Rangoli Fest 2023-24

Hello Friends!

Welcome to all of you.

Hope you are all doing well. From tomorrow Dhanurmasam starts. So get set for month long Rangoli Fest Till Sankranti. 

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I will be posting Rangolis. Please do browse my old Rangolis meanwhile. There are lots of designs.

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Dasara Greetings

To all my friends who are celebrating Durga Puja, Navratri and Vijaya Dashami, On this special day, may you be blessed with love, health, happiness, prosperity, peace and success. HAPPY DASARA.

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Women's day Greetings

Wishing you all A very Happy Women's day

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Holi Greetings

Wishing you all a very Happy and Joyful Holi

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Simple Thank You Card

Hello Friends!

Today I am sharing another Thank you Card. Its very simple and easy to make.

Thank You Card

The base is White Ivory Card stock A4 size folded into half; that is A5 size. This is also a tent card but in landscape orientation. 

I have scored 5 lines at the top of the card using scoreboard and scorer. I think they are faintly visible. Then I adhered the printed paper tapes with glue so that they don't peel off. 

I have used the butterflies punched out from mauve and white card stock in some other project. I trimmed (square) the  left overs of punched out pieces, layered them and used it here. I used dimensional foam dots to give it some dimension.

Actually I have scribbled some scrolls on the white cardstock using white gel pen, from which the butterfly was cut. But it is hardly visible in the image.

Next I stamped out the sentiment on white card stock using two inks for shadow affect. I cut it into oval shape and adhered it on mauve coloured oval die cut and then glued it to the card.

This card has simple white insert and a plain white envelope.

So what do you think of the card? Hope you like it. Please leave your comments/suggestions.

Thanks a lot for all your love and support.

Materials Used:

• A4 size White Ivory Card Stock
• White and Mauve coloured card stock scraps
• Printed Paper Tapes-Mauve, Pink and Green
• Scoreboard and scorer
• Butterfly Punch
• Sizzix Framelits Die Set – Ovals #657563
• Sentiment Stamp
• Purple and Light Pink Pigment Inks
• White Gel Pen
• Purple coloured half back pearls
• Plain White Insert
• Simple White Envelope
• Glue and Foam Dots

 

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Thank You Card

Hello Friends!

Today I am sharing with you another Tent Fold Card which is also small in size. Its size of 5.9 X 3.9 inches or 15 x 10 cm on folding. I have made this card with left over scraps. So it is not of standard size.

Thank You Card

So here it is. The card has white background. The pistachio coloured printed paper is soft and subtle, against which I wanted a striking coloured sentiment and butterfly. 

That's why I used orange and magenta coloured pigment inks for colouring the sentiment die cut. The sentiment was cut using Spellbinders Phrase Set 2 Dies. It  is  one of my favorites. The die cuts are big and chunky.

The butterfly was cut from the coloued stock cards using I O Fancy Butterfly Dies. It has two dies one background and one intricate  one.

I think magenta and orange colour combo is bold but beautiful, though both are strong colours. In small dose it grabs your attention specially on a subtle background.

Thank You Card-Insert

This is the insert with punched border.

Thank You Card-Envelope

Here is the matching envelope with punched flap. 

I think the card turned out beautifully. Simple and easy to make.

On second thoughts even with out the butterfly, the sentiment die cut alone would have been a great focal point. Next time I will try out that with some dimensional foam.

Hope you liked my card. Please do drop in your comments/suggestions. 

Thanks a lot for all your love and support. Please do keep supporting me if you like my work.

Materials Used 

• White Ivory card stock
• Tangerine and Dark Pink coloured card stock scraps
• Spellbinders Phrase Set 2 Dies
• I O Fancy Butterfly Die
• JAGS Beautiful Flowers Paper Pack 6X6
• Pistachio and Olive colored papers for insert
• Pistachio coloured paper for envelope
• Border Punch medium size
• Versa Color Ultimate Pigment Inks- Magenta and Orange 
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Glue and Dimensional Dots

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Best Wishes Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. Here we are enjoying last leg of winter. Day temperatures are rising but still pleasant.

Today I am sharing this simple and easy to make card.  It is Tent Fold card with size of 5.9 X 3.9 inches or 15 x 10 cm on folding.

This is a small card. Usually I prefer bigger sized cards. But I think this one looks cute. Since I used scrap available with me size of card is not of standard size.

Base is Ivory card stock in tent fold. I have used JAGS printed paper which is very classy and subtle. For insert I have used two different coloured papers. The top one(pistachio coloured) is punched using border punch.

Card Insert-Punch Design

I have made a matching envelope with pistachio coloured paper and punched the border on the flap.

Matching Envelope

Hope you like my work. Please leave your comments or suggestions. Thanks a ton for all your love and support.

Materials Used:

• White Ivory card stock
• White and Tangerine coloured card stock scraps
• Memory Box Die-Elodee Bird Background
• JAGS Beautiful Flowers Paper Pack 6X6
• Pistachio and Olive coloured papers for insert
• Pistachio coloured paper for envelope
• Border Punch medium size
• Brown colour felt pen for beak and legs
• Black and white gel pens for eye
• Sentiment Stamp
• Tangerine colour Ink 
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Glue and Dimensional Dots

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Happy Republic Day

Hello Friends!

Greetings to you all.

Greetings

Proud to be an Indian!

This year in Republic Day Parade Nari Shakti- Women Empowerment was highlighted. We all watched the parade with pride. Hats off!

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Rangoli For Republic Day

Here are some borders for Republic/Independence day.

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Rangoli 310-Borders21

Rangoli 310-Borders21

Note: These designs are my own original creation.

Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog or in any other platform in any format.

Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Rangolis For Republic Day

Here is one more Rangoli for Republic Day

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This is 25 to 1 Straight dots. These Rangolis can be used for Independence Day also. This is reposting of Rangoli 300. 

Note: These designs are my own original creation.

Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog or in any other platform in any format.

Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Rangolis For Republic Day

Hello Friends!

As Republic Day is fast approaching here are some of my old Rangolis for you.

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 21 dots to 1, Straight Dots. 

Rangoli-432

15 dots- 7 Rows in the center, Straight Dots upto 7. 

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 13X13 dots.

You can search for more of my Rangolis under Independence Day and Republic Day Rangolis.

Do Watch out for More of these Rangolis, I am going to post. Thank you for all your love and support.

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Hello

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. Its been a long time since I posted. 

This is first time in my blogging history that I could not post Rangolis during the December January (Dhanurmasam) season.

Since Covid times we all have had our problems to cope with. Some lost their kith and kin, some lost their jobs, some lost their health and many such problems. Stress worry, depression, health issues - many of us had to deal with these and still dealing with them. I too had my share of problems. I did not feel like blogging at all. I kept away from arts and crafts and creating something new. Just keeping up with routine was all I could barely manage on my personal front.

Any way life has to go on.  If  life was predictable and without any ups and downs it would cease to be life and be without flavor. When we reach the end of the rope, we must tie a knot in it and hang on it till we find a way out.

R. W. Emerson said that life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. We will face many defeats in life, but we must never let ourselves be

defeated. Every time we fall, we have to pick up ourselves and get going. 

So I too decided to get going and my motivation for this thought is all YOU people out there who are supporting me and standing by me and encouraging me.

Please do keep on showering your love and support. Thanks a lot to all you beautiful souls.

I want to post frequently now may not be daily but much frequently now. Let the NEW YEAR motivate all of us to get up, face the challenges and get going at full throttle.

What do you say? Do you agree? Will you keep on supporting me?

THANK YOU !

Thank you for all your kindness and support. Watch out my blog...

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Rangoli-434

Fishes in Lotus Pond

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. This season I am a bit late in posting Rangolis due to some unavoidable circumstances.

Todays Rangoli is here:

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19 dots 7 rows in the center and straight dots upto 7 on either side. 

Please let me know if you have tried it. Watch out my blog for more Rangolis.

Hope you like my creations. If you like my work, please subscribe to my blog, follow me on FB, Insta and like my pages/posts.

Thank you for all the love and support. It means a lot to me. Please keep on showering your love and support.

Note: This one is my own original creation.

Most of these designs are my own original creations, which I create by spending much time and after hard work. So please don't post these photos or designs (even if you draw these by your own hand) on your site or blog or in any other platform in any format.

Please link back to my blog. I hope you understand this and respect my request. Thank You.

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Greetings

Dasara Greetings

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Happy 76th Independence Day

Greetings to all Indians who are celebrating 76th Independence Day as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav. 

Salutations to our freedom fighters, to our soldiers, to our heroes of the nation, for sacrificing their lives for the nation, for carrying out their duties efficiently and effectively. We will never forget their sacrifices and hard work.

Happy Independence Day!

No matter what we are, no matter to which caste, creed, region, religion we belong to, no matter what our mother tongue is, no matter what our profession/occupation is, all of us must work for our nation and its progress in what ever little ways we can. 

We all believe that

Nation First! Always First!

Thanks a lot to all you beautiful souls out there doing their best.

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Birthday Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. It rained here a little bit last night. It's good for my garden. There is nothing like rain to revive plants. 

Today I am sharing a Birthday Card. Only two colours; red and white. It is landscape oriented. I use this orientation rarely. I don't know why.

Birthday Card

I have used the Spellbinders Butterfly Corner Die. I think this was one of the first die I purchased.

I love flowers and butterflies and also intricate lace like die cuts.

The center of the red card stock was cut off and replaced with white card stock die cut. It is like inlay work. But I raised the die cut using foam dots to elevate and focus on the sentiment.

I have used Mudra Stamp. This one is one my favorites. I love the big size of the words and also the scripty line of the font. It is really elegant and classy.

Insert

I have punched out the border on both sides of the insert and used some red ink for dabbing the border.

I think though the card is simple it looks too plain and needs some improvement.

What do you think? Is it too plain and loud? Should I have added some butterflies or other embellishments? If so which colours? I would love to hear from you.

Thank you for all your love and support. Please keep supporting me.

Materials Used:

• White Ivory Card Stock A4 size + Scrap
• Red Card Stock
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Butterfly Corner Die
• Mudra Stamps- Happy Birthday
• Red Ink for stamping
• White Paper Insert
• Border Punch Medium
• Plain White Envelope
• Glue
• Foam Dots 
• Ink Blending Tool

 

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A Hello Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. I am back after a long break. I had to take a break because some of my students were taking board exams. I was attending to their doubts 24X7. Summer was at its peak. We had to pickle some mangoes at the last moment. 

I was exhausted completely and wanted to relax a bit. But entire family suffered food poisoning. So though better now with all the antibiotics I still feel weak. I think it will take some time for me to completely recover

Here we had a few showers at the onset of monsoons. But the heat and humidity continue. 

Today I am sharing with you a simple card. 

Hello Card

I have used colour pencils for colouring the stamped image. The word Hello was cut out of white and tangerine orange coloured card stock. I used two layers-tangerine colour as top layer to make it thick.  I added Glitter to it using colourless glue. 

Border Punch

This is the border punch I used. When I first started making cards, cutting dies were not so freely available in local craft stores nor there were few online shops. The cost of branded dies is also very high. Punches were newly introduced in our local craft shops. So I bought some.

Insert

This is how the insert looks. I used a soft peach coloured paper for it with corners punched .

I wanted to use the colour combination of violet and orange. I think the combo looks good; a bit bold though. What do you say? Please do leave your comments/ suggestions.

I want to thank all those lovely people who kept on supporting me through out. Your support means a lot to me. THANK YOU!

Watch out for more... I have loads to share with you.

Materials Used:

• Ivory White Card Stock A4 size + Scraps
• Iris Coloured Card Stock
• Chartreuse Yellow and Tangerine Orange Coloured Card Stock Scraps
• Essentials By Tattered Lace -Oval Dies
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Card Creator - A2 Filigree Delight Dies
• Phrase Set Two Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die - Hello
• Floral Stamp (unbranded)
• Black Pigment Ink
• Colour Pencils
• Colourless Glue
• Gold Glitter Powder
• Medium Sized Border Punch
• Peach Coloured Paper for Insert
• Plain White envelope

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Butterfly Card

Hello Friends!

Hope you are all doing well. I am posting after a long time. I was down with severe back pain. My mom was also not feeling well because of the summer heat. Final exams are going on for some students.

Now I am a bit OK. But cannot sit for long. That's why I couldn't post.

I thank all you beautiful people who have been supporting me despite me being inactive and not posting on my blog. 

Today I am sharing with a simple and easy to make card. I love butterflies. Who doesn't?

Butterfly Card

The butterflies were punched out using punch. Actually, the butterflies are not cut completely. That is they are attached at the center to the card from which I punched them. Only wings portion can be lifted up a little. I hope you get my point. 

I have punched out tiny butterfly border for the insert. Underneath it I adhered a half inch strip of tangerine card stock with scalloped border (remains from some other  project)

Butterfly Card-Insert

Hope you like my creations. If you do please leave your comments/suggestions on my post. I would love to read them. 

I have so much to share with you all. So keep an eye on my blog.

Materials Used:

• Ivory White Card Stock A4 size
• Tangerine and Sunshine Yellow color Card Stock Scraps
• Black Chevron Tape
• Sentiment Stamp
• Black Pigment Ink
• Butterfly Punch
• Butterfly Border Punch
• Self Sticking Half Back Pearl Strip
• Plain White Paper for Insert
• Scallop Punch
• Plain White envelope

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