Wednesday, February 17, 2016

A rainbow of colours ♥

       Good evening friends :) 
       This is PonMalar, Guest Designing for Peek-a-boo using February release stamp sets. You can see more of my works here at my blog.
       This is my first time as a Guest designer & I hope I was up to the expectations!!
       Coming to my post, I got these stamp sets from Peek-a-boo along with my winner's package. Such a cute set for focal elements, an awesome striped set for background & the best of all, a great collection of words with Hugs & Love in bold 
       There are endless possibilities for cards using just these three sets & I made these few just to ponder about those possibilities.

1. In my first card I used distress inks in rainbow shade on Neenah solar white card stock, sprayed liberally with a fine mist of water to activate the colors as I didn't want sharp margins!! Fussy cut a star shape out of the panel, trimmed the border of the star cut-out. Then put them together on black card base & added white embossed sentiments in black to finish the front.
  Added that trimmed star cut-out to the inside of the card to complete it.
2. My first ever shaker card. It is a shaker card in black & gold. Used two of those solid striped stamps with gold pigment ink on a black panel. Fussy cut a circle out of it & stuck an acetate sheet to the back. Used black foam tape around the circle margin & filled the shaker area with tiny gold balls. Stamped the word Love from the bold sentiments in gold pigment ink to a black card & finished the shaker part. Gold embossed the Hugs sentiment & added it to the front of the card. Few gold stones to finish the look.
 
3. This is one fun technique of using a stamp to the maximum. Used a striped stamp from the set to create stripes of blue & yellow on a white card stock. Cut out cloud shapes from the blue & the sun from the yellow. Sponged blue distress inks to the front of the card, added yellow stripes to depict the rays of the sun, pasted the fussy cut clouds & sun using foam tape, white embossed the sentiments. Added few stones to add some shine.
4. What use are stripes without putting together a plaid background. Used black & white on red card stock to create a plaid background. White embossed the sentiment on black & added it to the card using black foam & few red stones for fun!!
5. A simple & easy card, red stripes on white card stock, while masking two hearts cut from a scrap paper. Used the same negative space of the hearts to sponge some Memento inks from the edges. White embossed the sentiment in red card & fussy cut it & added to the front of the card along with few pink stones.
 
6. My second shaker card & my first Window-shaker. Took a circular card base, fussy cut a circle window on the front panel. Added acetate sheet, then few tiny multi-colored balls, then the second acetate sheet & finally a fussy cut circle to cover up all those double sided tapes. The front circle is colored using distress inks using ink smooching technique. Black embossed the cutie to the inside of the card & water colored using Distress inks.
 
       Hope I didn't bore you with a long post(I did try to keep it short, he he)!! Well, I must say I love these stamp sets, thank you so much Peek-a-boo team for the stamps as well as for this wonderful opportunity. Had so much fun playing with those, hope you all enjoy crafting with these too. Have a great day friends.
       Keep smiling


♥♥ Dream, Create, Inspire ♥♥

28 comments:

  1. Woww woww & just woww dear.! What an amazing set of cards.! Absolutely love them all :) great round of inspiration to make maximum use of stamp sets :) hats off da <3

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    1. Thank you so much dear :) had fun playing with these & got to make my first shaker cards :) :)

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  2. WOOOOOOOW !! Thats a treat to the eye .. Love all the creations .. All the creations are stunning and completely different from each other in all sense ..
    Keep it up Dear ..

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    1. Thank you so much for the opportunity dear :) had fun playing with those stamps. I wanted them to be different but didn't plan much. Just went with the flow :) :)

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  3. What lovely cards you have created......Fabulous inspiration

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  4. Wow all cards are just fabulous.I love all the cards and the third card is my most fav.

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    1. Wow, thank you :) glad you like that one, just trying out something different :)

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  5. WOW So many different creations....you rocked this Guest post Pon Malar!! Way to go!!
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  6. Wow..all the cards are just fantastic n loved the way u used plaid stamp in so many different ways !! Also the shaker card is super cute !! Grt post n explanation !!

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    1. Glad you like the shaker card :) my favorite too :) Thank you so much :)

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  7. Fabulous is not the word dear...Each card is so unique designing...Jus love it, Pon malar. Keep Rocking!!!

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    1. Thank you dear :) happy about my first guest designing :)

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  8. Wow beautiful cards....ponmalar..maximum use of stamps ..totally different and unique way ...keeprocking

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  9. Wow dear..all the cards are fantastic...love all of them..

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  10. Amazing, amazing cards, Pon. Each card is so unique and fabulous. And I love the way you have creatively photographed each card. Looks very special. Congrats on the GD post.:)

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    1. Thank you so much dear :) I love photography too!!

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  11. Awesome post dear Pon Malar! ^__^ I really enjoyed looking at your fantastic projects and reading all about them! Girl you totally rocked this guest designer post! *Big hugs* <3

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    1. Thank you so much Halak ♥♥ am glad you like them, I was anxious about my first time :) hugs...

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  12. loving the stamp set.... and all the cards are super cute. it doesnt look like ur first shaker, simply superb

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    1. Thank you so much ♥♥ there were a few mistakes but I coveted them up!! Still have lots to learn :)

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  13. Congratulations on your Guest post ! Loved the cards you have shared and reading about how you made them :)

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  14. Wow, Pon Malar. Such gorgeous creations and so different from each other. I think you are supremely talented :)

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    1. Thank you so much ♥ extremely talented is exaggerating it dear, I had loads of ideas from other crafters out here :)

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