Sunflower ATC

Hi Friends,

Today I am sharing 2 Mixed media "2.5 by 2.5" ATC with you all. When I had made the sunflower, I was left with some petals that I made for the flower. These ATC were made with the purpose of using these leftover petals as the focal point.

• The background was created using Ranger distress inks along with stencilling & stamping with Ranger archival ink. 
• I adhered the sunflower petals on the left corner and attached tha foam circle on top. 
• To add texture, I added dots on the circle foam with help of a Sakura micron 
• For sentiment I stamped "Art Journey" from " Unity Stamp Company" on a piece of small cardstock, distressed edges with aged mohagony distress ink and adhered it with a thick double sided tape
• To finish the ATC, I mixed some red colour with ranger texture paste and applied on the edges roughly with a spatula

Hope you liked these ATCs

With Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka 

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4 by 4 Accordion style mini album

Hi all,

Today's post is about a mini album I made for a dear friend of mine who is visiting India (She is married & settled in US now). I wanted to make a small and easy to carry that is not very bulky and hence I made this 4 by 4 mini album which can contain about 20- 25 pictures. It has a accordion style folded flaps. I used some simple MDF embellishments & some beads to embellish the album.  Hope you all like the pictures & video of the album. 

Here's the video of the album

Hope you all liked the album 

With Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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Heat Embossed Card For A Loved One

Hi Friends,

So today I am sharing a very special card with you all. I celebrated my 3rd anniversary on 19th and this is the card I made for my dear hubby on our anniversary. So Jitesh's favourite color is purple and hence I choose a purple card stock as the base of my card.

Materials:

• White & Purple Cards tock
• So Suzy Peony & Line Flower Stamps  (So Suzy Stamps can be brought in India from Rainbow Craftykari) 
• Technique Tuesday Incredible Stamp
• Peek-a-boo Bold Hugs & Love Stamp
• VersaMark Watermark Ink pad
• WOW gold glitter embossing powder
• Double Sided Tape
• Ranger Heat Gun

Method:

• Cut the purple card stock to size 
• Stamp So Suzy Peony & Line Flower stamps with help of VersaMark Watermark Ink
• Sprinkle embossing powder to cover the entire area properly and heat emboss with heat gun
• Repeat the stamping and embossing process for the sentiment with help of Technique Tuesday & Peek-a-boo stamps on a small piece of purple card stock and cut to size
• To bring out the sentiment, swipe the edge of sentiment piece in the VersaMark Ink pad and repeat the heat embossing process with same WOW Gold Glitter powder 
• Adhere sentiment on top of the card base with thick double sided tape 
• Adhere the ready Purple card base to a white cardstock to finish off the card

Hope you liked the simple & elegnat card which is very special to me :)

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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Film Strip Mini Album

Hi Friends,

It was my best friend Soumya's birthday in October and I decided to make a mini-album as a birthday gift for her. I used the Paper Mania Film Strip Chip-board Album. The reason for using the Film Strip album rather than building one from scratch was that we have bonded a lot over movies. (Little secret: while in Pune for Ph.D., I have seen maximum number of movies in theatre in the 2 years that Soumya stayed with me.)

I added a shaker element to the cover (Check video below to see shaker element)

Soumya loves music and so the guitar pocker

The flap on the right page is a accordion water fall 

Corner Band 

Centre Band 

Here is a small video

Hope you all liked the mini album

Lots of Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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Cards for a Cause - Soldier Drive

Hi friends,

             This is a very special post. There is a Facebook group called "Cards For A Cause - India" and they recently announced a drive to send "Thank you" or "Diwali" Cards to Indian Soldiers posted in different Battalions. I got to know about the group & this drive through a broadcast message from Neha Gala who is going to put all cards together and mail them to Hall of Fame, Leh from where the cards would be dispatched to soldiers. 

          So as soon as I heard of the drive, I knew I had to contribute cards for this noble cause of thanking our soldiers who selflessly serve our country & protect us. I made a total of 58 cards for the drive. Stencilling, pattern papers, stamping, distress inking & Zentangle were mainly used to create these thank you cards. I also added a small "Thank You" note inside the card in Hindi for our soldiers

प्यारे सैनिक,  भारत देश के लिए आपकी नि: स्वार्थ सेवा के लिए बहुत धन्यवाद। हमें दुश्मन से बचाने के लिए बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद। आप हमारे देश सच्चे नायक हैं।  आपकॊ दीपावली की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

It means: Dear Soldier, Thank you for your selfless service for India. Thank you so much for protecting us from the enemy. You are the true hero of our nation. Wish you a very Happy Diwali

Zentangle cards: 

Sentiment Stencilling With Helix stencils

Motif Stencilling With Sakura Gelly Roll Pens & Pie Lane Stencils

Stencilling With Texture Paste  & Pie Lane Stencils

Cards With Pattern Papers 

Stamping & Background Work & Water Colouring With Distress Ink or Alcohol Inks

This is my small little contribution for the noble drive. I hope to contribute to more such drives in future.

With Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka,

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Long Envelope Mini Album

Hi friends,

I always thought that making scrapbooks was really difficult till I decided to finally give it a try and had so much fun. So I decided to start with something small and interesting: "Long Envelope Mini Album"

I made this mini album using "Long White Envelope" like the one shown below.

For making the album I used: 

• 6 Long White Envelopes
• Pattern Paper From Papericious
• Yellow textured cardstock for pocket inserts
• Some plain white cardstock to make the cover
• Glue
• Tacky Tape
• Vellum, flowers, die cut for embellishing the album
• Ribbon

Here are some of the pictures from the inside of the album & video below of the album :) 

Video: 

This months Papericious Monthly Challenege for August 2016 is Anything Goes and I am submitting my 1st ever album for this challenge.

I hope you enjoyed looking at the project. 

Lots of Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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Paisely ATC

Hi Friends,

I know I have been missing from the blog for a very very long time. I have been super busy with either creating from crafty stuff or cooking. I have taken up on cooking majorly in latly few weeks, as I have launched a new venture along with my hubby called "Velvety Delites" - A Home Based Food Venture. 

Getting to today's post, its a tutorial on a very simple ATC.

Materials:
Iris Card Stock : 2.5 by 3.5 "
Artistry Inks: Lime Kiss, Orange Popsicle, Blaze
Artistry blending tool and blending foam
Itsy Bitsy Paisley Stamp Set
Sentiment Stamp from Unity Stamp Company, Moon Crater
Archival Inks: Germanium red and Library green
Glossy accent
Foam tape
Embellishments

Methods:

• With help of the blending foam, create the background using Artistry inks:  Lime Kiss, Orange Popsicle, Blaze on the Iris Card stock 
• Stamp different size Paisley Stamps starting from biggest size to the smallest in shades of red and green using Archival Inks Germanium red and Library green
• Stamp the sentiment using  Germanium red Arhival ink on another piece of archival cardstock and cut it to size
• Distress the edges with Artistry ink moon crater and adhere to background with help of foam tape
• Apply dots of glossy accent around the stamped Paisley and adhere some green embellishments around to balance the red sentiment

Hope you guys find the the tutorial informative

Love & Regards,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka 

Mini Mixed-Media Canvas

Hi Friends,

I am back with a simple Mixed-Media mini-canvas. I celebrated 3 years of togetherness with my husband recently (i.e. 3 years of knowing each other) & I made him a mini-canvas as a gift :)

Materials Used:

• Mini Canvas 4 by 6"
• Gesso
• Paint brush
• Fevicryl ultramarine blue acrylic colour
• Ranger texture paste
• Spatula 
• Pie Lane background stencil
• Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink
• Aged Mahogany Distress Ink
• Finger Sponge dauber 
• Sakura brown water colour pen 
• Scallop rose foam die cut (I had got these as a gift from the fabulous Dr. Sonia as a part of her blog giveaway)
• Leaves cut out from green foam
• Glitter styrofoam balls - 1/2 cm diameter 
• Stamps for sentiments
• Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink
• Hot glue gun

Method:

• Apply a layer of gesso on canvas with paint brush and let it dry
• Mix some gesso with Fevicryl ultramarine blue acrylic colour and paint the canvas in shades of blue
• Once dry, using the Pie-Lane background stencil and spatula apply Ranger texture paste on the canvas
• Once the Ranger paste is dry, apply Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink with sponge finger duaber over the texture paste and define the edges with brown marker or water colour pen 
• I added some texture by stamping some musical notes
• Shape the scallop flowers die cut to make roses 
• Cut leaves from a green foam sheet
• Stick scallop roses, leaves and glitter ball as desired using hot glue gun
• Stamp the sentiment and distress the edges using Aged Mahogany Distress Ink before adhering it to the canvas 

Your mini mix-media canvas is ready :) 

Hope you liked the tutorial.

Do leave us some love if you enjoyed our post

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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One Stamp ATC

Hi friends,

I am sharing a mixed-media ATC with you all today. This ATC was made as a part of an Indian ATC exchange group and we were allowed to use only 1 stamp or 1 stamp set to make the ATC. Being the newbie stamper I am, who loves using stamps for everything possible, this was  a great opportunity to look at other supplies I have to complete the ATC. 

Materials Used:

• Iris Paper
• Acetate Sheet
• Distress Ink: Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Dried Marigold & Aged Mahogany
• Adirondack Ink: Cranberry & Lettuce
• Alcohol Blending Solution 
• Penny Black Clear Stamps - Blooming Garden
• Blending Foam & Felt 
• Koi Water Brush
• Sakura 24 colour water color pen 
• Helix Alphabet Stencil 
• Sakura micro 05
• Butterfly sequins
• Red tacky tape 
• Foam tape
• Paper Twine

Method: 

• Using distress ink squeezed lemonade, wild honey & dried marigold, I created the background
• Then I distressed the edges of the background using aged mahogany distress ink
• For the sentiment, I created the tag using dried marigold & age mahogany 
• Thereafter, I cut the actate of desired size & using Adirondack Ink Cranberry & Lettuce and alcohol blending solution, I created a random and bright background on the acetate
• Then I stamped the desired flower design on another cardstock and coloured using sakura 24 water colour pen & fussy cut it
• Using the alphabet stencil, I wrote the sentiment on the sentiment tag with help of Sakura Micron 
• Once all the elements were ready, with help of red tacky tape, I adhered the acetate background on the big background at the lower bottom , leaving it open from top (notice the acetate is adhered off centre to create balance)
• Then I took a piece of orange twine and tied it around the base
• With the help of foam tape, I attached the stamped flower on top of the twine
• I punched a hole on the sentiment tag and adhered a piece twine through it & placed it in between the acetate sheet & the background
• Finally to finish the ATC, I added some butterly sequins around the acetate 

Hope you liked the tutorial & were inspired 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations 

Handmade Sunflowers

Hi friends,

Origata or duplex paper flowers is a beautiful Japanese techniqe of shaping paper to make flowers and I have been making them for about 15 years now. This is my most favorite form of making flowers as its quick, economical and gives beautiful output. 

A few months back, my father-in-law read in the newspaper that keeping sunflower in the house brings lot of positivity and well-being in the house. He knows I love making flowers, so he tasked to make a sunflower for the house. Though I procastinated it for a good 6 months, what I finally ended up making is one of the most gorgeous flowers I have ever made. 

Hope you all like the flower :) 

Shine & Be Bright Always Like The Sunflower 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka 

Happy Anniversary AJ Banner - Stencilling Techniques With Pie Lane Stencil Part 3

Hi Friends,

Welcome to the Part 3 of Stencilling Techniques used in "Happy Anniversary AJ" banner. Hope you enjoyed the techniques shared in the Part 1 & Part 2 of the Stencilling techniques used in the "Happy Anniversary AJ" banner. The stencils used for the project are from Pie Lane and can be ordered from Maninder Kaur of Rainbow Craftykari (Please check Part 1 to see the designs). 

Happy Anniversary AJ

In Part 3, I am going to share all the stencilling techniques I have used for initials of the couples name "AJ".

Die-cutting with stencil - Stencilling Tutorial/ Technique

Die-cutting Technique using negatives: This technique was suggested by Maninder Kaur of Rainbow Craftykari when I got the stencils from her. I took a pattern paper (this pattern paper is from Papericious) and outlined the design on the paper on the right side (i.e. the side I wanted on top). Then with the help of Gyro-cut tool, I cut entire stencil for both alphabets "A" and "J". Once the stencils were cut, I pasted the design on green pattern paper to get the final design. 

Additional Tips: Check Part 2, alphabet "S" to know how you can use the positives from this technique too

To bring together the whole banner, we cut the white textured paper in the desired size. Thereafter we took some red card stock and cut them intro desired size and distressed the corner with Aged Mahogany distress ink. We stuck the alphabets on the red background, punched wholes on top with punch machine and used a white string to bring together the entire banner. 

Happy Anniversary AJ

Hope you all have loved the "Happy Anniversary AJ" banners and the techniques used for it.

Please do leave your comments & love.

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

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