30th Anniversary Card

Hi friends,

I am here with my very 1st pop-up card. I made this card for 30th Anniversary of my brother-in-law's parent's anniversary. 

Materials Used:

• Iris Cardstock 270 gsm
• Mudra Botanical Blooms Stamp Set 
• Altenew, Memento & Archival Inks 
• Concord & 9th Perfectly Penned Stamp Set
• Pearl stickers
• Artistry Inks: Lime Kiss & Orange Popsicle
• Pattern paper from Eno - Greetings 
• Love Sentiment (I brought it in destash & I am not aware of brand)

Method:

• Cut the card stock to size for the front and the pop-up element
• Using a blending tool, apply artistry inks on the card front and the pop-up base & mist with water on the card front
• Create pop-up element to create a stacked cake look
• Using Altenew, Memento and Archival Inks, stamp the botanical blooms flowers and leaves and fussy cut them
• Stamp sentiment on the front panel of the card & the inside of pop-up element
• Cut pattern paper from Eno-Greetings to size. Attach the pop-up element on the white side of pattern paper and front panel on the printed size on top
• On the front panel, add the fussy cut flowers and leaves
• Add the fussy cut flowers and leaves to pop-up 
• Embellish with pearl stickers 

Hope you all liked this card. I am also submitting this card to Mucra Challege #7 Celebrations. Mudra is my favourite Indian stamp company & they have some amazing designs & stamp perfectly each time. Mudra is celebrating their 1st Anniversary this month. Here's wishing Mudra many congratulations & many good luck for future.

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations

DIY Supply Storage Bins (Pen Stands)

Hi Folks,

We crafters are always looking for storage solutions for our supplies & every few months I find myself re-organising my desk as I wasn't very happy with how I stored my pens, embossing tools, brushes, etc. While I was looking at re-organising day before yesterday and thinking of ways I could store my tools in the most efficient manner, it dawned upon me that I could make supply storage bins or pen stands of different lengths depending on the size of the tools and have a different bin or stand for my pens, brushes, tools, etc. I ended up making 7 (yes you read it right) bins of 3 different sizes to store my tools conveniently and beautifully on my desk. 

 I wanted some of my items like my Pergamano  scissors, the slotted hockey embossing tools, forceps to stand straight in these boxes to avoid any damage to sharp ends or easy accessibility and hence I created small pockets within my boxes itself to hold them upright and strait (as seen in orange & red boxes)

Tools: 

• We R Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch Board
• Textured cardstock from Rainbow Craftykari (This card stock is double ply & very thick & was ideal for these boxes)
• Some fancy lace from my stash
• Glue

Dimensions:

Orange Box:  

Card stock size: 9" * 9"

Final Box size: 3.25" * 3.25" * 2.5"

Strait line to be scored at L & diagonal line at M

Red Box: 

Card stock size: 10*10

Final box size: 3.25" * 3.25" * 3.25"

Strait line to be scored at L & diagonal line at L

Yellow Box: 

Card stock size 11*11

Final box size: 3.25" * 3.25" * 4"

Strait line to be scored at L & diagonal line at XL

Make boxes as we do using the gift board punch box and glue the sides and the top flaps in to make a open box pen stand and the best thing, you need hardly 5 minutes to make each box.

You could decorate these boxes the way you want, I opted for lace as I wanted to keep it simple.

Hope I have inspired you to make your storage supply bins/ pen stands.

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations 

Nickname. Day 3 of 30 Day Art Journal Class

Hi friends,

The day 3 prompt of 30 Day Art Journal Class was "Nicknames or love names used by friends/ parents/ spouse"

Story Behind my page: Neha is itself a short name & I hate when people bend it weird ways to form nickname for me. However, there is one nickname that I love and its short form of my name "NE". While I was in Pune for my higher studies, 2 of my roommates "Soumya" & "Vagisha" gave me this name affectionately & it stayed on with me completely

• There are loads of layers in this page. Using round ink blending tools, I applied dots or you can say blotches of "Vintage Photo" & "Black Soot" distress ink on the background. 
• Then I applied a very light coat of gesso over the entire page
• Once the gesso was dry, I covered the whole page with "Pumice Stone" Distress stain
• I then doodled "NE" with "Sakura Microns" and added shading using pencil colours
• I somehow felt the page looked dull so I went on the apply Ranger "Vintage Photo" crackle paint all around the doodle
• Once the crackle paint had dried, using a felt applicator, I dabbed "Cranberry" & "Eggplant" alcohol Ink over the crackle paint to highlight the cracks. 

I like how I am learning new techniques while making these journal pages. I had almost decided that I need to destash my alcohol inks but loved the results of dabbing of alcohol Inks on crackle paint, so I am going to explore this even further 

Links of previous pages:

Page 1  

Page 2

Hope you all liked my Day 3 page. 

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations