Guest DT post for Rainbow Craftykari Blog

Hi friends. Today I am showcasing 2 projects and a bunch of tutorials that I made as a Guest DT for Rainbow Craftykari blog. Few days back, Maninder got in touch with me on Facebook and invited me to design few projects using some stuff from her store. This is the gorgeous kit that she sent me to play with.

Few of the things in the kit were totally new to me like UTEE and flocking powder. And had it not been for Maninder, I would have never tried these things out. I must say I really enjoyed playing with my new craft goodies.

I created two projects using the stuff. Let me talk about them one by one. Since there are a lot of pics, I will keep the text short. 

Project 1: Door Hanger

I have given a vintage look to the door hanger. For the base, I have recycled the cardboard from PaperMania Chipboard album packaging and covered it using MME - Oxford Lane Plaid Pattern paper from Rainbow Craftykari Store. I have used lots of embellishments decorated using UTEE. The pictorial below will show you the step-by-step procedure on how I used UTEE. There is another pictorial for using flocking powder which I have used to cover the plain White Color me Crazy Petaloo flower from the kit.

 

Few closer shots...

 

Project 2: Wall hanging/Desk Keepsake

For this project, I used a sturdy cardboard base, covered it using MME - My Girl - Bouquet pattern paper from the kit and distressed the edges with Worn lipstick, Broken CHina and Vintage photo distress inks. The sentiment is stamped on a price tag. Here again, I have used many embellishments which I have transformed using UTEE. And then ofcourse I used the lovely flowers from the kit and lot of bling here and there. The tiny clothespin is colored in blue using a normal sketch pen.

 

 

A collage of the project..

 Now onto the tutorials...

 

 

 

 

For the complete list of craft supplies used hop on to Rainbow CraftyKari Blog.

Hope you enjoyed this post and will get inspired. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Thank you Maninder for this opportunity and inviting me over your blog.

 

Challenges entered [For Door Hanger]

Color Conceptions Challenge #9: Anything But Cards

 

Challenges entered [For Wall Hanging/Keepsake]
 Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Spring
Lacy Sunshine #30 - Add Flowers
BGC#49 - Grown with Love! + Photo Inspiraion [Colors: Green, White & Pink; Garden Element: Flowers ]

Handcut Stencil Card

Hi lovely people out there! I am here to show you another card I created using a handcut

stencil. The fascination with stencils still continues after the Stencilled class....

I have been experimenting with stencils when I was in school and I used to trace the patterns that I liked and cut them using a normal craft knife or blade. I still have many of those stencils with me. After watching the Stenciled class, I was looking for more designs in my stash and didn't want to indulge in buying many of them and then not using them. Also I didn't have the patience to order and then wait to create till my stuff arrived.

So I decided to try cutting some patterns on my own. Here is a one with simple diagonal lines. I placed the stencil on CS and dabbed distress inks on it. Then I inverted the CS to make the criss cross pattern.

The paper I used to make the stencil is from an old diary. These were the separators inside the diary. These papers are of high gsm than the normal paper and have a glossy finish. I find it easy to cut through these papers.

Here is the stencil and the finished CS... I went in a VIBGYOR manner with the inks. I wanted to finsih the stenciled CS with ditressing the edges with co-ordination colors.

 This is the card I made using this as a background. Does anyone of you recognize this pattern I used on CS. Let me leave this open as a small quiz here. I will come back with the answer tomorrow :) HINT ***Clothing Brand***

That's all for now... cya and have a great weekend. If you have any queries regarding the stencils, do leave a comment below.

Magic Explosion Box - Cake

Hi everyone! I am back with a brand new post today and some happy news!

This is an explosion box that I made few days back. It's a pretty pink box with a cute cake inside. What's interesting about the cake is that the base is a platic scoop that comes with milk/protein powder boxes. I just cut off the handle and covered it neatly with fabric lace, plastic lace and embellished it with fabric roses and pearls/crystals. Easy peasy, isn't it? :)

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy – 4 P’s: Pearls, Pattern Paper, Posy, Pink

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - #241 Pearls and Lace

Card Mania - Pastel Colors

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with Handmade Bow

Lexi's Creations - Pink

Now onto the good news part. Most of you must have seen it on my fb page, but I thought I should share it here too. I won at two blogs for my 'Upcycled Gift Box' and I am also featured at another blog for the same project. Details are as below:

1. Winner at Crafters Corner Blog 

2. Winner at Lulupu Blog

 

3. Featured at DCAM Challenges 

Upcycled Liquor Box into Gift Box

It's been a long time I made an upcycled project, and something like this had been on my mind since a long time. So I got my hands on a liquor bottle cover.. and converted it into a pretty keepsake/gift box. You can view my other recycled projects here and my recycled project tutorials here.

I have used pattern paper from Papermania pack, MS Swirling Lace Punch, pearls, punched flowers, leaves, roses from Nupur's store and the big bloom is made by me out of handmade paper. The sentiment is stamped and embossed using zing embossing powder from Crafters Corner that I won as winner of a challenge.

I have lined the upper edge of the lid with brown paper to give it a finished look. It closes sits snugly on the lower lid and to keep it in place I have used velcro dots beneath the straps [see pic2].

I filled it with some {yes, some.... i have loads of it ;)} of my junk jewellery..... that necklace peeking out was a RAK from Ekta Maker.

A view from the rear side... 

The floral arrangement sitting pretty on my shabby chic box..

The big bloom is made out of a handmade paper carry bag of a hospital. I loved the texture of this paper bag and I tore it apart to make these pretty flowers :)

Side view of the box...

Behind the scene pics...

Recycled stuff used here is:

Liquor box for base

Net from old couier envelope

Flower made of paper bag handmade paper

Old broken jewellery piece as a charm, next to brad

Challenges entered

1. Lulupu #17 - Fancy me [Fav technique – Recycling and Shabby chic]

2. Itsy Bitsy – 4 P’s: Pearls, Pattern Paper, Posy, Pink

3. Crafters Corner #12 - 3 embellishments (Flower, Pearls, Brad), 2 Pattern papers, 1 sentiment

4. Color Conceptions #4 - Spread your wings with distress inks (Worn Lipstick for Big bloom, Forest Moss for Leaves, Tattered Rose for Flourish die cut, Wild honey for Daisy centers, Vintage photo and Worn Lipstick for distressing PP edges)

5. DCAM #2 - Shabby is Chic!

Recycled Bookmarks

Hi All. These are some bookmarks that I made using old wedding cards.

The texture of these handmade papers is really nice and I wanted to make use of them.

I have stuck colored papers to hide the text on the cards and retained the golden border on top and bottom. 

 

 Thanks for visiting!

Challenges entered
YNS Challenge #10: Books!
Crafts and Me - #96 use a digi

CD Mini Album

Hey! Sharing my first CD mini album. I wouldn't have dared to make this, if not for the swap arranged by the 3 stooges - Khushboo, Tejal and Soumya. And I must say their inpirations and helpful guidance helped me to make one and participate in the swap. I had absolute fun making this and I am now glued to making mini albums :)

**Picture heavy post**

The cover: I've used mixed sets of papers from Paper Mania for the entire album. The flowers are made using big daisy punch. The center of it is actually metal. I have used hair clips that come in different colors. I detached the twirls and placed them behind the flowers. The alphabet stickers are from Itsy Bitsy. The 1" craft binders are from A1 craft supply.

Panel 1: I have used bunting here using circle punch. For some more ideas on using circle punch, refer my tute here.

The frame die cut and tag are from Itsy Bitsy. The green butterflies are from Pie Lane. I also stamped the butterflies to create an added effect.

Panel 2: I really love this one coz it has a moving element. The four tags are lined together and fastened using an eyelet which allows movement. So when closed they all get in one line. When opened, they look like the pic below.

Panel 3:  These butterflies are from Itsy Bitsy again. I wanted to glam them up so I used my 5 petal flower punches for this. I have used 2 sizes of flowers, punched them on white glitter paper, cut each petal and stuck on to the b'fly. The center is done using black rhinestones. The flowers on the left are the ones made using small flower punch. 

Panel 4: Did you notice the bg here.... half moon shaped. Its a simple page to jot down Birthday memories. The cupcake and gift box embelishments are from Itsy Bitsy. 

Panel 5: I loved this page too..... the way it turned out to be. The letter I and white panel are handcut. Ribbons are from my stash. The pink flowers are punched using large flower punch. 

Panel 6: This is a simple one again. I added some flower shaped buttons. I cut a doily into half and used for bg on top of the PP. 

Panel 7: I have made a small pocket here with a tag insert.  

Panel 8: This is also an interesting page. I created some space for journalling. That cute li'l flag adds to the overall look of the page.  

Some more photos...... I just couldn't stop clicking :) :)

Tip: In case you don't have a punch to drill holes into the CDs, you can heat an iron nail and use it to drill holes in to the CD. I have used this technique for the CD Mini album. 

Challenges entered

Lulupu:  Mini Album Challenge

Top Tip Tuesday: All about circles

There's Magic in the Air - Waste Not

Penny Black and More - Summer Blooms

Anything Goes Challenge - #72 Let's Not Be Square

Happy Father's Day

Hey guys! Again popping in to post a card that I made as GD for ICRC18 - Celebrations + Masculine Card. I made this card for my dad. He has been my greatest supporter in whatever I did. He appreciates my work a lot. Thank you Dad!

About the card: These PPs and the star charm were sent to me by Mallika as part of a swap. Thanks dear. I think they go really well for a masculine card. The sentiment is a digi. There are many recycled items used in this card. Like the wooden bead used to hang the charm is from an old bracelet. The ribbon is the extra piece that you get with readymade gents trousers in a small packet along with a button and patch of cloth.

The green button is from Pie Lane. The metal button on top right came along the price tag of men's jeans.

The star is made from a price tag. I scratched the edges with craft knife to get a rugged look.

Challenges entered

Creative Inspirations Paint - Father`s Day

Dream Valley Challenges - For that Special Guy

Scrappy Frogs - Celebrate men

2 Sisters - #96 Stripes and/or plaid

My Sheri Crafts - #87 Fathers Day