Essential Craft Supply Guide

Hello Crafties,   

     There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the completed work of something you have  imagined in your mind and created with your own hands! But we know that it can be difficult to actually do any of these activities if you don’t have the proper materials to begin with.Rather than running to the store ten times, Keep these supplies on hand so you can tackle your next project with ease.

20 Must-Have Craft Supplies

                                                                                                                                        

Sketch Book	wet wipes or towels
Craft Paper	Glue Gun
Decorative Wrapping Paper	Clear and double sided Tape
Craft Ruler	Clear drying white Glue
Pens/Pencil	Craft Punch (A single hole punch is the most versatile option)
Paints, Markers	Scissors
Assorted Paint Brushes/Sponges	Tweezers
Needles/Pins	Utility Knife
Beads, buttons, glitter, ribbons, lace	self healing Cutting Mat
Embroidery Floss	Paper Plates/Cups

I hope that armed with all of the necessary supplies, you  will be able to craft your heart’s content!

Happy Crafting!

Back to school

Hello crafty peeps, 

The back-to-school season is upon us. School bells are beginning to ring all around. My nephew will transit from preschool to primary school this year. Shifting to primary school not only involves the child, but requires the whole family to make adjustments and adapt to change. The family’s contribution to socialising their child for primary school is important.

 To ensure that our child have a smooth transition from summertime to school time, preschool to primary school I made a fun card to encourage him. 
I m not much into card making ..tried it for first time and see how beautiful it turned out :-)

here is some images of my card,

Hope you liked it. Give your comments below. 

I would love to join following amazing challenges,

• by rainbow craftykari.

The challenge is all about creating any project on the theme 'Back to School' with the twist of incorporating any school stationery in it!

https://rainbowcraftykari.blogspot.com/2018/06/rcs-challenge-11-back-to-school-blog-hop.html

• by Crafter's Castle

The challenge is all about creating any project that has More Than One Fold !

https://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/2018/06/challenge-6-youtube-video-hop.html?m=1

FREE BRUSH LETTERING PRACTICE SHEETS

Hey Friends! Brush lettering is really fun.Its all about using pressure to create a calligraphic style of lettering. 

Practice definitely makes progress,  As I was looking for a  brush beginner pen set, I came across these awesome free brush lettering practice sheets. I suggest printing these and trying to do them once a day until you are comfortable with using pressure to create the calligraphic lettering style.

The sheets have the complete alphabet in lower and upper case.. plus numbers! Perfect for you to print out as many as you need as often as u need them.

To download click here.

Here’s the trick that you absolutely need to know for brush lettering.

1. Hold the pen at a roughly 45-degree angle.

1. using the proper paper keeps your brush tips in great condition so look for ultra-smooth paper

1. On the upstrokes, use light pressure and use heavier pressure on the down strokes.

I know that if you try this out, you’ll be impressing yourself and your friends in no time. All it takes is one brush pen!

Happy Lettering!

Rangoli

   Rangoli is an art form from India in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as coloured rice, dry flour, coloured sand or flower petals. It is usually made during Diwali, Onam, Pongal and other Indian festivals. 

The purpose of rangoli is decoration, and it is thought to bring good luck. Design depictions may also vary as they reflect traditions, folklore and practices that are unique to each area. Rangoli designs can be simple geometric shapes, deity impressions, or flower and petal shapes.

There are different types of rangoli varying based on  different material used to draw rangoli.

Dotted Rangoli: Dotted Rangoli means the design which is made by making dots in equal lines and equal numbers in different shapes like square,circular,star. Later it is filled with beautiful colours and get a traditional design mostly made in south India.

Free Hand Rangoli: This is one of the most common and famous form of Rangoli which can be seen in every home in every occasion made by the help of different colours of sand. Its also known as ever green form of Rangoli.

Flower Rangoli: The modern form of Rangoli which is made by the beautiful petals of flowers at the front door of house.  Flower Petals Rangoli is very eye pleasing along with beautiful fragrance of flowers like roses ,marigolds and lotus. During the festival of Onam in Kerala, its the one of the major attraction of festival known as Onam Pookalam.

 

Sanskar-Bharati Rangoli: It is known as sanskar Rangoli due to its design and patterns, which contains many circles and each circle represents different Sanskar of our life.

Floating Rangoli: The modern and youngest form of in which diyas, flower,candles float on the water of bowels. Even now water colours are also used and its look very beautiful.

Under water Rangoli: The modern and youngest form of in.. 

Wooden Rangoli: This pattern of Rangoli is come with the fixed set of things like, flower,birds leaf etc, which can be arranged at the wall or floor.

Glass Rangoli: Glass rangoli is not as much as popular but during the no time one can use the ready-made painted glasses in different shape and size which are then decorated with kundan to make a quick rangoli.

Portrait Rangoli: It takes lots of effort and accuracy, time and patience to make portrait rangoli. The beauty of this rangoli cannot be neglected. People often select their idols or Lords or goddesses for porttraiting.

Mandana: It is a traditional form of rangoli of rajasthan region.  

How to make your own Mod Podge ?

There are many regions of India where mod podge is still not available. I have struggled in the beginning for searching mod podge, so i know the pain. i remember a experience when i was searching for mod podge in local market near me, i found it but it had different packaging but the same name, so i asked the shopkeeper, n he  said, "Mam Yaha koi nahi kharidata, aap jaise ek aadh aa jate hai islie hum ye indian wala rakhte hai." Seriously!! I thought. but i buyed to give it a try, but it was hopeless. And hence i decided, i need to make my own Mod Podge. 

After a lot of research on the internet, and from some childhood memories,(i used to see the show called ArtAttack on Pogo, i don't remember exactly but the host of show used to use this recipe for his projects.) here’s what I tried and tested.

Do it yourself Mod Podge

1. Get Fevicol MR.

1.  Mix equal parts of water to it

1. Stir well until the glue and water form a homogeneous mixture

1. Use it the way you would use Mod Podge and let it dry.

1. Apply few layers of clear varnish to protect your work since this cannot provide the same kind of sealant properties Mod Podge can. 

This DIY did work. However, Mod Podge also has a sealer formula that don't exist in craft glues. And that is why it lasts longer and is more durable on projects. This is only a substandard alternative to Mod Podge when it is unavailable near you..