My first post for 2019, is about making a gorgeous yet super simple layered flower. I strongly believe in using the tools that we already have, and here is one example of how you can use your floral dies to create a unique floral embellishment.
Most, if not, all of you must have come across the famous quote "The Earth without Art is just Eh", while browsing through artsy content on social media sites like Instagram, Pinterest or Facebook. Well, the reason for the background is that Mahe Zehra, has actually included this quote as a coloring page in her adult coloring book called "The Book of Happiness". The fun part is that Craft Circus is actually hosting a coloring challenge where this is one of the designs that you can download for free, color, and submit as an entry.
So after a long stressful month, I finally had this weekend to myself, and decided to color the page using my awesome collection of Distress Stains!
So before I delve into what I have done here, let me show you the original page.
So you can see that I, did not just color the page but also added some details to it. My reasoning for transforming it the way I did was based on the fact that the Quote talks about ART, and not just color. For me adding artsy elements to it was an integral part of the process, so other than Distress Stains, I've used stencils, markers, and stamps.
The splatters on the original artwork, set the tone for the splattered colors blending into one another.
PS: no filters have been used on the above images!
If you enjoy coloring and would like to join in the fun, read the challenge and participation requirements in CC's post, linked below
I started by stamping the butterflies with black archival ink, all over the white cardstock, and then colored the background using regular Tempo markers. Next, I colored the butterflies, in a combination of colors, using the same markers.
These will be transformed into cards... soon, I hope! =D
Sharing close ups below.
Entering these under the "Intermediate Category"
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If you enjoy coloring, then come join in the fun!
You still have some time before the challenge closes.
Sharing a card made using the gorgeous lace card die, by Elizabeth craft designs. This Hajj Mubarak card is a little bigger than the normal cards, it is about 5.5" x 6 1/8" in size.
As you all must have noticed, it is that time of the year when most people are blessed with cute little people, who brighten the world. So the card I am sharing today, was made to congratulate new parents on the arrival of their baby girl.
With Ramadan only 23/24 days, I decided to make some fun vibrant, Ramadan Kareem cards for loved ones. I captured the entire process on video, to share with everyone, so that you too feel inspired to make some of your own.
In this video tutorial I have used stamps from Altenew, Kaisercraft and Prima Marketing Inc. Instead of using distress inks, I opted to use pigment inks, by Color Box, and black Archival Ink.
Today I am blogging about the wooden alphabets that I recently altered, for my little nephew. I have captured the process on video, and you can watch it below.
As you can see in the above picture, its actually a pretty long panel, and so I used half of it for this card. I created the base layer by stamping the edges to create the border, and the then stamped the sentiment on Kraft card.
Added some glossy accents to add dimension to the design.
"To My Soulmate" is a customized album, made in shades on grey and blue. Since this scrapbook was a to be gifted to a gentleman, I avoided using any flowers and ribbons. Used lots of diecuts on the cover, and heat embossed some details.
The scrapbook contains over 20 mats, and lots of space for journal-ling.
Kept the box grey, with lots of texture and fun elements.
Added frames, cogs and gears, hidden tags, pockets, and booklets all through the album.
And, thats all folks!
Have a great day,
Happy Crafting
Artful Crafting recently introduced the extremely vibrant, and versatile Color Wash Collection, and I am super excited to share it with you.
The collection includes an A4 paper pack, of 20 sheets with 8 different designs. A pack of Pillow boxes, cards and tags.
The best thing about this collection is that, it caters to everyone; If you are a novice, looking to gift some trinkets, then you can simply order a pack of the pillow boxes, and you are good to go.
The gorgeous precut cards, save tons of time, and you can just start decorating them if you like, or just add your greetings and send it to your loved ones.
You can view the complete collection and designs in the video below.
I will be sharing another video soon, to show you how I used this collection for some fun projects.
Till then, you can hop over to Artful Crafting to place an order.
The Daily Marker 30 Day coloring challenge, hosted by Kathy, is all about taking your coloring skills one step further. It is open to all those who enjoy coloring, and sharing, their passion with others. You can read all about the challenge on The Daily Marker site. I too am participating in it this year, and that is why I have been posting coloring projects on my instagram account daily.
Why am I taking part? It was during the 2015 challenge that Erum Tasneem's beautiful coloring posts inspired me to start coloring once again. I started coloring random images, and then as I got busy with other projects, coloring got sidelined. So, this year I decided that I would take this on seriously and stick through it, making sure that I color every single day of the month. I love to color, and I saw this as a great opportunity to polish my coloring skills. There are thousands of people, across the globe participating, tons of inspiration and lots to learn; I couldn't just let this go this time.
The past 15 days have been extremely rewarding and I can actually see a massive improvement in my work (even if I say so myself :P ). Sharing a slideshow of the 15 images that I colored, using water color pencils. These are shared on my instagram account too.
You can join in too, if you like; just color, capture and share on facebook or instagram using #thedailymarker30day hashtag. Visit The Daily Marker for more details.
To stay posted on what I am working on, join me on Instagram.
A wooden picture frame had been lying around, all lonely and sad for the past few years. I finally decided to give it a new life, by applying some mixed media techniques to alter / upcycle it.
I used gesso, texture paste, some charms, chipboard diecuts, and lots of ink. Yup, I did capture the process on camera. Embedding the youtube video below:
Beautiful Chai-some day in Karachi today! [Chai = tea]
Loving every bit of it, alhumdolillah. On such beautiful rainy days, I like to indulge in some craft fun, and so I watercolored this sketch that I had purchased, a few years back, from Phuljari designs. And then transformed it into a cute card.
I used the Pelican water colors for this. Beautiful bright colors.
Once colored, I simply cutout the elements, and layered them to make this card.
