Happy Women’s Day: Insta Hop

March 8, 2019 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hiya Crafty peeps!

“Find the stuff that makes your soul sing and Be your own Uniquely Beautiful Self”

“The Empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.”
Today as we celebrate the International Women’s day, we are having a 3-day Instagram hop (open WORLDWIDE) to celebrate such Empowered women. Let us all come together and lift each other up!

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Over to my Project for today

“Against and Amidst of all of Odds and Obstacles in Life, Let your Soul Shine through in a Unique Way, Your Way!!

Be Unique, Be You, You are Enough!!! “

——— is the message intended to convey here… On a black gessoed and embossed focal panel, have highlighted those unique motifs with several wax layers.. Hope you got the message here 🙂

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We have 13 generous sponsors giving out awesome prizes. SWIPE to see all the sponsors. Make sure to follow them and all the rules here to be eligible to win prizes.

Rules to be followed

1) Like this post and leave a comment.
2) Follow me.
3) Hop along and follow all the hoppers.
4) Like and comment at each stop.
5) Spread the word – Tag/repost with friends (Optional but would get you another chance of winning)

Hop sequence

@aniladk (** extra giveaway**)
@deepti.visheshcollections
@quill_ish
@jasleen.cd
@mugdhagujarathi
@sdpooja
@radhikahobbycrafts
@perky_hobby
@rahmat.ccc (** extra giveaway**)
@sathyakala.23 (My IG account) (** extra giveaway**)

Remember to leave comments on all the stops. Winners will be randomly selected from the comments left on all the stops. You have until 11th March, Monday 11:59pm IST to leave a comment. Winners will be announced shortly after that. Open to all.

Unfollowers/Giveaway accounts do not qualify.

Extra Goodies from my end 🙂

Enjoy Hopping!!

Smile: Mixedmedia Canvas

March 2, 2019 ~ Sathya ~ 2 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

My little munchkin turns 10 years today and this Crafty Mom has made a canvas for him 🙂

He is one absolute sweet creative soul and many a times he encourages me to push me back to track in doing creative stuffs!!

What best I can give other than what he always wish for!

Made a canvas and gifted him…And that smile…simple loots my heart 🙂

Took a round canvas (8×8″)
Primed with white gesso
Stenciled with light paste and Mudra memory dots stencils on both sides.
Sprayed LSG sprays in the colors – Azure Sea asters, Gregarious grey and Ocean breeze blue
Stamped using Bo bunny script stamp using black archival ink.
Arranged the embellishments and florals keeping Prima Memory hardware resin frame nestled pic as focal point.
Splashed with distress ink black soot and white gesso.
Added timholtz word chitchat sentiment.
Black resin word Smile which is black gessoed and waxed slightly, added that to the canvas to bind along with the composition.
Few melange stones and prima SIC stones for the added interest.

Hope you like it!!

Linking this to following challenge:

Craftangles March challenge: Flowers

More Love your way : Mudra DT inspirations

February 18, 2019 ~ Sathya ~ 13 Comments

Dear Crafty Friends!

Am on Mudra blog today with few Love themed inspirations.

Made two CAS cards and a mixed media canvas.

Hop onto blog to view the projects.

Hope you like it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Linking to following challenges:

Linking this card to Uniko challenge: Anything goes

Mixedmedia Canvas:

1.Lindy’s gang : February Challenge:

Used LSG shimmer spray Azure Sea asters

LSG Flat fabios: Frenchy’s pink pouf

LSG Flat Fabios: T-bird Turquoise

LSG Dauber Gregarious Grey (link not found in Lindy’s shop site)

2. February Play: Shape of my Art (Used Feb art tip: Oval is my canvas, shaped embellies are added such as heart resin, chipboards of diff shapes, focal panel is rectangular etc.,)

3. Dusty Attic Feb challenge: Used following swirl chipboard from your store

Stamplorations Mixedmedia Challenge (Used Mudra Grungy effects stencil with Light paste behind the focal elements)

Love: MixedMedia Canvas: Guest Designing at HNDMD

February 8, 2019 ~ Sathya ~ 8 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

Am so excited to guest design at HNDMD blog with a Mixed media Canvas which is perfect for their current challenge Love is in the air.

Today marks my 11th Wedding anniversary and made this Canvas for my hubby as gift. As always, his smiles says it all 🙂

Hop over to blog to see the pictorial shared.

Thanks much Khyati for the awesome opportunity and Lovely GD Kit.

Thanks for looking into!!

Linking this to

More than words Feb challenge : Always+Quote

MixedMedia Layout: PPS DT inspiration

September 28, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment

Hi Friends,

Am on Pretty paper studio blog today for monthly DT inspiration.

Recently been to Bangalore during my India vacation time and happened to visit my FB friends for the first time ever. Had great crafty time and chat time with Girls gang. Just to treasure that memory, made this layout using a picture clicked on that moment.

Leaving a sneak peek here for you all here and hop over to PPS blog for complete look and pictorial.

Happy Crafting!

Linking this to Altenew Scrapbook challenge #11

Used altenew inks, Altenew crafty friends Stampset, Beautiful day stampset

Me & MiniMe Memories :MixedMedia Layout

May 27, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ 13 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

Am here today with a mixed media layout using one of my favorite selfie with my little one for the current MTW challenge themed Frame and Memories. I couldn’t resist and so added mine before the challenge ends.

This Layout uses Itsy Bitsy’s in-house production brand, Little Birdie products.
Took 2 12×12 designer paper form the pack, Cottage Lace, one for the base layer and another one for fussycutting all pretty roses.
Centrally applied Prima white crackle paste and splashed series of sprays in pinks and browns.
Layered the pic with a chipboard frame and made a floral spray around it using Little Birdie floral collection.
The flourishes chippies are heat embossed in Zing -Green Ep and layered with the floral spray among the fussy cut roses.
Some random stamping around the focal elements using Black archival ink and Momento rich cocoa ink.
Added another 2 frame chippies (hidden under resin icon) and made a cluster with feather, and fussy cut elements, and added the prima resin icon : Memories
Sentiment stickers were added near to focal elements.
Art stones were added near the embellishments.
Generous splashes of pink and browns with final splash of white gesso to balance all.
Few enamel dots added as accents.

Hope you like it!!

Supplies Used:

Prima Finnabair White Crackle paste
Prima Finnabair White gesso
Prima Finnbair 3D Matt gel
Prima Finnabair Artstones and Mini artstones
Prima Resin Icon : Memories

Little Birdie: Cottage Lace

Little Birdie : Handmade flowers

Little Birdie : Primed Chipboard

Linking to following challenge:

Morethanwords challenge: Memories and Frame (Added a chipboard frame around the pic and other 2 smaller chipboards under Prima resin icon: Memories)

Mixedmedia place: May challenge I have been inspired by the pastel pink shades of the florals and the bicycle always makes me nostalgic of some good old memories of past.

MixedMedia Textural Backgrounds

April 10, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ 2 Comments

Hi friends,

Today am sharing two Mixedmedia canvases at Mudra blog.

Hope you enjoy as much as i love doing it.

Shared stepwise procedure for both of the canvases.

Leaving a sneak peek here for you all…Hope over to Mudra blog to view full projects and tutorials.

MixedMedia Heart Canvas : PPS DT Project

February 20, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ 9 Comments

Hi Friends,

Am on PPS blog today with a new post. Yes this time with a MixedMedia Heart Canvas, using double 6″ square canvases.

Just hop onto the blog to view all the pics and procedures.

Hope you like it as much as i love doing it!!

Linking this to following challenge:

More than words Feb challenge: Forever &Heart (“Forever” reminded me of my Mom’s Love and so used her pic as focal point for this. Made Heart using Artstones and used a Finnabair metal heart as embellishment there. She has come to Dubai for my 10th wedding Anniversary and so made this Double canvas as gift to her. )

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Tales of Us – MixedMedia Heart

February 8, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ 6 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps!

Today is my 10th Wedding Anniversary and What more to make it more special than making a handmade. As always, Love making handmade gifts on my wedding day!

Absolutely love clicking the project, as much as i love doing it 🙂

Took 10″ heart mdf.
Matted with Tales of You &Me designer paper.
All the floral embellishments from Prima and all art ingredients from Finnabair line of products.
The couple chipboard is from Papericious, India.

Supplies:

Finnabair Clear Gesso

Finnabair Light paste

Prima Grunge grid stencil

Prima Tales of You & Me pp

Prima Tales of You & Me chipboards

Prima heart resin

Prima Flowers collection

Prima texture stamps

Bobunny script stamps

Flourish chipboards

Papericious Background chipboards

Papericious Couple chipboard

Laces

Enamel dots

DCAM Pearlescent Pink blush, Brown

Linking this to current challenge

More than words Feb challenge (Used Heart Mdf, Prima heart resin, heart chipboards, Forever sticker and stamp)

Make a Wish : Mixed Media Canvas

January 16, 2018 ~ Sathya ~ 12 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

Back again with a second post for today!

Made a super quick Mixed media canvas for my Sister, who’s celebrating her birthday today 🙂

Absolutely loved her pics, especially these which were hoarding for a while now…made its way into this canvas.

Took 8×10 canvas, white gessoed it completely
Sprayed LSG sprays in the colors coral, blue and sand on the edges of the canvas.
Collaged the pics with tags, designer papers.
Added textures with stenciling, heat embossing.
Added the floral sprays and ephemeras, and other embellishments.

Few close up shots to show detailings :