A little bird house

Hey everyone,
                 I'm sharing with you some pics of my latest creation.It was a meant to be a tissue box.I took an empty cardboard box covered it with patterned paper.Used my bigshot and some dies,embossing folders to cut out patterns and emboss the paper.I also made some satin ribbon flowers used some rhinestones and here it was.

Nah,I didn't like it.It is not as sophisticated as I had imagined.So what do I do with the box now?I added some more cardboard and transformed it into a bird house.

 

I used the spellbinders borderabilities die for the front and the Sizzix sizzlits die heart and flourish for the sides.

 

I also punched a butterfly and a flower with a punching machine and placed them on the side panels.

 

 Picked up an old ruler,covered it with some ribbon and glued it to the front,so that the li'l bird could rest on it while feeding her young ones.

 This is the final picture.I punched some holes,tied some thread and covered the punched hole with some paper flowers so that I could hang it on my terrace.The nesting season is almost over for the birds and since I had nests of 5 birds this season on the windows,on the hanging pots;so I am really hopeful that some little bird would come and stay in it may be during the next nesting season........And she won't mind my enthusiasm with the flowers........;)

 

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Linking it back to Kraftzone (Anything goes with Dies and Pattern Paper)
and Crafting from the heart (Challenge 23)


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Mihika

Fathers day handmade cards

Hey everyone,
                   I'm posting today some pics of the fathers day card made by some young kids.

It is a frame card and the tab on the top is pulled up, so that the top folds and reveals the message inside.

This is another very simple yet pretty card.The paper is folded to give it a 3D box look with a butterfly inside.

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Mihika

Paper game for parties - Theme woman's day / Mother's day / Celebrating womanhood

Hey everyone,
              This is a paper game when the theme is women oriented such as on women's day,mother's day etc.

Material required-

Images of some popular women like
Kiran Bedi,
Sarojini Naidu,
Bachendri Pal,
Oprah Winfrey,
Kalpana Chawala,
Helen,
Meira Kumar,
Arundhati Roy,
Madhubala etc.

Take a print of around 20 celebrity pics with space below them for writing their names.The person who can identify the maximum pics, wins it all.
Simple and sweet.

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Mihika

How to make a spring (flower) birthday invitation card for kids party or make a card for kids school competitions

Hello everyone,

          I made this pretty simple and straightforward party invitation card for a young boy's birthday party.It was fun to make and turned up pretty cute.

Supplies required -

Decorative paper (for the front)
White paper for the back(I used printer A4 paper)
Green paper for the leaves
Any coloured paper for the butterflies
Floral tape
Bamboo sticks
Glue
Big shot machine(optional)
Cherry Lynn french pastry doily dies (optional)

Steps for making the card -

Step 1- Using the big shot and the very pretty Cherry Lynn french pastry dies,I  cut out doilies for the front of the card in red paper.If you do not have the big shot,don't loose heart,you can still make the card by simple creating a free hand shape on the decorative paper or use loads of free templates available on the net.Trace them or print them on your paper and trim to get the desired shape.

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Answers to Kitty party games for Indian ladies / paper games for kitty party - One word two hints

Hello there,
         I'm posting the answers to the quiz one word two meanings ,I had posted earlier.The original quiz can be found HERE.

Two questions with the same answer : “One word two meanings”

                          

1. Soap / Place of bath :                                   Hamam 

2. Tooth paste / A thorny tree :                        Babool

3. Pencil / Beauty in gold :                                Apsara

4. Toy / A sun sign :                                          Leo

5. Scooter / Horse :                                           Chetak

6. Television / Suits a king :                              Crown

7. Watch / Resident of a country :                    Citizen

8. Tooth brush / Famous caves :                     Ajanta

9. Shoe polish / Players of New Zealand :     Kiwi

10. Tea / Two animals :                                     Bagh Bakri

11. Bulb / Source of energy :                            Surya

12. Mobile / Salt :                                                Tata

13. Used in havan / A filmy khandaan :          Kapoor

14. A gem / Former Prime Minister :                Jawahar

15. A Pharmaceutical / Mountain range :       Himalaya

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Mihika

 

Kitty party games for Indian ladies / paper games for kitty party - One word two hints

 Hey everyone,

            After some time, I'm posting a fun little quiz for you.This can be printed and used at a kitty party / ladies meet.It's a two minute party game.
             All you have to do is guess the answer based on the given clues.One has been done for you.

Two questions with the same answer : “One word,two meanings”

                          

1. Soap / Place of bath :                                  Hamam 

2. Tooth paste / A thorny tree :                         _______________________

3. Pencil / Beauty in gold :                                _______________________

4. Toy / A sun sign :                                          _______________________

5. Scooter / Horse :                                           _______________________

6. Television / Suits a king :                              _______________________

7. Watch / Resident of a country :                     _______________________

8. Tooth brush / Famous caves :                       _______________________

9. Shoe polish / Players of New Zealand :         _______________________

10. Tea / Two animals :                                      _______________________

11. Bulb / Source of energy :                              _______________________

12. Mobile / Salt :                                                _______________________

13. Used in havan / A filmy khandaan :              _______________________

14. Gemstones / Former Prime Minister :                   _______________________

15. A Pharmaceutical / Mountain range :            _______________________

The answers to this quiz can be found HERE.


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Mihika

Favourites from the year 2013 : A review post from Ideas out of the mist

Hey everyone,
          As the year ends I'm putting together some of the popular posts from this year.In case you missed any, you could check them out by clicking on the appropriate link given below this picture.

Jan had the post Balloon arrangements for birthday party-A rainbow and some flowers

Feb saw one of the most popular post on the blog ever.Would you believe it,if I say it has already got more than 40,000 views till today,in just around 11 months?Wow! that's some number.....Below is the link.

Fun paper game for ladies kitty party meet : Theme India and its colours

 May saw the post How to make a paper mache model / sculpture of Taj Mahal for kids school projects

 May saw another post ,a first actually,the first guest post of the blog How to make a 12 / 24 hour clock of thermocol / cardboard / cd for school project

 Sept saw another very popular post How to make a beautiful handmade teacher's day card
It was a 3D card.

 

 Then some more simple teacher's day hand made and embossed cards.
Teacher's day handmade cards

 Dec had the post that was pretty cute and fun to do.It was a homemade birthday party invite.The link is below.
 Cake and birthday party : How to make a unique handmade birthday party invite.

So, that pretty much wraps up the year.Thanks for dropping by.We wish to see all of you in the year 2014.We wish you all the very best for a very successful new year 2014.

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Take care.
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Mihika