Teachers Day Special

Hi all!

Hope you are doing well and Chennaites must be glad to receive some good rains! :)

As tomorrow is Teachers Day, my little one's school wanted him to bring some crafts, related to Teachers Day.

I made this layout with some words printed for the teachers.

Of course, you would've recognized lots of washi tapes!! :) and some "mind" words!!( thoughts)  (lol)

Since I wanted it to be colourful, I just played with those handy tapes :). I've used the packaging material of men's shirt as base for this layout. I applied a light coat of gesso to begin with and then the washi tapes. Printed out the words in a separate card stock and bordered with washi tapes.

Along with this I made some quick cards for his class teachers

Linking with

Challenge#38 Anything goes with Washi tapes @Lulupu The Craft Lounge

Thank you so much for your sweet visit and kind words!

Nautical layout

Hi all!

Hope all of you are doing well. We went to Bangalore to my sister's home for the past weekend and had a chance to visit one of Itsy Bitsy's physical store. My son enjoyed shopping with me as well :).

And coming back I really wanted to expand my terrace garden (oh yes, it was the inspiration of the garden city ) and so got myself busy with the same :).

Finally yesterday I managed to do this layout with  nautical theme. Since I had this paper  from Ciao Bella which has a ship on it, I used the same paper as my base. I used my stencil and home made modelling paste for some texture.

And sponged some Distress inks (dried marigold, faded jeans and frayed burlap) on it. Misted with LSG cactus gold. After complete drying, I added some musical washi tapes and the other embellies.
I also used some ornate chipboard borders for the frame where I'm planning to put a picture of my little one. So I added those shells collected by him :)  Whenever we visit the beach, we have the habit of collecting shells so I thought this will be the right  time to use them.
The net you see below the frame is upcycled from tea stainer. I know so many of you are very good at upcycling, I've just tried! The clock inside the shell heart is upcycled one too.

I've also inked the paper on all the sides.

A tip :
For those of you who really want to look around the house for crafty things first, I have a small tip for sponging with  distress inks. I tried with my regular ink applicator first and since I was not very successful, I thought I need to buy sponge daubers. Then this idea struck.
I used a regular face powder sponge which was very soft and it did work out well especially if you want smooth sponging. I've not tried with sponge daubers, I really don't know whether it will equal it. But it will be helpful at least to some extent. Hope it was useful!

Thanks for your sweet visit and reading till here :-)

Linking this with:
BGC#56 - Nautical

Shabby chic home layout

Hello everyone!

Hope you had a great weekend. We had guests visiting and some wood work during the weekend. So it was very busy for me. Did this layout some time last week and got it to post today.

The base for this particular layout has an interesting story :), which I will share below. Now take a look at the project

 

 One day I saw my little one painting with "all" the poster colours on the floor.On the other side  my gesso was also used!! (you can imagine how that scene would've been) 

I immediately started cleaning the floor   as the paint spill was really heavy!! Then I suddenly saw him using the gesso on my cardstock! I allowed him to do some painting this time :) And that is the result of this base. Of course I did some more coating but the green you see mixed is by my little fellow:). He some how manages to reach to my craft items. Mommies please give me your suggestions to store the craft items, especially when you are having a toddler.

Now, back to my layout. I then stamped some images and did the tower house separately and stuck it to the layout using 3d tape. Made the lace flowers and hand drew the roof and door. The fences are made of quilling strips. I used DCWV french stack paper for the tower house, which I liked to call a castle :).

Here's another picture

Thanks for visiting today and all your sweet comments.

Linking this with:

 BGC#55 -Welcome HOME

Challenge #7 Anything goes with PP, STAMPED IMAGE & EMBELLISHMENTS

First layout

Hi all!!

Hope all of you are doing great. Indian friends must be battling heat that too if you are in metros. Hope some rains come to cool the heat.
Okay now onto my layout. The first travel layout I've ever made.I did make baby scrap book layout some time ago but this is the first time I'm making a travel layout.

Although the DT's at Lulupu have given fabulous instructions on "how to make a layout" , I was not able to make one like one of them :(. I did use some gesso but was not very confident (u can see that on the camera picture). I will surely give a try in the future.

 But have made this layout using some basic instructions given by the Lulupu design team.
So this layout is a simple one. Hope you like it.

I've used "Yes please" paper pad and bird washi tape. (both were BGC'S prize for my win there)

Since the picture has a boat and the papers are not so feminine, I've tried not to use flowers. Have used buttons instead for embellishing. I've left space on the tags to write about the trip. Hope I've done at least some justification :)

Linking this with:

Challenge#29 Vacation/travel/holidays at Lulupu