Happy Diwali!

Hello!

Happy Diwali!

I have for you today, two cards using distress ink smooshed backgrounds. 

For the first card, I used Tim Holtz Carved Pumkin and  fired Brick distress inks to create an ink smooshed back ground. What this means is, that, I put down some ink on a piece of acetate, sprayed some water on it and then applied the ink onto the back ground.

Once dry, I stamped the diyas and Om with the same ink to create a tone on tone background.

I stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut the Ganesh image from Craftangles 'Ganpati Bappa' stamp set and adhered it to the card panel using 3D foam tape.

I then stamped sentiments from the Craftangles 'Diwali Sentiments' stamp set and added some gold sequins to finish the card.

For the second card, I started with an ink smooshed background created by using Tim Holtz Carved pumpkin and Festive berries inks and water. Don't you love that almost liquid firey look of the colours!

I stamped Lakshmi devi's feet using the Carved pumkin ink for a tone on tone look.

I stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut the Lakshmi image from Craftangles 'Shubh Labh' stamp set and adhered it to the card panel using 3D foam tape. 

I finished the card by stamping sentiments from the Craftangles 'Diwali Sentiments' stamp set and adding some gold sequins.

I hope you enjoyed this post and will try out these stamps.

Have a wonderfully festive season!

Stay blessed!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

October ethnic cards blog hop!

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles October  blog hop 

where we are showcasing Craftangles stamps.

You will start here. 

Next on hop is 

Shabneez

and 

Deepti 

Don't forget to comment and leave some love at every stop on the hop...

there are loads of prizes to be won!

Im playing with Craftangles stamps today to make some ethnic cards with some watercolour backgrounds.

These cards are really simple and easy to make, so I hope you will give them a try.

For the first card, I created a background by ink smooshing Tim Holtz 'Salty Ocean' distress ink.

Once dry, I heat embossed the sentiment ( from the Craftangles 'Diwali Wishes' stamp set) in gold.

I finished the card, by adhering the panel to a light blue card base.

for the second card, I created a background by ink smooshing Tim Holtz 'Picked Raspberry' distress ink.

I then added a gold embossed diya on vellum and a sentiment from the Craftangles 'Diwali sentiments' stamp set.

I adhered this panel to a white card base to finish the card.

For the third card, I created the ink smooshed background using 

Tim Holtz 'Peacock feathers' distress ink.

I then used the Craftangles 'Warli borders' stamp and 

a sentiment from the Craftangles 'From all of us' stamp set.

I added some jute string and adhered the panel to a black card base to finish the card.

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

If you have any questions or even if you just liked them, do leave me a comment below.

From here, you now go back to

  the HNDMD blog 

and leave a comment  there

 in order to win some fabulous prizes!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Mother's day cards using Kraft card and distress inks

Hello!

I am back with a few more cards made using the newly released Craftangles stamps and stencils!

I really had fun with these!

For the first card, I started off with a panel of  Craftangles kraft card, which I coloured using Tim Holtz distess inks (mowed lawn, festive berries and peacock feathers) 

I stencilled over this coloured card base using the butterflies and bricks stencil and Fired brick distress ink from Tim Holtz.

I then stamped the sentiment.. a combination of sentiments from Craftangles 'Happy Mother's Day' and 'Wonderful Mom' stamp sets and words from MFT stamp sets.

I heat embossed the sentiment and added some white paint splatter to create some interest. 

I finished the card by adhering it to a white top folding card base and adding some twine and a butterfly charm.

I followed Kristina Werner's card blending techniques for these cards..not very successfully though!

You can checkout the videos here.

For the second card, I used the same stencil as above, and used a monochromatic palette.

I used Tim Holtz distress inks (crushed olive and mowed lawn) to colour this one layer kraft card base from Craftangles.

I then used Versafine Olympia Green ink to stencil the butterflies.

This ink is a pigment ink so it stained my stencil :(

I should have thought of that before I used it!!

I used Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn distress ink to stamp the sentiment 

(Craftangles 'Happy Mother's Day' stamp set)

using my Misti. 

I then off set the card by just a little bit and stamped the sentiment again with Versafine Onyx Black ink, in order to create some dimension.

I added some enamel dots (fro Let'z Craft) and twine and a butterfly charm to finish the card.

For the third card, I used Tim Holtz Festive Berries and Dusty Concord distress inks.

I then placed the stencil over the coloured card base and used the Dusty Concord ink some more.

This created a beautiful effect.

I added some silver acrylic paint splatter , a white heat embossed sentiment 

and some silver thread, to finish the card.

For the last card, I stamped the Supergirl image from Craftangles 'Super Girl' stamp set, 

but modifed the hair to make her look like a mom!

To do this, I inked up the stamp and then wiped off the ink on the pigtails before stamping. 

After stamping, I used a black marker to create the hair.

I wanted the image to represent a Super mom!

I decided to create a frame to frame the Super Mom. 

So I used Queen and Company's oval frame die to cut out a black frame. 

I order to add some dimension, I stacked 3 frame die cuts. 

I embossed the top die cut to create some interest.

To create the background, I stamped the sentiment using Tim Holtz 'Brushed Cordruoy' distress ink, on Craftangles Kraft card stock, to create a tone on tone look.

I then stamped the main sentiment (Craftangles Happy Mothers day stamp set) in black over this background. 

Once I added the framed image, I added the word 'Mother' (heat embossed in white on black cardstock).

I then adhered this panel to a white top folding card base and finished the card using gold and silver star sequins from my stash.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my process, 

and will give these stamps and stencils a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Mixing and matching stamp sets

Hello! 

Today I had a great time playing with stamps from three great stamp sets from Craftangles,

 'By the sea side', 'Beautiful Bloom Border ', and 'Mermaid Kisses'.

I mixed them up to create some fun cards.

I followed  a common theme of the ocean on all three cards.

I started by creating a mask by die cutting a scalloped heart out of some Mudra masking paper and inking up the heart using Tim Holtz distress inks and distress oxides in ocean colours.

For the first card, I used a sponge dauber to apply the ink to create a bubble effect.

I stamped the crab from the Craftangles 'By the sea side' stamp set on a piece of scrap watercolour paper and coloured it with Sakura Koi watercolours.

I then stamped the sentiment from the Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set. 

I added a couple of glass bubbles and used fun foam to mount the card on a 5" square card base.

 to finish the card.

For the second card

I used the scalloped heart mask as well as a mask to create the waves.

I stamped the sea shell from the Craftangles 'Mermaid Kisses' stamp set twice 

to create an oyster shell. 

I then used the second generation stamping to stamp the bubble 

from the same set in London Fog ink. 

I then coloured the bubble using a white Signo gel pen.

I mounted the bubble with double sided foam tape on the shell to create a pearl.

I then popped up the two sides of the shell with double sided foam tape to create a 3D shell look.

I added some clear sequins from Craftangles for interest.

I then stamped the sentiment from Craftangles 'Beautiful bloom border' stamp set and mounted the panel with fun foam on a 5" square card base.

For the third card, I pounced colour through the heart mask, to create large circular smudges. 

I then stamped and water coloured the sea horses, from the 

Craftangles 'By the Sea Side' stamp set. 

I used the mirror stamping technique to create a mirror image of the sea horse..this was quite a challenge!!!

I then fussy cut the sea horses and overlapped the tails to create an illusion of them being intertwined.

I added some Craftangles clear sequins to add some interest.

I decided not to add a sentiment to this card. I think the image says it all!

I mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5" card base to finish the card.

For the 4th card, I used the same scalloped heart mask and blended the inks to create an ocean.

I stamped the fish through the mask to create the background. 

I then stamped coloured the mermaid and the fish, from the Craftangles 'Mermaid Kisses' stamp set on watercolour paper and fussy cut them.

I then adhered them using glue and double sided foam tape. 

I stamped the sentiment form the Craftangles 'By the Sea Side' stamp set and embellished the card using glass bubbles and plastic heart sequins.

I then mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5" card base to finish the card.

Here is a video showing my process.

I hope you enjoyed this post and will be inspired to mix and match your Craftangles stamps to make some unusual cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Sliding crabs

Hello! I am super thrilled to share these slider cards with you today!!

I played with the Craftangles "Oh Crab!!" ,"By the sea"  and "Mermaid Kisses" stampsets and 

Tim Holtz distress oxides!

I started by colouring the base panel with Tim Holtz 'Broken China' Distress Oxide as well as the 'Evergreen Bough' Distress Ink. 

I then sprinkled some water on it to create the spots. 

I then coloured another panel using Tim Holtz 'Fossilised Amber' Distress Oxide.

I was unhappy with the very smooth look of the paper and sprinkling water did not help..so I put down some ink on my craft mat, spritzed a little water on it and then dabbed the paper on it. 

This created a beautiful splotchy background and gave the illusion of texture.

While the backgrounds were drying, I water coloured the various images with my 

Sakura Koi watercolours.

Using Mama Elephant dies  and mftdienmics I cut the panel and the slider channel.

To create the slider, I used a round wooden bead sandwiched between two 1/2" punched circles.

You can learn how to make one of your own here.

I added a bit of vellum to create some interest on the first card.

I finished the cards, by adding the sequins and stamping the sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed the cards as much as I enjoyed making them! 

Check out how they move on  

my Facebook and Instagram feeds.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Craftangles new release..Dangling leaves stencil.

Hello.

Today, card no1 is a simple card made using Craftangles newly released 'dangling leaves" stencil.

I started from the top of the white card stock panel and stencilled the leaves using 'Bamboo leaves' and 'Pear tart' inks from memento.

At the base, I used Tim Holtz 'Woodgrain' stencil to simulate water in a pond.

I then added the die cut butterfly (from spellbinders) and a sentiment from 

Craftangles 'Love is in the air' stampset.

The sentiment is heat embossed using Craftangles silver embossing powder.

A sweet and simple card..just the way I like it!

The stencilling in this card is inspired by this card by Rahmat Ghouse.

I am submitting this card for The Paper Players 'Clean and simple-butterflies' challenge.

For card no 2, I've used the same colours as above with the Dangling leaves stencil.

Here I added a fussy cut motorbike and sentiment from Craftangles "Roadtrip" stamp set.

For card no 3, 

I have used the newly released Craftangles 'Ripples' stencil, with stamps 

from the Craftangles 'Roadtrip stamp set'.

I have used 'Cantaloupe', 'Desert Sand' and 'Rich cocoa' inks

 to create sand ripples on textured cardstock.

I stamped and die cut the bike with 'Rich cocoa' and layered it over a piece of vellum. 

I then added the sentiment using my Misti tool and also added some brown sequins to finish the card.

For the last card, I used Craftangles 'Ripples' stencil with TimHoltz distress inks

(Broken china, Faded jeans and Chipped Sapphire)

to create ripples in the sea.

I then used the stencil to draw with a pencil on a piece of vellum which I then cut to create a mask.

Then, I stamped the boat (from Paper smooches 'Wicked Nautical' stamp set) over the mask to make it appear as if it is being tossed by the waves.

I then coloured the boat and paper pieced a little bird from the same stamp set to add some cheer.

The sentiment is from the Craftangles 'Road trip' stamp set..which I heat embossed on vellum using Craftangles gold embossing powder.

As an after thought, I added some stars using Winnie and Walter's star stencil.

Absolutely love the cards I made today...mojo has been away..hoping its back!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Handcarved rubber stamps

Hello!!

This past month I have been playing around and making handcarved rubber stamps using speedball rubber sheets (you can also use large size erasers like Staedler) and speedball carving tools.

Here are some images showing the process.

I found this particular design on Pinterest.

It took me a while to work out...was very satisfying in the end!

The stamps are carved our of a thick rubber sheet. They have no capability to cling to an acrylic surface. So in order to use them with an acrylic block, 

I used a reusable cling sheet 'Tack 'n' Peel from Tsukineko.

I cut and mounted this sheet on an acrylic block to provide a cling surface for all my hand carved stamps. Now stamping with these homemade stamps is super easy.

Here are some more designs...

and the tags I made with them.

I used Tim Holtz distress inks to stamp on textures card stock to give it an uneven fabric like feel.

I hope you are inspired to create some of your own!

do leave a comment below if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a great day!

More fun with CraftAdda stencils!

Hello all!

Today I have for you three fun tags I made using the awesome new CraftAdda stencils!

 I used Tim Holtz distress inks to create the backgrounds 

and then die cut the tags using the mft tag die.

For this tag, the stencil used is 'honeycomb' and the sentiment and the fussy cut dice used are woodblock stamps from StudioG. 

The stencil used for this tag is 'handwriting'. 

I added fussy cut flowers leaves  from W+9 Spring Blooms stamp set to make the tag pop!

I made this tag using Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die

The stencil used is the 'Moroccan design'.

I off set it and it used it twice to create dimension. 

I added the Memory box die cut flowers and 

the sentiment from the 'Sending Love' stamp set from Craftangles.

I finished of the tags with some black cord.

CrafTangles Stamps and Stencils are here!

Hello! 

Craft adda has launched its fabulous range of  Craftangles photopolymer stamps!

I have had the honour of using them and I have to tell you, the quality is exceptional!!!

I have used the 

Baby Sentiments stamp set  and the Craftangles 'Its a boy' paperpack

to make this card.

I paired a couple of papers from this cute paper pack and stamped two sentiments from the stamp set.

To cover the joint I used a blue satin ribbon and added a button from  my stash.

Craft Adda have also released their Craftangles  stencils which are made from superb quality plastic.

Since the festival of Rakshabandhan is in a months time, I decided to make a card with a rakhi. 

I used the stencil to create a background for my starfish rakhi. 

I used Tim Holtz distress inks to create the soft background.

I created the sentiment using stamps from Paper Smooches (Kinfolk) and MFT (Graphic masculine T and Graphic feminine T)

I made a few cards so I used my Misti stamping tool which made it so very easy!

Jennnifer Mcguire demonstrates how, here...

I hope you will be inspired to go over to Craft Adda and check out their new releases!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

When I saw this card sketch on retro sketches, I knew I had a chance to use the Darcies stamp set that I had bought last year, but not yet used! I used glossy accents and white enamel accents to make the monster's eye pop! The sentiment is a free digi...unfortunately I didn't save the source so I don't remember where it is from. I will share the the file at the end of the post for those who may want to use it.

I used papers from Craft Adda's Crafttangles Old Paper by Tamara 6"x6" paper pack. I distressed the edges with  Tim Holtz distress ink and added some self adhesive gemstones to finish the card. 

Here's wishing you have a monstrously fun weekend!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Distress ink watercolour monoprints with Stencils and Stamps

Hi!

Today, for my Craft Adda post, I have two cards which I made using water and Tim Holtz distress inks.

For the first card, I smooshed some distress inks onto a home made stencil ( I cut out some numbers out of a clear plastic sheet) and spritzed it with a lot of water. I then place my card stock onto the stencil and let it pick up the colours. A

After it dried, I stamped the sentiment (from Kaisercraft)with black ink.

A quick and easy birthday card!

For this card, I used a cling stamp from Hero Arts. I smooshed the colour directly onto the stamp and spritzed it with a lot of water. I then place a piece of card stock over it and picked up the colours. Its so easy and fun...you get a different effect every time! 

I then finished off the card by stamping the sentiment in black and adding some sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great evening!

Scooting by!

 Hey there! I am playing the Paper players challenge #263, the Paper Smooches Sparks 'Anything Goes' Challenge and the Retro sketches Challenge# 182  and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge 'Use a rubber /clear stamp this evening.
I used the Paper Smooches 'Spiffy scooters' stampset and the Mama Elephant dies and Tim Holtz distress inks to make this card.
I coloured the scooter with Faber Castell colour pencils and fussy cut the image.
The little leaves are from Stampendous and I like the fun way they seem to be flying in the wind!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!