DIY Wall Hanging/ Bag Tassel

Hi Friends,

Have you guys checked out the January challenge at The Twisted Challenges Blog? The theme this month is: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. For the mid month inspiration, I created a quick and simple bag tassel that can also be used as a wall hanging.

• I used a very old background made using Distress Inks (I would have made this at least 3 years ago) and trimmed it to 3.25 by 3.25" size (Something Old).
• I colored the edges using Chameleon Marker - Royal Blue (BL6)
• I punched 2 wholes using a round punch and on one end I tied an old bead tassel (Something old) using some wire.
• I recently received some new years gift from Itsy Bitsy and the gift contained a pack of Little Birdie Eufloria Handmade Flowers in a very light blue shade. I choose one of the blue flowers (Something New) and colored it using Lindy's Starbusrt Baby Blue Eyes Aqua spray (Something blue) and let it dry .
• Once the flower was dry, I adhered it on the tassel end of the base and add a bead on it (which also I received as a gift from Itsy Bitsy on New Year's. 
• I used a butterfly die cut (cut using a die I borrowed from Tejal) (Something Borrowed) and colored it using the same Lindy's Starburst Baby Blue Eyes Aqua and adhered it above the flower.
• To finish the tassel, I strung in a blue thread through the other punched hole.

I hope you liked this simple & quick tassel.

To know more about the challenges & see other inspirations, click here. Last date to participate in the challenge is 31st January 2019.

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

Crafty Flirtations 

&

The Twisted Challenges 

Breastfeeding Week Art Journal Page

Hi,

Today I am sharing a page that highlights a cause that is very close to my heart - Breastfeeding. Did you know that 1st to 7th August is celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week every year? You may wonder why is there a need to celebrate and promote breastfeeding? Isnt it the most natural thing every mother does for her child? Sadly not. As per statistics published in The Times Of India Online Edition, only 42% Indian infants are breastfeed within 1st hour after birth, i.e. 58% are deprived of the benefits of early feeding & colostrum in India. Not only that, only 55% infants are exclusively breastfed for 1st six months (WHO guidelines). These sort of statistics for breastfeeding are found across the world in many countries and hence, the celebrations for World Breastfeeding Week. Breastfeeding is not luxury. Its birth right of every child who comes to this world. Its the best blessing a mother can give her child. Hence, I created this page around breastfeeding, as my small contribution to the celebrations this year. You can read more about World Breastfeeding Week by visiting here. 

Breastfeeding Week Art Journal

List Of Supplies:

• Little Birdie Mixed Media Journal
• Little Birdie 2 in 1 texture paste (used as gesso) 
• Lindy's Stamp Gang - Starbust - Baby Blue Eyes Aqua
• Art Anthology Dimensional Paint - Baby Blue Eyes, Blue Topaz
• Designs By Ryn - Fiddlehead set
• Concord & 9th Perfectly Penned Stamp set 
• Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt
• Tim Holtz Mini Stencil
• Sakura Microns & Brush Pen
• Ranger Glossy Accent
• Silver Inka Gold 
• White card stock
• Palette knife, paint brush, glue, pencil

Breastfeeding Week Art Journal

Steps to create:

• Apply gesso on the art journal page and let it dry.
• Roughly illustrate a mom feeding a baby on the page. 
• Color the page using Lindy's spray. Instead of using it as a spray, I painted the page with a paint brush using Spray color as an ink. 
• Once the ink is dry, do 3rd generation stamping using Fiddlehead stamp and blue ink.
• Apply Art Anthology dimensional paints with help of palette knife and stencil.
• Once the dimensional paint is dry, rub silver Inka Gold over it.
• Color the illustration of mom feeding a baby with black pens and add Glossy accents for dimension.
• To finish the page, stamp (or write freehand) the sentiment and adhere to the journal page.  

The theme at Art Journal Journey this month is "Count Your Blessings" and there can be no bigger blessing than Breastfeeding. I was lucky to be a breastfed child too. 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 

Believe Floral Mixed Media Canvas

Hi,

I always keep sharing mixed media project but what is Mixed Media you may ask? There are many different style of mixed media art that artists create. So what is my style of mixed media art?

Is it using multiple accents/ embellishments on a project? Is it using all techniques I know 1 single project? Is it using multiple (like 5-6 mediums) on one project? Is it using multiple colors on a single project? No, that is not my style.

My style is more restrained. Yes, my mixed media style is about mixing things up be it techniques, embellishments or medium but in a balance and restrain  so as to accentuate every little embellishment or medium used on the project. That's how most of my projects are. I do use multiple textures in my projects and art journals but I dont go over board either. That is just my style of work. I do enjoy other styles too, but just sharing what I enjoy creating the most.

Believe Floral Mixed Media

To express my style better, I am sharing a 6 by 6" floral mixed media panel with you today. I have used cool colors in shades of blue and purple with splatter of green on this panel, i.e. I have used just 1 color family. For embellishments, I have used just flowers.


Supplies used:

• 6 by 6" MDF
• Little Birdie (Itsy Bitsy) 2 in 1 texture paste (used as gesso)
• Ranger texture paste 
• Penny Black Stencil - Hynotic 
• Lindy's Starbust Spray - TiffanyLou Blue, Hydrangea Blue 
• Cosmic Shimmer Spray - Meadow Lush 
• Ranger Archival Ink - Black
• Catherine Pooler Ink - Grass Skirt, Lemon Ice 
• Ranger Dylusion Paint After Midnight
• Little Birdie Handmade Flowers
• Heartfelt Creation Camelia Carnation Stamp and Die 
• Spellbinders Foliage Die 
• iCraft MDF Sentiment - Believe
• Wink of Stella Clear Pen
• Glue gun, blending tool & foam, paint brush, palette  knife

Believe Floral Mixed Media

Steps to Create:

• Apply gesso on MDF base and set aside to dry.
• Paint sentiment MDF "believe" with Dylusion paint.
• Once the base is dry, apply texture paste through stencil on 2 opposite corners and let it dry.
• Once dry, colour using Lindy's & Cosmic sprays. 
• Stamp & die cut leaves from Camelia Carnation collection or foliage die and color using yellow and green ink.
• Adhere the Little birdie flowers and leaves using glue gun to the panel.
• Finish the panel by gluing the sentiment to the panel. I added a little sparkle to the sentiment using Wink of Stella Pen.

Believe Floral Mixed Media

I would like to enter this project for challenges at:

Mix It Up Challenge Blog: Anything Goes + Optional Twist of Mixed Media

I hope you like my style of mixed media project.

Love,

Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta

Crafty Flirtations 

Books are secret magical world - Art Journal Page

Hi,

I am back with another Art Journal page.

They say that books are a man's/ woman's best friend and I so agree to that. I am a book lover & hoarder. I have more books than what I have actually read. I mostly have books on Cooking/ Nutrition/ Health or Art & Craft. I also have read a lot of fiction. I specially love sci-fi/ mythological/ mystery books when it comes to fiction as they open up a magical world wherein you set forward on a journey along with the characters in the book. I am also little crazy and possessive about my books and take the most care of them. I hate it if a page bends or it soils. I hate dog ears in books. You can say, I have OCD when it comes to books.

Books Art Journal Page 

A book with warm cup of coffee is absolute solace for me. I also know that Tejal and Saumya enjoy reading books and are crazy about books as I am. So when I was creating the Art Journal for Tejal, I knew I had to create a page exclusively with books in focus and use a quote that would specify the dream world that books bring forth with them.

Books Art Journal Page

Supplies Used:

• 6 by 7" card stock/ chipboard 
• White card stock 
• Little Birdie Home Decor Chalk Paint - Pink Ballet (Used in place of gesso as a base coat)
• Carabelle Studio - Alphabet Stencil
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology mini stencil 
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink: Seedless Preserves
• Lindy's Starburst - TiffanyLou Blue, Hydrangea Blue
• Ranger Archival Ink - Black 
• Your Next Stamp - Bookworm Rules 
• Ranger texture paste
• Blending tool & foam, palette knife, glue, water mister, heat gun, paint brush  
• Sakura Gel pens & Steadtler Fine tip pens 
• Printed sentiment/ quote 

Books Art Journal Page

Steps to create:

• Apply chalk paint on the card stock/ chipboard base and let it dry. 
• Once dry, apply Oxide ink on the left half through Tim Holtz stencil.
• Using a palette knife, apply texture paste through Carabelle Studio stencil on the right half and let it dry.
• Once dry, color the texture paste using Lindy's spray. Use water mister to get your desired effects.
• Stamp the image on a card stock using black ink and color using Sakura & Steadtler pens.
• Adhere the image on the page.
• To finish the page, adhere quotes using glue. 

Books Art Journal Page

I hope you loved this page on books as much as I loved creating it. You can view previous pages from the Art Journal by clicking on links below. 

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

I shall be back with Page 6 soon.

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations

Heartfelt 25th Anniversary Gift

Hey Friends,

I am sharing a photo-layout today that I made for y uncle-aunt's 25th Anniversary. This was my 1st Heartfelt Creations frame and I had tones of fun creating this frame.

Supplies Used:

Stamps & Dies:

• Heartfelt Creations Classic Rose Stamp and Die
• Heartfelt Creations Camelia Carnation Stamp and Die 
• Heartfelt Creations 3D flower shaping molds 
• Cheery Lynn Designs Gardenia Strip die 
• Spellbinders Foliage Die 
• Spellbinders Flourish Die

Inks, Sprays & Paints: 

• Lindy's Starburst Spray - Hydrangea Blue
• Lindy's Starburst Spray - Tiffany Blue
• Cosmic Shimmer Spray - Meadow Lush 
• Ranger Distress Spray - Squeezed Lemonade 
• Ranger Archival Inks: Magenta Pink, Saffron, Monarch Orange, Jet Black
• Ranger Adriondak Ink: Buttetscotch, Cranberry
• Catherine Pooler Inks: Grass Skirt, Garden Party, Lemon Ice, It's A Girl
• Prima Art Alchemy Finnabair Acrylic Paint - Metallic Ancient Coin
• Inka Gold - Jade Green

Other Supplies:

• Gesso
• Ranger texture paste 
• iCraft Stencil
• iCraft MDF
• iCraft Floral Natura Card stock 
• Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust
• Dress My Craft Frosted Sugar
• Diamond Dust 
• Ranger Distress Crackle Paint Rock Candy Glitter
• Liquid glue, Glue gun, heat gun, mini mister, palette  knife, paint brush, finger daubers  

Hope you love this frame as much as I do.

Love,
Dr. Neha Sanwalka Rungta
Crafty Flirtations