Friday 10 December 2021

Christmas Animals Art Journal

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog.


A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is safe and enjoy the Christmas holidays. 


Today I'm sharing the 2021 last design team inspiration post for My Time To Craft Challenge and this fortnight our theme is Christmas Animals. 


I have created an art journal page in my 7" by 7" Watercolor journal book so that I can play with plenty of water to move my colours. 


I have used 4-5 types of blues to create the background. Next I did stamping on my page to give some visual effect. Next I took few Christmas Critters and fussy cut it and adhered it using liquid adhesive. 


I hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe. 


Created by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 



Scrapping4fun Challenge #207

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome  back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is good. How is the weather at your place??? Here its winter season but its feels like summer is going on.


Now welcome to this year's last challenge at Scrapping4fun Challenge and it's not fortnight challenge but it's going run this full month. So do participant in the challenge and have lot of fun during this festive season. 


And our theme for this challenge is


And our lovely sponsor for this challenge is


I have created an art journal page using the digi image and digital paper. 


First I did pieces of the digi paper and did collage on the page and next did colour blending on page to create my background. Next I did stencilling using ink and blending brush to give a visual effect. Added few doodling using white gel pen. I coloured the digi image using Altenew Watercolour 36 half pan set and fussy cut it. Adhered it on journal background using liquid glue. And finally I finished it with hand written sentiment. 


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Created by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 







Wednesday 8 December 2021

Circle Art Journal

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome  back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope you all are well. 


Today I'm sharing an art journal in circle shape.


I have used a 4" Circle Watercolor paper to create this journal. I have hand drawn this image and coloured it using Altenew Watercolour 36 half pan set and highlighted it by using Brustro White gel pen. The quote is from Pinterest. 


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 



Created by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 




Friday 26 November 2021

Stitching (Faux Or Real)

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is safe.


Welcome back to My Time To Craft Challenge and this fortnight our theme is STITCHING (faux or real).


I have created an art journal using Decoupage paper and liquid acrylic colours. 


First I coloured the background using 3 acrylic colours with flat brush using little water to blend it with each other. Next I did stencilling using Vintage photo DO and blending brush. Highlighted few areas with white gel pen. Adhered my focal point on side and added sentiment from Art By Marlene Signature Collection book. Next I took Stitching stamp and 2 types of ink pad to stamp my faux stitch border around.
 


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Materials used 

* Papericious Decoupage Paper.
* Scholare Store Watercolor Square Journal Book.
* CrafTangles Liquid Acrylic Paints - Titanium White, Violet, Brilliant Magenta.
* Brustro Archival Pens.
* Art By Marlene Signature Collection Sticker Sheets.
* Mudra Crafts Stamps - Stitching.
* Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive.
* iCraft Stencil.
* Brustro White Gel Pen.
* MICRON 08 Archival Pen.
* Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Vintage Photo.
*Tim Holtz Distress Blending Brush.
* Nuvo Hybrid Ink Pad - Royal Plum.
* Distress Archival Ink - Black Soot. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe


Handmade by 
Meenaa Gauthami Herale 
A Unique Artist 




Scrapping4fun Challenge #206

 Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is good and staying safe. 


So we coming to the end of this year and this year was worst for me. Hope next year will be fine. This year had lot of health issues, lot my fur baby suddenly. 


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme is 


And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is




I have created a single page art journal using the digi by our sponsor. 


First I coloured the background using CrafTangles Denim color spray and lot of water. I dried it using heat tool and i used shimmer spray on stencil to give visual effect. Next using embossing ink and script stamp, i did stamping on few places and used white embossing powder on it and heat set it. I coloured my digi using Altenew Watercolour and fussy cut it. Next added few washi tapes on background and I adhered the digi on it. Next took White Acrylic pen added faux snow dots and border on page. For sentiment I handwritten quote on white paper and adhered it on journal. 


Hope you like it. 


Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Unique Artist. 


Friday 12 November 2021

Textured Fridge Magnets

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good evening to you all. How are you all doing? How is the weather at your place??


Welcome back to My Time To Craft Challenge and this fortnight our theme is TEXTURE. 


I have created 2 fridge magnets using 2 different techniques. 


For my first fridge magnet I have created the textured background using texture paste and texture tool to create the pattern. 

For my second fridge magnet I have used texture paste and stencil to create the background. 

I have kept my both the background very simple but elegant. Hope you like it. 


Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handcrafted by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Unique Artist. 




Scrapping4fun Challenge #205

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is good and staying safe. Here the weather is too cold and in winter its raining here. This weather has made me more sick. Trying myself to get back on my regular track but health is giving problem.


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is 


And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 


I have created a single page art journal using the digi by our sponsor. 


I love flowers, butterflies, birds very much and Hummingbirds & lovebirds are my favourite. When I got this digi I was happy because it was my favourite bird and wanted to create only art journal using it.


First I created the background using Distress inks and stencil. Next added another colour using Distress blending brush. I coloured my digi image using Altenew Watercolour and fussy cut it. Next I die cut few elements using Fantasy die and added colours to it using Distress Oxides and blending brushes. Now using liquid adhesive I adhered all the elements and digi on journal page and for sentiment I took quote from Pinterest and handwritten it.


Hope you like it and please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Unique Artist.




Sunday 31 October 2021

Resin Monogram Alphabet Keychains

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is safe and well. 


Today I'm sharing few Resin keychain which I created for my customer. Recently I have fallen in love with resin work.













Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Friday 29 October 2021

Distress Technique Key Holder

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is good. 


Welcome back to My Time To Craft Challenge and this fortnight our theme is NEW HOME. 


I have created an Key holder using wood distressing technique. 


This is one of my favourite technique and very simple but very elegant. First I gave a black chalk paint on the base and let it to dry. Once it dry, I gave a coat of woodwax and let to dry. After drying I used 2 colors of chalk paints and applied it on using flat brush and shading technique. Let it dry. Now I took sand paper and started to rub on it in one direction. Now it did insta transfer on it and gave 2 coats of glossy varnish and added hooks and corktape to attach important papers. I made this for a customer for there new home.

Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handmade by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 

Scrapping4fun Challenge #204

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog.


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is 


And our lovely sponsor for this challenge is


I have created an double page art journal using the digi by our sponsor. 



Recently I purchased my first Distress Oxide Sprays and my hands want to try them very badly, so I used them to create the background using my favourite which Dyan Reaveley's Ghosting technique. Here I have used 2 types of stencils, one is circle and another one is stripes. Next took Archival Black pen did some Doodling using same circle stencil. I took digi print on watercolor paper and coloured it using Altenew 36 Watercolor half pan set and fussy cut. Using some circle punch and decoupage, I cut few pieces and adhered it on my background. Now I adhered my main focal point. For sentiment I used Chitchat stickers from Tim Holtz. Gave border on both sides using transfer me design.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Created by 

Meenaa Gauthami Herale

A Bedridden Artist 




Friday 22 October 2021

Christmas Transport

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog. 

A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is good and staying safe. 


Welcome back to My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge and this fortnight it's my turn at the challenge. Our theme for this fortnight is Christmas Transport. 


I have created an art journal page in my A6 Watercolor journal book. 



This time I created a very simple page because I'm having lot of pain in my right hand due to some injury. First I created my background using liquid acrylic paints in 3 different colours, next I added some splashes on it using same colours. Next I took Transfer Me in Christmas theme and transfer it on my background. Very very simple page.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Created by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist. 

Friday 15 October 2021

Halloween Mini Art Journal

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is safe.


Today it's my turn at My Time To Craft Challenge and this fortnight our theme is Halloween or Fall Colours. 


I have used Halloween theme  for my mini art journal. 



Here in India we don't celebrate Halloween but I love to create Halloween projects. This year I have made few Halloween projects which I will share in upcoming blog posts. 


For this page I coloured the background using Distress Inks and Distress Brushes. Next added stencilling using same inks, Stampers Anonymous stencils and stencil brushes. Added washi tapes and Dracula digi image on it. Added more Halloween elements on it. Gave white gel pen highlight to it.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Materials used 


* Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Black Soot.
* Tim Holtz Distress Brush.
* Scholar Stationery - Watercolor Journal Book A6.
* Tim Holtz Collection Stampers Anonymous Stencils - THMS014, THMS027, THMS046.
* Little Birdie Crafts - Soooktacular Halloween Elements.

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe. 

Created by 
Meena Gauthami Herale 
A Bedridden Artist. 

Sunflower 3D Decoupage Pillar Canvas

Hello my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. How are you all? How is the weather at your place??


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme is 


And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 


I have created an 3D Decoupage Pillar Canvas as my design  team inspiration post.




It's a 18" by 4" big canvas. I learnt this canvas in an Online Home Decor course.


Here you can see more pictures of this canvas from each side.






Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe.


Handmade by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist. 

Friday 1 October 2021

Get Well Soon Art Journal

 Hello my dear lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is good. How is the weather at your place??? So its already October start and soon this year come to end. Lot of things happened in my life and few memories can't go from my life. This year 2021 took my fur baby from me and still I can't come out of that.


Now coming to My Time To Craft Challenge, this fortnight our theme for the challenge is GET WELL SOON and again I did an art journal as my design team inspiration post. 


These days I'm doing lot of art journal using different journal book and few times using loose papers. 

I kept this journal on very light tone. First I created background using Distress inks and stencils, I used Tim Holtz Distress Brush for blending. Here I have used new colours of Distress inks and I'm in love those inks. They complete each other very much. Next I took another floral stencil to create the main focal point. I used Dylusion stamp set and Versafine  Onyx Black Ink to stamp Get Well Soon and highlighted it with White gel pen.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more.


Materials used 


Materials used
* Crafters Emporio Artistic Journal Book.
* Mudra Stencils - Floral Spray, Memory Dots.
* Crafters Workshop Stencil.
* Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inks - Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness, Speckled Egg, Kitsch Flamingo.
* Blending Brushs.
* Dylusion Alphabet Stamp Set.


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Created by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 


Scrapping4fun Challenge #202

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is doing well. 


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is


And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 


I got inspired by Foram Shah, an Indian artist cum iCraft brand founder and owner. I got inspired by her video on YouTube channel. 

You can click HERE to see the video. 


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so  that I improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 


Handmade by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 



Friday 24 September 2021

Christmas Critters

Hello my lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good evening to you all. How are you all doing?? 


Welcome back to My Time To Craft Christmas Challenge and this fortnight our theme is Christmas Critters. I have created an double page art journal. 


First I coloured the background using Little Birdie Metallic paints and next gave texture using stencil and glimmer paste. Let it to dry. Next I took critter sheet from CrafTangles. Two bunnies playing with snowman. Next added handwritten sentiment to finish it off.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Materials used 


* Little Birdie Tinted Metallic Paint - Twilight Blue, Lime Crush, Caribbean Teal.
* Ranger Dylusion Small Art Journal Book.
* Ranger No.4 Flat Brush.
* CrafTangles Christmas Element Sheet.
* Nuvo Glimmer Paste - Moonstone.
* CrafTangles - Snowflakes Stencil. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe. 


Created by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist. 


Friday 17 September 2021

Love You Photo Frame

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good evening to you all. Hope everyone is doing fine. 


Today I'm sharing a Photo Frame with Decoupage technique and Wet Embossing as my design team inspiration post for My Time To Craft Challenge. This fortnight our theme is Embossing (heat-wet-dry).


I'm planning to convert this photo frame into a wall clock so that I can have both in one Frame.


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe. 


Handmade by 

Meena Gauthami Herale 

A Bedridden Artist 


Scrapping4fun Challenge #201

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends. Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is good. Here its raining badly and the weather is too cold due to raining. 


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Challenge and this fortnight our theme for the challenge is 

And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is 


I have again created an double page art journal using the digi by our sponsor. 


First I coloured the digi image using Dylusions sprays and let it to air dry. Next using the same colours Dylusion Sprays I created my background using smooching technique and dried it using heat tool. Next I did Dyan  Reaveley's ghosting technique and did few stamping to add visual effect. Add white splashes to give more effect. Took few fussy cut elements from Mintay Fussy Cut book. Now I started to build my page using the digis and fussy cut elements. Finally gave white gel pen highlight and add die cut word. 

Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Materials used 

* Dylusion Small Art Journal Book.
* Dylusion Sprays - Squeezed Orange, Fresh Lime, Cherry Pie, Melted Chocolate.
* Distress Spray Stain - Fossilized Amber.
* Digi Image - Ikesart's Leaves Digi.
* Distress Oxide - Vintage Photo.
* Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil & Carnation Red.
* iCraft Cling Stamp - Script Stamp I11017 & Diamond Stamp I110015.
* Lindy's Spray - Sidewalk Chalk.
* iCraft Mini Stencil - 8993.
* Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive.
* Brustro White Gel Pen 1mm No.9630.
* CrafTangles Cardstock - Hickory Brown

Happy Crafting and Stay Safe 

Created by 
Meena Gauthami Herale 
A Bedridden Artist 








Friday 3 September 2021

Scrapping4fun Challenge #200

Hello  my dear lovely crafty friends, Welcome back to my blog. 


A very warm good morning to you all. Hope everyone is doing fine. How is the weather at your place??


Welcome back to Scrapping4fun Blog Challenge and this fortnight our theme is 



And our lovely sponsor for this fortnight is




I have created an art journal page in my new A6 Watercolor Journal Book. 




First I coloured my background using light watercolours and did stencilling using Distress Ink and blending foam. Next added washi tapes on top and bottom of the page. Stamped my image on watercolour paper and coloured it using Gansi Tambi and added Tim Holtz idea-ology sticker for sentiment. 


On 22nd August I lost my fur baby suddenly, she was 11 years and 4 months. She was always stayed with me in my Craft Studio, she was also Differently Able like me. I'm missing her badly and not able concentrate on my work properly. From few day I'm not much active on any social media and on blog. Please forgive me for that friends. 


Hope you like it. Please do leave me feedback so that I can improve myself more. 


Happy Crafting and Stay Safe. 


Handmade by 

Meena Gauthami Herale

A Bedridden Artist