Fancy Key-holder

Key-holder

Today I will show you another key holder I made recently.......
I really love making these :)
This one especially is one of my favorites.....
The design is really simple, but the final product turned out very impressive....
Pardon the image quality.....It doesn't really do justice to the real thing :(
However, let me tell you how I made this...... 
I painted a wooden block 4"x 6" in acrylic color- black.
When it dried, I made some squiggly lines for the branches with my favorite:  3D outliner- gold......
Then I made some leaf outlines with the same outliner along the branches......
I finally stuck red teardrop shaped rhinestones inside the leaf outlines......
Thus, my fancy key- holder was ready......
This was sold the very next day :))
Hope you liked it.....
You can see the other 3D key holders I made, in my previous posts, Happy Home Key Holder and Under the Sea key holder
Have Fun and Thanks for visiting :)

DIY Painted Metal Butterfly Wind- chime

Yayyyy......
I am back!!!
I missed blogging so much.....
Anyways, Today I will show you how I turned a cheap wind chime into a fancy one!!
I saw this metal Butterfly wind chime at a dollar store recently, and I really liked it....
Butterflies are one of my favorites :)
I bought it instantly......

Butterfly wind chime

However, I was not so happy with the tan and orange colors it had.......

Butterflies are supposed to be colorful and vibrant!!!

So, I decided to revamp it.....

I colored it with acrylic colors- yellow and Violet and acrylic pearl color- blue.....

Metal Butterfly

Lastly, I embellished a little bit with my favorite 3D glitter outliners and Voila......

My pretty little wind chime was ready.....

Here is how it looked when it was done....

Aint it cute????

Painted Butterfly wind chime

This dainty butterfly now chimes merrily on my patio......
Hope you liked it....
Please comment to let me know if you do.....  :)

DIY Faux Metal Wall Art- Recycle Craft

Faux Metal Wall Art

Hi and welcome to my post on Faux Metal Wall Art......

This Wall art has a complete metallic look but is actually made from recycled cardboard, foil 

and paper grocery bag !!!!

I had saved a nice stiff cardboard used for a curtain packaging......

Using the cardboard as a base, I started this piece......

I stuck two pieces of corrugated cardboard ( again, recycled) on the base....

To add some more texture I used some leftover knick-knacks from an old project on the sides......

Then I stuck crumpled foil all over the piece using PVA glue......

After smoothing with a Q-tip I got my finished base.......

Then came the butterfly project :)

I made three butterflies of varying size out of a grocery bag , using PVA glue and burning technique.....

The butterfly is shown below......

Metallic Butterfly

After brushing the butterfly with golden powder, it looked like this.....

 Metallic Gold Butterfly

Then I painted the edges of the butterfly with metallic blue to give it some contrast.....

Lastly, I attached floral wire antennae to it.....

I repeated the same procedure for other two butterflies as well... 

After all the butterflies were done, I glued them to the base in descending order of their size.....

Faux Metal Butterfly

Finally I added a braided golden string to it for hanging.....

Thus, my recycled "Faux Metal" Wall Art was ready.......

This is how it looks on the wall......

I sold this artwork at a craft show recently :)

Faux Metal Wall Art

You can leave a comment below to let me know if you liked it  :)

"Happy Home"- 3D Key Holder

3D Key Holder

Hi....This is another key holder commission piece I made a few days back......

This is a 3D key Holder and I call it "Happy Home"......

I made this design on a Wooden Ply 4"x7", using epoxy / M-seal.....

The details on how to make this can be found in my earlier post: 

'Under the Sea' 3D Key Holder

I think it turned out pretty cute.....What do you think ???

Do leave a comment to let me know how you feel about it ....

Have Fun :)
And Thanks for Visiting .....

DIY Recycle Craft- Pen and Card Holder

Pen and Card Holder

Welcome to my latest post on Recycle Craft......

I have made a Pen and Card Holder by recycling toilet roll tube, cardboard and a scrap piece of wood......

I prepared the base by sanding the wooden piece......

Then, I glued the tube on the wooden piece using a hot gun......

I cut two cardboard semicircles and glued them on the wood as a card holder....

I also used PVA glue to  create texture on the roll and the cardboard and left it to dry.....

You can see the initial assembly in the picture below....

Recycle Craft

After everything was nice and dry, I painted the whole thing with acrylic color- black......

When the paint was dry, I used 3D outliners to create some wavy string designs and added a few diamantes for some added glitter....

I also dusted some golden powder on the whole piece to give it an antique look....

To finish the borders I used some braided golden lace.....

Finally, I gave it two coats of spray varnish for a glossy finish.....and it was ready!!

This Pen and Card Holder now sits on my hubby's desk :)

Recycle Craft

Do leave a comment, to let me know if you like this craft.....

Have fun, and.....Recycle !!

DIY Punch Craft- Inspirational Plaque

Punch Craft

Hi and welcome to my post on punch craft .......
Its been a little busy for the last few days and hence the delay :(
But, I have made quite a few new things this week, which I'll be uploading in the next few days :)
This plaque was made at the spur of the moment for a friend who was visiting us.....
I used cardboard as the base, which was covered with a light colored paper.....
Then, I made various colored flowers and leaves with flower punch and leaf punch respectively......

I also made some spiral roses...just love them ...
Finally, came the fun part..... assembly !!!
I assembled the leaves and flowers in a L-shaped border along the left.......
Then I used 3D outliners to make the centers of the flowers.......
I cut a small rectangle from blue colored felt as the base for the message and glued it to the board....
Then, I wrote a message with 3d outliner/ puffy paint on the felt base......
A last ribbon border on the side of the message and, my plaque was ready.....
The myriad of colors and the message sure made our friend happy !!!
Hope you liked it too :)

punch craft

"Under the sea"- 3D Key holder

3D Key Holder

Hi and welcome to my post on how I made this "Under the Sea" key holder....
This was a completely hand-moulded, made-to-order piece for my cousin......
I used a wooden piece 3x6" in size, as the base for this key holder.....
I painted the base with acrylic colors in shades of blue and left it to dry.......
Then I hand-moulded epoxy to make the fishes, shells, plants, turtle, octopus, starfish and 
the bubbles.......
After arranging the creatures and the foliage, I moulded some epoxy pebbles for the 
base and some epoxy borders for the top corners......
Then came the fun part.....coloring !!!
I used bright acrylic colors for all the creatures....I wanted them to look happy!!
Then I added some 3D glitter for the waves and the design was complete.....
Lastly I added some hooks to hang the keys....after all thats what it was for ;)
It turned out pretty cute, and my cousin absolutely loved it !!!
Thank you for reading, and do let me know if you liked it .... :)

DIY Decorative Table Centerpiece

Hi and welcome.....

Today I would like to tell you how I made a Decorative Table Centerpiece......

I am a big fan of Recycling.....Its amazing how a little effort on our side can make a huge

 difference in saving our planet.....

I made the flower in this picture using the bottom of a water gallon....

I used acrylic colors for painting this flower.......

Recycled Flower

But the lonely flower did not serve any purpose, so I decided to make something useful from it....

Decorative Table Centerpiece

I had a decorative plate with me, which I used as the base.....

To it, I added a few glass fillers in the center.......

And then, I placed the flower in the center of the fillers......

Recycled Flower Centerpiece

To add to the glamor, I added a LED candle in the center of the flower......

My Centerpiece was thus completed, and now it sits on my dining table, casting a soft 

glow of happiness :)

 I hope you liked the Tutorial ......Have fun trying it yourself !!
You can also view my post on DIY Flower Light here.....
 And remember........Please Recycle :)

DIY Gond painting on a T-shirt

T-Shirt painting

Gond Painting

Welcome to my latest work.

Recently i bought this gorgeous denim-blue colored t-shirt which was plain on the front.

I didn't want to wear it plain, so i decided to spruce it up with some artwork...

I had come across this beautiful gond painting design on the net sometime back and was itching to use it somewhere, so i decided to put this Indian folk art on my tee for everyone to see....hey that rhymed ;)

Anyways, i pulled out my fabric paints and fine brushes and got down to it.

Made a few tweaks to the original intricate pattern....and used a little 3d outliner (puffy paints) for the finishing touches.....
I love to add something of my own to anything that i make....and there it was!!
 My cute little peacock pair on my favorite tee!!!

Hope you like it as much as i do :)
Let me know you were here by leaving a comment below.....
Thanks for visiting and come back soon :)