Merry Christmas!

Hello! 

It's almost time for Christmas!!

Today, I've made three Christmas cards using Craftangles liquid watercolours, stamps and stencils.

I also have start to finish videos for the same!

For the first card, I used the bauble stamps from the Craftangles 'Christmas Ornaments' stamp set.

I stamped them with Antique Linen distress ink and tried some no line watercolouring.

To create the background, I used the Christmas ornaments stencil and Tim Holtz distress inks. I darkened the edges to create a 'glow' in the centre. I love this technique as it creates a spotlight on the focal image. I've done this for all the cards.

I used some gold mirror card stock to cut out the blows and string and finished the card with a simple sentiment from the Craftangles 'Holly Jolly Christmas' stamp set.

Video link

For the second card, I stamped the beautiful focal image from the Holly Jolly stamp set and used the Craftangles liquid watercolours to try some no line watercoloring. 

Once coloured, I fussy cut the image and used 3D foam tape to adhere it to a stencilled background. Stencil used is the brand new 'Diagonal plaid' stencil from Craftangles. 

I used the same sentiment on all three cards, as I was feeling lazy to pick out another one!

Video link

For the last card, I watercolored and fussy cut the cute Santa from

the Craftangles 'Merry Christmas' stamp set.

I then made the background using the Craftangles 'Bricks' stencil.

Here too I darkened the edges to create a 'glow'.

I added flecks of white paint to finish the card.

Video link

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

Do check out the videos on the HNDMD YouTube channel 

Id love to hear what you think.

Do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions

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.

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.

Christmas card using Art Wax

 Hello!

I am show casing a fabulousnew product from Craftangles today!

It's Art Wax! 

You will see in the video below, how just a tiny bit of this gorgeous metallic coloured wax can transform any project into a thing of beauty!

It works best on a black background so here is what I came up with.

I started out by applying the Craftangles black charcoal texture paste on black cardstock using Craftangles stencils.

Once dry, I rubbed a little bit of the Craftangles 'Iridiscent pink', 'Iridiscent violet'  and 'Bronze' art wax to create a metallic background.

I even tried it on Craftangles 'Black diamond' glimmer paste and the results were fantastic.

Enjoy the video.

Once the backgrounds were done, I cut out the panels using Simon Says Stamp stitched dies.

I then heat embossed the sentiment (Penny Black) on Craftangles vellum , die cut the tag (mftdienamics) and the Christmas trees (Impression Obsession), added a satin bow and adhered the panel to a white A2 card base. 

Its hard to capture the gorgeous beauty of this waxed background in a photo, but, you get the idea.

Craftangles stencil used with Craftangles Black diamond glimmer paste is 'Flourish'.

For the second card, I have used a sentiment from Hero Arts and 

the bench and lamp from Lawn Fawn. I gold embossed the sentiment and images and added them to the die cut panel to create an unusual Christmas card.

The Craftangles stencil used here is  'Doodle around'.

For the third card, I have used the Craftangles stencil 'Geometric bliss' 

and a fabulous Santa die cut from Impression obsession, 

which I die cut from copper coloured cardstock. 

The sentiment is from Impression Obsession too.

For the last card, I used Craftangles 'black diamond' glimmer paste which is absolutely fantastic, along with the Craftangles 'Indian motif' stencil.

The gold embossed sentiment is from Penny black and the die cut trees from Impression Obsession.

Hope you liked these cards and will give these products a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Stencils and Texture paste.

Hello! 

I 'm so excited to use a brand new Craftangles product! 

The Craftangles Black Charcoal texture paste and Craftangles Glimmer paste.
Both these products are just amazing and so much fun to use to use! I hope you will give them a try!

I've put together a few process videos, so I apologise for the length of this post.

I created a panel using Craftangles 'skyblue' card stock, geometric flowers stencil and the black texture paste. The results are amazing..as you can see.

Immediately after using the paste, I washed off the stencil with water and dish soap. 

Once dry, the texture paste is hard to remove.

I die cut the stencilled panel with Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die and adhered it to the centre of a square white card. 

I stamped an fussy cut these beautiful gerberas (from Unity stamp co.) and adhered them to the card along with some glass beads to finish.

I haven't added a sentiment, so I can use this card for any occassion.

For the second card, I created a panel using the 'Overlapping circles' stencil from Craftangles and the Black Charcoal texture paste. I then die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched square dies, matted it with black cardstock and adhered it to a square white card,

using fun foam to add some dimension.

I stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut the meditating frog from Stampendous 'Frog Yoga' stamp set

and added it to the panel. 

I think it really pops against that black background.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Flora and Fauna.

Here is a close up of the texture paste.

For the third card, I decided to create a black on black panel.

I used the Charcoal texture paste with the Craftangles stacked blocks stencil.

The result was brilliant..

Here is a process video.

Once the panel had dried, I decided to add some pop!

I stamped and fussy cut images from my brand new Sunny Studios 'Berry bliss' stamp set.

Once I arranged them on the background, I added some white paint splatter to add some interest.

This is really one of my most favourite cards and I'm so happy to share it with you.

Here is a detail photo of the gorgeous black on black background!

For the 4th card, I started with a square piece black cardstock from Craftangles, the Craftangles fireworks stencil and Craftangles Glimmer pastes 'Lemon zest', 'Orange peel' and 'Amethyst'.

The fireworks these pastes created are just beautiful!!

After some thought, I stamped and fussy cut this fun image from Art Impressions and added it to the panel and card base. 

I couldn't think of a sentiment, so I've left it for now...I wonder who this card will go to!

I hope you have enjoyed these videos and these cards!

If you have any questions, do leave me a comment.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions!

Fun with Craftangles stencils

Hello!

I had a lot of fun playing with Craftangles stencils while making cards for this post! The first two cards are fairly simple and for the third one, 

I tried out something new so I've made a process video for you.

For the first card, I've used the Craftangles 'Treads' stencil and Tim Holtz 'mustard seed', 'crushed olive' and 'mowed lawn' distress inks to create the background.

One done, I stamped over it using the Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom' border stamp.

I then coloured in the stamp using faber castell sketch pens.

I then added the bold sentiment from Hot of the Press, trimmed the panel down to size, added some additional cardstock to the side for interest and adhered the panel to a cardbase made with Craftangles 'Emerald green' cardstock.

I finished the card with some black sequins from Craftangles.

For the second card, I started out with the Craftangles 'Antique lace' stencil and 

Tim Holtz 'milled lavender' distress ink to create a soft background.

I die cut the wreath and the flowers (Impression Obsession), coloured the flowers using the same ink and adhered them to the card panel.

I then stamped the sentiment (from Craftangles 'Sending Love' stamp set), 

in a darker ink of the same tone.

A sweet and serene card that can be used for any occassion.

For the third card, I wanted to create an underwater scene...something I had seen many times on Instagram. I looked up some videos on youtube and came up with this.

I just love how this card turned out...I will surely be trying out this technique again.

Do check out the process video below. It isn't perfect, but, it shows you how the card is  made.

I hope you enjoyed the video. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave me a comment.

To make this card, I have used Craftangles 'Rays' and  'Leaves' stencils and the 

Craftangles 'mermaid kisses' stamp set.

I hope you have enjoyed this post and these cards as much as I have enjoyed making them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Paru's Perceptions.

Cards for any reason!

Hello!

I have some fun cards for you today..I've played with the last release of Craftangles, some stencils and some stamps.

For the first card, I started by creating this beautiful bee hive background using the 

Craftangles 'Bee hive' stencil and Tim Holtz 'mustard seed' distress ink.

I then stamped with an old Stampendous stamp 'Bee love' on the background as well as on a piece of scrap cardstock.

I coloured in the hearts and the bees hands and feet on the base card and the full image on the scrap card. (Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the same..buy, you get the idea!)

I then fussy cut just the bee and adhered it to the bee on the card using 3D foam tape.

This added a some fun dimension to the card.

I then stamped the sentiment from Craftangles 'Congratulations' stamp set...it seemed most appropriate!

I finished the card using some Craftangles 'Bumble bee yellow' sequins.

Im submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday 'Stencil it' challenge!

For the second card, 

 I stamped the beautiful Craftangles 6"x6" 'floral circle' back ground stamp on a piece of white card stock

using Memento 'London Fog' ink.

I then cut the panel to size using Simon Says Stamps Stitched rectangle dies.

I then die cut a heart from this panel.

I also stamped the same image using Memento 'Rose Bud' ink on another piece of card stock. 

I die cut that into a circle.

I then adhered the die cut panel over the pink panel using the die cut heart as a guide. 

I tried to line up the images as much as I could, but was not wholly successful.

In the end, it doesn't look too bad though.

The sentiment from the Craftangles 'Life is Pretty Amazing' stamp set goes perfectly with this monochromatic card with a pop of colour.

I finished the card with some black twine, a silver bell and some Craftangles 'cupcake pink' sequins.

For the last card, I have used the Craftangles 'Musical notes' stencil and 

Tim Holtz distress inks

Fired Brick, Mustard seed, Mowed lawn and Broken china.

I used sponge daubers to apply the ink  through the stencil.

Once done, I shifted the stencil and daubed the colour again through the stencil.

This created a beautiful layered effect.

I then used Simon Says stamp stitched rectangle dies to die cut this panel.

I stamped and heat embossed this image of a rockstar (Impression Obsession) and fussy cut it.

I then matted the stencilled panel with some black cardstock, adhered the fussy cut image with 3D foam tape, adhered this panel to a white textured card base and finished the card by adding 

this fabulous sentiment from the Craftangles 'Life is pretty amazing' stamp set.

I just love how this card turned out!

I also added some Craftangles 'Clear Shimmer' sequins' for some shine!

I hope you enjoyed these cards and will give these Craftangles stamps and stencils a try.

If you do, do not forget to tag us @HNDMD on social media. 

We would love to see your fabulous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

Craftangles new release..Dangling leaves stencil.

Hello.

Today, card no1 is a simple card made using Craftangles newly released 'dangling leaves" stencil.

I started from the top of the white card stock panel and stencilled the leaves using 'Bamboo leaves' and 'Pear tart' inks from memento.

At the base, I used Tim Holtz 'Woodgrain' stencil to simulate water in a pond.

I then added the die cut butterfly (from spellbinders) and a sentiment from 

Craftangles 'Love is in the air' stampset.

The sentiment is heat embossed using Craftangles silver embossing powder.

A sweet and simple card..just the way I like it!

The stencilling in this card is inspired by this card by Rahmat Ghouse.

I am submitting this card for The Paper Players 'Clean and simple-butterflies' challenge.

For card no 2, I've used the same colours as above with the Dangling leaves stencil.

Here I added a fussy cut motorbike and sentiment from Craftangles "Roadtrip" stamp set.

For card no 3, 

I have used the newly released Craftangles 'Ripples' stencil, with stamps 

from the Craftangles 'Roadtrip stamp set'.

I have used 'Cantaloupe', 'Desert Sand' and 'Rich cocoa' inks

 to create sand ripples on textured cardstock.

I stamped and die cut the bike with 'Rich cocoa' and layered it over a piece of vellum. 

I then added the sentiment using my Misti tool and also added some brown sequins to finish the card.

For the last card, I used Craftangles 'Ripples' stencil with TimHoltz distress inks

(Broken china, Faded jeans and Chipped Sapphire)

to create ripples in the sea.

I then used the stencil to draw with a pencil on a piece of vellum which I then cut to create a mask.

Then, I stamped the boat (from Paper smooches 'Wicked Nautical' stamp set) over the mask to make it appear as if it is being tossed by the waves.

I then coloured the boat and paper pieced a little bird from the same stamp set to add some cheer.

The sentiment is from the Craftangles 'Road trip' stamp set..which I heat embossed on vellum using Craftangles gold embossing powder.

As an after thought, I added some stars using Winnie and Walter's star stencil.

Absolutely love the cards I made today...mojo has been away..hoping its back!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!