Art Journal Flip Through - 2018

Hello Everyone!!!

Today I am sharing a flip through on two of my art journals. Go ahead and watch the video below for a flip through here or on my YouTube Channel.

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:  

Black spiral bound journal - Amazon Dylusions art journal : Small - SSS Faber Castell watercolor pencils - Amazon Apple Barrel acrylic paints - Amazon Sakura Micron Pigma pens - SSS Ranger Texture paste - SSS Tim Holtz IDEA-ology Tissue paper : Postale - SSS Tim Holtz IDEA-ology Tissue paper : Melange - SSS Faber Casetell Gelatos - SSS Camel Fabrica acrylic paints - Amazon

10 Days of Christmas - Day 5 & 6

Hello Everyone!!!

I'm really very very sorry for taking gaps in between the holiday card series. Life has been happening which asks for more attention. So today as a bonus I have 2 card inspirations for you in this post.

If you guys have just dropped in , you can my entire Christmas card collection here. Shall we begin???

Lets begin with Day 5 cards.




I used the embossing folder stamping technique for both of these cards. Supplies listed at the end.

Now lets have a look at Day 6 cards :

For these cards I sprayed Ranger ink Dylusions alcohol mist on water color card stock to created colorful backgrounds and then die-cut these beautiful snowflakes from them. 

I'm submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Paru's Card Making Challenge - Christmas theme  
• CAS-aul Friday #163 - Christmas & Hannukah  
• Christmas Card Challenges #2

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:

Day 5:

Recollections A2 size card stock-white

Darice embossing folder - Swirl

Distress ink minis - Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch

ArtC tag die 

Papertrey ink - Christmas sentiments

Zing gold embossing powder

Versamark inkpad

Darice heatgun

Rhinestones 

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

Water 

Foam tape

Tombow Mono glue

Day 6:

Recollections A2 size card base -white

Strathmore Watercolor paper (140 lbs)

Dylusions ink sprays - Vibrant Turquoise, London blue, After Midnight, Cut grass

Hero Arts stamp set - Color Layering Christmas Tree CL887 (sentiment)

Simon Says Stamp dies - Nadine, Kinley

Zing silver embossing powder

Versamark inkpad

Rhinestones 

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

Water
Foam tape    
Tombow Mono glue 

Diwali Card - Day 1

Hello Everyone!  

Its that time of the year when we start preparing for Diwali at home. Diwali start from 28th October and I'm all set to mail out Diwali cards to my loved ones here and back home. Like last year I will be sharing a few Diwali themed cards for you all to get inspired from. If you want to check my Diwali cards from last year you can click here.

Today's card is inspired from the Sketch Saturday #435. Here is the sketch

This week's sponsor for Sketch Saturday are Drawn with Character

Let's have a look at the card now.

Here is a closeup of the texture on the blue side.

This is a whimsical card using the Firecracker from Drawn with Character. I have printed it on Strathmore - bristol paper twice, die-cut one with Sizzix circle die, fuzzy cut the 2nd image with scissors & colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens (colors mentioned in supply list). I mounted the fuzzy cut image exactly on the other image which is on the circle die-cut using foam tape. For the background I have used a red shade patterned paper from Teressa Collins - Fabrication paper pad & the blue side is created by stenciling modelling paste using Tim Holtz stencil and spritzing with Dylusions ink. The sentiment is created using Sticko - Mini Black letters stickers. Finally added finishing touches using few rhinestones.

I hope you all liked my card. 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:  
Strathmore Bristol paper  
Recollection card base - white
Recollection cardstock - red, navy blue (matting the pattern papers)
Sizzix circle dies
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens - (050, 052, 070, 025, 031, 037, 091)
Golden - Modelling paste 
Timo Holtz stencil - Burlap
Dylusions ink spray - London Blue, After Midnight
Teressa Collins pattern paper pad 6x6 - Fabrication 
Spatula
Darice Heat gun Rhinestones - Orange, Blue
Sticko sticker - mini black letters  
Foam tape
Tombow Mono glue  

 

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #16

Hello Everyone!I'm in today playing the Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge along with the color combo from the ColorQ Challenge.

Let look at the card now. 

 I'm submitting this card to:

• ColorQ Challenge #357
• Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #16 
• Global Design Project
• Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge
• Simon Says Stamp - Work it Wednesday  
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes

I hope you all liked my card. 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:
Recollection cardstock - white, black
Distress Watercolor cardstock
Dylusions Ink sprays - Bubblegum pink, Squeezed orange
Tim Holtz stencil - Honeycomb
Chevron background stamp
Simon Says Stamp - Magical Birthday stamp set (sentiment)
Recollections - Birthday stamp (cake)
Versamark inkpad
Versafine ink- Onyx black
Recollections embossing powder - snow, ebony


 

Thank You card

Hello Everyone!
I got a sweet and simple card for you today. It's a Thank You card. I have used the Watercolor + Stencil technique show by Jennifer McGuire long back in this video . Here is the card:

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 Carstock - White, Yellow, Turquoise Punch: Recollections 8 petal punch - 5/8 inch , 1 inch Stamp: Stampendous - Happy messages
Stencil: Tim Holtz - Dotfade
Inks: Rangers Distress Ink minis - Mustard Seed, Peacock feathers, Mowed Lawn
Modeling Paste : Golden
Inkssential Glossy Accents
Rhinestones
Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive

Handmade Rakhis & Rakhi Cards

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Today's post is really special & interesting. Its about 'Raksha Bandhan'. Raksha Bandhan celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters in India. Here's a little history for those of you who don't know anything about this festival. Back in the olden days, Rajput Queens sent Rakhi threads to rulers of neighboring states as a token of brotherhood. The rulers in turn vowed to protect them for life.  Today the festival symbolizes the same love and affection between brothers and sisters. While the sisters pray for the lifelong well being of their brothers, the brothers promise to care for them for as long as they live. People in India celebrate Rakhi with a lot of fun and enthusiasm.

I tie Rakhi to 5 of my brothers since childhood . When I was a kid, they would come to my place & we perfomed the ritual & when I was able to travel independently, I would try to go to their homes to tie them Rakhis. As I'm in USA since past 5 years I would either sent Rakhis through an online service or ask my mom to get Rakhis for them & hand it over to them. This year I decided to do something different & special for them. I decided to make Rakhis on my own. It was a very spontaneous thought that came to my mind 2 weeks back, but I decided to go with my gut. 

As the shipping was going to cost me I did not want to spend much on the material a lot so I decided to 'shop my stash' to see what material I can use before going shopping for anything. The thread for a Rakhi had to be colorful yet strong. I had some cross-stitch thread I had bought in the past. I decided to select bright colors, so I went with Yellow, Red & Green. Next I needed some kind of topper to decorate it,  I had a strand of pearls I had bought from A C Moore for 50cents, I decided to use few pearls from those. The best thing that would go with pearls would be Seed Beads. I did not have any,so I went to Micheals and picked up seed beads (Size: 6/0) in Gold & Purple.

After that came the difficult  part, that was to decide how to tie them. I had seen a couple of Friendship bracelet making tutorials on Youtube few years back, but they could be done in various patterns & none of the ones I saw had beads in them, so I had to do a bit of trial & error  there. After trying a couple of ways & discarding a lot of thread in it, I was satisfied with 1 method . I used 3threads, 2 of 1 color & 1 of a different color.Started off braiding the threads, then inserted beads, holding 1 bead at a time I followed the Friendship Bracelet Knotting technique & after achieving the required length to cover outside wrist I braided back the rest of the threads to match the other side. The outcome was beautiful & colorful.

I had to post these Rakhis, so to go with each of them I created a card. I kept the cards simple. Each card sized 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. I sprayed 2 colors of Rangers Dylusions Inks Sprays on a cardstock, Cut it to sizes to mat the front of the card base. Using Spellbinders label dies, die-cut labels for each of them. Wrote the sentiment by hand & embellished with rhinestones. to give the card some dimension , I popped up the sentiment label.

I packed each card & rakhi in a coordinating envelope & I was done. Here are a few snaps of the Rakhis & the coordinating cards 

I hope all of them like it. As Rakhi is on 8/10/2014, I wish each one of them a very Happy Raksha Bandhan.!!!! Love you all a lot!!! Also I hope everyone enjoys their Raksha Bandhan with their siblings

I know this was a really long post but I hope you all liked my cards & Rakhis. Do let me know if you wish to see how I made these Rakhis or even made the card backgrounds. 

Thank you very much for taking your time to notice my work. Hope to hear again from all of you 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: 
Rakhi:
Cross stitch thread (Read, Green , Yellow), Pearls, Seed Beads -Size:6/0( Gold, Purple)

Card:
Recollections cardstock paper  8.5" x 11",  Ranger Dylusions Ink Sprays (Cut grass, Lemon Zest, Crushed Grape, Squeezed Orange, London Blue, Postbox Red), Rhinestones (Pink, Yellow, Blue, Red), Spellbinders label die, Foam dots