Quilled Ganesh and Lotus Tealight holder by DT Ishani

Hello Dear Crafters,

 

I hope you had lovely Diwali celebrations. What a moment of pride we had when we didn't hear any crackers in our society, a moment of joy today and for our future. We must leave our earth for our kids at least liveable and breathable, just as our parents gave it to us. Lets carry on the cheer and celebrations in this post as well for the festive season of Diwali and let me show you how I made a 3-D Quilled Ganesh Fridge Magnet and a Quilled  Lotus Tea light holder.

3 D Ganesh Fridge Magnet

For this you will need:

Quilling strips (5mm, 3mm)

Quilling slotted tool

Glue

Card board base

Pretty pattern paper

Magnetic sheet

Scissors

1.  I took skin coloured 5mm quilling strips and stuck four of them together and started coiling it and shaping it in the form of Ganesh’s head and trunk. After achieving the desired shape, stick the strip and also apply a coat of glue inside the hollow, so that the shape holds.

2.    With the similar colors I shaped the ears, arms, hands and feet. I used a red color strips for the chest and stomach and orange to make the dhoti laden legs. I used 3mm strips only for His ears, hands and feet. I arranged them to see if they would fit in togeteher. Make sure to apply glue inside or behind the shapes to hold them in place or else while arranging the pieces the coils may slip off.

 

3.    For the base I took an old tag and covered it with a paper (you could use patterned paper) on which I stamped swastika (I earlier did one on crème paper then decided to use orange). Behind the tag I put a piece of 3mm wide magnetic sheet. Check the side which has magnetic effect and stick the opposite side to the tag.

4.    For the features I used 3mm strip of dark brown strip of paper for His eyes, eyebrows, white for tusks and red for the tilak.

 

 

5.   Now that my all elements were ready, I arranged the shapes and stuck them together. 

 

Quilled Lotus Tealight/diya holder

For this you will need:

Quilling strips (5mm)

Quilling slotted tool

Glue

Card board base

Acrylic paint

Brush

Tea light

Washi tape

Scissors

1.  Choose the 5mm strips of the colour of your choice. In my project I use five colours of Orange and red family. I planned to make it a lotus shape and so all the shapes are tear drop shape. 

2. I personally prefer to tear the paper even at the ends before sticking them together. They give a neat look when rolled into any shape.

3. With a slotted needle I roll out the shapes, four strips stuck together, rolled, shaped into a tear- drop shape and stuck with glue after tearing off the end.

 

4. The number of tear drops that you will require will depend upon the base you decide to have. I have a 9cm diameter circle cut off a waste card board, for which my outer most layer had 20 tear drops. I give it a paint coat in similar color of my strips of paper and at the outer edge stick my quilled tear drops with glue (the tweezer and slotted tool are supporting them till they dry).

5.  I put some pretty washi tape  around the tealight, to make it look festive too.  And then, after some sweet labour of rolling and shaping, arranged and stuck the different colored tear drops in two more concentric circles.

 

      

6.  All put together, the quilled lotus tealight holder looks like this.

I hope you liked these and would attempt something similar. Don't forget to join us  in our monthly challenge, hardly any days left!

All the material listed above are available at Rainbow craftykari store or you could also Pre-order by mailing us at rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com.

Sending you - 'Craft till you drop' wishes.

Ishani

Quillish

Ganesha Diwali Home Decor Piece Tutorial by GDT Vinita Jain

Hello Everyone!

Happy October!

This is a month of the festive season and Diwali is my most favorite festival, so there is no question about what I love to create with the Mixed Media projects!

You can surprise your guests and visitor this Diwali with your own handmade creation, no need to buy from the market now!

Today I want to show you my new MM project on coming festive occasion And to inspire for this month challenge "Lights & Celebrations".

And here it goes.............!!!!!!

I converted a piece of plywood into a magical wall decor art. I coated it with Plaster of Paris with the textured look.

Give a new life to Lord Ganesha by using any kind of pearl colors.

Happy with the results using Fevicryl Pearl colors, Terracotta and Old gold Inka Gold!

Now time to create a background scene for Lord Ganesha.

Using air dry clay and a mould I made some embellishments to decorate and let it dry them for a full day.

Now given a coat of gesso to all of them. Don't worry about some cracks because they are very delicate, it will hide with some embellishments:) Fixed metal holders to hang the decor piece.

Applied fevicol and sealant to paste them all.

Die cut lots of different flowers and leaves out of Iris paper, perfect for flower making using Iris sheet.

Soak the flowers and leaves in the water bowl for a minute and inked them using distress inks.

Shaped them using golf groove tool and embossing pad as shown in the pic, perfect for textures and details.

Now time to create the background. Misted the piece with different color splashes. Firstly I started with turquoise color mist bottle at all 4 corners with the height of 4 or 4.5" gap. Then misted with midnight blue, not on the middle part because I wanted the Ganesha to highlighted in sunbursts color effect! Then misted with dirty pink near the pillars. After that misted with chalk ultramarine and golden canary. You will easily achieve the same results as shown in the pic.

Now rubbed all the white part using old gold and turquoise Inka gold to highlight the detailing work as shown in the pic. And applied a little bit at the surface and chippies too!

Here are some close-ups for the detailing work:

Rub some Inka gold on the metal charm OM word. Paste it on the tea holder and embellished it with some gemstones.

Now embellished the whole piece with my own handmade flowers and few rhinestones, gems. See the details in close-ups clearly!

And covered the backside with the corrugated sheet attached a heart-shaped border at the bottom.

Here is the finished project and ready to hang on the wall. I am really happy that this time I will decorate my Pooja place with my own wall decor piece!!! 😊

Isn't it gorgeous at all!!!

Hope you all enjoyed this project and try to make for yours one too to decorate your home this Diwali! Love to see what you come up with our new challenge here.


Supply list:

Plywood piece

Iris paper

Dies: Flower 2 from Joy crafts; Sunflower from Cheery Lynn; Small tattered florals from Sizzix Thinlits;

Chipboard: Papericious- patterns

Distress inks: fossilized amber, carved pumpkin, fired brick, candied apple, mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, mowed lawn, lucky clover,

Air clay dry from Sculpt Dry

Moulds: Baroque 6- Vintage art mould from IOD Prima

Gesso: Camel

Inka Gold: Turquoise, old gold

13 arts Ayeeda Mist: pastel turquoise, chalk dirty pink, chalk ultramarine

Gold alcohol splash: midnight blue, golden canary

Moda color- terracotta

Fevicryl pearl colors: pearl lemon, sparkling pearl golden green

Groove golf tool

Aleen's tacky glue

Other materials: Fevicol, Silicon glue, Different sizes and shaped rhinestones, Golden heart bead lace, A candle stand, OM metal charm, Glass pollens, colorful pollens, some mulberry flowers

All the above-used materials you can pre-order at the Rainbowcraftykari store and some are already available there!


Happy crafting!

Vinita Jain