Passionately Curious: Backgrounds

Friday, March 11, 2016

Heartfelt Thanks ( Penny Black )

Posted by Rajni Chawla

Hello blogger friends !!

Today's card is inspired by Jill Avery Foster Her cards with super inky techniques have always inspired me. Penny Black is another brand that I always love to use. For more inspiration you can visit their blog here. For this card I specially chose their latest release slapstick cling 40-438 Elegance. The torn background I created using different shades of shimmerz sprays and few Indigoblu background stamps. And the background behind the image is simply made using distress Mermaid Lagoon and Faded Jeans. The main focal image is stamped couple of time, painted with shabby shutters, fussy cut and layered.

Here is the full view:

Few close-ups:

Loved the background how it turned out.

The sentiment is again from Penny Black ...Heartfelt Thanks.

I added some enamel dots to matching to the colours used to enhance the beauty of the card little more.

If you are new and hunting for various craft supplies at best prices in India,you can contact Meetu Aggarwal or check her website Here and Priya Sivaraj or check her website Here

Hope you like the card.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Happy Crafting!!

Saturday, March 05, 2016

Peacock Paisley Card With Heartfelt Creations

Posted by Rajni Chawla

Hello all...

Thanks for popping by my blog again.

Crafting is something I really love to do....even when I m unwell. Last week was really a bad week for me. According to my doctor, I need complete rest for few days and should not sit for long with my legs hanging down. No problem, I can manage to craft on the bed as well. :D

I am happy and live only if I am able to craft.

I might not be active on FB or any other social media but will surely keep all of you inspired by few of my new creations that I made few days back. I have already scheduled posts here on my blog and that will be copy pasted by my daughter on my other profiles.

Getting selected as one of the semi-finalists for Heartfelt Creations Dt Team really made me super happy and I thought I will keep you all more inspired with my few more creations with the same brand. Heartfelt Creation stamps are one of my favorite stamps ....Very versatile in not only making the backgrounds and flowers for the projects but also for making fancy embellishments. Sometimes when I create a card or a tag I give more stress on the embellishments. The card that I am sharing today is the example. The main stress is on the focal image which is Peacock. Though I have worked on the background also but that Is complimenting the embellishment and the whole card and is not disturbing the beauty of embellishment I made.

Heartfelt Creation supplies used:

Peacock Paisley Die HCD1-771

Feathery Peacock Cling Stamp Set- HCPC 3661

Peacock Swirls Cling Stamp Set- HCPC 3660

Peacock Paisley Cling Stamp Set HCPC 3659

Peacock Paisley Paper Collection

Other supplies used:

Distress inks: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean

Staedtler Pencil Colours

Koi Brush

Clear rock candy glitter

Lime Green Stickles from Ranger

Spellbinder's Victorian Arch

Spellbinders classic oval die template

Glossy accent

Die cutting machine

Here is the full view of the card...

A close-up showing the background.

The background is created by simply squeezing both the shades of distress inks on the card stock and then misting it with water and heat set. Stamp the image with Cobalt Blue Archival ink and lift the colour using koi water-colour brush. Colour lifting technique which I also call water wash technique is one of my favourite technique of making backgrounds. I accidently stumbled down this technique while teaching one of my student in Hyderabad 2 years back. She was the one who was always scared of picking the colors while painting but was very keen of using bright colours. The softness of colours you get after lifting it with water gives tints and tones of the same colour.

All the daisies are fussy-cut, painted roughly with salty ocean and peacock feathers and embossed using Heartfelt Creations Delux Flower Shaping Tool Kit and then decorated by adding a small drop of lime green stickles.

I have layered the body of peacock and tried to give 3dimensional effects by cutting separate layers and adding glue dots.

Have you ever read..."The sparrows are sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail."

Aww....sparrows should not !!

That's not the burden thats the beauty of peacock which is making him unique from all other creations of God. I added few extra feathers and made it look more beautiful.

The sentiment tag is from designer paper HFC Peacock Paisley Collection.

If you are new and hunting for various craft supplies at best prices in India,you can contact Meetu Aggarwal or check her website Here and Priya Sivaraj or check her website Here

Hope I m able to inspire you with my creations. If you like my work and want me to see reach my goals as a Dt with Heartfelt Creations, do leave some love n vote for me. Your votes are important for me. You can check all my three creations in the photographs below: