DIY Paper Lamp shade

I am always fascinated by different varieties of candle, candle votives and shades available here, so when I wanted to try one easy candle votive with paper this idea from internet got my mind.

It is very to simple to make with normal things that you find around in home. Do try it and let me know how yours turned out :)

Materials needed:

Paper 

Cello tape

Pencil

Needle 

Flame less candle( LED electric candle )

Step 1

Place a paper above foam pad or any soft mat and start poking holes in a desired pattern. If you find it difficult to get a neat pattern draw the pattern in pencil first and then pierce it . 

Step 2                                                                                         

Using glue or cello tape seal the ends together .

Step 3

Place a flameless candle like this inside the paper shade that we made and keep it in a dark place to see how decorative it looks . You can use normal candle  also but it would not be safe to use paper around fire hence I chose flame less one. If using normal candle use a short candle and place it inside a glass container and then keep it inside the paper lamp shade.  

This is how it looks in the dark. 

Crochet Daisy blanket

Spring has sprung!!!!

All my yarns are back to the stash. Winter was awesome with little snow on and off ..  It was my first snow experience and I enjoyed it with crocheting my own winter accessories and blankets.. 

 I made this blanket several months ago , it is the second blanket that I made . Happened to come across one of the lucid tutorial  Here  and tried the same. 

I chose dark raspberry ,pink and yellow yarn for my blanket. 

5.5mm crochet hook

Hobby lobby's I love my yarn 5mm

Made 36 squares totally and joined it with slipstitch and bordered it with double crochet . This blanket took me two weeks to complete. 

Popcorn granny square crochet blanket

Crochet Popcorn granny square blanket

It's been a reallyyyy long time since I posted something in my blog space . Am here today with my new addiction -crochet. It is my favorite  timepass nowadays . I did  learn crochet after coming to USA and this is the third blanket I made . Also i Have tried several hats and scarves which I will post in future posts.

Inspired by this Video tutorial  I made 108 granny squares and joined them all with single crochet . I  Used 4mm Bernat baby sport yarn in color ECRU and orange yarn from Pat catans( local craft  store in our area)

This blanket consumed two balls of 350g Bernat baby sport and two pounds of orange yarn with 9 columns and 12 rows .
Hook size 5.5mm

watercolor card

Good afternoon !!!

A very quick post on water color effect I tried for a challenge. After so many failure attempts I made this.

Incorporated masking technique and distressed with distress inks. Then sprayed some water with mini mister and used small brush to get the above effect .


Linking this to http://beyondgrey.blogspot.in/2014/08/bgc57-watercolors.html

Have a rainy day!!!!

Hope everyone is having good time enjoying this pleasant climate.!! These rainy days reminds me of my childhood days where I used to play in rain...But now
whenever it rains I used to watch it from the window thinking of those good old days.
Having that in mind I created this card

The actual stamp was like a girl holding a star . Using masking technique I stamped this girl without that star and added  this hand drawn umbrella . 

By spraying water I created the water effect at the bottom . 

Linking this toimaginations anything-goes-with-monsoons challenge

Paper Quilting !!

Tried this quilting technique with patterned papers today and am satisfied with the results. Used some of my scraps to create this card.

I did not like to decorate this card much so kept it very simple . Hope you like it:)

Linking this to http://catchychallenges.blogspot.in/2014/08/cscc-6.html

http://casology.blogspot.in/2014/08/week-107-stripe.html

Masculine Card

Hi!!!
        A quick post on masculine card! A very simple and CAS type card that I made today.

Created landscape with distress inks. Thought of getting a scattered clouds effect with blue distress ink, but i didnot succeed :( Hand drawn the golf stick and colored it. Placed a half pearl for golf ball. And stamped the sentiment .

Linking this to

http://lulupu.blulupu-challenge-36-make-it-macho
kraftzone challenge 8 cas