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

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.

One stamp three ways!

Hello!

I have a a quick post for you today, showing off the new Craftangles background stamp 

'Floral circle background'.

I have stamped and heat embossed it on different card stock panels and,

 made three very different cards.

For card no 1...

1. I stamped and heat embossed the image with white embossing powder on black card stock. I then used Simon Says stamp stitched rectangle dies to cut it out.

2. I coloured the image using Steadler colour pencils.

3. I stamped the sentiment (from the Craftangles stamp set 'Beautiful bloom border'.

4. I die cut and coloured a butterfly and added it to the card along with some gemstones,

for some interest.

5. I matted the card panel with blue card stock (also cut using the SSS dies),

and adhered it to a black card base.

For card no 2.

1.I started out by stamping and heat embossing the beautiful image in white 

on white watercolour cardstock.

2.I then watercoloured the image using Sakura Koi water colours.

3.Once it dried, I die cut the panel using SSS stitched circle dies.

4.I added another circle below for interest.

5.I then added some paint splatter to the card base.

6.I adhered the watercoloured panel to the card base.

7. I die cut the word birthday (Craftangles 'Birthday wishes' stamp and die set) using gold card stock.

8. I added the rest of the sentiment (Craftangles 'Everyday Sentiments') and finished the card with some gold sequins.

For card no 3.

1. I stamped and heat embossed the image on red cardstock with gold embossing powder.

2.I cut out this square panel using SSS stitched square dies.

3. I used black cardstock to matt this panel.

4.I adhered it to the white square card base using fun foam.

5.I die cut the word 'Happy' (from Winnie and Walter) and adhered it to the card along with the stamped birthday sentiment.

I finished the card with some black jute twine and a gold bell.

I hope you liked these three cards and will give this stamp a try.

If you do, do not forget to tag us with #craftangles on social media.

We at HNDMD would love to see your creations.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Happy Sankranti!

Hello! 

Happy Sankranti!

Today we celebrate the festival of kites!!

I wanted to celebrate this festival through my cards today.

For m first card, I have used a motif from the Craftangles 'Shubh Labh' stamp set.

I stamped the motif, masked it, stamped over it and repeated the  process till I had a string of kites. I watercoloured them, masked them again and created the sky background by using a cloud mask and distress ink.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Verses Rubber stamps.

I just love the versatility of this stamp that allowed me to create this happy card!

To create my second card, I started with the Lawn Fawn scalloped box die, cut from white cardstock.

I used a cloud mask and coloured the outside of the box using 

Faded Jeans  Distress ink from Tim Holtz.

I then die cut the clouds (Simon Says Stamp) and the kites (sizzix) and, 

fixed them using strips of acetate. 

I then finished the card with a sentiment from Craftangles 'Girl in the rain' stamp set and some

Craftangles 'Bumblebee yellow' sequins.

Again the versatility of the stamp set allowed me to create such a fun and cheerful card!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

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!

Making Christmas cards using Craftangles Stencils

Hello!

As you can see, I have started making my Christmas cards well in time this year! 

Today, I am playing with five gorgeous stencils from Craftangles.

to start with, I used the 'Doodle around' stencil along with Memento summer sky ink to create a dreamy icy background for my skating girl (woodblock stamp from Studio G). 

I then stamped the image, 

coloured it and layered it using  Simon Says Stamp stitched square dies. 

I finished the card with a Christmas sentiment from Hero Arts and 

sequins from Craftangles.

The card base is from Letz Craft.

For the second card, I used the 'Flourish' stencil from Craftangles

along with Tim Holtz Broken China distress oxide and Chipped Sapphire distress ink to create a windy looking background.

I heat embossed a sentiment from Hero Arts onto a strip of vellum and adhered it to the panel.

I then stamped and cut out the bench and lamp (Lawn Fawn) out of card stock as well as foam (for dimension) and adhered this above the sentiment panel.

To finish the card, I added some Craftangles clear sequins.

The card base is 'Denim blue' card stock from Craftangles.

For the third card, I started out with the 'Argyle' stencil and Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.

I distressed the edges of all the panels used in this card, as well as the card base, using Vintage photo distress ink, to create a vintage look. 

I also distressed the edges of the nutcracker doll (from Unity Stamp company)

I then layered the simon Says Stamp stitched die cut panels and the fussy cut image.

To finish the card I added a fern die cut (impression obsession) and added a bit of 

MayArts jute ribbon.

For my fourth card, I drew inspiration from paintings of the northern lights on Pinterest.

I used the 'Paisley' stencil and Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, Picked Raspberries, Dusty concord, and Twisted Citron distress inks and distress oxides 

to create a look of the northern lights. 

I just love how this card turned out!!

I added some die cut silhouette Christmas trees from Impression Obsession 

a gold embossed sentiment  from Hero Arts, on a vellum panel 

and some Craftangles clear sequins to finish the card. 

The card base is 'Denim Blue' card stock from Craftangles.

For the fifth card, I used the "Floral Mesh" stencil from Craftangles along with 

Tim Holtz 'picked raspberries' and 'mowed lawn' distress inks.

I just love the bold colours. This is the first time I used a black card base, and I absolutely love it!!

For this card, I thought it best to just leave it with a simple gold embossed sentiment on a vellum panel and some gold sequins for interest.

The black card base is from Letz Craft.

                                           

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

Do leave me a comment to let me know which one is your favourite!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Box cards using Craftangles Rakhi stamps

Hello!

I'm back with some more Rakhi cards today!! 

I just can't get enough of the newly released 'Happy Rakshabandhan' stamps from Craftangles!

I decided to make a couple of box cards using the Lawn Fawn scalloped box die.

I decided to shake things up a bit and make a card for a sister instead of a brother! 

So I took part of the sentiment from the Craftangles 'Happy Rakhi' stamp set and added the sister die cut (from Simon Says Stamp) to complete it. I just love the way it turned out!

The beautiful patterned paper is actually wrapping paper from Mandalay fine stationery..gorgeous 

isn't it?

For the second card, I've repeated the same sentiment and stencilled the white panels using the Craftangles 'Mandala' stencil and Memento inks. I added some self adhesive rhinestones for some bling.

I hope these cards have excited you and inspired you to try out the Craftangles 'Rakhi' stamp sets!

Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

'Paru's Perceptions'

Playing the SSS 'Masculine' challenges today

Hello!

I finally got around to making some Father's Day cards last night..

I had to do a lot of research as inspiration kept evading me!!

These are the cards I came up with and since both the Simon Says Stamp challenges have the same theme this week, I have decided to try my luck!

For the first card, I stamped out a simple quote using Stmapendous  and Hero Arts alphabet sets, along with the Fathers day sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. 

I created an argyle background using a Craftangles stencil and tim Holtz distress ink.

I used SSS Stitched dies to create the top panel which I popped up using a foam sheet.

While I was looking for a way to add some interest, I found this telephone brad from Recollections.

It's just perfect no?

Card #2 is probable my favourite!

I printed out the sentiment and then added a gold square (cut using SSS stitched dies) and a white square...a left over from another card. The goggles are cut using the  Impression Obsession spectacles die set and the moustache is die cut using the Little B die.

The Father's day sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

Can I have two favourites... I just love card no card #3!

I wanted brogues, but I did not have a stamp! I could have bought one but I am doing a 'No Buy June' challenge..so that was out!

I then decide to try my hand at illustrating..It isn't perfect, but then it doesn't have to be right?

I've even added my signature..it is an original illustration after all!!

I printed out the sentiment and added the SSS Father's day sentiment in Memento's Rich Cocoa ink.

I used Sakura Koi watercolours to colour the brogues!

Card #4 I am unsure of..what do you think?

It seemed better in concept!

I have layered SSS stitched dies here and used the Impression Obsession spectacle die.

The sentiment is gold embossed suing Stampendous 'retro' alphabet stamps. 

I finished the card by stamping the SSS Father's day sentiment in Memento's Rich Cocoa ink.

I just love using the white gel pen to add highlights.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great night!

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!

Spotlight card

Hello!

I have a simple and fun technique called 'Spotlighting' here today,

which can enhance your greeting cards!

It's a simple technique where the image is re-stamped onto a small piece of cardstock and placed above the original image to create the illusion of magnifying the spot or creating a 'spotlight'.

I have used the 'Mom you rock' stamp set from Craftangles. 

It is such a pretty stamp set, and I decided to add the little bee for interest.

To 'spotlight' the flower and the bee, I first stamped the floral image onto Bielo cardstock 

using the Misti tool.

I then placed a punched circle of the same cardstock over the area that I wanted to 'spotlight' and stamped the image again. 

I now had a perfect image on the circle. 

I then coloured the images using Sakura Koi watercolours.

I then added the bee from the 'Bold Geraniums' stamp set from Stampendous.

I then adhered the circle using double sided foam tape. 

This created the illusion of magnification.

I then mounted the square cut panel onto a kraft panel (which I cut using Simon Says Stamp Stitched squares dies) and then finally onto the card using craft foam to add dimension.

I added a bit of green paint splatter and some gold sequins for interest.

I decided not to add a sentiment...the card was so pretty by itself!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Indian Craft Room Blog Hop. Christmas Cards

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the ICR Blog Hop!

It has been a wonderful year at ICR and we are ending the year with a blog hop by all the 

team members who were creating for ICR this year!

For this blog hop, we are creating cards with 

any type of EMBOSSING.

It could be heat embossing (wet embossing) or,

 embossing with an embossing folder (dry embossing)

You would have come here from 

Gopi's blog..

I have a set of 5 christmas cards to share today.

I have used both wet and dry embossing techniques on all the cards. 

I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I enjoyed making them!!

For the first card, I doodled four christmas trees, 

painted them using Sakura Koi watercolours and fussy cut them. 

I then cut the snow bank using Mama Elephants's landscape trio dies and,

 embossed the background with Cuttlebug embossing folders.  

I then placed the background panel on a 5"x5" red card stock base.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Hero Arts and a bit of jute twine from MayArts.

I have seen versions of this card  a lot on Instagram and Pinterest, and, 

I was inspired to try making my own.

I embossed the background panel with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and, 

blended Memento Summer Sky ink onto it.

I stacked three stitched circle die cuts one on top of the other and 

added googly eyes, a shiny gemstone for the nose and a doodles smile.

 I then added twigs, (die cut using Memory box dies)

 for the arms and a doodled and coloured scarf.

I then placed the panel on a red card stock base and

added a sentiment from Hero Arts to finish the card.

I love the feeling of breeze, when I see this card

I particularly love this card! 

I learnt how to colour the Holiday Bow from the Ton stamps, 

here on Youtube.

The rest of the card is simple..

A Cuttlebug embossed background panel and,

 a gold heat embossed sentiment on vellum finish the card.

I doodled another three Christmas trees, coloured and cut them for this card. Again, I used the Mama Elephant landscape trio dies to create the snowbank and Cuttlebug embossed the background.

I finished the card with sentiments from Hero Arts and jute twine from May Arts.

For this card, I Cuttlebug embossed swirls on the background panel, to begin with.

I then stamped and heat embossed and fussy cut two cups from 

the Paper Smooches 'Cyber Cafe' stamp set. I placed the cups on a vellum panel on which I had heat embossed the heat swirls in white embossing powder. I then hand stitched the panel onto the card base. I added a gold heat embossed sentiment and some green Bakers Twine to finish the card.

I hope you enjoyed reading about these cards, and I hope you are inspired to create some of you own this season! 

Do leave a comment..I'd love to hear from you!

Next on the hop is the lovely Pratyusha..head on over and leave her some love!

We have some awesome prizes in store for you...

a bag of goodies  (dies, stamps, etc.)

from

Don't forget to link up your creations here and leave a comment on all the blogs!

Akshama

Ash

Bhavna

Gopi

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Priyanka

Sathya

Sharada

Shraddha

Thanks so much for playing along...

Have a great evening!!