Mix Media Inspiration: Diwali Diya

Oct 24, 2016
2 min read

Hello craft lovers,

Today we have a new face among ourselves. She is Pooja Sharma from Let's Get Craftyy, with her mixed media creations. Welcome Pooja! Now, lets head over to see what she has created. It may provide some ideas for our current challenge theme-"Traditional", and specifically on Diwali based crafts.

Hello to all,

I am Pooja, I am glad to be a guest today on Ranganjali’s blog. I am presenting some colourful creations on Diwali theme created using Ranganjali’s Diwali Diya Stamp Set. The first one is a layout and the second one is a greeting card.

Layout

I decided to upcycle some scrap paper pieces for these projects. We all have scrap pieces, however once in a while we get some ideas where these pieces can be used perfectly. First, I stamped with Rangoli stamp from the Diwali Diya stamp set in black archival ink. I used distress inks- Wilted Violet and Vintage Photo as planned to have antique look.

On another piece, I used Wow embossing powders and heat embossed a half of the image. After that, I applied Wilted Violet in the center, and little yellow and Gold of Inca Gold on sides. I stamped some Diya from the same stamp set and painted with watercolours. I drew, painted and cut a girl’s image to go with the theme.

Once I had all the pieces ready, I assembled them. I used three yellow papers pieces and distressed their edges. I die cut a yellow paper using Spellbinder’s Labels Twenty Two. As a base, I re-used an old red card.

So here is the complete look of the layout.

Greeting Card

This, next one is a layered card.

For this, I have used a negative diecut piece left from the above layout to give a window like look. I added another piece of yellow paper in an arch shape to give additional depth to the window and added little flowers on it. I have used a remaining piece of purple sheet as a background for the window. Again, I have used the same stamp set to create Diya images and to stamp sentiments as well as Aum and Shree symbols.