Category: gesso

Altered Box

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Hi Friends!

Today’s post is about an Altered Box, originally a Mobile package box which i was religiously hoarding for more than 4 years now. It’s a cute white 6″ box. Made this project a week back and gifted to my Dear friend for her birthday. She was thrilled to see this!!

Now will see the process of the project!

  • Took the box with lid, and white gessoed it totally.
  • Stenciled the base with Prima grid stencil with Prima light paste.
  • Sprinkled LSG sweet treats magicals on the stenciled portion and spritzed water to see the magicals burst colors.
  • Then its layered in Cheesecloth on all four inner sides and on the base centrally.
  • Doily, paper straws, Roses, resins and and other embellishments are added with few random partial stampings around the image.
  • Mini and macro art stones are added for little extra textures.
  • Timholtz chitchat stickers are added to kraft cs and added near the image.
  • A pink adhesive ribbon is added to the outside portion of the lid.
  • And on top of the lid, Prima Princess pp is added.
  • This finishes off my Project.
Some angled and close up shots for you!

Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!

Mixed Media Wall art : Dream

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Hi Friends!

Third post for Today!! Yippie!!

Made this wall art 15 days before and posting it today.

Recently sent a parcel to India for a dear crafter friend. Made this Project especially for her..She is none other than, Jasleen of Happily ever crafter ðŸ™‚

Thanks a ton Dearie…It gave me joy more than when i made it!! Happy to know you liked it!!

  • Used 6×6 Kappa board which i bought from Anandha stationary for the base here.
  • Coated with Prima art alchemy Metallic copper as base layer.
  • Then brushed Clear gesso to make the base take up further layers of inks, sprays, mists
  • Prima Clear crackle textured applied centrally and topped it with Drywall tape pieces.
  • Itsy bitsy ornated oval chipboard is coated with gesso and used as base for the focal element.
  • The swirly heart chipboard is a gift from a dear crafter friend, Pooja Duddalwar. Thank u dear 🙂
  • That is from 2crafty chipboard which is sprayed with LSG – Queen of Kissin Hearts -Red and thrice clear embossed using UTEE for that sheen and shine
  • The wings resin is brushed with Inkagold -Gold and added to the base oval chipboard and onto it added the swirly heart chipboard.
  • The wooden alphas are gessoed and inked with Fired brick distress inks.
  • Then random stuffs were added such as cheesecloth, gold embossed flower, biege bow, some sequins, metal embellishments.
  • LSG Glory of golden seas gold is sprayed around the heart.
  • Random stamping using Bobunny script stamp.
  • The edges of the board were distressed with archival ink, stenciled with Stamplorations criss cross stencil, and finally gold embossed randomly on edges.
  • Finally some white gesso spaltters.
  • Few clear droplets added for final touch.  

Hope you like it!!

Mudra’s May Release Inspirations – II

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Today am at Mudra showcasing May Release stamps and also way to mix and match with other sets.
An humble attempt at it…Do check Mudra blog and be inspired 🙂

Leaving a sneak peek here for you all…Head over to Mudra to have full reveal. Hope you love as much as i love doing these.

Its my last post for Mudra as am gonna have a crafty break for next 2 months and will be back in action on last week of August. From now on, all of my posts are scheduled ones…
Will be heading to Chennai, India in next few days for vacation.

See ya Friends!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Crafting!

Linking the following to the challenges:

Mixed media Door hanger

(Stamped, watercolored using Zig brush pens and UTEE clear heat embossed the floral and grasses)

  

Stamplorations – Mixedmedia challenge (used Stamploration criss cross stencil)

Stamplorations – Anything goes (used Stamploration criss cross stencil)

Stamps&Stencils – Floral frenzy

WOW embossing June challenge (used UTEE clear heat embossing)

Penny Black and More – Flowers power

Creativeartist Mixed media – Anything goes

Mixed media place : Linking Mixed media Door hanger and Mixed media ATC for the challenge

 

Cardmania challenge : Mixed media ATC

Beachy Theme Canvas

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After almost a month, am back to crafting and blogging today.

Today’s post is about a Beachy theme Mixed media canvas of size 9″x12″. Its my 3rd canvas and this is the larger one so far of what i did. Am just a newbie in this area of art and all your comments are much appreciated to improvise me 🙂

This is created using a wonderful moodboard at Scrap Around The World blog. Its my ever first time participating in their challenge 🙂

Its filled with such mesmerising colors and elements.

The things which caught my heart is the lovely shades of blue colors, rope, natural elements, and the quote. And so made Lost in Love canvas.

Following moodboard from 13arts is also my inspiration for the canvas, Teal, Turquoise are my fav colors and roses, dewdrops, beads are my elements in moodbaord, which caught my eyes. First time participating here 🙂

Took a primed canvas and applied texture paste using TimHoltz Bubble stencil and misted generously with Electric blue Mist and heat set it. Stamped the waves from Kaisercraft Offshore stamp set on to a thick white cardstock and fussy cut out that. Matted these on the stenciled area and so the focal point is the pic of us taken in Amping Beach, Taiwan. Made a Raffia knotted heart and kept in the pic to add little focus.

Added MDF flourishes which are primed with acrylic white and few flowers and swirls for bit interest.Sprayed Glimmer Mist Blue sheen around the focal image. Added a bottle cap filled with teeny tiny natural elements and sealed it with glossy accents.

Added blue microbeads at few places and flicked black soot distress ink. Added a wood veneer on a heart diceut at a corner of the canvas.

Finally a computer generated quote – Lost in Love added.

Hope you like it! Leave some comments as it means a lot to me.

Challenges entered:

Scrap around the world  – Moodboard

13arts – Moodboard – Challenge #29 Favorite color

Mixed Media Love Canvas

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Hi All,

Hubby left to US for presenting his Research paper and Little one is in Annual exam holidays, what better way to spend some quality time…Its always craft with endless music set on 🙂

This time, its with Mixed media canvas with my most favorite pic, taken on 2012 New year in Taiwan before our relocation to UAE. It was a surprise Professional outdoor Photoshoot arranged by our Chinese Friends and we had a great gala time posing at few lovely places at Tainan, that day.

Took a primed canvas of 8×12 size. Took tissue paper and stamped Kaisercraft’s cherish stamp in Archival ink and crumbled it and added the single ply using modpodge, on the background diagonally on the canvas creating a texture.

Then applied honeycomb stencil using texture paste on either side of canvas to create texture followed by stamping honeycomb stencil using Archival ink.

Then took lime green mist and sprayed liberally around the edges and made it to spread and then followed emerald green and heat set it. On the sides of canvas too, tissue papers are added to create textures.

The central composition is made of a picture matted under that is pearlescent pink misted cheesecloth with a heart doily diecut. All are storebought florals with the mdf chipboard florals, leaves, flowers, butterfly which are primarily gessoed and misted with strawberry pink mists. Every spray is heat set before adding more color.

The quote is a computer generated which is highlighted using black gelatos around the edges. The title is also mdf diecut which is colored using lime green chalk ink and heat set it.
Finally added few prima sugardots, Freckled fawn heart wood veneers colored with pink chalk ink. Finished the canvas using some pink mist splashes and stamping black stain stamps in archival ink.

Hope you like my second try at canvas on this month.

Supplies:

Canvas – 8″x12″ locally bought
Stencil – TH honeycomb stencil
Stamps – Kaisercraft Cherish stamp, honeycomb stamp, stains stamp
Flowers, Swirls – Locally bought
Mist-ries  from Diecuts and more – Limegreen, Emerald green,Pink pearlescent, Strawberry pink
Chalk ink – Lime green, pink
Prima sugar dots, Junkyard findings
Faber castell – black gelatos

Challenges entered :

BGC – Mixed media  (used mists, texture paste, gesso,gelatos)

Mixed Media Love Canvas

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Hi All,

Hubby left to US for presenting his Research paper and Little one is in Annual exam holidays, what better way to spend some quality time…Its always craft with endless music set on 🙂

This time, its with Mixed media canvas with my most favorite pic, taken on 2012 New year in Taiwan before our relocation to UAE. It was a surprise Professional outdoor Photoshoot arranged by our Chinese Friends and we had a great gala time posing at few lovely places at Tainan, that day.

Took a primed canvas of 8×12 size. Took tissue paper and stamped Kaisercraft’s cherish stamp in Archival ink and crumbled it and added the single ply using modpodge, on the background diagonally on the canvas creating a texture.

Then applied honeycomb stencil using texture paste on either side of canvas to create texture followed by stamping honeycomb stencil using Archival ink.

Then took lime green mist and sprayed liberally around the edges and made it to spread and then followed emerald green and heat set it. On the sides of canvas too, tissue papers are added to create textures.

The central composition is made of a picture matted under that is pearlescent pink misted cheesecloth with a heart doily diecut. All are storebought florals with the mdf chipboard florals, leaves, flowers, butterfly which are primarily gessoed and misted with strawberry pink mists. Every spray is heat set before adding more color.

The quote is a computer generated which is highlighted using black gelatos around the edges. The title is also mdf diecut which is colored using lime green chalk ink and heat set it.
Finally added few prima sugardots, Freckled fawn heart wood veneers colored with pink chalk ink. Finished the canvas using some pink mist splashes and stamping black stain stamps in archival ink.

Hope you like my second try at canvas on this month.

Supplies:

Canvas – 8″x12″ locally bought
Stencil – TH honeycomb stencil
Stamps – Kaisercraft Cherish stamp, honeycomb stamp, stains stamp
Flowers, Swirls – Locally bought
Mist-ries  from Diecuts and more – Limegreen, Emerald green,Pink pearlescent, Strawberry pink
Chalk ink – Lime green, pink
Prima sugar dots, Junkyard findings
Faber castell – black gelatos

Challenges entered :

BGC – Mixed media  (used mists, texture paste, gesso,gelatos)

Creative Blog Hop and a Canvas – First Ever Try :)

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Thank You Bhavana for nominating me for this Creative Blog Hop. It helps to know a little more about the artists and their interests.

So…Little about me…

1. What are you working right now ?

Working on a card right now in my craft space and few pending project works going on.

2. How does your work differ from others of your genre?

My card making style much inclined towards pastel shades, shabby chic and vintage kind. I love to make my own handmade florals using various dies and so my cards are florally embellished always 🙂

3. Why do you create and what you do?

Am an MPhil graduate in Toxicology and have a pulsating desire to do my PhD. Right now, SAHM of a naughty little fella, who keeps me on toes always. Learnt classical dance, veena and carnatic music, but only being in this crafter community, made me to enjoy my life amidst of my regular mundane.

4.How does your creative process work?

To me..inspirations are everywhere and in everything. It depends on the eyes of beholder.
To inspire and to be inspired by.. is my motto always.

Thats all from me!

Love to nominate two other talented crafter pals who excels in their own line. Love to know a bit more about you guys. Hope you love to continue the chain 🙂

Smita Satish and Rupa Swaninathan

And coming to my First ever Canvas. Done bit of Mixed media kind style. Rest left to you to comment.

Today is my little one’s 6th birthday and wanted to add my fave pic which we took on his 10th month at a tour at Macau near Hong Kong at 2010 New year 🙂

Very Happy Birthday Adithya 🙂

Its a 5×7 mini canvas and i gessoed down initally. Then took DCWV Luxury stack pp which has a metallic and pearlised sheen on it. Love this stack for its richess and elegance. Took the one with little blue shades and baby pink shades and light brown scrolls.

Then its pasted on the canvas using Modpodge Matt and again gessoed down to tone down the color and to pick up the mists.

Added the handmade blooms which are gessoed down and sprayed with Glimmer mist blue and diamond dust sprinkled on it edges.

The metal embellishments are Prima junkyards and the diecut Bundle of joy is distressed with Tumbled glass DI. My new stash, Tim holtz Elegant florishes are diecut from kraft CS and gessoed down a bit and added near the pic. Few CLD ivy florish leaves are diecut and their edges are distressed with tumbled glass DI . Few ink splatters in black, blue and few blue pearls to finish off.

Hope you like my attempt!

Challenges entered:

IBS #91 – used light blue and kraft

SSS- Anything goes

Creative Blog Hop and a Canvas – First Ever Try :)

~ Sathya ~ 21 Comments
Thank You Bhavana for nominating me for this Creative Blog Hop. It helps to know a little more about the artists and their interests.

So…Little about me…

1. What are you working right now ?

Working on a card right now in my craft space and few pending project works going on.

2. How does your work differ from others of your genre?

My card making style much inclined towards pastel shades, shabby chic and vintage kind. I love to make my own handmade florals using various dies and so my cards are florally embellished always 🙂

3. Why do you create and what you do?

Am an MPhil graduate in Toxicology and have a pulsating desire to do my PhD. Right now, SAHM of a naughty little fella, who keeps me on toes always. Learnt classical dance, veena and carnatic music, but only being in this crafter community, made me to enjoy my life amidst of my regular mundane.

4.How does your creative process work?

To me..inspirations are everywhere and in everything. It depends on the eyes of beholder.
To inspire and to be inspired by.. is my motto always.

Thats all from me!

Love to nominate two other talented crafter pals who excels in their own line. Love to know a bit more about you guys. Hope you love to continue the chain 🙂

Smita Satish and Rupa Swaninathan

And coming to my First ever Canvas. Done bit of Mixed media kind style. Rest left to you to comment.

Today is my little one’s 6th birthday and wanted to add my fave pic which we took on his 10th month at a tour at Macau near Hong Kong at 2010 New year 🙂

Very Happy Birthday Adithya 🙂

Its a 5×7 mini canvas and i gessoed down initally. Then took DCWV Luxury stack pp which has a metallic and pearlised sheen on it. Love this stack for its richess and elegance. Took the one with little blue shades and baby pink shades and light brown scrolls.

Then its pasted on the canvas using Modpodge Matt and again gessoed down to tone down the color and to pick up the mists.

Added the handmade blooms which are gessoed down and sprayed with Glimmer mist blue and diamond dust sprinkled on it edges.

The metal embellishments are Prima junkyards and the diecut Bundle of joy is distressed with Tumbled glass DI. My new stash, Tim holtz Elegant florishes are diecut from kraft CS and gessoed down a bit and added near the pic. Few CLD ivy florish leaves are diecut and their edges are distressed with tumbled glass DI . Few ink splatters in black, blue and few blue pearls to finish off.

Hope you like my attempt!

Challenges entered:

IBS #91 – used light blue and kraft

SSS- Anything goes

Love You card :)

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Wishing You All A Very Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂

Today’s card is DT inspiration for Cardabilities. The sponsor for this fortnight is DiesRUs. Play along to win exciting prize from our sponsor 🙂

Sketch for this time is:

Bit of mixed media kind of card. The panel is a pp from Vintage notes. Stamped kaisercraft heissian stamp and using stencil, applied texture paste on the pp and misted with pearlescent pink mist and stamped Heidi swapp script stamp randomly around the centre of pp.

Made a heart from paper cord and slightly misted with the pearlescent pink mist, Few Prima flowers around the heart with cheerylynn ivy florish leaves, pink grossgrain ribbon and few pearls as accents.

Hope you like it!

Supplies:

pp – Vintage notes
CS- Fabrino kraft cs
Die – Cheerylynn ivy florish leaf die
Flowers – Prima coffe break collection
Pearlescent pink mist
Stamp – Kaisercraft Heisian stamp
Heidi swapp script stamp
Sentiment IBS – Just because
Pearls, Pink gorssgrain ribbon from stash

Challenges:

IBS feb customer gallery – Jus because stampset

Love You card :)

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Wishing You All A Very Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂

Today’s card is DT inspiration for Cardabilities. The sponsor for this fortnight is DiesRUs. Play along to win exciting prize from our sponsor 🙂

Sketch for this time is:

Bit of mixed media kind of card. The panel is a pp from Vintage notes. Stamped kaisercraft heissian stamp and using stencil, applied texture paste on the pp and misted with pearlescent pink mist and stamped Heidi swapp script stamp randomly around the centre of pp.

Made a heart from paper cord and slightly misted with the pearlescent pink mist, Few Prima flowers around the heart with cheerylynn ivy florish leaves, pink grossgrain ribbon and few pearls as accents.

Hope you like it!

Supplies:

pp – Vintage notes
CS- Fabrino kraft cs
Die – Cheerylynn ivy florish leaf die
Flowers – Prima coffe break collection
Pearlescent pink mist
Stamp – Kaisercraft Heisian stamp
Heidi swapp script stamp
Sentiment IBS – Just because
Pearls, Pink gorssgrain ribbon from stash

Challenges:

IBS feb customer gallery – Jus because stampset