Welcome to Day 2 of the bloghop!! Today’s theme is anything-but-a-card. That means home decor, gifts, 3D items, anything goes so long as it is NOT a card!
Remember I mentioned lighting lamps in our homes for Diwali in yesterday’s post? They are called diyas and are usually little clay lamps painted and decorated for the festival. I didn’t have clay lamps or the tools to make any and didn’t want to have an open flame unattended inside our home. So here is what I came up with:
I started with a small glass bottle, the kind used for storing spices. Wrapped some ribbon around the middle and top to give it the shiny, elegant look. I cut out another diya design I made on my Silhouette Cameo and stuck it such that the flame of the cutout corresponded with the flame of the lamp. The lamp inside is a flameless tealight. I am happy with the result of how it looks, especially in the dark!
The next thing I have to show you today is a gift item. One of the traditions of Diwali is to give money envelopes to the younger members of the family. Since we will be in India this year for Diwali, I thought it would be useful to make a few money envelopes to give. Here is my design for them:
The central symbol on them is Ganesha, one of the Hindu gods. He is the bringer of prosperity and good luck in our homes.
I used some of the handmade paper my husband brought me from India on his last trip to make this card. The Ganesha cutout is again from my Cameo using a file I designed. Here are some more pictures of the envelope:
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| Open envelope with an Indian Rupee note |
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| Close-up of Ganesha |
The last thing I have to show you today relates to cards but isn’t a card. I had mentioned in my post yesterday that I made several cards to mail out to friends and family in US this year. I couldn’t bring myself to stick on a standard stamp on the envelopes! I wanted something more in the spirit of the festival so I designed a stamp and got it printed on Zazzle. Here is the stamp:
Now for today’s giveaway! Here are the cutting files for today. I have another Diya file, the one I used for my candle and the Ganesha file from my envelope:
Now please continue on to Smriti’s blog for the bloghop! The full list of all of us doing the bloghop is below:
- Chaitali – http://cutscropscreativity.blogspot.com
- Smriti – http://ribbonsetc.blogspot.com/
- Gayatri – http://scrapawayg3.blogspot.com/
- Pooja – http://cards.poojawagh.com/
- Piali – http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com/
- Isha- http://hobbyandideas.blogspot.com/
- Sanketi – http://sanketij.blogspot.com/
And if you would like to play along, please leave your name and blogpost link below! Do leave us a comment if you are enjoying the bloghop!
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I love these beautiful ideas.I spend most of the day of Diwali in decorating our home.Diyas are better than candles and lights.Now in market there is a option of diwali candles diyas.
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Simply wonderful Chaitali!
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Lovely creations! The money envelope is so pretty and what a beautiful idea for the stamps! Didn’t know about that!
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Lovely lamp idea and envelope ,am new to this craft world and thanks for sharing ur files ,i will try to learn more about cameo and i lovdd the way you use it on your projs
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Love your lantern idea with the safe votive. So pretty. I love your stamp design for the envelopes! I have never seen that before. Very special.
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Beautiful, Beautiful. Love the lamp and the envelope and the cards too. Great idea of bloghop for diwali !!
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what an great idea of lampmeghahttp://meghanuj01.blogspot.in/
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done 2 day hopping ..what is link given for .plz explainmeghahttp://meghanuj01.blogspot.in/
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Lovely lamp idea Chaitali! I like the diya cut out very much. It looks like a wrought iron stand. The stamp is also a very cool idea.
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Your decoration of the lamp is really pretty. I’m sure those money envelopes will be really appreciated, especially with the special stamps you are using!
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Your lamp idea is so lovely and it will enhance the beauty of home if anyone use it for decoration.Its an excellent diwali home decoration idea.
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