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.

Floral cards using Craftangles elements packs

 Hello!

I have some pretty cards for you today, which I made using Craftangles floral elements packs. These are so beautiful and make the most gorgeous cards with the minimum of effort!

My first card is a mini notecard. I started with an embossed backfround. I fussy cut a floral element from the Craftangles 'Colourful flowers 6' element pack and adhered it to the base using 3D foam tape. I  stamped a sentiment on a die cut panel and added that to the card to finish. I also added some Craftangles clear sequins.

For the second card, I used a panel from the Craftangles  'Vintage rosette 3' element pack and flowers from the 'Colourful flowers 5' element pack. I stamped a sentiment over the panel and adhered it to a card base made with Craftangles 'Earl Grey' cardstock.

For the third card, I fussy cut the floral element from Craftangles 'Watercolour florals 1' elements pack. I then layered it on a plaid stamped and grey cardstock panels. 

I adhered these panels to the bright green card base. 

I gold embossed the sentiment from Craftangles 'Life is pretty amazing' 

stamp set and adhered it with 3D foam tape. I used Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

I hope you enjoyed these card and will give the element packs a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Liquid watercolours and no line colouring!

Hello! 

Have you seen the fabulous new release from HNDMD yesterday!!

I'm here to showcase some of their fabulous new products.

To begin with, I have used the new liquid watercolour "Oh Fudge" to create a watercolour background.

I then stamped the new 'Dad' mini stamp. The dad image is from an older set from Craftangles "Dad my superhero" . I adhered the two panels and die cut them using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a Craftangles brown card base.

For the second card, I started with a Craftangles Black card base. I stamped the books stamp in grey and die cut a background panel using stitched rectangle die. I then stamped the sentiment...the new Craftangles mini stamp Books. I stamped fussy cut and coloured the pile of books and adhered it to the card using 3D foam tape.

For the third card, I used an old heart button stamp to create a background which I then die cut using a stitched rectangle die. I stamped and fussy cut a few heart buttons and coloured them using Craftangles liquid watercolours. I threaded them onto black embroidery floss and adhered them to the background panel. I then stamped the new Craftangles mini stamp 'Mom' and die cut the panel to adhere it to the background.

I finished the card by adhering the background to a black card base from Craftangles.

Here are the beautiful liquid watercolours released this month...They are so vibrant and bright.

You can combine colours to make the most gorgeous combinations.

For the first card, I used a combination of Rosewood and Pretty Peony and Pumpkin Orange and Pretty Peony for the beautiful flowers (Craftangles 'Happily Ever After' stamp)

I tried the no line watercolour technique... I stamped the flowers on watercolour paper  using Tim Holtz distress ink and then coloured them in.

To get a darker green, I combined Poison Ivy and Rosewood

I then heat embossed the sentiment (Craftangles Hello Lovely) in white and adhered it with 3D tape to the centre of the floral panel.

I adhered the panel to a 5"x7" red card base and added a sentiment (Craftangles Everyday sentiments) and some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

For the second card, I stamped the flowers from the brand new Hello Lovely stamp set and painted them using "Rosewood" liquid watercolour. I then fussy cut the same and adhered them to the a stencilled card base. The stencil used is the newly released 'Geometric bursts' stencil. I finished the card with some Craftangles clear sequins.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Quick valentine cards using Craftangles elements pack.

Hello!

I am having so much fun playing with the newly released Craftangles Valentine printed element packs! I could easily combine a couple of packs along with  Craftangles patterned paper to make some gorgeous cards! 

For the first card, I cut out a panel from the Craftangles Watercolour florals 2 Elements pack and added the sentiment heart  from Craftangles 'All for love 2' elements pack with double sided foam tape to the centre. I inked the edges of a precut cardstock panel with Tim Holtz 'Worn Lipstick' distress ink and matted the floral panel before adhering it to the card base. I finished the card with some Craftangles pink sequins.

For the second card, I used another panel, with the cutest birds, from the Craftangles 'Watercolour Florals 2' Elements pack and added another heart sentiment from the Craftangles 'All for Love 2'     elements pack with 3D foam tape. I inked another cardstock panel, just like above and matted the printed panel. 

I finished the card with pink sequins from Craftangles

For the third card, I inked the card base directly with Tim Holtz 'Carved Pumpkin' distress ink. I then adhered the printed card panel and adhered the sentiment with 3D foam tape. I added some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card.

For the next three cards, I used patterned papers from the new Craftangles 'Sweet Love' 6"x6" paper pack to act as a base for the super cute elements from the 

Craftangles Watercolour love 1 elements pack. 

I left the cards super simple so that I could add sentiments in the future or use them as they are.

I hope you will be inspired to make some of your own valentine cards and will give these beautiful patterned papers and printed element packs a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

Paru Mahtani

Craftangles 'Anything Goes' challenge.

Hello and welcome to the first Craftangles monthly Challenge. 

The theme for this month is 

Anything Goes.

CrafTangles Monthly Challenges are a creative way to not only get inspired by our fabulous design team members, but also an opportunity to don your crafty hats and inspire others.

We would be hosting a new Challenge on 1st of every month with inspirations from our design team.
It would run for the complete month and post that our Design Team members would Pick up three winners and 3 honorary mentions.

The 1st winner would get a Goodie Bag from CrafTangles worth Rs. 500 and the two runner-ups (2nd and 3rd winner) would receive a goodie bag worth Rs. 250. (Shipping is Free for Indian Address). International winners can choose to pay for International shipping or they would be provided with a Voucher / Coupon worth Rs. 500 / Rs.250 which can be redeemed against CrafTangles products at www.hndmd.in .Apart from the goodie bags, each winner would also receive a surprise coupon code that they can redeem at www.hndmd.in against CrafTangles products. 

In order to participate follow the below guidelines

1. Like CrafTangles and HNDMD Facebook pages
2. Follow us on Instagram  - CrafTangles and HNDMD
3. We would be using Inlinkz to add your projects to the challenge.
4. Projects can be made using any brand craft supplies. You would get extra brownie points if you submit a project made using at least one CrafTangles product. Products may vary according to each challenge's theme.
5. Only projects/posts made after the challenge has gone live would be eligible for the challenge. Predated posts and projects would not be allowed.
6. Link to actual project page only. Link to the main blog would not be considered. 
7. In case you do not have a blog, share the project via your social media channels - Instagram or Facebook. Mention the products used in the description. Do not link to albums in Facebook, only to a specific image.
8. All type of Craft, Art and Home decor projects are eligible for the challenge, based on the current month's theme.
9. Maximum of 3 entries are allowed per participant per challenge.
10. Winners would be provided with badges/blinkies to share on the blog and social media

Here is my inspiration for this brand new challenge.

I have played with the newly released Craftangles 'All year round- Calender stamp'.

Oh its  so much fun and has so many possiblities...I will share more in the days to come on social media so do keep a look out!

I will also share a tutorial soon.

To create this card, I checked the dates for the month of January on a calender and masked off the rest of the stamp, before applying ink to it.

I then removed the masks and stamped the dates. 

I then added the days of the week and the month. 

I wanted to highlight the 5th of the month so I stamped it on another piece of card stock with red ink and punched it out with a circle punch.

I then distressed the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink and adhered it the the calender using #D foam tape, in order to make it stand out.

I then stamped, coloured and added the aquarius image from Mama Elephant.

I layered the calender with red cardstock and and then adhered it to a beige card base.

I stamped a birthday sentiment and a die cut from Craftangles to finish the card

I also added some paint splatters to create some interest.

I hope this card has inspired you to play with this stamp and play along in our challenge.

Do read the rules carefully as given above.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

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

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

Playing with Craftangles Christmas stencils

Hello!

Have you seen the amazing Christmas release stencils from Craftangles?

I had so much fun making these cards and tags using them!

For the first card, I have used the tree background stencil  and the starry background stencil  to create the background and the 

Christmas elements stencil for the focal image!

The sentiment is from the Craftangles 'Seasons Greetings' stamp set.

For the second card, I have used the 'Tree Background' stencil again and added avellum overlay with a heat embossed gold sentiment from the Craftangles 'Season's Greetings' stamp set.

I added a santa and sleigh die cut from Impression Obsesssion to complete the card.

For the third card, I used the Craftangles Plaid stencil over

Craftangles sky blue cardstock to create the background.

I then added a heat embossed sentiment from the 

Craftangles 'Seasons Greetings' stamp set.

I created a snowbank at the bottom of the card and added some Memory Box 'Tiny Village' die cuts and some Impression Obsession 'Christmas tree' die cuts to finish the card.

To create the first two tags below, I used the create the Craftangles Create a Scene stencil, and Tim Holtz distress inks.

I heat embossed the 'Seasons Greetings' sentiment to complete the tags.

I added a Martha stewart train die cut to this tag to create some interest.

For the two tags below, I used the Craftangles 'Skyline' stencil two ways. They were so quick and easy to make! I also used the Craftangles 'Snowflake' stencil to create a background. 

I added a sentiment from the Craftangles 'Seasons greetings' stamp set  and some pretty ribbon and twine to finish the tags.

I had a blast making these cards and tags!

I hope I have inspired you to create too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions!

October 17 challenge

Hello everyone!!!! 

Welcome to Paru's Card Making Challenges!

Thank you so much for playing the "Rainbow" challenge in September!

I was so happy by the response! So many beautiful cards!

Here is the October challenge!

Make a card or tag with a touch of gold.

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. 

Take a photo of your creation and link it up below.

If you have a blog, write a post about our challenge and link it back to our challenge, including photos of your card or tag.

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post so that others may be inspired to play.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on the sidebar of your blog so that others may join us.

FOLLOW/JOIN  THIS BLOG

 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TAG YOUR SUBMISSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE TAG

#PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't have a blog, post your photos on social media and TAG them with #PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't tag them, we will not see them on social media.

Link your blogpost/social media post to the linky below.

Now for some inspiration...

To make a touch of  gold tag, I first printed out a cardstock sheet of toner , which, I used to die cut the Spellbinders peacock feather.



I then used two different colours of Craftangles foil on this die cut.

Here is the beautiful result.

To make the tag, I used a scrap of blue cardstock to die cut a PaperTreyInk bookmark. I had previously stamped this scrap with peacocks to create a tone on tone look.

I then adhered the foiled die cut to the tag and added a blue ribbon to complete the tag.

Beautiful isn't it?

For the card, I used Simon Says Stamp Stitched square dies to cut two nesting squares out of the 'Colours of India' 6"x6" paper pack from Craftangles.

I then cut the final square out of green cardstock and heat embossed a mandala from the newly released 'Happy Diwali' stamp set from Craftangles, in gold.

I finished the card by adding a bit of May Arts ribbon with a golden bell for fun!

To Inspire you some more...

My very dear friend and cardmaking superstar
Neha Bhatt is my Guest designer this month
and she has some fabulous cards to inspire you!

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am back on my favourite challenge blog once again! The theme is “Touch of Gold”. With Diwali
approaching, I decided to make a card and a tag for the festive season.

For the card, I have used waffle flower’s Lacy Flower stamp as rangoli!
I embossed it with glitter gold
embossing powder by Brutus Manroe. It is hard to capture the jazzy look of it but it looks gorgeous
in person. I cut the panel using spellbinder die. To color the Rangoli, I used Candied Apple, Ground
Espresso and spiced marmalade distress inks. The sentiment is from Ranganjali. A thin wavy stripe of
golden glitter paper is added. A small floer from the same set is embossed, colored and tucked under
the panel to balance the design. I mounted the panel on similar colored but textured card base.

Tag is created using Papertrey Ink die. I lined the back side with a circle die cut blended using Candied Apple Distress oxide . I inlaid few flower centres, die cut using glitter paper. To finish it off, embossed sentiment in gold & tied some golden threads.

I hope you are inspired with my creations and will play along!

Thank you Paru for this opportunity! Wish to be back soon! Have a crafty festive season !
Hugs.

To further inspire you,
we  have two beautiful cards from  the design team over at
Peek-a-boo designs,
our generous sponsors this month!
You can read more about these cards here.

..

Stunning aren't they!

Hope you have been inspired!! come on over and play!

THE PRIZES
This month we have TWO fabulous prizes from
Peek-a-Boo designs!

One Rs. 1500 ($20) and one Rs.750 ($10) gift card!

The winner will be announced on the 28th of October, so don't forget to stop by!

Please link up your creations here.

To be eligible to win a prize, please follow all the instructions carefully...

you will find them above and in under 'how to play' in the right sidebar.

I am linking up my creations to the 

Simon Says Stamp Monday 'Heavy metal' challenge

 

and 

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'Anything Goes' Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day and have lots of fun!!

Paru Mahtani