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.

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!

Hello!

I have a few cute mini notecards for you today, which I used making floral cutouts from Craftangles 'Elements packs', stencils and stamps for the current

Craftangles 'Anything goes' challenge.

For the first card, I started with a floral element and leaves from the 

Craftangles Colorful Flowers 4 element pack. I created a background panel using Craftangles 'Ornamental Lace' stencil. I added them all to a 3"x3"mini notecard  along with a birthday sentiment. If you look closely you will see the dew drop sequins adhered to the flower.

For the second card, I fussy cut a floral bouquet element from the 'Craftangles Colourful flowers 6' element pack. I die cut a banner and added a birthday sentiment. I adhered this to a dry embossed panel and then to a 3"x4" mini notecard. I also added some dew drop sequins.

For the third card, I stamped this beautiful flower from the Craftangles 'Everyday Sentiments' stamp set using a very light coloured ink, on watercolour paper. I then did the no line watercolour technique using the Craftangles liquid watercolours. Once dry, I fussy cut the flower and adhered it to the embossed background panel using 3D foam tape. I added a stamped birthday sentiment and adhered the panel to a 3"x4" mini notecard. I added some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

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

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!

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

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.

Playing with Craftangles new release!

Hello!!

Have you see the brand new release from Craftangles?!!

The characters and sentiment stamps are so versatile, I will be playing with them for a long time!!

People of India 

World's Best

From All of Us

Diwali Sentiments

For the first card, I stamped and masked the various characters to create a group.

I then used watercolour pencils to colour in the characters and then added the sentiment from the brand new diwali stamp set from Craftangles Diwali Sentiments

The second card is even more fun!!

I decided to make a shadow box pop up card!

I started with a super simple cover for the card..I used the 'Hearts all around' stencil and Tim Holtz 'bubble gum' distress ink, and a simple sentiment from the 'From all of us' stamp set.

For the pop up inside, I used the women stamps from the 'People of India' and 'World's Best' stamps sets to create a cute pop up! I used another simple sentiment on the inside to finish the card.

For the final project, I decided to use the characters and the stamps to create a couple of cute gift tags.

I really love how all these projects turned out.

 I hope you will be inspired to try them out. 

 I will have videos up on social media..so do look out for them.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

Craftangles August blog hop

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles August blog hop 

where we are showcasing the most amazing Craftangles glimmer pastes!!

You would have come here from   

Shabneez's blog .

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

there are loads of prizes to be won!

Ever since I've tried the Craftangles glimmer pastes, I've been hooked!!

Combine them with Craftangles stencils and you can have a winner every time!

I started off with the Craftangles 'starry lights' stencil and 

the Craftangles sparkling silver glimmer paste.

Take a look at my process video to see how!

I then added spots of Memento Dandelion ink  around the lanterns for some interest.

I then heat embossed the sentiment (hero arts) and added it to the card panel 

before adhering it to a white square card base.

Fun no?

For the second card, I used the Craftangles 'herringbone' stencil and 

the Craftangles 'blue denim' glimmer paste.

Check out the video below to see how.

I then die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched square dies 

and added some layered roses from Altenew stamps.

The card looked beautiful so I decided to leave it without a sentiment.

For the third card I used the same Craftangles  Denim blue glimmer paste and 

Craftangles 'Abstract circles' stencil.

Take a look at the process video below!

To make the card, I stamped coloured and fussy cut this beautiful plane from 

an unknown stamp set from my stash and added it to the panel that I 

had previously die cut , using Simon Says Stamp stitched squares stamp set.

I finished the card by adding  the sentiment that came in the stamp set.

For the last card, I used the Craftangles 'diamond fade' stencil and 

the Craftangles 'Sparkly silver' glimmer paste.

Check out the video showing how I did it!

I used the little  boy from the newly released 

Craftangles 'Birthday Boy' stamp set for the focal image.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the boy and adhered him to the card along with a silver heat embossed sentiment from the same set.

Sweet and simple, no?

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

Happy Independence day!

Hello!

Happy Independance Day!!

I have some fun and super easy rakhi cards for you to try today!

Rakshabandhan, the festival of sibling love is coming up soon and I thought it would be fun to incorporate our national colours with this festive ocassion.

For the first card, I used the 'Lace reloaded ' stencil from Craftangles along with Tim Holtz 'Carved pumpkin' and 'Mowed Lawn' distress inks to create a pretty background. 

I made a rakhi using an evil eye charm  and some white cord, and placed it in the centre of the background card panel. 

I then adhered this panel to the white card base. 

I adhered it to the inside card, using a bit of washi tape.

I stamped the sentiments..a combination of sentiments from Flora and Fauna stamps, 

Winnie and Walter stamps and Craftangles Stamps (Happy Rakhshabandhan) to complete the card.

Super quick.

Here is a video showing you my process.

For the second card, I used the 'Rays'  stencil from Craftangles along with Tim Holtz distress inks 'Carved pumpkin' and 'Mowed lawn'.

I created a background like I did above, and used the evil eye charm rakhi as the centre.

This time I used a combination of sentiments from Lawn Fawn and 

Craftangles (Happy Rakshabandhan and Happy Rakhi Bro)

Here is a process video for the same.

The third and final card is my favourite, I think.

I used the tricolour ( Tim Holtz 'carved pumpkin' , 'mowed lawn' and 'chipped sappire') and the 'skyline' stencil from Craftangles

to create a city skyline scene.

I added clouds using the nature stencil and Tim Holtz 'broken china' distress ink.

So many brothers and sisters are far away from each other at this time of the year, so, 

 the beautiful sentiment from Craftangles 'Happy rakhi Bro' stamp set 

seemed most appropriate with this background.

I made a rakhi using a heartbeat charm..It seemed perfect with the whole card.

Here is the process video..Do try out this stencil.. I thought it was the most fun!

I hope you enjoyed this post and the videos! 

I'd love to hear what you think so please leave me a comment below.

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'Distress it' challenge today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Stencils and Texture paste.

Hello! 

I 'm so excited to use a brand new Craftangles product! 

The Craftangles Black Charcoal texture paste and Craftangles Glimmer paste.
Both these products are just amazing and so much fun to use to use! I hope you will give them a try!

I've put together a few process videos, so I apologise for the length of this post.

I created a panel using Craftangles 'skyblue' card stock, geometric flowers stencil and the black texture paste. The results are amazing..as you can see.

Immediately after using the paste, I washed off the stencil with water and dish soap. 

Once dry, the texture paste is hard to remove.

I die cut the stencilled panel with Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die and adhered it to the centre of a square white card. 

I stamped an fussy cut these beautiful gerberas (from Unity stamp co.) and adhered them to the card along with some glass beads to finish.

I haven't added a sentiment, so I can use this card for any occassion.

For the second card, I created a panel using the 'Overlapping circles' stencil from Craftangles and the Black Charcoal texture paste. I then die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched square dies, matted it with black cardstock and adhered it to a square white card,

using fun foam to add some dimension.

I stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut the meditating frog from Stampendous 'Frog Yoga' stamp set

and added it to the panel. 

I think it really pops against that black background.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Flora and Fauna.

Here is a close up of the texture paste.

For the third card, I decided to create a black on black panel.

I used the Charcoal texture paste with the Craftangles stacked blocks stencil.

The result was brilliant..

Here is a process video.

Once the panel had dried, I decided to add some pop!

I stamped and fussy cut images from my brand new Sunny Studios 'Berry bliss' stamp set.

Once I arranged them on the background, I added some white paint splatter to add some interest.

This is really one of my most favourite cards and I'm so happy to share it with you.

Here is a detail photo of the gorgeous black on black background!

For the 4th card, I started with a square piece black cardstock from Craftangles, the Craftangles fireworks stencil and Craftangles Glimmer pastes 'Lemon zest', 'Orange peel' and 'Amethyst'.

The fireworks these pastes created are just beautiful!!

After some thought, I stamped and fussy cut this fun image from Art Impressions and added it to the panel and card base. 

I couldn't think of a sentiment, so I've left it for now...I wonder who this card will go to!

I hope you have enjoyed these videos and these cards!

If you have any questions, do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions!