Merry Christmas Art Journal

Hello my lovely dear crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog.

 A very warm good morning to you all. How are you all doing??

We are at last month of this year and didn't know how the year went. My 2022 was like a rollercoaster, had lots of health issues especially with my both hands and still struggling with it. From more then a year I'm living with medicine and hoping my hands get well like before. One good thing happened, it was shifting to new city and to new home.

Now coming back to the challenge, we are at the last challenge of this year and this month our theme at Scrapping4fun Challenge is 

You can participate in the challenge by clicking HERE

I have created a double page art journal using Distress Oxides and Mintay Christmas Element Sheet. I have kept it very simple. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Created by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Lantern Bookmark

 Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope you all are happy and staying safe. 

Welcome back to My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge and this fortnight our theme is CANDLE OR LANTERN. 

I have created a simple bookmark as my design team inspiration. 

Front of the bookmark 

Backside of the bookmark 

Inside of the bookmark 

Hope you all liked it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Christmas Interactive Bookmark

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is good and staying safe. 

Welcome back to My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge and this fortnight our theme is Use 2 or More Pattern Papers. 

This time I have created a interactive bookmark.

I have used Dress My Craft pattern papers and Mintay Christmas Element Sheet to create this bookmark. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Scrapping4fun Challenge #201

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is good. Here its raining badly and the weather is too cold due to raining. 

Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is 

And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 

I have again created an double page art journal using the digi by our sponsor. 

First I coloured the digi image using Dylusions sprays and let it to air dry. Next using the same colours Dylusion Sprays I created my background using smooching technique and dried it using heat tool. Next I did Dyan  Reaveley's ghosting technique and did few stamping to add visual effect. Add white splashes to give more effect. Took few fussy cut elements from Mintay Fussy Cut book. Now I started to build my page using the digis and fussy cut elements. Finally gave white gel pen highlight and add die cut word. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Materials used 

* Dylusion Small Art Journal Book.

* Dylusion Sprays - Squeezed Orange, Fresh Lime, Cherry Pie, Melted Chocolate.

* Distress Spray Stain - Fossilized Amber.

* Digi Image - Ikesart's Leaves Digi.

* Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo.

* Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil & Carnation Red.

* iCraft Cling Stamp - Script Stamp I11017 & Diamond Stamp I110015.

* Lindy's Spray - Sidewalk Chalk.

* iCraft Mini Stencil - 8993.

* Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive.

* Brustro White Gel Pen 1mm No.9630.

* CrafTangles Cardstock - Hickory Brown. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Created by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge

 Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is doing well. 

Today I'm back with another challenge at MTTC Christmas blog. This fortnight our theme for the challenge is Poinsettia (Christmas Flowers).

I have created an double page art journal again for this challenge. 

First I coloured my background using dye inks and blended it using distress brush. Next gave texture using stencil and blending brush. To add more texture I stamped here and there using archival ink. Now took few fussy cut images from Mintay Christmas collection and adhered it on the pages. Added sentence on one of the frame to finish it off. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Materials used 

●Sweetest Christmas Journal Cards - Mintay Papers.
●Artists Journal Book - Crafters Emporio.
●Hot Pink Dye Ink Pad - Tubby Crafts.
●Blending Brush - Tim Holtz Ranger.
●Border Stencil - iCraft.
●Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Handmade by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. How are you doing?? How is the weather at your place?? Here very cold at my place from 2-3 days.

Welcome back to our Christmas challenge at My Time To Craft Christmas Blog and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is WREATH.

I have created a journal page for the challenge. 

First I coloured my background using Distress inks and blending brushes. Next gave texture using stencil ,distress ink and blending foam. Now I took wreath fussy cut from mintay Christmas collection and adhered it on page. Added a washi tape to make it look like it is hanged. At last I added sentence to finish it off. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

●Materials Used●

●Home for Christmas Element sheet - Mintay Papers
●Tattered Rose - Tim Holtz Distress Ink
●Peeled Paint Distress Oxide - Tim Holtz Ranger.
●Falling Leaves Stencil - CrafTangles.
●Washi Tape - Local Store.
●Festive Lights - CrafTangles. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Created by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge - 179

 Hello my lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog.

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is doing good and staying safe.

Welcome to a new challenge at Scrapping4fun challenge blog and this fortnight our theme is

And this fortnight we have two lovely sponsors for the challenge,

I have created an art journal using the digi by one of the sponsor - Digi Doodle Studios.

• First I took the print of digi on watercolour paper.
• Watercoloured it with Altenew 36 halfpan set, Prima Mettalic colours and fussy cut it.
• Fussy cut few elements from Mintay Floral Book 3 and distress the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.
• Die cut THANKS word using Mudra die.
• I used Dylusion small art journal book, started colouring to create the background using Distress inks. Here I have used only 4 colours to create it.
• Next to add texture, I took stencils and distress inks and started to create texture on it using finger dauer.
• Now I started to adhere the elements on the background using glue.
• Atlast I glued Thanks die cut on left page and sentiment on right page.

I hope you liked it, please do leave feedback so that I can improve myself more.

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe.

Handmade by

Meena Gauthami Herale

Bedridden Crafter

Scrapping4fun Challenge #156

Hello my lovely crafty friend, welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. How are you all doing?? How is your holiday going on??

Today I'm sharing few handmade embellishments which I created for Scrapping4funchalleng and this time our theme is Christmas 

And our lovely sponsor for this challenge is 

I have created few embellishments using Mintay element sheets.

I have created a cap and mittens. First I draw the template on paper and then traced it on Mintay papers and cut it. Next did same thing on cardstock also so that I gives extra strength to my base. Next started to arrange my fussy cut elements on them, once I was happy then I started to adhere it using liquid glue. For final touch I added ribbons and clear glitter on it.

 Hope you like it, I kept it little simple. 

Hope you like it and please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.

Click HERE to participate in our challenge. 

Happy Crafting. 

My Time To Craft Challenge #407

Hello my lovely crafty friends,

Good evening to everyone. How are you all doing??

Today I'm sharing few shabby chic cards which I created for My Time To Craft challenge blog. Our theme for the challenge is Inside Out (make the inside of your card a part of out side).

Here I have used Kiddie Collection from Mintay Papers to create these cards.

And here are close up look of each card,

Hope you like it and please do leave your feedback so that I can improve myself. 

Thank you very much for visiting my blog. 

Happy Crafting.

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes With Dies - June 2019

Hello my lovely crafty friends,

A very warm good morning to you all. How are you all doing??

Today I back to share another post which I created for Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge.

I have created a Handbag Style Card,

Recently I saw a this type of card on YouTube and thought of trying it. And here is the outcome of it.

Its a 6'' by 12'' card and I layered it using 7th Heaven Collection papers from Mintay Papers. To decorate this card , used lot of die cuts, fussy cut flowers, border punch.

Hope you like it and please do leave your comments so that I can improve myself. 

Thank you very much for visiting my blog. 

Happy Crafting.

Addicted To Stamps And More - Challenge #337

Hello my lovely crafty friends,

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope you all are fine.

Welcome back to this week challenge at Addicted To Stamps And More weekly challenge. This week we are having 

I have created a layout for this week challenge,

First I took my photo and trimmed it, next layered it on Papericious pattern papers. Next die cut few frames from same collection and adhere thin strips of foam tape to it. For my layout base I took Mintay Papers pattern paper. I adhere my photo and die cut pattern paper frames on it. Next stamped few Altenew flowers and leaves, coloured it and fussy cut it. I started to arrange those flowers on die cut frames, once I was happy with it, I started to adhere it with glue. Added sentiments and enamel dots to finish it.

Here are few close up pictures of it,

Materials used-

7th Heaven Collection - Mintay Papers

Watercolour 36 half pan - Altenew

Pattern Collection -Papericious

Button Flairs - Papericious

Peony Scrools Stamp Set - Altenew

Enamel dots - Letz Craft Store

Double Stitched Rectangle Die - Die Cuts and More

Art Glitter Dries Clear Adhesive

I hope you like it. Do leave your comments so that I can improve myself more.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog.

Happy Crafting.