Craftangles 'Birthday' Challenge!

Hello!

Welcome to the Craftangles 'Birthday' Challenge for the month of August!

Do play and link up your entries HERE

I have some birthday cards to inspire you to play today.

For the first two cards, I used a technique demonstrated  by Kristina Werner recently.

I used make up brushes (from Amazon) to do the ink blending! Khyati had suggested these brushes, and OMG! they are the best for ink blending!!!

For the first card, I started of by blending Distress inks through the Craftangles 'flower cluster' stencil onto the background panel of Craftangles white cardstock. I then die cut the large numbers in Craftangles earl grey card stock and white cardstock, and layered them. I then stamped and die cut the sentiment panels and adhered them with 3D foam tape. I added some clear Craftangles sequins to finish the card.

For the second card, I first used the newly released Craftangles masking paper to cut out the number 50 and adhered it to the Craftangles white card base. I then  blended the background colours onto the Craftangles white cardstock panel. After blending the colours, I used the same stencil as the card above, to blend more colour onto the card base. This gave it tone on tone look.

Once done, I removed the mask and added a stamped sentiment along with some clear sequins to finish the card.

For the second set of cards, I used simple stencilling and combined it with floral die cuts and liquid watercolours.

For these cards, I started by stencilling (Herrringbone) the background with a light blending of Black soot distress ink. I used Craftangles liquid watercolours to paint a piece of watercolour carstock and then die cut the flowers. I combined the coloured flowers with white diecuts and then sprinkled them with some more watercolour.

I finished the card with some jute twine and some sequins and resin beads and a simple sentiment.

The next card is a simple shaker. I used the Craftangles rays stencil for the background and then cut out the number 50. I made this into a simple shaker and added the 

Craftangles 'designer denim' sequins mix.

A bold sentiment and a few sequins adhered to the outside, finished this card.

For the last card, I experimented with the newly released Craftangles alcohol ink paper and Craftangles liquid watercolours.

They work beautifully, but take some time to dry. Once semidry, I added some gold foil to the paper. It stuck to the parts where more ink had collected.

I then die cut this panel and adhered it to a white card base with a floral die cut and a birthday sentiment to finish the card.

I hope you have enjoyed these cards and will be tempted to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

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

Winnie and Walter 3rd birthday bash-stencil and other challenges

Hello!

I am jumping in and playing the Winnie and Walter 3rd birthday bash challenges today! 

It's the last day today!!

I am playing the 'stencil challenge', the 'bright colours' challenge, and the 'ink blending' challenge and the 'sequin challenge'

To make this card, I used the Winnie and Walter roses stamp set. I watercoloured the roses and fussy cut them, as I did the sentiment too.

I used the Winnie and Walter triangles stencil and hero arts neon inks to create the ink blended stencilled background.

I added a (mft) stitched frame cut out of gold cardstock to add interest to the card. I finished it with transparent sequins from Pretty Pink Posh and adhering the panel to a kraft card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Polaroid birthday

Hey there! I am playing the Lawnscaping  'Sketch' challenge from Lawn Fawn today!

I am also playing the Simon Says Stamp flickr 'ink blending' challenge today.

To make this card, I masked off a square apnel with post it tape and created my scene by ink blending Mama Elephant yellow ink and Memento 'Tangelo' ink. (I used a circular mask too). 

I then stamped my foliage (from Inkadinkado).

I used the polaroid diecut from lawn Fawn to frame my scene. 

To add interest, and to keep to the sketch, I dry embossed paper Smooches dots and dashes die on the base panel in an diagonal. 

To finish, I stamped some dragonflies on the background and popped up the polaroid panel with some  fun foam.

I also added the birthday sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I really enjoyed making this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Happy to call you friend

I am so very happy with this card!

I came upon a new challenge, thanks to my friend Neha Bhatt of Perwinkle creations who was guest designer for the I love Math challenge.

To make this card, I started with some new smooth white card stock that I am trying out...it is great for stamping and as you can see it is great for ink blending too! 

I normally use textured white card stock...this is a nice change.

I blended Mama Elephant's Yellow ink along with memento Tangelo ink and die cut (using Simon Says Stamp stitched circles) the sun/moon. 

I then stamped, coloured and fussy cut the giraffe and zebra from Lawn Fawn's 'Critters on the Savannah' stamp set. 

I placed these on a black card topper and heat embossed the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp in white. 

I love the way it turned out...Its bold and bright and I cant wait to share it with a dear friend!

I am also playing the Simon Says Stamp flickr  'Ink blending' Challenge.