Happy Valentine's Day and GiveAway 3

 "We love life not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving" - Friedrich Nietzsche

I think that's so true...everyone...each one of us is in some way or the other trying to be in love with someone or something all the time. So here's to the Universal appeal of Love.

Now onto the winner of GiveAway 2 - Ganesha Print

My daughter, Anoushka (Krishna) was all set for school when I asked to pick a winner - the traditional way...She was all so delighted :)

PRITI SINGH!!!!

Congratulations Priti :D

Moving onto the third GiveAway....

(Come on guys, be a sport :D)

To enter the giveaway:

1. Need to be my blog follower. (Come on guys, it would be unfair for my followers if not!!! ;) )

2. Hop over to my FB page - Hues n Shades - and Like it.

3. You can even bring your friends over/invite them to like my blog/page and leave the names of your friends to earn extra credits.

4. Blog/post about the Giveaway and leave a link.

5. Finally leave a comment mentioning all or any of these :)

Follow these steps and you earn extra credits for each thus brightening your chance to win the art print :D

What you are going to win...

6x4 inches

This is just one print, different angles.This is a fine quality print on acid free paper.

Open to all, until Thrusday (20 Feb, 2014) until 12 am IST.

Adieu dear friends for now.

Spreading Luv :)

For those who wish to accept that Love can download for free my special Valentine pattern papers. Print and use (for personal use only!)

Colours of Love 
Eternal Love

Linking the post to PPF(Paint Party Friday)...Visit to meet some awesome artists and get a glimpse of their art.


ps: Radhakrishna image is from google.

Please do not use/reproduce the content (words as well as images) without the written consent of the author.

Valentine Collection

February is the Month of Love...one can see hearts everywhere! Malls, supermarkets, TV, papers, magazines, restuarants....so goes the list. It's as if love has sprung from some unknown depths and permeated to make itself known to the whole wide world :) Here's my collection that I created specially for this Valentine's Day. Something cute, simple and soft!

5x7 inches Acrylic paper

Watercolour, ink and glitter

5x7 inches Acrylic paper

Watercolour, ink and glitter

5x7 inches, digital arts

Wishing all my dear friends

A Happy Valentine's Day!

Linking it up to Weekly Story - Colours Dekor

Valentine's Day!

Fo the Part one, Click HERE

First of all Thanks a zillion for the response which truly was overwhelming...

As promised here's my next list of simple art that could add colour to your romance...

The picture took time to load and then wen it happened it looks like this:(

Anyways, these are the self-ink stamps, roller and the single hole puncher apt for bookmarks.

You could make these bookmarks easily by cutting strips of paper of your choice.

I've used textured chart paper again, cut them into 4cm * 13cm size and then glued nice lovable quotes, stamped them with heart and roses and finally looped a satin thread.

Do you like it???

You could even take your glass candle holder and stick it with heart stickers and light it up in to add glow to your love.You could even cook some fav dishes of his or hers and then have a tea light candle dinner :))

Draw some hearts on a glass using glass liner and fill it with glass colours and glue some shiny, sparkling stones

This is out and out a kids' craft...

Make a heart with dough and let it dry, you can even bake it.

Here,I've not...I just let it dry and then painted it with acrylic colour;

let it dry again and then added the satin ribbon.

I made this for my daughter, L'tl A!

She was too pleased to receive it:)))

*image courtesy Google*

Apart from these, you could even gift some fav knick-knacks of your partner...

arrange it in a small basket say of bamboo or wood or anything that can hold the stuff.

Place His/Her fav chocolates, drink, candies, chips etc. anything that'll please your sweetheart:)

Hope you have a nice time with your Valentine...

Wishing you all a

A HIPPY YIPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

Simple Valentine Ideas

Its Valentine time and I thought of making some sweet stuff for people looking for some simple ideas to gift to their sweethearts. Its really easy to make...

First of all you need some stationary...chart papers, stickers, some self ink stamps, wrapping paper etc etc.

Heart Fridge Magnet

Cut out heart shape from OHP sheet (thats what I've done here) and colour it. I've used glass colour and black liner to outline the shape. Instead of OHP sheet, you can use any material that stands steady. Btw, you can cut with scissors too.

Take a magnet

Glue it underneath

You can add a heart sticker in the center like I did as I wanted to keep it simple. You can bead it or decorate it with semi precious stones or even a stamp size photo of your beloved one :)

Place it on the fridge and admire it whenever you have a look at your/beloved's creation...

CUPID'S ARROWS

Take a chart...cut it to your desired size

Fold it to half so that you can write your thoughts inside

I had these textured papers (somewhat like chart...not as thin as normal paper)

Chose the pink and selected these stickers

Glued the pink paper on top of the white and picked the stickers and arranged it as being arrowed...see thats so easy to make :)

Sorry for the self ink stamp roller(which I was trying for the first time and so misd the direction...!!!) that went astray...

Anyways I think its not bad...what do you think???

Flying Hearts

Here again repeat the first two steps of folding the paper. I have chosen a handmade paper on which to do art. I have already cut and kept few heart shapes in red textured paper.

  

I beaded up the heart shapes and stuck some stickers of ladybugs at the edges... 

I took some red velvet ribbon to spice up the card...

Stamped few flying heart patterns...

The second card is reay too to be gifted with your lovely thoughts :)

Now you know its so easy to make some simple, lovable things for your loved ones with all your heart rather than buy a high priced gift with no feelings attached....Completely my personal view...

Some more things are yet to come...in the next edition of Simple Valentine Ideas!

Until then, Have a Lovely time Creating and Ciao :)