Ken Oliver Liquid Metals Review (Guest Designing for Lulupu)

Hey Friends & Crafty Peeps,
This is Riti Poddar here today on The Lulupu Blog and am Super Excited & Happy to be Guest Designing!! Thank You Karuna & the entire team of Lulupu to have given me this wonderful opportunity to showcase my work & style using the "Ken Oliver - Liquid Metals"

I will not be going into further details about the product as My fellow Crafter Jaya Raghuvanshi has already Posted about the same in details. If you missed her post here is the link. 

I made a few projects using thes fabulous Liquid Metals.. 

And I Have a Video Tutorial for you all at the end of this post !

My 1st project is this pretty Watercolored Card:

I have Used my Ken Oliver Liquid Metals to watercolor the heat embossed image from Altenew Stamp Set - Persian Motifs

The colors blend in beautifully with one another. Not only with the Liquid Metals , but they also blend beautifully with the Ken Okiver Color Bursts!! And once the image dried up the results were just superb.. The shimmer was so pretty!

My Next Project was this beautiful Wine  Bottle that I altered. 

I used my Ken Oliver Liquid Metal - Copper on the bottle. My first step was to Wash & remove the Label from the Wine Bottle with warm soapy water. Next I prepped the bottle with multiple coats of Gesso. Once Dry, .I Squeezed the Liquid Metal in Copper along with American Crafts Gold Paint onto my Bottle Surface & allowed it to drip & used my Stippling brush to cover the desired areas on the bottle to give it some texture!! Once  was happy with the coverage, I dried it using my Ranger Heat Gun !
Lastly, I adhered some SOS Peso Flowers (Fabric ones), A Semi-Precious Stone Pendant with a chain and tied some Jute string around the Neck of the bottle !! And I was done !! It looks far better in Real Life...the Sheen from the Liquid Metal, on the bottle was just so brilliant !!

Lastly I made this Mixed Media Canvas

I enjoyed using My Ken Oliver Liquid Metals so very much & This Canvas is 

So special to me !! Check out the Video below to know how I made this Canvas from Start-to-finish!!

Hope you All Enjoyed these projects !!

Would Love to Get your Valuable Comments & Suggestions,

Please Feel Free to ask if you have any queries about these projects,

I'll be more than Glad to answer them !

Have a Lovely Day !

Hugs,

Riti 

Guest Designing at Tic Tac Toe Challenge 7

Hey Friends, I am Guest Designing for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #7 !!!

Hi Friends !! I am Riti Poddar and I'm so excited & honored to be here as the Guest Designer. I'm from India & I have been crafting since I was a little girl. I enjoy Paper Crafting of all kinds..from Card Making to Scrapbooking, Altered Art to Mixed Media I love them all! I love trying out New Techniques with different types of Inks, mediums & other supplies!!  I also have found my New Love in Planners.. and I just bought one for 2016 and I'm loving it !



Well for the Current Challenge I Chose the Top Most Row with 'Bunny + Pocket + Tag'

 and I came up with this Huge Tag !!

The Tag measures 8"x 5"...I told ya it's a Huge Tag !! I cut it out from a heavy chipboard.

The die cuts - Bunny, Flowers & Carrot have been cut on my Cricut Expression, using the 'Create A Critter' Cartridge. I pop dotted the layers for the extra dimension & also distressed it using my distress inks. I did some doodling on them using my Signo White & Black Gel pens to add some interest ! The pocket has been hand drawn & cut using some pattern papers from my stash !

I also added some Faux Stitched Lines using my Gel Pens all around the Pocket & Tag.

I stamped the Sentiment from the Oh Deer" Clear Stamp Set from 'Your Next Stamp'

using my Opaque White Stazon Ink. I also added a little Pink Cardstock & punched it using my Martha Stewart All over the Page Punch - 'Bubble Bath' & added a couple of twine for the bow!!

Lastly I added a cute button on the bow to finish my Tag!!

This was so much fun to make. I hope you like it & will take this challenge !! 

get your crafty hats on & take the plunge...

Good Luck everybody...can't wait to see what you all come up with !!

Do leave me some love & don't forget to Check out & Leave More Love on the rest of the inspirations!! 

Have a Happy Crafty Weekend !!

Hugs & Love,

Riti 

Gracielle Design New Release & Giveaway

“It is time for a new blog hop featuring Graciellie Design’s Digital Stamp. You must have found your way here from Lisa's Blog. If not, then go to the Beginning of the Hop here ! 

Gracie’s stamps are so versatile and today I have the chance to share a card with you using one of her new sets called "Guide the Helm”. 
This is what the Stamp Set looks like : isn't it just Beautiful !?!

 

The minute I saw this Stamp I knew I wanted to create a CAS card using this pretty Image of the Helm & flowers.

I printed out Several sheets of this image on a Glossy Cardstock using my Laser Printer . I used a couple of the print outs for fussy cutting the flowers and I used another one on my navy layer. I used a Navy Cardstock & scored a border all around leaving ¼” margins at regular intervals.

This gave me a clean & crisp background for my Image !

On the Main Printout I double Pop Dotted the Top-Most flower to give it maximum dimension & then using a single pop-dot I mounted the flower on the left for medium dimension. In this manner I had 3 flowers in 3 different dimensions. Take a closer look here...

My last step was to mount this Navy Layer on a 6”X6” White Card !!

I hope you liked this simple & easy to make card with lots of dimension !!

I have another project for you using another Awesome Digi Stamp by Gracielle Design’s April Release. It’s called “ The Journey” and It’s my Most favourite of this release !!
This is what it Looks like :

For this Art Journal Page,

I prepped it up using a thin layer of Gesso & then used my Design Memory Craft Gelatos to add color to the background. Once I was happy with my background I used my ‘Dreamweaver – Glossy White Embossing Paste & TCW – ‘Mini Chevron Arrows’ Stencil by Balzer’s Designs to give some stencilled effect. My next step was to randomly stamp using ‘Jet Black- Archival Ink” & the postal images using “Blue Fern Studios” Stamp set – Postal Textures and also to create the stamped border around the Page  !!

I also stamped some leaves at the bottom of my page –“E5568” from Impression Obsession (Leaves) & outlined it with my Faber Castell PITT Brush Pen.

Next I used the “Bird Image & the Sentiment by Gracielle Design (printed on a glossy cardstock on my Laser Printer) & adhered it on the art journal page using Gel Medium in Matte by Ranger. Once dry, I used my Gelato - "Chocolate" to outline the adhered images & smudged it using my finger.

Lastly, I distress the edges using Gelatos & I was done !! It was so much fun creating this page using this pretty bird image...

Do leave some Love in the comment section below if you liked what I created with these awesome stamps !!

Now Hop on to the Next Blog at Lee-Anne's to check out her creations !!  Don’t forget to check out what the other crafters have created using the New Release here...& leave  some Love on their Blogs too !!

This and other new digital stamp sets can be found at Graciellie Design’s shop HERE.

 If you want to check out last month’s release and inspiration blog hop click here. 

“GIVEAWAY: 

 For a chance to win a new digital stamp set of your choice from Gracie’s shop comment on the blogs listed below. I’m sure their cards will inspire you!

GraciellieDesign 

Donna Phelan

Karen

Autumn

Lisa F.

Riti Poddar

Lee-Anne Cross

The giveaway will run for a week and Gracie will announce the winner on her blog, so don't forget to subscribe to her newsletter HERE.” 

Good Luck To YOU ALL !! 

Thank You for stopping by,

Have A crafty Day ahead !! 

Hugs,

Riti 

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GDT for Happy Little Stampers

Hello Friends,
How have u all been ? Sorry for being MIA! Life's been a little too hectic for me lately !
But when I got an email from Loll asking me if I would like to play the GDT for their September Challenge at Happy Little Stampers, I couldn't say NO !
I was super excited to join in... Thanks Loll for the chance ! Check out all the fantastic Cards by the DT members & Don't forget to take this super fun "Colouring" challenge here.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and came up with this cute lil 'BUNNY' card for the September - COLORING' challenge !
Take a look at my card here..

Take a closer look at the Bunny carrying the Cake.

Supplies Used

Watercolor Paper by Ranger

Bunny With Cake Stamp - Wild Rose Studios

Distress Markers - for water coloring

Faber Castelle - Watercolor Pencils

Glossy Accents

Wink of Stella - Clear

Versafine - Onyx Black Ink

Hero Arts - Shadow Ink - Soft Granite

Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Circle Dies

Signo - White & Red Gel Pen

Sakura - Black Jelly Roll Pen

I hope you like this CAS, watercolored Card ! Thanks for stopping by ! 

Please  stop by here to enter the "September Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers" !

Hugs,

Riti

Guest Designing for Sparkle with Prima Blog Hop at Lulupu Day 5 !

Hello Hello Hello Crafty Peeps,
Today I have something Very Exciting & Fun to share with you all...or should I say "Yummy Stuff" !
But before I tell you about my Sparkly Prima Project I wanna welcome you all to the Day #5 of "SPARKLE WITH PRIMA BLOG HOP" at Lulupu - The Craft Lounge Blog!! 

Yay I'm so excited to be a part of this Fun Hop along with so many amazingly talented crafters. 
I hope you all are having a super dose of Prima Goodness.

You must have arrived at my Blog from my Friend Deepti's Blog. I Loved her Card that she made using the Lovely 'Forever Green Collection' Papers !! 

If you're lost or have joined the Blog Hop Mid Way then don't worry.

You can start over at Lulupu's Blog here!!
Loads of Prizes to be won !! So don't forget to hop along & also participate in the current challenge.
For more details please check out the Lulupu Blog !

As soon as I laid my eyes on the New Collection by Prima...I just had to have them all from Papers to Wood Icons, Stickers to ATC cards, New Texture Pastes to Shimmer etc.....
I called for all the New Collections - The Epiphany, Forever Green, The Secrets of the Cigar Box & The Coffee Break"
The minute I saw the COFFEE BREAK Collection...... I couldn't stop myself & made this Mini Album using a whole bunch of things from the same Collection !! 
I call my Mini Album - "Coffee à la mode"
Caution : It's a Picture Heavy Post !!! So sit back, Sip your fav Coffee and enjoy !!

Well Friends, this is not all !!

I have a Surprise for you all !! There is a Video for you all with "A WALKTHROUGH TO MY COFFEE A' LA MODE !

Check it out here

I had a BLAST making this.. I hope you all enjoyed it.

If you liked it then please do leave some comments...Like & Join my Blog for some more Fun Projects !

Supplies Used :

White Cardstock 300 GSM

Prima Coffee Break A4 Paper Pad

Prima Coffee Break 6x6 Paper Pad

Prima Coffee Break 3D Stickers

Prima Coffee Break Ephemera Pack

Prima Coffee Break Wood Icons

Prima Coffee Break 4x6 ATC Journaling Pad

Prima Coffee Break 3x4 ATC Journaling Pad

Prima Coffee Break Clear Stamps - One

Prima Chalk Edgers - Old Rose, Teal Damask

Prima Flowers from my stash

Prima Vine from the Hello Pastel Collection

Prima Color Bloom Sprays - Soft Teal 

Prima Junkyard Findings - Metal Plate 

Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Memento Ink - Rich Cocoa

Doily,Adhesive Backed Pearls, Brads, Eyelets - from my stash

Enamel Dots by My Minds Eye

Martha Stewart Eyelet Doily Border Punch

                      

Your Next Hop will be over to Jaya's Blog. Another Super Talented Crafter who has created magic using Prima Goodies !

Thank You Lovely Friends for stopping by....
hugs & smiles,
Riti :o)

Sneak Peak at my entries for Lulupu - The Craft Lounge's Challenge for June as the GDT !

Hey Friends,

I'm so happy to be a GD at Lulupu for the month of June.

Here is a sneak peak at the cards that I made for their challenge #13 : Lady stamp a Lot.

For more deets please visit their challenge blog here. Stay tuned for the complete pics of the cards I made !!

Happy Crafting,

Hugs,

Riti

Guest Designer at Jessica's Shaque from July 13th to Aug 12th!!

Hello Friends,
Today I have some very exciting news that I'd like to share with you all here. I'm so Happy to be on Jessica's Craft Shaque as a Guest Designer from July 13th to Aug 12th. It's such an honor to be a part of her awesome shaque. Thank You wonderful Blend -Jess, for letting me showcase my work on your Blog. It's an awesome feeling. I'd made a Vintage Card which got showcased along with some other's which Jessica Picked. Here are the cards that were showcased at her Shaque !!

 

Jessica asked me a few questions about myself & crafting..do check out this post for further details.
Jess and I share a lotta things in common like all Crafty Friends.

A little bit about me & Jessica-I'm so happy that We both LOVE UNITY STAMPS & are SIMPLY CRAZYYYYYYY ABOUT THEM. IT'S UNITY STAMPS THAT UNITES US A LOT OF TIMES. JESSS....DON'T WE JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE UNITY?!?!? 

 I even WON the 500 Followers Candy recently and Guess what was she giving away as the Prize ?? A Kit Of The Month by Unity Stamps.. (Feb 2012) Yoo Hooo !!!



 She helped me sort out a lot of them, through their individual sets, from the 100 Random Stamps that I won. Thank You once again Jess, for being the most - wonderful Blend ever. I wish I had an Blogger Award, so that I could pass it on to you!! I'm also Super Happy for her to have reached 500 Follower & more.. Wishing you many more Followers on your Shaque.


Also Friends Jessica & her Hubby Lance have entered the Cutest Couple at Cleveland Contest. Do Vote for them, and give them a chance to win a Wedding Ring !! Here's the link to the Contest at FB! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE !!! PLEASE DO GO & VOTE FOR THEM.... 

Don't forget to check out her amazing work & her love for crafting on her blog here !! I'm sure You'll love her work.

Hugs,
Riti :o)

Guest Designer & a Christmas in July Card !

Hi Friends..
Today I have some excellent news to share with you all. I'm super Happy to be a part of the Designing Team at Get Hippity With Ippity Blog along with other Very Talented Designers, as a Guest Designer. It's a Great Honor & a Moment of Pride for me to be on it. Especially for my favorite Brand of Stamps - Unity !!

Supplies Used:

Pattern Paper - from my stash

Snowflake  & Tag Die Cut - from a Rak

Stamps - Pain and Pride {ippity} by Unity Stamp Co.

Challenges Entered :

Crafty Sentiments Design - (Christmas in July) ends July 17th

HUGS,

Riti