Hi Again,
This is one of my try for bag. I was trying to make one with the "We are memory keepers" but I tried using my own scoreboard and dimensions instead of that, which actually turned well, but not great.
I wanted to take part in craft challenges, though I have not actually been a part of it anytime. Finally I decided to give a try and here goes my bag for the Kraftzone's bag with a Tag Challenge. I am also trying to use the same for colour Condeption's challenge. This is my very first challenge and my very first bag creation. Please leave your comments which I would definitely consider for improvement.
I have seen people decorating their frames with well-flourished flowers, and always wanted to try one of my own. My friend who used quilling technique was my first inspiration, and I wonder how so many crafters use quilling combined with die cut flowers and punches to make the frame attractive which would make the framed moments very special. So, here goes my very first Frame, where I have decorated it with the Martha Stewart Punch, a few flower embellishments from Itsy Bitsy, the rose (hope it looks like a blue rose :-/) made by me and the die cut butterfly. The Rose was made by me. I think I should improve a lot in making roses and to mention, the Frame is from kraftzone.in (thanks for the super fast delivery)
One that attracts anyone's mind would definitely be a Decoupaged material, be it a simple pencil stand or a big draw for storage. Just seeing some of the really wonderful materials in decoupage, I decided to try my hands in the same. Since these are my very first decoupaged materials, they may not be upto the standards. I would try more in the future to familiarize myself with the technique.
The first one is the Pen/Pencil stand taken from Itsy Bitsy and the second one if the purse bought from Craftopedia's Shalini Bansal. Thanks so much Shalini for the wonderful gift too :) :)
I always wanted to have a dozen of Washi Tapes with me, but whenever I see the lot, I get confused with the combination. Priya, the owner of thecraftshop.in has come up with a solution in her store to put an end to all crafter's dilemma - it is the Washi Tape Value Pack. You will get five Washi Tapes and the combination is really awesome when used in cards. See below for one of the combinations. Thanks Priya for putting an end to my confusion :)
All the super duper crafters!, Please excuse me for putting all my crappy crappy works.
This is a simple Mother's day card with the Spellbinders 3D M-bossabilities embossing folder. The collections in these are awesome and I just used this one with a simple flower to make the card very very simple.
Below one is a simple card with pattern papers.
This one is using a cling stamp and momemto ink pads from thecraftshop.in with justrite stamps from DCAM. Well, DCAM has become my repository for quite some time. But frankly speaking, the collections in thecraftshop.in, DCAM and crafterscorner are so excellent that one who sees their products would not close the window without purchasing it.
Some of my sketches are placed in this blog. Before I just present it to the viewers for their valuable comments, I should definitely share the story behind the sketches. As a right, viewers should know what is in the picture.The first sketch, says about the story of Lord Muruga explaining about the meaning of Pranava to Lord Shiva. The story is here - Once, Lord Muruga asked the meaning of the Pranava Mantra to Brahma when Lord Brahma disrespeted Lord Muruga when He visited Mount Kailash. Lord Muruga wanted to teach a lesson to Lord Brahma and hence He asked Lord Brahma how He created the world and the answer in return was using vedic scriptures. When Brahma uttered the Vedic scriptures, he said "OM" to begin with, as the first word. Lord Muruga asked the explanation of the Pranava Mantra "OM" which Lord Brahma failed to explain. As a result, Lord Muruga took over the responsibility of creating the world after putting Lord Brahma to imprisonment. The Devas, then pleased Lord Vishnu, Who was helpless, and finally surrendered themselves to Lord Shiva, who came for rescue. When Lord Shiva approached Lord Muruga for the release of Lord Brahma, Lord Muruga refused to release Him as Lord Brahma did not know about the meaning of Pranava Mantra. When Lord Shiva questioned Lord Muruga on the meaning of Pranava Mantra, Lord Muruga was ready to explain the meaning, provided Lord Shiva behaves as a student where Lord Muruga becomes the Master. Lord Shiva bent down his knees, and closed his mouth with his one hand as a way of respecting the Teacher, and listened to the meaning of Pranava Mantra from Lord Muruga. Thus, Lord Muruga became the Swaminatha Swami. The meaning of the name could be interpreted as "The teacher of the Higher" or "The Teacher of Lord Shiva". The sketch depicts this history, and there is a temple dedicated to Swaminatha Swami in Tamil Nadu called "Swami Malai". One of the specialties of the temple is that, the temple has sixty steps and each step is named after sixty Tamil Years. The main deity is 6ft tall and the temple is one among the "Arupadai veedu, meaning one among the six holy abodes of Lord Muruga in Tamil Nadu.
The above is a complete line drawing which was tried with a normal pencil. The image was taken from a book which was given by my friend Vasugi for reference upon seeing my sketching. I owe her a lot because most of the sketching on this page are from the book that she gave during my college days. In fact, I thought I am very poor in pencil sketching. It was only after she said that I tried out a few sketches from the book for which I am very grateful to her.
The above one is a sketching of His Highness Sringeri Sri Sri Bharathi Theertha Swamigal, the disciple of Sri Sri Abhinava Vidya Theertha Swamigal and the current Sankaracharya of the Sringeri Sharadha Peetam. He is decorating the Peetam since 1989 following the Samadhi of His Highness Sri Sri Abhinava Vidya Teertha Swamigal.
Ok. Do you all think I sketch only divine pictures?. :D, He he that needs a lot of patience, dedication and a feel of divinity inside. Here goes one of my painting for my mother. The image is not of my own imagination, and it was from a site and I got it from google images. I do not own any copyright for the image, but only for the lines, written by me.
And one of my favourite - Jesus Christ.
Again the below one is from the book that I borrowed from my friend. Thanks friend :)
Below one is a try in OHP sheet and glass colours. The black lines were drawn with the help of CD markers and coloured backside, so that there would be a good finishing to the picture.
Of course, so many of them would have recognized who He is. Yes. He is the great Saint Sri Sri Raghavendra Swami, whose Primary Brindavanam is in Manthralayam. He was born in Tamil Nadu to Kannada Brahmin parents. His birth name was Venkatanatha. Most of His days were passed in Sri Mutt, where he emerged as a great scholar. He initially had a family, and later he moved to Sri Mutt, where he took Sanyasa. He travelled throughout India preaching Dvaita philosphy. During his Samadhi, He attained Samadhi in Manthralayam, which is the Moola Brindavana of Rayaru, assuring that he would live in this world for seven hundred years, out of which almost three hundred years are over.
Again a pencil sketching from the book.
A very old painting using water colours. I think it is ten years old now.
This is a very old picture (almost 15 yrs old) and I remember painting this on the day before my Revision examination. Some of my left over sketch pens and Camel colour pencils.
Again, from the book.
The below picture is painted on OHP Sheet, and coloured using pearl acrylic and glass colours. The picture is that of a Vaishnavite Saint, Sri Madhvacharya also called Ananda teertha and played a great role in the Hindu Bhakti Movement. He is believed to be the third incarnation of Vayu( First being Hanuman and then Bhima - people would remember the story where Hanuman met Bhima in Mahabharata where Hanuman said Bhima as "His brother"). He was a strict follower of Dvaita Philosophy, and a promoter of the same.
One of the very famous moments in Ramanyana, where Lord Rama hugs Hanuman. In Ramayana, it is told that Lord Rama hugs some people while greeting, but it is only Hanuman whom he hugs seeing His love for Lord Rama.
A simple brown stick pen was used to draw this sketch. This picture is that of a Holy Saint, the Then Kanchi Kamakoti Peethathipathi and who lived for 100 years, where people describe him as Lord Shiva in Kaliyug. Jagadguru Sri Chandra Sekarendra Saraswathi Swamigal, was the 68th Jagadguru in the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, referred by people as Maha Periyaval or Paramacharyal. He was given Sanyasasraman at an early age of thirteen, and was named Chandrasekarendra Saraswati. His knowledge on every subject would make people dumbstruck when they hear to His teachings. He was indeed a well of knowledge, which would not dry at any time. In fact, Acharya, stopped a custom that was followed in the Mutt - he started using Khadi clothes instead of silk clothes. His preachings included following the Dharmic path and following the family values of oneself. He was a follower of Advaita.
Again, the same pic as the first, coloured in OHP sheet.
Most of my paintings would be found inspired by Artist Padmavasan, disciple of The Great Artist Silpi.
So, here goes my birthday card. Justrite stamps and stencils have been used for colouring. The sentiments were stamped on a separate paper, coloured, cut, and pasted in the main card using glue dots to get a 3D effect. Later I realized whether I used too many colours, where I just need to replace birthday sentiment with "Happy Holi". :D
Again, the Happy birthday 3D cut is from Justrite collections, with flowers made from Cheery Lynn dies and the capsule collection(thanks Jovita) papers were used on a thick purple card stock.
This one is a simple card with cuttlebug embossed folders with angel pink Momento ink and Cheery Lynn dies with Justrite Stamps.
Below one is from TIm Holtz/Itsy Bitsy/Kaiser Craft/Justrite stamps. I just wanted to make this card very simple and hence coloured the edges of the die cut and stamped sentiments.
Below is one of my favourite combinations. The moment I saw the Sunflower die, I am in love with it. Hence trying to make all possible combinations in my cards. Again, all dies are from Spellbinders/Cheery Lynn and stamps from Justrite.
Please do leave your comments so that I would take it as an oppurtunity to improve in the crafting world.
The above card was made with the "Wedding vows - Cheery Lynn" and frame dies from Spellbinders. All supplies are from Die Cuts and More. Mansi has an excellent collection in her store and she is ready to help any person who is in need of his/her crafting needs. Excellent customer support and the encouragement that she provides to the budding crafters by helping to select the products is excellent.
Above one is using the justrite stamp(many thanks to Jef Punches-fb) and Itsy Bitsy's fantastic collections of flower embellishments.In fact, the easel used for display is from Itsy Bitsy too.
The above one is a complete imagination of my mind, using a variety of dies and stamps. Ofcourse, the card stock is from Itsy Bitsy, the stamp is from Tim Holtz, the sentiment is from justrite and again, to mention, the dies are from DCAM.
Again, one of the anniversary cards, credit goes to DCAM for her Spellbinders/Cheery Lynn/Memory box dies, Justrite stamps and Itsy Bitsy's superb collection of flower embellishments.
This is a tri-shutter card. Tutorial to follow soon along with measurements.
Above one is a very simple anniversary card, where I have used the heat embossing technique. I initially stamped the image with the versamark ink and used silver flavour(WoW! - found in itsy bitsy) on top of it. The stickers on four corners are collected from itsy bitsy as well. The wording are done through the glitter pens. Itsy bitsy has it. :-)
Again, I have used a bunch of things with distress inks, in a musical background with an embossing folder, the die cut taken from Itsy Bitsy and the stamp from kraftzone; Happy birthday MS punch from Die cuts and More, and the flowers with simple Jef punches.
Please leave some comments and I would like to use it in my future projects.
