WHAT A YEAR THIS HAS BEEN!!

When I wrote my first post on the 1st of Jan 2011, I never thought I would 10,000 pageviews!!!
What a year tis has been! Thanks so very much to ALL my friends and family for their love, support and encouragement, ALWAYS!!

To end this year, I want to share this link with you all...The message is beautiful and one full of hope!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Love to you all!

SOME NEW CARDS...

I am really happy with the way these cards have turned out! I think I have taken my photocards to the next level!
What do you think?
Sentiments are from Hero Arts, and the big Dahlia is a cling stamp from Stampendous.

CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL

 I took part in a local Christmas Carnival reecntly. I did an activity stall for the first time. This is what the kids made...The kids cut out their hand print to make santas beard. I cut and kept all the other elements ready. I think this is a really cute magnetic post it holder, don't you?!

My number 1 supporter, my darling daughter!!

SNOWFLAKE GARLAND

This is what we made this week in class...A gorgeous garland of snowflakes to adorn the home!
Inspired by http://make-handmade.com/2011/12/14/christmas-paper-snowflake-tutorial/.
The kids were thrilled with the result! What do you think?

PLASTIC GLASS SNOW GLOBE

Last week, while I was researching for I came upon this really cute image. 

Inspired by it, we made this in class...

Everyone has been quite impressed by this 'snow globe'! Hope you are too!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!

SOME NEW BIRTHDAY CARDS

I sent off a few birthday cards this month. Here they are.

For the first and second card, I was inspired by an card I saw on Etsy. A new twist to my photocards!
The first card, I made for a teenage girl, who is not too girly and who's mum makes amazing cakes for her birthday every year! The photos on the card of a pastry which I had taken a while ago.
All Sentiment stamps are from Hero Arts and Stampendous.

My friend insisted that I should make her a watercolour card...so here is what I made.

For her 8 year old boy, I made this fun Garfield pop up card. She said he loved it!

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!

CHRISTMAS IN CLASS!

We kicked off the christmas season by making these gorgeous hand print wreaths! The kids enjoyed making them and I absolutely love the way they turned out!
As you can see, each child found a way to personalise their wreath!
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Enjoy!

A FRAME AND CARD FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM...

I made this photoframe and card for my cousin to gift her nephew on his wedding day.
As I live in Mumbai and the wedding was in Hyderabad, a friend agreed to carry it for me to Hyderabad. Unfortunately, she left the parcel in the loo at Hyderabad airport!!
So, this is the only memory of my work that I have!

The photoframe has a gold embossed background with quilled roses and swirls.
On the card, I've used the Sizzix "Cherry Blossom Branch" die and the swirls Cuttlebug folder.
I printed out the sentiment on vellum and sandwiched it between the card stock.
I added some pearls and beads for dimension.

I am really proud of the way the card turned out...I made the box for the card too!

Thanks for stopping by...Hope you like what you see..

BOX BAGS

Inspired by an activity in the "big book oF Papercrafts" by Vivienne Bolton, 

we made these cute box bags this week. To decorate, the kids used the paper weaving and quilling that they learnt earlier.

They turned out quite well, don't you think?!

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Enjoy!

                                                                

                                                  

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SALE!

Inspired by the cards I saw on

http://lynspaperpetunia.blogspot.com/2011/10/cas-countdown-to-holidays.html ,

here are some gorgeous Christmas cards for sale..all 100% handmade by me!

Stamps are from the Holiday Stamp Set by Hero Arts, Trim-a-Home rubber stamp collection from Rubber Stampede, Denami Design and Studio G.

My cards will be at the Indo-German Christmas Carnival at The Turf Club on the 3rd and 4th of December 2011. Do drop by and have a look.

I have a selection of the cards here. If you like anything, please get in touch with me... I have many more!

my email..parumahtani@gmail.com

my cell: 9820133268

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!

Place your own photo and mail!

ANIMAL CLOTHESPIN MAGNETS AND WOVEN BOOKMARKS

A few things we've made in the last couple of weeks...

 We tried paper weaving using quilling strips...quite successfull I thought!
Our project was inspired by a project from the book, "big book of papercrafts" by Vivienne Bolton.
The kids decorated the bookmarks in a variety of ways, as you can see...
In the picture above, my student Millie, used various stips of paper to make an evening sky and then she stamped an image of palm trees and sea gulls in black to make a silhouette. It looks remarkable...don't you think?!
Stamps are from Inkadinkado's 'coastal maritime' stamp set.

 Here, my younger students made animal clothes peg magnets. Asimple project, they made it by drawing, colouring and cutting out animal faces and then fixing them to wooden clothespins. They then attached magnetic strips to the back of the pegs making them perfect  and useful fridge magnets to delight their moms!

Thanks for stopping by...

Enjoy!