Breastfeeding Week Art Journal Page #2

Hi Friends,

I am back today with another page dedicated to World Breastfeeding Week Celebrations. You can view the 1st page I did on this occasion here. 

Today's page is more representational then actually depicting breastfeeding in actuality. Breastfeeding lays the root of good health in children. It is the foundation of life that the child will live. Breastfeeding prevents a child from various health issues in later life too. So when a mother chooses to breastfeed her child, she is sowing the seeds of a nourished and healthy life. It is also a way of a mother expressing her love and care for her child and hence, I have added hearts to represent a mother's love for her child. 

Breastfeeding Week Art Journal

The theme at Art Journal Journey this month is "Count Your Blessings" and there can be no bigger blessing than Breastfeeding. Entering my art journal for the challenge here: https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2018/08/count-your-blessings.html 

Please share this page & spread the knowledge & importance of breastfeeding.

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations 

To Great Friends - An Art Journal Page

Hi friends,

They say friends are the family you choose for yourself & God has blessed me with some amazing friends who are now like family to me. Recently, I wanted to make a gift for my ever helpful, crazy, amazing crafty friend "Tejal", something that was personalized and woven with  elements that she & 3 of her friends (Saumya, Khushboo & myself) liked.

As Art Journals are my absolute favorite to make, I decided to make a mini, personalized Art Journal or Art Book for Tejal including our favorite quotes, motifs, colors & flowers or things that we like.

I used a 6 by 7 ready chipboard album to create this art journal as I wanted something sturdy and strong as it was going to travel all the way to Ahmadabad from Mumbai, but you could use a 300 gsm card stock for same. This art book contains 10 sides (5 pages back to back) all together. Here's the cover page of the journal.

Tejal's favorite flowers are Hydrangeas. So, I decided to use them as focal point on the cover page. However, when I started making the cover, I realized I didnt have  any Hydrangea stamps. I was on verge of giving up the idea of using Hydrangeas on the cover, when it dawned on me that I had Hydrangea Lawns pattern paper from Dress My Craft that I could use for focal point. The entire page is built around colour scheme of Hydrangea flowers using the heat embossing resist technique with Distress Inks for background as its my absolute favorite technique for background.

Supplies Used:

• 6 by 7" card stock/ chipboard 
• Dress My Craft Hydrangea Lawns 6 by 6 paper pack
• Penny Black Blooming Gardens stamp set
• Distress Inks: Seedless Preserves, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers
• VersaMark Ink
• WOW! Clear embossing powder
• Itsy Bitsy 2 in 1 texture paste (used as gesso)
• Dress My Craft Frosted Sugar Powder
• Glue, scissors, foam tape, heat gun & blending tools
• Printed sentiment 

Steps to create:

• Apply gesso on the card stock/ chipboard base and let it dry. Once dry, apply Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers ink using blending tool. 
• Once the Distress ink has dried, stamp the flowers using VersaMark ink and heat set using clear embossing powder.
• Apply Seedless Preserves (over Peacock Feathers) and Peacock Feathers (over Cracked Pistachio) ink to create a beautiful resist technique background.
• Fussy cut the flowers from Hydrangea Lawns pack. Distress the edges using Seedless Preserves ink  and adhere to the base using glue & foam tape.
• Apply glue to the edges of the page and sprinkle with Frosted Sugar Powder.
• To finish the page, adhere the printed sentiment/ quote. 

Hope you love the cover page from this art journal. I shall be back soon with Page 2 of the journal.

I would like to enter this art page at 

• Art Journal Journey. Theme: Flora & Fauna
• Mix It Up Challenge. Theme: Emboss Resist

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations. 

Sparkling Décor

One of the scenarios of post Goods and Service Tax (GST) is that scrap bottles no longer have any resale value, especially when you try to sell them to your local “kabadiwala”or Scrap dealer. These bottles are now likely to end up in a landfill and would not decompose for years. So, instead of throwing these bottles away in trash, light up your home by recycling these into beautiful home décor. I have used some very simple supplies to recycle 200 ml lassi bottles.

Supplies:

• Glass bottle
• Mod-podge
• Dress My Craft Frosted Sugar Powder
• Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust 
• Flowers for embellishments 
• Fairy Lights

Bottle on left: Mix acrylic paints with Mod-Podge and dab on glass bottle using sponge in strips of increasing breadth (You can use masking tape for creating sections). Once the paint is dry, apply Mod-Podge in remaining area and sprinkle with Dress My Craft Frosted Sugar Powder. Embellish using flowers 

Bottle on right: Mix Acrylic paints with Mod-podge and dab on glass bottle using sponge in increasing intensity of colour from bottom to top in an Ombre’ tones. Once the paint is dry, drip Mod-Podge around the bottle and sprinkle Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust. Let it air dry. 

As these bottles have very narrow opening, I used fairy lights to light them up :)

You can also gift them to your loved ones on Diwali. 

Thanks Kavita Lohia Agarwal for clicking stunning photos of these bottles <3

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka 

Shaker Hourglass ATC

Hi there,

The theme for the month of February 2017 for ATC Swap at "Artist Trading Card Club India" was Shaker Cards. I dont know why, but the moment I read the theme, I knew I wanted to make a Shaker Hourglass ATC. So I gathered my supplies and got on to making this see through, dual sided ATC.

Material:

• Thick OHP Sheet
• 1/4" double sided foam tape
• Dress My Craft Sparkling Sugar
• Pie Lane Chunky Glitter & Sequins 
• Washi Tape
• Pearl Sticker strings
• Yellow card stock & Sakura Micron 01
• Glossy Accent

Method: 

• Using OHP, I drew and cut 2 identical shapes of an hourglass
• Using 1/4" double sided foam tape, I adhered the 2 pieces together, making sure that I keep one side open like in the image below

• Through the open side, I added Dress My Craft Sparkling dust, some chunky glitter & sequins to the shaker & once all my shaker mix was in, I stuck the open side too
• I added Washi tape to the card to cover up all the foam tape & embellished it with pearl sticker strings
• I wrote the sentiment on a yellow cardstock using Sakura Micron and adhered it on the edge of the ATC using Glossy Accent

Watch the ATC in Action Here:

Hope you liked the ATC.

With Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka

Crafty Flirtations