Colourful Inspiration: Lotus of Prosperity
- Oct 27, 2016
- 4 min read
Hello!
Today we have another talent guest designing for us. We are welcoming Deeplaxmi from Kraftkutir to share her take and ideas on our Diwali Stamp Sets. We are big fans of her work and I am sure you will be too, after reading through and astonished by simple yet elegant end results.
Now over to Deeplaxmi.....
Hello everyone! I am so super excited to guest design for Ranganjali today. I will be sharing my review of Ranganjali stamps and all the fun things I made with them. I have used Auspicious Beginnings and Lotus of Prosperity stamp sets to create these projects.
The Lotus of Prosperity has three different lotus stamps and some buds and leaves to match. These lotus stamps will be great for water colouring and ink blending. The sentiment included in the stamp set makes it really special as Diwali is just around the corner. You can also use the sentiment for New Year cards.
The second stamp set Auspicious Beginnings is a mix of many traditional elements. This will be great for Diwali, House warming as the name suggests all auspicious beginnings. I especially love the beautiful Kalash in this stamp set.
Now the common points for both the sets. These are 4X8in large stamps sets and provide a variety of large to small elements. These can be used not just for cardmaking but also for scrapbooking, invitations, shagun envelopes etc. Possibilities are endless. The thing I loved the most is they made a clear crisp impression in one go. Not only the first time I used the stamp but also on watercolour paper. This eliminates the efforts of re-stamping to get the crisp image.
So let’s get started with the projects.
Let me tell you this is a shagun envelope which can be used as a gift card holder too.
Here first I stamped the largest lotus stamp on the (**Spoiler alert**) Ranganjali's ultra smooth 300 gsm cardstock with versa mark ink. Stay tuned to Ranganjali's Facebook page for full reveal of some exciting new additions to the store soon.
(My tip on heat embossing- Never do one at a time, I stamped 15). Then heat embossed them with Ranger white embossing powder. Using distress inks Picked Raspberry and Scattered Straw I did the ink blending. Fussy cut those beautiful lotuses with a tiny bit edge all around. Then I made the envelope using the wood grain textured cardstock with envelope punch board. Envelope is 5X5 inches in size. Last step tied a pink satin ribbon to the envelope and assembled the lotuses on the ribbon itself. To finish it up added Ranganjali clear dew drops and Happy Diwali sentiment embossed on vellum. That is it.. quick and elegant.
The next one is my favourite.
This a simple Diwali card easy to mass produce still very modern. Here I just randomly stamped small and medium size lotus images and happy Diwali stamp on a Canson watercolour paper using versa fine onyx black ink. I am amazed how beautifully these stamp on watercolour paper. After letting it completely dry I coloured them with ink smooching technique.
It is a simple technique where you smear distress inks on an acetate sheet spray it with water and take it to the image. It will give you a very random watercolour effect with very less efforts. I have used Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry distress inks. To finish it off foam mounted the panel on a dark brown card stock. Done... Didn’t I say its super quick.
This one is for special people ;)
Remember I stamped and coloured many lotus images when I made the first projects. Here I used them all. First created a pop up to go inside the main card. Assembled all the lotuses and leaves on each layer of pop up using foam tape and glossy accents. Added lots of clear dew drops and Shubh Dipawali sentiment embossed in Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder. Then I pasted the whole assembly inside a folded card made from Ranganjali ultra smooth 300 gsm cardstock. Check out the full surprise in this short video!
To finish it off created a band with vellum and edged it with same embossing powder. Added some more lotus images and done. This one took time but I am happy with the beautiful result!
This one is the bonus.
It’s not just cards that you can make from these stamps ;) Made this super quick cell phone cover insert within just 15 minutes. I used distress inks Black Soot, Seedless Preserve and Picked Raspberry to create beautiful ink blended background on Ranganjali ultra smooth 300 gsm cardstock. Speckled it with little water to create some interest. Then heat embossed the lotus images with Ranger Gold embossing powder. Cut it to size of your cell phone and insert into a clear cover. Here you go a personalized cell phone cover in 15 minutes. People will ask you where did you get it from :
That is it for today. I really hope this inspired you. Get up and create something for this Diwali using these beautiful stamps. Thank you Ranganjali for this wonderful opportunity.
See you soon.
Cheers!
Deeplaxmi
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