Beautiful Memories - Gift Box

Hello guys
Today I have a Big beautiful gift box to share with you all today. This box is custom made for a client who wanted to fit in some beautiful gifts for her beau. This box is huge and measures 15" by 13" by 8" and weights 2kgs as the lid is pretty heavily embellished.

The box is made from scratch using 1500gsm chipboard and handmade paper from ItsyBitsy craft store. I built my entire box using white handmade paper and chipboard and then decorated with the floral linen paper and colorful cardstock (Lilac and Turquoise). To further enhance the look, I gave it all a quarter inch border of gold glitter paper.

To add texture to the box, I did some senticlling using modelling paste and script stencil on all the sides, base as well as the top. I embellished the lid using a lot of handmade flowers, doilies, diecuts, sequins and glitter, cardstock banners, pearls, mdf birdcage and more.

I love embellishing such boxes because it gives me an opportunity to recycle and use a lot of stuff that I hoard. The pearls used are a part of home decor " TORAN " (Hindi: तोरण) (origin: Sanskrit. torana, from tor, pass), which is a decorative door hanging in Hinduism, usually decorated with marigolds and mango leaves, or a string that is tied on the door with the flower on it as a part of traditional Hindu culture which is for decoration and beautification.  They can be made of fabrics, pearls, beads or metals or any other embellishments.

 The MDF bird cage I used here is actually part of a tag which adorned a fancy birdcage lamp I purchased.....it was too good to throw away. A few flowers used here were actually reused from few of the gift boxes I got this year for DIWALI. I hoard a lot of beautiful elements that I get and reuse them.There is some thing amazing when you see the random pieces you use coming together and becoming like they always belonged together....MAGIC!!!!!!

Here is a video clip to see the box upclose..I hope you guys enjoy watching it.
I am putting this box up the following challenges:-

1. UnstampaBelles November Challenge #85 launched: Boxes, parcels or bag.
2. Rhedd's Creative Spirit November Challenge
3. HLS November Mixed Media Challenge - Birds

Happy Birthday - Handmade card | Watercolor | CAS

Hello guys
A new day and a new project...I have a simple card to share with you all. I made this card to celebrate my own birthday a few days back.....and so I have used all my fav colors and elements. I love Pinks and Blacks and gold glitter is just my goto fix for everything and I love flowers....so I mixed it all up and came up with this card.

This is a standard A2 size card and I have used 250gsm Baby Pink cardstock as the base. I layered matted it with Black and White cardstock panels which are 51/4" x 4" and 5" x 3 3/4" respectively. I have added foam tape to mount the white panel to add some dimension to my card.I stamped and gold heat embossed my geometric flower which is from Geometric Nature Stamp set - Mudra Craft Stamps and then watercolored it with ombre shades of pink. Since, there inst a coordinating die I fussy cut the image out....which I feel is just therapeutic. Using Orange curvy leaf die from Elizabeth Craft Designs and gold glitter sheets from IstyBitsy, I diecut some leaves.

To further enhance my card, I added foam dimension to the flower and some black embroidery thread on my card front. I arranged all the elements and finished off with enamel dots in similar colors. The Birthday sentiment is from ItsyBitsy which I gold heat embossed on vellum and adhered onto the flower using Craft Glue from ItsyBitsy.

I also decorated my envelope using strips of matching cardstock...love it when it all looks like a set.
That's all from me today...thank you for stopping by and I hope you liked my card.
I am putting my card up at the following challenges:

1. HLS October Watercolor Challenge - Anything Goes : Optional Twist Gold
2. The Flower Challenge #25 - Sparkle
3. Craft stamper magazine - Take It Make It October - Anything Goes
4. HLS October CAS Challenge -  Vellum.
5. Creative With Stamps - Halloween or Leaves
6. HLS October Anything Goes with Dies Challenge -  I have included leaf diecuts on my card

Simple Exploding box for Baby Shower / Baby Announcement

Hello guys
I have a cute little exploding box to share with you all today. This box is perfect for baby showers or baby announcement to write blessings for the baby or the mother to be and fill it up with some sweets.

The exploding box is 5" by 5" by 5" on all sides and when it opens it holds a box in the center which is 4" by 4" by 4" and can hold 250gms of sweets and treats. The exploding box opens to reveal 4 sides on the inside. 2 of these are decorated with flowers and baby embellishments like bib, bottle and onesie which are gold heat embossed to add more shimmer and shine. on the other 2 sides...a message or a blessing can be written for  the mother or the baby.

The lid of the inside box is decorated with gold heat embossed stroller and some pretty flower arrangement on a Prima doily diecut. The outside box is also decorated with a gold heat embossed stork with a baby bundle and beautiful flower arrangement. I have used a lot of diecuts from Spellbinders Nested labels die. I embossed a few of them and then layered them to get a more dimensional effect. I also dry embossed a few of these diecuts and rubbed a little cotton cany distress ink to highlight the raised part to add more interest. I created this fun quilt like effect on the lids of the boxes whihc is by far my most fav part of the project and I hope you all like it too.

I have used Pebbles Basics stack pattern paper to decorate the box and matching cardstock from Fabriano Elle Erre. The box is made using 270gsm Iris cardstock and red tacky tape as adhesive to hold it all together. I have a small video showing you the box better and i hope you will enjoy the video.

Here is a list of supplies used to make this project:-

1. Iris cardstock - 270gsm
2. Fabriano Cardstock - Fuscia, Rosa, Ciela, Celesto
3. Gold glitter cardstock
4. Mdf baby embellishments - Bottle, bid, onesie and stroller
5. Wycinanka Chipboard stork and bundle
6. Ranger Tinsel Gold heat embossing powder
7. Versamark watermark embossing pad
8. Pebbles Basics paper stack
9. Red tacky tape
10. White adhesive
11. Mulberry roses, poppies and fillers
12. Pink Fabric flowers
13. Prima Doily die
14. Spellbinders Nested Labels Die
15. Foam tape
16. Cotton Candy Distress ink
17. Dots sizzix Embossing Folder
18. Sizzix Big Shot

Sunshine - Mixed Media Layout and a free tutorial (DT post for ItsyBitsy)

Hello all you wonderful crafters
I have a mixed media layout to share with you all today.....I love making layouts but rarely can find time. I have so many ideas that I have to sit and single out one single idea for a layout but always land up mixing 2 themes......and this one is no exception.

This layout is a representation of the most fav seasons for me...summer and autumn.... these two seasons show you what nature really has to offer....such vibrant colors in birds, flowers, insects and generally everything around you. I have tried to bring the summery effect with flowers and insects while keeping fall colors intact...Hope you guys like it.

I have a free start to end tutorial here as well as on the ItsyBitsy blog along with a list of supplies used for this project ....click HERE to read the full tutorial.

Here are some more closeups of this project.... where you all see all the textures, sparkle and glitter elements...stamping and ofcourse the gorgeous flowers and butterflies in detail.

I am putting this project up at the following blog challenges:-

1. Rhedds Creative Spirit October 2018 Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Mixed Media Place September Moodboard Challenge - The flowers and sunrise have been the major inspiration for this layout.
3. A inky Mess challenge #24 - Anything Mixed Media Goes
4. Butterfly Challenge #108 - Spin the wheel with letter S - I have used sequins, spots, scarlet color along with butterflies in my layout.

Mixed Media Embroidery Hoop | Step by Step Tutorial for ItsyBitsy | Be Your Own Sunshine by Mukta

Hey guys
Welcome back and today I have a mixed media canvas for you all but on a embroidery hoop and his is also my DT inspiration project for ItsyBitsy and you can visit me there by clicking HERE..  I have a few embroidery hoops with me as my mother in law used to do embroidery work......and now she has no use for them and she gave them to me. The same day I saw sunshine after many rainy days and I thought to do some art on this embroidery hoop inspired by this gorgeous ray of sunshine....and this is what I came up with.

The flower pots on my window sill are always buzzing with butterflies, birds and bees...a few caterpillars also blossomed into beautiful butterflies this week....so my garden is my inspiration along with sunshine for making this canvas.....I find inspiration everywhere and this time on my window sill.

The hoop is 10" in diameter and it is actually a large canvas to do mixed media work. So I chose big flowers and a big embellishment to cover more area and at the same time make it look pretty. I love making shabby chic projects and for particular one, I actually didn't put much effort to make it shabby...it all just came through on its own.

I am putting this canvas up at the following challenges:

1. More Than Words - September Challenge - Sunshine and Yellow
2. Mixed Media place - August Moodboard - The moodboard inspired me to do a floral frame which is shabby and also very happy and fun to look at.
3. Mixed Media Art August challenge - Colors of life- My art is inspired by the colors in nature and in general life.

I have a video tutorial showing you how I created this art piece...so I encourage you all to watch it if you are interested to know how I made this.

 You can visit me on ItsyBitsy blog for a list of supplies. Thank you for stopping by...have a fun day ahead.