Hi, today on the blog we have a special guest: Monika Shukla, winner of the Asian Stage of the World Championship.

She describes herself this way: “I am Monika Shukla, born and raised in India, now residing in Abu Dhabi with my family. In academic, I have done Ph.D. in Biotechnology and also worked as researcher at India’s top most Institution “Indian Agricultural Research Institute” New Delhi, more than four years. I started scrapbooking in 2017, as my passion and profession. I feel excited to make art piece which brings me satisfaction and a different level of happiness from my home-based craft studio, besides crafting also love travelling, listening music and blogging. My zodiac sign is Scorpion, favourite sport is Table Tennis and love fishes. My goals are to live a healthy life and enjoy every little moment at fullest with my family and friends. My Favourite Quote is: “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain”.

For her the art has always been exploring new things. She enjoys making handmade albums, scrapbooks, layouts, cards, canvases, art-journals and other arts. She loves experimenting with new styles when it comes to crafting. She always looks to create from her heart and soul.

But now we let you and your project talk.

Hello everyone!!

This is Monika Shukla from UrooCreations. I am so delighted to join all of you on Academy of Scrapbooking and Arts blog. I want to express my heartfelt thank you to lovely Elena and Academy Team for this honour.

Here I am going to share my Mixed Media Notebook, I was inspired by our theme of “Flowers”. I was also inspired by spring season and wanted to express my love for Art. Hope you all will like my creation and get inspired by.

Here is basic process of making:

Cover the notebook with white heavy gesso and dry it.
Use different stencils along with modeling paste to create some textures all over the notebook cover (front and back) and dry it again using heat gun.
Assemble a small brush onto the front along with some chipboard, die cuts, Little Birdie flowers, paper clay elements, button, big size flat back crystals and some other embellishments. Use some elements on the back as well.
Use white heavy gesso to cover the whole assemblage and dry it completely using heat gun.
Use some Lindys Stamp Gang magical shakers to create colourful background and dry it again completely.

Add some colourful flowers (Little Birdie) to complete the decoration.
Highlight the project with the help of white gesso using dry brushing technique.
Add a beautiful sentiment from Tim Holtz Idea-ology collection.

I have used beautiful Little Birdie flowers from my prize pack sent by Academy of Scrapbooking and Arts. I was just amazed to receive such a huge bundle of craft goodies. Thank you so much to the Academy of Scrapbooking and Arts team and beloved Elena for sending so much happiness to my place and giving me the chance to share my creation with you all. I’m thrilled and honoured to be here with such an amazing group of talented artists.

Lots of love

Monika Shukla

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