Guest Blog Posts

Recently I have found new blogs on craft and am amazed to see that so many Indians are also doing craft work and they are really nice to share their methods and techniques. I have been given chance to write for two blogs and here are links for my guest post over these blogs:

1. At Kalalayaa Artt Club

2. At Craft Supply Shopping Guide

Both blogs contain much more informative posts (more than mine) and do not forget to bookmark those blogs if you are craft lover.

Also for more information on Indian Craft scenario do visit my blog The Craft Zone

Enjoy

A Good Progress in My Kid's Scrapbook Album

For past few months I was making my kid's scrapbook album. I first tried to make it traditional way i.e. using pattern paper then cutting and pasting every element manually, but then I found it difficult to make an album where I can add more pages later. So I purchased a Photo Album (12x12 size) then I added all the scrapbook pages in it.

But then also there was a problem as making every scrapbook page manually took a lot of time and it also didn't stick very fine in the photo album. So to overcome this I decided to create Digital Scrapbook Pages and the print them and fix in my album. For this purpose I used ShabbyPrincess.com scrapbook files.

Now the album looks really beautiful. I am uploading the Digital Pages in low resolution on my Craftzone Blog. You can check them at : My Digital Scrapbook Pages

Enjoy

Aditya

My new purchase from GEB (Global Ebay)

Today I received my new lot of items I purchased on 23rd March 2011. They are a lot of Clear Acrylic Stamps and Tim Holtz Distress Ink Set of 5. They are really great and worth the money spent. I am still not very good with stamping and now I am trying to work with some projects which involve stamps thus improve my stamping.

However now I have learned the Distress technique. My future projects will have these stamps also :). Stay tuned to my Craft Blog : The Craft Zone

Here is the pic of my latest purchased stamps:

If anyone is looking for any stamp set from these then do let me know. I can sell a set or two.

All these stamps are of Scrappy Cat.

Working on a Craft Blog and Craft Site

Now I am working on a Craft Blog and a Craft Site, I have set up the design and added some content and also working on to increase the content. Since there I will be updating my Craft Work and other information related to Paper Craft so there is a lot of work to do. Right now I am trying to create atleast one Greeting Card per 2-3 days so that I can update those on my new blog. I am also working on a Kirigami White House, which might complete in this April.

Other than that I will be adding some more content in my website (Adityastar.com) also.

My other plans for the blog are : To start a contest and to start a blog candy (Both for my Craft Blog)

So those who love making Cards and Crafts should stay tuned as I will introduce a contest and a Blog Candy in April 2011.

Here are links for My "The Craft Zone"

The Craft Zone Site (Contains Gallery, Resources, Information and a Shop)

The Craft Zone Blog (Contain Articles and Tutorials)

The Craft Zone on Facebook (A Facebook Page which will have some exclusive information other than Blog and Site)

So stay tuned to get latest info on Art and Craft :)

A Great Craft Blog

Today I stumbled upon a really nice craft blog, its very rare to find any Indian doing craft at large scale especially in North India but I am really impressed with content of this blog and I must recommend anyone who is craft lover to visit this blog.

You will get a lots of Great Ideas.

Blog Link : Miss Not so Good with Words

Free Valentine Day Gift Labels

Valentine Day Gift Label

Get Free Printable PDF File and Silhouette SD/Craft Robo cutting file from Adityastar.com

Download : Valentine Day Gift Label

Last Minute New Year Gift

This New Year I wanted something different, so I decided to gift a paper toy to all my friends.

Here is what I will gift to them :

To make these I used the following:

1. Paper Toy of Salazad (Free template download from : Salazad Paper Toys )

2. For the box I used a blank box template (Get it from website Adityastar.com)

I used Hand made craft paper for the box so I didn't needed to print any texture.

It took me around 20 minute to build one box and one toy, so I made around 40 of these and I will gift them to those whom I can meet personally on 1st Jan 2011.

For you all wish you a very happy new year.

My Tools of Craft

My Tools for Doing Paper Craft: Pens, Surgical Knife, Blades for Surgical Knife, Paper Cutter, Aluminum Ruler, Scissor, Craft Scissor,Craft Scissor Addons, Fevicol, Paper Clips, Pins, Fevicol Drops, Alvin Cutting Mat

Coming Soon in this list: Silhouette SD Craft Cutter

9 Ladies Popup Card

 Here is another popup card I made recently using a purchased template.

Me Cutting Paper for Notre Dame Cathedral Model

 Here is picture of myself at work i.e. cutting Notre Dame Cathedral Kirigami Popup Greeting Card.

And here is the picture for the complete Notre Dame Cathedral Kirigami Popup Card.

Love Popup Greeting Card

 Here is picture of Lovely Popup Greeting Card I made recently:

Alvin Self Healing Cutting Mat

Recently I purchased Alvin Self Healing Cutting Mat from Global E-Bay. It costed me Rs. 1760 ($35) which included the shipping cost and customs duties also. The actual cost of a cutting mat can be less but its not easily available in India as people do not consider Paper Craft as a hobby or even don't understand it.

I ordered it on 26th August and got it on 8th September 2010, that is a very fast delivery as I was expecting around 30 days to ship it to me.

The Cutting Mat I ordered was of 12"X18" Size and it is really of very good quality. Previously I was using glass as base for all my cutting work but by using glass as base material I need to use a lot of force for cutting, it was risky and blades sharpness wears out very quickly.

Now after using This cutting Mat for more than 15 days I can say that the money spent was worth. It helped me in increasing my cutting speed with less sprain on my hands. I am loving it.