Showing posts with label Rakhi card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rakhi card. Show all posts

Saturday 1 August 2020

Third Mindful Art and Card workshop + 'Rakhi' Card

Hello sweet peeps,

Today I hosted my third series of Mindful Art and Card classes. We made a "Rakhi" card with distress inks and die cuts. My student, who is a lovely girl of 11 had lots of fun during the process. "Rakhi" is an Indian custom where the sister ties a bracelet made of cords on the brother's wrist. It is a symbol of love and affection from the sister towards the brother. While the sister ties the bracelet, brother in his heart loving pledges to protect his sister. Rakhi comes from the word "Raksha" in Sanskrit which mean protection. It looks like a friendship bracelet and is made with bright and vibrant colours such as red, green, gold etc. At the end of the ceremony, the sister puts a little piece of Indian sweet into her brother's mouth and he hands over a cash gift to her as a blessing.

Coming back to the card, the sentiment has been die cut using card stock as well as the gold foil wrapping of Ferraro Rocher chocolates. My husband quietly buys the chocolates and eats them even more quietly. Sometimes, I try and save the wrappers and carefully stick them on to another piece of recycled paper. Once it is dry, I let it go through my Cuttlebug to even out the texture. We have used Distress Oxide inks here and to be honest, I am fairly pleased with how it all turned out so blue and beautiful.



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Monica 


Saturday 6 August 2016

A Rakhi card

Hello sweet bloggers,

Here is a card to show you which I made with very fancy designer paper that Terry sent me some years ago. Rakhi as I may have mentioned in an earlier blog post is a Indian festival that is celebrated by sisters in honour of their brother/s. The sister puts on a band on the wrist of the brother (similar to a friendship band) and prays for good health and wealth of her brother. The brother in return hands over a cash gift to his sister and promises to take care of his sister.

My card was a quickie except that the die cut letters took me a while to stick as I thought of giving a shadow effect with gold layering. I think I need to invest in a very fine tipped glue to help me stick tiny bits together. I have used gold tape across the paper and a die cut flourish to enhance the card. MS border punch helped too and I think I may have used the punch upside down. Still looks nice, though.


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Happy crafting,

Monica 

Sunday 9 August 2015

"Rakhi" card

Hello sweet bloggers,

My older one, Zeenya is going to be entering Grade 10 and a new school yet again. After we moved from Indonesia last year, this will be her second school. Aleeza who will go to Grade 2 will continue in the same school as she is on a waitlist in the new school. However Zeenya's school will not require much time from me so it should work out fine as far as volunteering activities go. Or so I guess!!!

Today I am sharing a commissioned card for "Rakhi"which is an Indian celebration where the sister lovingly ties a friendship band (they are very ornate and often made of pure silver) on her brother/s. The brother/s spoil her by showering cash or gifts on her. The meaning of this ceremony runs deep implying that the brother will always protect and take care of his sister. It is indeed touching and sweet to watch the sister tying "Rakhi" on her brother. "Rakhi" is the name of the friendship band in Hindi. This card was ordered by someone I know and I had lots of fun making it. 

The 'oh so pretty' paper red and gold  on this card were sent to me by Terry some three years or so ago and I have used a gold cord and an actual "Rakhi" which has two beautiful rhine stones on it. The paper looks royal in real life and I wish the photo looked as nice. 

 Down below are pictures of the River Cruise that Aleeza and I went to. It was a fifteen minutes long scenic cruise.



These are pictures of water hyacinths that I saw along the walk way.


 I found this blossom so pretty that I had to picture it. The shades of pink on the petals are just so mesmerising for me. It reminds me of the paper flowers that I used to make.



 Wishing you health, happiness and crafting,

Monica