Mixed Media Card

Hello Everyone!!

This mixed media card was made for Eclectic Ellapu Challenge with a special recipe - 3 Dies ,2 stencils and 1 sentiment.

For the base I used Crafter's Workshop Brick stencil and added a layer of texture paint over the Crafter's Workshop Art Is stencil.

Painted Gesso on the square Chipboard , printed the image from Graphics Fairy and did an image transfer with mod podge . Distressed it around edge and added glaze to it.

The flowers we made with Tim Holtz Mini Tattered Florals die.

Mod Squad challenge blog

Simon Says Anything goes

The Mixed Media Card Challenge

Lily Patch Of crafty Friends

Cards Galore challenge

Crafting from the heart

Craft Your passion

Golden Altered Bottle

Another Altered Bottle!!!!! 

This one took me on a roller coaster ride.....I redid the bottle 3 times to get the right look.

First I applied a coat of Tile and Glass medium on the bottle. Once it dried added a layer of texture paint with the sponge. Applied 2 coats of Gold paint.

Stuck the picture with Mod Podge. Once everything is dry, added the lace around the picture. Rose made with Spellbinders die. Added pearls, gold twine and ribbon to the bottle.

For the bottle topper.....a acrylic flower from my stash, a gold thread foam bead and a pearl.

Linking it to
Altered Eclectics Challenge
The Mixed Media Monthly

Vintage N Royal

Oooooh!!!! Look at the idea what my 13 year old daughter SUMI came up with for her grandmother's birthday.

The design for the canvas started with her grandma's name - BHARATHRANI (rani means queen in Tamil). She decided that it has to be little vintage and royal.

Base coat is done with metallic gold paint. She layered Heartfelt Arianna bloom lace die with the envelope and the flower, all these are scraps from my previous projects.And she also created the checker look with 1 inch square cards.

Now with the Halie Prima Doll she wanted to create an Indian lady with Sari. I helped her with drawing a rough copy of how a sari looks. She completed the doll with a long plait hairdo, amazing to she how she came up with the sari and the plait.

The flourished chipboard alphabet and the paper doily from Itsy Bitsy. Painted the alphabet with Black paint. Added a golden ribbon and a butterfly.Finished off with a quote about grandma on the paper doily.

Linking it to 

Lulupu sparkle with Prima Challenge 40

Altered Eclectics

Sparkle with Prima Doll

Inspiration for this project came from my T-shirt. I liked the quote "Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world".

Started with a 8" x 10" canvas...

First time I finished the background with Gelatos and stamps unfortunately I spilled some paint on it so I had to redo it all over again.

For the Second time I didn't have that much of  patience so I did the background with Pearl paint and Stamps. Added Polka dot and swirls with 3D glitter paint.

Next is my Halie Prima Doll....it's like I've bought a new barbie doll. Oh it's so exciting to dress-up the doll,very easy to stamp and die-cut the parts of the doll.Glittered paper and a bling for the shoe. And I love that Poodle.

For the quote I tried to write it on the canvas but it was difficult so I used a frame colored with Gold paint. I'm trying to master my handwriting, just to cover up my flaws I used to glitter pens (gold and black).Those flowers a made with Joycrafts flower die, Heartfelt Arianna bloom die and Cheerylynn cutie die.

Added 2 small vellum Butterfly (Martha Stewart Punch).

At the end added a Gold glitter ribbon around the canvas.

These are the products I used 

 

Linking it to

Lulupu Sparkle with Prima Challenge #40

Altered Eclectics

Drawing ink/ Mixed Media Card

As I was browsing for alcohol inks I found Tim Holtz video on how to create various background. Since I didn't have alcohol ink I tried it with waterproof drawing ink.

I used drawing ink and blending ink on glossy card to create these backgrounds.

For the green card....first layer the Memorybox texture shine stencil , apply the the blending ink.On top of it use the drawing ink to get that stenciled look.

Once it dried I stamped the images with Archival Ink.

Punched the butterflies with Martha Stewart Punch.

For the pink card I used Heroarts Script stamp.

I wanted to have a see through butterfly so I stamped and embossed on a OHP (acetate) sheet with Sizzix stamp and die set.

With Jewelry wire I made the word "Cherish".

Adding to
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.in/2014/09/autumnal-image-inspiration-occs.html 
(the shades of green and also the graded pink flower are my source of inspiration).
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.in/2014/09/challenge-73.html
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.in/2014/08/challenge-69-show-us-something-new-dt.html( new to the technique and also new new stamps)
http://blog.imaginationsonline.com/2014/09/all-about-embossing.html
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/ltscb-37-lets-fly-away.html
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/2014/09/craft-it-up-and-link-it-up-anything.html

“Getting To Know Me” Blog Hop

Hello Everyone!!!

I was tagged by my friend Rupa otherwise known as “Recycling Queen”……visit her blog rupastofa.blogspot.in to know more about her projects.

When I first heard about the blog hop I tried to track the person who started it but after few hours of search I lost my energy to go on. Its very interesting to see how blog hop chain keeps  going.

At the end of this post I will also tag 2 more person to keep this blog hop going.

Why do I craft / blog?

My fascination with paper started with origami at the age of ten. I was excited to see how a single sheet of paper can be turned into different forms. Thanks to my mom who nurtured my passion for papercrafts . Another big thanks to my husband who encourages me with my expensive hobby . I was amazed to see how a plain card can be turned into a piece of art.

I started blogging a year back, its like an entirely different world out there. Its very encouraging to see how people comment for each project.

My Style……

Mostly all my projects tends to be Simple, Easy and Neat (CAS).I try to work with one or two embellishments as my focal point. I love playing with flowers and butterflies.

How does your writing/creating

process work?

My inspirations comes from magazines or hopping from one blog to another. If I find a technique or a sketch which is interesting I pick one element in that and create a whole new concept around that.

I’m a person who like to see the end result immediately ,for Cardmaking its takes about 1/2 hr to one hour. For boxes / mixed media or jewellery making it takes maximum time of 4 hrs. Mostly within a day I try to finish my project.

The first card I made  for Christmas took me just 10 mins to finish it.

What am I working on?

Right now I got couple of new dies and stamps from Heartfelt Creations Collections (Arianna Bloom) , trying to play with them to see how I can add more flowers to my collection. 
I was invited to be a Guest Designer for this month , so I’m also working on creating a card for that blog.

Now I’ll tag two of my friends……

SHARADA , I first met her at a workshop. She was showing how to recycle a price tag to an embellishment for a card. I love her ideas of how to recycle everyday items to a decorative ornament. She sells her handmade products through her Facebook page Happymomentzz.

Neha Tulsyan, I got know her thru my blog and also my mother-in-law met her at an exhibition where she sold her beautiful quilled tags, envelopes and many more. She sells her quilled jewelry ,envelopes and many more on her Facebook page Crescent creations.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, do visit again!!!!!!

Mixed Media Canvas

The inspiration for this project came from Gabrielle Pollacco....she has many video tutorials on her website "Such a pretty mess".

For this I used pattern papers from Itsy Bitsy. With mod lodge I stuck layer by layer to get the desired effect. Next I added paint and Faber castell gelato.

On the side I used masking technique for the word. I used chipboard alphabets, sprayed on top of it with mist and added wink of Stella clear glitter.

For the girl I didn't use the template which I found on Gabriella website, I created my own template, if anyone wants the template leave your email on the comment box.

I used Tim holtz distress ink to highlight the girl and did some doodling with permanent marker.

Also did some stamping and at last added some rub-ons around the edges.

Lulupu challenge 27

L - layers  P - papers, punch, permanent marker, pen, paint, pink gelato  T - template for girl, Tim holtz distress ink Tsukineko memento ink

Color conceptions challenge 8 Glam with Glitter

Kraftzone challenge 3 Celebrate spring with Mixed Media 
The Craft Place Challenge-Anything Goes
Make it Monday 182 Challenge