Plaid background tutorial with cardmaking tips

Hello hello! ^__^

I'm Halak and today I'm going to be showing you a tutorial on how to create a plaid background through my first project and the second project will consist of some cardmaking tips featuring one of my favorite sets : All Occasions - Hindi.

This is Project #1

Here are the steps :

First, I took 4 designs out of the It's Plaid Time set and mounted them onto my acrylic block.

Stamped the first two designs in pink dye ink and the latter two in red.

After that, I repeated the process and that gave me 8 horizontal lines that you can see here :

As I did in my first step, the second time also I did the first two designs in pink and the next two in red.

Once this was done, I repeated the same thing vertically and ended up with this beautiful plaid design :

So pretty! ^__^ 4 designs, stamped 4 times... twice horizontally and twice vertically gave me this pattern.

I did a small portion in plaid because  I was going to use only a part of it in my project but you can stamp a larger piece of cardstock to make a bigger background.

One this was done, I hand-tore the piece, adhered half of it to red  cardstock and after that adhered the whole piece to white cardstock.

Stamped sentiment from the Bold Hugs 'N' Love stamp set, punched out a few butterflies in red and adhered them along with some pearls + sequins.

So that's how it was done. I absolutely love this plaid set because it makes some really fun backgrounds.

Now, let's move on to the second project :

Here it is, using the All Occasions - Hindi stamp set onto... textured cardstock!

Yeah, I stamped the beautiful sentiment in archival on textured cardstock. It gave me a super pretty textured look that I love!

Check out this close up :

Here's what I did :

Onto textured cardstock, I stenciled a design and stamped my sentiment.

After that, added some mulberry flowers and gave them a pearl center.

Finished it off with some sequins and matted it onto kraft cardstock.

Here are some cardmaking tips :

1. Less is more. If you want texture and do not want to over-embellish, opt for a textured cardstock.

2. Ink you stamp well and test it on a scrap piece of paper first. Once you are certain that the stamp is conditioned and will stamp well, ink it and stamp firmly on textured cardstock.

3. Do not move your hands or wriggle the acrylic block while lifting it because that will lead to a blurred impression.

4. Lastly, while making a plaid design, don't worry too much about precision et al. I used a large acrylic block without grid lines to make my pattern and had a whole lotta fun in the process!

So, I hope you enjoyed reading this and it inspired you to make something new! Till next time dear friends! *Hugs*

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Two Pretty Cards

Hello pretty friends...!! This is Shalu & today I am sharing two Simple yet pretty Cards !!

Here is the first card for which I used Hindi Sentiments Stamp set from Peek-a-boo Design..I just love this stamp as this is the first Hindi stamp n that too launched by Indian company along with it is very versatile n can be combined with almost all Indian festivals/ occasions !!

Firstly I choose a wood grain BG paper ..then added some colorful fabric tapes on the panel for some texture n color !! Added a die cut label on which I stamped my sentiment. And for final touch I placed a rose bud besides the sentiment panel. Wanted to focus the sentiment only so kept it quite simple !!

Now to the next card ..this one was super quick n i loved the way  it turned out so colorful !! For this card I used sponged & water drop technique ..haha ..sounds interesting na ? But its only putting distress ink with ink daubeers on to ur card stock & then dropping some water droplets with a brush. Then wait for some seconds to react ink with water n then soak the excess water with paper napkin ! 

The BG is soo colorful then who can not think of holi ? So added the Holi Sentiment from Peek-a-boo stamp range !! For some interest added silver thread n some sequins !!

Hope you like my cards !!

Thanks for stopping by and do not forget to participate in the ongoing challenge # 3 of this month !!

Hugs..

Happy Crafting !!

Vijaylaxmi ( Shalu )

Say it in Hindi!

Hello and Good Morning! ^__^  I'm Halak and today I'm going to be talking about a really pretty stamp set, which is the Hindi set.

Aptly titled All Occasions - Hindi, here's a picture of the stamp set :

Check out the varied sentiments and the pretty font. It covers all the important occasions and Indian Festivals so if you are looking for that perfect set in Hindi, this one fits the bill. Also, this beauty stamps super crisp onto textured and glossy paper.

I have created two projects using this stamp set, some inks, stencils and sequins.

As you know, our current challenge is Tic-Tac-Toe (see the grid below), I made my projects using the central column combination of : Bling (Sequins and Glitter) - Gold (Gold colored sequins) - Striped Element (The striped stencil borders on both the projects).

Here are individual pictures of both the projects :

Hindi is our national language and believe it or not, has a much wider reach than English. This stamp set enabled me to make projects by adding sentiments in Hindi that I could send for card drives. (Card Drives are where people send out cards for soldiers, children who are unwell, elders in old age homes, etc.)

So, a beautiful bold sentiment with some colors and a little bling are a great way to make one layer cards. What are you waiting for? Get cracking and don't forget to participate in our Challenge #3!

Till next time and have a lovely day! *Hugs*

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