submitting this project to
BGC blog hop 2014
Creative craft Challenges - " Anything goes"
Craft your passion challenges  - " Something new"
CrazyChallenge - " Celebrate the new year"
Sentimental sundays - " pick from our favourite challenge #152 Mixed media portrait
Through the craft room door challenge  - "Anything goes"
hobby cutz challenge  - "Anything goes"
Fairytale Challenge  - "Recycled crafts"

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 .