My Galaxy card

Hello there crafters....

My first post for March!!
I was soo fascinated with all the galaxy bg cards and i was inspired to do one. Here is my humble attempt at it.

I started off with the idea of a moon and and after few trial this seemed better, that is the sentiment on the moon. The sentiment is heat embossed in silver and slightly distressed with pumice stone DI. 

Background

For the bg i have used Faded Jeans, dusty concord and pumice stone. And when i was pretty satisfied with it i splashed it with white acrylic paint. 

Shaker

I made a small window with nested rectangle dies and added acetate sheet. Some silver sequins to finish it off. Also i have added silver twine below the Moon. 

Thats it for today. Hope you liked it. Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead.

Linking it to 

Avenue 613 - No digis

Addicted to Stamps # 251- ATG

Pile it on - Humour/puns

PINspirational challenges # 185
 
(i have used stitched dies)

Unicorn shaker card

Hello all,

Here is a quick post from me. Its a fun Unicorn shaker card. I actually wanted to do a slider card, but a shaker card was easier to finish for me. So do expect a slider card very soon.

Also Unicorns are my daughter's all time favourite. She is quite a reader and recently she has taken an immense liking to Linda Chapman's Unicorn School. So this card is for my lil darling girl.

Have a look at my unicorn,

The stamp set is from Avery elle 'Be a unicorn'. The images are gold embossed on watercolour paper and coloured with Distress inks. 

I have used my new Pumice stone Distress inks for the frame and the sentiment. The sentiment is from Peekaboo designs. Below is a close of the unicorn. I have tried watercolouring with multicolours on the unicorn mane and tail.

Filled the shaker with silver sequins and red stars. Dont ask about this combo... jus went with my crafty gut feeling.

Thanks a lot for dropping by.
Bye bye guys
Bye Feb.
xoxo

Sujana

Simon Says Stamp- Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Glitter N Sparkle #228 - ATG

Pile It On # 127 - Monsters and/or fairies

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge- Based on a book

Linen Florals

Hello friends,

Here is another card today. I am so stuck to Distress inks and stamps. I hardly ever reach my pattern papers these days. Loving the change. Have a look at my card first,

Gold embossed flowers

This stamp set is from Mudra "Linen blooms", Beautiful set it is.

I have always wanted to make a bg like this, with washi tapes. And finally got the perfect focal point for such a card.

Close up of the Linen blooms

I stamped the flowers in watercolour sheet and heat embossed them in gold. Used DI to colour my flowers. Then fussy cut them and arranged in a bunch. 

For the background, i have used Papericious ivory cardstock. I aligned the washi tapes in equal distance and sponged Pumice stone DI and a gradient pattern. Used peekaboo stitched rectangle die here. 

washi tape mask background

Wanting to add more interest i added a frame die cut from spellbinders behind my bunch and it looked good. Tried few sequins but i wasnt satisfied and finally went with these black square stones.

I couldnt stop from posting so many pics, Anyway thanks for dropping by, hope you liked it.

Hugs

Sujana

Linking it to,

Simon says stamp - Wed challenge - Fantastic florals

Mudra # 6 - LOVE

Papericious -FEB- logo colours with love theme

Water Coloured Bookmarks

Hi there,

Continuing with my obsession with watercolours, here is a couple of bookmark i made. When ever i try out something new, in ends up as a card or bookmark. Same here, i have tried some bg colouring too.

The images are stamped directly on the water colour sheet and coloured with Distress inks. For the 1st bookmark with blue flowers, I stenciled with gesso to give some texture. Slightly coloured the gesso with vintage photo.

For the second one, it was stamped by my daughter. We have used Neon cubes for this bookmark. And again through chevron stencil, i loosely water coloured it. (learning on the go)

So thats it, some pretty water coloured bookmards. All stamps & sentiments are from mudra craft stamps. Loving it. 

Thanks for dropping by

Sujana

There's no one like You

Hi crafty heads,

Am soo excited to share this card today. take a look

Here is another card i coloured with my kids Faber Castell colour pencils. The image is a free digi from the net. I applied a layer of Mod-podge for the glossy look. But the most exciting part for me is the bg. I recently bought a pumice stone DI and i love it. Still trying out different possibilities with it.

After blending in worn lipstick & pumice stone i splashed some water drops and heat dried it. The sentiment is heat embossed. The card front and base are cut from Peekaboo stitched rectangles.

Oh i love clicking photos with props. And i love the girl's pose. Soo lovely.

Thanks for dropping by today. 

PS..Am planning to buy some Artist colour pencils (not water colour pencils though), can anyone suggest the best.

xoxo

Sujana

Linking it to
SSS Wednesday Challenge - CUTE

Cutie Pie Challenge # 108- Simply Love

Pileit on #126 - Hearts on Fire


Seize ur Birthday


Glitter & Sparkle # 226 - Love is in the Air

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Young at Heart

Gesso BG + Digi Image

Hello there...

February is truly romantic in the blogland with reds & pinks. Loving the ideas everyone come up with. But i am truly in a different mode. Trying out new stuff and new techniques. Some particular idea hits you and u can never come out of it until satisfied.
So this time around it is Digital image & watercolours for me. When my limited supply of image stamps ran out, i have started trying watercolouring and pencil colouring on Digi images.

Ok here is my humble take on colouring Digi images. I have had many challenges. The main being "smearing & bleeding of printer ink". I still havnt overcome it, trying different methods. Hope something works out soon

Water coloured Digi Image

I have coloured the image with watercolour pencils. You can see the difference in the face... skin tones are the most sensitive to bleeding. It was just a trial at watercolouring but i cudnt waste the pic... so made it into a card.

BG

For the bg, i first applied gesso thru Hero Arts chevron stencil and let it air dry. I wanted to make a watercolour washed bg but Distress inks get too diluted and hence the light bg. Gesso resisted the DI and thus a beautiful bg.

Gesso+Stencil in BG

Finally mounted the image on the bg and accessorized it with pearls & ribbon. Sentiment stamped with versamark onyx ink. It really stamped well on gesso too.

So thats it today. Hope you liked it. Do comment on tips to avoid ink bleeding. Thank you

Hugs

Sujana

Submitting it to 

SSS monday Challenge - Young @ heart

Stamplorations- Theme & Sketch - Feb

Whoopsi daisy Challenge

613 Avenue Create #194 -ATG

Pretty Girl!

Hi,

Today am sharing a card that i guest designed for Mudra. 

     I loved this stamp when i first saw it. Pretty thing it is. It is basically a Square card measuring 4.5"x 4.5". I got inspired by these colours from another card and wanted to use it as a bg. Loving the play with watercolours and the texture created by the waterdrops.

Submitting this card for SSS Monday challenge # Be Square

Paru's Card making challenge - ATG

Thanks for dropping by today, see you soon again.

Monster birthday

Hello all!!

Wishing you a very Happy, Prosperous & Crafty New Year 2017!

My first post of the year is special and you'll know why very soon. Here are the pics,

Monster bday card

Can you guess? Yes the focal element "monster" was hand drawn. Its just a teeny weeny easy to draw monster, still its a first for me. The bg is built using Mudra "tweety bird" set. 

First the balloons were stamped randomly and clear embossed, then i distressed the panel with spiced marmalade, mustard seed and candid apple. I dint want an ombre effect, so just sponged randomly. 

Close up

The little gift boxes are also from the same set "tweety" set. Loved colouring it all. The sentiment is again heat embossed in black on vellum. I love the watercolour sheet, i use Brustro. But id love to try other brands too. Can anyone suggest a few?

That's it today. Thanks for dropping by.

hugs 

Sujana

playing along with

Mudra # 5-Heat Embossing

Paru's Card making challenge - ATG

Distress ink Mosaic Cards

Hi friends

As the year end closes in, trying to update the various projects i missed out. The following cards were part of the Teacher's day series. Mosaic cards are easy to mass produce. 

Here the butterfly is coated with glossy accents.

 Also i made few mini cards. Used some bakers twine for the front panel and the sentiment is heat embossed.

Love the look of it. Simple & effective. 

Thats it for today. Thanks for dropping by.

hugs

Sujana

playing along with

1. C.R.A.F.T challenge #396 - ATG

2. Avenue 613 # 192- ATG

3. Alphabet challenge - use something RED

Castle Christmas Card

Hello there!!

Today i have another Castle card for you, this time i tried it on the festive Christmas theme. Christmas means snow. So i have this sparkling card today,

It is a very simple card. I first inked the night sky with dusty concord and faded jeans DI. Then i hand cut the "snow mountains" and inked the edges lightly before mounting on the card front. Then i stamped the castle image with versamark and heat embossed it with sparkling white powder. I also drew some snow fall with Ranger emboss it pen and heat embossed it again. Also some snow on the ground. Finally put it all together and mounted it on the card base and stamped the sentiment finally.

Here is a closer look, 

hope you liked my card. Looking forward to posting more xmas cards soon.

Have a crafty weekend

Sujana

Linking it to

1. Creative Corner Challenge # Christmas time

2. 613 Avenue Create # 192- Holiday Happiness

3. Addicted to Stamps & More # 224 - CAS

4. Kyle Addited to stamps - 12 days of christmas

5. Glitter & Sparkle Challenge - ATG

6. Paru Card Making Challenge # Christmas

7. C.R.A.F.T challenge # 394 - Christmas

You rule my World!

Hi all,

so happy to share a dear card of mine. I loved making it. Here is the card

Yeah, the castle stamp- its gorgeous and am loving it. Its been sleeping too long and am glad it has finally seen the light of the day. And also TH honey comb is my fav now, love it. 

For the card, first i went about and stencilled the pattern with yellow, orange & red DI. Then stamped the image on a separate watercolour sheet and heat embossed it in gold before fussy cutting it.

I wanted to add more interest to the card and hence splashed some black ink with a brush and added sequins to the bg. And now before adhering the castle, added some silver twine behind it for more added interest 

Close up of the bg

The sentiment is from Peekaboo and i loved the mix up possibilities in this set. The sentiment is Heat embossed in black on vellum. May be i should try another card without the vellum and stamping the sentiment directly on the bg. what do u say gals??

Another view

To check out my other castle card, click here. Do drop in ur views and comments.

Thanks for dropping by!!

hugs

Sujana

Linking it to

Stamplorations CAS card challenge

CAS(E) this Sketch

Craft your passion - ATG #341

More Chevron!!!

Hey crafty folks,

Here is one more experimental card from me. For some time now i have been wanting to give mixed media a try, but dint have the guts to do so. I got this Pebeo White gesso a while back and here is my first try with it.

I took a white cardstock and applied the Pebeo Studio Gesso through the Chevron Stencil. I used the scrapper which came along with my cameo. It was pretty good and did the job.

I allowed it to dry naturally (should have used the heat gun) and then distressed the CS with spiced marmalade and worn lipstick. The result was good but a little boring so i cut up the CS in the centre along the zig zag. And against a black CS it was striking.

Just wanted to focus on the bg and sentiment so kept it simple and neat. Stamped the sentiment on vellum and heat embossed it in black. And a little golden embroidery floss to add interest.

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week ahead

Sujana

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Craft Your Passion # 329 Anything goes

Creative artiste #66

My First Water colouring

Hi people..

Glad to be trying some new stuff. Here is my first try on water colouring. Loved doing it. I got some Mudra Stamps recently and i have been colouring like crazy.

For my first try here, i heat embossed it in gold and then coloured the image with DI (worn lipstick and peeled paint). Then fussy cut it and mounted on card base. some glossy accents for the dews. Sentiment is again heat embossed in gold on vellum.

A close up of the water colouring

The card looks grand and glittery IRL. I gifted this to a friend for their house-warming (yeah, another).

Next i wanted to try colouring it without embossing, and here it is

I liked this a little better than the previous one, it has more scope for shading and differentiating the colours. Here i have used worn lipstick and candid apple for the flowers. Same layout again.. 

Next i tried no line colouring. Am soo new to this techniques that i had to do some mistakes. First have a look @ the card.

haha... green flowers!!! very rare :0

For no line colouring i knew u had to stamp the images with a lighter shade colour, and so i stamped it with yellow DI and coloured it with peacock feathers........... so (yellow +blue) became green. I did have a hard time making the leaves look different from the flowers :0 :0 :0

My DI collection is small so i had to adjust with what i had.

Then i stamped the image again with peacock feathers and coloured with the same. Here is the card.

Now this looks a little better i guess. I also used tumbled glass for shading & differentiating. Here is a look at all cards together.

Ok thats it from me today. Any water colouring tips and new techniques would be highly appreciated. Also do comment on which is ur fav watercolouring technique.

Thanks for dropping by,
Hugs!!!

Linking it to
Mudra #1- Anything goes

SSS wednesday Challenge - Stamp it