Hey!

Feels really weird to have finally come back to blogging after almost 3 years. The biggest reason for leaving blogging was my academics, I got held up with it and couldn't make time to post.I tried many times to get back but just didn't. Finally this year, I decided that it's time to get back to doing the thing that I love the most - art.

Over the last three years, I have had many crazy experiences which threw me out of my comfort zone. I realised that I was blessed with the basic amenities of life, a loving family and great friends while there are so many people out there who don't have any of them. I also  realised that my skills, capabilities and passion are so well defined that I need to make the best use out of them. What better way than through this blog? With that thought in mind, I decided to change the concept of my blog completely.

Let's start with the basics.

Who am I?

My name is Sidelle Menon and I'm 20 years old.

What is the blog going to be about?

All of the posts from now on wards will include art and craft made out of recycled items or craft items that I have hoarded since the last few years. I will be also sharing a few tips and tricks on how to make the most out of your existing art supplies so that people who cannot afford expensive art supplies can still make good use of the old ones.  

Thank you so much for sticking by so far. I will be posting regularly from now on. Have a great day!

Hey Guys! So today I am back with a really simple background stamped card. I used the flower stamp from my Mind's eye and stamped it repeatedly on the background and colored it with my water color pencils. Lastly added a handwritten sentiment.

Hey Guys!I've been crafting a lot these days and I really like it! So for today's card, I used the beautiful peony scroll stamps from Altnew. They are my first set of Altnew stamps that I picked up from Crafters Corner a while ago and I'm going to get the most use out of them. So I made 2 A-6 cards with envelopes. I used 2 different patterned papers from my stash and cut them to 4*6 inches. After adhering them to the base, I added a few distress ink splatters of fossilised amber and abandoned coral. I stamped the stamps multiple times on a piece of scrap, coloured in with my acrylic colours and finally fussy cut them. This took nearly 3 hours to colour and cut but it was worth the effort. I adhered them to the background, added a hand written sentiment and a few sequins. Here are a few closeups.

Hey Guys!
So I'm back and today's post is a part of the recycling card series and I'm sharing a mini tutorial. So for today, I've used just one card to make the tags. Hope you enjoy the tutorial!

Step 1- Cut out four tags from the card base.






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Hi Guys! So I know that Christmas is a long way ahead but as it is my favorite festival, I thought of preparing for it from now only. So for today's card, I used scraps of paper to make my christmas tree, adhered it to a tag made out of scrap cardboard, tied a few pieces of ribbon, adhered that to a card base and finally added a handwritten sentiment. Here are a few pictures.

Hey guys! So I'm back with my second post for the day! Today I've made a recycled card from an old wedding invitation card. So here in India, we have weddings on a grand scale and the cards are grand as well. Over the years I've collected so many wedding cards and now its time to use them all. I will be doing a series on them soon. So for this tag, I attached a few pieces of scrap with modelling paste,added color with DI(worm lipstick and abandoned coral),added a few pieces of lace,doily,ribbon, hot glue embellishments and sequins. I stamped the bear from the Scrapberry's my little bear collection that I recently purchased from Crafters Corner. Lastly to finish it off, I added the sentiment LOVE. Here are the closeups.

Hey guys! Today I have another card to share. For today's card, i used the sketch by Lulupu. First I cut a tag out of an old cardboard scrap and then glued down a few scraps of paper with some modelling paste. I painted it with shades of blue and added details with my hot glue gun, modelling paste, 3D outliner and a few more other stuff. To finish it of, I added a stamped butterfly which was colored with water color pencils. Lastly I stuck it in a piece of paper colored with blue water colors, added a handwritten sentiment and I am good to go. here are a few closeups.

Hey guys, So I'm back with another post. So for this card, I got inspired by a video of thefrugalcrafter on youtube. I love her videos, they are so informative and helpful. So she made a video on how to make a quilted backgroud with stamps but since I didn't have those stamps, I just made my own design and coloured in with my favourite water color pencils and basic sketch pens. I used the sentiment from the set http://www.crafterscorner.in/stamps-accessories/miss-caroline-dolled-up which is one of the new stamp sets that I had ordered from Crafters Corner. Here are a few pics.