My ramblings on craft, counselling and more : February 2017

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Marbling Card 4

Hi Friends

I love making cards and over the past few days I have been enjoying playing with supplies and making cards :) Also, before I go on let me tell you that I am having a crafty giveaway which is open to anyone (international folks are most welcome) you can find all the details here -- I'd be super thrilled if you play along :) the prize will be a 25 USD gift certificate to any store you like.

Now onto the card, this is an A2 size landscape style top folding card. I wanted to keep the card design simple and let the marbled panel and the die cut sentiment be the star of the show.

I have used the nail polish marbling technique here with light bluish, reddish-pink and white metallic nail polishes and then die cut the marbled paper with the Gina Marie stitched rectangles die. This marbled panel was adhered to a black mat which was further adhered to the blue card base. The sentiment is a die cut from the W & W cutaways. To add interest and some sparkle, star shaped sequins were added to the card, 3 in a cluster on the bottom right and 3 near the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris white, blue and black cardstock 250 gsm
2. Winnie & Walter Cutaways- cheers
3. Old Nail Polishes for nail polish marbling
4. Clear Star Shaped Sequins
5. Glossy Accents
6. Gina Marie Designs stitched rectangles die set
7. Tissue Tape

I am playing along with the following challenges:

The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here)

Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 sequins on the bottom right and 3 nail polishes have been used for the marbling)

Sequin Challenge with Kate (star shaped clear sequins have been used to embellish the card)

Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia (bright blue and red have been used here)

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 270-271 - Anything Goes

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card:

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

Marbling Card 3

Hi Friends

Now onto the card, this is an A2 size landscape style top folding card.

I have used the nail polish marbling technique here with light bluish-green shade metallic nail polish and some drops of brown metallic nail polish and then die cut the marbled paper with the Gina Marie x stitched rectangles die. This marbled panel was adhered to the card base in a titled way to add interest. The sentiments are stamped from the W & W - Wishing You with Evelin T Designs Stamp set. For added interest, 3 stars from the same set were also stamped and 3 silver colored star shaped sequins were adhered using glossy accents.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris white cardstock 250 gsm
2. Winnie & Walter- Wishing You with Evelin T Designs Stamp set
3. Old Nail Polishes for nail polish marbling
4.Silver Star Shaped Sequins
5. Glossy Accents
6. Gina Marie Designs X stitched rectangles die set
7. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Ink

I am playing along with the following challenges:

The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here)

Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 stamped stars and 3 star sequins)

Sequin Challenge with Kate (3 star shaped sequins have been used to embellish the card)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card:--

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

Marbling Card 2

Hi Friends

Now onto the card, this is an A2 size side folding card.

I have used the nail polish marbling technique here with red, pink and grey metallic nail polishes and then die cut the marbled paper with 2 tag dies. The sentiments are stamped from the W & W - Wishing You with Evelin T Designs Stamp set. For added interest, 3 flower sequins were added using glossy accents along with a strip of white cardstock and white dots were made using a gel pen.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris white cardstock and purple cardstock 250 gsm
2. Winnie & Walter- Wishing You with Evelin T Designs Stamp set
3. Old Nail Polishes for nail polish marbling
4. Flower Sequins
5. Glossy Accents
6. Tag Collection dies by Sizzix
7. Elizabeth craft tags die flourish 4
8. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
9. Baker's Twine
10. Double Sided foam tape
11. Ranger's Archival Jet Black Ink

I am playing along with the following challenges:

The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here)

Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 flower sequins and 3 white dots all over)

Off the Page with Keren (The marbled tag and twine are off the page)

Sequin Challenge with Kate (3 flower sequins have been used to embellish the card)

Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia (bright shimmery reds and pinks are used for the marbling and purple is the card base)

Mooodboard Challenge with Heather P. (I was inspired by the pink flowers and have included reds and pinks along with flowers in the form of sequins)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 270-271 - Anything Goes

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card:--

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

Marbling Card 1

Hi Friends

Now onto the card, this is an A2 size side folding card.

I have used the nail polish marbling technique here with red, pink, blue and grey metallic nail polishes and then die cut the marbled paper with a stitched squares die, to further lend interest to the marbling, I have done die cutting using one of the flower clusters from the Spellbinders Flower bundle die and then inlaid it back in the negative slightly off center so the black shadow can be seen a little, I have used a double sided foam tape to inlay the marbled flower die cuts. This is pasted onto a mat of a black stitched square die cut.

I also did nail polish marbling with some light blue shimmery nail polish and then die cut the marbled paper with the butterfly die which was adhered slightly off the page.

The hugs die cut is from W & W.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris white, cream and black cardstock 250 gsm
2. Winnie & Walter Cutaways- Hugs
3. Old Nail Polishes for nail polish marbling
4. Silver Cup Sequins
6. Glossy Accents
7. Fevicol Glue
8. Gina Marie stitched squares die set
9. Spellbinders Flower Bundle die
10. Gina Marie Small Side Profile Butterfly Die
11. Double Sided foam tape

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card:--

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

I am playing along with the following challenges:

The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here)

Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 silver sequins)

Off the Page with Keren (The butterfly is off the page)

Sequin Challenge with Kate (3 sequins have been used to embellish the card)

Bright Colours Challenge with Lydia (bright shimmery reds, pinks and blues have been used for nail polish marbling here)

Mooodboard Challenge with Heather P. (I was inspired by the pink flowers and the butterfly)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 270-271 - Anything Goes

Butterfly Challenge #73- I have used slate blue in the marbling and glossy accents to paste the silver sequins

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your comments.

Stay Blessed.

Christmas Card (Marbling)

Hi Friends

Now onto the card, this is a christmas-holiday themed A2 size side folding card.

I have used the nail polish marbling technique and then die cut the marbled paper with the Cheers die by W & W. (I cut off the s to make it a holiday themed sentiment).

The background looks like snow I think, it is basically ink blending done through a stencil (used a light tough to keep the colors soft).

The cute little critter is from the W & W penguin stamplet, I've used only the top part of the penguin, wanted it to look like he is peeking out from the sentiment :) his cap is hand drawn and colored in the colors of christmas- red and green and I like the contrast that offers with the rest of the blue-white card. The critter was colored with the zig markers.

The mat is blue cardstock and this was pasted onto a white card base. The card was finished off with 3 silver sequins.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris white and blue cardstock 250 gsm
2. Winnie & Walter Penguin Stamplet
3. Winnie & Walter Cutaways- Cheers
4. Ranger's Round Blending tool and foams
5. Silver Cup Sequins
6. Glossy Accents
7. Fevicol Glue
8. Gina Marie x stitched rectangles die set
9. Artplorations Retro Circles Stencil
10. Blue and pink nail polishes
11. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers- pack of 12
12. Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inkpads- peacock feathers and tumbled glass
13. Ranger's Archival Ink- Jet Black
14. Acrylic Block

Here are a couple of pictures of the finished card:--

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1.The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here on the sentiment "cheer")

2. February Rudolph Day's Challenge

3. Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 silver sequins)

4. Off the Page with Keren (The critter's cap is off the page)

5. Stencil Challenge with Kelly (A stencil has been used to create the background)

6. Sequin Challenge with Kate (3 sequins have been used to embellish the card)

7. Ink Blending with Vanessa (Ink blending was done through a stencil)

8. Cute Critter Challenge with Gayatri (The little penguin is the cute critter)

9. Crafty Christmas Collaboration #2- (I was inspired by the woollen caps in reds and greens, cute characters and ink blending technique - I have used these in my card)

10. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Monday, 27 February 2017

It's Time for a Giveaway!! (open worldwide)

Hi friends!!

Today I reached 101 posts on instagram and am pretty close to 100 blog posts so in order to celebrate that I thought of having a little crafty giveaway.

What do you have to do?
(Please remember--- to leave comments here for each step you do, I will use the comments to pick a winner randomly. Also do as many steps as you feel comfortable with. For example, if you are not on pinterest, its ok, leave it, do the rest. )

1. Follow my blog and leave a comment under this post

Link is ---- http://chatterwithpreeti.blogspot.in/

2. Write a blog post about the giveaway and add a clickable badge (above picture) to your blog sidebar linking it to this particular post, then leave a comment here (so that others can find the giveaway)

Link is ---- http://chatterwithpreeti.blogspot.in/2017/02/its-time-for-giveaway.html

3. Follow me on instagram and leave a comment here

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4. Follow me on twitter and leave a comment here

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5. Follow me on pinterest and leave a comment here

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6. Like My Facebook page and leave a comment here

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7. Spread the news via social media (instagram, facebook, instagram, twitter), use #duttpreetygiveaway and leave a comment here

(You can enter in as many ways as you want, more the entries, more your chances of winning! If you follow all the steps you should have left 7 comments on this post)

Who call play?

This is open to anybody, anywhere

Open world wide. International folks are most welcome :)

Prize?

One randomly drawn winner will receive a 25 USD (or equivalent in your currency, for example it is Rs 1600 in Indian Rupees) gift certificate to your favourite craft store or if it is more convenient I can transfer the amount via paypal (International Folks)/paytm (Indian folks)

When and where will the winner be declared?

On the 2nd of April, 2017 (randomly drawn so that it is fair) on my blog, instagram and facebook.

Thanks a bunch :) I really appreciate it!!!

Lots of Hugs

Preeti

Sunday, 26 February 2017

CAS Birthday Card 3 (Marbling)

Hi friends!

I have really been enjoying myself over the weekend making CAS cards and so I'd like to share another CAS birthday card I made. This card incorporates nail polish marbling (thanks to Rahmat for sharing the video tutorial) and I really love the pattern it created with the red, blue and gold, in some of the pictures the shine from the gold is visible :)

Synopsis of the process:

This is a top folding landscape style A2 size card. I stamped thrice with geometrical images using the Uniko Background Builders Squared stamp set. Earlier on I had done some nail polish marbling with red, blue and gold colored nail polishes on a blue colored cardstock, so now I die cut it with a Gina Marie Stitched circle die. I colored the outer perimeter of the die cut with a black sharpie to make it stand out against the background. Then I heat embossed the sentiment on the die cut using the Winnie & Walter- A tree for all seasons stamp set. The die cut was pasted on the card front. Some of the squares from the background were colored with light blue, dark blue and red. Dots and dashes were hand drawn for added interest using a uniball signo white gel pen. In the end, 3 enamel dots were added.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris cardstock 250 gsm
2. Uniko stamps- Background Builders Squared

3. Winnie & Walter Stamps- A tree for all seasons
4. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens- pack of 12
5. Uniball Signo white gel pen
6. Black sharpie marker
7. Enamel dots
8. Ranger's archival ink- jet black
9. Gina Marie stitched circles die set
10. Tom Bow Multi Aqua Glue

11. Ranger's heat tool

12. Homemade emboss buddy

13. Zing Opaque white embossing powder

Here are a few of pictures of the finished card:

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. Less Is More #317 (the card is made following the sketch given)

2. Uniko's 5th Birthday Linky Party

3. Three Challenge with Shay (There are 3 enamel dots)

4. Bright Colors Challenge with Lydia (The card has bright reds and blues)

5. The Gossip Column with Taheerah Atchia No. - Marble (I have used nail polish marbling here)

CAS Birthday Card 2

Hi friends!

I have really been enjoying myself over the weekend making CAS cards and so I'd like to share another CAS birthday card I made.

Synopsis of the process:

This is a side folding A2 size card. I stamped the beautiful floral image from the Uniko- Originally Organic stamp set using Versafine Onyx Black Ink then I stamped a part of the same image on a stitched circle die cut. This was colored using zig markers. Horizontal lines were scored on the card front using a MS score board. The circle was adhered to the card front aligned with the rest of the image on the base using foam adhesive. The sentiment is from the sizzix celebration script words die set, the die cuts were lightly colored with peacock feathers distress ink using a round blending tool and foam.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris cardstock 250 gsm
2. Uniko stamps- Originally Organic
3. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens- pack of 12
4. Tim Holtz Mini distress inkpad- peacock feathers
5. Sizzix Tim Holtz Celebration Script Words Die
6. Double Sided Foam Tape
7. Versafine Onyx Black Inkpad
8. Ranger's round blending tool and foam
9. Gina Marie stitched circles die set
10. Tom Bow Multi Aqua Glue

Here are a few of pictures of the finished card:

I am playing along with the following challenges:

1. Less Is More #317 (the card is made following the sketch given)

2. Uniko's 5th Birthday Linky Party

3. CASology Week 237- Score (horizontal lines have been scored in the card)

4. Time Out Challenge #77 (I was inspired by all the colors and the flowers in the graphic)

Thanks for your time :)

Love reading your precious comments.

Stay Blessed.

CAS One Layer birthday card 1

Hi Friends!!

I would like to share a Clean and Simple Style One Layer Birthday Card I made. I wanted the colorful flowers to stand out and be the focus in the card so I kept the look of the sentiment subdued with black on black heat embossing.

Synopsis of the process:

This is an A2 size landscape top folding card. First I embossed the stitched circle design on the front of the card using a Gina Marie Die and a sizzix silicone rubber pad in a big shot plus. Then I scored 3 horizontal lines using the MS score board. Then I heat embossed some of the flower and leaf images from the Uniko- Originally Organic stamp set (embossed few images, then used masking to emboss the other images within the cirlce), for the heat embossing I used the Zing opaque white embossing powder for the flowers and the Wow Metaline green embossing powder for the leaves. Then I colored the images with Faber Castell Water Color Pencils. To add some details to the card white dots and dashes were drawn using a Uniball Signo White Gel pen. The sentiment reads "birthday wishes" and it is from the Winnie & Walter- A tree for all seasons stamp set. The sentiment was heat embossed with a tone on tone look using Ranger's fine detail black embossing powder. To finish the card, 3 enamel dots were added.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris cardstock 250 gsm

2. Uniko stamp - Originally Organic

3. Winnie & Walter Stamp- A tree for all seasons

3. Faber Castell Water Color Pencils- pack of 12

4. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

5. Gina Marie Stitched Circles Die

6. Sizzix Embossing Pad

7. Enamel Dots

8. Versamark Mini Inkpad

7. Ranger's Heat Tool
8. Homemade emboss buddy

9. Ranger's fine detail black embossing powder