Diwali 2021 card

Hello everyone,

We are sharing Diwali card that we made this year.

We know we are late once again in posting card on our blog😅. 

We have done stencilling for the background. Love how bright and vibrant it looks. 

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-november-2021

2. Avenue 613

3. Stamplorations- November Challenge

4. Stamplorations November-stencil-challenge

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Ganesha wall hanging

 Hello friends

Sharing our Ganesha wall/ door hanging! 

We always seek blessings of Lord Ganesha before starting any auspicious ceremony! He is also known as remover of obstacles. 

We started by applying paste through the stencil and allowed it to dry. Then, used some embellishments around the frame to decorate it.

Supplies used:

Ganesha Stencil from Craftangles

Embellishments from stash

Glitter paste is a DIY version

Gold mirror cardstock from Dadarkar Arts

Colored cardstock from stash

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Pixies-snippets-playground-challenge- The strips of blue cardstock is scrap

2. Timeout

3. Crafting happiness challenge no-cards-week

4. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-nov-2020

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Diwali card

Hello friends

May the little lamps of Diwali, light-up your life with love & happiness.

Happy Diwali!

Sharing our simple card for Diwali using @varadasharma November release stamp set, colored with markers and completed with @ranganjali die.

We did ink blending over the design. Wrapped a band of vellum. Added thin strips of gold mirror cardstock. Finished off with some gold sequins. Mounted the panel on a white cardbase.

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Pixies-snippets-playground-challenge- The strips of gold mirror cardstock is scrap

2. Timeout

3. Morgans art world

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Diwali card

Hello friends

May the little lamps of Diwali, light-up your life with love & happiness.

Happy Diwali!

Sharing our simple card for Diwali using @varadasharma November release stamp set, colored with markers and completed with @ranganjali die.

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Timeout

2. Morgans art world

3. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-nov-2020

4. Stamplorations cas-challenge

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Diya Spinner card

Hello friends

 We have an interactive card using diyas (earthen lamps) from @varadasharma 

The idea for placement of the diyas came from a Rangoli that mom had put during Navratri. I (Subhashini) shared it with Chandhini to implement the idea in our card. That is when the interactive card freak in Chandhini got an idea spark to make a spinner card. Well, I couldn't say a no to her idea😅

Inspired by @ashleytucker video!! A spinner card was in our to do list for long time.

Well, many things have changed in the last few decades, we now have LED lights too. But nothing comes close to earthen lamps for Diwali, agree!!

Entering into the following challenges:

1. Krafty chicks challenge-anything-goes

2. Crafting happiness challenge

3. Allys angels

4. Allsorts challenge--celebrations

5. Simon-says-anything-goes

6. Stamplorations Belated-birthday

7. Timeout challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Stencilled Diwali Card

 Hello friends

Sharing our second Diwali card for this year. 

Diwali is synonymous with vibrant and rich colors, hence we went with these colors for stencilling with this gorgeous Floral Mosaic stencil by @mudra and combined with @itsybitsy Ornate die and @dadarkararts Gold Mirror cardstock. Photographing gold mirror cardstock was a real challenge.

We began by stencilling the design using Blueprint, Arctic and Peacock Dye inks from Craftyscrappers. The Stencil is by Mudra. We cut a Ornate die cut using Gold mirror cardstock. Then heat embossed the sentiment using Gold embossing powder. 

Supplies used- 

Floral Mosaic stencil by Mudra

Blueprint, Arctic and Peacock Dye inks from Craftyscrappers

Ornate die by Little Birdie

Entering into the following challenges:

1. Mudra-craft-challenge-36-lit-it-up

2. LPOCF

3. Crafty sentiments

4. TTCRD

5. Stamplorations-stencil-challenge

6. Pammies inky pinkies challenge

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Diwali Slimline Card

 Hello friends

Sharing our first Diwali card for this year!! 

For those who don't know about Diwali, it is an Indian festival of lights to celebrate the return of Lord Rama after 14 years of exile by lighting earthen lamps outside their home. People celebrate by wearing new clothes, distributing sweets, visiting friends and family and bursting crackers 💥 

We have tried to depict the typical Diwali night with the sky filled with fireworks  and lanterns outside house. 

Though we don't burst crackers anymore, we couldn't resist adding this lil boy enjoy his Diwali with crackers onto our card. Combining all these elements would definitely call for a Slimline Card size! So, here we are....

We did ink blending for the background using Craftyscappers dye ink pads. The boy image was stamped, watercolored and fussy cut. The Ranganjali Lantern Die was cut out from Gold mirror cardstock. To give the effect of glowing light from lanterns, we did some ink blending on vellum using Yellow ink and pasted it behind the die cut. The sentiment was heat embossed on vellum using Black embossing powder. 

We are happy with the outcome! 

Entering into the following challenges:

1. Lets create challenge challenge-164-ag/paper-strips

2. Uniko-challenge-61-anything-goesl

3. Creative fingers challenge

4. Stamplorations Belated-birthday

5. October-show-share

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Diwali Dhamaka

Hello friends
This is our first Diwali card for this year. This is the first time we have made a card we have planned in mind the same day (Haha).

We have stencilled the BG using Craftangles stencil and Craftyscrappers ink pad. We then cut the frame using paper trimmer and in-laid the cut part and assembled the shaker (this was the toughest part). Finished off with Diwali die-cut from Ranganjali. We are happy with the outcome.

Entering into the challenges:
1. Prika challenge Tic-tac-toe- We have used die-cuts, bling, inks/sprays

2. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-10

3. Creative moments
4. TTCRD
5. Crafty creations challenge
6. Wordart wednesday
7. Die Cut Divas- Fall colors
8. SS-fall-autumn-colors
9. Avenue 613
10. A perfect time to craft
11. SHOP BLOG CHALLENGE NO. 41- used fall colors

12. Crafty catz
13. Stamplorations October-stencil-challenge

14. Get creative challenge
15. October-show-share
16. Cards galore challenge
17. Paper funday challenge
18. Crafting by designs

Thank you for stopping by.
Happy crafting.
Subhashini & Chandhini

Diwali Greeting Card- Packing Tape Technique

Hello friends

Happy Diwali to everyone.

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Diwali card using Ranganjali dies

Today's post is a greeting card for Diwali, using dies from Ranganjali.  We enjoyed making this pretty cards using Ranganjali Dies. We are grateful to the Ranganjali team for offering us these dies as a part of their giveaway. It made our job simpler by using dies rather than  handwriting the sentiments. 

Packing tape technique

We have used Packing Tape Technique which we saw on Pinterest. We are elated with the outcome. We have used pretty paper from our stash, which blended very beautifully with our card and the festive theme.

Ta da..... Our Diwali card is ready!

We are linking it to the following challenges:

1. Die cut divas
2. Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 409

3. The Happy Craft Challenge
4. CraftyCatz challenge #436
5. Creatalicious Challenge #150 ANYTHING GOES
6. FFC #258
7. Creative fingers Challenge 154
8. Papercraft Business Challenge #12
9. LTCCB #28
10. MIUCB #19
11. Pennys challenge 404
12. LPOCF CHALLENGE #93
13. Wkk 44 ~ Anything Goes ~ Polkadoodles Challenge
14. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #11
15. Allsorts Week 492 - Pretty Papers
16. A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #79 - Anything Goes
17. A Perfect Time To Craft November Challenge # 11
18. Prika Blog Challenge-October-2018: “Anything Goes-Gold & Glitter”

19. Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2018 challenge

Hope you like it.
Subhashini & Chandhini

Diwali Greeting Card

Hello friends,

Hope you are all preparing for Diwali. For those who don;t know what is Diwali, it is an Indian festival, also called the festival of lights. People wait eagerly for Diwali where we exchange sweets and gifts with our friends and family.

Today's post is a greeting card for Diwali, using dies from Ranganjali. This card would not have been possible without Raga akka of Perky Hobby, who makes amazing cards. She is a good friend of ours and offered to cut the dies for us. We are grateful for her kindness.

In this card, I have drawn mandala design with glitter pen and stuck the sentiments over a piece of  red sheet. And ta da, a simple yet elegant Diwali card is ready!

Diwali card

I am linking it to the following challenges:

1.  FFC #258
2. CraftyCatz challenge #436
3. Papercraft Business Challenge #12
4. CWAA-Challenge 45
5. Die Cut Divas' November
6. TTCRD Challenge
7. Creative moments Challenge 155
8. CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #72
9. 4 CRAFTY CHICKS #427
10. Pennys challenge 404
11. LPOCF CHALLENGE #93
12. Wkk 44 ~ Anything Goes ~ Polkadoodles Challenge
13. PDE October CARDS Challenge
14. LTCCB #28
15. MIUCB #19
16. Creatalicious Challenge #150 ANYTHING GOES
17. Happy craft challenge
18. Cut It Up challenge #160 Clean and Simple
19. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #11
20. STAMPlorations November CAS Challenge


Hope you like it.
Subhashini

Earthern lamp Makeover

Hi everyone

Diwali is around the corner and I hope you have prepared your home for the festivity. Here is what we have made for Diwali, it can be used as show piece to pep up the glamour quotient of your home.

Peacock diya

Elephant diya

We have given old earthern lamps (diyas) a makeover as after years of lighting them, it turns black and can no more be used. This way we are not throwing them and giving them a new life. 

We have use Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Shilpkar Clay to give the desired shape.

Check out this envelopes that are easy to make and can be used to give money to your family and friends.
Handmade Envelopes

Check out this rangoli we made two years back. There is also a tutorial for it.
Kundan stones Rangoli

We have a tutorial, so do give it a try.

Materials Required:
Old earthern lamps (diyas)
Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Shilpkar Clay
Fevicryl Hobby Ideas Pearl colours
Golden spray paint
Golden outliner

Method:

Cleaning the lamps-
Soak old earthern lamps (diyas) in detergent water for some time. With old tooth brush, rub it well so that soot goes away. Dry well.
Mix the two parts of clay well that they are blended well.

For elephant diya-
 Now take some talcum powder in your hands and start making a small ball, elongate it to form a cylindrical shape with narrow end at one side. This will form the head of the elephant. Make 4 small cylinders of approx 1 cm length for the legs.
Now make 2 small balls and flatten them to form the ears for the elephant. 

Make a small tail, You can use fabric glue to stick them to earthern lamp. Let it dry.
Give it a coat of white acrylic paint.

Paint using colors of your choice. 

We have sprayed it with gold spray paint.

For peacock diya-
Make 8 small balls and shape them like flower petals.(This is for the feathers.) 

Now using scale or paper cutter, make lines for the feathers. 
Take some clay and shape it like long log at one end and flat and wide petal like shape at other end. This will form the neck and body of the peacock.
Now stick the body of the peacock toward the pointed end of diya using fabric glue.
Stick the feathers as shown in the picture.
Let it dry, first give it a coat of white acrylic paint  and then paint them using pearl paints.
After it dries, using gold liner, draw over the lines of feather.
If you wish, you may give it a coat of varnish. It also gives it a shine.

 Earthern lamp makeover

We are linking it to the following challenges:

1. CWAA Challenge 45
2. A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #79
3. A Perfect Time To Craft November Challenge # 11
4. Altered Eclectics
5. CGE Anything Goes Challenge #57
6. Crafty Animals Challenge 20
7. Morgan's Artworld Open Challenge #11
8. LTCCB #28
9. MIUCB #19
10. NJC October Challenge
11. Sunny Day crafting Challenge
12. Crafty Creations Challenge #377
13. Creative moments Challenge 155
14. The Crafty Addicts Challenge 53
15. TTCRD Challenge
16. Creative fingers Challenge 154
17. CraftyCatz challenge #436
18. LPOCF CHALLENGE #92
19. FFC #258
20. Crafting from the heart Challenge 226
21. 613 Avenue Challenge # 214 Anything Goes
22. Happy craft challenge
23. Prika Blog Challenge-October-2018: “Anything Goes-Gold & Glitter”


Hope you like. Do give it a try.
Subhashini & Chandhini