Friday, April 29, 2011

ICR CHALLENGE 1

Hi all,
here is my quick post to share the card i made for ICR challenge 1.I was under a impression that its a monthly challenge and thought lot of time is left.Just yesterday i noticed it gets over tom,thank god i made it in time.Love the color hues-yellow,green n maroon,isn't it bright??And my interpretation of ICR-ink,circle n celebration,ribbon.Its time to celebrate our ICR,.. thanks to ash n tejal for starting this group for our Indian crafters.The power supply here in chennai is going crazy,don't know when they will stop,so better making my post in the morning itself.Thanks for looking.




Happy crafting,

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I AM BACK,..

Yup,finally after a 20 days long break.I was painting,painting,..all these days,..hope you all are doing great.Does anybody miss my blog post,...?lol..i do missed blog land a lot.So finally all the works are over,and i am damn tried,but guess what my mojo is working is working well so i made a quick card today.
Not my usual card,but after seeing this you must have find it out by now,..yes i am hooked with stamping.:).Pattern papers are from basic grey,stamps from hero arts,MS border punch,ribbons and buttons from my stash.Hope you liked the card,this is just for a warm up,hope to do much better cards soon:)


These are the yummy papers i received from ujjwal for winning Over coming the stamping fear challenge ,thanks girl.,..:)
And finally,winner of my RAK CARD is tejal,congrats girl it will reach you soon.

The anniversary celebration starts from monday,don't miss it,..lots of fun and prizes will be there.Hope you all join,cant wait for it.:)


Happy crafting,

Sunday, April 10, 2011

CELEBRATION TIME,..:)

Well,as i promised i am back with the surprise(s) now.There are lot of reasons for me to celebrate in my blog,let me explain it first.

  • I have started my "Kalalayaa's school of art" on Tamil new years days,that is on April 14th,so its anniversary of my art school this month.
  • I am very close to reach 200 followers n 2,00,000 hits in my blog.wow,...thanks for all your support and a special thanks all my lovely followers/friends:).I know there are blogs with thousands of followers n lakhs of hits,but its quiet a small achievement for me:)).(approximate hit per day in my blog is 400 n per month is 10,ooo.Thanks to all the visitors,hope my blog is quiet helpful n informative for you all,i really to my best to update all information's here.
  • June 9th is my blogs 2nd year anniversary,so its going to be celebration time till june:)).
  • i have started a new venture "Kalalayaa's handmade gifts",were some really cool and different handmade gifts will be available,to know more about my New store,continue reading HERE,..
  • My craft store will be soon updated with more new things like scrap booking kits,card making kits,do it yourself kits for quilling and punch craft,more new die cuts,handmade embellishment and more,so keep watching,..:)
Well enough reasons right?so its going to be a huge celebration here in my blog till June,with lots of challenges,awards,prizes,freebies and more,..coming on your way,so stay tuned.To start with all the celebrations, i offer a huge candy here with goodies worth around 5000rs to a lucky winner:))
The candy includes a EK success deep edger border punch,jef border punches,punch bunch punches,markers,2 set of acrylic stamps,aset of moulds,and lots of stickers,..

This is going to be the second prize,in order to win this please refer in the comment that you do quilling already,or like to start quilling from now on,because giving it to somebody who is not into quilling or not interested in quilling doesn't make any sense to me.



So these are the things to be strictly followed to win the candy,hope you don't mind spending some time to do all these to win these awesome goodies.It took me a while to plan all these,so please be fair to all the rules:)))

  • Become a follower of this blog and my CRAFT STORE blog,if you are not already.
  • LIKE my face book page HERE,..
  • Post the candy in the side bar of your blog with the link back to this post.
  • Post the celebration badge too in the side bar of your blog with a link back to this post.


  • Leave the link to your blog in Mr.linky, and be sure to leave a comment also as mr.linky sometime crashes.
  • Candy is open till june 8th,a winner will be announced on June 9th,that is on my blog's anniversary day.I know its quiet long,but there are lots more of other prizes to win till june,so keep watching my blog.
  • People who don't have a blog can still enter,leave your e-mail id in the comment section.
**I will be missing in action for next two weeks as i am committed with some painting works,so all the other celebrations will start after that.I am looking for some sponsors,so that it can be even more big and fun.So till that i am leaving you all with this candy,hope you all like it,E.N.J.O.Y.**

Happy crafting,




Friday, April 8, 2011

MASKING,..(RAK CARD)

Its official that i can make cards without flowers and butterflies now,lol...and this is my first card only with stamping.I am surprised with the result,totally loved the outcome.

This is for ujwal's "Overcome your fear of stamping " challenge.Stamping was the only thing i feared to try out,but that was the time i have only few locally bought wooden stamps and ink pad.After buying some acrylic stamps,memento ink pads and now with all the stamping stuffs with me,i really enjoy stamping,its not tough as i thought.

I have tried 2 new techniques in this card(of course everything thing is new for me in stamping),masking n embossing resist.I first stamped the bird,then masked it and stamped Hero arts happy definition stamp with versamarker n heat embossed it.I really like turqoise blue/green color,since i don't have that color stamp pad,i used different green and blue ink pads to bring the color.I left a small outline while cutting the image,which created a white space around the bird and highlights it.I don't have a matching color pattern paper,so for the background also i used the embossing resits technique.So lots of stamping and loads of distressing,..how is my card,..?

P.S:I am giving away this card to one lucky winner who comment on this post,so if you really like the card please refer that in your comment,i will pick up a random winner in my next post:)).


Challenges:
Wee memories:Color challenge
Sasyas sketches:Sketch
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - use a new technique


Happy crafting,


Thursday, April 7, 2011

UP IN THE AIR.,..

I am quiet bored of pastel shade card,and as i said i tried a bright color combo today.Not my usual style,no flowers,no butterflies,lol,.but i loved the outcome.Isn't a perfect masculine card?Clouds and hot air balloons are something very sensational these days in blog land,so i thought of using it in my card.The image is a freebie from Bird's blog,the pattern paper s from basic grey.Recently i have got some basic grey pads,and wow i have never seen all the papers are so beautiful in a pad,love every single color,design n texture,worth buying.


Challenges:
Get sketchy:Sketch
Wee memories:Color challenge



This card is for embossing challenge by debbie in yvonne's blog.The card looks very kiddish for me,..because of the image???,.no idea:)



Happy crafting,

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

HOW TO COLOR A STAMPED OR DIGI IMAGE

I get lot queries about coloring and the medium i use,so thought of giving a tutorial here.Its a very simple one without much technical details,hope it will be useful to you all.

So,this is all you need.,..a stamped or digi image,watercolor pencils(i use steadler),a 0size brush and a cup of water.

There are two ways,using either a light, medium,dark shades or using paper white as the lightest shade.I use a medium n dark color here and use paper white,..this gives some lighter tones,where as if you need the coloring to be dark use light,medium and dark shades of same color.


First use the light color n fill half of the picture,not filling type just give strokes as it will be nice for the pleats of the dressed.Then take the darker color n give strokes only in the edges,..
Then take the brush,dip it in water,drain the excess water and merge the colors,..it will be really nice to see the colors blend:))
For hair i used light orange,medium n dark brown.
For hair,give strokes both the sides,..that is from upside and down leaving the paper white in the middle.Start with orange,the medium brown,.and very little amount of dark brown in the edges.

For skin here i used skin tone n medium orange,or you can use light orange n light brown or light brown and dark brown,.
Fill the skin parts with skin tones,n colors the edges with orange.

So this the finished one,..in the same manner do the shoes n other parts.I have used some glitter pen for the frills,..or you can use glitters also.

Sorry for the poor photographs,i always find difficult to photograph tiny things.Hope you understood the basics,..if any doubt shoot me a mail to kavi_kalalayaa@yahoo.co.in

Tips to remember:
  • Don't sharp your colors pencils too much as i will end up in breakage,if u need a sharp edge to color small parts then use a knife to sharpen the pencil,.or the your total pencil will go off with in a day.
  • If you are using a digi,be careful while giving the water washan the black will come out.So better don't go over the black lines
  • Finally,if you are posting a tutorial see to it that you put your water mark in all the photographs as there are some people who are doing cut,copy,paste work and posting it in their blog.I experienced this initially,and its really hurting as you have to spend hours to write a tutorial.I really stopped giving tutorials after that.

So here is my finished card,..lot of pastel n pink shade cards from me in recent past,so i have decided not to use it,..but after seeing PLAY DATE CAFE color challenge i wanted to make one as it is one of my favorite combo:)I promise you to be back with some really dark color combos in future:)))







Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Crazy Challenge - Just Add Flowers
House of Gilli - Ribbon and Pearls
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it up
Creative Cowgirls - Spring or Easter
Dream Valley Challenges - Things with wings
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - ribbon
Allsorts - Blooming Blossoms
Little Claire's - Any Celebration with Spring Theme or Colours
Card Makin' Mamas - embellish it
Patties Creations - flowers or flowers & pearls
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Yvonne's blog:coloring challenge

Happy crafting,


Friday, April 1, 2011

GARDEN SCENE,..

Ok,its not a elaborate garden scene,..but a small one,lol.I wish i have copics to color tilda even more better. Again a pastel color card,color palette is from shabby tea room.The window is done with square punch and circle die.Lots of punch craft.Pattern papers are from prima and paper mania,..So how is the card????




Challenges entered:
The shabby tea room:Flower palette
Simon says:Sketch
Delightful Challenges - Flowers
Lili of the Valley - Spring.
Amber's Crafts and Stuff- use flowers
House That Stamps Built -create a scene
Fab 'n' Funky - shabby chic
Clear It Out! - Flowers, Flowers & more Flowers
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Handmade Flowers
Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes + A handmade Flower
Top Tip Tuesday - Nature Inspired
Tuesday Throwdown - Florals
Kaboodle Doodles - Spring has Sprung


Have a great weekend.
Happy crafting,