Hello arty crafty friends! I am back with the interesting story of another talented crafter in today’s “Crafter in the Spotlight”. Let’s hear it from Yashaswee Sanghavi, an enthusiastic crafter from Indore who is currently studying fashion designing and also manages time to teach various craft forms through workshops. Yashaswee was into painting from a very early age. Later, she got interested in crafting and entered the world of paper crafting with quilling. She has learnt more than 20-25 Read more…
Decoupage Desk Organizer
Hi friends, Gopi Shah here today at Itsy Bitsy’s blog as a guest DT. Really happy to be back !! Today I will share a Decoupage project on a MDF Desk Organizer using various Little Birdie and other products from Itsy Bitsy. Here is a step by step procedure you can follow to create your own decoupage project. To begin, I have used a MDF Desk Organizer from my stash. Firstly, sanded the MDF base with a sanding paper (available locally at any paint shop) and then applied Read more…
My Journal Page – At the Beach
Hi All, Nupur here with one of my journal pages. I am super excited to share what I did on one of my journal pages with watercolors . Take a look below: Lets see how I did this beautiful scenery which is simple yet very appealing! I did this on Little Birdie’s 440 gsm cold pressed journal available at Itsy Bitsy. When we say cold pressed, it means the paper already has some texture/ teeth on it. This journal is just amazing!! 440 gsm in itself is very thick paper, so its absolutely Read more…
Crafter in the Spotlight- Medha Sharma
Hello arty crafty friends! The month of October has set in and today, in the first ‘Crafter in the Spotlight’ of the month I bring you the story of another passionate crafter, Medha Sharma from Bangalore. Medha has completed her degree in animation & interior designing. She is an enthusiastic crafter and an entrepreneur. Her love for crafting started with pottery. She loves experimenting with different styles and likes various craft forms like mixed media, decoupage and more. Medha’s Read more…
Succulent Platter – My Happy Place, Decor Piece with Embossing Texture Paste
Hello friends, Vaishali here, on the blog today. Hope everyone is crafting great !!! Today’s project is an extension to my last creation – Decoupaged Candle with Embossing Texture Paste effects. The beautiful candle needed an equally beautiful base for display….and that brought in the idea of creating a platter for it, which would also work as a center piece for the table !!! Little Birdie’s handmade succulents available at Itsy Bitsy have always been on my wish list…So the next thought Read more…
Mixed Media Butterfly Folder
Hello lovely crafters, Lisa here with my creation for Itsy Bitsy. For this creation I decided to decorate a grey board folder. Grey board is a fantastic base to work on, as it is strong enough to take numerous layers of different mediums. The size of the folder is just a bit bigger than an A4 with a front over-flap which wraps around the front of the folder. So, here is my finished creation… And this is how I did it…. First I painted the folder, both front and back with Little Birdie’s Read more…
Crafter in the Spotlight- Anamika Sarkar
Hello crafty folks! As always, I am back with an interesting story of an ardent crafter this week. Today in ‘Crafter in the Spotlight’, Anamika Sarkar, an enthusiastic crafter residing in Delhi shares interesting facts about her journey with us. For Anamika, crafting is like a de-stressing therapy. She quit her teaching job a few years back to pursue her childhood passion for arts and crafts. Although Anamika enjoys all forms of crafting but her favourite is mixed media. She loves the flexibility Read more…
Mixed Media Layout – Sunshine
Hello guys, This is DT Mukta here, back with a mixed media layout for you all. I have a pictorial tutorial to show you how I made this from the scratch using Little Birdie’s Embossing Texture Paste. My layout is a representation of my 2 favorite seasons….summer and fall and it is mainly because of the beautiful colors which the nature offers us during these seasons. This layout is summery with many flowers and butterflies and has a touch of fall colors…..yellow, orange and red. I get these Read more…
Beachside- Watercolor Painting
Hi All, Nupur here today with another painting of mine, have a look at the painting below. Did you observe the tiny clouds, sea water changing its shades, the merger of sand and water on the shore, trees and all those small elements? So lets get started…. I first drew the sketch of few basic elements I needed in my painting, on my Mont Marte 190gsm A-3 size paper (190gsm is fine if you are planning to have 3-4 layers of watercolor) Now I started with the sky, I first pre-wet Read more…
Fly High – Mixed Media Canvas
Hello everyone, This is Gayatri here today with a mixed media canvas as an inspirational post for this month’s blog challenge. Mixed media is not my forte, but more experiments I do with it, the more I am loving it!! ( just as my friends had suggested. Let me get into my project for today. I have used a Mont Marte 7″ x 5″ canvas as my base. I applied Little Birdie Embossing Texture Paste using the cobble circle stencil. I allowed the texture paste to dry naturally. I Read more…