Craftangles Love Challenge.

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles 'LOVE' challenge!

Today, I have used Craftangles stamps, stencils and printed element packs to make  three quick and simple Valentine cards. 

Enjoy them and I hope that you will be inspired to play along with the challenge.

You will find all the details HERE.https://blog.hndmd.in/2020/01/craftangles-monthly-challenge-januarry.html

My first card is super simple.

I die cut the cute image from the Craftangles Elements Pack, Sweet Love 2 using a stitched square die and adhered it to a 5"x5" folded card make out of  Craftangles Black card stock.

I added some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

For the second card, I stamped and watercoloured the cute girl from the 

Craftangles Sweet Love stamp set and fussy cut the image. I then created a stencilled background using the Craftangles sunburst stencil.

I stmaped the sentiment and adhered the fussy cut image to the base using 3Dfoam tape.

I adhered this card topper to a Craftangles Rich Red card stock.

I used some Crafangles clear sequins to finish the card.

For the third card, I die cut this cute smore's image from the Craftangles 'sweet Love 2' element pack, matted it with pink card stock

and adhered it to a 6"x4"  white card base.

As there was some space, I die cut three hearts  to create some interest.

I hope you enjoyed these cards, and will be inspired to play along with 

the Craftangles LOVE challenge.

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

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.

Watercolour challenge at Craftangles

Hello!!!

Welcome to the April Challenge at Craftangles! The theme this month is Watercolours!

I have used the newly released Craftangles liquid watercolours to make the cards below!!

These watercolours are so amazing...they are beautifully vibrant and just don't fade!!

For the cards below I have used them in three different ways and they look just beautiful!

For the first card, I stamped the floral image from the Craftangles 'Happily Ever After' stamp set on Craftangles white card stock. I then used Craftangles liquid watercolours (Autumn blaze and Red paprika) to colour the image. I then smooshed some Craftangles 'Lemon tart' liquid watercolour onto the background.

I then die cut the Cross in the middle of the floral image, added 4 layers of coloured die cuts to create dimension and inlaid the die cuts back into the negative space to create an eclipse card. I added a sentiment and some sequins and finished the card.

For the second card, I used a beautiful die from Stampin'up to die cut this filigree cross out of gold mirror cardstock. I die cut the wreath using a Lawn Fawn die and then smooshed some Craftangles 'Evergreen' liquid watercolour on the wreath. I love how it is partially coloured but still creates so much pop!

I created a background using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

For the third card, I used the Craftangles 'Poolside' and 'Evergreen' liquid watercolours to create a watercolour wash panel. I then die cut and dry embossed a white panel and adhered it to the watercolour panel using 3D foam tape. I then added some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

I hope you have been inspired to give these liquid watercolours a try. Do join in and play the Craftangles watercolour challenge. You will find all the details HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Blue diwali

Hello!

The Navratri festival is being celebrated in full swing all over India right now.

Today, we celebrate the colour blue!

For my first card, I used the fireworks stamp from the Craftangles Happy Diwali stamp set, to stamp and heat emboss with blue embossing powder, on Craftangles navy blue card stock.

I just love the effect.

I then stamped and silver embossed the sentiments from Craftangles 'Diwali sentiments' stamp set on

Craftangles vellum, and adhered it to the card panel.

I adhered this to a light blue card base made with Craftangles cardstock, to finish the card.

Super simple and easy.

For the second card, I created a mandala using the little diya stamp in the 

Craftangles 'Diwali Sentiments' stamp set.

I then cut out this mandala using Simon Says stamp stitched circle die.

I layered it on a circle of silver glitter cardstock from DCWV.

I then added a star brad in the centre, so that the circles would turn.

Its super fun!

I mounted this circular panel onto a square panel of Craftangles Navy cardstock and then onto a white square card base.

I finished the card with a sentiment from the "Diwali Sentiments" stamp set.

I've tried to capture  some of the beautiful glitter cardstock in detail below.

I hope you enjoyed these cards and will play with these stamp sets! 

They really are a lot of fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani!

Warli cards

Hello!

Im showcasing the newly released Warli Borders stamp set from Craftangles today.

Its a simple stamp, so I made some simple but effective cards which show how they can be used in different ways for different occassions.

For the first card, I gold embossed the image along with a sentiment from 

MFT stamps on plain black cardstock from Craftangles

I think the image and the sentiment go well together.

For the second card, I stamped the image of the wedding party Warli border in black on white card stock. I then used Tim Holtz distress inks to colour images.

I stamped the sentiment, from Craftangles 'Indian Wedding' stamp set in black Versafine ink.

I then trimmed the card stock to size and mounted it with foam tape to a brown card base made with Cinnamon Brown cardstock from Craftangles.

For the third card, I stamped the Warli village scene border on Craftangles Tangerine cardstock using Versafine Crimson ink.

I then die cut this panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die and added a gold embossed sentiment from the newly released Craftangles 'From all of us' stamp set.

I then mounted this panel using fun foam, onto a SSS die cut panel of Craftangles 'Wine Red' cardstock.

I have to say here, that, Craftangles cardstock is by far THE MOST luxurious card stock that I have used. It just feels so smooth and any technique that you use on it is a huge success.

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

A simple stamp set, three simple cards.

I hope you will give this set a try.

I'd love to hear what you think...do leave your comments below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Fun with Craftangles stencils

Hello!

I had a lot of fun playing with Craftangles stencils while making cards for this post! The first two cards are fairly simple and for the third one, 

I tried out something new so I've made a process video for you.

For the first card, I've used the Craftangles 'Treads' stencil and Tim Holtz 'mustard seed', 'crushed olive' and 'mowed lawn' distress inks to create the background.

One done, I stamped over it using the Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom' border stamp.

I then coloured in the stamp using faber castell sketch pens.

I then added the bold sentiment from Hot of the Press, trimmed the panel down to size, added some additional cardstock to the side for interest and adhered the panel to a cardbase made with Craftangles 'Emerald green' cardstock.

I finished the card with some black sequins from Craftangles.

For the second card, I started out with the Craftangles 'Antique lace' stencil and 

Tim Holtz 'milled lavender' distress ink to create a soft background.

I die cut the wreath and the flowers (Impression Obsession), coloured the flowers using the same ink and adhered them to the card panel.

I then stamped the sentiment (from Craftangles 'Sending Love' stamp set), 

in a darker ink of the same tone.

A sweet and serene card that can be used for any occassion.

For the third card, I wanted to create an underwater scene...something I had seen many times on Instagram. I looked up some videos on youtube and came up with this.

I just love how this card turned out...I will surely be trying out this technique again.

Do check out the process video below. It isn't perfect, but, it shows you how the card is  made.

I hope you enjoyed the video. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a comment.

To make this card, I have used Craftangles 'Rays' and  'Leaves' stencils and the 

Craftangles 'mermaid kisses' stamp set.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and these cards as much as I have enjoyed making them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Embossing paste party!!

 Hello!

I am a little late to the embossing paste party, But, now that I am here, I am hooked!!!

Stencilling with embossing paste is addictive...as you can see!

I started out with a piece of craft card cut to 4.75"x4.75"

I used the Craftangles diamond fade stencil along with Dreamweaver embossing paste to create this awesome background!

Once dry (it took a couple of hours to be fully dry), I added the woman (stamped and fussy cut) and a heat embossed sentiment  from the Craftangles 'Life is pretty amazing' stamp set.

For the second card, I started with Craftangles 'Old Lace' card stock which I cut down to 3.75"x5.75" panel.

I used  tim Holtz mustard seed and  mowed lawn distress inks  and Peeled Paint distress oxide to create an ink blended panel.

I splattered some water over this panel and dabbed it off to create the splotchy look that I love.

I then added some Memento cantaloupe re inker to some embossing paste to create a coloured paste.

I then applied this paste over the Craftangles 'Butterflies and Bricks' stencil to create the brick texture.

Once dry, I stamped the foliage (Hot of the Press stamps) using my Misti tool.

I finished the card with a stamped sentiment from Craftangles 'Will you be mine' stamp set.

For the third card, I coloured the embossing paste using Memento 'Lulu Lavender' re inker. I then used the embossing paste partially over the Craftangles 'Triangles' stencil.

Once dry, I added the little stamped and die cut succulent (Lawn Fawn) as well as two sentiments from Craftangles. (Dad you rock and Life is Pretty amazing).

I finished the card by adhering it to a white 4"x6" top folding card base.

The last card, I decided, to make into a shaker!

I created an ink blended panel (3.75"x5.75") using Tim Holtz 'Picked Raspberry', 'Milled lavender' and 'Seedless preserves' distress inks.

I then used the Craftangles 'Overlapping stencil' and Dreamweaver embossing paste to create the background. Notice how some of the background colour has seeped into the embossing paste giving it a beautiful soft look.

Once dry, I die cut a circle from the panel to create a shaker window. 

I then stamped and fussy cut images from Lawn Fawn's 'Let's Roll' stamp set. 

I then stamped a sentiment from Craftangles 'Birthday Wishes' stamp set, which I die cut using a stitched banner die.

I filled the shaker with Craftangles 'Glitzy Gold' sequin mix. I pulled a few sequins from the mix, and adhered them to the from of the card to add some interest.

I think, this card along with its image and sentiment is my favourite! 

Which one is yours?!

As a bonus, I used the circle die cut from the card above to create a simple tag. 

I splattered some gold acrylic paint on the butterfly die cut and add a heat embossed sentiment in gold from Craftangles 'Everyday sentiments' stamp set.

I made this last tag using a scrap of the Craftangles 'Old Lace' cardstock.

I had some  cantaloupe coloured embossing paste left over after making the card above, so I applied it using the Craftangles 'Butterflies and Bricks' stencil onto the scrap.

Once dry, I die cut the scrap into a tag, added some gold string, a gold bell and gold embossed sentiment from Craftangles 'Everyday wishes' stamp set and  some Mayarts jute twine to finish the card.

I had the best time working on these cards!

I hope you will give this technique a try!!

Thanks so much for stopping by..

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

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!

Stencil fun

Hello!

I have a few cards for you today, which I made using Craftangles stencils!

I do not have a step by step tutorial for these, but they are pretty straightforward and as always,

I will explain my process in this post.

For the first card, I used the Craftangles 'Marble Effect' stencil and created this beautiful multicoloured effect using Tim Holtz 'seedless preserves', 'black soot', 'chipped sapphire' , 'mowed lawn' and 'twisted citron' distress inks.

I then die cut the butter fly from DCWV Glitter Mat Stack paper pack and adhered it to the base using double sided foam tape. 

I gold embossed the sentiment form My Favourite things and adhered that too using double sided foam tape.

I finished the card using Craftangles clear sequins.

It shard to photograph the glitter paper..here is another angle.

As you can see, there is a bit of colour going the opposite way on the stencilling...

I spritzed some water on the remaining ink on the stencil and dabbed it on the card base to create some interest.

This is an easy way to make the background a little interesting.

For the second card, I started with Craftangles Earl Grey cardstock, 

which I cut down to fit on my card base. 

I then used Tim Holtz 'Black Soot' distress ink and Craftangles 'Stoned Wall' stencil to create the background. 

I then used the black and pink gold glitter sheets  (from DCWV) to die cut the Memory Box Dandelion, which I adhered to the card base.

 I added a heat embossed sentiment from Stampendous, and some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

For the next card, I used the Craftangles 'Jumbled alphabets' stencil along with Tim Holtz 'seedless preserves' , 'fired brick, 'carved pumpkin' and 'twisted citron' distress inks.

I then die cut the birthday (Craftangles birthday wishes) from scraps of the glitter paper, I used for the cards above, adhered it to the card base and finished the card with a stamped sentiment from stampendous.

For the last card, I started with a kraft card base, from Craftangles. 

I used Memento Rich cocoa ink along with Craftangles 'Gears' stencil.

I stamped and embossed a simple sentiment form Paper Wishes and added a clock brad from Recollections.

I then matted this panel on a black glitter card base, cut to size. I adhered this to a white card base to finish the card.

The Craftangles range of stencils are super fun and super fun, and, I hope you will give them a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Fun with Craftangles patterned papers!

Hello!

I had a blast this week, playing with Craftangles patterned paper!

I have made two cards from each pack of patterned paper to show off their versatility.

I started with  the "Floral Exotica"  (Black Edition) paper pack.

This paper pack is SO luxurious!! I really enjoyed working with it.

The cards I made are really simple...

For the first card, I chose Earl Grey Craftangles cardstock to match the patterned paper and used it to "mat" the patterned paper.

I then heat embossed a birthday sentiment  (from Craftangles 'Congratulations' and 'Everyday Sentiments' stamp sets) on vellum and wrapped it around this panel. 

I finished the card with matching pink enamel dots.

For the second card, I used Craftangles 'Aqua' cardstock to mat the black patterned paper. I also stamped the Aqua card stock with  a Hero arts background stamp in a tone on tone colour (Tim Holtz 'Peacock Feathers' distress ink) for some interest. 

I finished the card with some aqua enamel dots.

I wish I could photograph the papers in a way to show you how gorgeous they are to the touch...you will just have to get some for yourself to try them out!! 

For the next two cards, I have used the Craftangles "All for Love"  paper pack.

For the next card, I layered three sheets of Patterned paper.

I stamped the flowers from the Craftangles 'Mom you rock' stamp set on the paper with the smallest pattern, along with a birthday sentiment from Stampendous. 

I then cut the sheet at an angle to create some interest. 

I then placed this sheet over the black ruled sheet to make it pop. 

I then adhered the entire panel on the pink patterned paper and then adhered the entire panel on a white card base.

I finished the card by adding some matte enamel dots in two shades of pink.

The thing with making cards with patterned paper is that you end up with a lot of scraps!

For the next card, I used up a few scraps. 

I cut the scraps into strips (from the Craftangles "All for Love" stamp set) and layered them to create a panel. 

I then cut this panel at an angle to create some interest.

 I then matted this panel on a piece of black cardstock to make it pop.

Once this piece was cut to size, I added a couple of scraps of patterned paper as a final layer and adhered them all to the white card base.

I then stamped and die cut the cake (lightly watercoloured) from the Concord and 9th 'Eat Cake and Celebrate' stamp set, as well as the sentiment.

I felt, the image needed something to make it stand out so I die cut a piece of black cardstock with a scalloped oval die to place below the image.

Finally, I added some silver acrylic paint splatter and some black enamel dots to finish.

As you can see, I have used one paper pack to create two completely different of cards.

For the last two cards, I have used the Craftangles "Be My Valentine" paper pack.

For the first card, I die cut the word 'Happy' using the Winnie and Walter  word die

 out of the chevron patterned paper. 

I then cut it at an angle and layered it on the pink patterned paper. 

Then I inlaid the die cut bits into the word to make it readable.

I stamped and added the birthday sentiment and some lime green enamel dots to finish the card.

For the last card, I used the die cut from the card above and

 layered it with a piece of die cut fun foam to add dimension.

I created a background panel from Craftangles 'Earl grey' card stock,

 by stamping it with a Hero Arts background stamp and Memento 'London Fog' ink.

This created a tone on tone look.

I then layered this panel with a piece of red cardstock and adhered it to a white card base.

I finished the card with a birthday die cut (from Craftangles) and some white acrylic paint splatter.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and will give these papers a try!

They are super fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani