Layout Tutorial By Guest DT Halak

Hello Lovely Crafters,

A very lovely Welcome and a warm Good Morning in this cold winter.

Today in our Teaching and Learning Program we have aour Guest DT Halak Shah with a lovely Layout which she made with one paper pack. Sit back and enjoy the tutorial.

Over to you Halak,

Hello and good morning dear friends!

I'm Halak and today I have this layout to share with you.
 

Before we begin, let me list out the basic materials :

Paper Pack - Ephemera by Papericious

Round Ink Blending Tool by Papericious

Stencils :

1. Art Is - TCW

2. Labyrinth - TCW

3. Stylish Borders - Hero Arts

4. Rhapsody - Memory Box

5. Andy Skinner

Distress Inks :

Primarily used Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberries

Red striped washi tape and

Polka dotted washi tape

Inkadinkado alphabets and numbers cling stamp

Brads by Kaisercraft

A 1" circle paper punch (I've used the one by EK Success)

And lastly,

Pink beads + Sequins.

Tip: If you do not have beads, you can opt for different sized sequins too! Alternatively, micro beads / seed beads and glitter will also look fabulous!)

Okay, so, layouts... what are they? Something on the lines of a journal, layouts are meant to add an image and jot down something, (a line or two max) about that image... capture a memory and freeze it in time...

While journals can be highly personal, layouts are primarily created to be displayed. They can be framed or bound in a book, the choice is yours!

Here's a fun close up!

My layout is a 12" x 12" piece intended for framing.

Let's get started!

The first thing I did was open the paper pack and fussy-cut some elements to use as embellishments.

After that I went through the sheets and cut out some sentiments + punched out some circles using the paper punch.

Took the Andy Skinner + Hero Arts stencil and slowly started building up layers.

Why stencils?

Stencils are a great investment, because unlike embellishments, you can use the same stencils over and over again. They help give the illusion of layers and add interest to a project without actually adding bulk to paper so it makes your project look good without the added weight! Win-win!

Next, I took Labyrinth and Rhapsody stencils and added more patterns to the paper.

Tip: If you want a dimensional look, you can use modeling paste with fun ink sprays / acrylic paints!

After this, I took some alpa and number stamps by inkadinkado and lightly stamped them in the background.
At this point, I was quite happy with the way the background looked so I decided to stack up my embellishments + accessories to ascertain positioning. 

Tip: I always roughly position where I'd like to place my embellishments / accessories and click a picture to make note of it. I move around the pieces a couple of times, click pics and then pick the one I like best. It's always a good idea to plan where the embellishments and accessories go before you glue / tape them in place.

The next step was to adhere everything in it's place.
Once that was done I took a big white brad which had a lovely flower design on it and added it to my project. Also added an additional big butterfly die-cut.
Finished it off with some stenciling + added washi tape bits and adhered the beads and sequins!
I absolutely love that floral arrangement decked with beads! Here's another close-up :

But wait! If you think that was all then I have Surprise for you all
As a bonus, Here's a card I made with a very detailed coloring tutorial.

Materials used :

1. Altenew - Wild Hibiscus stamp set

2. Poppy Stamp Die - Hello Word Balloon

3. Big Shot or any other compatible die-cutting machine

4. Staedtler Luna Coloring Pencils (Set of 24)

5. Ranger Archival Ink - Black

6. Cardstock

7. Cotton swabs

8. Baker's twine (black)

9. Paint brush (I used size 0 brush)

10. And lastly, some embellishments like sequins and rhinestones

 
The first thing I did was stamp the flowers with the butterfly onto white cardstock using my favorite, archival ink by Ranger.

I also took my hello word balloon die and die-cut the sentiment I wanted to use in black cardstock.

Next I took the color pencils and colored the images.

Here you can see my quick coloring.

I took the brush and with a little water, smoothed the pencil lines. That led to this subtle water colored look.

At this point I did like how the colors blended but they were a tad too light for me. So I decided to intensify the colors a little.

Check out the image below, the flower on the bottom left is the one where I began working. The first 5 petals when you compare with the previous image, you will notice that the colors have intensified.

To achieve this all I did was color a little over the petals using the same color pencils and then smooth it using a cotton swab!

I repeated the exact same process on the other flower and the butterfly after which the image looked like this.

I only wanted the sentiment minus the bubble so I trimmed it and adhered, matted the whole thing onto navy blue cardstock, added some twine and adhered embellishments to finish it off!

Here's the finished card.

What I absolutely love about the project is the coloring bit! So how could I end this post without a close up?! ^__^ Here you go.

That brings us to an end of this post dear friends! I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and it helped you learn something new.

A special thank you to Team Rainbow Craftykari for once again giving me the opportunity to share my papercrafting experience.

Till next time! *Big Panda Hugs*

Above listed Materials are available at Rainbow Craftykari Store or you can pre-order.

Regards,
Halak

Wall Hanging Tutorial By Guest DT Vinita Jain

Hello crafty friends, 

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and this year let it fill with lots of happiness and joy to your life.

A lovely Good Morning to you all,
Today in our Teaching and Learning Program we have our Guest DT Vinita with her beautiful wall hanging with awesome Inspirational Quotations.

Over to you Vinita,

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend and welcoming the New Year 2017!! Are you ready to drive back into card making, Mixed Media project and what would be better to start featuring with some Inspirational Quotations for the whole year to decorate your room!

How to do:

Here are all 3 panels shown with details.
Firstly, I created my cardboard panel for each quote. One is for the base and one is in window form. I wanted it as a pocket letter style, as you can interchange the quotes or you can add your personal photographs in it easily.

I adhered all the window panels on the base using Fevicol. Leave the center top and inside edges of the window panel, don't glue that parts because we have to put the quote panel inside.
Applied Dylusion paint at the edges with my finger to the window panel and mixed it with white acrylic paint. 

Now peel off the upper layer of Decoupage napkin and adhered it on the paper. Be careful while applying decoupage glue to appear any bubbles at the surface. I have applied the different decoupage napkins on all 3 panels.

Using some stencils and embossing paste I created the BG on all panels, distressed the edges using vintage photo ink to create more depth. Then I applied some Distress crackle clear paint with a brush and let it be dry naturally.

Look at the shine and crackle effects in some close-up picture.

Then I took a natural twig and added a thick wire and wrapped it with double coloured yarn like we did for knitting. 

Take two equal sizes long strip of cardboard. Wrap the brown colored yarn on equal distance and make a punched hole at the top of the strip and tighten the wire along the hole and twing. Now die cut some flowers and leaf flourishes out of felt.

Die cut a sparrow out of blue colored felt and stitched it, decorate it with diamond gems and attached the floral wire to create the legs. Adhered the die cut foam nest and the sparrow on the twig.

Adhered all the flowers, handmade flowers and leaf flourishes on the twig. Decorate it with some buttons and attach a tiny bows.

Then I applied Inka gold in different colors on a MDF cutout and decorated the panel with different flowers, metal floral charm and applied some Inka gold colors on it too.

On the 2nd panel too, I did some stamping, textures and added a MDF brick cutouts to create the BG and decorated with some handmade flowers, fillers.

And the last panel is highlighted with loads of textural elements. I added a MDF flourish and embossed it with silver glitter. Attached a resin piece filled with some micro beads and embellished it with flowers, cabochons and some fillers.

Added some beads and pearls at the end. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

Supplies Used;

White cardboard 800gsm
Felt sheets- light & dark green, red, yellow, blue
Foam sheets- light & dark green, white
Yarns- brown, pink & purple
Natural twigs
Decoupage napkins
Stamp- lattice from Itsy Bisty
Stencils- TCW; Art is and mini bricks, flourishes
Dies- Spellbinders- Shapeabilites- flowers bundle, bird sanctuary, Die-namies- bird nest, Heartfelt
Dylusions paint- fresh lime,  tinton falls
Inka Gold- platinum, old gold, haematite
White acrylic colour from Fabrica
Black Archival ink
Distress inks- black soot, vintage photo, pumice stone, wilted violet
Distress stain- Antique limen
Distress crackle paint- clear rock candy
WOW Embossing powder- metallic platinum sparkle
White gel pen
Studio G glitter glue, purple glitter from Oak arts
MDF cutouts- bricks, flourishes, floral circle
Resins- Eno greetings
Other supplies- beads, wires, mulberry flowers, micro beads, cabochons, metal charms, sparkle dots, buttons, diamond stones.

Above listed Materials are available at Rainbow Craftykari Store or you can pre-order.

Thank you for stopping by.

Regards,
Vinita Jain