Splish Splash!!

I love the colour blue and i love walking on the beach.This photo frame is inspired from my love for the color blue. I painted the photoframe in blue colour. I used glitter pens and glitter to highlight the water and waves. I used real shells and a fake pearl for the oyster to make it more realistic.

I'm linking this to Creative Cutter Room Challenge Splish Splash to make a water theme project. Get over there and play along and create a project. They have an awesome prize to give away :)

Thanks for stopping by and looking. Have a nice week :)

Crafturday Creative Mess 2 - Paper carnations

I'm sorry for not posting lately. But during this break.I managed to visit my grandmother. I couldnot post the next article for craftufrday creative mess so i am posting it today....
The second post for crafturday creative mess is a tutorial on making “Paper carnations”. I’m a fan of paper flowers , and these are just too clever to resist.

Supplies:
Tissue papers, Marker, Pair of scissors, Binding wire, Floral tape

Instructions:
1. Take a circular container and draw around it with a pencil onto your folded tissue paper.
2. Cut out the circle, holding all the layers of tissue paper together. Use a large clip to hold the layers together.
3. Color around the edges of the tissue paper with a marker.

4. Keep these circles together and poke two holes near the centre of the circles. Fold down about 1 inch of binding wire, and push the long end through one hole and the short end through the other hole.
5. Pull the ends all the way through, then twist the ends of the binding wire together underneath the flower to keep all the circles together.
6. Now to make petals, crinkle each circle up individually, and try not to have the folds in the same place each time.
Keep scrunching… When all the circles have been crumpled up, you will end up with a lovely carnation like this:

Start to wrap the floral tape tightly around the binding wire so that they look like flowers with green stems.

If you make one then use it to jazz up your gift wapping....If you make about a dozen you will have a beautiful bouquet.

Linking it to White wednesdays

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! If you tried making these flowers then click some bright pictures of your flowers and send them to me at artchitrasutra@gmail.com. I like kind comments too. Please feel free to drop a note! :) Thanks for stopping by!
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Craftuday Creative Mess 1 - Affordable Wall Art

My first post for Crafturday Creative Mess is affordable wall art. You can create this beautiful wall art for less than 40 rs(less than a dollar). I chose birds on power lines as my theme. You can choose any theme that you like.....

Supplies:
Plain black card, glue and a white colour pencil

Instructions:
1.Trace the shapes of birds in different sitting positions onto the black colored card using a white color pencil.

2.Cut out these shapes. Also cut two thin strips of card for the power lines.

3.Now glue these birds onto the power lines.

And you have created your new piece ofwall art. If you dont want to use black colored card use patterned paper of your choice.

I have included more pictures for a clear idea

Create as many power lines as you want and place them in your room. I hope you liked this tutorial...... if yes share this post with your friends. If you have tried making them, then click some bright pictures and send it to me at artchitrasutra@gmail.com and i will put up your pictures on my blog. I like kind comments too. Please feel free to drop a note! :) Thanks for stopping by!
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I Still Like Swinging On the Swing!!

Swings are fun, be it a hollow tire swing or a rope swing. I love swinging on swings, always have and always will. Reminds me of being a child. Maybe its the innocence or just the fun of 'flying' through the air. For me swinging on the swings is a chance to lose myself out of reality, to escape the world and create my own. The best part is closing your eyes while you swing - you feel like you're flying. I revisit my childhood whenever i see kids swinging on the swings in a local playground. If you have a backyard with big old trees and if you love swinging then a rope swing is a must have. Go through these pics for more ideas....

If you love swinging and if you have beautiful pictures of swings at your home then please send it to me at artchitrasutra@gmail.com and get featured on my blog. I hope you liked this post please let me know by posting your comments and joining the site.

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DIY Citrus Room Freshener...

If you love the citrus smell, lemon air freshener adds to your home. If you don't want to poison the atmosphere with chemical sprays then consider this natural alternative. Lemon air freshener is easy to make with only a few basic ingredients, including essential oil, water, and a spray bottle.

Ingredients:

5 ml (1 tsp) baking soda (bicarbonate of soda).

5 ml (1 tsp) lemon juice, freshly squeezed.

2-3 drops essential oil (of choice).

500 ml (2 cups) filtered water.


Add the baking soda, lemon juice, essential oil and filtered water in a spray bottle. If you like, you can replace half of the lemon oil with another citrus oil, such as orange or lime. Add more or less oil depending on how strong you want the scent of your lemon air freshener.

Replace the lid on the spray bottle and shake well to combine the oil and water. Spritz the air whenever needed, and your new homemade lemon air freshener is ready.

Shake well before spraying.

Always face the spray nozzle away from your face, as the oil can irritate sensitive areas such as the eyes and nose.

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Vintage Porcelain Door Knobs....

Porcelain was a very common door knob material a long time ago. It was durable, attractive, and more affordable than brass and crystal. There are tons of these knobs on the market right now, and if you're looking for matching door knobs you're most likely to find them in porcelain.

It's extremely important that you make sure that the door knobs that you're bidding on aren't chipped. Be sure to ask because this is extremely common with period ceramic door knobs.

Porcelain is also very heavy, so you may end up paying steep shipping charges for these vintage door knobs. Fortunately, they are by far the most affordable of all of the vintage door knob materials, so you won't end up spending much at all.

Many porcelain door knobs come in standard boilerplate white or ivory. White porcelain door knobs are quite common and are often dressed up with patterns or prints or with metallic accents such as brass or stainless steel. The fancier the porcelain the higher the prices as well. You can usually find simple porcelain door knobs for less than ten dollars however it is not uncommon to find them as high as thirty of forty dollars as the knobs get more fancy and delicate.

Porcelain door knobs aren't cheap but if you shop smart you can definitely afford them and other fine accents.

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Crafturday Creative Mess!!

From next week every saturday is gonna be a CRAFTURDAY. I am gonna post an article every saturday specially for crafts.
So get ready to enjoy making a beautiful mess with paint,glue,paper,glitter,rhinestones aaand.....the list never ends :)

This is how i designed the button...

Have fun and keep crafting!!