Friday 29 July 2016

Creative Ways to Use the Coloring Book Pages

Good Morning!
Adult coloring books are trending internationally because they are extremely therapeutic and can help generate wellness, quietness & mindfulness. In fact the benefits of color therapy are similar to the benefits of meditation.
I thoroughly enjoy coloring & exploring different media to color. Today I am sharing some creative ways to use the finished  coloring book pages.
1. Frame it & use it as wall decor
2. Wrap a gift or make an envelope or even a bow or a tag or a bag or die cut & decorate your gift wrap.
3. Make a bookmark or a bag tag or a keychain. Here's a bookmark I made after coloring the geometrical pattern of an adult coloring book from ITSY BITSY. They have a series of Color Yoga books, coloring cards & bookmarks too, which are so easy on the pocket. Also these are single sided prints making it easy to use with markers, copics, brush pens......almost anything.




4. I used another page to make a card. 
I wanted to tone down the bright colors & overlaid the colored panel with vellum & heat embossed the sentiment. 


5. I love decoupage & here is a coaster I made from a finished page! Now isn't that cool! If you want a set, photocopy the page or scan & use the laser print!


6. Similarly you can scan & try a image transfer on a bag! The possibilities are endless.

How do you use your finished pages? Would love some more ideas!

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Tuesday 26 July 2016

Enjoy - Altenew Persian Motifs

Good Morning! 
Welcome to my blog!
Sharing a stamped card today which is a part of The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge by Kathy. She is an inspiration & its always fun to join her month long coloring challenge!


For this card I have used Altenew Persian Motifs stamp & colored the background using the limited copics I have in my stash!

Altenew - Persian Motifs

For the sentiment I die cut "Enjoy" on the stamped panel & also from black card stock (3 pieces) & glue them all together. 
I stamped "its your birthday" inside the card.


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Time Out Challenge#62 (drawing inspiration from the red & the letters) - 3.8 






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Monday 18 July 2016

Decoupage - Wine bottle holder

Hello Friends!
Sharing another decoupage project today, a wine bottle holder. This was a result of some experimentation & I call it the double decoupage technique. I had a beautiful pattern paper with wine bottles in my stash & also a tissue napkin with bottle. Selecting either one was difficult & finally I used both in the project! A happy me!
To begin I primed the base with gesso followed by a generous coat of acrylic paint & let dry.
I adhered the pattern paper to the front of the holder using mod podge.  The wine bottle & glass motif  on the tissue were carefully cut & glued over the pattern paper (which sort of formed the background now). Take a closer look at the image below & you will see both the images!




Another reason why this is a double technique is the two types of crackle textures - the finer one was attained with a crackle medium & the larger bold are by stamping. Some more works with crackle texture can be seen in this laptop table here, a tray here & a chopping board here.




Had a lot of fun experimenting here! Would love to know your thoughts!

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Friday 8 July 2016

Mini album - I AM

Happy Friday & welcome here again!
Its been a while since I shared a mini album here! I have made many & will share these soon!
This is a trifold mini I made for my daughter. If you love pattern papers like I do (never can have enough!!!) you will enjoy this mini. I have combined papers mainly from 'My Minds Eye - I am' stack & 'Crate Paper - Style Board' by Maggie Holmes
Left the chipboard cover rather simple  & made a belly band closure. This mini measures - 8x41/4"



Both the left & the right sides have pockets for several tags. 






The central panel has a waterfall insert & love the coordinated papers I used here!















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Citycrafter#319.html - 11.7 - WINNER

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Thursday 7 July 2016

STAR SHAPED CARD

Hello friends!
A quick post to share a star shaped card I made as DT inspiration for ITSY BITSY
Hop over to the post here where I also share a tutorial to make this - 


Also made a matching envelobox using the WRMK envelope punch board - 









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Saturday 2 July 2016

Decoupage - Frames


Hello & good afternoon friends!
A quick post to sharing some decoupage friends I made for a friend.




The blooms in this frame are handmade :-)


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