Mini Seascape

Hi Friends

Sharing a small seascape with you today, I do love how this has turned out.....

 I have used a big Jar lid as my substrate .....just goes to show anything can be your canvas :) 

After two coats of Gesso and texture using grainy paste and cheese cloth, I created my seascape with some seashells, found objects and clay embellishments...... there are various layers of gesso, cheese cloth, grainy paste, Acrylic inks , dry brushing and alcohol inks here.....

using various color sprays and dry brushing with white Gesso .......

My final layers were Alcohol Splash from Itsy Bitsy  , spray with Alcohol to move the colors so that the contrast from white dry brushed layers is more as the darker color settles in the deep areas. 

Have sealed the back with thick cardboard from the back, this can be used as a big fridge magnet or fix a hook and this can beautify any part of your home....do hope you like it .....

linking to : https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

https://splashymixchallenge.blogspot.com/p/how-to-play.html April Challenge- Mixed Media Challenge ...Altered Arts....inspired by the 'Sea' colors and feel in the inspiration pic 

https://mixedmediaplace.blogspot.com/2021/03/march-2021-challenge.html

https://mixedmediaacademy.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-challenge.html

Please do leave your comments. I would love to read what you say and I would love to visit your blog too !!

Bottle Cap Wind Chimes

Four strand Bottle cap Wind Chime 

So I have been playing with Bottle caps and I love the results!! Picture heavy post.............pl bear with me.

Four strand Bottle cap Wind Chime 

Bottle Cap Wind Chimes

Flower shape Bottle chime with Kundan stones and recycled bell

Flower shape bottle cap wind chime with Kundan stones and recycled bell

Flower shape Bottle cap wind chime with Kundan stones and recycled bell

Flower shape bottle cap wind chime with Kundan stones and recycled bell

Three strand bottle cap wind Chime with Flute and recycled bell

All supplies except eight big crystals, ribbon and the nylon thread are recycled. I got the bottle caps from our local scrap dealer who comes to collect stuff from our neighbourhood ( the kabadiwala), took the help of a young boy ( our electrician) to flatten the caps and punch holes with a nail and a hammer..........after that it was painting the caps on both sides with acrylic colors ( this did not take much time )

........................., I used metallic silver, pearl green and pearl blue  to paint the bottle caps, then used glass colors over them, created textures with black outliner.  I love using glass colors over metal and glass and they give a lovely glazed effect. For embellishing these I have used sequins, seed beads, kundan stones, glass beads, shiny butterflies, glittery leaves and chunky glitter ( everything that shines and reflects found a way on them). Hardly any two caps are similar in design, when I ran out of glittery stuff and patience, I used a cotton bud to dot some with metallic paints.  Threaded the caps with nylon thread and used bells saved from old curtain hangings and a broken chime. I have used ribbons in blue and silver tied to the hanging rods ( read one recycled flute from 'krishna' and  a scrap piece of wood colored with a dry brush technique) 

Bottle cap wind Chime

I thoroughly enjoyed working on this project and now have some really really exclusive chimes at home................my thanks to Yvonne and lessology for  this !!

Pl do let me know your views, suggestions, feed back.......If you have any question, please leave a comment 

linking to Lessology: open that bottle
Craft My Life
lexiscreations Challenge-98

The Crafting Cafe
Altered Eclectics

Edit : This project came Top 3 in Lessology challenge

Altered Items for Arty stuff storage

Altered  box and bottle

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I have altered an old packaging box I had and embellished the cover of it with pattern paper, quilling, border stickers some 3-D glitter  and rhinestones. The bottle is a Mango crush pack prettied up with some PP, border sticker, raffia  and some paint. I like to keep my paint brushes in this wide mouth tall bottle away from dust. 
The total cost of the project is PP Rs 2/-+quilling strips Rs 2/-+raffia, Rs 1/-+border strip Rs 5/-+ bling Rs 2/-+ fevicol MR Rs 2/-& handmade paper scrap = Rs 14/-
some more pics.....

thanks for visiting, hope you like it.................

linking to lessology-challenge-24
        the-thrifty-crafter
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Quilled card using recycled magzine border strips

Hi Friends

sharing a simple quilled card made using hand-cut  magazine border strips.

This magazine had lovely pastel colors and design on the borders. Here's a side view so you can see the details.  

Hope you like it. 

Pl do leave your comments and suggestions, Its a pleasure to hear from you ...

linking to cuddlebugcuties

DIY Wooden Abacus school project -Tutorial

Wooden Abacus school project
This is a wooden abacus I made for my son's school project for computers under the topic Early  computing devices. The whole project is made up of recycled stuff and uses a glue gun and a red permanent marker.

Wooden Abacus school project

As abacus making is a common project in schools, I thought of sharing this simple project  as it may be useful for primary and middle level school goers and their mothers. 

Things I used for this project are :

1. Two broken photo frames
2. Thin Bamboo sticks taken out of waste pieces of window blinds. ( you can use any thin sticks or even wires)
3. Wooden beads (local purchase). You can use any kind of glass, plastic or clay beads.
4. glue gun
5. Marker to show the place value of numbers

Thin Bamboo sticks taken out of waste pieces of window blinds.

In fact I started quilling using these thin bamboo sticks. the project is quite simple and I don't think a detailed tutorial is needed. 

Follow these easy steps:

• Trim the bamboo sticks to fit the frame.
• Thread ten beads each on every stick.
• Arrange on the frame and fix using glue gun both at the top and bottom of the frame.
• Write place value on the frame. 
• Fix the other frame Back to back to give a neater appearance (in case like me you happen to have a spare one otherwise it is not necessary). 

some more pics to make it more clear.

 I have made the place markings both at the top and the bottom of the frame.

This is a fully working model and can easily be hung in the classroom or above the children study table. 
I enjoyed sharing this little project with you and hope you find it useful. 

I am linking this to itsybitsy craft-awards  in their Kids Craft Project of the Year  of the year category.  Wish me luck!

Recycled Beer Bottle Vase

Hi Friends

This is a beer bottle I up-cycled into a vase using just Pidilite white m-seal. I cut the bottle by using a string and nail-polish remover. I did this when there was no one in the house to stop me from getting adventurous as this involves heating the bottle and then immersing in cold water. In case you want to try this, there are some good tutorials on the net but in case you can not find one do write and I'll find for you. 

As the cut was not too clean and am not so patient as to sand it to get cleaner edges, I used my favorite Shilpakar white to seal the top edges. I used Shilpakar (M-seal) to make the motif on the bottle.I did it all free hand without any drawing. Did not feel the need to add any color as the contrast of the brown bottle with  white Shilpakar (Mseal) looked good to me.  You do not need any adhesive as m-seal alone fixes very well to the glass.

This can be used for flowers or to keep your paint brushes and other crafty stuff. I like to keep my paint brushes in a tall broad mouth bottle( can be seen in these pics behind the bottle vase)

Hope u like it, pl do leave your comments. 

Recycled/ Painted Glass bottle.............glass turns to Gold

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This is a XXX Rum bottle I recycled sometime back using gold Acrylic colour and Fevicryl Hobby ideas glass colours. The image is an old cut-out from a magazine which has been decoupaged on the glass bottle using Fevicol MR after a little bit of retouching with golden colour.

The bottle has a raised design on which I used gold acrylic as an outliner and filled the little spaces inside with the jewel toned Fevicryl Hobby Ideas water based glass colours.

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The raised border around the image and the design on the neck of the bottle is made by M-seal  and painted with gold acrylic. You do not need any adhesive as m-seal alone fixes very well to the glass.For those not familiar with M-seal  is an epoxy resin. It is actually a substance used by plumbers to seal leaks. It is manufactured as white Mseal for hobby crafts by Pidilite Industries and is quite inexpensive and easy to use. 

I distressed the neck of the bottle with gold acrylic and glass colours.

Here is the Bottle in its previous avatar

.............and here after transformation

And here's the back of the bottle in full vibrant gold and jewel tones. looks really nice when the lights shine on it and the lovely play of  multicolored lights cast their own spell. I want to make it into a lamp shade. Any suggestions?? A friend of mine commented, " Wow, Glass turns to Gold"

Am really happy with the way this has turned out. Awaiting your feedback on this.

I am linking this to Itsy Bitsy challenge  in their 3 D project of the year category.  Its the first time I am entering any of my projects in a competition. Wish me luck!
linking to Sarahhurleychallenges and cuddlebugcuties
linking to The Shabby Nest, frugal-friday13