Time to wish Happy Diwali

Hey all,

Ria on this side. This is the second post of this month and I am loving all the designs coming on to this blog! I started the month's post with traditional looking ethnic Cards, moved to Indian wedding cards and now diwali cards. I must admit all these styles I am trying for the very first time far from my CAS style. I hope you like these too :)

Coming to Diwali cards now. Diwali or Dipawali is the festival of lights, as maximum of us know, right? But to me it is the festival of bright colors (unlike Holi) as during this festival, people buy a lot of new clothes and wear those on the festive day.

Without wasting much time, lets move on to the projects...

PROJECT 1

I am in love with the Indian Motifs and I am sure this phase of the year is the best time to use this stamp set for all the festivals!

• I stamped the design from the Indian Motifs with Gold on a red cardstock and cut it into this pattern excluding the central portion.
• I used Solid Shapes (circle biggest) to make the semi circle with distress ink and the diamond shape from the same set with varied inks blended together.
• I masked the area and blended some Lime kiss yellow ink
• Finally the sentiment with gold embossing.

PROJECT 2

My second card is inspired by a Rangoli that people make on Diwali.

• I took two shades of metallic paper.
• I stamped the images from the Indian motif in two shades of gold

PROJECT 3

• I blended some ink with the Grid Stencil and applied mist on it.
• I stamped the design from the indian motif to create a 'diya'
• For the flame, I layered three layers of glitter sheets.
• A scallop cut to frame the diya and the sentiment with some enamel dots.

PROJECT 4

• For this, I took different scraps of paper and stamped designs randomely with distress inks and sparkle embossing powder finished it.
• I made the flames with the same technique as I applied in the previous project.
• I arranged these scraps to make candles.
• I drew some flourish with hand and embossed it with silver and the sentiment to finish it.

Supplies Used:

I hope you like the post.

Thanks for stopping by:)

Hugs

Ria

Celebrate Rakhi with Peek-A-Boo Designs

Hi all,

This time Ria on this side with a set of projects on Rakhi.

 Rakshabandhan or simply Rakhi is a Hindu festival celebrated in many parts of India, which celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters. On Rakhi, sisters tie a rakhi or the sacred thread on her brother's wrist which symbolizes the love and prayer by a sister for her brother. 

As the month of August hits, we can see many colorful rakhis being sold in the local markets.

Every year I make rakhis for my brothers; so, this time I thought to make a few with the PABD stamps.

Without wasting time, lets get started:

I will try to give detailed steps as much as possible.

Step 1: I took the Mandala stamp set and had drawn the outline of one of the layers on an OHP sheet.

Step 2: Then I took Happy Birthday to you stamp and stamped the 'BEST' from there on the OHP sheet and handwritten the word Brother, and embossed it white.

Step 3 : I made a shaker RAKHI by sticking it to another paper, a lil bigger on the edges, and some sequins inside it.

Step 4: I finished it with glitter on the edges and a ribbon I had in my stash.

I made another SHAKER rakhi on Blue and have used Banner Alpha for the Word 'BROTHER'.

Now to match it up with, I made a card followed by the simple steps:

Step 1: I have stamped the middle of the Golden Cardstock with Swirly Time and the outer section with Quilted Love by masking one another with two different shades of Gold embossing powders.

Step 2: I have made some handmade flowers (though this is my second try without any die cuts and accessories), placed those with some sequins.

Step 3: A hand written sentiment and some glitters on the edges.

Its done and I am happy to see how the two background stamps can be effectively used.

Lets have a final look on the set.

Supplies used:

I hope you all have liked the shaker rakhis with a matching card. Wish you all a Happy Rakshabandhan :)

With love 

Ria

Challenge # 8 - Only...Layers!!!

Hello lovely friends, Welcome to July Challenge!!!We know that you are curious to see the amazing creations from our Design Team, but before you can see them, the theme of the month is : LAYERED PROJECT!!!

We are so happy with your amazing responses and participation in our Challenge # 7, and believe us this is a very hard decision to choose only one because all of you are winners. 

This month our DT's Halak, Ria, Vijaylaxmi and Swapna prepare for you beautiful projects using products from our new release. Before showing you these, we want to invite you to check our Challenge Rules HERE and keep in mind that for this special challenge we have and additional rule:

Using STAMP, STENCIL OR DIE, is a MUST.

Now its time to see the inspiration of our DT's and let's the fun begin! If you want to see all the details about the creation of these wonderful cards, please click over the name of the designer and hop to her blog.

SAWPNA PATIL

Products used: Positive Vibes Stamp Set, Rounded Rectangle Dual Stitched Die, Tiles Stencil, Black Onix Ink, Distress Ink.

Products used: Magical Fairies Stamp Set, Bubbles Stencil, Texture Paste, Distress Ink, Black Onix Ink.

RIA BANERJEE

Products used: Humming Blossom Stamp Set, White Embossing and Distress Ink.

Products Used: Swirly Time, Bold Butterflies Stamp Set, White Embossing Powder, Distress Ink.

HALAK SHAH

Product used: Magical Fairies Stamp Set, Graceful Lattice Die, Rounded Rectangle Dual Stitched Die, Word - Dream Die.

Vijaylaxmi Siyal

Products used: Humming Blossom Stamp Set,Graceful Lattice Die, Rounded Rectangle Dual Stitched Die, Word - Dream Die.

These are the products used in these creations, click over each photo to find it on our store:

 

 

 

General Rules : 

1. Be a follower of our blog
2. Create a new project for the challenge. No back links please. Altered art, ATCs, cards, scrapbook pages, or any other craft projects are acceptable as long as they adhere to the month’s challenge. You may enter as many projects as you like.
3. USING STAMP/ STENCIL/ DIE IS A MUST
4. Please link to the exact post on your blog - not the home page URL of your blog - using the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the challenge.
5. You MUST mention our blog in your post AND link back to our blog or your entry will not be counted.
6. You may enter a card, a page layout, an altered item, a mixed media item, a mini album.. anything that fits the challenge, unless the challenge states that a specific type of project must be created. Please , no 100% digital projects. A part of the project can be digital.
7. No restriction on the number of challenges you can take part in - As long as your project matches our challenge, you may "pile on" the other challenges to your heart's content.
8. We will accept a maximum of three entries per person. Please add -2 and -3 next to your name for subsequent entries.
9. A Winner will be chosen on their merits. So submit your most creative projects. And that's all there is to it! International Crafters are welcome to participate in our challenges but their prizes would only be sent to an Indian address due to high shipping cost or the International Crafters could bear shipping cost. 
10. Winners from both the category receive Rs. 500 Gift vouched each which is redeemable at our site www.thepeekaboodesigns.com 

We hope our DT's inspiring you and you enjoy this new release! See you soon with your amazing creations!

Martha Lucia