Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Pencil coloring on colored cardstock

Hello,

I have been wanting to try pencil coloring on colored cardstock for a long time. This month's Altenew Challenge inspired me to try on grey colored cardstock. I have used Polychromos from Faber Castell for coloring.

For this card, I have used my all time favorite stamp set from Altenew - 'Magnolias For Her'.


I have used the rough side of the cardstock to get some tooth effect for pencil coloring. I stamped the image Versamark ink and heat embossed with Silver Pearl embossing powder from Ranger. I then colored using the polychromos. The sentiment is from the 'Bejeweled' stamp set. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 


To finish it I added a few enamel dots and splatter of white with a
gel pen. I layered the grey card stock with pink cardstock, just peeking out from one side. I then mounted it onto a card base.

Hope you like my card. Till next time - happy crafting and stay safe.

Gayatri





Happy Thoughts card

Hi there,

Today I am sharing a card made with the gorgeous stamp set - Wallpaper art from Altenew. I have colored using polychromos pencils from Faber Castell and I have used Mi-Teintes paper from Canson



I stamped the image using antique linen distress ink and colored it with my polychromos. I added black dots with Copic multiliner to give a splattered look. I added the sentiment from the 'Beautiful Day' stamp set, with archival ink. I layered the paper with green cardstock and mounted on a card base.


Hope you liked my card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Till next time - Stay safe and happy crafting!
Gayatri

Linking this to  April 2020 Altenew Challenge


Thursday, April 16, 2020

Special to Me

Hi!

Today I am sharing a card made using the digital stamp I won at the 'Flower Challenge'. I have used Rachel Vass 'Special to Me' stamp set for today's card.



First I arranged the digital images for a 5 x 7 box in word doc. and printed it grayscale on to watercolor card stock. I have used Arches cold-pressed 300gsm watercolor paper. I then colored the image with Zig color brush pens. I have used different colors since it is spring and nature is a riot with colors.


I colored the background also with gray color and added a splatter of black and white colors. I printed the sentiment on vellum cardstock and folded one end and stuck it on the backside. I trimmed the colored image and layered it with green card stock and then added it to my card base which is 5 x7. I added a few enamel dots to finish the card.


Hope you liked my card. 
Till next time - stay home, stay safe and craft more!
Gayatri

Linking this to the following challenge:

The Flower Challenge #43 'Spring/Autumn'


Friday, April 10, 2020

DT post for Conie Fong Art

Hello,

Here is my DT inspiration card for Conie Fong, using the 'Flutterby Daisy' image.

I printed the image on 300gsm Bielo Card stock. I love to use this paper for Copic coloring. Neenah Solar white Card stock is also good. I printed from a Canon Pixma G3000 printer. It is an inkjet printer but if you let the print out dry for some time or heat set it, there is no bleeding while using copics.


I colored with Copics and used Faber Castell Polychromos pencil for darker shading.

 

I layered a card base with pattern paper from my stash and added a few of my handmade foamiran flowers and dies cuts. I added the sentiment on the card and to finish off a few enamel dots and a die cut butterfly. Here are a few more pictures of the card. 






Hope you liked my card. Till next time, stay safe and healthy and craft more.

Gayatri


You can find the image here


Linking this to the following challenge:




Wednesday, March 25, 2020

You make my heart bloom

Hi there,

Here is a simple card I made using The Ton stamps - Peony close up background stamp.

I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed using silver pearl embossing powder from Ranger. I colored using Zig Clean color brush pens.



I took a cream colored card base measuring 6" x 6". I trimmed the colored image and layered it with Olive green cardstock and adhered it to the front of the panel. I added a few clear drops.



I stamped the sentiment from Altenew Oriental Orchid stamp set with Versafine black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I layered the sentiment with the same green CS and adhered it to the panel.

Hope you liked my card. Linking this to the following challenge:




Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Rain shaker card

Hello ,

Today I am sharing a card made as DT inspiration for Conie Fong using the image - 'Kissed by an Angel'


 I colored the image with copic markers and fussy cut it. 


I created panels for a rain shaker card and assembled it. I inked using distress inks and added a splatter of white color. Last I sprayed Shimmer spritz. I added a die cut which I inked as well colored using copic markers. The sentiment is from La La Land Crafts. I did not have the stamp. So I printed and added to the card.











You can find the image here


Hope you liked my card. Till next time - Stay safe and craft more.

Gayatri  

Linking this to the following challenges:

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Tri fold Folio

Hello there,

Here I am with an inspiration for the Mini Album Makers Challenge. I have made a trifold Folio using the Graphic 45 - 'Floral Shoppe' collection.


The folio measures 9" x 5" and the spine is 1" wide. I think I should have made the spine a bit wider say 1.5" because by the time I added the photo mats and journaling tags it became a bit bulky. 

I have used the Graphic45 Floral Shoppe paper pack. I was stocking this for quite some time reluctant to use it. It is such a gorgeous paper collection.



For the cover, I decorated with fussy cut flowers and a sticker from the sticker sheet. I added a few clear drops too. 


For closure, I used an elastic band and added a charm from my stash. 

The folio has waterfall flaps and pockets for tags and photo mats. Here are a few pictures.






Here is a walkthrough of the folio



Hope you liked my folio. Do check out the amazing projects by our DT members at Mini Album Makers Challenge.  and join us with your creations for this month's challenge.  

Thank you for stopping by. Till next time - Happy crafting!

Gayatri

Mixed Media layout

 Hello, Today I am sharing my DT inspiration post for Splashymix Challenges. I have made a layout measuring 8"x 8". The mood board...