Dream Mixed Media Canvas

Hi Friends!

Today i have a Mixed media canvas, which is a Guest Design post at Lulupu - Craft Lounge .

Here's a look at my MM canvas. Oh yeah...Tutorial too :)

Took 9.5 by 11.5 inches primed flat canvas.

Took Dylusions Lemon zest in a palette and Peeled paint Distress stain dabbed in craftmat. Using separate wet wipes swipped these mists from top to bottom of canvas. This gives a neat coverage.

Then took a 5”x7 “ white cs and used Sizzix- TimHoltz mixmedia thinlits dies to diecut it diagonally.

Used Wendy Veicchi Embossing paste (translucent) and TimHoltz  Honeycomb stencil in the diagonal portion of cs. It gives such lovely sheen after drying.

When the paste is still wet, sprinkled generously Prima- Finnabair Mini artstones on it. Leave it to dry as such.

After drying, smooshed the versafine pad directly on the diecut areas and heat embossed it using Ranger Silver Embossing powder. Then mist the cs with LSG spray – Azure sea asters and sponged the edges with frayed burlap distress ink. And then it was matted with a pp, whose edges are distressed with Rich cocoa momento ink.

Using Sizzix –Pete Hughes, Magical butterfly die, diecut the butterfly from a white cs. Colored using Metallic Gelatos and heat embossed twice using Ranger’s UTEE clear. Prima junkyard metal zipper – Inspire, is smooshed with Picket fence stain is added as Butterfly body using foam adhesive.

A resin piece randomly colored using Prima Art alchemy paint– Steampunk copper is added on the matted cardstock with  ivory sisal at centre. Butterfly is then topped on it.

Few handmade florals are made using Sizzix- TH Tattered florals – diecut from pp, sponged with Shell pink, edges sponged with frayed burlap Distress ink, shaped and used pink rhinestones for centres.  Sizzix – TH Elegant flourishes die is used to diecut from a white cs, sponged slightly with frayed burlap DI. 

Leaves are from Sizzix Garden greens, diecut from pp, stamped with Bobunny script stamp randomly using Archival ink -sepia, sponged with Frayed burlap DI on edges.

TimHoltz word band is added to cs using natural hemp twine. Flowers, flourishes , leaves are arranged as per pic with few crocheted ribbon and white tulle. Stamped Kaisercraft stamp on a ivory cs and sponged with peeled paint DI and Archival sepia ink, added using foam adhesive.  Negative of leaf diecut is used to stencil at canvas corners using peeled paint ink. Same ink splatters finally on the canvas. Edges of the canvas is smooshed with vintage photo Distress stain for that final framed look. 

Hope you liked the stepwise instruction for the simple Layered MM canvas .

Linking this to

Stamplorations Mixed media April challenge - Used TH honey comb stencil, Negative diecut of Sizzix garden greens is used as leaf stencil here.

Anything but cute challenge -April - Earth day-  Inspired by flowery meadows, blues, butterfly

Ranganjali Challenge - Embossing (Butterfly is Heat embossed, The front panel diecut diagonally heat embossed)

Craft stamper - Make it Take it challenge - Flowers are handmade using Sizzix tattered florals, Kaisercraft Sentiments are stamped using Archival sepia ink.

Creative Blog Hop and a Canvas - First Ever Try :)

Thank You Bhavana for nominating me for this Creative Blog Hop. It helps to know a little more about the artists and their interests.

So...Little about me...

1. What are you working right now ?

Working on a card right now in my craft space and few pending project works going on.

2. How does your work differ from others of your genre?

My card making style much inclined towards pastel shades, shabby chic and vintage kind. I love to make my own handmade florals using various dies and so my cards are florally embellished always :)

3. Why do you create and what you do?

Am an MPhil graduate in Toxicology and have a pulsating desire to do my PhD. Right now, SAHM of a naughty little fella, who keeps me on toes always. Learnt classical dance, veena and carnatic music, but only being in this crafter community, made me to enjoy my life amidst of my regular mundane.

4.How does your creative process work?

To me..inspirations are everywhere and in everything. It depends on the eyes of beholder.
To inspire and to be inspired by.. is my motto always.

Thats all from me!

Love to nominate two other talented crafter pals who excels in their own line. Love to know a bit more about you guys. Hope you love to continue the chain :)

Smita Satish and Rupa Swaninathan

And coming to my First ever Canvas. Done bit of Mixed media kind style. Rest left to you to comment.

Today is my little one's 6th birthday and wanted to add my fave pic which we took on his 10th month at a tour at Macau near Hong Kong at 2010 New year :)

Very Happy Birthday Adithya :)

Its a 5x7 mini canvas and i gessoed down initally. Then took DCWV Luxury stack pp which has a metallic and pearlised sheen on it. Love this stack for its richess and elegance. Took the one with little blue shades and baby pink shades and light brown scrolls.

Then its pasted on the canvas using Modpodge Matt and again gessoed down to tone down the color and to pick up the mists.

Added the handmade blooms which are gessoed down and sprayed with Glimmer mist blue and diamond dust sprinkled on it edges.

The metal embellishments are Prima junkyards and the diecut Bundle of joy is distressed with Tumbled glass DI. My new stash, Tim holtz Elegant florishes are diecut from kraft CS and gessoed down a bit and added near the pic. Few CLD ivy florish leaves are diecut and their edges are distressed with tumbled glass DI . Few ink splatters in black, blue and few blue pearls to finish off.

Hope you like my attempt!

Challenges entered:

IBS #91 - used light blue and kraft

SSS- Anything goes

Hugs and Kisses!

Hi All,

Today's card is all about crazy inking and collage of stamping :)

Hero Arts Leafy wines are stamped diagonally using Ranger's Archival Sepia ink and the whole card is distressed using Antique Linen, Aged Mahogany, Rusty Hinge DIs for building layers. Kaisercraft Hessian stamp is used for the texture on the corners of card and Heidi swapp script are stamped using Festive berries DI.

Ornate diecut is added as focal point and on it the floral arrangement is made with the crinkled flowers using Cheerylynn Designs Gardenia strip, CLD tropical flourish, CLD olive branches, CLD rose strip. A corrugated heart diecut is added which is distressed with aged Mahogany DI and picket fence DS is used randomly on it.

IBS sentiment is stamped on a Avery Elle tiny tag die. Few rhinestones, stick pollens are added as accents.

Hope you like it!

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs - Anything goes (used Cheerylynn Designs Gardenia strip, CLD tropical flourish, CLD olive branches, CLD rose strip)

IBS customer gallery (used IBS sweet valentine stamp set)

IBS  used kraft, pink and white colors

Sending my Love :)

Today's card is with just roses!!! Rose making madness continues!
What better way to express the love other than these roses!

The front panel is a diecut from Spellbinders A2 Devine Eloquence and its matted with its 2nd largest die which is popped up with adhesive foams. The largest diecut is from prima Zephyr paperpad and the roses are made from Joycrafts die and the blue CS used is from DCWV pastel shades.

The leaves are diecut from Spellbinders foliage dies in pale yellow cs, whose edges are distressed with shabby shutters DI.

The IBS sentiment is stamped on heart thinlits die and the edges are distressed using Tumbled glass DI.
Few blue pearls o finish off the card.

Hope you like the card!

Supplies:
CS- Fabriano White, DCWV pastel -blue, 
PP - Prima Zephyr 6x6 paperpad

Dies:
Spellbinders Foliage die, A2 Devine Eloquence die
Joycrafts floral florishes
Itsybitsy heart thinlits

Inks - Tumbled glass,Shabby shutters DIs
Ranger's Black Archival ink

Pearls


Challenges:

IBS #91 used color blue, green

IBS customer gallery - Trendy circles stamp used by selectively masking

613 Avenue create - Anything goes with RAK day
ABC cahllenge - D is for diecuts
Sisterhood of crafters - Sweethearts and Roses

Pink Posies card - CLD DT call !

Today 's card is especially for Cheerylynn Design Team call. Its one of the finest dies, which cuts paper like butter. I love to work with those dies very often and this DT call, urges me to attempt my luck to work among the wonderful designers' team.

Always love to find ways to use my flower dies and this time too attempted to make different flowers. Used only Cheerylynn dies to make this card :)

Diecut the CLD Mexcian tile die from white CS and matted this against a pink CS and layered this panel on a White CS.

The large bloom is made from CLD sunflower die and distressed with Tattered rose and Wornlipstick DIs. The roses are made from CLD Gardenia strip die and this time tried to attempt peony kind flower than usual roses.These are distressed with worn lipstick DI on edged, misted and shaped. Small roses are made from CLD medium rose die and the single petal pollen centered too are from same die. Those are distressed using the Worn lipstick DI.

These flroal cluster are arranged on the CLD tropical florish die with CLD rose leaves and CLD olive branches.

The Sentiment banner is diecut from Itsy bitsy venetian label,and IBS sentiment is stamped using Black Archival ink and mounted using adhesive foam.

Hope you like this!!

Supplies:
CS- White from Fabriano, Pink from DCWV pastels stack

Cheerylynn Designs dies - Mexican tile die,
                                            Olive branches,
                                            Gardenia strip die
                                            Rose leaf strip
                                            Medium rose strip
                                            Tropical florish die
DIs-   Tattered rose, Worn lipstick

IBS Sentiment, Ranger black archival ink,pearls,

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs DT Call

Cheerylynn Designs - Tickled pink (CLD Mexican tile die,
                                            Olive branches,
                                            Gardenia strip die
                                            Rose leaf strip
                                            Medium rose strip
                                            Tropical florish die)

Layered Shabby chic card :)

Hi All,

Today's card is a layered shabby chic one with those pastel shades of beige, brown, baby pink, mint green,olive green. Hope you like it!

Hope am bitten by shabby bug, offlate making cards with these tones predominantly :)

Layering and the card front are diecut from Spellbinder Curved rectangle die and layers are added using the foam tape to give bit dimension to the layers. And these are matted against the kraft CS.

Cheerylynn Designs Tiffany border is attached to the sides of the 3rd layer of the diecut and to the ends a cream beaded trim is attached. Its a RAK from a dear friend Pooja :)

Cheerylynn Designs Tropical flourish are added and top of it added heart diecut from a corrugated cardboard and to it, added Picket fence DS and on its sides added Vintage photo DS. The sentiment is added on a heart diecut and centrally placed on this corrugated heart.

Two strips of CLD ivy florish are added under the heart so that it peeks from it.

Always wanted to try different flowers using the CLD dies. And so the Big cabbage rose are made from CLD gardenia strip and those small blooms are made from the calyx of the CLD medium rose die and to it, added few white pollens. Hope you like these trial versions of my flowers :)

CLD butterfly is added near the floral cluster and few pearls as accents.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:

CS- Fabriano kraft CS

PPs-  IBS vintage florals
So Sweet 

Dies:
Cheerylynn Designs - ivy florish, gardenia strip, tiffany border, small butterfly with angel wings,medium rose,tropical florish
Itsy bitsy - Heart thinlits
Stamp - IBS Sweet Valentine
Sepia Ranger Archival ink, pearls
beaded trim - RAK from sweet friend Pooja...Girl am loving it!!

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs - Add a flourish (used vy florish, gardenia strip, tiffany border, small butterfly with angel wings,medium rose,tropical florish)

IBS customer gallery (used Sweet valentine stampset and Vintage floral pp)

IBS #90 (used hearts)

Addicted to stamps - Lots of layers

Inkspirational #75 Rose colors

Just us girls#278

You are Lovely :)

Made a simple card today with combination which i always in love with and used only Cheerylynn dies to make. When it comes to patterned paper use, its hard for me to put scissors on it. Rather am hoarding a whole lot of pps which had been lying in stash for several months now.

Now on to my card,

Took kraft A2 cs from Recollections stack and used for the base of the card. On it, used pp from Homemade memories 12/12 stack and as a focal element placed a diecut from Zephyr paper pad. Stamped sentiment from IBS sweet valentine set using my new Sepia Ranger's Archival ink. Added few pearls and heart pearls as accents.

Blooms are made using the DCWV pastel cs. Big roses are made using CheeryLynnDesigns gardenia strip and small roses using CLD medium roses, baby breaths are from CLD embellishment die 3, the foliage are made using CLD olive branches, CLD rose leaf strip.

CLD tiffany border strips are kept below the florals and a pink double stich grossgrain ribbon, added few pearls. Hope you like it!

Supplies

CS- Recollections A2 base kraft CS, DCWV pastels pink CS, Fabriano kraft CS
Dies
Cheerylynn Designs gardenia strip
CLD rose leaf strip
CLD olive branches
CLD medium rose
CLD tiffany border die
CLD embellishment die 3

Stamp - IBS Sweet valentine
Ink - Ranger's Archival Sepia ink
Pearls. heart pearls, Pink grossgrain ribbon

Challenges:

Cheerylynn Designs- Anything goes 
(Cheerylynn Designs gardenia strip,CLD rose leaf strip,CLD olive branches,CLD medium rose,CLD tiffany border die
CLD embellishment die 3)

IBS#90 (hearts, used rose, white on card)

IBS customer gallery (used sweet valentine stamp set)

613Avenue create - Anything goes with twist (used patternedpaper, ribbon, dry embossing on flowers.diecuts)

SSS- Anything goes

Love Birds Card :)

Love is in air.....

Valentine day is nearing and the challenges at very many blog demands Love themed cards :)

And so my attempt making a Love themed one with various diecuts and use of dark shades. Hope you like it!!

Here we go,

The red CS front panel is a diecut from my new Spellbinder die - A2 Divine Eloquence and this has been matted on base White and Black CS. And on it Cheerylynn French pastry doily in black is kept as a base for the white caged birds diecut.

Hope it goes so well with the theme Love, as they look each other and to emphasize even more, added heart rhinestones on each bird and the point of their meet, added a wood veener heart which is sponged with Worn lipstick DI.

The floral spray is made using the new cheerylynn die in my stash...Those cabagge roses and single petal blooms are made using CLD Medium rose, which are sponged with Worn lipstick DI and the leaves are from Ivy florishes, which again are sponged with Bundled sage DI. Both leaves and flowers are sponged and shaped. The Memory box die hanging hearts are also my new addition to my craft stash, to which added pearls hearts at centre.

The IBS sentiment is stamped on the banner die of the Spellbinders A2 Divine Eloquence and
few rhinetsones are added as accents.

Hope you like my first card of this Valentine season  :)

Supplies

CS - Fabriano White, Black, red

Dies:
Cheerylynn die - Medium rose
Cheerylynn die - French pastry
Cheerylynn die- Ivy florishes
Memory box - Precious hearts
Spellbinders - A2 Divine Eloquence

Frekled fawn - Woodveener heart
Inks - Bundled sage, Wornlipstick DIs
Ranger black Archival ink

Sentiment - IBS sweet valentine

challenges:

Cheerylynn -  Sweethearts (used hanging hearts, heart wood veener, heart rhinestones, heart pearls)
(Cheerylynn die - Medium rose
Cheerylynn die - French pastry
Cheerylynn die- Ivy florishes)

Allsorts - Spring flowers

Fairytale stampers - Flowers

NBUS - Cheerylynn medium rose die, Memory box precious hearts die are new in my craft stash

IBS customer gallery - Used selective stamping on IBS sweet valentine stampset

IBS - hearts and colors as well

Winter Whites :)

First post in this new year 2015!!

Like last year, this year too i have started my first post on WOW card (white on white). Am a big fan of WOW cards. Earlier done 4 Wow cards and you can check here .

This card done entirely using Cheerylynn dies only :)

CLD's Mexican tile die is used for the front panel and for me every tile look like a snowflake :) .Its matted against a front and base panel using foam tape for the dimensional look. White Thai tissue paper is used for the central portion and the texture of it, mimics snowy feel and on it added my new CLD Snowflakes die, which has very many sizes and patterns of the snowflakes. At one go, you can have lots of snowflake diecuts :) IBS sentiment is stamped using versamark and silver embossed.

Diagonally at corners, the flower clusters are made using CLD gardenia die, one of my ever favorite for making roses and this time i used diamond dust glitter for that frosty look on flowers.
The Flaky flowers are made using CLD embellishment die and the CLD build flower-2 leaves are being used along  with CLD ivy flourish die, CLD tropical flourish die.

Few more shots

Pearls of various sizes used as centres in snowflakes and flowers.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies:

Base CS, Front panel - Fabriano 

Dies:
CLD -gardenia strip,
CLD tropical flourish
CLD snowflakes die
CLD mexican tile die
CLD ivy flourish
CLD embellishments die
CLD build a flower 2

Zing silver embossing powder, pearls.

Stamp - IBS winter wonderland

Challenges:

Cheerylynn designs- Winter white

IBS customer gallery - winter wonderful stamp set used

Cardmania - CMC#64 Make it sparkle (Diamond dust on flowers for sparkle look)

Dies r us - Anything goes with something new  (used my brand new stuffs - Cheerylynn Snowflake die , Cheerylynn Build a flower-2 )

Pinspirational challenge - Snowflake

NBUS#3 (used my brand new stuffs - Cheerylynn Snowflake die , Cheerylynn Build a flower-2 )

Vintage card - Just for U :)

Its my second time try at Vintage style. Earlier card can be seen here. Love this style for the dark tones of brown, beige, tans, black hues and still creating magic.

This is the last card for this year 2014 and also DT inspiration card for the Cardabilities challenge.

Felt like IBS Vintage floral PP is so apt for this theme and so matted this against the black CS. To achieve the look, pp is roughed,rolled at edges using scissors, distressed with vintage photo DI and to give a bit more darker shade, distressed pp at various places and stamped randomly with IBS script stamp from Friends forever stamp set using same DI. Am in love with the effect it has created on bg.

Used Doily die and cut the doilies of various sizes in brown CS. And on it, arranged the floral using Joycrafts die. This time, tried a different flower other than my usual flower style. Hope you like it!


Closer shot of flowers

For stamens, used CLD embellishment dies and cut in black CS. The rose strips are diecut in white and distressed with Vintage photo DI and the florishes of black and white to balance the flowers.
Sentiment is stamped in oval scallop diecut and distressed with DI.

Thats all from me :)

Wishing all my readers, blogger-pals, a very very Happy and Wonderful New Year 2015. May your days ahead be more joyous and lovely :)

Thanks so much for the support and lovely comments, which is the only source of driving force for me.

Supplies:

Vintage floral PP - IBS
CS- Brown,Black
Dies - Joycrafts florishes die, MFT scrolled florishes, CLD embellishments die, CLD rose leaf strip, Nellie Snellen doily die,Couture Scalloped oval die

Stamps- Script from IBS forever friends set
              Sentiment from Small label stamp set
Inks - vintage photo DI

Challenge:

IBS customer gallery - vintage floral pp and forever friends stampset.

You're Special!!!

This fortnight's DT inspiration for Cardabilities blog. Blogging for the first time from Chennai..Oh yeah...Enjoying winter vacation now here with such heavy downpour :)

Sketch#113 is

Hope you like my attempt on the inspiration. Play along the challenge and visit Cardabilities to see fellow DTs inspirations.

About the card:

PP is distressed at the edges and matted against the White CS. Another PP is used  as frame diecut, and on it arranged a simple floral cluster with the baby pink roses, pale blue rose and a simple florish.

Tifany border strip is diecut from a light blue pp and matted on the frame under the floral cluster.
A large IO butterfly die is added near the floral cluster to add an extra interest.

Few pearls as accents. and IBS sentiment added on a banner.

Supplies:
Base PP, Tiffany border strip PP - Zephyr paper pad
Frame diecut PP - Docrafts Paperpad
Dies - IO butterfly, CLD gardenia strip, MFT florish, Joycrafts frame die
DI - Spun sugar, Tumbled glass

Challenges:

IBS - customer gallery (used just because stampset)