Craftycameo: handmade

Friday, 12 June 2015

Inka Gold -tips and tricks

Hi friends,

I want to share a great news with all of u and it was only possible because of the appreciation I got from each one of u.

I feel happy to inform you that I have started my own YouTube channel Arjita Sepaha Singh. I have also uploaded couple of videos. I thank Crafters’ corner to instill confidence in me that I am now able to show my creative side to the world. I want to tell that Crafters’ Corner is my integral part and I am proud to be its design team member. I hope u will leave some love and blessings there also.

So coming back to today's post , i got these in my DT kit for june and I used few of the products today.

I decided to use only one inka gold in silver and work it with different techniques. I have uploaded a video which explains each and step in details.

I have made a card and a gift tag with the patterns I created . Check out the photos To understand them better.

Here is the video link

I hope u enjoyed the post. I will be talking about lots of other ways to use these amazing inka gold colours in future .

Take care

Love

Arjita

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Altenew Persian Motifs

Hi friends,

I fell in love with the Altenew stamps at first sight😍. The stamps are so different and versatile . We can achieve various looks and styles with just one stamp. For today's post I have picked one of the most popular stamp sets called the "Persian motifs" and it's coordinating die set . Having the die set makes cutting the shapes hassle free but I must mention that the images can be easily fussy cut too.

The techniques are very popular and are created by few of my favorite card makers. I have attempted to take inspiration for them and here is my version ...
I have created mini video tutorials for each of the techniques I have used , I have also uploaded them on the crafterscornerscreen youtube channel .

Hope u like the post for today and give these cool techniques a try.

This is the Persian motifs stamp set and the coordinating die

Card #1 White on Kraft

I stamped and Heat embossed the flowers and leaves at the top left corner of the Kraft card stock. I used the super fine detail white embossing power to emboss my images and sentiment.

Coloured the flowers and leaves by using water soluble pencil colours and few distress makers.

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List of supplies Card #1

Altenew stamp-Persian motifs

Altenew die- Persian motifs

Versa mark watermark ink

White super fine embossing powder

Heat it tool

Pencil colours

Abandoned coral marker

Peeled paint marker

Water brush

Card #2 Alcohol markers

I created a background paper by randomly stamping the flowers on a light brown paper. Stamped the two flowers with memento tuxedo ink which is used when we wish to use copic markers .

I used two shades of green copics and stampin' blendability to colour all the images .

I then used the die set to cut the images and sticked them over a tag with some foam tape.

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List of supplies Card #2

Altenew stamp-Persian motifs

Altenew die- Persian motifs

Memento tuxedo black

Stampin up blendibility

Stampin up tag punch

Stampin up ink pad

Copic markers

Foam tape

Card #3 Water colouring

This is the most exotic of the cards and I love love love water colouring specially the no line look. All u need to do is stamp the images with a light archival ink and then put in all your efforts to achieve the best watercolour results. I used the new distress ink mermaid lagoon and black soot to make this gorgeous card.

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List of supplies Card #2

Altenew stamp-Persian motifs

Wink of Stella

Penny black die -hello

Distress ink-mermaid lagoon

Distress ink-peacock feathers

Distress ink-black soot

Achival ink-coffee

Water brush

Card #4 Delicate Vellum

I wanted a bright background for these delicate vellum flowers to pop. I sprayed few colours on a water coloured paper and blended it with water. Once the background was dry I flicked few water droplets to get the bleached/ bokeh effect. Then I sticked the flowers with some ranger Matt medium. Embossed a sentiment and the card was ready.