Wall Frame - 20 inch/16 inch

Hello ,

I made this wall frame for us on our Wedding Anniversary :)

The background was off white to start with. Since I did not want the embellishments to overpower the photographs as such, i kept them soft - shades of brown!

I added a hint of gold to make it look grand at the same time. The tiles on the lower left hand side corner have been embossed. The sentiments on the upper right hand side have been heat embossed too. The sentiment in the center says - Forever & Always.

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Until next time!

More Birthday Explosion Boxes!

Hello Friends,

A quick post with the other Explosion Boxes I had made for friends for their Birthdays!
The below one is in a combination of Gold and Orange and has 3 layers.

The outermost has pictures, the middle one has quotes and blessings and the innermost has embellishments. The center has a cute cake to go with.

The other Explosion box is as below :

 This one is multicolored with the focus being red color. Very similar to the above one.

Hope you liked it :)

Explosion Box!

Hi there friends,

Sharing with you a Explosion box which I have tried for the first time :)
It was supposed to be made for a gentleman - that's why I have stuck to some masculine shades sans the flowers and butterflies :)

It is a Birthday themed explosion box with 3 layers!
The outermost has his pictures, the middle one has some beautiful birthday quotes and the innermost layer has digital stamps of cupcakes, gifts, balloons and a empty tag for personal wishes to be written on.
The center has a layered cake with "chocolate icing" on it :)

Challenges entered : Color Conceptions- Anything but cards
Crafters Corner - 3D
Make My Monday - One for the Boys

Hope you all like it :)

Love,
Rohini

Happy Pearl Anniversary!

Hello Blog Friends,

I made this Book of Love (once again!) for a friend who wanted to gift her in-laws something hand made - full of pictures, sentiments and basically pretty! She went through my blog and decided on the Book of Love.

She then gave me 12 pictures of her in-laws journey of their marriage - 30 glorious years. I googled it and found that the 30th Anniversary is also called the Pearl Anniversary - thus I knew my theme. It had to have lots of Pearls and soft colors. So this is what I decided on - A blue and pink colored Book of Love. It has 12 pockets to carry tags. The tags have pictures on one side and sentiments on others.

The pockets are all stamped and made pretty with border punch. The book itself has lots of ribbons.

Finally, checkout the beautiful box which my dear husband created :D . I just loved it!

Hope you like it too :)

Love, Rohini

Guest Designing for Sentimental Sundays - 16 Feb

Dear blog friends,

Hello again and Happy Valentines day to all of you. This post is to show you another Book of Love which I made for a friend who wanted to gift something special to her husband. Since it was a 2 day notice only I used all the material I had at home - scraps , papers, ribbons and look, it turned out be so beautiful!My better half and I l enjoyed working on this a lot :)

It has a Heart Stamp and an apt sentiment on the front. The pockets are punched at the border. The tags and distressed at the edges and I have added a faux stitching effect to it. The tags have pictures on one and quotes on the other side.

 Love to all,
Rohini :)

Scrapbook - Love, Us and Togetherness

Hi Friends,

Its the month of love! And I was more than delighted to make a scrapbook for my friend who is about be be married soon. She wanted to gift it to her fiance as a token of her love by putting together all the beautiful moments of their courtship - The stolen glances, the love notes , the sweet nothings!

And I have to admit here that when the people for whom the craft is being made are awesome , the craft comes out to be so much more better :).

Its a scrapbook - collection of photos, blank spaces to write messages, pockets to hold secret messages, creative ways to glide through the pictures and lots of lovely little things.. I'll let the pictures do the talking now.

** Picture heavy Post ** Click on the images to view them in bigger size.

Also , through this post I would like to thank Erum of Glitter n Swirls fame for being my biggest motivation. Her work is one of the most beautiful I have seen in the crafts world. Thanks again Erum if you are reading this :)

Hugs and love to one and all,
Rohini :)

Let the festivities begin!

So its that time of the year when we have Secret Santa in office and we have to surprise our child with a gift.
My better half picked a chit for the game in his and found that it was a lady whom he had to surprise and what better way to please a girl than gifting her a Jewelry Box!

Well to start with, my better half is in the true sense better at almost everything than I am. The artisan than he is makes most of my craft work a lot more easier. After seeing his skills at helping me with the craft I even joked that he would be better off building bridges and buildings than software. 3 cheers to the awesome sweetheart that he is :)

Over to the project - Its a mini Jewelery Box (totally inspired by Tara's Craft Studio) which folds into a Almirah and has 4 drawers attached to it. It also has a pseudo "mirror" for the lady to adorn herself while dressing up!

I covered the back support of the Jewelery box with beautiful embossed Pink and White papers. The Almirah closes over with a intricately cut piece of heavy card stock. Then there are the ribbons of course which hold the box uptight. The Almirah itselh has a cover which is adorned lavishly with pearls and laces.

It open up to the view of 4 drawers which are very sturdy and can be actually used to store jewelery. The are also piped with intricate lace and ping pearls which seem to the user as knobs. I have kept the inside of the box plain as the pattern paper itself is too pretty to disrupt. I added a pseudo mirror just to give it some show :)

And since it was Christmas, the recipient got it filled with sweets in a hand decorated bag!

Hope you all liked it!

Entering it into : Itsy Bitsy Challenge - Make it festive
Entering it into : Lulupu Challenge number 22 - Cook it up - recipe used : Pattern Paper , Die Cuts and Embellishments!