Indian Bling (by Anne)

Good morning. Today I am sharing a couple of my recent makes using the Indian themed stamp sets.

My first project for today is a pretty little heart hanger. Lots of bling on this one.

Materials:

• Paisley Elephant and Indian Textiles stamp sets
• White board heart (from White Board Shapes Hearts and Circles Pack), heat resistant acetate, white stamping card
• Inkpads: StazOn Ink (Jet Black), Versafine (Onyx Black), Versamark
• Sparkle pens (gold, teal blue)
• Alcohol pens (pink, yellow)
• Metallic paints (pink, gold)
• Gilding wax (gold)
• Embossing powders with glitter (turquoise, yellow, pink)
• Soft Form Relief Paste (Copper)
• Ribbon (gold), mixed beads and small metal bell, faux gems (green round, clear, blue and pink drops)

How it was done:

1. The heart was painted with pink metallic paints and edged with gilding wax. The script was stamped onto the background with StazOn and gold metallic paint.
2. Relief Paste was applied to the large background stamp and left to dry overnight. A little StazOn Ink was applied over the surface, along with gilding wax, to emphasise the texture. This was glued to the heart.
3. The peacock and sentiment were stamped with Versafine onto stamping card, coloured with sparkle pens and cut out. The sentiment was edged with black ink and attached with 3D glue gel.
4. The peacock was stamped onto acetate with Versamark and heat embossed with multiple colours of powder. A little colour was applied to the back with alcohol pens. The peacock was cut out and layered up, applied to the heart with 3D glue gel.
5. Gems were glued down with fast grab strong PVA glue.

My second project  today is a vibrant card with matching Birthday tag.

Materials:

• Indian Textiles and Paisley Elephant stamp sets, Silhouette Palaces Stencil 1 and Stencil 2
• A5 card blank, mount board tag (11 X 5cm), white stamping card (21 X 7cm), flower cut from white vellum and white card leafy sprig
• Inkpads: Versamark
• Brusho Powders (Turquoise, Leaf Green) and pigments with mica (pink, purple, yellow)
• Fine embossing powders (gold, white)
• Metallic paints (pink, gold)
• Sparkle pens (clear, turquoise, deep purple, cerise pink)
• Fine tipped markers (black, opaque white)
• Gel pens (clear glaze and gold)
• Large faux gem and sequins, organza ribbons (turquoise, lilac)

How they were made:

1. The card strip and tag were coloured with water soluble powders, dropping them onto the card and spritzing with water.
2. The palaces were stencilled with pink metallic paints. The masks were then overlaid and details added with gold paint. Extra highlights and the roof domes were also coloured with gold. The fine tipped black pen was used to draw in details and extra highlights were added with white pen.
3. Sparkling rays were added from the dome tops using clear and gold gel pens plus clear sparkle pen. Black pen was used around the edges to frame.
4. The sentiment was stamped onto the tag with Versamark and embossed with white powder. Finished with ribbons, vellum flower, leafy sprig, faux gem and sequins.
5. The border was stamped onto the card blank with Versamark, embossed with gold powder and coloured with sparkle pens. Finished with sequins for extra bling. You know that I just cannot resist!

I hope that you have enjoyed my Indian bling makes today x.