In the Spotlight + Mini Challenge... Rupa

Hello everyone! It’s June and I am in the spotlight this month which means you get a sneak peak into my life and my works! Always a pleasure to share both with you all. With that said…read on!

I am Rupa from Bangalore, India and am 43yrs old married for 20 years now and blessed with 2 kids (a son and a daughter).

My interest in arts started when I got married and had to set up my own house. I had a flair for interior decoration but no formal training, which is when I started learning various forms of art and painting just to decorate “my home”! 

After the birth of my first son ( a child with special needs) I was forced to be a stay at home mom and that’s when my passion and hobby became work too.

I started taking art classes from home and have been doing so last 15 yrs and still do. My son now is 16 yrs and I have a 5yr old daughter too and my entire family is very supportive of my passion.

Here are a few of my art works…

My entry into crafting was accidental 2 years back when I just bought the Big Shot machine in an impulse. I discovered my style was Vintage with lots of textures and most importantly, altered art. My USP is up cycling and have hoarded a lot of trash at home and they all get their time to get pampered and have a new lease of life.

A few samplers here on those!

An old clothes iron that was defunct..but not NOW!

An altered book.

An altered plastic eye case.

To view more of my works, do visit my blog here.

My project share with you today is mini journal that I made with my daughter’s old note book pages and an old pair of jeans that I had outgrown!

Though I am not a coffee drinker I just loved using coffee in this project to stain all the papers to give a vintage look. The entire process of staining paper scraps and PP from the stash and making signatures is so therapeutic and the end result is that you have something functional and it smells good too, lol!

Here are a few pics of the journal… I love the little surprises it throws up as you turn the pages. Lots of stamping and little journal tags and quotes.

I also found an old diary from my grandmother’s cupboard and it was from the same year that I was born! So I tore a few pages and also have my birthday page sewn in here.

Just made this journal extra special… I don’t have a heart to write

on this one bit I do carry it where ever I go!

My challenge to you for this week

is to create anything

VINTAGE BUT must also RECYCLE.

Yes, I want you have at least one up-cycled item in your project.

Come on its easy and have some fun!

Do visit my blog "Together for Arts" to see a lot of trash to treasure make over’s and let me know if it inspires you to play along. Until my next creative journey – Happy Crafting and recycling.

Cheers.

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#Cre8time in the Great Outdoors... Week 3 of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 "Out and About"

Good Morning Everyone! Today begins week three of challenge No. 48 - CLICK HERE to catch up and see all the lovely makes from our week one team of creatives and CLICK HERE for Week 2 inspiration.

The Challenge... "Out and About". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 use the great outdoors as your inspiration to challenge your muse; celebrate nature, your favorite place; World Environment Day June 5th; the seasonal colors at your place; or just having fun outdoors. Summer time is here which is everyone's favorite time of year - time for vacations, camping and cookouts! Use your muse to create whatever our prompt "OUT and ABOUT" inspires you to make {remember no cards}. Now it's time to gather all of your creative goodies to come out and play.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/06/off-to-see-cre8time-world-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight June 27th giving you one more week to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Di

Out and about in Tasmania looking over Coles bay to The Hazards. Tassie is one of our favourite holiday destinations. Pop on over to my BLOG to see what else has been done to this page.

Brenda

I created a Faux Glass leaf bracelet to take the Outdoors with me. You will be surprised to see how it's made!Please hop on over to my BLOG for more details.

Margaret

Our family loves to explore the trails of the many state and national parks available in our area.  I created a scrapbook page to share my inspiration of 'out and about'. Please visit my BLOG for more details.

Pallavi

My project this month is some botanical sketches I did in my sketchbook.I had gone for a mini vacation to the beautiful mountains in the North of India. Since I was "out and about", I decided to try my hand at nature journaling.For my first spread I decided to focus on Pinecones and trees which are in abundance there.All the sketches are done with a drawing pencil and Pigma Micron pens.You can find my new art blog BLOG HERE.

Christi

I had planned on doing a triptych so I had cut out a bunch of the little houses using the cardboard and the die cuts. This months theme at "Out & About" so I created a collage with these turning them into a neighborhood with an inspirational quote. Visit my BLOG for more details.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday for a new Spotlight + Mini Challenge.

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Bring the #Cre8time Outdoors IN... week two of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 "Out and About"

Good Morning Everyone! Last Sunday launched a brand new challenge No. 48 - CLICK HERE to catch up and see all the lovely makes from our week one team of creatives.

The current Challenge... "Out and About". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 use the great outdoors as your inspiration to challenge your muse; celebrate nature, your favorite place; World Environment Day June 5th; the seasonal colors at your place; or just having fun outdoors. Summer time is here which is everyone's favorite time of year - time for vacations, camping and cookouts! Use your muse to create whatever our prompt "OUT and ABOUT" inspires you to make {remember no cards}. Now it's time to gather all of your creative goodies to come out and play.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/06/off-to-see-cre8time-world-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight June 27th giving you 2 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Rupa

A trash to treasure project and the outcome is a mini garden with log planters. To know how and a little surprise behind the planter, do visit my BLOG.

Elaine

For this challenge I've created these Art Journal pages.

Pop on over to my BLOG to see more!

Toni

Entitled "Spring Time" I decided to alter my T!m Holtz clock with an adorable picture of my puppies outside in the garden. Hope you enjoy, stop by my BLOG for more photos. xoxo Toni

Neva

My inspiration for this flower wreathe is right outside my front door!  The flowers are designed to mimic two of my favorite flowers blooming in the front garden.  Stop by my BLOG to see the inspiration and how to create this fun bit of early summer loveliness!

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to see more of our Design Team creations!

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Off to see a #Cre8time World for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 "Out and About"

Good Morning Everyone! Summer is HERE!! It's a brand new month and time for a brand new ABAC Challenge to excite your creative muse. Last Sunday we had a Fifth Sunday challenge and the week prior featured Diana and she hosted a Art Journal page Challenge - CLICK HERE to catch up on Diana's amazing pages and see all the lovely makes.

Now we get down to business... it's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges... are you ready to play and have some fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our "Inspired by the MASTERS" Challenge #47! If you missed out on seeing all of the amazing submissions... please CLICK HERE to view week number one; HERE for week 2 and HERE for week 3 – you don't want to miss out on all the fabulous creations shared!

The new Challenge... "Out and About". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 48 use the great outdoors as your inspiration to challenge your muse; celebrate nature, your favorite place; World Environment Day June 5th; the seasonal colors at your place; or just having fun outdoors. Summer time is here which is everyone's favorite time of year - time for vacations, camping and cookouts! Use your muse to create whatever our prompt "OUT and ABOUT" inspires you to make {remember no cards}. Now it's time to gather all of your creative goodies to come out and play.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/06/off-to-see-cre8time-world-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight June 27th giving you 3 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Lisette

My out and about project is all about my love of garden secrets. Sculptures, follies, pagodas, ponds mazes, fountains - I love them all. My little garden shrine, something you might find in an English country home garden, features a Green Man, a spirit of nature and a favourite name for many a British pub! Find out all the details over on my BLOG.

Diana

I have a small collection of embroidery hoops that I've been collecting from various estate/ yard sales. I decided to use some of my bits of left over fabric to create this fun little wall hanging.  Hop over to my BLOG to check out some details.  

Sheri

My project for this month takes you to Paris with this mixed-media plaque featuring this Julie Nutting Doll stamp. Please visit my BLOG for more details!

Heather

June weddings abound here, many of them are hold outdoors plus flowers are in full bloom. I made a photo frame, with a twist, for a wedding gift. Check out my BLOG to see the fun thing I did to the back and for the complete tutorial.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your "OUT and ABOUT" creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to see more of our Design Team creations!

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