Post 571: Pair of Simple Oval Shaped Cards + Tutorial (Fantasy Dies, Russia)

Hi folks :)
Good Morning !

I've shared a Pair of Simple Oval Shaped Cards on the Fantasy Blog today. There is a step-by-step pictorial as well. To view the full post, please click HERE. I've used Fantasy's beautiful dies. To check out Fantasy's awesome online store, which has superb dies, chipboards and tons of art & craft materials, please click HERE. This is a Russian company & they ship worldwide.

I've also used distress oxides, distress inks, Tim Holtz metallic stickers & Nuvo Drops on the cards. 

Simple Oval Shaped Cards

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti 

Post 530: Floral Card (Inspiration for Stampotique Designer's Challenge SDC318)

Hi folks!!

Goodmorning :) How are you ?

I'd like to share a Floral Card. This is my inspiration for Stampotique Designer's Challenge (SDC) #318- "Birds and Bees". To check out the full post, please click HERE.  

Please read the rules and do join the challenge with your beautiful creations, there are prizes to be won! For lots more ideas and inspiration, please check out the Stampotique Originals Rubberstamps Facebook Group. 

Stampotique Originals Rubber Stamps are high quality rubber stamps, which are made in USA and sold wood mounted. You can check out their huge range of beautiful stamps HERE. 

Floral Card- XOXO

Stampotique Originals Stamps Used:

2 Birds. Item #13046, Artist- Terri Richardson

Carol's Flower, Small, Item #9166, Artist- Janet Klein

Big Bee, Item #3008, Artist- Jo Capper-Sandon

Phrase Cube 4, Item #13038, Artist- Terri Richardson

For my card, I've also used Dies by Cutplorations, Winnie & Walter & Scrapman, Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, 3D foam Tape, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Versafine Onyx Black Ink and Canson Watercolor Paper 

Thanks a lot for your precious time :) 

Stay Blessed!

Preeti 

Post 517: Set of Nature Inspired Cards (for Art & Soul Studio, Australia)

Hi friends!
Goodmorning :) How are you?

I'm currently suffering from flu so you are seeing pre-scheduled posts from me, for now. There really is no energy to craft at the moment. I hope I'll feel better soon & will start creating.

Today, I've shared a Set of 2 Nature Inspired Cards on the Art & Soul Studio Blog. To check out the post, please click HERE. I was inspired by nature & the January moodboard. To check out Art & Soul Studio's online store, please click HERE.

Here are a few photos of the cards:

Card 1: Beautiful Day

Card 2: Make A Wish

Please don't forget to join Art & Soul Studio's January Challenge. You can add a photo of your project inspired by the moodboard to the January Challenge album in the Soul Sisters Facebook Group. All the info. about the challenge can be found HERE. 

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)
Stay Blessed
Preeti

Post 427: 2 Layered Vintage Cards (DT Post for Bob n Betty)

Hi friends!

Happy Friday :)

I've shared 2 Layered Vintage Cards on the Bob n Betty Blog today.

I've used their new Meadows & Classics Decoupage Specialty Papers. 

To visit, please click HERE.

Here's a little peek at one of the cards:

Thanks a lot for your time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti 

Post 278: Mother's Day Card (bird nest)

Hi peeps :)

I'd like to share a card today. This was made for a Guest Design Post using Stencils, all the details are here. For this Mother's Day Card, I started by blending some peacock feathers and broken china distress oxide inks onto the card panel. Then I sprayed on lots of water and dabbed it off with tissues. This left me with a beautiful and soft background. Then I sponged on distress inks and distress oxide inks through the stencil to create the bird nest and the bird. I wanted the bird to have a softer look so I went over the stenciled pattern with an aqua brush so it looked like I had painted her in. Then the eggs were added by applying some heavy white gesso with a palette knife. In the end, added a few details with white acrylic paint and embellished the card with sequins.

Supplies Used:
Neat & Tangled Stamp- Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card
Cutplorations - Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Die
CrafTreat Layered Stencil- Bird Nest
Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad
Distress Oxide Inkpad- Peacock Feathers, Broken China
Distress Inkpad- Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio
Aqua Brush
Sequins
White Acrylic Paint
Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Black Cardstock 250 gsm
Canson Watercolor Paper

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

TIME OUT Challenge #92 (was inspired by the word "bird")

Allsorts Challenge Week 434- things with wings

Thanks for your time!

Love reading your comments.

Stay Blessed. 

Post 274: Encouragement Card

Hi peeps :)

How are you this Tuesday afternoon?
I'm having a little giveaway to celebrate my 1st blog anniversary. In case, you'd like to participate, all the details are here.

I'd like to share a card today. This was made for a Guest Design Post using Stencils, all the details are here

For this Encouragement Card, I sponged on Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide and Black Soot Distress Ink through the stencil to create the flowers and bird onto the pink card panel. The sentiment was stamped and then for a bit of sparkle, silver glitter paper was used for matting. I adhered the panel at a titled angle for added interest and added a few sparkly half pearls for embellishment.

Supplies Used:
CrafTreat Layered Stencil- Poppy
Lawn Fawn Small Dotted Rectange Die
Taylored Expressions Cling Stamp- Sky High Sentiments
Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad

Distress Oxide Inkpad- Worn Lipstick

Distress Inkpad- Black Soot

Silver Glitter Paper
Baby Pink and Black Cardstock 250 gsm

Half Pearls

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

TIME OUT Challenge #92 (was inspired by the quote)

Allsorts Challenge Week 434- things with wings

Double D challenges- quotes/sentiments

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your comments.

Stay Blessed. 

Post 273: CAS Card (Celebrate Today)

Hi peeps :)

How are you this Tuesday afternoon?
I'm having a little giveaway to celebrate my 1st blog anniversary. In case, you'd like to participate, all the details are here.

I'd like to share a Clean and Simple Card. This was made for a Guest Design Post Stencils, all the details are here.

For this Celebration Card, I sponged on Manganese Blue Archival ink through the Stencil to create the bird which was fussy cut. Then, did watercoloring on a watercolor panel to create the ombre look of the sky. Stamped on the sentiment and adhered the bird to the panel. In the end, added a few half pearls for embellishment.

Supplies Used:
CrafTreat Layered Stencil- Poppy
Cutplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectange Die
Uniko Stamp- Simply Said
Ranger's Archival Inkpad-Manganese Blue
White Cardstock 250 gsm
Camlin Watercolors
Aqua Brush
3d Foam Tape
Canson Watercolor Paper

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

TIME OUT Challenge #92 (was inspired by the quote, specially the words, "paint" "flying" and "bird") 

Allsorts Challenge Week 434- things with wings

Stamplorations CAS Card Challenge

HLS Watercolour Challenge- September (skipped the twist)

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your sweet comments 

Stay Blessed. 

Post 224: CAS Birthday Card

Hi friends :)

How's your week going? I hope all is well in your part of the world. Here in India, we have had a terrorist attack on innocent people and hearing the news was very disturbing. I wish we could all live in harmony, stop the intolerance and just get along. 

Onto nicer things now, I'd like to share a Clean and Simple card today. This is side folding and 5 by 7 inches in size. I did some water coloring on it with zig markers. I stamped the sentiments from various stamps.  

List of Supplies:

Stampers Anonymous Cling Stamp- Tim Holtz: Crazy Birds

Verve Stamp- Poppy Birthday (Happy Birthday sentiment)

Winnie & Walter stamp-The Big, the bold and the extras (celebrate sentiment)

Altenew Stamp- Floral Frame (Birthday Wishes)

Mudra Mini Stamp- Hexagon

Cutplorations- Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Die 

Enamel Dots

Canson Watercolor paper

Versafine Onyx Black Mini Inkpad

Ranger's Archival Ink- Magenta Hue

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Here are a couple of photographs of the card:

(close up)

(full photo)

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Calling All Sistahs CAS02 June Challenge (I was inspired by the colors in the moodboard)

Time Out Challenges #87- CASe with your own twist (I was inspired by the bird and the use of multiple sentiments in Cornelia's beautiful card) 

I Love Math Challenge #6 (used a hexagon stamp)

CASology #257- wish

Stamplorations Summer CAS Card Challenge

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge (used a cutplorations die here)

HLS July CAS Challenge- Birthday

HLS July Watercolour Challenge

PCM July Challenge- Birthday

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your precious comments!

Stay Blessed. 

Post 188- Mixed Media Mini Canvas: You are amazing

Hi friends !

I'd like to share a Mixed Media Mini Canvas today. Wanted to make an encouraging art piece so the recipient could look at it and feel motivated.

Wanted the canvas to be minimalistic and pretty, having a white on white look. I added sparkle to the project using the hearty melange mix which consists of gold glitter and sequins. Texture is added by using impasto paste through a stencil, gesso with a knife and burlap. Color was added using alcohol sprays which had a gold shine.

List of Supplies:

Little Birdie Stencil- Floral Border
Mont Marte Canvas 5 by 7
Little Birdie Gold Alcohol Splash Sprays- Pure Gold, Wild Rose, Golden Mocha and Black Soot

Little Birdie Hearty Melange
Mont Marte Impasto Paste
Camlin White Gesso
Palette Knives
Little Birdie Natural Burlap
Little Biedie Chipboard- Garden Bird
Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers
Verve Stamps Die Cut- Amazing Adjestives Word Die
Snippets of black cardstock 250 gsm
Little Birdie Flowers
Tacky Glue
Sakura Gelli Roll White Pen
Little Birdie- Hearty Melange (Gold Hearts)
Ranger's Distress Inkpad- Black Soot 

Here are a few pictures of the canvas:

I am linking this to the following challenges:

Itsy Bitsy Blog Challenge 5- Gold Alcohol Splash (did all the coloring using 4 colors from the gold alcohol splash family)

Happy Little Stampers June Mixed Media Challenge

ICR June Coaste Ride- Golden Midas (Have added gold using gold glitter and sequins as well as gold color spray)

Mixed Media Warriors #17 (I was inspired by the pink, white and black colors in the moodboard)

Mixed Media Place May Challenge (I was inspired by the pinks, whites and flowers in the moodboard)

Stamplorations June Mixed Media Challenge (Used a floral stencil to create texture)

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your precious comments.

Stay Blessed. 

Post 140: Layout- Spread Your Wings

Hi friends :)

Thanks for visiting my blog, I truly appreciate it.
I'd like to share a mixed media layout titled "spread your wings" with you.
The color scheme is dark brown, light blue and white with hints of green. 

Synopsis of the process:

The birds, flowers and leaves were stamped onto snippets of Bielo Cardstock (which is thick and smooth and condusive to water coloring) with archival ink and then colored with zig markers, an aqua brush and metallic paint for one of the flowers. The images were then fussy cut. The base of the layout is a DCWV white colored pattern paper with subtle designs on it, this was prepped by adhering it to a cardboard of 12 by 12 inches. Then gesso was applied in certain areas and stencilling and stamping was done to create a background. Color was added using sprays and zig markers. The wonky stitched rectangle die cuts were colored with vintage photo distress ink and then stenciling was done on them. The tag die cut was colored with water colors and distress inks and then the title "Spread Your Wings" was stamped. The secondary title "Fly High: Sky is the Limit" was also stamped using archival ink. The chipboards and mdf cut out were colored with brown camlin brush pen. Then the fussy cut images, die cuts, gauze, chipboards, mdf cutout and twine were all arranged and adhered using Tombow mono multi glue. In the end, few blue and brown splashes were created with the sprays and the edges of the layout were distressed and darkened with distress ink. 

List of Supplies:

1. DCWV Snack Stack
2. DCWV Latte Cardstock Stack
3. Artplorations Tribal Weave Stencil
4. TCW art is stencil
5. Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads- Vintage photo and peacock feathers
6. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens
7. Camlin Brush Pens
8. Aqua Brush
9. Lil Birdie Color Splash Sprays- Mocha
10. Homemade spray with Prima Finnabair Mica Powder- Blue
11. Ranger's round blending tool and foams
12. Cutplorations crazy running double stitch rectangle dies
13. Cutplorations Trendy spring blooms die
14. Sizzix Tim Holtz Tags Collection dies
15. Designs by Ryn stamps- Redtailed Comet Hummingbird, African Daisy, Gerbera, Ornate Leaf and Circle cluster set
16. Mudra Stamps- Humming Birds
17. Carte Postale wood mounted stamp
18. Jute Twine
19. Snippets of Bielo cardstock and gauze
20. MDF Butterfly flourish
21. Tombow mono multi glue
22. Dusty Attic Chipboard DA1292 Foliage #2 
23. Dusty Attic Mini Birds #3 DA0727
24. Camlin White Gesso and Ranger clear gesso
25. Artzone metallic paint- Paradise bay (blue)
26. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Ink

Here are a few pictures of the layout:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

DCWV April Stackaholic Challenge (followed the sketch and used DCWV papers)

Rubber Dance April Colour Challenge (there is background stamping and the images have also been stamped and fussy cut, the 3 colors have been used here)

Designs By Ryn April Challenge 

Dusty Attic April Challenge  (I was inspired by the browns and white colors in the mood board and 2 DA chipboards have also been used) 

Creative Artiste Challenge #25

Stamplorations April Mixed Media Challenge (2 stencils have been used here)

Stamplorations Things with Wings Linky Party (there are birds and a butterfly)

Stamplorations Theme and Sketch April Challenge (I've chosen the theme of wings- birds and butterfly)

Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge

Cutplorations April Challenge (I was inspired by the green, blue and brown colors) 

Mixed Media Place March Challenge 

Mixed Media & Art March Challenge (I was inspired by the brown, white and blue colors in the moodboard) 

HLS MM April Challenge (2 sprays have been used here)

HLS April Watercolor Challenge (The images have been water colored and the background was also water colored with zigs and sprays)

HLS Anything Goes with Dies Challenge 

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 276-277

Thanks for your time :)

Would love to read your comments. 

Stay blessed!