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

Quick love cards using patterned papers

Hello!

Today I have some quick and easy love cards  which I made using 

the Craftangles 'Be My Valentine and 'All For Love Vol 2' patterned paper packs.

For the first card, I die cut a sheet of black and white patterned paper  using Simon Says Stamp square stitched dies and adhered it to a white card stock panel. I then die cut a heart using a sheet of red patterned paper and adhered this to the panel using 3D foam tape. I added a mini wooden clip and some resin dots for interest. 

The sentiment is from the Craftangles 'Will You Be Mine' stamp set. I cut apart the words of the stamp in order to make them fit in the space that I wanted to stamp them in.

For the second card, I started by adhering a patterned paper panel to the 6"x4" card base.

I then cut out two elements from the Craftangles 'Be my Valentine' elements pack and adhered them to the card. I added some Craftangles 'clear shimmer' sequins to add some interest.

For the third card, I used patterned paper to adhered to the card base. I then die cut the dancers using the red patterned paper from the paper pack. I then adhered a printed element from 

the Craftangles 'Be My Valentine' elements pack as well as some Craftangles 'ruby' sequins  to finish the card.

For the final card, I started by adhering the die cut patterned paper panel to the card base. I then stamped and fussy cut the cute image from the Craftangles 'You and Me' stamp set. I watercoloured just the hearts so as to make the image pop.

I used 3D foam tape to adhere the image to the card.

I stamped the sentiment (Paper Smooches) onto the patterned paper and added some 

Craftangles 'Clear shimmer' sequins to finish the card.

I hope you enjoyed these cards and will give them 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

It's time to make Christmas cards!

Hello!!

I have made some fun Christmas cards for you today, 

using Craftangles stencils, glimmer pastes and art sprays!

For the first card, I used the Craftangles 'Floral Mesh' stencil with Tim Holtz distress inks to create a backgroud. 

I die cut this panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle dies. 

I then added a stamped and fussy cut holly image and a sentiment (from Hero Arts).

I then layered it with another die cut panel (in red) on a black card base from Craftangles.

I finished the card with some clear sequins from Craftangles.

For the second card, I used the Craftangles snowflakes stencil 

and the Craftangles Fairy Dust glimmer paste to create a background. 

I then added a die cut panel in white in the foreground and a die cut lamp, wreath and bow.

I added a sentiment from Hero arts and finished the card by adhering it to a red card base from Craftangles.

For the next card, I started by smooshing some Tim Holtz mowed lawn distress ink onto a smooth white card base. 

Once dry, I used the Craftangles Christmas tree stencil along with the Craftangles 'Fairy dust' glimmer paste to create the background.

I then adhered a die cut white panel for the foreground and a die cut and distressed (with Tim Holtz tea die distress oxide) deer. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts and adhered this panel to a kraft card base to finish the card.

Oh, and I also added a die cut bow to the deer for a splash of colour.

For my last card, I created a background using the Craftangles 'Dots' stencil and Craftangles 

Art sprays. Once dry, I used the Craftangles 'Rays' stencil and Craftangles gold glimmer paste to create a unique background.

I then added a die cut white deer layered with a die cut piece of fun foam in order to give it dimension.

I added a sentiment (hero arts) and a little red resin heart for colour and interest.

I adhered the panel to a white textured square card base to finish the card.

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

All the products used have been linked to the HNMD site so do have a look.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani 

Paru's Perceptions.

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

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!