Diwali Cards - Mudra Stamps Guest Designing

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I’m so excited to finally be able to share with you all today, that I am the Guest Designer  for Mudra Craft Stamps today and I'm so happy about it! I was thrilled when Varshitha, the wonderful owner of Mudra gave me this opportunity. 

Mudra Craft Stamps is an Indian Company and they manufacture beautiful stamps, stencils, sequins etc I had a lot of fun playing with the supplies. 

I've shared 5 cards on the Mudra blog today. I hope you like what I have to share. 

You can check out the blog post with all the details here. 

Here are a few sneak peeks of my cards.

I hope you all like my cards. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Diwali Cards - Day 5

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Today I'm back with my last installment of Diwali cards. If you have just dropped all my Diwali cards here.

Today I have Shaker cards for you. Lets see the cards
 

 

  

I wanted to create shaker cards for a long time now. But wasn't getting the correct opportunity. For these cards I created the background using Distress Ink Mini inkpads and Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool (colors used are listed in supplies).Then stamped the floral stamp from StudioG randomly using  Papertrey Ink - Pure poppy. The shaker panel is adhered to card base using foam tape. I added golden, silver sequins and some red beads for the shaker effect. The Diwali lamp is hand drawn and colored using Faber-Castell Pencil colors and the lamp flame is cut from gradient created using Distress Ink Minis. The sentiment is stamped on a watercolored background using StudioG alphabet stamps.


I'm submitting these cards for the CAS-ual Fridays - CFC145 

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock - white
Distress Watercolor Cardstock Distress Ink Mini inkpads  (Fired brick, Festive berries, Spiced marmalade, Mustard seed, Wild honey)
Ranger Mini Blending Tool
StudioG - Floral stamp
StudioG - Alphabet stamp set
Papertrey Ink - Pure poppy
Faber-Castell Pencil colors 
Sequins - gold, silver
Seed bead - red
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive

 

Diwali Cards - Day 4

Hello Everyone!

I'm back again with another installment of Diwali cards. If you have just dropped all my Diwali cards here.

My cards today is inspired by the CAS-ual Fridays latest challenge. 

Lets look at the cards 

 

  

I could not resist by just making one. I used various pattern papers from DCWV - The Old World Stack pattern paper. Heat embossed the Inkadinkado  - flower stamp randomly. On Spellbinders- Fleur de Lis Square pasted the Diwali lamp cut out from glitter paper. I stenciled the square panel using Distress inks to add charm and interest. Hand wrote the sentiment using the Versamarker pen and then heat embossed that as well in gold & silver to match the background. 

I'm submitting these cards for the CAS-ual Fridays - CFC145

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock - Cream
DCWV - The Old World Stack pattern paper
Spellbinders - Fleur de Lis Square
Tombow Mono Permanent
Glitter paper - brown, gold 
Inkadinkado  - flower stamp
Zing Embossing Powder - Gold, Silver
Distress Ink Mini inkpads  (Fired brick, Festive berries, Mustard seed, Mowed lawn, Broken china, Crushed olives)
Versamarker watermark pen 

 

Diwali Cards - Day 3 (Bonus card)

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If you have just dropped you can view all my Diwali cards here.

I'm here again today with another card. I had this idea last night while going to sleep. I saw that the ColorMe Challenge for this week was bright and festive. So did not want to loose it and thus made a card as soon as I got up. 

Here is the color combo they offered this week for the challenge

 
 Here is the card I created

I was inspired to do this card as the color combo and the stamp set I used reminds me of Rangoli designs. is a folk art from India in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals. It is usually made during Diwali (Deepawali), Onam, Pongal and other Indian festivals. They are meant to be sacred welcoming areas for the Hindu deities generation to the next, keeping both the art form and the tradition alive. Diwali being the most auspicious, people draws elaborate designs.

For the card, the colorful background is created using Papertrey Ink - Guidelines 1,2 sets. Attached it to a yellow panel. Attached yellow and green ribbon across and adhered the entire panel on card base using foam sheet (saw this trick in Jennifer Mcguire's videos' & I think it is useful). Made the lamp and flam out of glitter paper and adhered it on Spellbinders - Ironwork die. Cut a simple tag and stamped the "Happy Diwali" sentiment using StudioG alphabet stamps. Attached the tag to the ribbon using glue dots

So I'm submitting this card for this week's Color Me! Challenge - CMCC#95
I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock - White, Yellow 
Papertrey Ink - Ink (Pure poppy, Orange zest, New leaf, Harvest gold )
Papertrey Ink - Guidelines 1,2 stamp sets 
Spellbinders - Ironwork die
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive Rhinestones
Ribbon - green, yellow
Glitter paper - brown, gold

Diwali Cards - Day 3

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Another day of Diwali cards! If you just dropped by, check out my Day 1 and Day 2 cards. Shall we get started for today?

Lets first see today’s cards!

The backgrounds are embossed using Darice embossing folder - Paisley. Then on Spellbinders - Floral Ovals (shaded it with Distress ink) , placed the lamps. Hand cut a lamp shape out of Kraft cardstock and shaded it using Distress Ink. The lamp flames are die cut from the leaves of Spellbinders - Rose Creations die set. Also shaded the flames with Distress ink. The sentiment is stamped using StudioG alphabet stamps. Then used rhinestones & Ranger Stickles to add a charm to the card.

I'm submitting even today's cards for Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes challenge.

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock -Cream, Red, Yellow, Blue
Darice embossing folder- Paisley
Distress Ink Mini inkpads  - Antique Linen, Walnut Stain
Spellbinders - Floral Ovals 
Ranger ink Stickles -  Gold
Ranger ink Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool 
Archival Ink - Black 
Rhinestones
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive

Diwali Cards - Day 2

Hello Everyone!
I’m back today with more Diwali cards! If you just dropped by, check out my Day 1 cards.

Lets first see today’s card!

For this card I heat embossed the background design. Then on  Spellbinders Nestablities - Label 25, place the lamp. Hand cut a lamp shape out of Kraft cardstock and shaded it using Distress Ink. The lamp flames are die cut from the leaves of Spellbinders - Rose Creations die set. Also shaded the flames with Distress ink. The sentiment is stamped using StudioG alphabet stamps. Then used Ranger Stickles - gold & rhinestones to add a charm.

I'm submitting this card for Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock -Cream
Distress Ink Mini inkpads  - Antique Linen
Spellbinders Nestablities - Label 25 
Zing Embossing Powder - Gold
Ranger ink Stickles -  Gold
Ranger ink Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool 
Archival Ink - Black 
Rhinestones
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive

Diwali Cards - Day 1

Hello Everyone!
Long time no see? Yup, I have been busy taking care of some personal stuff. Now that things are sorted and I'm back to routine, I will be trying to post more cards and art on here more consistently. 

As the season of Diwali is soon to come, I will be posting a few Diwali themed cards in the next few days. I will be taking this opportunity as a chance to improve my crafting skills by trying out a variety of techniques that I always wanted to try!
 
For my first card, I have 2 variations.  The process is same , there is just a minor change. 

For this card I created the background on a Recollections Cream Carstock Paper (65 lb)

 For this card I created the background on a Distress Watercolor Cardstock 

To make these cards, the backgrounds are created using Distress Ink Mini inkpads and Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool. Colors used are listed in supplies. Then used Spellbinders Nestablities - Picot Edge Circles . I heat embossed a cardstock piece in Recollection Embossing Powder - Champagne and cut a lamp shape out of it. Also the flame is had cut from gradient created using Distress Ink Minis. Decorated the lamps with Rhinestones and Ranger Ink Stickles. Using a Versamarker I wrote the "Happy Diwali sentiment on the background panel and heat embossed using Zing Embossing Powder - Gold .

I hope you all liked it. I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used: Paper: Recollections Cardstock -Cream
Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Distress Ink Mini inkpads  (Fired brick, Festive berries, Spiced marmalade, Mustard seed, Wild honey)
Spellbinders Nestablities - Picot Edge Circles 
Recollection Embossing Powder - Champagne
Zing Embossing Powder - Gold
Ranger ink Stickles - Blue, Gold
Ranger ink Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool 
Versamarker watermark pen
Versamark stamp pad
Rhinestones
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive

 

Warli Painting - First Attempt

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The other day I was going over some Indian artist articles on Pinterest and I came across Warli Painting. Warli Painting is a tribal art mostly done by Adivasi from North Sahyadri Range in India. I quickly remembered the Warli print bed sheets mom had for our bed back home. One thing led to another and an hour later after lots og Googled image references and watching 2-3 Youtube videos about Warli,  I was at my desk painting a canvas brown prepping for doing a Warli painting of my own. 

I painted a 8x10 size canvas in brown acrylic paint , let it dry, did a basic sketch of the scene I wanted and started off with white acrylic paint. Half way through I realized that I was making small mistakes as this was my 1st attempt. The OCD  inside me did not let me make a lot of mess and so I decided that I needed some practice before I worked on a canvas. I had a perfect base to work on. Few days back at a Micheal's sale, I had picked up the Canson 5.5x8.5  XL series Acrylic paper book (136 lb). Its heavier and sturdier than the canvas. So I got a little carried away and painted a few pages of it in various dark acrylic colors like brown, black, dark green, navy blue , voilet etc. I'm going to use it as a practice. 

I did my 1st page yesterday night. Here it is for you to see

One thing to note here is that the background is an acrylic color but the white figures are done using a white Sakura Jelly Roll gel pen. It took me 2 hours to complete this entire scene. I hope to improve even more. 

Did you all like it? I would love to hear back from you all. Thank you very much for taking your time to notice it. Hope to hear again from all of  u soon. Till then take care. :)

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding :-) 

Supplies used:
Paper: Canson 5.5x8.5  XL series Acrylic paper (136 lb).
Paint: Apple Barrel acrylic paint - Chocolate Bar
Pen: Sakura Jelly Roll - white