Post 675: Clean & Simple Christmas Card (Inspiration for Lindy's Gang December 2020 Color Challenge)

Hi friends!

Hope you are doing well :) 

Lindy's Gang December 2020 Color Challenge is live. 

We have a beautiful mood board for you. 

There are generous prizes on offer, so please do join the challenge. 

All the details about the Challenge can be found on the Lindy's Gang Blog.

Lindy's Gang has gorgeous sprays, pigment powders, squirts & embossing powders, they ship worldwide, to check out their store, please click HERE. 

Also, to get product updates & lots of inspiration, we have a vibrant Lindy's Creative Gang Facebook Group.

Lindy's Gang December 2020 Color Challenge

Color Palette Guidelines: Peach --- Slate --- Soft Brown

To enter the Color Challenge you MUST use at least 2 colors from the monthly color palette and as always you may also use black, white, neutrals or metallic colors as well! We are finding that there are so many amazing artists who are joining our challenge, that we can’t keep up with choosing winners! So, we’ll still have 5 winners of $50 gift certificates to Lindy’s, (sometimes more if we get tons of participants), and of those, 3 projects will be picked by Lindy’s for style, linking, etc, (the details are below) and 2 will be randomly drawn. Hopefully more people are encouraged to enter and we’ll get even more gorgeous projects! We just love sharing the Lindy love & thought this would be a great way to do it without anyone feeling intimidated.

For the challenge inspiration, I've created a Clean & Simple Christmas Card.  

I've heat embossed 3 strips of double sided tape here. To view the tutorial on how to heat emboss on double sided tape, please click HERE. 

Lindy's Products Used:

EPs- Slam Dunk Silver Detail EP, Cafe au Lait EP & Chateau Rose EP.

Clean & Simple Christmas Card

Other Supplies Used:

I've used a snowflake die from Simon Says Stamp, a Christmas stamp from Mudra Stamps, Rectangle dies by Hero Arts and Double Sided Tape. 

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

Post 670: Simple Tree Tags using Sprays + Tutorial (Lindys Gang, USA)

Hi friends!
Hope everyone is doing well :)

I've shared a Tutorial on the Lindy's Blog today. I've shown step-by-step the Blow Painting & Splatter Techniques with Lindy’s Sprays. I've used these easy techniques to create Three Simple Tree Tags. It's a lot of fun to do and a great DIY craft activity for kids. To see the full tutorial, please click HERE. 

Three Tree Tags

Lindy’s Products Used:

Starburst Sprays- Rudolph’s Nose Red, Bells of Ireland Green & Yellow Rose of Texas.

Flat Fabio Sprays- Blazing Black, Mango Mania, Luminous Lemon, Poppin’ Pink & Queen of Hearts Red.

Other Products Used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Tag Dies; Ideaology Word Stickers; Sakura Pigma Micron Pen, Canson Watercolour Paper, Tonic Craft Glue; Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Straws & Brushes.

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 463: Two Simple Mixed Media Cards Feat. Bob n Betty's Roseate Collection

Hi folks!
Goodmorning :)

Today I've shared 2 Simple Mixed Media Cards on the Bob n Betty Blog using their new & gorgeous Roseate Paper Collection. There is a lil pictorial as well. To visit, please click HERE.

Here's a photo of the cards :

Thanks a lot for your precious time :)

Stay Blessed!

Preeti

Post 410: 2 Floral Mixed Media Cards- Warm Wishes

Hi friends!!

I'd like to share 2 Floral Mixed Media Cards today. This was part of my DT work for Bob n Betty. All the details are here. I was inspired by a few challenges & the Spring Season. I wanted to keep the look of Clean & Simple Mixed Media for these.

Process:

Both these cards are 5 by 7 inches in size. First, I took a couple of papers from Bob N Betty's Feel Like a Butterfly Paper Pack, cut them (4 by 6 inches) & distressed their edges. Then created mats for these panels (0.25 inches apart) and adhered all the layers. One of the layers was foam mounted to give the card some dimension. Then, created two colorful floral clusters/bouquets with flowers, gauze, twine, pollens, lace & dried up stalks/hay. Sprayed a couple of flowers with Lindys sprays to make them pop & then dry brushed Prima Finnabair's Heavy white gesso on the floral elements. Then, adhered these bouquets to the card front. For the sentiment, I wrote “warm wishes” with a black pen on 2 wood slices & mounted them on ornate embellishments to give the sentiments some height. Then, created a little splatter with Lindy’s sprays and white gesso. In the end, added a few drops of Nuvo drops & Perfect Pearls as a finishing touch.

2 Floral Mixed Media Cards:

 Photos of Card 1:

Photos of Card 2:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

More than Words Mini Challenge for March- "Warm" (Included it as Warm Wishes on both Cards)

Scraps n Pieces Feb Challenge- Dare to Blossom

Mixed Media Place March Challenge- (Was inspired by the flowers, colors and spring)

More Mixed Media Challenge- Anything Goes
Double D Challenges- Just Wing It (Butterflies)
Word Art Wednesday 326-327
Pixie's Snippets Playground #322 (used snippets of gauze & twine to form the floral bouquets)

PS: Please do drop in to see the projects in the Welcome Spring Swap, there are lots of prizes and art shared from all over the world. All the details are HERE. Thanks a ton !

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

Post 368: Simple Layered Christmas Card (mandalas)

Hi folks!

I'd like to share a Simple Layered Christmas Card. This was part of my DT work for Bob n Betty. All the details are here. I wanted to use decoupage papers in cardmaking because the mandala designs were so pretty, I thought it would be so cool to use them for non-traditional cards all year round. I used very few supplies for these as I wanted to process to be very simple. I made a set of 4, which I will share one by one. Hope you like them :) These cards are approx 4 by 8 inches in size. I used a die cut phrase for the sentiment (creating a shadow effect by adhering a black die cut a little off centre underneath, to make it more visible) and a few butterflies stamped, heat embossed in white and fussy cut out of vellum as an embellishment. 

List of Supplies:

Cutplorations Peace Love Joy Phrase Die
Mudra Stamp- Butterfly Layers
Bob n Betty Decoupage Papers- Imperial Collection
Ranger's Super Fine White Embossing Powder
Ranger's Heat tool
Versamark Watermark Mini pad
White & red cardstock
Tim Holtz Paper Distressor

Here is a photo of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Cutplorations December Challenge (was inspired by the christmas theme in the photo)

Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge


Thanks for your time :)
Love reading your sweet comments.
Stay Blessed!

Post 365: 4 Simple Layered Cards on the Bob n Betty Blog (DT project)

Hi friends :)

I've shared 4 simple layered cards on the Bob n Betty Blog today. I've used Bob n Betty's beautiful Decoupage Papers from the Imperial Collection. I wanted to create cards without using any wet art medium and to keep the process very simple. To visit and see lots of pictures of the cards as well as a synopsis of the process, please CLICK HERE.

Here is a little sneak peek at the projects:

Thanks a lot

Stay Blessed!

Preeti

Post 197: Father's Day Card

Hi friends :)

I'd like to share a simple and cute father's day card today. This is a top folding A2 size card. I have used a geometrical design stencil and the main colors as blue and green on the card to keep the project masculine. I loved the way the background came out with the stencil and distress ink blending. The critter images were stamped with archival ink and the heart with distress oxide. The sentiment was stamped on a strip of black cardstock in fossilized amber distress oxide but since it did not show up very brightly, I went over it with a white gel pen. In the end, embellished the card with a few silver sequins and a yellow half pearl. 

List of Supplies:

Winnie & Walter: Scenery- Do you see what I see ? Creative Screenings
Winnie & Walter Stamp: The Big, the Bold and the Happy
Winnie & Walter Stamp: Welcome to the family with Evelin T. Designs
Ranger's Distress Inkpads- Forest Moss and Peacock Feathers
Ranger's Round blending tool and foams
Ranger's Archival Ink- Jet Black
Ranger's Distress Oxide- Fossilized Amber and Worn Lipstick
Sakura Gelli Roll White Pen
Iris White Cardstock
Snippet of Black Cardstock
Light Yellow Half Pearl
Tombow Mono Multi Glue
Little Birdie Angel Wings Silver Sequins

Here is a photograph of the card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

Winnie & Walter June Color Combo with Heather H.

Word Art Wednesday #286-287
Uniko Challenge #41- Gone with the twist of father's day

Craftsneed June Challenge- Masculine Project

Thanks for your time :)
Love reading your precious comments!
Stay Blessed.