tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50433327000888429152026-05-03T23:10:44.799+01:00Quilling, sewing, cardmaking,altered art and.... what notSheetal Ahlawathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892893542102974822noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043332700088842915.post-15361308028041029212022-05-28T14:36:00.002+01:002022-05-28T14:39:52.336+01:00

I have been MIA from the blog for a long time, but I have been busy (creatively speaking). I have started new hobbies ; cooking, gardening and crocheting. When I started learning crochet I took up  a very big project and instantly regretted it. It was the Harry Styles inspired crochet cardigan that I saw on tiktok. I started crocheting and didn't know what I am doing. But finally finished it

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Quilled Frame We are well into winter and I am sharing this quilled autumn maple leaf frame with you all. I made it for my daughter's birthday party in October, but Covid 19 put a spanner in all the programmes. Quilled frameHere are a few photos that I clicked , sorry no 'in process' photos as I was too engaged in the project.

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New Quilling Design quilled elephant I saw a beautiful quilled elephant on instagram and it inspired me to make this piece. Unfortunately I can't remember he quiller's profile or her name or I would have tagged her here. The quilled elephant took long to be completed. Around 15 hours. My problem is that I  have to finish the piece in one go otherwise I lose interest and then the piece

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A disclaimer first. I am a novice at making quilled mandala.These three Quilled doilies are my first which I made over three days during Diwali. It all started with making quilled Diya gifts for a friend and then I was hooked.  Quilled circle for diya I have been wanting to make quilled mandalas for years but always got scared by looking at the perfection in symmetry and desgin that

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I have used uniko stamps flower power 1 to make these flowers.  Quilled Egg Quilled the egg in pastel colors. First I cut the egg base from spellbinders egg die, made the outline with on the edge quilling and then filled the egg with quilled shapes and beehive quilling. The yellow background  has come out darker than it really is. This is my first quilled Easter card and I

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I am learning quilled typography now a days. Today I want to share quilled monogram I. I have made this monogram for a very special lady. She is a second mother to me.Lots of things in my life, I learned  from her. She truly symbolises the saying, " Friends are the Family You Choose". Though In the last twelve years, we have hardly met four-five times and talked on phone even less, But

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Altered Art I have a couple of book boxes that I bought from TK MAXX. But the idea, to make a book box, never occured to me till I watched a video where the crafter decorated the graphic 45 book box.   Bless YouTube for the "suggested videos", and I landed on a tutorial which showed how to make the book box. Here is my first attempt made from coco pops snack bar box, The second

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 I love crafts and me stamps. Got a couple of them recently. I have used webster's pages patterned paper for background and sizzix thinlit frames die. The flowers are from my stash.new Etsy.Mini(12449204,'thumbnail',4,1,0,'https://www.etsy.com'); I am entering this card in the following challenges Crafts and Me : Spring Time Kitty Bee Designs : Living Things with Wings

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Made this shabby chic paper fan a long time back and gifted it to a friend. It's my facebook profile now. Got the paper fan from the works, my favouritest craft store. I think I got 3 for £1. It was my first attempt at altering a paper fan and think it turned out good. The ribbon roses and the big lacey flower are all handmade. The beaded danglers, I bought from India.  The ivory guipure

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Quilling Hindi Words Made this Quilling Typography canvas today. I wanted to finish it quickly as Holi is coming. It falls on 13th March this year. Took me two days to finish it. Got the idea of putting water guns later. The quilled water guns cover the blank space nicely, me thinks. The word Holi is quilled in Hindi, my mother tongue. Those blog friends, who don't know what Holi is, it is

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I am on a roll now a days. Making lots of quilled flowers. Quilling is definitely time consuming.But also therapeutic and calming. I have learned so many different crafts in the last ten years, but Quilling remains my first love. Though I have to confess that I am a slow learner :) I want to learn quillography too. I first Tried quillography when I made a scrapbook for my Parents' Anniversary.

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                           Sneak Peak of Blog Candy Giveaway Open World Wide                      I am a great TKMAXX fan. Love all the cutlery, furniture and book boxes. And not to                          

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I made this card, using free papers and bird stamps from cardmaking and papercraft magazine's latest issue. Colored with promarkers and used my handmade ribnon roses to decorate.

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This post is for Lulupu craft challenge for the month of May. I wanted to try my hand on mini albums so I thought to join in the fun. Not that I have much experience of making 12 x 12 albums. My first and only attempt till date at scrapbooking was when I made an album for my parents' anniversary. What I dread in making albums, is how to fill space. In that sense, mini albums pose less risk 😊.

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Its been a while that I blogged here. I am venturing into a new arena with this card ; vintage/shabby chic cards. I have combined quilling with gorgeous justrite stamp.  Materials Used : Paper:  Prima, Anna griffin Stamp: Justrite Fashion vintage labels six Quilling papers : JJ quilling Dies : Justrite Vintage labels one           Spellbinders

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This is the first time I am entering Beyond Grey challenges. This time round they have 'Sweet Tooth challenge with color palette. I have used shades of yellow, blue, green and brown from the palette. I think it can be gifted to some cute little fellow. I have heat embossed the image. First I used versamagic chalk ink Jumbo Java, but it didn't hold the embossing powder. Then I used Brilliance

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I made this scrapbook for my parents' 41st wedding anniversary ( which was last December). I had all the photos saved in my laptop, but it decided to ditch me and gave up ghost. As I had already sent the album to India, I had to ask my brother to take photos of the pages and send me.  quilled numbersThere are only six pages in the album as I couldn't make more because of my laziness. But I

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I have seen some creations in black and red and the combination is so classic and pretty. So this time I decided to try my hands on making something in black and red. But I had nothing in black so I CHEATED.I die cut the cardboard which came with my template. ( The ones that come with dies or plastic templates to prevent them from bending in the mail). Then painted it with black ready mix paint.

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I am still in stick pin making mode. This time I experimented by using a small bracelet chain and attaching it to the heart key. The patterned paper is from a pad by MAMBI. Dies used are spellbinders ornamental tags 1 and spellbinders lace heart. I used ' vintage photo' to distress the edges. The love heart stamp is a freebie from a magazine. I stamped it in versamark ckalk ink and heat embossed

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Last week also I made a card using the same magnolia tilda stamp. Here again I have colored it using 'no lines' coloring technique. The ribbon flowers were bought from our local haberdashery shop. The fabric flower on the sentiment stamp ( crafty Individuals) is handmade. I followed a video on youtube ( Fiona Jennings) to make this fabric flower. Fiona is an amazing crafter. The inner side panels

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This is my first attempt at making a shabby chic/ vintage card. I chose this cute magnolia tilda with hearts image. I have tried No Line stamping here. The roses  and buttons are from hobbycraft. The stick pin is handmade. In the first photo, the pink die cut on the base of the easel looks square, but it is actually a rectangle. I couldn't get it right however hard I tried :) Also, if you

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Entering this card for Scrapology and Lavinia Stamps Challenges

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This is my second calendar this year, the other one is HERE. I am going to send this calendar to India for my Papa. I often made some decorations for his office. He always appreciated them, never let me think that they are ameature or not worthy to be put in the office of an esteemed surgeon. I have used patterned papers from Pink Paislee ( hope chest), Kaisercraft, Prima ( Zephyr), MME,

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This calendar is made by my daughter Ananya who is 8.  My contribution in this calendar is cutting the papers to size. The color combination, designing, choice of stamp and coloring is all done by Ananya. She is very much interested in stamping and likes to watch promarker coloring videos. I am entering her calendar to Lulupu Calendar challenge. Creative Creations : Anything goes Crafty

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