Hi Everyone,
After a hiatus, I'd like to get back to blogging full time, if not more then at least one post a week.
Let me start by sharing something I made very recently.
I am a big fan of challenges. It gives me tons of ideas that help me work with various products I own. I recently participated in (as I regularly do) the Simon Says Stamp's Flickr challenge. They run a fortnightly challenge with a new theme each time.
This past challenge was 'Anything Goes'. I absolutely loved one, since it lets me try absolutely any product as long as one of them is from SSS.
Here's what I made. And let me warn you, I went berserk and created not one, not 2 but 6 cards. This was also to mostly replenish my stock of cards. I will list all sets and products used for the cards listed below each photo in each post.
Stamp Set: SSS Birthday Bits || Dies: SSS Stitched Rectangle dies || Distress inks: Peacock feathers, fossilised amber and festive berries (these are available in various places within India) || Watercolour paper: Brustro 300 GSM
Kuretake Gansai Tambi starry colours used for silver splatters on the card ||
Embossing Powder: Ranger silver embossing powder (also available at various stores in India) ||
All card stock and embellishments were procured from various local stores.
Thanks for reading
Vandana
After a hiatus, I'd like to get back to blogging full time, if not more then at least one post a week.
Let me start by sharing something I made very recently.
I am a big fan of challenges. It gives me tons of ideas that help me work with various products I own. I recently participated in (as I regularly do) the Simon Says Stamp's Flickr challenge. They run a fortnightly challenge with a new theme each time.
This past challenge was 'Anything Goes'. I absolutely loved one, since it lets me try absolutely any product as long as one of them is from SSS.
Here's what I made. And let me warn you, I went berserk and created not one, not 2 but 6 cards. This was also to mostly replenish my stock of cards. I will list all sets and products used for the cards listed below each photo in each post.
For this card:
- I started with heat embossing the balloons on watercolour paper in silver.
- Next I coloured the balloons using wet on wet technique (this helps the colour spread easily).
- I then coloured the outer area with a pale wash of grey. You can use blue or brown as well for this.
- The next step was for the panel to dry before it could be die cut to make it look neater than it would have.
- I stamped the sentiment on a vellum panel, also from the set and adhered it on the front. The last thing I did was drop some splatters on the panel using the 3 colours and silver paint from my new favourite set - Starry Colours from gansai tambi before embellishing the front with some sequins.
- The front panel was then laid on silver glimmer sheet and then finally on an A2 card base.
Stamp Set: SSS Birthday Bits || Dies: SSS Stitched Rectangle dies || Distress inks: Peacock feathers, fossilised amber and festive berries (these are available in various places within India) || Watercolour paper: Brustro 300 GSM
Kuretake Gansai Tambi starry colours used for silver splatters on the card ||
Embossing Powder: Ranger silver embossing powder (also available at various stores in India) ||
All card stock and embellishments were procured from various local stores.
Thanks for reading
Vandana