tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19532652458485316342024-03-13T23:54:25.590+05:30Scrap Your IdeaSaumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-42157645311186540432020-06-11T10:27:00.000+05:302020-06-11T10:27:11.115+05:30A Rainy Day Outing with Craftreat Stencils<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Am sure the rains are building up a beautiful atmosphere for either a quick weekend getaway to nature or to stay at home with tea/coffee and some yummy hot junk snacks. For me its a complete getaway mood to the nearest camping site !!! And what better when you have revamped some of your rainy day best friends with the beautiful Craftreat stencils. So without much delay lets have a look at the projects. </div>
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<u><b>Best Friend 1: Flip Flops</b></u></div>
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Yes, during this season flip flops is my most comfortable footwear so I decided which design I liked from the stock of stencils Priya had sent me along with the shade of chalk paints from the Home Decor collection that would best go with the flip flop straps. Then, with the help of washi tape I fixed the stencils where I wanted the design and dabbed in with a foam applicator. After the paint was dry I sealed it with a varnish to make it waterproof and there it was ....a completely new looking flip flops in minutes!!!!</div>
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<u><b>Best Friend 2: Umbrella</b></u><br />
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Again, a quick revamp in an hour with chalk paints and stencils from Craftreat. The design was intricate and dabbing in on a curved surface needed some tact and maneuvering. A final coat of varnish was a must for the longevity and water proofing.<br />
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I love the way it turned out...<br />
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Look at those pretty prints .....<br />
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<u><b>Best Friend 3: Scarf/Stoles</b></u></div>
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Every girl has her own style statement and for me scarves or stoles are a style statement on their own and they are never outdated. So with the help of black fabric colour and Craftreat stencil I was able to bring some life to my otherwise simple and very plain scarf. </div>
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Hope you like the projects and get inspired to try the new released stencils for not only revamping accessories like I did but also trying them on your home decor items like trays/coasters or flowering pots etc...the range of options is limitless with these designs.</div>
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Happy Crafting and a Beautiful Weekend to all of you. Am off to my camping site to not only enjoy but also to show off my revamped accessories.....</div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><i>Hi lovely ladies!!</i></span><br /><i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> It is time for another super informative post from our very talented Saumya!! When it comes to writing blogposts , she always chooses some non treaded path and hits the destination skillfully!!</span></span></i><br /><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><i><br /></i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">It is always difficult to choose colors for a project!! Sometimes the colors are too bright or dull, they dont coordinate, or too busy for eyes..etc. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">We all work with the inner instinct , when it comes to choosing colors! </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">All of us have faced this problem while crafting. Saumya has come up with a fail proof method of choosing colors for your project!! Believe me, I was reading this post with awe for the first time!! Such an enlightening post with very simple ways to choose the colors. Brilliant how she brought her instincts out to a method!! </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Over to Saumya</span></i><br /><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">I love colours. It imparts richness, texture and beauty to everything I see. Without colour, the world would lose much of its subtlety, intimacy and power. Colour enriches my life and enhances my understanding of the world. (Ask me about the politics of colours and other elements that the course of Mass Communication teaches you). But there are times when colours grate on my nerves, jar me from complacency and make me want to hide my eyes. How can it be that I love every colour yet I may be disappointed, disturbed or disillusioned when I see certain colours?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">It's because sometimes:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">2. I see colours combined in a way that makes me queasy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">3. I see colours that seem to vibrate in front of my eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">That's when I want to say, " I hate that colour", but I tell myself, "Don't blame the colour. Blame the way it was used."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">Let's first understand a few things about colours and their family!!! Yes, they do have families if you didn't know that yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">Categories of Colours:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;"><b>1. Primary colours</b>- are red, yellow and blue. They are called primary colours because they cannot be obtained by mixing other colours. When primary colours are mixed together, a wide range of colours may be created. There are many different natural and manufactured sources for the basic red-yellow-blue colorants. Consequently, there is an almost endless array of colour possibilities in fabrics, yarn, ink, paint and other materials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">Classic colours, Shades, Tints and Tones:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">1. Classic colours are fully saturated hues that have no black or white added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">2. When black is added to a classic colour, it's value is deepened. Colours with black added are called SHADES.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">3. When White is added to a classic colour, the colours value is lightened. These colours are called TINTS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">4. Finally, to add further distinction, all classic colours can also be mixed with gray. Colours with gray added are called TONES.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">There is more to the category and definition of colours for which you can get yourself a colour wheel but I shall save that for sometime later and come to how to understand the proportion is which we need to use a colour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">Proportion:</span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;"> Projects are usually most pleasing when colour and space are not divided equally. Changes in proportion help the viewer focus on the most important elements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">Space and colour are most pleasing when they are divided into proportions of one-thirds and two-thirds. Therefore, if you are working with a three colour combination, mentally divide your project into three parts. The smallest part, representing only about 5% of the total, is for your accent colour. The remainder is then divided into one-third (supporting colour) and two- thirds (main colour).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial;">For a four colour combination, reserve about 5% of the total for an accent colour and divide the remaining space into one-third and two-thirds. The two-thirds portions is for your main colour. Finally, divide the one-third portion again into one-third and two-thirds to create two supporting colours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The mental calculation may not be possible all the time so I made templates keeping the above in mind. I have done the template for colours: Black, White, Golden, Silver/Grey. The same template can be done for any colour you want/prefer as the Cardstock.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;">If I have a Black carstock and plan to use two colours, I have small cut out pieces of the colour shade that I plan to use and place it under the template as below.</span></div>
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-52273869103059810882020-06-06T10:50:00.000+05:302020-06-06T10:50:14.551+05:30Tray with Craftreat Stencils<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We love welcoming guests and usually put a signage on our door to say that at times along with our nameplates. I decided that why should the guests be only given the heartfelt signage at the doorstep and have brought the same to the serving trays, so that when you serve them they know that they are really welcomed into your home. So here's, a simple and quick project for the same.<br />
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I have first painted the tray with Folkart Spanish Moss Chalk Paint and over that painted it with Folkart Glacier Chalk Paint and with the use of wet distressing technique created the distressed look. To understand the steps in wet distressing technique pls click on the link below.</div>
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After I was happy with the distressing, I have applied clear wax and allowed it a couple of days to dry and heal completely. Post which I have used Folkart Nautical Chalk Paint along with the Craftreat Stencils and traced the design. After the paint with dry, I have given another coat of clear wax to complete the project.</div>
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With technology overruling our lives, we use our phones and other devices to not only keep track of time but birthdays, events, travel plans etc. Every wondered about those gold old days of huge wall clocks and wall calendars? Well, I feel they are useful in a lot of ways, specially if it involves the entire family to participate. </div>
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Hence, today I have a very quick and easy project to showcase which can be done with kids (with some supervision) and will help kids to be a part of a family activity like 'birthdays'. Yes, I love the idea that the kids should not only be aware of the immediate family birthdays but the extended family of uncles, aunts and cousins should also be included in this circle of happiness. So, I have a <i><b>Family Birthday Calendar</b></i> for your walls/kids room or any place that you think it to be fit.</div>
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I have used a 6*12 (inches)wooden plank and painted two coats of Folkart Chalk Paint- Glacier all over it. Then taking Craftreat Stencil, I have traced out the design of the butterflies with Folkart Chalk Paint- White Adirondack. Then I have taken another Craftreat Stencil, and traced the word <b style="font-style: italic;">Family </b>with Folkart Chalk Paint- Spanish Moss. The <i style="font-weight: bold;">Birthday </i>sentiment is die cut in white cardstock and stuck at a befitting place. I have then applied two generous coats of varnish all over and allowed it to dry. </div>
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Today I have a Vintage Photo Frame to share. The MDF Photo Frame base is from Craftreat along with the other supplies used for this project. This project only uses Chalk paints,waxes and stencils- less supplies but a great outcome and super quick to make. </div>
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First, I have chosen my two shades of colours from the Folkart Chalk Paints which I wanted to use -Vintage Mustard and Spanish Moss. The choice was made keeping in mind that one colour was going to show <b style="font-style: italic;">'through' </b>the other. The first and second layer of colour choice, as to which one should be first and which should be second was made accordingly. </div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b>I first painted the MDF base with Vintage Mustard and allowed just an hour of drying. Once dry, a smooth coat of Spanish Moss was applied over the first colour. I gave it an hour of drying. I have then used the '<b><i>Wet Distressing Technique'.</i></b><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Wet Distressing Technique-</i><span style="text-align: justify;"> After my two layers of different colour chalk paints dried out. I have used a sea sponge, dipped it in water and squeezed it to remove all excess water and then started to gently rub on the top colour chalk paint. As you rub, you will be revealing the first layer of chalk paint you applied in some areas. Depending on your choice as to how much distressed look you want, continue dipping the sponge in water and removing excess water off it and then rubbing the top layer of chalk paint. </span><br />
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Once happy with my distressing, I have then taken Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint and used a Craftreat Stencil to trace the design on one side of the frame. I also did some dry brush technique with the Imperial Chalk paint all over the frame.<br />
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Once dry, I have applied a single layer of Folkart clear wax with a cheese cloth and allowed 30-45 mins of drying time. Post that I buffed it with a clean cheese cloth. I allowed another hour of drying, after which I applied Folkart Antique wax. </div>
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Hope the summer heat is treating you guys with love.<br />
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Today, I have a very summery colour feel project with the Craftreat Dot stencil collection.<br />
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I recently bought a plain wood side table and for today's post am revamping it with chalk paints and stencil.<br />
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For Furnitures, I usually do not prime them with gesso if they are raw wood. However, if you are planning to revamp an existing furniture with a heavy varnish or polish as top coat, I would suggest sanding off the top layer and then applying the chalk paints. I have used 2 coats of Folkart Sea Villa Chalk paint as the base coat.<br />
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Once the base colour was dry, using the dry brush technique I have added Folkart Vinatge Mustard Chalk Paint on the top base and all over the legs of the table. I wanted the mustard colour very muted so I gave a white wash (mixed water with the chalk paint to make it very watery consistency and just dipped brush and with a very light hand painted over the existed colours) to the entire table with Folkart White Adirondack Chalk Paint.<br />
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Once dry, I used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint and on only the top base did some dry brushing. Post this I sanded the entire table. This just helps in giving a very smooth finish to the entire table and if while painting some parts had thicker paints than the others, it helps smoothening those. Also, this helps reveal the coloured layers.<br />
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I have then used Folkart Imperial Chalk Paint to trace the Craftreat Dot stencil design on the top of the table. Once dry, the entire table has been given a generous 2 coats of varnish allowing a good 3-4 hours of drying time between each layer.<br />
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I hope you liked the project, and try your hands at renovating your home furnitures to your personal styles.<br />
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Soon it shall be the end of a year and a beginning of a new one with new aspirations, new goals and new dreams....as time goes by, I decided to make something to keep track of it. Yes, so today I am using the Craftreat stencils to make a Canvas Wall Clock for my home. It not only adds to my home decor but has a lot of functionality on a daily basis.<br />
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Just to add a little interest, I have taken a triangular mounted canvass and using 5 shades of blue from sky to teal to dark prussian, I have colour blended the canvas.<br />
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On some areas I have distressed it with a shade of purple and very little black.<br />
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I then took the Craftreat Owl Stencil (one of my favourite designs) and with the help of a brush I have painted the design with white acrylic paint.<br />
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I have also used white acrylic paint to stencil the numbers 12 and 6 on the top and bottom of the canvas.<br />
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I got the clock mechanism but did not like the black colour for the hour and minutes hand, so I have coloured them with yellow acrylic paints.<br />
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Once happy with all the colour combos, I applied two generous coats of varnish giving 3-4 hours of drying time between each coat.<br />
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I have then pierced the canvas where I thought I wanted to attach the clock hands and got the mechanism working with the help of batteries.<br />
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I hope you like the project and are inspired to work with the Craftreat Stencils which are versatile in designs and easy to use.<br />
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-47856643462066966152020-05-31T10:45:00.000+05:302020-05-31T10:45:02.666+05:30Quick and Easy Kids Accessories with Craftreat Paper Packs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a child, I loved having my personal accessories like cute bags to store my dolls dresses or a travel kit to keep me busy. I loved decorating my pencil box or tiffin box with stickers etc as I didn’t know any other way to personalize it then. But now as a skilled crafter I have ways to personalize anything and everything and the greatest pleasure<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to me is when I can personalize things for my nephews and nieces.</div>
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So today I have got some quick and easy ways to personalize accessories for kids using<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Craftreat Fairy Tale Paper Pack and Craftreat Mr. Perfect Paper Pack. These projects are so easy and quick that with little or almost no supervision from elders the kids could do it by themselves.</div>
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<u><b>Project 1: Pencil Box/Stationary Box</b></u></div>
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I had a nice box from a pen gift set that I had received long back which I have upcycled as a pencil/stationary box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The box top is the only thing that needed a makeover and the Mr. Perfect Paper Pack had just the right colours and elements that I needed to upcycle it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I cut the paper of my choice as per the dimensions of the top of the box and with the help of Mod Podge glued it down. I have then used the bonus die sheet and removed three ties and a sentiment “Limited Premium Edition” and with the help of mod podge glued them down as per my design. After allowing a little drying time I have applied two generous coats of Mod Podge on top and sealed it.</div>
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A perfect gift/item for a young boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To further personalize it one could add the kid’s name.</div>
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This could go for both a girl and a boy. I have taken an already existed plain file folder and decorated the top layer. </div>
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I have take a paper of my choice from the Fairy Tale collection and cut it to size. With the mod podge the paper has been glued to the file surface. I have then cut out a strip of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>prince and princess<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and with the help of mod podge glued it down too. </div>
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I have then stamped the sentiment “Follow Your Dreams” and the swirl with Archival ink and applied two generous coats of mod podge to seal it.</div>
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I have taken an existed white cup and upcycled it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took the bonus die cut sheet and removed a moustache from Mr. Perfect paper pack and the sentiment “Prince Charming “ from Fairy Tale paper pack.</div>
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Girls love trinket boxes to store their nitty gritty jewellery pieces or to carry their doll dresses or their personal accessories around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I have upcycled a metal box for the same purpose.</div>
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My fellow DT members have been creating some amazing projects to keep you inspired, if you haven't seen them then you should take a peek at them.</div>
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Today, am showcasing Craftreat's Poppy Garden Decoupage Papers. The papers were so gorgeous that I was tempted to make myself a set of tray and coaster combo. </div>
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I have taken an old tray and revamped it. The Original Tray was first given two coats of white gesso allowing 3-4 hours drying time between each layer. After the second layer of gesso was dry, I have used red chalk paint to colour the tray. </div>
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I felt the red looked too bright and the paper had a slight vintage tone to it so I applied a one step crackle medium over the red paint and allowed it dry completely. </div>
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After that I have applied a coat of mustard yellow chalk paint. As the mustard yellow chalk paint started to dry, the cracks appeared revealing the red paint below. Then I took some red paint on my fingers and distressed the edges of the tray to give some definition to it. </div>
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To give a slight vintage look to match the papers I have used antique wax on the boarder of the tray. Once completely dry, I cut the Craftreat Poppy Garden Decoupage Paper to size and with the help of Mod Podge stuck it to the center of the tray. After allowing it to dry for 3-4 hours, I applied a generous two coats of Mod Podge over the Decoupage Page giving few hours of drying time between each layer.</div>
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Once dry, I generously applied two coats of Varnish on the entire surface of the tray and sealed it.</div>
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I have taken MDF coasters and applied white gesso on all sides of each coaster and its holder and allowed it to dry.</div>
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After that I took the two plain self printed Decoupage Papers from the Craftreat Poppy Garden pack and cut them to size as per the coaster (3 red, 3 mustard yellow)</div>
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After that I took the other poppy garden print from the pack and fussy cut the flowers and leaves.</div>
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After I was satisfied with my idea, I stuck the plain self print red and mustard yellow papers to the coaster base with the help of Mod Podge. After a gap of 2 hours, I took a sanding paper and sanded off all the extra paper on the edges and also gave it a smooth finish. Then I took the fussy cut flowers and leaves and stuck them with the arrangement I liked with the help of Mod Podge.</div>
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Once all coasters were dry, I took my Staedtler Permanent Pen and enhanced the outline of all flowers and leaves. Having done that, I applied two generous coats of Mod Podge on top of it.<br />
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I have then applied chalk paints to all sides of the coasters. The coasters with red backdrop papers got mustard yellow paint all around them and the ones with yellow backdrop papers got red paint all around them.</div>
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After the chalk paint was dry, I have applied two generous coats of varnish on all sides of the coasters.</div>
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You can see the alternated colours of the coasters. For the Coaster Holder, I chose to go with the balance paper from the one used in the center of the Tray and the Yellow Plain self printed paper. So the front and back are same with the yellow paper as you can see above.</div>
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Top View- I coloured the top rim of the holder with Red Chalk Paint.</div>
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The Insides and the Back are Mustard Yellow Chalk Paints.</div>
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Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali in advance. Holidays or Trips are a period of super excitement and so is packing for a trip. From choosing the bags that one would like to carry to what to stuff inside them. Hence, today am here trying to showcase some new raw materials that The Craft Shop has in stock to create some very interesting travel accessories. This gives you a chance to carry unique and your style of accessories while traveling.<br />
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Lets start by looking at the raw materials we will need.<br />
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1. Canvas Bag<br />
2. Decoupage Tissues/Papers of choice<br />
3. Fabric Paints or Multipurpose paints<br />
4. Fabric ModPodge<br />
5. Brushes/Sponges for Paints and ModPodge<br />
6. Stencils of choice<br />
7. Plastic Sheets<br />
8. Rough piece of cardboard<br />
9. Craft Scrapper or Credit card or Plastic Ruler<br />
10. Ruler (in case you are not using one for point 9 above)<br />
11. Pencil<br />
12. Container for water<br />
13. Palette<br />
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My Canvas bag and the tissue that I shall use.</div>
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I wanted to use the grapes and not the apple so by using water and brush I tore the napkin to the design that I would use.</div>
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I have ensured to tear out all straight edges as that helps in blending the napkin.</div>
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A tissue napkin is usually 2-3 ply and the most common mistake is to not remove them. We just need the top layer and hence its important that we separate all layers below.</div>
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Since this is a drawstring bag, the bag at the end was getting pulled and hence not giving me a straight plain surface to work on. So I decided to untie the knots.</div>
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Place the tissue where you want to stick it as per your design and mark the edges with a help of a pencil lightly just to give you the idea on the area you have to cover with Mod Podge. </div>
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*You will come to know why I did this in the later steps</div>
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Now with help of Fabric Mod Podge (its much sticker than the normal Mod Podge that we use and yes, we need a Fabric Mod Podge as we are dealing with Fabric Canvas Bag) I shall stick the tissue on the canvas bag. I am not applying gesso or white paint below as the canvas bag is more or less white. If you are doing this on a coloured canvas bag, you will need to paint the areas on which the tissue will be placed. However, this step can be skipped if you are using decoupage papers.</div>
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After applying the Fabric Mod Podge on the canvas all over the marked area, I have placed the tissue very lightly on it. I have taken a plastic sheet and placed it over the tissue.<br />
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Over the plastic sheet, with the help of a craft scrapper I remove the air bubbles if any and also this method helps to give a crease free tissue.</div>
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Look at the crease free tissue on the canvas! Apply a generous coat of Fabric Mod Podge over it and seal it.</div>
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As per my design in mind, I wanted to divide the bag into two colour schemes taking inspiration from the tissue itself and hence with the help of a ruler and pencil I drew the lines to mark the division.</div>
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To protect the paints from spreading into unwanted areas I have applied washi tape to areas that I wanted to protect.</div>
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I have chosen the paints as per the tissue and I prefer using a sponge to blend colours. If brush works for you please go ahead with that.</div>
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Mid way I realised a bit of red would look nice as the lower part had a darker version of orange like burnt orange shade.</div>
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This is how one side looked after painting</div>
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For the other side I used yellow and white </div>
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Now with the help of stencils I shall fill in the blank spaces as per my desire.</div>
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After being satisfied with the design I have given the entire surface two generous coats of Fabric Mod Podge allowing 3-4 hours of drying time between the two coats.</div>
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This is the decoupage paper I shall use from Craftreat.</div>
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I have selected this strip that I want to use from the paper and I love the canvas feel so will leave it in that colour itself. If you are someone you prefers that too, this is a super easy and classy way of creating your own bags and pouches.<br />
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If you notice I have mentioned a rough cardboard piece too in both my projects. I have taken the rough piece of cardboard and wrapped it in plastic to place it between the two layers of the<br />
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I have applied Fabric Mod Podge to the back of the paper.</div>
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After that I have taken my Staedtlet Permanent Pen and made an outline around the design to give it a little definition. After that I have applied two generous coats of Fabric Mod Podge allowing 3-4 hours of drying time between the two coats (over the design area only )and sealed it.</div>
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As I said the store has some amazing raw materials. Some are plain keychains on which decoupage can be done.<br />
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I have taken one of them and as the base is already white I have skipped the gesso part. Just applied Mod Podge and tissue. Sanded off the corners and applied two coats of Mod Podge over and sealed it.<br />
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Hope you like the projects and share your creations with us.<br />
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1.Bags,Pouches and Keychain.<br />
2. Decoupage Tissue<br />
3. Craftreat Decoupage Paper<br />
4. Folkart Multisurface Paints<br />
5. Fabric Mod Podge<br />
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Hope you are having a beautiful Sunday morning and that the preparations for Dussera and Diwali are on full swing. </div>
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If you have seen my previous post <a href="https://craftreat.blogspot.com/2018/09/its-diwali-time-with-craftreat.html">Its Diwali Time with Craftreat</a>, you would know that I have already started my Diwali decor preparations. Today's post is a continuation to it. </div>
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This Diwali as my previous post suggests, I am not just changing my linens and cleaning up but adding some new elements here and there to create interesting nooks and corners.<br />
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Buddha is one of my favourite personalities to have in and around a house and though I have been wanting to buy something nice for a long time now, I decided to do it myself with the Craftreat Buddha stencil for this Diwali.<br />
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Keeping the concept of Buddha attaining His Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, I have tried a very simple mixed media canvass.<br />
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The Canvass hence has few prominent elements apart from the main element of Buddha's face.<br />
1.Leaves and the overall colour scheme signifying the tree under which Buddha sat for meditation.<br />
2. The numericals signifying knowlegde He received.<br />
3. The Roses signifying the attainment of complete Enlightment, like knowledge blooming within.<br />
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My first layer on the canvass is left over decoupage paper and newspapers with written script. over which I have applied a layer of gesso to tone down the print.<br />
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My second layer had acrylic, multisurface and chalk paints -Cream, Yellow, Different shades of Green, Blue and Golden in a very light single coat mixed with gesso to tone down the colours.<br />
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I have then stamped the leaves and coloured them with paints. I dropped a few drops of blue on the top of the canvass and sprayed a bit of water and allowed it to freely flow down.<br />
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I then took a bubble wrap and dipped in gesso and stamped it in a couple of places.<br />
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My next step involves getting the Buddha face done in black paint with the help of Craftreat Stencil. The crown area and ear lobes have been given a copper gold touch with the help of Sharpies. The center forehead spot has a line of red paint.</div>
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I thought the canvas looked very green with no highlights so near the leaves I have added a bit blue and gold with the help of small square stencils. </div>
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I used a numeric stencil on top to signify the knowledge that Buddha attained.</div>
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The edges lacked definition hence I used bottle/dark green on the sides here and there.</div>
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The last and final addition was to add the stamped and coloured image of roses signifying the full completion of Enlightenment and the knowledge blooming within. </div>
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I have added the roses with the help of a double sided tape to give it dimension.</div>
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Apart from all the decor I wanted something fun and quirky for my restrooms, as that would be another area my guests would pay a visit during the Diwali party!!! </div>
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So I added a fun signboard to both my restrooms.</div>
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I have used a jar shaped MDF base for this and coloured it with black chalk paint. One can also use black gesso.</div>
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Keeping in mind the festive mood, I then took some gold acrylic paints and traced the Craftreat Stencils - On one base I traced a man and the second one a woman.</div>
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I then took the same gold paint and coloured the edges all over. Once dried I tied a golden thread on the neck of the jar.</div>
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I splattered some gold paint on the overall surface with the help of a paint brush and wrote "His" and "Her" on the respective bases.</div>
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I had some more decoupage paper left so I decided to do another bottle like the ones in my previous post <a href="https://craftreat.blogspot.com/2018/09/its-diwali-time-with-craftreat.html">Its Diwali Time with Craftreat</a></div>
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It follows the same process like the previous bottles. I have just used red and pink colours on this one to match the decoupage paper.</div>
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I hope I have been able to inspire you enough to plan your own customised decor for the festivities. Do share with us what you create, we would love to see them.</div>
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Have you seen the new release of Craftreat? No??? Then you should go and check out the whole collection. There's a lot of Floral stencils which are apt for any occasion projects and some really awesome Diwali themed stencils, paper pack and decoupage papers. Today, I shall give me a glimpse of the Diwali themed release.</div>
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With Diwali around the corner, apart from cleaning the house, the task is of decorating it as well. The festival brings with it bright colours and a lot of shine and shimmer and that's exactly what am going to show in my projects.</div>
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The first thing that the guests see when they arrive during the festival is the door, and a small signboard wishing them even before you have received them personally brings a good vibe. So here is a quick signboard with the Craftreat Diwali Stencil.</div>
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The frame is handmade with Elizabeth Crafts frame die and Craftreat double sided Shimmer Cardstock. I have then used a white cardstock on which with the help of stencil and coloured inks, I have dabbed the sentiment 'Happy Diwali' </div>
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One can use it like a card too and send it along with your Diwali gifts!</div>
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The easiest and simplest decor apart from festive cushion covers and bedsheets is to add some really bright elements to your house. One of the quickest way is decorating it with bottles. They are easily available and dont occupy too much space. They are cost effective and can be done by yourself at home. And they can serve not only as just decor but double up as a planter.</div>
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I have used a clean glass bottle and applied two coats of white gesso with atleast 4 hours of drying time between each coat. After they had completely dried up, I have used Folkart Multisurface paints Pink, Orange and Neon Pink (for slight shimmer and brightness) and dabbed it in my desired finish with the help of a sponge. Then I fussy cut the design from the decoupage paper, applied mod podge on the back and stuck it as per my wish. Giving it sometime to dry, I applied one coat of mod podge all over the bottle. Once the mod podge dried up, I have applied two generous coats of varnish with again 4-5 hours of drying time between each coat.</div>
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I have taken another glass bottle and again applied two coats of white gesso allowing drying time between them as stated above, and after the gesso layer dried up I have dabbed Folkart Multisurface paints Yellow and Orange (very minimal).<br />
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I have then fussy cut the the two ladies and stuck them as per my wish using mod podge. Using a mandala Craftreat stencil I have dabbed in some neon green and neon pink around them. I have then used a script stencil and dabbed in some black chalk paint.</div>
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The decor is incomplete without lighting or lamps. So I decided to make my own lamp.Taking a glass bottle, I have used a glass cutter to etch the cutting circle at a distance of my desire. Then using the ice and candle method on the etched cutting circle I have broken/separated the bottle and then to smoothen the rough edges of the glass I have used a hard sanding paper.</div>
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After the cutting process, I have wrapped some twine at the bottle neck.<br />
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I hope you like the projects I have share and am sincerely hoping that these inspire you to create your decor for this coming Festive Season!!! Enjoy the process of creating your own customised decor!!!<br />
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Happy Ganesh Puja!! We, in Maharashtra celebrate Ganapati for almost 10 days and it is one of the main festivals and the most lively one here. The festivities and drums just roll for these 10 days and that spikes up your spirits. So today, am paying my tribute to this cute God and His Glory.</div>
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I hope you like what I have created and use these stencils in many more innovative ways. Do share your projects too .</div>
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This is Saumya here today with the new released Craftreat Poppy Lane Paper Pack. This pack is gorgeous and has some gold foiled designs included too. </div>
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This Paper Pack is self sufficient for some really quick cards or wall art. I figured a way a year back on how to replace cards with framed messages. So basically, you design them like cards but you dont need a folded card base, instead you frame them so that the receiver could either put it up on a wall or on their desk.</div>
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So this is exactly what I am going to show you. I will be using only Craftreat 'Poppy Lane' paper pack, Craftreat Cardstocks (Black, Red and Gold), trimmer and glue. Yes, that's all you need to whip out some really quick and beautiful gifts for your loved ones.</div>
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This pack has 12 designs and each design has 2 sheets. I have picked up both the sheets of the last design that you can see with the journal cards.</div>
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I have taken the 4*6 journaling card as the base. Then I have taken the 3*2 sentiment journaling card and mounted it on a black cardstock and then adhered it at the center of the base. </div>
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I have again chosen the same design of 4*6 journaling card as the base. This time I have taken 4*3 printed journaling card and mounted it on a golden cardstock and adhered it at the center of the base. Then I have mounted a 3*2 sentiment journaling card on some double sided tape to give dimension and adhered to the center. </div>
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I took the other design available in the 4*6 journaling card and mounted it on a golden cardstock for the base. Adhered a golden cardstock strip horizontally across the base. Over it, I have adhered a 4*3 printed journaling card mounted on a red cardstock. The 3*2 sentiment journaling card has then been adhered over it with the help of double sided tape to give some dimension. </div>
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Here, again the second design of 4*6 journaling card is acting as the base, over which I have just taken a photograph mounted it on a golden cardstock and stuck it at the center.</div>
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You can see for yourself these are super easy and quick gifts that one can make and yet each one looks different and very pretty. Now, all they need is good framing. </div>
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I was so happy with the above results that I decided to continue making some more of these with the smaller sized (4*3) jourmaling cards.<br />
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Here, I stuck the two journaling cards together and ran two thin gold cardstock strips over them horizontally.</div>
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These, once framed can be such a lovely gift that can be kept on the desk of the receiver and the sentiments would always be a reminder of the love from the sender. </div>
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Having done these I thought that the other designs in the paper pack are also very beautiful and can be put to similar use for bigger wall art. </div>
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So I chose one design and cut the 12*12 paper to 11*6. Then like the above, I adhered one of the printed journaling card mounted on gold cardstock where I thought it would look nice and then adhered the sentiment journaling card over it mounted on a gold cardstock. This is now ready to be framed and gifted or to be hung on my own wall. </div>
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So with limited supplies and just one paper pack you can create many such framed messages/wall art or cards ....Hope you like the projects and dont forget to show us what you create with this paper pack.</div>
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Hope you have been following Craftreat's July release for they are a treat......be it the stencils or the paper packs...they are all gorgeous.</div>
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Today, I have some quick cards with the Fabric Mania paper packs. These pattern papers are inspired by fabric designs. The designs are so diverse that they alone are good to go to make cards and I have put together a set of different designed cards to show the same. </div>
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I have used plain and double side shimmer cardstocks from Craftreat along with the paper pack to make bases or mat layers etc. Also die cuts of sentiments and a few shapes with them. </div>
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I have die cut the green design paper to form hexagonal shapes and backed it up with a violet cardstock.<br />
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I then adhered a vellum strip over which I stuck a die cut sentiment 'Congrats'. I have then adhered the design to a pink base to form the complete card.</div>
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Here I have reversed the process. I made the pattern paper with a few flowers as the backdrop and over it die cut a blue cardstock with triangles. I put back a few of the loose triangles that were left from the die cutting process of the overlay backdrop to create a few solid triangles.<br />
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I have then adhered a vellum strip over which I have stuck the sentiment 'Cheers' die cut in two layers- one in blue cardstock and one in yellow. I stuck the two layers of sentiments in a bit off center way so that both the colours show. The design was then adhered to a yellow cardstock base to form the complete card. </div>
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I have repeated the Card 1 process with a different backdrop die cut (The print has been die cut and backed with a grey cardstock). I stamped my sentiment with versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.<br />
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I stamped and fussy the image and coloured it with zig markers and stuck it to the base with double tape to add some dimensions. The card base used here is white cardstock.</div>
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These two cards have the same process. I took a yellow card base and a blue card base for these two cards. I chose my pattern papers from the paper pack and cut a piece of it to go on the card bases.<br />
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I then cut a thin strip of the respective card bases and stuck it over the pattern paper layer. Then I have stamped my sentiments and adhered an insta photo image of two friends, which have been stamped with versafine black ink and coloured with my zig markers. </div>
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I have used double sided shimmer cardstocks for this card. On a base of green shimmer card base, I have stuck the pattern paper of my choice and over it die cut two feathers in gold shimmer cardstock and adhered it.<br />
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Over the feathers I have taken a vellum strip and like in Card 2 double cut my sentiment 'Hello' in two different shimmer cardstock colours (blue and green) and adhered it on top to form the complete card. </div>
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I have die cut some chevron design strips with the pattern papers and adhered it on a grey card base.<br />
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I have taken a grey card base again and adhered the yellow pattern paper over it. I then stamped and fussy cut the rainbow with two hearts and coloured it with zig markers to stick it on the top of the card. I then chose a sentiment to go with the image and stamped it directly on the pattern paper.</div>
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I hope you like these simple and easy and really quick cards that you can create with the Fabric Mania paper pack. Do let us know what you create with this paper pack.</div>
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-79453258374761089922020-05-26T10:28:00.000+05:302020-05-26T10:28:14.785+05:30Books and Dreamlands ....all thanks to Craftreat Silk Cocoons!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am hoping you guys have seen the amazing projects my team members have done with silk cocoons. I too have made my attempts with it in my own style.<br />
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I am a voracious reader and love books and as a book lover value bookmarks a lot. Being a crafter gives me the flexibility of designing my own bookmarks and believe me its never enough no matter how many bookmarks you have.<br />
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The silk cocoons from Craftreat are of superb quality and the colours are bright and vibrant and so I decided that turning them into bookmarks would be fun and would add a variety to my collection of handmade bookmarks.<br />
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This is a simple beaded and knotted string bookmark.<br />
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Here, I have used my so called little knowledge of jewellery to add beads with the help of jump rings and eye pin findings.<br />
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Every book I read, it takes me to differences places both in respect to time and space ....a dreamland that I can visualise and imagine with every story that I read and to capture those beautiful dreams I made myself a dream catcher. I am not too much of a feather lover so instead of feathers .......silk cocoons have come to my rescue!!<br />
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-27154510206966571092020-05-25T12:10:00.000+05:302020-05-25T12:10:47.732+05:30Let Colours Cheer You Up <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hope this lockdown is not stressing you out. I know some of us feel anxious with uncertainty surrounding us but when uncertainty is trying to overpower your peace of mind, one needs to give it a good fight to restore self sanity. </div>
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I have a simple and creative way of fighting this anxiousness and also creating some ME time- COLOURING!!!!</div>
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But first, lets understand how colours impact us and our world around and how it is used by experts to heal us. </div>
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There is no one who does not loves colours but have you ever wondered how colours affect you? Ever felt calmed and relaxed in a particular coloured room? Ever realised your anxiety go up with a certain colour? </div>
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Well, if you notice closely colour is a powerful communication tool and can be used to signal action, influence mood and perceptions, and even physiological reactions. Colours can make us feel happy or sad , hungry or relaxed and many more emotions. Your feelings about colours are often deeply personal and rooted in your own experience or culture. For example- White is seen has purity and auspicious in many cultures while others see it as a symbol of mourning.</div>
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This is a compact colour wheel showing us how these colours impact us. Your colour preferences might say something about the type of person you are. This could be kept in mind while doing up your house and choosing your colour scheme for the different areas or while choosing your wardrobe. Colour preferences, from the clothes you wear to the car you drive, can sometimes make a statement about how we want others to perceive us.Choosing the right colour could help brighten a dull and depressing day. </div>
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The impact of colours has been scientifically acknowledged in alternative therapies called Chromotherapy or simply colour therapy. This alternative therapy rests on the idea that colours create an electrical impulse in our brain, which stimulates hormonal and biochemical process in our body. This is used alongside other treatments and is popularly used for people suffering from depression, stress and seasonal affective disorder. </div>
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Many believe that colours impact our body and help balance our chakras. Chakras known as our energy centres is thought of as a set of cogs like the workings of a clock. A colour therapist or a Chakra therapist can help you determine what colours can help us balance or unblock certain chakras in case we are going through a hardship or suffering an ailment. </div>
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Considering, all the above statements in a holistic form, have you realised how just colouring an image or painting a wall/canvass or just working with some coloured paper relaxes you? Art is considered equivalent to meditation and just involving yourself in any form of artistic recreation is therapeutic.Which is why, some psychologists, do suggest colouring for a anxious or impatience kid to calm them down. </div>
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So during this lockdown period utilise your time to bring out the child in you....help colours help you fight your anxiety, relax your mind and make you happy. Take out that notebook or get a colouring book out and just start colouring. One does not need to be a painter or an artiste for this, all you need is to be involved. </div>
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Ps- The therapy and the uses of colour in various scientific field were a part of my research for my TV show Mano Ya Na Mano that aired on Star One (2006). I have used that research material to enhance my skills and understanding of colours for my personalised gifting business. </div>
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Hoping that some of us have got a few relief showers by now and the weather is much pleasant than what it was. Also am assuming all of you are getting inspired with the DT members projects, do share some of your love in form of comments to all the members who have helped your imagination power.<br />
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So today am here with some cards focusing on the recently released double sided shimmer Cardstock and a wonderful range of Pattern Paper 'Live Today'.<br />
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I have used the 'Double Sided Shimmer Cardstock' for creating the card base and the layering of blue along with the green die cut layer. I have stamped and coloured the image from My Favourite Things Recipe to Happiness Stamp and Die set to complete the card. The sentiment is also stamped on the cardstock directly with archival ink from the same stamp set.<br />
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I usually write postcards to my nieces and nephews on a regular basis and so this time I decided to create my own postcards with the theme of current weather in play. I die cut the cityscape nightline and cityscape silhouette using the 'Double Sided Shimmer Cardstock'. The cloudy weather in Mumbai was best depicted by the 'Live Today' pattern paper with clouds all over and a flying kite which served as the perfect backdrop to the cityscape.<br />
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This was not planned as a DT inspiration but I would still love to share it with you all. I am so much in love with the double sided cardstock that I used it for a friend's birthday banner and believe me it was an instant hit with the guests. I have tried to alternate the alphabets with both the sides of the same cardstock (they are beautifully colour cordinated and served my purpose to the fullest). The photographs were taken for personal use but I decided to share them anyway hence please pardon the quality (Sorry no alternative photographs were taken)<br />
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Today I have got you projects that save some money (in their own way). Yes! you heard me right. </div>
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So here is something I renovated. I got this wallet but it's top layer started to wear off pretty soon and the best way to save some money is to always recycle and renovate. Decoupage gives us that flexibility and it is one art that can transform anything from trash to the most cherished and precious item in your household.</div>
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Since the top layer had worn off I first sanded the entire base to remove any tits bits that could be still hanging on to the wallet. Post that I coated it with white Gesso. If you have an old wallet that needs renovation and is'nt white then this step is mandatory. This step not only gives a cleaner base colour to the item you are remodeling but also ensures to make the base non porous. This would help in better application of paints.<br />
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After the gesso was completely dry, I took a combo of chalk paints-Light Blue, Grey, Deep Blue and White. Dabbed them with a foam in the proportion that would give me the desired look. While they dried, I fussy cut some roses from a couple of Decoupage papers.<br />
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Roughly arranged them to see what look I preferred. Once I was satisfied with the arrangement, I took each piece and smeared mod podge behind them to stick them on the wallet. After all the pieces were adhered as per design, I put some mod podge over the fussy cut pieces and sealed them.<br />
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Took a stencil and some deep blue shade of chalk paint to create patterns to blend in the overall design. After everything was completely dry, I applied a varnish to waterproof it and there was my all new done up wallet that I can proudly flaunt. </div>
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My second project is also a money saving one (in the traditional way). I remember those earthen piggy banks my parents got me, which had to be broken in order to get the money out. Then came the lock and key ones and many other designs and now the fashion in any branded gift store is the mason jar or a shadow box format piggy bank. To be honest, I love them and find them really funky but I also find them way too expensive. So I decided to replicate it. </div>
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I took Craftreat Decoupage paper and fussy cut the vintage car and rearranged it on the plain side of the paper from the same collection. Put down the title for which I wanted to save the money for (this is going for all the petty cash one needs during travels and vacations) -"Adventure Funds"! Took it to my local framing guy and asked him to frame it like a shadow box with a slit cut on the top at a pretty nominal cost and there I had a lovely money saving piggy bank at almost 1/3 the cost that one finds in the store. </div>
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The month of May, as always has heated up the temperature to sky high but thanks to Craftreat's new released pattern paper "Live Today" with some beautiful patterns, I for sure was soothed off a lot.<br />
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I started my crafting days as a hard core card maker and scrapbooker and these papers really got me nostalgic. Plus the versatility of the patterns is incredible and is best suited to whip out some great layouts for both scrapbooking/memory keeping and card making.<br />
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As this pack had a lot of sentiments and quotes for family, I decided to whip out some quick gifts (Project1- Mini Scrapbook page and Project 2- Card) for my mom on the occasion of Mothers Day.<br />
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I must confess, I have a weakness for checks and this is my favourite page of the entire pack.<br />
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So I have cut the above paper into a rectangle piece of 6inches x 4inches with the corner pattern of the flowers on top for Project 1 and another piece of 6inches x 4 inches for Project 2 (without any flowers and only checks).<br />
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I cut a strip from this beautiful page for both Projects and the rainbow and kite for Project 2.<br />
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I also cut the sentiment from the same page for Project 1.<br />
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Sentiment and Banner cut from this page for Project 1.<br />
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Flowers cut from this page for both Projects.<br />
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Houses cut from this page for Project 2.<br />
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I stamped the sentiment on the banner I had cut from the pattern paper.<br />
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Now that I had all my fussy cut images and sentiments ready for both the Projects, I started assembling them as below.<br />
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I have glue the photograph first and then the cut strip along with the sentiment of "family"to the base pattern paper.</div>
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With the help of a double tape, I have then attached the sentiment of "It is the little things in life that matter" over the cut strip and also the flower next to "family" has been popped up. The stamped banner of "Happy Mother's Day" has also been fixed with the help of a double tape.<br />
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I have used a double tape to pop up the above images and sentiments to give more depth to my layout.<br />
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After the final layout was ready, I decided to frame it.<br />
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I have picked a colour from the layout to balance it through the framing (also I felt I should use some cooler shades to enhance the layout and the 'hot summers' ). The frame has been painted with Home Decor chalks paints and Home Decor Crackle medium.<br />
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With the balance fussy cut images I have shown above and the second rectangular piece of 6inches x 4 inches of the below paper, I have made a card to go with the above project.<br />
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The sentiment is stamped on the pattern paper using Versafine Pigment Ink pad -Onyx Black.<br />
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Saumya here with an upcycle project today. I have owned this clear plastic laptop cover for almost 4 years now and the moment Priya sent me these beautiful new released decoupage papers from Craftreat I knew my cover definitely needed some renovation. I first removed my laptop cover from the laptop so that I do not damage the laptop with paints etc.<br />
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As I was using Decoupage papers all through I did not feel the need for the gesso layer. I have used two sheets of paper. The center piece with the peacock is one design and the two victorian blue design papers on the two sides you see is another sheet.<br />
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I trimmed the Victorian Blue Design from the middle and with the help of Mod Podge, glued them on the two sides of the cover. I then took the Peacock Design paper and tore them from the two sides to give uneven edges. I then adhered it to the cover using Mod Podge. I allowed it to dry after which I gave a generous coat of Mod Podge over the entire paper. Once dry I sanded the edges all over and removed all extra paper. Then stenciled some scripts using Brown Chalk Paints.<br />
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After the stenciling was dry I have applied two step crackle medium all over. Using Brown and Black Waxes I have distressed the edges and highlighted only a few cracks here and there. Once dry I coated the entire surface with a varnish.<br />
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I also painted the back cover of my laptop to give it a wholesome renovated look and kept the colours close to the top cover.<br />
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I applied two coats of Black Gesso allowing a few hours of drying time between the coats. Once dry I randomly took a candle and rubbed it on the edges. One can also use clear wax or any other resist technique mediums. Then a single coat of Blue Chalk Paint as I wanted a little black to show underneath the blue. Once dry I scrapped out the top layer of paint on the places where I had rubbed with a candle to reveal the black gesso layer. I have then taken Brown and Black Waxes to distress the edges and used a little on the other areas too.<br />
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Once dry I put it where it belonged...on my laptop!!!<br />
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Its upto you how you want to place the peacock. In the closed position my cover has the peacock upside down (head towards the laptop opening junction) as I want to flaunt it and decided that people seeing me use the laptop should be able to see the actual design.<br />
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So in the open condition the design would look like this....<br />
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Hope you like the project and get inspired to upcycle or renovate your laptop or mobile covers. The options are endless with Craftreat Decoupage Papers!!!<br />
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-80454562453972081952019-04-02T10:00:00.000+05:302019-04-02T10:00:07.249+05:30Use Animals + Give Them Wings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Twisted Challenges is here with its <a href="http://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/">10th Challenge</a>!! April has just begun and the heat wave is already soaring high in Mumbai. With all the sunshine we need some wings to flap in some breeze and thats exactly what we have for this month's challenge.<br />
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This month we want you all to use an animal/animals in your project and give them wings (please note: insects/bugs/butterflies and birds DO NOT qualify as animals. However, their wings do qualify to be used on the animal/animals).<br />
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I have a sweet and a cute CAS card this month.<br />
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I have taken a light blue Cardstock as the base of teh card and matted it with watercolour paper.<br />
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I have then stamped the image of the cow with the birthday sentiment and coloured it. Post which I have fussy cut the image. I then stamped the wings on a vellum sheet using versamark and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I have then stamped and heat embossed the stars with silver embossing powder to add more character and depth to it.</div>
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I stuck the wings behind the cow image with fevicol and then raised the image with double tape to give dimension to it. I have then glued the tip of the wings to the watercoloured based to create more dimensions!!</div>
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I love the way it turned out overall, but specially the dimmensions I could create through this project!!</div>
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Saumyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12702570286449561567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953265245848531634.post-54318746670454489922019-03-01T10:05:00.001+05:302019-03-01T10:09:05.885+05:30Be Thankful/ Grafteful + Use all colors of Rainbow! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The March challenge at <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/03/ttc9-be-thankful-grafteful-use-all.html">The Twisted Challenges</a> is here!!! March for me is summer and Holi- both signifying a burst of colours and that's exactly what we want for this month's challenge.<br />
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The theme this month is to create a project with Grateful / Thankful as the core sentiment while using all 7 colors of the rainbow!<br />
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I have a card inspiration for this month and my inspiration is drawn from the rainbow cake which I love a lot.<br />
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I have stamped and fussy cut the layer of florals. They are coloured using zig brush pens in the colours from the Rainbow- VIBGYOR! (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red)<br />
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First row- Red, Blue, Orange<br />
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I have layered the top florals with double tape to give dimension and the two layers of florals are stuck to a script pattern paper from DCWV.<br />
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Below it, taking inspiration from a rainbow cake I cut strips of cardstock in various colours and have stamped the sentiment on each strip .<br />
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I hope you like the inspiration and join us in our <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/03/ttc9-be-thankful-grafteful-use-all.html">March Challenge</a>. Do visit the blog and check out the other inspirations by our DT members and GDT. <br />
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Saumya</div>
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Hope the first month of the year is treating all of you with happiness and growth. I am having very hectic schedules with the marriage season blooming in both sides of my family (My Own family and My In Law side).</div>
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Two years back if you met me, I would never belong to the category of the 'upcycle' girl. If a bag tore or a zipper wore out, my first instinct would be to get rid of the bag and get a new one if needed! The same phenomenon applied to practically everything in my life (except human beings :P ...hahhaha)</div>
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But post my sabbatical from work and crafting full time I have recycled and upcycled many things. Thats also after my Decoupage skills were brushed by many mentors who are friends and my regular practice gave me confidence to play around and take risks that I would have never thought of few years back with respect to Crafting!!</div>
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Hence, today as part of my second inspiration for this <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/01/ttc7-something-oldsomething-new.html?showComment=1547955290246#c450175696856681530">month's challenge at TTC </a>I decided to upcycle some love. Love of my husband and a dear friend I made last year through the CraftyFeast.<br />
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This month's challenge as you all must be now aware of is - <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/01/ttc7-something-oldsomething-new.html?showComment=1547955290246#c450175696856681530">Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed/Gifted and Something Blue.</a><br />
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I have upcycled my birthday gift from husband - a mobile cover (<i><b>Something Old</b></i>). I loved the original but the design was wearing off and I didn't want to throw away something my husband gave me so I thought what best but create new memories in addition to the old ones.</div>
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I first sanded off the entire base and then applied two coats of white gesso allowing it to dry for a good 3-4 hours between each layer.</div>
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Once completely dry, I stuck the fussy cut design of a sassy looking lady from the Bob N Betty Decopatch papers that was gifted by a dear friend Deepika Sharma (<i><b>Something Gifted</b></i>).</div>
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I have then taken my fvaourite Memory Box Stencil (<i><b>Something Old</b></i>) and my new Pebeo-Studio Acrylics (<i><b>Something New</b></i>) in the colours Blue (<i><b>Something Blue</b></i>), Green and Gold to create patterns around the lady. These new acrylics in my craft room have an in built shimmer and they look gorgeous in any project that they are added to!</div>
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Once dry, I have taken the sentiment 'Hey Smartypants' from my new stamp set (<i><b>Something New</b></i>) and stamped it with black Archival Ink. </div>
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After allowing sometime for the ink to dry, I have generously applied two coats of varnish allowing 3-4 hours of drying time between the layers. </div>
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Now I have a totally awesome upcycled mobile cover .....I enjoyed making this project ...and I hope you enjoyed reading about it and get inspired to try your hands with something similar!!! Also I hope I have inspired you enough to join us with <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/01/ttc7-something-oldsomething-new.html?showComment=1547955290246#c450175696856681530">this month's challenge at TTC.</a><br />
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Happy Crafting<br />
Saumya</div>
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A very happy New Year to all of you. May this new year bring a lot more joy than the last year and much more peace to you and your families than last year.<br />
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This year's first challenge is based on an old marriage tradition in the Christian community. This tradition was something I have personally loved and appreciated a lot and so using it in a Challenge was super exciting!!!<br />
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So the Challenge is to have <b>ALL </b>the above mentioned elements in your projects. </div>
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<b>Something Old</b>- You can use an old crafting technique or an old product from your craft stash.</div>
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<b>Something New</b>- You can have a theme with New Beginnings (New Year/ New Home/ New Baby etc) or use a new crafting technique or a new product from your craft stash.</div>
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<b>Something Borrowed/Gifted</b>- You can use a craft product either gifted to you or some embellishments that you might have borrowed from a family or friend, or an idea or inspiration borrowed from someone. <b>(Please do not copy the same design as it is, you can CASE the design in your own style and if that is done please give due credit to the artiste)</b></div>
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Decoupage has become an integral part of me now and I love the art form beyond words, and so am here with a Decoupage project for the Challenge!<br />
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This book box was gift to me by a dear friend so I decided to use this as the base and to complete one element from the challenge (Something Borrowed/Gifted).</div>
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I have then taken a page from an old book ( Something Old) and to further give it a vintage look painted it with coffee water. Once dry, I applied Mod Podge on the base and stuck it over it. </div>
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I have then used my newest craft supply- cut outs from Graphic 45 pattern papers (Something New). I am using the brand Graphic 45 for the first time in my crafting career and have totally fallen in love with them. My element of blue is there in one of the ladies dress and in the stamp cut out (Something Blue). After I cut out the things I needed from the pattern paper, I designed the placement of each element and once satisfied stuck them in the required fashion with the help of Mod Podge. </div>
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On the spine of the book box, I have painted it with Red Vintage Chalk paints from Cadence and then using drying brush technique given it some coloured layer of Teal Blue and Dark Blue (Something Blue).</div>
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Hope you liked the inspiration for the Challenge and that its inspired you enough to take part in the Challenge. Details of the Challenge are on the<a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/01/ttc7-something-oldsomething-new.html" target="_blank"> TTC Blog</a> </div>
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