Colourful & Festive: Diwali Greetings
- Sep 9, 2018
- 3 min read
Hello everyone,
I am Ishani from Quillish and am here to get you in the festive mood for Diwali. It is an honour to be guest designing for Ranganjali and I thank them for giving me the opportunity to be part of the launch of the amazing festive dies and introduction of Stardust sequins, jewels & shaker bits (not just sequins!!).
I must admit that I have been missing dies for Indian festivals. Diwali is the time of spreading love and happiness and how wonderful it would be if the happiness were handmade. The three dies that are being released is all that you need to get your projects to the next level! And not to forget those amazing sequins. Also, Ranganjali store has amazing range of heavy cardstock with specific nomenclature like brights, primaries, pastels etc. you can have a look here. They go wonderfully with the festive theme. Let me show you the three cards I have for you.
Card 1
I loved the Ornamental Diya. oh I just love it! The intricate design, the well thought out divisions in the die makes it so versatile. I made a card with it and now am planning to frame it to be given as a gift for Diwali!
I cut the diya out of different cardstocks and layered the cutouts. You see how intricate the design is? But despite that intricacy, the die cut like butter! And came out of the die perfectly. I sponged rays to appear as if coming from the diya and voila, my card was done! Super quick and easy. This die is going to be a hit this Diwali season.. I just know it!
Card 2
My next card is more of a clean and simple card. I think any project with the festive lantern die wouldn’t need any paraphernalia, it can be made colourful itself. We call these lanterns - Kandeels and they are always so colourful.
I die cut with different colour cardstock for every window to have a different colour and I loved that, about this die. You can actually make it as colourful as a real lantern. The flowy jhallar (Sorry, I don’t know the English for it) is just wow, makes them look like they are moving with the wind. I have used the Northern light sequins for this card, they just bring the card together with their bling! For the sentiment I used Happy Diwali sentiment from Ranganjali’s Lotus of Prosperity stamp set. What a fabulous set that is.
Card 3
The sequins mix needed a place to be showcased. I thought that in a shaker card, the effervescence and the sparkle will not be showcased properly. So I did a bokeh background for these jewels to make the Happy Diwali wishes as sparkly and shiny as Diwali is. I have used Northern lights sequins and the Happy Diwali Die. I love the Devanagiri style of ‘Happy’ with the ‘shirorekha’, how cool and yet, traditional.
I hope you like this amazing new release. The possibilities with these dies are endless. I am planning to make small gift boxes for Diwali with them. Perfect to send some sweets and dry fruits in, for the neighbours, right? I hope you are inspired to make your Diwali projects with this amazing release and I am sure you'll love these too!
Now the fun part; Ranganjali will be giving away all three dies as a bundle to one lucky winner. Leave a comment on this and other Diwali die related blog posts. Winner will be announced on 15th Sep, 2018.
Cheers,
Ishani
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