Diwali Lamp Inspiration by DT Priya Mishra

Hello Crafty Friends,

 

Priya here today with an Inspiration post for you. 

 

Today I'm going to share a Lamp. This is Diwali month and you all must be busy decorating your house. Then why not something handmade, quick and attractive. 

 

Here's my project...

 

 

 

Well, it was not very quick but I had fun making it. No, I have not followed any cutting files for this, made my own drawing here. Used a lot of things from my stash and a lot of new things too.

 

 

 

These are the materials I used to make this and I listed the same at the end of the post. So, for this first, I drew the outline of the lamp on a piece of paper and traced the same on the patterned paper. Then I cut out the unnecessary parts and attached vellum on the window panels. Then I assembled the lamp. 

 

After the upper part is done, I used a thermocol sheet to make the base of the lamp, so that it can stand properly. I cut it in a hexagon shape and attached cardstock on both sides to give it more strength. Then I attached the empty aluminium foil roll into it and covered the whole part with patterned paper. Then for attaching the lamp also I cut a small thermocol sheet and covered it with patterned paper and attached it to the tissue roll. Once the base is dried completely and looked firm, I attached the lamp on it.

 

Here, You can keep it unattached and adhere a tea light on it also. I'm planning to do that in future.

 

Then I attached laces on the borders to make it look more attractive, also attached some flowers which are from the store. Some leaf die cuts here and there and my lamp is ready.

 

Some more images 

 

 

Materials Used:

• White Cardstock

• Enogreeting Paper Pack

• Vellum

• Papericious Lace

• Thermocol Sheet

• Empty Foil roll

• Flowers 

• Die-cut Leaves

• Tacky Glue

• Paper Cutter

• Scissors

Hope you like my work. You can find all the above materials at Rainbow Craftykari Store or pre-order by sending email to rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com.

Don't forget to participate in the challenge here and you can win lots of exciting prizes.

Hugs,

Priya

Photo frame Tutorial by DT Anila

Hello, Friends!

I am back on the blog again with a tutorial post. This time I have a tutorial for a DIY photo frame.

I have explained it with complete details and lots of pictures making it easier for you to recreate the same.

With Diwali around the corner, I am sure this will be an awesome gift for your loved ones. I feel there is no other gift more personalized than photographs. Gifting memories in the form of photos are the best gift ever. But it is also necessary that your memorable photograph is framed in an equally beautiful photo-frame.

Let's learn how to make this frame with minimal supplies at hand.

Over to my Tutorial.

Cut 2 pieces of 7"x9" cardboard from a sheet.(This frame is for a 4 x 6 photo. The size of the cardboard pieces should be 1 and 1/2" more than the photo size from all 4 sides)

 

 

 

Mark the photo size - 4" x 6" in the centre of the cardboard. 

 

 

 

Cut the central rectangle window a little smaller than the actual photo size. (Approx. 3.75" x 5.75")

 

 

 

Cover the cardboard with a pattern paper by folding in the paper from all sides.

 

 

 

Mark and cut the smaller rectangle shown in the picture and again fold in the sides. 

 

 

 

The frame looks like this. 

 

 

 

Take the other cardboard and stick it on a solid cardstock of size 8" x 10". Cut 3 strips of craft foam (any colour) Stick them as shown on the 3 sides leaving one long side open. 

 

 

 

Fold the sides over the foam strip so it is not visible on the outside and stick them.

 

 

 

Cut and stick an acetate sheet to cover the window in the centre.

 

 

 

Apply glue tape/glue to the three sides with foam of the base cardboard and stick the top cardboard 

 

 

 

Like this...

   

 

Now to create a support stand for the frame. Take a piece of cardboard of size 2.5" x 4.5". Cover it completely (as shown in the picture) with the solid cardstock.

 

 

 

 

Take a piece of the same cardstock of sizes 2.5" x 1" and fold it in half. Take another piece of size 2" x 4.5", fold it in half and twist the two ends to form a half-inch step (refer picture). Stick one fold of these 2 pieces at the back of the stand as shown. (The 1" piece at the top and the other piece little away from the bottom.) 

 

 

 

Adhere the entire stand at the back of the frame by sticking the remaining two folds to it. 

 

 

 

The frame is now ready for decoration.

 

 

 

TIP: While inserting a photograph, stick a strip of paper at the backside... This helps easy sliding of the photo in/out of the frame. This strip can be folded at the back of the frame. (Refer Picture)

 

 

 

Final look of the frame

 

Picture Credit - Pixabay

Materials used 

• Cardboard
• Pattern Papers
• Coloured CS
• Acetate sheet
• Craft foam/Foam Tape
• Embellishments/Flowers/Laces/Chipboard

I would love to see if you make any. Do not forget to tag me :-)Do leave your lovely feedback in the comments below.

All the above-listed Materials are available at Rainbow Craftykari store or can be pre-ordered.

Love,
Anila Dikay 

Diwali Decor Ideas Tutorial by DT Mounika

Hi Everyone,

 

I am here on the blog with some Diwali decoration projects inspired by our ongoing challenge Celebrations and Lights.

 

Diwali is all about lights, sweets and celebrations. So I have a tutorial of slab Diya holders, a flower lantern and a hexagon tray. Yep, you guessed it right it's a long post ;)!

 

Here's a look at the final projects together:

 

Let's begin with the Slab Diya holders

• For this, I have used white cement.

• Take a plastic cup for mixing white cement with water and desired acrylic paint

• Pour this mixture in a ziplock bag- I took ziplock bags of size 4*6" and 5*6"

• Place a Diya at centre with some weight on it.

• Allow it to dry overnight.

 

 

Next, Flower lantern

• Cut cardstock in different sizes of petals to use as templates

• Trace down each petal 6 times on White Papericous Sigma Cardstock

• Cut all the petals

• Take 2 bowls of water- add orange and red Indian Inks. Dip the 2 smallest size petals in orange ink and the remaining petals in red ink and let it soak for some time. You can also use distress inks to colour the petals.

• Let all petals dry

• For base take disposable small cup, cut down the base make holes and use a binding wire with some pearls for the handle

• Using glue gun start attaching petals smallest to biggest

• Take a thick cardstock and attach it at the bottom

• Finish it off by adjusting petals and place tea light led candle

 

 

Lastly, Hexagonal tray

• For this, using a thick cardstock make a hexagonal template. Using the template cut chipboard in hexagonal shape for the base.

• Cut 4 pieces of 6.5" x 2" and  2 pieces of 6" x 2" each on cardstock and chipboard. Cut 12 pieces of 2 x 2" on cardstock.

• Use the longer cardstock pieces as hinges to stick the chipboard pieces to the hexagonal chipboard base and the 2" x 2" pieces to connect all sides to form a tray with depth.

• Finish the tray with pattern papers and decorate. I have used quilling decoration in this one. 

 
 

Here are some close ups:

   

 

Materials used Slab Diya holders

• White cement

• Ziplock covers

• Plastic cup

• Acrylic colours

• Tea light candles

• Ice-cream sticks

 

Flower lantern

• Papericous sigma cardstock

• scissors

• Indian inks scarlet and magenta

• Glue gun

• Binding wire

• Disposable cup

• Small pieces of heavy cardstock

 

Hexagonal tray

• Chipboard

• Cardstock

• Pattern papers

• Quilling strips

• Flowers

• Flower bead chain

• Pearls

• Glue gun

All the above-mentioned products are available at Rainbow Craftykari store or you can preorder them by sending an e-mail to rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com

Hope you're inspired by my projects!
Don't forget to link your projects to our current challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Mounika

Winners Challenge #5- Tropical Moodboard

Hello Everyone,

Today we're here to announce are September Challenge Winners. 

We've had many entries, and we love how you'll interpreted the tropical moodboard and came up with unique creations. Unfortunately, a lot of great entries did not follow the challenge guidelines, especially using the challenge banner/graphic in their post and hence had to be disqualified.  Please go through the guidelines so that we don't have to skip such beautiful projects.

Let's move on to the announcement...

The top three in no particular order are

1. Shilpa Nagaonkar

We love the simplicity and elegance of this tag! 

2. Sindhu's Color Crafts

This creations is an interesting alteration and a great take on the moodboard!

3. Arpita's Creative Journey

A very unique take on the moodboard with some great elements!

Top three, do grab your badges from the blog and flaunt them!

Now onto our winner....

Bharathi Nayudu from Happy Together

We love how the elements come together on this card- with a unique concept. Another factor is that she has clearly used elements from the moodboard and her creations reflects it! 

Kindly grab your badge from the blog and flaunt it. Do email us at rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com with the subject Challenge #5 Tropical Moodboard Winner to claim your voucher. 

We look forward to all your participation in our current challenge. Do check out various inspirations are member have for you over the month.