Merry Christmas!

Hello! 

It's almost time for Christmas!!

Today, I've made three Christmas cards using Craftangles liquid watercolours, stamps and stencils.

I also have start to finish videos for the same!

For the first card, I used the bauble stamps from the Craftangles 'Christmas Ornaments' stamp set.

I stamped them with Antique Linen distress ink and tried some no line watercolouring.

To create the background, I used the Christmas ornaments stencil and Tim Holtz distress inks. I darkened the edges to create a 'glow' in the centre. I love this technique as it creates a spotlight on the focal image. I've done this for all the cards.

I used some gold mirror card stock to cut out the blows and string and finished the card with a simple sentiment from the Craftangles 'Holly Jolly Christmas' stamp set.

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For the second card, I stamped the beautiful focal image from the Holly Jolly stamp set and used the Craftangles liquid watercolours to try some no line watercoloring. 

Once coloured, I fussy cut the image and used 3D foam tape to adhere it to a stencilled background. Stencil used is the brand new 'Diagonal plaid' stencil from Craftangles. 

I used the same sentiment on all three cards, as I was feeling lazy to pick out another one!

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For the last card, I watercolored and fussy cut the cute Santa from

the Craftangles 'Merry Christmas' stamp set.

I then made the background using the Craftangles 'Bricks' stencil.

Here too I darkened the edges to create a 'glow'.

I added flecks of white paint to finish the card.

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I hope you enjoyed these cards as much as I enjoyed making them.

Do check out the videos on the HNDMD YouTube channel 

Id love to hear what you think.

Do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Craftangles Christmas Challenge

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles Christmas challenge!

You will find all the details for the challenge at the link above.

 I hope the projects Ive made for you today will inspire you join in.

All the cards Ive made today are really simple and quick..as is my style.

I have used background papers from the Craftangles 'Merry Christmas' 6"x6" paper pack and focal images from the Craftangles Christmas Animals and Watercolour Christmas  element packs.

I first die cut each of the backgrounds using stitched rectangle dies.

I then used the smaller rectangle die from the same die set to cut out a piece of 

Craftangles plain vellum. 

I layered these pieces one on top of the other and then added the fussy cut printed element with 3D foam tape as the focal point.

 I also added some gold thread and sequins on some of the cards for interest.

I hope you'll enjoyed my cards as much as I enjoyed making them.

Don't forget to link up for the Craftangles Christmas Challenge!

If you have any questions or feedback at all, please do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Playing with Craftangles stencils and Texture paste

Hello!

For my post today, I decided to play with the Craftangles white texture paste, Craftangles stencils and Craftangles floral element packs.

The cards I made are super quick and super simple and good for those times when you don't want to think too much. :-)

For the cards above and below, I started out with two die cut panels of black cardstock from Craftangles and used the Craftangles white texture paste with the 'Doodle Around' stencil to create an abstract background.

Once dry, I added the large butterfly from the Craftangles Vintage rosette 1 element pack on the card above and a sprig of watercoloured flowers in the same colour on the card below.

As you can see I also changed the orientation of the card.

So its one back ground two ways.

I added a simple ' thank you' sentiment and some gem stones to finish the cards.

For cards 3 and 4, I started out with the Craftangles  'Diamond fade' stencil and the 

Craftangles texture paste, on Craftangles 'Kraft' and 'Lilac' card stock panels.

Once the texture paste was dry, I fussy cut and added the flowers from the 

Craftangles colourful flowers 5 element pack 

and arranged them on the cards, again, with the simple thank you sentiment.

I hope you liked these quick and simple Thank you cards and will give these supplies a try.

Id love to hear what you think...Do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Anything goes challenge from Craftangles

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles 'Anything goes' challenge this month!

After a busy Diwali month, we thought you could have fun with this simple and easy challenge.

You can find all the challenge details here!

For this months challenge Im playing with the "Hello Lovely" stamp set from Craftangles.

I had so much fun colouring the lotuses in the set using the Craftangles liquid watercolours.

Mystical water colour backgrounds

Hello!

I've been playing with the brand new liquid watercolours from Craftangles.. Moss green, Mystical waters and Moody Mauve.

I first created these magical backgrounds using Craftangles watercolour paper and the watercolours.

I then tried my hand at painting pine trees..they are not great, but, not bad I think for a first attempt!

I then die cut the background using SSS stitched rectangle dies and added a die cut sentiment from Impression Obsession.

Quick and simple holiday cards!

I hope you enjoyed these cards and will give these colours a try!

Thanks so much  for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Festive Lights

Hello!

Have you seen the brand new stamp set from Craftangles?

It's called 'Festive lights' and had the most adorable string of lights, inside colour stamps and sentiments for Diwali and Christmas!

So, today, I've made a few cards to showcase this set.

For the first card, I stamped and coloured a whole bunch of the little bulbs. I then fussy cut them and arranged them on a simple black background. 

To create the background, I used some distress oxide ink to create a subtle glow on the black card stock. I then splattered some white paint on the same.

I then arranged the light bulbs and added a heat embossed sentiment to finish the card.

For the second card, I stamped the string of lights around the edges of the square piece of card.

I then watercoloured the bulbs and added some multicoloured splatter. 

I painted, fussy cut and adhered the gifts with a piece of 3D foam tape.

I added a simple sentiment to finish the card.

For the third card, I stamped the string of lights twice to create a border at the top of a 6"x4" piece of cardstock. I then watercoloured the bulbs.

I dabbed on Tim Holtz 'Mustard Seed' distress ink all over the card, to create a glow.

I then added some paint splatter and a simple sentiment to finish the card.

As you can see, the possibilities of this stamp set are endless!

I hope you give it a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions!

Craftangles Monthly Challenge #10 'Festivals'

Hello!!

Welcome to the Craftangles Monthly Challenge #10.

This month we are making cards for festivals.

You will find all the challenge details here...do play along!

For cards one and two, I started with a stencilled background using the Craftangles 'Swirly Circle'

stencil and Tim Holtz distress inks. I then stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut the diyas from the Craftangles 'Happy Diwali' stamp set. 

For the first card, I adhered them to two die cut circles (these were left overs from and earlier card, which I had made using the Craftangles 'Rays' stencil and Craftangles white texture paste.)

I then added some self adhesive gem stones to finish the card.

For the second card, I stamped a sentiment from the Craftangles 'Diwali Sentiments' stamp set, adhered the two diyas to the stencilled background and added Craftangles sequins to finish the card.

For cards three and four, I started by creating a background using the Craftangles 'Swirly circle' stencil and Tim Holtz  distress inks.

For the focal image, I used the Craftangles 'Small Ganeshas' stencil and Tim Holtz 'Carved Pumkin' and 'Fiery Brick' distress inks. I adhered it to the background using fun foam. I then finished the card with  silver thread, green metallic sequins and die cut leaves from My Favourite Things.

I loved making these cards...I hope you love them too and will be inspired to play along with our monthly challenge "Festivals".

You can link up your cards here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

Paru Mahtani

Fun with Mandalas

Hello!!

Did you know that Craftangles has the most amazing Mandala stencils?

For my Diwali cards today, I decided to use a their stencils to create some different backgrounds.

The cards are pretty simple and very quick and easy to make so I will list the supplies as I go along. If you have any questions as to my method, please leave me a comment.

Card 1: Stencil: Mandala reloaded, blended with Tim holtz 'Mustard seed' distress ink .

Stamp: Happy Diwali , Diwali Sentiments

Card 2: Stencil: 4 leaf lace

inks: Tim Holtz 'Carved Pumpkin' and 'Fiery Brick'

The Om die cut is cut from gold mirror cardstock

Card 3 : Stencil: Mandala reloaded 

                                                     Texture paste : Craftangles mixed media essentials

                Stamps : Diwali sentiments

                                 Happily Ever After

Painted with Craftangles Liquid watercolour on Craftangles Watercolour paper.

Card 4 : Stencil: Floral Mandala

                                                     Texture paste : Craftangles mixed media essentials

                Stamps : Diwali sentiments

                                 Happily Ever After

Painted with Craftangles Liquid watercolour on Craftangles Watercolour paper.

Card 5 : Stencil: Mandala reloaded 

                                                         Tim Holtz 'Mustard Seed' distress ink.

                Stamps : 'Shubh Labh'

Painted with Craftangles Liquid watercolour on Craftangles Watercolour paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you liked the cards. 

Do leave me a comment. I'd love to hear what you think.

Have a wonderful day!

Paru Mahtani

Diwali Diyas

Hello!

I have the first of my 2019 Diwali cards here for you today!

It seems as though, diyas are my theme this year..my hand has been drawn only to the various diyas that I had from my Craftangles stamp sets! 

I have not added any sentiments.. somehow, I didn't feel like doing so.

For the first card, I started out with a die cut square of gold mirror cardstock. I die cut the sunburst (memeory box die) and added the panel to a white card panel with 3D foam tape to give it dimension.

I then stamped and watercoloured the diya from the Craftangles  'diwali wishes' stamp set  

and added it to the centre with 3D foam tape.

I just love how it turned out.

For the second card, I started by inkblending Tim Holtz 'Mustard seed' ink through the Craftangles 'Mandala reloaded' stencil, onto a piece of white cardstock. I left the centre white to create a glow.

I then stamped and watercolored and fussy cut the lotuses (on Craftangles watercolour paper) from 

the Craftangles 'Hello Lovely' stamp set along with a diya from the Craftangles 'Happy Deepavali' stamp set.

I then arranged them on the mandala background to finish the card.

For the third card, I started by ink blending Tim Holtz 'Fired Brick' and 'Carved Pumpkin' onto a square white card stock panel using Craftangles 'Leaf lace' stencil. I love how it sits beautifully on a square panel.

Once coloured, I gold embossed a little diya from the Craftangles 'Diwali Sentiments' stamp set and fussy cut it and adhered it in the centre of the mandala with 3D foam tape.

Its simple, but I think it packs a punch.

What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed these projects and will give these products a try!

I'd love to hear your feedback.

Thanks so much for stopping by..

Have a nice day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Ink blending with Craftangles stencils

 Hello!

I love making and keeping a stock of simple cards which can be used for any occasion.

So, I made a few quick cards today using Craftangles 'Swirly Lace' and 'Net Lace' stencils and  Tim Holtz Distress inks. 

I started by die cutting 4 panels out of one 12"x12"sheet of the newly released Craftangles smooth white card stock using the Simon Says Stamp stitched squares die. 

I then used the two stencils mentioned above and Tim Holtz distress inks 'Faded jeans', 'Broken china', 'Chipped Sapphire', 'Dusty Concord', 'Carved Pumpkin' and 'Mustard seed' to create these ink blended panels.

I die cut the Winnie and Walter bold 'hugs' using matching colours and adhered them to the card with fun foam to give them some dimension. I finished the cards using Craftangles sequins 'Bumblebee', 'Oxford Blue', and 'Orange'.

Here is a closer look at these cards.

What kind of cards do you like to make? I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.