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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Decoupage - Laptop Tray

Hello Friends!

Here is another decoupage makeover using the new launch by BobNBetty - specialty decoupage papers! Check the complete range here.  This is my last post as DT member for Bob N Betty.

I transformed this  old used laptop table -

Into this beautiful elegant & should I say royal one - 

For the frame of the table I have sponge dabbed pearl acrylic paint to coordinate with the paper. The peacock paper & the pearl paint render a royal look to the table! This is beautiful in real :-) !

The paper was smaller than the table so I have also sprayed some glimmer mist & extended the peacock feathers using paints to bring it all together.

To finish I added some crackle stamping for texture!  Several coats of varnish sealed the decoupage & viola; I have a brand new table!

Hop over to the blog here for some more amazing projects by the DT!

Linking this to - 

Pink Gem Challenge#172 - 7.7

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - 13.7

Pixies Crafty Workshop#235.html - 2.7

Classic Design Team Challenge - 27.6

Hobby Garasjen#38 - 25.7

Altered Eclectics - 30.6 - RUNNER UP

Country View Challenges - 30.6

Anything but Cute Challenge#14 - 4.7

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Itsy Bitsy - Sizzix Blog Hop

Hello Friends & Welcome! 

If you are joining the Itsy Bitsy-Sizzix blog hop, you must have come here from the Itsy Bitsy blog, if not click here for the complete list & rules for joining the blog hop.

This is the card I shared on Itsy Bitsy blog using the FLORESSA die - 

Please leave a comment here on my post & I will select one lucky winner who wins this sizzix die - 

Your next stop of the hop is - Sharada. Please note the DT links will be activated only as we reveal the team.

Itsy Bitsy

Tanvi - you are here

Sharada

Gopi

Lekha

Remya

We also have a month long challenge where it is anything goes using a Sizzix die or embossing folder. Find all the details here.

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Decoupage - Key Holder

Good Morning!

Very excited to share my first post as blog coordinator for Itsy Bitsy, India's largest craft & hobby megastore. Hop over to the Itsy Bitsy blog post where I share a decoupage pictorial of this key holder.

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Watch Box - Decoupage

Good Morning & welcome back!

Its another decoupage share today. This watch box was a gift to a dear friend. 

Sometime back I made a wall planter using textures & metallic shades & loved the color. I have used the same color here too.

The newspaper print is a gift wrapping paper I had picked on a trip to Sri Lanka some years ago, yes I am a hoarder! Used the same acrylic paint to add some stencilled patterns on the lid.

Embellished the inside of the lid with MDF alphas & a intricate clock.

Sharing this at - 

 Simon Says Stamp Challenge/ - 15.6

The Male Room challenge#37 - 21.6

Tuesday Throwdown#297 - 13.6

Creative Corner challenges - 9.6

CraftyCalendar Challenge - 28.6

Luna Girl Moonbeams - 30.6

Craft for the Craic  Challenge - 30.6

Craftin Desert Divas - 19.6

Polkadoodle Week-22 - 17.6

Crop Stop#17 - 12.7

Word Art Wednesday#234-235 - 22.6

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Baby Boy - Shadow box frame

Good Morning!

The Bob N Betty - Tiny Tots paper pack is totally mesmerizing! Each time I receive the papers I am amazed at the detailing in the patterns - the illusion of depth & layers just keeps me staring at the designs! This pack is so very shabby chic & I just love the soft baby color. Here is what I made - a 12x12 shadow box frame.

 Almost all the embellishments used inside the frame are from the pack itself! I have used foam squares & small wooden cubes to pop up the fussy cut elements!

Here are some close ups -

The box has two photo mats for baby pictures - 

Sharing at - 

Eclectic Ellapu Challenge- 31.5

SSS Wednesday challenge/ - 1.6

Crafting with an attitude#15 - 31.5

Our-crafty-corner#9 - 4.6
Worldwide open design team challenge.html - 13.6

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Sending Hugs - Peerless Watercolors

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Today I have a card share. The highlight here is the beautiful water lily colored with peerless watercolors.

Sharing this at - 

SSS Challenge - 18.5

Catch the bug Challenge - 21.5

Pink Gem Challenge#169 - 27.5

Crafting-with-friends#20 - 19.5

Stamping Sensation Challenge - 1.6

Fantasy Stampers Challenge#62 - 20.5

Docerela Challenge#102 - 19.5

One Crazy Stamper Challenge - 31.5

Penny black at all Sorts Challenge - 31.5

Pennys Challenge#277 - 18.5

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Especially for You - Bleaching Technique

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Sharing a card today in which I have colored the heat embossed butterfly using the bleaching technique. I also have a tutorial on this, which you can see here. I always loved the pink & kraft combo.........what do you think of the touch of gold!!!

Here is a close up of the butterfly, I achieved the shaded look by controlling the amount of bleach. The diagonal stripes on the side are hand drawn & heat embossed.

Sharing this at - 

Crafting for all Seasons#126 - 24.5

Crafting by designs - 17.5

SSS - Monday Challenge - 16.5

Pile-it-on#107 - 14.5

Crafty Gals Corner#71 - 28.5

The Sisterhood of Crafters - 22.5

Sparkle n Sprinkle Creative Challenges - 25.5

Live Laugh Stamp Challenge - 

Get Creative Challenge#38 - 25.5

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Double Easel Card with tags

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When I received the Bob N Betty - Amor Mio collection I was amazed at the endless possibilities the paper pack offered. It had tags, frames, paetterns to make embellishments, sentiments & even layouts! I wanted to incorporate so many of these elements in my card. So here it is a beautiful romantic but vintagy double easel card. Hop over to the blog here, where I share a pictorial to make this. Hope you enjoy it!

Sharing this at - 

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - 30.5 

Inspiration Destination#84 - 11.5

Word Art Wednesday#229 - 11.5

DeepOcean#128 - 16.5

Tuesday Throwdown#292 - 10.5

Quirky Crafts#5 - 28.5

Creative Knockouts#140 - 11.5

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Decoupage - Wall Planter

Today's post is for Sharada of HappyMomentzz, a crafty pal I met along my blogging journey. HappyMomentzz specializes in adorable & quirky scrapbooks, journals & baby books. Sharada's venture turns 5 in May & I am joining her celebration by guest designing for her. Hop over to her blog, where I share this decoupaged metal planter. 

These galvanized items are the newest additions to the Itsy Bitsy range of decoupage blanks & so is the vintage butterfly pattern paper. 

Linking this to - 

SSS - Monday Challenge - 9.5 

SSS - Wednesday Challenge - 10.5

Anything but Cute Challenge#13 - 3.6

Live and Love Crafts Challenge#47 - 31.5

Pile it on Challenge#107 - 22.5

Dream Valley Challenge#130 - 7.5

Craftin Desert Divas - 8.5

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - 30.5 

Country View Challenge - 30.5

Stamplorations Challenge - 31.5

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Plaid Background - Birthday Card

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Popping by to share a fun card with a stamped plaid background (Mudra Stamps - Play with lines), inks used - Simon Says Stamp). The adorable sentiment is a Studio G stamp from Itsy Bitsy.

For this card I wanted the background to pop through the bold OMG in the sentiment. For this I heat embossed the stamped sentiment on vellum & colored the letters with the Chameleon pens & overlaid the vellum panel on the plaid background. This not only muted the background but created a faux plaid effect in the letters too! Awesome!

Sharing this at - 

Addicted to CAS#87 - 13.5 - TOP 3

Addicted to Stamps#192- 10.5

Creative Card Crew#112 - 14.5

Caseplorations#May - 31.5

Stamping Sensations Challenge - 31.5

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Guest Designer - Crafty Boots Challenge

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Today I am Guest Designing for Crafty Boots Challenge, where the theme is MONOCHROME - you can use any materials you like to make anything you like, for example, a card, a box top, a gift bag, a scrapbook page, or an ATC, an inchie. I chose to make a card in a rather bold combination - black & orange, inspired by my card here. The stamped (Stampendous stamp) zinnia colored with distress inks  is fussy cut & over laid on a card panel, the diagonal background of which is heat embossed. Here is another card using the same stamp in which I used Gansai Tambi watercolors for the zinnia.

SHARING THIS AT - 

Penny Black at all Sorts Challenge- 30.5

CAS Mixup Challenge.html - 24.5 - stamping, heat embossing, coloring

Cute Card Thursday Challenge#423 - 4.5

Fantasy Stampers Cahllenge#61 - 6.5

SSS Wednesday Challenge - 4.5

Seize the Birthday Challenge - 3.5

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