1st Anniversary Candy from Crafters' Corner!

Congratulations Shalini and team on successfully completing 1 year! :) They have everything a crafter needs and dreams of at their Crafters' Corner. They also offer great challenges and step-by-step tutorials on their blog. Wish them here and you can also enter for a chance to win this lovely candy. One winner every week of October! How cool is that?! :)

And also this...

Happy Crafting! :)

Updates:
Week 1: The winner for the 1st week has been announced here. Congratulations Nupur Priya!
Week 2: The winner has been announced here. It's Shivani!
Week 3: The winner is Sindhu Manokaran.(link)

Crochet Owl

    Hello people! I have been experimenting with Crochet and found this Cute Owl pattern on Love the Blue Bird blog. It is easy enough for beginners. I have never followed patterns before, so I didn't understand it completely and I messed up the last part. However the owl turned out to be ok ( When I showed it to DH, he recognised it as an Owl, so.. :D ). Go on, try it. I'm sure you'll love it :)

    The leaves are punched and coloured. The sentiment is hand-written.

Supplies Used:

• White cardstock
• Acrylic wool, Crochet hook
• Jef punch- Maple leaf
• Markers, Watercolour pencils

Challenges:

• Fab 'n' Funky Challenges- #185 Leaves ☻
• The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #92 - Find me some Fall ☻
• Pollycraft Challenge#7 - Harvest colours ☻
• Crafty Sentiments - Fall/ Autumn Colours ☻
• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge#171- Fall colours ☻
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party # 15- Autumn/ Fall ☻
• Craft Your Passion CHALLENGE 180 - AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS ☻
• House of Gilli Challenge #54 Anything Goes/Fall
• Lexi's Creations Challenge#99- Autumn Colours ☻
• Crafty Bloggers'Network September Challenge- Things with Wings ☻
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge#13 - Happy Fall Ya'll ☻
• KreativeKauf Challenge#7- Autumn Leaves
• Creative Inspirations- Autumn colours ☻
• Hobby Cutz Challenge 16 - Autumnal ☻
• One Stitch at a time Challenge#181- Autumn/ Fall ☻
• Milk Coffee FABULOUS FALL COLORS CHALLENGE ☻
• PINspirational Challenge#75 ☻

Origami Ganesh

        Lord Ganesh or Vinayaka is one of the Hindu Gods with the head of an elephant and the body of a human. I made his model in Origami for last year's Vinayaka Chavithi, a festival celebrating his birth. It had been in my Drafts since a year and I have forgotten all about it.

        I followed the instructions(by Mr.Kamlesh Gandhi) I downloaded from www.origami-mitra.com long back. I think they have removed the instructions now :(

        Here is the one I made.

        You can find many variations for Origami mouse on web. I chose a simple one.

        Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)


P.S.: Some of you have requested for the instructions. They are copyrighted to Mr. Kamlesh Gandhi and I am trying to reach him for the permission to share. Will update the post after I hear from him. Stay tuned :)

I'm back :)

Hello friends! Sorry I have been away from my blog for almost a year. Earlier I used to sit for hours together making cards or painting and that has caused me a severe back pain. So I was asked to rest and be away from crafting for a while. At the same time, I was also going through a rough phase in my personal life. I couldn't concentrate on anything and felt like my creativity has all gone away. My mind got numb and frozen.

But even though I was away from my blog, I had been browsing through all your blogs and craft tutorials. You all have inspired me in one way or the other. I have decided not to worry about my Creative block and been trying to learn new things. I have been reading a lot. I visited some of the awesome places which were on my list. I have been into photography and bird-watching. Now I can recognise most of the birds of India :)

And you know what?! I felt my creativity coming back to me , but my health won't permit me to work continuously for a long stretch of time and my Doctor said though I can get back to crafting, I must take breaks in between. So in those short intervals I could afford,  I have been experimenting with clay,  I learnt how to make jewelry and for the past two days, I have been learning how to knit on loom, and also new stitches in crochet.

I took pics of the jewelry I made, but they didn't come out good. Have to figure out how to photograph jewelry. Ideas anyone?

Though I am afraid I won't be posting as regularly as I did before, I promise you I'll be in touch :)

P.S. I forgot to tell you that I was chosen as the 'Pin it to Win it' Winner on their Facebook page by Inspired by Stamping. My goodies have been shipped today. Eagerly waiting for them to arrive :)

Baby Card

Hello everyone! One of my close friends is expecting a baby and she'll be leaving for her parents' home next week. So made this card in a hurry.

   It has lots of layers. For the base, I reused a plain cardboard piece that came along with my husband's shirt. I glued tissue paper on it and cut the other layers from the scraps from my previous projects.

   The image is from SweetDreamsBaby - Black Leaf Studios, but I drew it and coloured it using Markers and WaterColour Pencils, since I didn't have Printer. Also I wanted the hair of the baby to be different and to have a touch of mine. I attached the clouds to the moon using double-sided adhesive foam, to give dimension. I punched a heart on one of the layers on the top and hung the moon using a string of wool. Similarly the little smiling stars.

   For the inside of the card, I layered the papers and drew and coloured the little Pram. Glued the punched flowers. I forgot to take the pics before writing the message :( So had to blur the names.

   Made the envelope with a matching piece of paper.

Supplies used:

• Piece of cardboard, Tissue paper, Scraps from previous projects
• Jef paper punches - Heart, Flower
• Markers, Watercolour pencils
• Craft Scissors

Challenges:

• MyTimeToCraft Challenge#197 - New Baby ☻
• Stamping Sisters in Christ Challenge#166 - Psalm 127:3 - Children ☻
• By the Cute and Girly November Challenge - Twinkle twinkle little star
• Moving Along With the Times - Seeing Stars ☻
• Use Your Stuff Challenge#61 - Seeing Stars ☺
• My Heart Pieces - Anything cute ☻
• StampingWithDragon Challenge - So cute ☻
• SpeedyFox & Friends Challenge#134 - Pop It Up ☻
• Crazy Challenge CCH#132 - Inside ☻
• Paper Play Challenges Week 46 - Paper piecing ☻
• Glitter n Sparkle Challenge#7 - Lots of layers ☻
• Sassy Studio Designs- Dare to be sassy Thursday 151 - No patterned paper ☻
• Shelly's Images - Oh Scrap ☻
• Simply Create Too Challenge#26 - Use your stash ☻
• Craft Your Passion Challenge#137 - Scraps ☻
• Happy Campers Challenge#4 - Use bright colours ☻
• Itsy Bitsy K-I-S-S (Keep It Sweet & Simple) challenge ☻
• Can You Digi It CYDI Challenge#23 - CAS ☻
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday#196 - Make a card that makes you feel happy ☻
• MyGrafico Challenge#140 - Anything goes ☻
• Make It Monday MIM#116 - Anything goes ☻
• Forever Friends Monthly Challenge for November - Anything goes ☻
• Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything goes(Nov12-Dec10) ☻
• Paper Playtime Challenge#89 - Anything goes ☻
• Challenges4everybody Challenge#7 - Anything goes ☻
• The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge#31 - Anything goes ☻
• Papelitos Challenge#20 - Anything goes ☻
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes(ending on Nov30) ☻

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)

Tag game

Thanks Kavitha n Pooja for tagging me..got to know more about you and the things we have in common..Here are my answers to the questions asked by Tejal..

1. Where is your cellphone?.......................  On the table, getting charged
2. Your hair?..................................................Long, frizzy n wavy
3. Your Mother?.............................................Lots of love n energy
4. Your Father?.............................................Patient n Highly supportive
5. Your favourite food?.................................Chinese, anything that is hot n spicy
6. Your dream last night?.............................Had 2, 3 dreams..so its all messed up :D
7. Your favourite drink?.................................Milkshakes
8. Your dream/goal?.....................................My own Art Gallery n Craft Store
9. What room are you in?.............................Living room
10. Your hobby?..............................................Reading, Painting, Sketching, Crafting..i keep updating my list constantly
11. Your fear?.................................................Losing loved ones
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?.......Where I picture myself to be
13. Where were you last night?......................At home
14. Something that you aren't?.......................Hypocrite, Extrovert
15. Muffins?.....................................................Love Chocolate, Vanilla, Banana
16. Wish list item?..........................................Not a single item, it's a list..1st in it comes Happiness :)
17. Where did you grow up?...........................AndhraPradesh
18. Last thing you did?....................................Reading Question 18 :P
19. What are you wearing?.............................PJs and Tshirt
20. Your TV?...................................................Don't have one now..planning to buy this week
21. Your pets?................................................Can't keep any here..Had rabbits at my parents' place..
22. Friends?....................................................A treasure
23. Your life?...................................................Mostly Ups n Downs..sometimes a horizontal line..
24. Your mood?..............................................Highly unpredictable usually..Now,lazy n sleepy...
25. Missing someone?...................................Yes..My creative-self
26. Vehicle?....................................................My husband's bike
27. Something you're not wearing?................Makeup
28. Your favorite store?...................................Book stores, Art n Craft Supply stores
29. Your favorite color?...................................Bright n Cheerful Colours n Rainbow colours
30. When was the last time you laughed?......2 hrs back, while watching a TV series on my laptop
31. Last time you cried?..................................Last month I guess
32. Your best friend?.......................................There are 4 of them..Whom should I name 1st? :D
33. One place that I go to over and over?.......Down my memory lane and to the corners of my mind searching for ideas ;)
34. Facebook?.................................................Is open in the next tab
35. Favourite place to eat?..............................Roadside chats n fastfoods

Tagging Manu n Shylaashree..

MEGA BLOG CANDY at Bearly Mine Crafts

      Hi everyone! Bearly Mine Crafts is offering a Mega Blog Candy this month, open till Nov 30th..It is open to all the crafters around the world. Plus they have a special Candy for UK followers.

Please click here to participate and check out the rules. Good luck! :)

Keep Smiling!

    Hi everyone! I know I have been away for a long time. We went on a long trip and I fell sick after returning home. I wanted to craft, but my mind was all foggy and I couldn't come up with any worthy idea.

    Feeling better today and finally my brain is in working mode again. I bought some crepe paper recently. I saw a very nice tutorial for crepe flowers on a blog before the trip and  I wanted to give it a try. Here are my flowers.

   Here is the tutorial. http://howaboutorange.blogspot.in/2011/04/make-flowers-from-crepe-paper.html

        I love this sunny golden yellow. It's so bright and cheerful. It brightened up my day. First I planned on only flowers, but this yellow made me use it more and more on my card. Have a look at this.

Supplies used:

• Cardstock: White, handmade
• Crepe paper: Golden yellow
• Black marker for the sentiment
• Pinking shears

Challenges:

• 365 Cards Day251 - Black, White and Yellow
• TheSquirrell and TheFox Challenge#30 - Flowers, Hats or Horses ( Flowers )
• Flutterby Wednesday #213 - Anything goes with a Butterfly or a Fairy (Butterflies)
• Can you digi it CYDI#22 - Favourite animal (Butterflies)
• Come and get it challenges - Monochromatic Sunday ( Yellow )
• Unstampabelles Challenge#17 - Monochromatic, No stamping ( Yellow )
• Ladybug Crafts Challenge#3 - Monochromatic / Tonal ( Yellow )
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Colour me happy
• Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR#70 - You pick! ( Yellow, White, Black )
• Happy Campers Challenge#4 - Use bright colours
• GingerLoft GL#51 - No colouring allowed
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge#83 - Sentiments
• Through the Craftroom Door Challenge#43 - Anything goes
• Anything goes Challenge#79
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• BearlyMine Challenge#60 - Anything goes
• Papelitos Challenge#19 - Anything goes
• Make It Monday MIM#114
• ATCs and Cards with Attitude Challenge#26 - Add a sentiment/ Anything goes
• Joyful Stamper Inspire me Fridays #84 - Anything goes
• DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes(ending on Nov30)
• Itsy Bitsy K-I-S-S (Keep It Sweet & Simple) Challenge

Hope you liked it. Please leave your comments :)