Eid 2018: Card Tutorial

With Eid preparations in full swing, I finally managed to upload this Eid Mubarak card tutorial.

It is a simple card, made with warm colors and the gorgeous Vintage Roses layering stampset from Altenew.

Hope you enjoy this tutorial and make lots of beautiful cards this Eid!

Eid Mubarak!

Wishing all of you a blessed and happy Eid!
~Taqabballahu minna wa minkum~
~May Allah accept it from you and us~

This Eid, I had the pleasure of making Eid cards in the colors of the MSA logo; navy blue and white. For the center focus I used the Altenew Eid Greetings stamp set, and water colored the image.

And here is how I #watercolored the #altenewllc #stamped image using #fabercastell #colorpencils . #watercolourpencils #keepingitsimple #twocolors #blending #easycoloring #stressreliever

A video posted by Saba Musharrif (@favorsmore) on Sep 7, 2016 at 2:48pm PDT

The sentiment was heat embossed in Silver, and my little nephew Zubayr dry embossed the white base, and layered it onto textured blue card.

Oh we had lots of cards to make, and I would not have been able to complete these in time, without the super awesome Zubayr <3. By the way, the video above... that too was recorded by my little angel. =D
 

And this is what the finished cards looked like.

Sending lots of love and prayers your way, this Eid.
Happy Crafting!

Eidi Pockets

Hello Lovelies!
Since Eid is round the corner, I posted a tutorial on these Eidi Pockets so all of you can make some of your won. Hop over to Artful Craftings blog to view the details.
Used the Altenew Ramadan Greetings and Eid Greetings Stamp for these.

Twinkling H2Os

The complete card

This is what I created for Artful Crafting Challenge 8: Water Coloring.

My November kit included Springtime Twinkling H2Os, by Luminarte. I have to confess here, that I had never worked with this product before, and wasn't too sure about what to expect.

Twinkling H2Os - Springtime

The colors were absolutely gorgeous, but when they weren't as vibrant on my water color paper as shown, I knew that I was doing something wrong. In the world of creative arts, there is only one rule -- "Know your tools"; so it was time for some research.

Twinkling H2Os, unlike other water colors are extremely concentrated (75% more than the regular watercolors, as per the company), and therefore, they must be activated with water, atleast 10-15 minutes before you apply them. This is where I was going wrong, I was using them like regular water colors, and that is why the results weren't as expected. Once I misted the pots, and began painting after 10 minutes, I had some beautifully vibrant pearlised colors on the same water color paper. 


Happy with the results, I began working on my DT project. In keeping with all the glimmer, I decided to make a Wedding-ie sort of congratulations card.
Step one: stamp and heat emboss the image
Step two: color it
Step three: stamp the sentiment
Step four: assemble the card.

A close up of all the "Twinkling"

I my opinion, Twinkling H2Os give the project such a grand finish, that the watercolor paper seemed way too dull against it. So, to bring it to life, I coated all the white spaces with Perfect Pearls. This gave it a beautiful off whitish pearlised background.

The angled card

Supplies used:
Twinkling H2Os - Springtime
Altenew - Grapevine Crisp Ink
Altenew - Persian Motifs
Ranger - Gold Embossing Powder
Ranger - Perfect Pearls
Watercolor paper

To see all the inspirational projects put together by the awesome DT, and/or take part in the challenge, hop over to Artful Crafting.

Happy Crafting!