Diwali Decor Ideas Tutorial by DT Mounika

Hi Everyone,

 

I am here on the blog with some Diwali decoration projects inspired by our ongoing challenge Celebrations and Lights.

 

Diwali is all about lights, sweets and celebrations. So I have a tutorial of slab Diya holders, a flower lantern and a hexagon tray. Yep, you guessed it right it's a long post ;)!

 

Here's a look at the final projects together:

 

Let's begin with the Slab Diya holders

• For this, I have used white cement.

• Take a plastic cup for mixing white cement with water and desired acrylic paint

• Pour this mixture in a ziplock bag- I took ziplock bags of size 4*6" and 5*6"

• Place a Diya at centre with some weight on it.

• Allow it to dry overnight.

 

 

Next, Flower lantern

• Cut cardstock in different sizes of petals to use as templates

• Trace down each petal 6 times on White Papericous Sigma Cardstock

• Cut all the petals

• Take 2 bowls of water- add orange and red Indian Inks. Dip the 2 smallest size petals in orange ink and the remaining petals in red ink and let it soak for some time. You can also use distress inks to colour the petals.

• Let all petals dry

• For base take disposable small cup, cut down the base make holes and use a binding wire with some pearls for the handle

• Using glue gun start attaching petals smallest to biggest

• Take a thick cardstock and attach it at the bottom

• Finish it off by adjusting petals and place tea light led candle

 

 

Lastly, Hexagonal tray

• For this, using a thick cardstock make a hexagonal template. Using the template cut chipboard in hexagonal shape for the base.

• Cut 4 pieces of 6.5" x 2" and  2 pieces of 6" x 2" each on cardstock and chipboard. Cut 12 pieces of 2 x 2" on cardstock.

• Use the longer cardstock pieces as hinges to stick the chipboard pieces to the hexagonal chipboard base and the 2" x 2" pieces to connect all sides to form a tray with depth.

• Finish the tray with pattern papers and decorate. I have used quilling decoration in this one. 

 
 

Here are some close ups:

   

 

Materials used Slab Diya holders

• White cement

• Ziplock covers

• Plastic cup

• Acrylic colours

• Tea light candles

• Ice-cream sticks

 

Flower lantern

• Papericous sigma cardstock

• scissors

• Indian inks scarlet and magenta

• Glue gun

• Binding wire

• Disposable cup

• Small pieces of heavy cardstock

 

Hexagonal tray

• Chipboard

• Cardstock

• Pattern papers

• Quilling strips

• Flowers

• Flower bead chain

• Pearls

• Glue gun

All the above-mentioned products are available at Rainbow Craftykari store or you can preorder them by sending an e-mail to rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com

Hope you're inspired by my projects!
Don't forget to link your projects to our current challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Mounika

Sun catcher Wall hanging by Blog Coordinator Aditi Mahajan

Hello Everyone,

Time surely flies! It's October and I'm back with an inspiration for you for our October Challenge! 

Today I decided to make some DIY gifts for the festive season. These project ideas are so simple, that parents/teachers can teach kids to make them and they can proudly flaunt their hand-made creations. 

First up is a Sun Catcher Wall Hanging- Included the twist of lights in the form of the Sun and the celebration here are the festivals!

For this hanging, I altered an MDF piece, however, you could simply take an image of the sun from the internet and trace it onto chipboard (those good at drawing can draw it also). Next, cover the surface with gesso if your base is dark. Play with colors. Here I spread colors on the gell press plate and lifted them on my surface. First yellow, next orange and then some magenta. Do this on both the front and back, since it's a hanging both sides will be visible. Next, pick a stencil and place it on the base, dab some gold paint with a piece of sponge. This enhances the look and adds some interest. Cut out pieces of chipboard for the eyes, nose, mouth, and eyebrow and paint them. Stick them with glue. Punch two holes- one on the top and one at the bottom. String a few beads and a bell and tie it to the hole at the bottom. Similarly, string some beads with a hook and add it to the top. That's it, you have a fantastic wall hanging.

Here are some close ups:

Next, is a tea light holder.

For this, I used an MDF Coaster base, and brushed white gesso. I stuck some pieces of newspaper and then covered it with gesso again. I then used some modelling paste through a stencil for added texture. Next, I applied some sand texture. I then spritzed some colours. Next, On the sand texture, I used Inka gold to highlight it. Finally, I mixed some metallic paint to modelling paste and applied it with another stencil. 

Supply list:

• MDF/Chipboard Base

• Acrylic paints- Standard and Metallic Finish

• Gell Press

• Assorted Stencils

• Beads

• String

• Bell

• Plastic loop for the hanging

• Inka Gold

• Sand Texture

• Modelling Paste

• White Gesso

• Newspaper pieces

Hope you're inspired and do participate in the challenge!Happy Crafting!Aditi

Quick and Easy Chipboard Box Tutorial by DT Khushboo

Good morning Crafters!

Hope you're having a good day so far. Khushboo here with a new tutorial post at the blog today.

In our field of work, boxes play as important a part as our projects. But finding a box that fits our project is a mammoth task - and an impossible one at that! To solve that problem, today I'll teach you how to make a chipboard box from scratch! With this technique, you'll be able to make a box of any size - according to your project! So let's get on with this tutorial where I list out how to make a 4x4x2 inches chipboard box.

 

Step 1:Take a 900gsm chipboard and cut out these sizes - one 4x4 inches piece (for the base) and four 4x2 inches pieces (for the sides).

 

Step 2: For the lid, cut these sizes: one 4.25x4.25 inches piece + four 4.25x1 inches pieces (ignore the sizes on the pieces below).

 

Step 3:For the lid, cut a cardstock measuring 7.5x7.5 inches and stick the chipboard pieces cut for the lid as shown in the pic below. Always leave a gap of 1/8th of an inch between all the pieces around your base piece (4.25x4.25 inches).

 

Step 4:

Now this is a slightly tricky part, but once you get the hang of it, it gets really easy. Make a slit along the corners of the cardstock - next to the chipboard that covers the sides (as shown below). Make sure that all the slits follow a clockwise direction. Next, trim these slits at an angle from both the sides - the way you do when you want to make a cover for your scrapbook album.

Step 5:

Apply your double-sided tape or glue (whatever you're comfortable with) as shown below.

Step 6:

Now, start first by folding the cardstock onto your side chipboard pieces (as shown below).

Step 7:

Now what you're left with are the long slits that you made. Every long slit will be wrapped outside the side chipboard piece as shown in the pic below.

Step 8:

Wrap all the long slits along the outside of the side chipboard pieces and you should get a box that looks like this:

And the top looks like this:

Step 9:

For the base of the box, follow the same steps - from step 3 to 8. The cardstock that you'll need for the base measures 9.25x9.25 inches. Your box now should look like this:

Step 10:

Now we advance to making our box more secure and clean. For this, we need hinges or structure strips, call it whatever you want. These will go at the base of your box, the lid, and the corners. You will need to cut your cardstock in these sizes: four 4.25x1 inches pieces + four 1x1 inches pieces - for the lid. For the base, you'll need: four 4x1 inches pieces + four 2x1 inches pieces. 

Step 11:

Score them at half an inch and add double-sided tape on them (as shown in the above pics). Next, cut these strips at an angle as well (as shown below) - the way you would do for your hinges in your scrapbook album.

Step 12:

Start by sticking these at the horizontal corner as shown in the pic below.

Your small hinges run along the vertical corners as can be seen in the pics below.

This was the final step in making your box. Now you can get to decorating it - by adding pattern papers. Always remember, to cut your pattern 1/8th of an inch less in size from all the sides than your box. For e.g.: for your 4x4 base - you will need to cut your paper that measures 3.75x3.75 inches in size. And for the sides - you will need to cut it at 1.75x1.75 inches.

And Voila! My finished project looks something like this!!!

Since you guys are already well-versed with how to decorate and embellish a project, I will briefly take you through how I did mine. I cut my pattern papers 1/8th inch less (from all sides) than my chipboard sizes. I stuck the papers all over - the top, the insides, the base, the sides. Then I collected some coordinating flowers and embellishes. I stuck my cycle die-cut first; and then kind of 'droppingly' placed my flowers. The prominent red roses that you see on my projects are from the Rainbow Craftykari Store and trust me guys, these are to die for!!! They look so darn yumm and gorgeous - I just HAD to use them in my project!

I then took some sentiments and designed pieces and randomly stuck them on the sides of the lid - I felt that gave quite a whimsical character to my box. I then balanced out the empty space with some pearls - without overdoing it! Hope you guys enjoy these close-up pictures of my finished project!

 

Materials used:

• Chipboard 900 gsm
• Cardstock
• Pattern Paper
• Double-sided tape
• Glue
• Flowers
• Fillers
• Die-cuts
• Pearls
• Sentiments

Hope you guys enjoyed my creations and the tutorial. Can't wait to see how you add your own twist to this!

Above mentioned products are available at Rainbow Craftykari Store OR you can pre-order the products by sending email at rainbowcraftykari@gmail.com

That's it from me, folks!

Signing out,
Khushboo R. Gandhi