Shine & Bright Coasters

Hi Friends,

Thank you for the warm response to  "Joy Canvas" tutorials. We are here with our second tutorials. This a tutorial for quick and simple coasters.

Materials:

• MDF Coasters
• Acrylic Paints (I used Fevicryl colours)
• Penny black Blooming Garden Stamp set
• Stazon black Ink pad
• Sakura Black micron
• Sakura Red Brush tip pen
• Mod-podge 
• Varnish 

Method:

• Paint the coasters with acrylic paint. Apply a thick coat and use colours that you like 
• Once the paint was dried, I stamped the flower using Stazon black ink
• Then I coloured the image using Sakura black micro and Sakura red brush tip pen
• Next was the most difficult task. To let the whole thing sit for 24 hours to let the ink dry
• Apply 2-3 coats of mod-podge and one coat of varnish to finish the product :) 

Hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial to make some beautiful coasters.

Cheers,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka
Crafty Flirtations 

Joy Canvas

Hi Friends,

Welcome to our very first blog tutorial. Its a simple tutorial for a mixed-media canvas that I did for a dear friend of mine.

Materials used:

• 4 by 4 canvas
• Camel white texture paste
• Fevicryl acrylic colours 
• Ranger texture paste
• Mod-podge 3 dimension
• Artistry Inks
• Blending foam
• Stencils & die cuts
• Alcohol markers
• Sakura white Gelli pen
• Glitter balls 

Directions:

1. I applied a coat of Camel white texture paste on a 4 by 4 canvas. You can use Gesso instead 
2. Once the Camel white texture paste was dry, I coloured it using Fevicryl acrylic Yellow & Purple colours
3. Then added some green Fevicryl acyrlic colour to Ranger texture paste & used it with Bamboo Pie-Lane stencils to add some textures
4. Coloured floral die cuts with Artistry inks using blending foam and coated it with Mod-Podge Dimensional and added some glitter balls on flower centers
5. Using a stencil, wrote the sentiment "Joy" with "Steadler Fine Liners"and added colour to background using Artistry Inks. Used Sakura white Gelli pen to add dimension to the sentiment
6. I also applied a coat of Mod-podge dimensional to the sentiment.
7. I adhered everything on the canvas and added some outline on the florals and sentiment using alcohol markers 

Hope you enjoyed our very first tutorial.

And before I sign-out from this post, I would like to dedicate my very 1st post to ENT surgeon Dr. Sonia Suprabha of Cards ,Crafts ,Kids Projects. I have many many many crafty idols, but Dr. Sonia has inspired and encouraged me the most to start a blog. 

If you like our tutorial, please leave us some love by commenting :)

Thanks a lot.

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations 

Welcome To Crafty Flirtations

Dear Friends,

A Warn Welcome to our new blog "Crafty Flirtations". Crafty Flirtations is an endeavour by Dr. Neha Sanwalka & Mrs. Avani Bakshi to share our passion for art & craft with the world. We would be sharing various craft styles, offers and tutorials with you from time to time.

Something About Us:

Dr. Neha Sanwalka is a Dietitian by qualification, PhD in Health Science by education, Biostatistician by profession and Crafter by passion. Her art & craft specialities include Quilling, Fabric painting, Zentangle, Mix-Media, Stamping, Colouring and Flower making. She loves playing with paper & colours and this is what drives her creativity

Mrs. Avani Bakhsi is Fashion and Textile Designer by Qualification, Art & Craft Expert by profession and an Artist by passion. Her art & craft specialities include Canvas Painting, Decoupage, Paper Cutting, Scrapbooking, Quilling, Stamping and Mix-media. An ex-Hobby Ideas tutor, Avani can create master-pieces with with a simple paper and knife when doing paper cutting portraits, so you can imagine the magic she would create when she lays her hand on colours.

Hope you enjoy reading our blogs :) Both of us would keep posting tutorials & our creation with you :) Please feel free to leave some love by commenting :)

Thanks :)

Dr. Neha Sanwalka & Avani Bakshi

Crafty Flirtations