Pencil Sketch - guess who?

This was my first attempt to sketch an actress long ago, not very successful one. Surprisingly some people were still able to guess the actress ;) can you ?? ;)

Apron shaped birthday card

Made this cute apron shaped card using paper piecing. Hand cut the apron shape and the big pocket. Quilled a kitchenware - rolling pin on a match stick for the first time. Isnt it looking cute :) The big kitchen spoon is hand cut from a 1 cm black strip. Sentiment is handwritten and stuck on  a match stick. Quilled the letters MOM using creame coloured strips. To give the finishing touches, embellished it with ribbons and pearls and false stitched the pp.

Though I love pictures in bright day light, for an exception, I feel the colours in this card are coming out well in yellow light..

Updated 

This card has made me won at 3 challenges and is now a part of the featured cards in ICR gallery :)

Entering in the following challenges
indian craft room Shaped creations + Anything inspired from home
beyond grey Shaped birthday card
crafty jc challenge For a special lady
yes virginia i m inspired

Thanks for stopping by, do let me know how you liked it.

Anniversary gift made by my student

This lovely frame is a maiden attempt by a dear friend Shipa bhabhi. We worked on it secretly, since it was a surprise gift for bhaiya on thier anniversary. Glad it came out well, bhaiya was sure  very happy and amazed :)

Happy Anniversary again

Quilled train - Birthday boy card

Made this quick card for a birthday boy. Here is the original card. Children (infact everyone!)  like to see their names written, so instead of typing happy birthday, i wrote the little boy's name..

Linking this to

crafty creations challenges Frame it

colours dekor Weekly story

top tip tuesday CAS

pile it on challenge CAS

ces challenges

trimmies craft challenge

My first giveaway win!!

Yo..won a giveaway for the first time !!
Won this lovely book by Alli of Quilled creations. It has her autograph and a very sweet message for me :)
Its been shipped all the way from US to Australia!

Thank you so much Alli..

Mothers day card with cheerful colors

Made this cute mothers day card today..
Experimenting with the placement of letter..which one looks better?

BTW the letters here are recycled..I cut the letters from a brown mushroom bag :). The yellow paper is also recycled from an advertisement brochure..

 For this card, I used Retro Sketches #9 by Kasia Curry

sending to the following challenges

retro sketches 9
Do More with Less: Recycling with Dr Sonia

crafty creations challenges Mothers day card/project
4 crafty chicks no stamping zone
platypus creek digitals challenge-5-bling-it-up
creative inspirations paint inspired-by-flowers, paper pretties paper flowers,
just some lines blog give-gift-of-flowers, opus-gluei use-flourishes-in-your project,
prairie fairy fridays, pan pastel ukspring, heart 2 heart challenges, hooked on craft challengesflowers,
moving along with the timesgarden of flowers,truly madly crafty challengeshandmade flowers,
the pink elephant challengeSpring time, incy wincy designs Mothers day,
my time to craft challenge, kaboodle doodles Add some dimension,
tuesday throwdown in the garden, tuesday alchemymay-day, cas-ualfridays, crafts 4 eternity,
dilly beans challenge, emergency crafters challenge, fairytale-challenge blog,

the paper players ,

dutch dare-card challenges for-mom , kenny k krafty girlz challenges anything-goes, frosted designs
colourq colourq-challenge-131

Vacation time ~!

Hi Peeps, back after an amazing fun vacation at New Zealand. The country is soo beautiful, feels like heaven on earth ( I still adore the beauty in India, but this too was superb!). The two best parts of the trip were..celebrating our daughters first bday there and and...we did sky diving!!! hurrray :)) Both me and my DH wanted to do, but were not too sure, but we did go for it, and we just loved it :) Awesome experience..

Wanna have some glimpse of our trip...here you go..

In front of our hotel@Queenstown

Happy Birthday !!

 

Getting ready for the dive

ultimate!!(why am i jumping from a perfectly alright plane!)

hellooo world...hope to see u again :)

Milford sound

boating inside the glow worm caves( on top, its not stars in the sky..they are the glow worms..we are inside the cave!)

waterfall in the cave

glow worms

Thanks for stoping by..have a good day!

Recycled DIY photo frame

Hello frnds..I made this photoframe using the cardboard from my baby's diaper box! Covered it with lovely handmade paper and embellished with quilled birds and a vine. 

Aren't my photos improving??  Clicked these yummies in the garden in front of ma apt..

see the missing flaps?? ;)

Posting this in jiffy...coz we are off to NZ today for a week!! :) and we'll be celebrating my daughters first bday there!!! looking forward to the trip..till then keep visiting, keep commenting and keep smiling!!

love ya all...

Entering in the following challenges

Do More with Less: Recycling with Dr Sonia

Sisterhood of Crafters  - Recycle, reuse, renew

Tuesday Throwdown #94 Recycling

crafting for all seasons Anything but a card

divas by design challenge Anything but a card
lollipop crafts Spring fling

All That Scrap Wednesday Challenge Anything goes

ditzy-craftymess Anything but a card

Paper Shelter Challenge #60 wings and things

for fun challenges Anything goes

paper sundaes Anything goes

one stitch at a time challenge Bright
use it tuesday Anything goes
oldie but a goodie challenge On the farm or in the garden
karens doodles netherlands challenge
ooh-la-la-creations bold and bright
whoopsie daisy
cropstop challenge-69-to-birds

Healthy egg less banana dates cake/bread with almond and sultana

Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat flour
3/4 cup plain flour (maida)
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda/fruit salt (i used eno)
pinch of Salt
10-15 dates
1 cup of warm milk
½ cup of sugar
2 ripe/overripe Bananas
5-7 tbs of cooking oil/vegetable oil/olive oil
2 tbsp each Almonds and Raisins

Method:


Warm about 1 cup of milk, wash the dates and soak them in warm milk for about 2-3 hrs. It would be better if dates are pitted. Then make a smooth pulp in a food processor.
Now mix in the two bananas, sugar and oil. And process it well in food processor.

Preheat oven at 180 deg C.

Mix in dry ingredients –wheat flour, plain flour, eno, baking powder in big mixing bowl.
Slowly start mixing the dates+banana+sugar+oil puree with the dry ingredients. The mix should not be very runny. if it is very dry, add some more warm milk.Add the raisin and half of the crushed almonds.

Prepare the cake mould by greasing it with oil and then pour the batter. Sprinkle the remaining crushed almond  and raisins on top.

Bake for about 40-45 mints at 180 deg C or till a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the loaf.
Serve warm or cold. Enjoy!

Sending this to I Love Baking#3 @ Tickling palates

Bake Fest#6 @ Sumee's Culinary Bites, Event by Vardhini of Zestty Palette/Cooksjoy  

Sketch of a toy seller

I dont know abt other ppl/sketches, but the speciality of this sketch is..wherever you are in the room and look at it, it feels like the lady is looking at you! This I made some 11 yrs back. It adornd the walls of what used to be my study room (it is now a study room for all my younger cousins) at my native place.