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Canvas from Cardboard Container

January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 naush

Hello friends. How have the first 11 days of 2019 been ?

Are the resolutions going strong ?

I hope one of the resolutions is to lead a more sustainable existence – Recycle, reuse, repurpose.

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We have been rescuing and fostering cats for alittle over 14 years. Presently we have 11 cats. One of the things you’ll find in abundance at my home are ‘cans’. Your right, cat food cans.

Most of my cats love tuna. We generally buy bulk cat food when there are some promotions running. These cans come in packs of three’s within a cardboard packaging.

I have used 3 such Tuna cans cardboard packaging as my canvas.

I gave the cardboard 2 coats of gesso. With sharpie, I outlined the house and colored it with acrylic paints.

I topped it off with a final coat of modge podge.

I love quirky prim houses and tried to give them a cartoonish look.

One of the mistakes, I made was I did not leave too much time for drying between the two gesso coats. When I began the final acrylic paint, I got a smudge at one of the houses.

The other mistake was that I did not continue the house colors on the side of the cardboard.

Still, I like how it turned out.

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cardboard to canvas canvas from packaging cardboard

So how did you like this innovative canvas ?

Have you ever attempted using anything other than a canvas to paint on ?

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DIY Tutorial – Upcycle Broken Frame

January 4, 2019 naush

I love to salvage ‘stuff’. I, almost always find inspiration ‘especially’ in broken items. Unfortunately that also means, that alot of broken items don’t land up in the rubbish bin immediately in my home. (as they should) eg Broken mugs are stored to be used as mosaic material

Would you believe this frame was an empty shell with no base/back or glass infront and now — Ta da !!

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This frame was found in one of my frame piles and I decided to FINALLY work some of my magic on it.

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I absolutely love the HOPE sign below, but one of our new fosters (kitten) jumped high enough, to break it.

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Like I said, its not THAT EASY for things to be chugged in the bin – – – at my place !!

(the fact that my husband and sons are fed up of my habit is another story for another day though )

Long story short –

I decided somehow the HOPE sign and the frame would look good together. Here’s a simple tutorial of what followed.

upcycle broken frame 2 — The frame did not need to be sanding, so I proceeded with two coats of acrylic paint.

upcycle broken frame 3 — Found this light weight, foam backing for the base/back. The frame had hooks intact on the back so I measured the black foam and cut to fit in the back of the frame.

upcycle broken frame 6 — For the background, I got some cardboard and painted colors – colors that are generally out of my comfort zone eg yellow, purple, blue !

upcycle broken frame 5 — I applied some DAP instant Grab adhesive to glue the two broken spaces on the HOPE letters.

upcycle broken frame 7 — Let it rest for atleast 12 -14 hours.

collage art 1 — Having painted stripes of cardboard, I went on to roughly place the stripes on the black base foam board to see how the pattern looked.

collage art 2 — I decided, I did not want a symmetrical pattern and wanted a random distressed look . I snipped the excess cardboard which had exceeded the black foam’s border.

collage art 3 — I measured and placed smaller pieces of cardboard on the empty edges

collage art 7 — Then I hot glued all the pieces along with regular PVA glue for additional strength.

collage art 8 — Finally I placed the frame over and adhered it from behind.

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I wanted to give a 3D effect to the sign hence I added a piece of cardboard on the back of the HOPE sign at two places and hot glued the sign to the colorful background. That way, it gives a popping out impression.
I have added random thin golden paint strokes to conceal the spots where it had broken – in turn giving it a more marble-like effect.
It is necessary to give one coat of modge podge or varnish on the entire frame and background – so as to make it more durable and it will be easy to clean it in future too (from dust etc since it does not have a glass covering)

I absolutely love how this turned out. Did you like it too ??

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New Year at the Worlds Tallest Tower.

January 3, 2019 naush

Hello friends.

For all those of you who are celebrating New Year, I pray we all have a blessed, peaceful and creative New Year.

I am a Muslim and we follow the Lunar calendar hence our New Year is 1st of Hijri. However, for our day to day practical purposes we refer to the Gregorian calendar.

An occasion or holiday that gives us a chance to be together is cherished.

So, How did you welcome the New Year ?

We are blessed to live in the City that houses the worlds tallest tower, so where best to be at, but The Burj Khalifa !!

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The fireworks were phenomenal, infact, Burj Khalifa also set the record for the longest LED light display on New Years eve. Ho boy !! It was brilliant.

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Ofcourse, entry on Sheikh Zayed road and Financial center road, closed from 10:30 pm.

new year in dubai 1 new year in dubai 5 Cars were double parked on Al Khail road. But around 11:00 pm we realized, the authorities were moving people out from parking on the side-path of highway so we drove towards a construction site on the opposite side and had a fabulous view from there.

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Needless to say we were not the only smart ones there !!

People had come prepared with flood lights, carpets, tents etc.

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We had carried our tables, chairs, blankets and pizzas.

What absolute bliss.

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Any occasion is an opportunity to share some special moments with the people who matter the most to you, tolerate you the most and appreciate you the most.

Good health, sound mind and the bliss of a happy family – How can anything be more precious ?

Different people celebrate in different ways. How did you welcome the New Year ?

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National day crafts to make and decorate

November 30, 2018 naush

December 2nd is the National Day of United Arab Emirates.

UAE is a diverse country. It is the central hub for people to meet, work together and develop relationships. This country offers a sense of freedom, security and respect for all beliefs and cultures.

Expats as well as the locals live in perfect harmony here, hence the expats are equally excited and participate in the celebrations, with little children dressed in flag colors and balloons and stickers, badges and sweets being distributed.

From record gathering of flags to breathtaking phenomenal fireworks to fancy luxury cars embossed in national flag colors and bling .. we will be seeing it all !!

While the country is all set for the National day celebration with full pomp and show, I decided to teach my students how to decorate with regular household items to make lovely celebratory decoration and accessories.

We used regular plastic bottles and cut out the base in the shape of a flower. We later applied acrylic paints in the colors of red, green, black and white. These were then tied up and hung as decoration.

Younger students made these simple trees with various shapes. The theme centered around the colors used.

We also rolled up newspaper and made these large flowers to stick on the walls.

We bought ribbons of the flag color and cut out “bangles” out of plastic bottle and wrapped it all around the plastic bottle – making a bangle with the flag colors.

We also used nail polish to color “washers” and tied it to these thin ribbons. The kids love accessorizing themselves with these.

How we decorated for National day. — These displayed handicrafts are a part of the UAE culture. In the olden days, people relied on the resilient Palm tree to provide everything from shade to food to shelter material. The branches of the palm tree were used to make these baskets, hand fans, bread serving dishes, food mats etc.

The red siting area is just recreated here to show how, in the olden days, they would preferably sit on these hard cushions which can still be found in most homes.
*Actually they are quite comfortable*.

We wanted to make several more items for the National Day, but felt, slightly limited since all our projects had to have recycled material usage as well as be decorative in nature.

How do you decorate your home, office or school for your National day ? Do you get your kids involved in the decoration ?

Please drop in a line to tell me if and how, you liked these easy and fun creations.

Recycled objects :-

Empty plastic bottles
Newspaper

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