Leave a sparkle !

Hello Friends ,

Sharada Dilip here today, 
I am sharing   a step by step tutorial on a mixed media creation using stamps and stencils !

1. I started with a gessoed chipboard canvas and 3 shades of distress paint

2. I played around and coloured the canvas 

3. Spayed water and let the colors blend 

4. This was the result after drying !

 5. further stamped images and colored them 

6. using texture paste and stencils I played and created textures till I had the desired results 

Finally added the sentiment to give it a finish !

I totally loved the results and this is soo inspiring to do more !

Supplies Used here 

  

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial as much as I did creating it !

 looking forward for your crafty take on our challenge this month.

You can find all the details here.

Good Day !!

Stencil Frenzy !!

Hi every one !! 

This month we released an small array of stencils which is a great add to our line !! 

Our Dts have taken the opportunity to make a stencil intensive project !! 

Here are the projects that they made !! 

Halak beautifully   used all three stencils from the collection and made this gorgeous project !! She used them to ink up her project and can you see the crispness the inking has with sharp edged !! This stencil is fantastic for ink blending !!

Our DT Piyanki Biswas made these ultra elegant gift tags. She had firstly distressed the background and used a darker colour of the same to stencil. These matching set of tags are so pretty and quick to make !!

This uber mixed media project with this grundge tiles cum wall background is so pretty .. The textures created using tbe tecture paste is to die for .. The use of flowers and sentiment enhance the background !!

 Wooow .. Bubbles looks so fantastic !! The dept of the tecture paste can be easily seen in this project !! Which enhances the entire project three folds !! 

The last mixed media project for the post has some really pretty textures with loads of spraying and texture paste !! The backgrounds stand out so nicely !! 

Supplies used :

 

 

Hope you enjoyed our take by the DTs .. Hoping to see some awesome work by our  fellow crafters using Peek-a-boo Designs stencils .. 

Loves and hugs 

Vidushi 

How to create texture with stamps

Good afternoon dear friends! ^__^

I'm Halak and today we're going to be talking about creating texture with stamps.

Ever feel that sometimes you wanna create a project but don't have stuff matching to the theme you want to go with?

No problem! You can do all that you want and more with just stamps and inks.

List of the items used in this project : 

1. Roundy Sentiments Stamp Set

2. 1 Month Exclusive Stamp Club (Limited Edition Stamp Set - Away We Go)

3. PABD Black Cardstock

4. PABD White Cardstock

Sit back and relax as I take you through a step-by-step picture tutorial on how to make the project that you see in the first image above.
      

It starts with the background. Nope, no fancy pattern papers et al, this project uses 3 distress inks (Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn & Peacock Feathers) along with 1 Archival Ink (black).

I smooshed Salty Ocean + Mowed lawn onto an acetate sheet, added a little water and put my cardstock over it.

Removed cardstock from acetate sheet, left it to dry for some time and this is the background I got.

Tip : Don't forget about co-ordinating colors! You can use a multitude of color combinations if you know which colors co-ordinate with each other. I used blue and green, but you can also use : Orange and Pink, Pink and Yellow, Green and Yellow etc.!

Time for stamping!

First, I stamped the circular design from the Roundy Sentiments stamp set.

After that I added sentiment and that little plane from Limited Edition Away We Go stamp set. (It's a fantastic set and seriously guys, if you are not subscribing for the limited edition sets, you are missing out BIG TIME!)

After this, I added some more elements from the Away We Go stamp set with distress inks. (Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn & Peacock Feathers.)

Tip : Use second generation stamping while stamping with distress inks as the distress inks are juicy and if you directly ink and stamp, it could lead to a very dark and uneven image.

Then, I distressed the edges, added another sentiment + image from Away We Go stamp set and matted it onto PABD Black Cardstock.

Tip : You don't need any fancy tools to distress the paper. Just use the cutter blade. Slowly move it across the paper till you don't achieve the desired results. It's a very quick and effective way to add texture but don't forget to be careful while using it.

Matted it onto PABD White Card Base and did some more stamping around the edges.

Tip : Stamping on the edge adds interest to project, maintains continuity and makes it look like one cohesive piece. It's a great way to create that added texture without the use of additional materials like modeling paste, stencils etc.

Lastly, added a couple of blue sequins and a tiny blue confetti star in the location stamp at the top.

Also added black glitter to the plane.

Here's a close up :

And there you have it folks, a project that has color and texture without the use of added materials and 3D objects! Very mail-friendly too!

I hope you enjoyed reading and learnt something new, thank you so much for stopping by! *Hugs*

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'Away we Go' : Bookmarks and a spiral pop up card!

Hello Everyone!!!

I'm sure you all must be enjoying the fabulous creations by our DT members and there have been some really cool summer themed projects doing rounds here at the Peek-a-Boo blog!! Blame it on the super cute MAY 2016 release!! This one release has something for everyone and makes way for very pretty stamp sets to be added to your stamp treasure!!

PABD also houses the Exclusive stamp Set, where a stamp set can be purchased via the month's exclusive stamp set. Check the complete scheme at the PABD blog and the FB pages!

I'm working with the Exclusive set for this month which is a Travel Theme based stamp set and is named 'Away We Go' !! This stamp set is very versatile and has some really nice travel related stamp sets!

Here's what I made with the stamp set.

I made a set of 3 colourful bookmarks along with a spiral pop up card

Both the creations have minimal embellishments and the focus is mainly on the travel related stamps that are there in the stamp set. 

This is how the spiral pop up card opens like

The card has an interesting opening and this one is really simple to make. All you need is a square piece of paper and then you simply cut it out like a rolled rose. adhere the innermost point and the outer most point with the below and upper flap of the card respectively and watch the super cute way the card opens up! Adhere the stamp cutouts on the spiral of the card!

Here's a look at the bookmarks!

These are very simple and easy peasy too!! I loved the Hot Air balloon and decided to use that stamp as the focal. These balloons are stamped and then coloured with Nirmal watercolors, which are kind of the indian version of the peerless watercolors!! Super economical and the best thing is the no-hustle way of carrying it around!

The base of the bookmarks is made with masking the clouds shape with distressing. I handcut the clouds shape onto a piece of paper and then used that as a base to make the background moving from bottom to top and making the sky background. 

Onto that is then adhered the fussy cut, coloured images of the stamps from the set.

The right hand one was done with the masking started halfway and the bottom was sponged with the green distress ink and the grass is hand drawn !

and these are then finished off by stamping the sentiments onto the boomarks!!

Here's the Travel theme stamp set!

Perfect bookmarks for a travel addict! I totally loved making these bookmarks and the card and loved the way these came out to be the colourful ones!!

I hope you liked them as well and do not forget to enter into our current challenge which is all about inpiring yourself!

Read the deets here.

Challenge #6

Inspire yourself

Happy Crafting!

Manu

Challenge 6 # Inspire Yourself !!

 Hello Lovely Crafters!! Welcome to the blog with new challenge and some awesome prizes to win AND most importantly a brand new release and loads of inspirations!!

        We are so overwhelmed with your fantastic response for our previous Challenge # 5 !! All entries are so so beautiful & gorgeous that its gonna tough time for us to pick the winners from all of you guys..but we loved all the entries & off course love you all so we would like to see you again & again  with your wonderful entries..!!

We have a lovely challenge for this month.. All our DTs had real fun creating each element in their projects so that all off them could be different from each other and you guys could have a huge range of choices !!

Here is what this challenge is all about :

All our 5 DTs have completely different themes and elements in their projects.. You need to be inspired by any one of the projects and use any THREE (3) element from any one of their projects and make your entry for the challenge!!

 ** Additional Rules for this Challenge **

Use atleast THREE elements from any ONE of the DTs project and make your entry project and mention in you entry which element have you picked.

For inspiration our DT members have made a project each be sure to pick elements from just one project to qualify.

Here is a glimpse of the projects. You could click on their entry picture to check all the details of their project on their Blog.

HALAK SHAH

A classic CAS birthday card using the Solid Shapes stamp set for background. Elements used : Brads, Sequins, Die-cut (Sentiment is a Die-cut), Glitter, Washi Tape, Paper Tape and Pastel Colors.

MANU GUPTA

A Super cool summer cooler card with mainly ice cream elements from the 'Summer Cooler' stamp set. Have used, Stamps, masking technique, vellum, heat embossing, confetti, sequins etc!

PIYANKI BISWAS

A CAS Card with the smartest sentiment set of the month. Used Button, partial die cut, blings , Pattern paper , co coordinating CS and Fabric washi tape to embellish the card.

SHARADA DILIP ACHARYA

I have a fun travel layout on a Polka Dot pattern paper with loads of tags and embellishments and loads of stamping of course. Used twines, washi tapes, buttons, and loads more .. 

VIJAYLAXMI SIYAL

A fun Monster Card with Galaxy Background Using Distress Inking, Water Bleaching Technique, Paper Piecing / Fuzzy Cutting, Heat Embossing, Stamping, Coloring , birthday Celebration as elements to complete the card !!

Stamp Set used in this post  from our new collection are as follows!!

Other stamps from our MAY release :

You can purchase these from www.thepeekaboodesigns.com.

 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 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. If you do not have a blog you can enter our challenges by tagging us on facebook and instagram with "#PABDchallenges". If you do not tag us we do not see your entry.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. We will accept a maximum of three entries per person. Please add -2 and -3 next to your name for subsequent entries.
10. 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

Hope  you like our fun challenge and our new release !!

Love

Vidushi !!