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

Playing the Twofer challenge.

Hello!

I made  these cards to play Darnell's brand new Twofer challenge!!

The challenge calls for the use of one stamp in two different ways and for two different ocassions.

After, I made the cards, I went back to read the blog post more carefully, and realised I had to use a feather stamp!!!!!!

Since I have made the cards and written the post, here goes...

 I have used one of the planets from MFT's 'Space Explorer'  for two very different cards.

The first card is a personalised notecard  made for  a little boy who likes planets.

I stamped and water coloured the planets, fussy cut them and popped them up with double sided foam tape on a simple night sky background which I made by splattering some white acrylic paint on blue card stock. I adhered the panel on a 3"x4" note card with the boy's name stamped on it.

I used Stampendous 'Retro' alphabet stamps to stamp the name. 

For the second card, I used Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Box card die with the same navy blue cardstock as the the card above.

I stamped the planet multiple times and water coloured and fussy cut them to create lanterns.

I die cut the banners from the Lawn Fawn set and then hung the 'lanterns' from them. 

Hanging the lanterns took a bit of experimentation.

I sewed the string though each 'lantern', knotted the string and then sandwiched and adhered the string between two of the banner die cuts.

This way they hang like real lanterns.

I added some coloured paint splatter to the box and added the shiny gold embossed sentiment and gold sequins to finish the card.

 I just love how it turned out!!

I forgot to take a photo of the cards together, so here is a photoshopped image of the two, for the purpose of the challenge.

Thanks so much for this new challenge Darnell!! It was TWO much fun!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Paru Mahtani

Showcasing the Craftangles 'Back to School' paper pack.

Hello!

I am showcasing Craftangles newly released 'Back To School' patterned papers today!

They are so vibrant and colourful and of the most luxurious quality!

I really enjoyed making these cards and I do hope you like them!

Card no.1 is a simple one..

I have added a sentiment from the Craftangles 'Super girl 'stamp set,

 along with a little pencil shaped button from my stash.

For card no.2, I created a faux magnifying glass (by stacking die cut circles) 

and made it into a shaker element.

I added the sentiment from the 'Superboy' stamp set from Craftangles.

Card no.3 was a lot of fun..I used the dotted patterned paper from the Craftangles 'Back to School' pattered paper pack as the background and die cut the beakers (from mft's Chemistry set ). I added some acetate behind the diecut and created a shaker element. I then filled the shakers with blue and green seed beads. I added a ink blended background panel to close the shaker. I then adhered this panel to a kraft card base and added a sentiment from mft's 'Undeniable Chemistry' stamp set.

Card o. 4 took a little while to make..its not perfect, but I think I have managed to acheive what I wanted!

It is an interactive pull tab slider card which slides up to reveal the school bus full of monster kids..super cute images in this paper pack!!

For the sentiment on the pull tab, I combined half a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's 

'Absolutely edge' stamp and die set and Craftangles 'Super Girl' stamp set.

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

Do try out this paper pack..its amazing!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

June 17 challenge

Hello !!! 

Thank you so much for a great challenge participation in May!!

This month we have a fabulous sponsor!! 

Though we may not have their product (I don't), I have created a challenge that will ensure that you have A LOT of fun!!

Here is the June  challenge!

An INTERACTIVE CARD is any card which had an element that moves or pops up or slides or shakes..something that makes you interact with the card!

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.

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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...

I had a blast making the inspiration cards for this challenge!
I hope you will enjoy them too!
I am no good at putting up tutorials,
so you can find the links to the tutorials for these cards here.

The first card I made is a

WHEEL  SHAKER CARD

To make this card
I started out with the Simon Says Stamp 'Fish and bowl' stamp and die set.
Using the die in the set, I created a shaker element which has acetate on both sides.
In between the acetate, I cut some coloured vellum and sandwiched it to give the appearance of water. I added sequins ( I should have added more!) from 'Dress my Craft' and A1 Craft Supply.
I also stamped and die cut some fish and added them to the bowl..one on the inside and one on the outside.
I created the spinner mechanism as shown in this video by Sandy Allnock.

I finished the card with a sentiment from the same stamp set.

This was super fun to make and I hope you will try it!

The second card is made is  a 

MAGIC REVEAL SPINNER CARD

This too was just too much fun to make!!

You will find a full tutorial here.

To make this card, I have used stamps from 

Altenew's 'To the Moon' stamp set and My Favourite things 'Space Explorer' stamp set.

To colour, I used Camlin watercolours and Staedler water colour pencils.

The dies I used are from Spellbinders. 

I used a white gel pen to add the stars and the little highlights.

I used queen and company circle frame dies to create a border around the window 

and added black self adhesive gemstones for interest.

Do try out this card..You will love it!

To inspire you some more, 

we have a fabulous card maker who makes the most extraordinary interactive cards.

Our Guest designer today is
Sindhura

Hello everyone!
My name is Sindhura and I blog at Paperminty.

First, I would like to thank Paru for this wonderful opportunity.

I was thrilled when I saw the

GD invitation mail in my inbox. :)

Since the challenge for this month is to create an Interactive card.

  I made a pop-up card and a shaker tag.

I created a cute, fun scene on the card. Here it is...

First, I stamped all the images on Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock and coloured them

with Zig markers; then fussy cut them all out. I also die cut a few stips of grass.

I sponged some ink with the help of a die-cut stencil to make clouds in the background

This is how the pop-up opens on the inside of the card.

The next is the shaker tag...

To make this tag, I die cut a number of tag with windows die cuts. I did this to avoid using

foam tape. I backed all the stacked die cuts with a patterned paper. I adhered the adorable

elephants to finish the tag. I used the clear sequins as I didn't want them to be too distracting.

I hope you like what I made and you will participate in the challenge. 

Good luck, friends.

I hope you have been inspired to dive in and make an Interactive card.

There are lots of resources on YouTube so check it out and let's see those shakers, sliders, pop-ups, box cards and any other cards that you can think of!!

I can't wait!

THE PRIZES

As always, we have our fabulous sponsors giving away some amazing prizes!

One animation stamp set and One animation die cut 

from

Uchi's Design

and

A prize from

Three Room Studio

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

Please link up your creations below.

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.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day and have lots of fun!!

Paru Mahtani

An InLinkz Link-up

New stencils and Patterned paper from Craftangles

Hello!

I have lots of cards to showcase today!

I made whole bunch of Mother's Day cards using the new Craftangles 'Hearts all around stencil'! 

I have paired the stencil with Newton's Nook "Wild About you"stamp set to make these adorable cards. I decided to use different colours for stencilling...instead of pink or red!

Here I have paired the stencilled panel with Bob and Betty patterned paper.

For this card, I decided to use two colours for the stencilling! I love the way the Angel Pink (memento inks) blends into the Summer Sky!

I stayed with the traditional pink here...

This card is my favourite!

The patterned paper is the newly released 'Timeless treasures' 6"x6" pack. I used memento 'Angel Pink' to softly stencil the hearts onto the patterned paper!

the birds are from mftstamps, the twig from Memory Box and the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

For these two cards I have used stamps from mftstamps and dies from Memory box, combined with patterned paper from the 'Timeless treasures' paper pack from Craftangles.

I had so much fun making these cards! 

Do pick up a pack of these papers and stencils and have a blast!

I am submitting these cards for  the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by..

Have a great day!

Dad-My Superhero!

Hello!

I am showcasing the Craftangles 'Dad-my superhero' stamp set. for my Craft Adda post.

I have made two cards and a bookmark tag, 

all using the same image and various sentiments from the stampset.

For the first card, I used the Craftangles 'Argyle' stencil and Memories white ink to create a background on kraft card stock.

I then stamped the image and sentiment with black Versafine ink and added the white embossed Happy Birthday sentiment from Stampendous to finish the card.

For the second card, I used memento inks to stamp the image onto Bielo cardstock and added a watercolour background.

I die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched squares and layered it with a blue die cut panel to make the colours pop. I finished the card by adding the sentiment from the same stamp set.

To create the tag, I stamped the image using Memento inks onto Bielo cardstock and then die cut the bookmark using the PaperTrey Ink die. 

I die cut the same out of Vellum and layered it on the bookmark. 

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on the vellum layer, 

and added red and white bakers twine to finish the tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

CrafTangles Stamps and Stencils are here!

Hello! 

Craft adda has launched its fabulous range of  Craftangles photopolymer stamps!

I have had the honour of using them and I have to tell you, the quality is exceptional!!!

I have used the 

Baby Sentiments stamp set  and the Craftangles 'Its a boy' paperpack

to make this card.

I paired a couple of papers from this cute paper pack and stamped two sentiments from the stamp set.

To cover the joint I used a blue satin ribbon and added a button from  my stash.

Craft Adda have also released their Craftangles  stencils which are made from superb quality plastic.

Since the festival of Rakshabandhan is in a months time, I decided to make a card with a rakhi. 

I used the stencil to create a background for my starfish rakhi. 

I used Tim Holtz distress inks to create the soft background.

I created the sentiment using stamps from Paper Smooches (Kinfolk) and MFT (Graphic masculine T and Graphic feminine T)

I made a few cards so I used my Misti stamping tool which made it so very easy!

Jennnifer Mcguire demonstrates how, here...

I hope you will be inspired to go over to Craft Adda and check out their new releases!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great evening!

Red roses money card

Hello there! 

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp One Layer Wednesday Challenge today.

I have made this money card or cash gift envelope using  the Kaisercraft 'These days' stamp set.

I stamped the the image on opposite corners using Versafine Habanero ink

I then stamped the sentiment from mft 'Celebrate Big' stamp set  with Versafine Onyx black ink.

I also stamped the image on the matching card insert.

Simple and striking, dont you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!