Pretty Paper Studio | Fifth Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

Pretty Paper Studio is turning 5 this month and we are celebrating with a Blog Hop! There is also a giveaway so do read till the end of the post to know more!

Here's what I have to share with you for this hop. It's an Altered Embroidery Hoop turned into a Home Decor piece.

I have shared a detailed tutorial on the PPS blog on how I created this hoop which you can check out HERE. The theme for this month is 'Gratitude'. I have used the chipboard pieces - Be Thankful to go along with the theme.

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Now on to the deets for the Blog Hop :
You need to leave a comment on every stop of the hop and like the Pretty Paper Studio Facebook page, follow Pretty Paper Studio on Instagram and Pinterest, subscribe to the YouTube channel and join the Facebook group. You will also need to follow our Guest Bloggers Mummy On My Mind, Cuddles and Crumbs and Explore with Mafaza on Instagram.

Here's the Blog Hop list :

Pretty Paper Studio

Cuddles And Crumbs (Abigail Caidoy)

Designs by Donna Espiritu (Donna Espiritu)

Explore With Mafaza (Mafaza Haleem)

Handmade With Love (Ujjwal Gupta)

Mummy On My Mind (Zeyna Sanjania)

Papermade by Ing (Ingrid Lim)

Quill And Punch Works (Hussena Calcuttawala) - - > You are here!

Blog Hop Prize

 One winner will be picked randomly and will receive a Silhouette Cameo 3 Electronic Cutting Machine worth AED 1250. Simple. International entries are welcome too! You got to follow all the instructions to stand a chance though – that’s the only condition.

Pretty Paper Studio reserves the right to final decision regarding the judgment method and winning Entries. This contest is not sponsored by or affiliated with Silhouette America.

Blog Hop ends on May 1st, 2017 and a winner will be announced on the PPS blog on May 5th, 2017.
Alright then, hop on! I would love to hear what you think about my project. Thanks for stopping by!

An Altered hoop and a Tag !

Hello, everyone!

Today I have two projects to share with you all. These projects were created for the Papericious blog to introduce the new Adhesive buttons/flairs that have been released this month. I really enjoyed using these buttons on my projects. :) 

So, here's a look at what I created using these buttons. The first one is an altered hoop and the second one is a Mixed media tag!

For this hoop, I have used the Pattern Papers from the Papericious Grey Bloom collection and the Wooden Collection. The pink flowers and the leaves are fussy cut from the Grey Bloom collection paper and mounted on square foams for dimension. As you can see, I have used these buttons for the centre of my bow as well as a part of my sentiment.  These make very pretty centres and look great on cards, layouts and mixed media projects!

Here are few of the close ups!

I am entering my altered Hoop for the PPS challenge : Inspired by a song. I was inspired by THIS song from Francesca Battistelli.

Moving on to my Mixed Media tag :

 I first created a burlap flower using the Tim Holtz Tattered florals die and layered it with some tulle and fabric cotton laces and finished it off with an adhesive button. Isn't it gorgeous??
I have created the background of the the tag using embossing paste and a stencil from Tim Holtz with Distress Stain Sprays.

 I am entering this tag in the Stamploration Mixed Media Challenge.

Thank you for your time and have a nice day everyone! Please do not forget to leave your comments/suggestions. I love to get feedback from you :)

Textured, shabby tag !!

Hello everyone!

I've got two posts in two days. Yayy for me. :P

Okay, jokes apart, i have a tag to share today. My tag is totally inspired by all the gorgeous layered and textured tags that I keep seeing on Pinterest.  If you are a Pinterest addict like me, I'm sure you must have come across such tags which are loaded with details, yet they have a unique style of their own. Here I would like to mention that most of the Polish bloggers I've come across, do awesome work and my tag is a definite case of them! 

To make my tag, I have used on the base a very thick watercolor paper and layered it with a woodgrain background pattern paper. I have stenciled on one side using the Prima Damask stencil and texture paste, then smooshed my Distress inks on to an acrylic block and using a wet paint brush have painted the background randomly. The floral cluster on the left has it's base on first a piece of burlap whose edges I frayed, then created a frame using Spellbinders Floral Ovals die, made my flowers using punches this time, even the rose buds that you see are handmade by me using a small flower punch

This one I'm dying to share .. The small whitte resin frame you see is made using Mod Molds and a glue stick on which I've painted white using acrylic paint. I'm so loving the look of it !!

That's it from my side! 

Supplies used :

Pattern paper : DCWV, Prima Zephyr paper pad.

Punches : Jef six petal flower punch ( Large and small sizes).

Dies : Spellbinders Floral Ovals die, Impression Obsession Butterfly die set, Simon Says Stamp 'Be' stamp and die set.

Inks : Distress inks -Peacock feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Picked raspberry,Spun sugar and Wild honey.

Mold Molds Ornamental frames mold., White pollens, small pink pearls, light cream mulberry flowers and seam binding ribbon.

Challenges entered :

BGC -Textured tags - Made it to Top 3 !

SSS - Stamptember challenge ( I have used the 'Be' stamp and die set )

Polkadoodles- Tag, you're it.

We Do Doobadoo -Something feminine - Made it to Top 3 

Hope you all like my tag. I'm not very sure about this one so would love to know your views on it. Do drop me a line and have a nice weekend everyone :)