Baby "P" Scrapbook With Handmade backgrounds

Hi Folks,

     I am here today with a very special post. One of my close friends  Hetal (I have known her for almost 16.5 years now), wanted to learn distress ink techniques for a long time. Initially we had thought we would make cards with the background we create, but her nephew turns "6 months" this month and so we decided to make 5" by 7" scrapbook instead of cards with all the distress ink techniques we do. 

     Her nephew's name starts from "P" and is a Leo. So we have incorporated a lot of these elements in the scrapbook. Also the little boy loves multi-colours and as he is a small kid, we decided to use different colours through the scrapbook and not just the usual shades of blues & purples that are conventionally used for boys scrapbook. Along with distress ink techniques, we also used artistry inks (Indian brand), stencil techniques, stamping, spray paints & gelatos for some of the pages in the scrapbook. Hetal picked up distress ink techniques very quickly and I am so proud of her 1st time efforts distressing & making this album. So here is presenting the scrapbook that the 2 of us built together. I have mentioned various techniques & main supplies we have used for each of pages below the images along with those used for the cover page. 270 gsm Iris Paper was used to create all Backgrounds. There is also a small video at the end to show you all the interactive elements that we had incorporated in the album. 

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Distress Inks For Background: Bundled Sage, Peacock Feather, Cracker Pistachio, Seedless Preserve

P Stencil is from Pie Lane & Stenciled With Ranger Texture paste mixed with Pixie Glitter from Pie Lane & Lavender Acscents Spray Paint from Hampton Art. The same texture paint was applied on edges with spatula

Stamps Used: Penny Black Jumbo Love & Bo Bunny It is Written 

Distress Inks For Background: Peacock Feather, Cracker Pistachio, Seedless Preserve

Inks for background: Picked Raspberry Distress Ink & Blaze Artistry Ink

Geltaos: Pistachio & Spearmint

Distress Inks For Background: Fried Brick, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge

Stamps: Stampendous Peony 

Technique: Water Lifting

Inks For Background: Lime Kiss Artistry

Stencil: Pie Lane Leo Stencil stenciled with Blaze Artistry Ink

Stamp: Prima Checkered Stamp

Gelatos on left background: Blueberry, Boysenberry, Cotton Candy, Grape Grape

Gelatos on right background: Pistachio, Green Tea, Lime Lime, Spearmint

Technique: Drip technique

Inks Used For Background: Artistry Blaze & Distress Peacock Feather 

Stamp Used: Scrapberry Kids Fun Happy Birthday

Ink for background: Distress Seedless Preserves & Artsitry Lavedner 

Whimsy Holly

Ink For Background: Artistry Blaze

Technique on background: Stamping with pearlised water 

Gelatos on left: Blueberry, Boysenberry, Cotton Candy, Grape Grape

Stamp Used: Scrapberry Mother's Treasure First Smile

Distress Inks on Left Page: Cracked Pistachio, Seedless Preserve, Peacock Feather, Pine needles

Stamp used: Itsy Bitsy Fazzy Blutterly 

Technique Used: Resist technique using Clear embossing powder

Distress ink on Left: Seedless preserve & Faded Jeans

Stamp Used: Lawn Fawn Whale You Be Mine 

Inks for background: Distress Dried Marigold, Distress Stormy Sky, Artistry Moon Crate,  Artistry Lime Kiss

Stamp: Lawn Fawn Pa Rum Pa Pum Pum

Artistry Inks Used For Background: Blaze, Orange Popsicle & Lime Kiss

Technique: Resist technique using white embossing power

 Artistry Inks Used For Background: Blaze, Orange Popsicle & Lime Kiss

Technique: Resist technique using Versamark Ink

Background w as done using distress ink smoosh technqiue

Stamp: We R Memory Keepers P alphabet and stamped using gelatos

Also used Bo Bunny It is Written Stamp

Inks for background: Lime Kiss Artistry, Artistry Dark Garnet & Peeled Paint Distress Ink

Techniques: Applied Artistry Dark Garnet & Peeled Paint Distress Ink on bubble wrap paper and stamped on Iris Paper. We then Spritzed it with pearlized water and allowed artistry & distress colours to bleed and blend. Then we applied Lime Kiss artistry colour on top to blend and bring it all together.

Stamp used: Kaiser craft wood grain & Scrapberry kids fun happy birthday stamp

Stamp used: Kaiser craft wood grain & Scrapberry kids fun happy birthday stamp

Here is a small interactive video:

Hope You All Liked The Beautiful Scrapbook We Both Made

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka
Crafty Flirtations

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 

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