Easy Christmas cards-one sheet wonder-no stamping or die-cutting...

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The holiday season is here and most of us are pretty busy preparing for vacations and celebrations, wrapping gifts, decorating and sending out wishes to our friends and family. If you are someone who wants to whip up a few cards without much effort or without breaking your bank. The one sheet wonder card making technique is something that I have always liked and so here I am sharing a quick and easy way you can get some cards made in no time at all even if you do not have any christmas stamps or dies at all like me.

Merry Christmas!!! -Acrylic Marbling

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Its that time of the year again and most of us are busy in preparation for the big Holiday Season.... It also makes me look into the year that was and other random things that happened or did not happen... (like me loosing a few pounds) or this new city that has become my new home...Well I can just go on and on. Coming back to this merry time this month at the Happy Little Stampers the theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' now I wonder is this an easy theme to work with or a difficult one!! I don't know!! makes me wonder what should I make as my mind gets bombarded with things to do and it becomes difficult for me to choose... Does this happen to you too?

How to make a Bow-5 ways-No tools needed

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Christmas is around the corner and most of us busy buying presents for our loved ones and friends.If you are one of those people who find wrapping gifts a tedious task, this article might help you as we are going to learn how to make a bow in not just one but five different ways and you can choose any that suits you to tie up your presents beautifully, without using any tools.Here is how!

Coffee Filter Flower-No baking

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Welcome to my Blog. Today I am here to share a fun project with you all that will help you decorate your homes too. We are going to make flowers and recycle some materials in the process too. Now this projects is super satisfying to me as it is something that totally supports my mantra of 'CRAFTING on a BUDGET'. I derive immense satisfaction that as I am recycling without spending too much and also making my home beautiful and I am happy to share this with you all as I am sure that most of us think similarly.

Scrap time: Creative Time

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Cash envelopes are very popular in India for gifting on weddings and other occassions as well.

This is a fun project that i decided to do as my pile of scraps was overflowing and i desperately needed to bring it under control, also I had a ton of chocolate brown paper that I had mistakenly bought without realising that it was not cardstock but just some 175gsm paper. This idea made me use both these and turned out to be a fun project.

Distress Oxides Play!!

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This month the theme at Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challange is to make "TAGS" and this gave me the opportunity to play with some distress oxides that have been in my stash for some time now.

Now I have been a fan of distress for some time now and I also love Dyan Reavelely... I find her technques very easy to follow so here in this project I have used techniques by Dyan and products by Tim Holtz, I hope you will like the effect....

DIY IMAGE TRANSFER on wood the easy way

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Today I am here to share a project that has brought back some very cherished childhood memories and everytime I look at it or use it brings a smile to my face. I had this set of coasters which were lying in my cupboard unused for a very long time and when we got a new table my husband insisted we start using coasters and so thought I would use some images that will be a part of us.

Dart Board to Wall Decor- The upcycle journey

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Diwali, the festival of lights is here and most Indian households are busy cleaning and decluttering their homes and getting ready to welcome the Godess of prosperity in our homes. So in this hustle and bustle of cleaning and ...... I found an old dart board that was given to me by a friend for doing whatever I wanted with it and since we are all talking decor it is fun to make something for my house. This is what i came up with.

A simple Thankyou Card

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This month I am sharing a very simple card that though is very simple to make and look at is very heartfelt as it goes to a person who did something really special for me when I was going through a very rough patch recently.

Hello Friends,

Last month has been a roller coaster ride for me personally and until yesterday i wasn't sure if i could do this post but by god's grace here i am sharing this project with you that started before all the havoc started and I am super glad to do so as it signifies that I am back and well on road to recovery. This was inspired by the theme that we have this month at the Happy little stampers Mixed Media Challenge blog. CRACKLE!!

All Occasion card!!

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Today I am here to share a very simple card with you. To confess I started making this card a while back but somehow lost my way somewhere along the lines...does this ever happen to you???
You start a project and somewhere you lose your path and reach a block where you cannot decide which way to go.....what do you do then ??? Please share in the comments below!!
I usually keep the project aside and start working on something else and later when something clicks I would come back and finish...

BE Free!!-A canvas Collage

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The festive season has started in India as well as the world and at happy little stampers this month we have a collage theme and I wanted to try a new style for me and this is what I made.

UPcycle a simple jar a simple way

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Today I am sharing a very simple Upcycle project that does not take time and can make a wonderful gift for a someone.

Step1: Clean the jar and take out the label (if any). TIP :-in case you get label residue on your bottle, take a piece of paper towel or rag cloth and soak lightly in some oil (any oil) and the rub on the residue, your bottle will be clean in no time.

Do the Doodle -ATC

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I am here today sharing a few ATC that I made for this month's Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge where the theme is Doodle!!

So here 's what I made!!

Super Simple Spirelli card

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Today I am here with a very simple card. Its is a technique that we did in school as kids with a needle and thread but this much more simple than that. and I added a shaker element just add some interest. Hope you will enjoy this card. I stamped the sentiment on the inside. "FUN and Fabulous"

Decoupage - Tissue paper reverse decoupage on textured glass

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This month over at Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge theme is "TISSUE". When I though about this I immediately thought of decoupage as I am already in the middle of a projects for a friend so I though may be I could share what I was doing already but then I had another idea and that was to decoupage a textured glass plate that has been sitting on my dining table service as a fruit basket and many times I thought of getting rid of it but you know how we crafters are and its so difficult to get rid of things so i decided to upcycle it into something pretty so technically this project is a reverse decoupage...

Shopping my stash!!

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Recently I have been going through my craft supplies and realized that I had too many Pattern papers that I have not been using for a while as I usually use them only to make Mini Albums and have not made one in quite a while so I thought I will make some cards and some other stuff using my pattern papers.
To make things interesting I took out 10 sheets of pattern paper from a pack and decided to make as many cards I can with the same 10 sheets of paper without keeping any scraps. Here are the first 3 and more will follow soon

DIY embossing buddy super easy

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I have been doing a video series on my you tube channel that talks about making craft supplies at home. Now not everything cannot be made at home but there are certain things that you can definitely find solutions for around the house and it will cost you next to nothing. I love to find such things to do as then i can slurge on things that i really need. This week we are doing the DIY Embossing buddy!!
Most paper crafters and especially card makers do a lot of heat embossing and thus want their heat embossing to be as crisp as possible with least amount of stress and fuss. To this purpose the embossing buddy or the powder tool comes super handy as it removes any static and prepared the surface to be embossed such that the embossing powder shall stick only to areas where there is stamped image and not all over the surface.

Make a WIsh!!

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This month the theme for the ATC challenge over at Happy Little Stampers is ‘Animals’. This gave me the opportunity to finally open up a stamp set that has been in my stash for sometime unopened so here is what i came up with, hope you like it.

Happy Birthday From me to You!!

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This is my first post for the HLS -Anything Goes with Dies team and I wanted to make a really simple card so this is what i came up with, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Kylie for her faith in me. Hope you all will love it just as much as I did.

Key Holder- LOVE

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This time I have a very interesting project to share with you as it was basically inspired by a friend and I had the opportunity to meet her recently and i have come really love her work.
This month over at the Happy Little  stampers we are talking about textures and this will be my take on the same, hope you will like what you see.

To start I had a piece of MDF from one of my old projects and since I do like the look of wood Rupas project felt perfect. So I used some gesso with a pallette knife to create a woodgrain like texture.

Next i added some chalk paints to create the wood effect. for the look of the planks i added some lines with a mix of dark brown and black lines.

 Then I used a decoupage paper to decoupage some flowers and used some script stamps to create a blended look.

Next I used some chipboard alphas that i heat embossed with layers of golden embossing powder to create a metal like look for the alphas and then stuck them to the board.

Finally i used some old keys, bent them and painted them with a similar gold colour as the word and stuck them on to the board creating my own key holder to grace my home.

Reverse triple layer card!!- HOPE

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I am here with a triple layer card and i Hope you will like it!!!

DIY Texture paste and Gesso

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Today we are discussing about a very basic supply if you are into any kind of mixed media, art journaling, alter art or painting and I am pretty sure that most of us are familiar with the term GESSO. For those of you who are not yet very familiar with this - meaning -is a white paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk, gypsum, pigment, or any combination of these.^[1] It is used in artwork as a preparation for any number of substrates such as wood panels, canvas and sculpture as a base for paint and other materials that are applied over it.

My First ATC!!

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We at Happy Little stampers start a new challenge this month and I have been given this awesome opportunity by Kylie to be a part of this team. The theme for this month is 'Flowers'. I decided to do a simple shaker ATC with a flower as the shaker. Hope you like it!!

A glitter wall decor piece!!!

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This month the theme at the HLS Mixed Media challenge is 'Glitter'. I personally find it very difficult to work with glitter as it gets everywhere and calls for a very tedious clean up .....(hope I am not  the only one who feels that way!!!)  

However I decided to make this large painting with glitter on it and i hope you will like it too....

DIY Textured Paper

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As paper crafters our first love is for papers and as far as I know most of us like to collect papers of various kinds for our stash and I am sure we can always find room for more of it. It is also fun playing with paper and so i would love to share a very simple process that can help you make your own textured paper that can be used for various purposes like stamping, die-cutting, decoupage, gift wrapping or on your mixed media projects as it will give the freedom to choose your own colors and sometimes even the designs. I am sure most of you may be aware of the process may be using it regularly but for those who have not tried it here i will share a video and also a written tutorial.

Acrylics with rubbing Alcohol-background or abstract art

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We crafty people are always looking for new ways to add effects on our art especially techniches to creating interesting backgrounds. Today I am here to share one such technique with that not only gives interesting effects but also can be used as an abstract art piece by itself. You will not need many supplies for this is a very simple technique...using rubbing alcohol or surgical spirit that is available in most medical stores.

Bundle of joy!!!

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This month's theme at the Happy Little Stamper Mixed media challenge is "SPATS". I was very excited about this as there is a technique that i have been meaning to try and share with all my readers and friends however when i sat down to do it; did not come out as i had expected because i was not fast enough so i decided that i will do something else instead and so this is what i made,

Mixed media Birthday card

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I am still settling down in Banglore but i was itching to create something and this is what i made. This was also an opportunity for me to create a background using my sprays that have been sitting in my stash a long time but have not been used much. The entire video is also available on You tube channel and also is attached below.

New city, new home, my first project!!!

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This is my first post from my new city -the city of Gardens -Banglore. I am looking forward to my stay here and i am super excited that i can now have a separate work area for my beloved supplies and my passion...- my first Craft room. I am in the process of doing my craft room and i decided to add my favourite colour as accents for this room...Its teal and i since i did not want to spend too much on getting new storage in that colour i decided to revamp what i had.

This is also my first project using the chalk paints and it was wonderful so without further ado i would like to share what i did !!!

Shine- a simple card.

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This month the theme at Happy Little stampers mixed media challenge is to use sprays. so this is what i made.

My Little reading Nook!!!

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This is the inspiration post for this Month's Mixed Media challenge 'BOOKS' over at Happy Little Stampers. I was inspired by the a post on Pinterest with a text background but as i started it just kep taking a life of its own and so this is what it ended up like and i hope that you will like it and be inspired!!! Haha!!

DIY glitter Sticker that do not rub off !!!

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I am back again with another tutorial on how you can create your own glitter stickers. Glitter is something i do not like to use much as it creates a mess and is difficult to clean or maybe I am the messy one coz no matter how much i try it gets all over the place, my clothes and face too. so i try to avoid using it very often but when i do i like to create a bunch of things for use later too...

Sometime back i had put a tutorial on die cut inlay technique where i had used glitter so i decided to use that same method to create stickers so that i can keep them ready for use later. Here i sharing with you the way i did made the cardstock stickers and also how i made dimensional glitter embellishments to use on projects.

DIY Foil stickers --No laminator needed!!

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Foil has been very popular in the papercrafting world lately and for a person like me who did not have a lamination machine, it was very difficult to think of adding foil to me projects but i think this method that i am here to share today will help most of you as you need not have any fancy equipment to try this out.

Stencil effect on cards using stamps!!

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I am back with  a video where i share an old technique to create backgrounds on cards. I changed it up a bit to create an ombre look on the cards, Hope you will enjoy, List of all supplies is at the end of this post along with links for where you can buy the supplies.

Valentine Day Card- You make my heart soar with love!!!

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Its been quite a while since my last blog post as i have very caught up in other things like travel and health, but i am better now and trying to get back to crafting on a regularly again. When I sat down to do this project i wanted to do a canvas and i started off in that direction too but soon realised that it was not coming out quite how i wanted it to so i decided to change and this is what i came up hope you like it.

Dream : stacked die cut

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Wishing all a very Happy New Year!!! Hope this year brings health and happiness to all.

My first post this year is about dreams. Its a simple layered card with instructions. I hope this card will encourage you to play with colours, words, designs.