Hand cut Paper Card

 

Trying to make paper cards.. I am making lot of small and some big designs to just incorporate into cards.. This is one of them..:)

Paper Bags

These paper bags are perfect for gifts and are super easy to make too. And all you need is paper and glue ..:)

Painted Candles

Turn those boring plain candles into a piece of art..:)
I tried painting the candles this past weekend and it was fun. Since, I am not a painter, I just tried making simple designs on my candles. But I am sure you can paint any designs and however elaborate you want.

Paper Wreath

How lovely is this wreath!
And so easy to make too.
It was raining here the whole day yesterday and was the perfect day for relaxing at home and get some craft work done. It seems like it has been a while since I made something. Last month was busy with Christmas and other festivities and now I am gradually getting back to my routine. So I started this year, by making this simple paper wreath. It is simple and striking at the same time.

Twine Flowers

I love making these twine flowers. You can make these with twine, yarn or any kind of thread for that matter.

Honeycomb Balls

I have been wanting to make these honeycomb balls for quiet sometime. It seems that the procedure to make these will be difficult, but it is quiet easy.

I made it with sheets from an old magazine, but you can use any paper of your choice. You can make with one color or alternate with different colors.

Cardboard basket

This is another great recyclable project that you can make empty with cereal boxes or any cardboard piece you might have.

Paper dress

I am loving this paper dress. Use it in cards or scrapbook. Or make a few and clip them to a string to make a garland for a shower or any party.

Below are the instructions with pictures. In the pictures below, don't be confused when the color of the paper changes...:)  I was making the first one and taking pictures along the way. But later on going through the pictures, I realized I missed taking pictures of some of the steps I wanted. So started to make another one, but then some of the pictures came out blurry. So I had to mix the pictures in the instructions..:(

Doily Dress

With a few weddings coming up in near future, one of our dear friends is getting married in a few weeks and a cousin's wedding too, weddings has been on my mind. Today's craft is about this beautiful doily wedding dress that I had seen sometime back and have been wanting to make it. You can use it for a card or in your scrapbook or where ever you feel like using it..:)

Happy Valentines!!

This year for valentine class gift/card exchange, we gave tattoos. I found this adorable 'love' tattoo boxes at target and thought it was great for giving out to friends.

I printed these sayings which I thought was appropriate with tattoos...'I'm stuck on you', 'Stick with me Valentine' and 'I'll stick with you Valentine' on plain Word document. Cut the sayings out and tied it with a ribbon. It looked quite plain on a plain printer paper, maybe I should have printed on red paper. But this is what I had, so ended up just coloring the top and bottom with red pen. That's red enough I think..:)

Cardboard Dollhouse

I made this doll house few months back. I made it with one of the packaging boxes from Amazon. It was a nice recycling project, which was fun to make and turned out pretty nice. I tried furnishing the house and as you can see made a dresser and stove too. I did add other pieces too - made sofa and a bed. And then my little helpers took it over. They colored on the walls and also the furniture. But this is how it looked before the little interior designers took over.

Heart Garland

Just in time for valentine, here is a quick heart garland that you can make.

Cork Sail Boats

I wanted to share one of the projects that my daughter did. She loves arts and crafts. You might want to check out some of her other art works at http://rheasart.blogspot.com/
These boats can actually float, so its fun racing them. Try blowing bubbles using the straw or come up with ways to make your boat move forward and race...:)

Paper Bows.

Few days back I came across this tutorial to make this paper bow and fell in love with it. Its fun and good to have to dress up your gift when you have nothing else to top your gift with. The tutorial is very well explained, so I didn't even bother to make another tutorial.

Paper Stars

Ok. I am having way too much fun making different types of paper stars these days. Did you check the other paper star I made few days back. If not yet, visit the tutorial and I am sure you will enjoy making those stars too. Below is the picture of the other star I am talking about.

Origami Star

Oh, these stars, I love it..love it... so simple once you get the hang of making these that is...:) and it looks great. After I made one, I couldn't stop myself, I kept making more.

You can use these as ornaments on your Christmas tree or make a garland. You can make some red and blue ones for your 4th of July celebration too...:)

Paper Pumpkins

Ok, I have been seeing these different types of paper pumpkins all over the blogland and thought I will make my very own paper pumpkins.

So, I had just two sheets of orange paper which I thought will be perfect for my pumpkins. I had all the things I needed set on the table and had just walked away for just few minutes. When I returned, I see my little one scribbling on my orange paper. I had just two sheets of orange left and now after some scribbling, there was actually less than two sheets left...:( Oh the joys of being a parent...

Paper Cut Leaf

As you would have noticed from the past few posts, that I have been enjoying paper cutting lately.I think these paper cutting projects has not only helped me in improving my paper cutting skills, but has also helped work on my patience, which I have very little of....;)

Paper Cut art

I have been trying my hand in cutting much finer lines and this is one of those arts. Practice makes perfect and I am still not there yet, so practicing different forms of finer paper cutting.

Paper Cut art

Another one created by cutting paper.