P.E.E...

After creating the Playboy bunny and, playmate themed gift wrapping paper for Easter (posted on 4th April 12), I wanted to make more, but with the same Playboy theme {cant get Playboy bunny out of my head, I'm sure Mr.Hefner will be delighted ;-) } 


So I created P.E.E. -- Playboy Easter Egg:


It has a vintage worn out feel to it, I didnt intend that to happen, but in the process of making, it did (works out even better for me)

I used a real boiled egg (as I couldn't find a craft egg), covered it with hand torn white paper to give it a base.

I applied 2 cotes of glue and water mixture (70% glue & 30% water) to strengthen the paper base.
For the bunnies, I colored printed the below image, and tore the bunnies out by hand and pasted them all over the egg.

To further strengthen the egg after pasting the bunnies, I coated it with glue and water mixture and left it to dry over night.

Once completely dried, I sprayed it with varnish to give it a sheen.

Finally , I mounted the finished egg on a black quilled stand.

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I give myself 6/10 for this project. I'm satisfied with it, but not delighted.


What do you think? How much would you rate it???

                                                                                                -May ART be with you©

forever in love...

My best friend Chaitanya wanted to gift his fiance something special on their 6 months anniversary, but didn’t want to buy just anything, instead wanted to make it. But poor Chaitanya is creatively challenged, hence I stepped in to help him with his project.

He wanted to make a collage for her with photographs that would narrate their love story. Hence, I made this collage for him with 16 photographs..

But he didn’t like it, as it was too cluttered, so I made this one with 11 photographs.

But according to him, I missed some of the important photographs, so I once again made this with 14 photographs.

And he finally loved this one and got it framed in a beautiful black wooden frame.

I experimented with different background colors and layouts for this collage, also played around with some coloring tools to add an extra personality to the piece.

According to him, she loved it too..

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

-May ART be with you.©

Happy (Naughty) Easter...

I have been so bombarded (inspired) with Easter craft and projects made by my fellow crafters, that I couldn't help but make something based on Easter, but I didn't want to stick to the stereotypical cards/eggs(nothing wrong with them, each one is gorgeous in its own self, but I wanted to do something different), so I made this gift wrapping paper.

It is a Playboy bunny and Playmate themed vintage paper with 'Happy Easter' written on it. 

I used Playboy bunny instead of the Easter bunny and the Playmate is wearing bunny ears (which is my way of capturing Easter).

Closer look at the picture

I used this to paper to wrap my friend Chrissa's gift

I made a paper bag with a satin tie (I love using tie on a gift wrap)

I colour printed the design and pasted the ends horizontally. 

I then pasted the bottom, inserted the gift and folded the top and finally added the satin tie.

A closer look at the design

I hope my friend likes her wrapping as much as her gift..

-May ART be with you©

Flying Fish…

This is my 1st craft mobile(quilled or otherwise)

For this project, I experimented with two contrasting colours - fluorescent green and dark orange.

 I crimped the orange strip and pasted it over the fluorescent one and then started to quill. 

The small fish is made of 2 tight coils (mouth and triangular body), the fins are quilled tears and the tail is made of 4 swirls(half loose coils) pasted on both side of the fish's body.

The big fish is made of 2 loose coils, the fins with rounded triangles and tail with 4 swirls of different lengths pasted on upper side of the body.

The 3rd piece isn't a fish(obviously you can see that), but i wanted to balance out my craft mobile(and I had run out of paper to quill another fish), hence I quilled a marquise(eye).
{the way I look at it is - its dad, mom and their egg.. ;-) }


Once all the 3 pieces were ready, I coated them with silver glitter.

Finally I made a loop in the golden ribbon and pasted the 3 pieces on it. AND we are DONE..

                                                                                                                             -May ART be with you©

Its all about being safe ;-)

As I have learnt IRIS and quilling, I wanted to combine the two and make a card (I am so inspired by beautiful cards made my fellow crafters). I love funny and quirky cards and that's what I wanted to make.


In an endeavor do to so, I came up with this card idea. 

Its made of quilled sperms yelling 'ATTACK!" and raging towards IRIS condom who is protecting against 'INTRUDERS!' (I'll tell you, what occasion is the card for, later)

The sperms are made of 3mm white and grey quilling strips. I glued them together and then quilled half of the strips and curled the remaining half.

The IRIS condom is made of dark and light pink metallic paper to give it realistic look. {striped condom ;-) }

The card opens and reads: Dear Andy, In life you'll be faced with many outside intruders, I wish you protection from internal ones (at least).. Wish you and Cindy, a very happy and stress free married life..Lots of Love, Dan.

YES, its a card wishing well for married life. 

-May ART be with you©

Newspaper – More than just NEWS!

I love working with newspaper as a material to use for craft, hence I made these roses using glossy newspaper. 

I made 2 types of roses - tight and loose. 

Tight Roses are made in 3 sizes - Small, Smaller and Smallest. I pasted them together to make a pyramid. 

The loose roses were stuck together with a small bud of rose in the center. 

I cut my newspaper strips for the roses in a circular way (like a mosquito coil), instead of using straight strips. To cut these, I used textured craft scissors, this gave the roses a natural and soft look.

Each rose is made in one piece with the circular strip, there are no petals.

                                                                                              -May ART be with you©

PERSONALIZED!!!

I enjoy wrapping my gifts more than buying them.. {wrapping isn't as expensive as gifting  ;-) }

Hence, for my best friend's b'day, I made this personalised paper design with his name and his age..

I colour printed the design on a glossy paper and wrapped his gift in it...

But I wasn't done yet, I was craving to do more, so I made this paper design (without personalisation)

And made a bag of it to give his gift in...

But I still wasn't done...(I am forever greedy to make more) so I designed these personalised papers..

But as I only had 1 gift for him, I didn't use these...

This designing process triggered an avalanche of paper designs in my mind, which I will share with you in my future post..

Till then Happy Gifting (and Wrapping)

-May ART be with you©

Stranger!

you are the dream which will end the minute I open my eyes…

the handsome prince I desire, but can’t have…

the wish that I know won’t be granted to me..

the prayer that I whisper every night, but will be unanswered…

the destination whose map I don’t have…

 the treasure I found but is not mine…

 the star in the sky that I hope to reach, but cant…

the sand castle which is meant to be taken away by the waves…

the horizon which I see, but can’t reach…

the strong feeling that I should have never felt…

the love story which never existed….

you are the stranger who I love…

-written in 2008

-May ARTbe with you ©

'Oh so tiny' got a LEG!

I made this stand after I had made the flower pot(shown in my post dated 9th March 2012), hence the delayed post about it..

Its around 1.5 inches in height made in  3 shades of yellow - light, lemon and mustard. 

3 sizes of tight coil (small,smaller and smallest) and a tube.

The base is a tight coil in lemon yellow in small size, followed by light yellow smallest tight coil and then light yellow tight coil in smaller size. In the centre is the mustard yellow tube.

Once all the pieces of the stand were assembled and dried, I pasted the flower pot on it.

-May ART be with you©

Oh so tiny...

This is my first 3D quilling project..

Its less than an inch in height and diameter.

It has 7 flowers & 6 leaves of varied type:
-2 pink carnations
-1 pink rose
-2 yellow bell flowers
-1 yellow big flower(its my imagination, not a real flower)
-6 green leaves with different swirls

The flowers are mounted on brown rubber coated copper wire(available in hardware stores).
I first stuck the leaves on the inner wall of the pot and then I placed the flowers between the leaves. Finally the finished pot with flowers and leaves was stuck on the base.

 I thoroughly enjoyed making this, my love affair with Quilling has begun!!!

                                                                 -May ART be with you©

Wonderful Women...

Its our special day…
Wake up & absorb the bright ray…

Embrace your beauty…
We owe it to ourselves, it’s our duty…

Walk with your head high…
Life’s eagerly waiting, love it, live it, don’t deny…

Who gives a shit about men…
We rule, its our den…

SMILE is always the way…
Happy Women’s Day…

-Written in March 2009
-May ART be with you ©

Is honesty REALLY the best policy?

Me: "Mam, I have 5 days of Sick Leave pending, I hope it’s alright with you, if I utilise them for my cousins wedding in the coming month?"

Boss: "No! How can you make such a request? It’s completely unethical and Mr.Zender doesn't appreciate it."

Me: "But Mam, I know of employees who have done this in the past, otherwise Sick Leaves get lapsed."

Boss: "I can't talk for others, but I and my team will not do this."

Me: "OK Mam, I will take Privilege Leave.

Boss: “Good”

Me: “Oh it almost slipped my mind, Dr.Relin’s assistant Suzie who assisted you with your medical certificate last month BTW is my niece.”

-dedicated to All Supervisors

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Assistant: "Sir,what do you think?"

CEO: "He is good and very well versed with his subject."

Assistant: "Yet you don't seem satisfied!"

CEO:  "He doesn't fit in the company's culture."

Assistant: "What makes you say that Sir?"

CEO:"He is too aggressive and sounded desperate. Also jumped to discussing compensation at the first opportunity he got.”

Assistant: "He is very keen on moving and taking on additional responsibilities. As far as compensation is concerned, it has to come up in discussion today or tomorrow."

CEO: "Yes, but we are looking for more diplomatic people, this attitude won’t fly"

Assistant: "Alright sir! I will convey the same to my husband and thanks so much for your time."

CEO: "Don't take it the wrong way Nicole"

Assistant: "Not at all Sir. It was me who asked him to be 100% upfront and honest with you, as you keep repeating 'honesty is the best policy' ."

CEO: "Yes Nicole, it still is. But with little bit of common sense."

-dedicate to an Ex-Colleague.




-May ART be with you©

My 1st Jimmy Choo

This is my 1st attempt at IRIS paper-folding.


I loved the process of delicately pasting each piece and finally unveiling its beauty(even though it needs improvement).


I dedicate this piece to my large collection of SHOES..

                                                                         -May ART be with you©