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Light Up Pop Up Box Card         Hi friends, with nature's forces playing havoc at many parts of the world including Mumbai ,in India....I would like to share a card which echoes the sentiment "May the Sun shine brightly and bring cheer". Light Up Pop Up Box Card            This Pop Up Card has multiple layers of sparkling clouds, cheerful hot-air balloons floating up in the sky [on acetate strips] and a gorgeous sparkling rainbow! I went an extra bit in this one and made the Sun light up on pressing one cloudy corner! Light Up Pop Up Box Card I wanted to convey that no matter how cloudy and gloomy the scene is , the sun always comes up! Light Up Pop Up Box Card How to make a Light Up Card The easiest way to make a light up card is using Chibitronics supplies. You can buy Chibitronics starter kits if you like but it's more economical to pick up just the essential components separately which ...

Respiratory System Model        In my daughter's school, the teachers don't stress out the kids by giving marks or grades  for projects and that I guess makes it all the more relaxed and a fun learning experience for the children! My daughter loves to make 3 D models and dioramas for her school projects and really likes to put in a lot of work! Lungs Model  Though the topic was respiratory system , we decided to just concentrate on the parts beyond the trachea! Respiratory System Model- Alveoli         Though I know most of my blogger friends will be least interested in a detailed tutorial of how to make a model of the Respiratory system...sharing a few steps all the same as  a lot of folks do google up such topics. Hehe yes... my blog stats tell me  a lot of people come to my blog searching about various such school project topics!!] Making the Lungs, Trachea and Bronchi Lung Model ...

Accordion Card           Hi friends it feels so good to be able to squeeze in time for crafting once again. This 4 panel accordion card is my DT project for Maureen's Rudolf Days Challenge .        I chose to go with unconventional  Christmas colors  pink and baby blue but added quite a lot of white in the form of  snowflake borders[ Memory Box dies]  ,white lacy arch borders above each panel [ cut using Marianne dies ] and  2 beautiful white poinsettias  made by heat embossing poinsettias [from  Rubber Dance  Art ] on vellum and fussy cutting them. Christmas Accordion Card      All 4 of my panels feature  gorgeous stamps from Rubber Dance  Art  . Though clear stamps are so popular nowadays I somehow just love rubber stamps...I feel one can never go wrong with them!! The Candle ,   Poinsettia , Gift Box and Bow   stamps were heat embossed gold an...

Handmade Bag Charms Hi friends ,the current craze in my daughter's school is bag charms  ! Being DIY enthusiasts we tried making our own handmade bag charms with  craft supplies we had at home! Handmade Bag Charms These are just the type of craft to do with hoarded beads and any cute embellishments in your stash! Handmade Bag Charms We used jewelry making supplies[long eye pins and jump rings] and resin embellishments to make the bag charms. Bag Charm Making Supplies We used a local brand of adhesive called Fevibond [easy for older children to handle]to stick the resin princesses to the  background frame...you can use any strong jewelry grade adhesives like E6000 also if you are making these on your own without involving children. Handmade Bag Charms My daughter has a minimalist style and exclusively designed the 2 charms shown below. She die cut 2 sparkling circles from silver holographic paper and stuck them onto acrylic discs before gluing on t...

Asteroids and Meteoroids School Project        Hi friends life is slowly settling down for me and since I have been missing my blogger friends I thought I will restart blogging but not with my creation but my daughter's! This is a school project my 11yr old made for her Geography school project on Asteroids and Meteoroids . Asteroids and Meteoroids School Project        We really put a lot of  paper-crafting supplies to good use to make this 3 D chart. The letters were cut from glitter foam using Spellbinders dies and  spray paints and  glitter glue came in quite handy to create the planets and other celestial bodies! Asteroids and Meteoroids School Project  The base of the 3 D chart is a sheet of thermocol  painted in  a splotchy manner with black spray paint and glittered up with patchily with sparkling silver glitter glue! Asteroids and Meteoroids School Project  The "Asteroid belt" between Jupi...