Color,flowers,Sequins

Hello,

I am back again with another canvas.Okay,before I show you what it looks like, I must say that it might look very similar to the other canvas that I made here.There is a reason behind that, the dressform canvas has been snagged by my friend and I loved the colours that I used there a lot, so I have tried to create another one with a somewhat similar background.No, I am not in a rut, is what I wanted to convey.:-)

Anyhow, here it is. I made this as an inspiration project for Crafter's corner blog.This month we are showcasing distress paints and Crafter's workshop templates, so I figured what better way than to create an altered canvas.

Super bright and colourful,right? I just went nuts with the flowers here.I have to admit it took me a while to get the background right.Too much fiddling, spraying,covering up with gesso etc happened till I was fairly okay with it.I busted out my Colorwash sprays for this which i have been hoarding for a year I think.:-)

I used some sequins on this one inspired by the Let's Get trendy now! 3 theme for day 2 -Sequins..I tried not to go overboard with those.lol

Here are some closeups

Hope you like this.Would love to hear from you.

Cheers
Pallavi

 

Goodbye Shabby,Hello Vintage!

Hello,

Question for the few people who follow this blog.Are you fed up with all the pinks and the blues and the flowers already?If your answer is yes, then you might like today's project.:-)

This is my DT project for the June challenge for Crafter's Corner blog.The theme this time, is gift wrapping ideas/boxes/bags etc and you need to create a coordinating tag.We also had to use distress paints/stains and stencils.This is what I made.

It's a gift box which I learned how to make from a tutorial here.It was easy and fast to make.Now, you want to know where the tag is, right? Or maybe you don't.I will still tell you though.Remember my blog and all that stuff.

Here is the tag.Ta da!

The tag is the decoration for the box too and is attached to the belly band with a magnet.You can remove it and write whatever you want at the back and fix it back in.There's some stencilling on the box as well as the tag and distress stains in vintage photo and Antique Bronze on the tag.I tried layering this time which is a bit scary for me, but I think I managed okay.What do you think?

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.

Cheers
Pallavi

 

Fastest tag I ever made and some self admiration

Hello,

First of all I want to brag a little bit.I am allowed, right, considering this is my blog.

So, my projects won/made the top three at two challenges.Yay! First one was at Tsunami Rose Designs Challenge Blog for my White and sparkly card and at Whimsical designs blog for my Altered Embroidery hoop.

Okay so now that is done with,on to other things.Did I tell you how big a procrastinator I am? Yes,that's true.I have a tendency to get bored very easily and get distracted ALL the time.Here's a story. I was given the honour to be a Guest designer for Artists's week at Down the Memory lane blog.I did do a project specifically for them, but then I submitted it for another challenge and after discussion with Nupur, did not think it was fair to showcase the same thing at million different places.All this thought process occured on the very day that I had to send in the pics of course.Not surprisingly, I already had deadlines for two other projects, so I had to whip up something in a jiffy and here is what I came up with.

I think I was done in 20 minutes excluding the die cutting and drying time.The window thingy on the tag is my newest die and an impulse purchase as usual.Have to think of various things to do with it to justify my purchase, so don't blame me if you see them over and over again.Heh heh..


Hope you like this.Let me know if there are any questions.

Cheers
Pallavi

Altered project- Again!

Hello hello,

Wanted to show you a wine bottle I altered recently.I did this for a challenge/DT call run on youtbe.It has a ton of texture and glitter.

Since the person who I was trying for owns a lace shop,I decided to use lace to cover up the bottle.I also used some texture paste and stencilling.You can hardly make it out and its not the best stencilling job I have ever done,but it just merges in with the lace,so no harm done

Love the background.Used distress paints for the first time and like the results.Smooth and not shiny and plasticky.ALso embossed with silver glitter and some random stamping.

Here are a few more closeups

Have you had enough of the pictures?lol.By the way,I also have a youtube channel,much ignored most of the time,but I did make a video of this.Here it is.End of shameless promotion.heh heh

Looking forward to hear your comments,good or bad.

Entered for Whimsical Designs Recycle it challenge
Cheers,
Pallavi
 

She left beauty wherever she went ...

Hello

Wondering who she is?No,it's not me.I leave a mess wherever I go.This post is about an altered canvas I recently finished.Take a look

I love the background colours.Some acrylic paints,splatters ,some texture paste,some clear seed beads,random stamping and a healthy dose of glitter is what maketh a cool background.

I also coloured the stencilled area with pearlescent watercolours.New fascination.Want to use those everywhere.

Some closeups are in order,right?

Have a happy day.

Cheers
Pallavi

Sparkle and glitter

Hello

What is everybody up to? Surviving the heat well? I must say, I am a bit relieved with the weather here lately.At least it's breezy and not as suffocating as it was a couple of weeks back.

Now that the small talk is over, let's talk about the project I want to share.Another card, and this time I went for white and silver, inspired by the challenge at Itsy Bitsy.I had to will myself not to use any flowers or flourishes here.I did end up using some flowers, but thankfully they are flat.

For the base panel, I used some vellum and heat embossed it in Silver with a script stamp.Totally loving vellum! Need to buy more !I have used punches,Circle dies lace and pearls for the embellishments.The smallest heart is also heat embossed vellum.Again.I LOVE Vellum!

Here are a few more pics

I hope you like it.Your feedback is welcome.See you soon.

Entering it for the following challenges

Itsy Bitsy Pristine Sparkle Challenge

Tsunami Rose Designs Challenge #21 -Cards

Cheers,
Pallavi

 

Experiments with my brand spanking new dies :-).

Hello,

How is everybody?I was planning to call this post DO or DIE,lol.I changed it at the last minute.Recently,I finally gave way to my temptation of buying a die cutting machine.Applause, Applause, Applause! After that, all I have been doing is just blowing away my money buying expensive dies.Hussena had warned me that once I start getting into die cutting,I won't be able to control myself from buying things and I was secretly gloating, saying that's not going to happen with me, complimenting myself on my self control etc.Ha! the joke is on me.Hussena,you were so right!lol

Anyhow,I tried a card and I made it for a post at Crafter's Corner blog to showcase the Edgeabilties dies.For details on what I used and how it was done, you can go here.

I know that the card doesn't look like anything special in the photo,but it looks quite pretty in real.I love the embossed vellum and the vellum diecuts.

Hope you like it too.

Cheers
Pallavi