Bougainvilleas

Hello All,

I can't believe I'm actually posting yet ANOTHER one within minutes but I am so excited! Here is my take on bougainvilleas..........using magenta kite paper I bought from a local store, pollens and MS punch-around-the-page deco-fan punch from Neha (of A-One Craft Supplies) and the duplex paper and floral tape from Sudha Kalra (whose prompt dispatch of the supplies saved me a hell lot of work) :) Thank you girls........

This is a mixture of paper-cutting and quilling................so not really a proper qualifier to be on this blog actually :D But what the heck, I loved making it and am enjoying posting it :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

A first for Beaute Naturelle - Part 1

Hello All,

I had been working on and for this post for a long long time and now that Meghana Chaudhary Joshi is ready with her boutique, Beaute Naturelle, I hereby post the work I did for the boutique!!!! Yay!

When Meg came and discussed the idea. I was so excited. This was my first order of this kind - sign boards. She gave ONLY the text and I had 100% creative freedom to decide how I wanted the things to be. I must admit, I LOVE working that way! So, in the series of sign boards, this was the first one I made: Adornment. This is for the jewellery section of her boutique! For all those who are in Pune, please DO check out her place. It's beyond belief good! I was so tempted to buy the whole shop off! :) And she opens on Saturday, July 7 @ 5:30 pm. Check her webpage for more details............here's to Meghana, to Beaute Naturelle and to women entrepreneurship :)

MUCH more to follow (remember all the snippets from the post wip wip worray?), counting down to Meg's boutique's opening.......

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

THANK YOUUUUUU

 Hello All,

A fleeting post really, to say a HUGE thanks to Susan for the lovely quilling comb (my eyes will pop out if I look at it for a longer time!!!) and for the AWESOME card to go with it! I can't even begin to describe how beautiful it is! And Susan, trust me, I am NOWHERE even close to how well you quill AND colour AND use punches! Thanks a LOT! Loads of love and hugs from India - Pritesh

Make your embossing stencil: Tutorial

Hello All (and in particular, Sonia),

Here is my photo tutorial to making your own embossing stencils using simple things you can buy in any stationery store :)

I'll skip the text in the tutorial as I have added it to images :) I've used a paper piece that was randomly lying around, I'm sure all of you will use much better papers and emboss much better patterns :) I was so tutorial sick that I HAD TO post one :D

Since it is so cheap to make, you can just go on changing your embossing patterns and keep trying with anything at all :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Cards 2

Hello All,

A hyper-quick post to just let you know how much I loved making this one! :) A really quick card and so effective (or so I think) :D

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Cards - 1

Hello All,

Looking at so many crafters using scor-boards so effectively had been making me feel extremely guilty about sitting over mine! I had not even opened the packaging in last 20 days! After seeing Hussena's wonderful boxes and envelope, my guilt finally overcame me and I opened my scor board package. It is a BIT tricky to figure out things with it for someone like me........I have finished struggling and came up with this :) Thanks Hussena, for inspiring me :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

WIP, WIP, Woorray!

Hello All,

I know I have been extremely quiet on the blogging front and I am bursting to display what I have been working on of late. The full announcement will have to wait a while though! Here is a sneak preview for all the work-in-progress (WIPs)..........

 More soon :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Who knows.......only time..........

Hello All,

I have FINALLY finished this piece (the tutorial for the background is here)! It took ages because of all the 'figuring out' I had to do for making a clock! :) I am pleased with the result.....let's see what my client says :)

For some reason, Enya's "Only Time" is running in my head now..............

Who can say where the road goes, where the days close, Only time...........
Who can say if your love grows, as your heart chose, Only time.........:)

Submitting this to "Anything Goes" challenge by Kavitha on For the love of crafting blog :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

A rose is a rose is a rose :)

Hello All,

I feel SUPREMELY happy because I have created something new! I have to admit, having been a scientist helps in Arts and Crafts also! :) I did a bit of qualitative calculation and then, came up with this rose........I loved how it looks and I am hoping that I will create more realistic variations of the same :)

And yes, I have made this rose with paper, just ordinary 80 gsm red printing paper :)

And now an announcement, my Mumbai workshop participants on 9th June will be the first ones to learn this rose :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Backlog clearing spree

Hello All,

I am SO happy that I finally have managed to finish this frame! I started it in sheer austere times (no supplies bought from India and hardly anything from Sweden!), hence the "basic" look of the frame. But I like this as this was my first frame really where I did so much of leaf-flower-making :)

I hope I will clear that last BIG pending order soon after this :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)