{"id":290,"date":"2018-10-17T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/celebrating-blue\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:21:35","slug":"celebrating-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/celebrating-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThe Navratri festival is being celebrated in full swing all over India right now.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nToday, we celebrate the colour blue!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor my first card, I used the fireworks stamp from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-happy-diwali-ctps9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles Happy Diwali stamp se<\/a>t, to stamp and heat emboss with blue embossing powder, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/papers\/cardstock-pads-and-sheets\/craftangles-cardstock-12-by-12-250-gsm-set-of-10-sheets-navy-blue-ctc-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles navy blue card stock.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI just love the effect.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then stamped and silver embossed the sentiments from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-diwali-sentiments-ctps71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Diwali sentiments&#8217; stamp set<\/a> on<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/papers\/cardstock-pads-and-sheets\/craftangles-paper-vellum-white-a4-180-gsm-set-of-5-sheets-ctvwa4180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles vellum,<\/a> and adhered it to the card panel.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI adhered this to a light blue card base made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/index.php?route=product\/search&amp;search=cardstock&amp;description=true&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles cardstock<\/a>, to finish the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nSuper simple and easy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blue-fireworks.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1134\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blue-fireworks.jpg\" width=\"303\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the second card, I created a mandala using the little diya stamp in the&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-diwali-sentiments-ctps71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Diwali Sentiments&#8217; stamp set<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then cut out this mandala using Simon Says stamp stitched circle die.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI layered it on a circle of silver glitter cardstock from DCWV.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then added a star brad in the centre, so that the circles would turn.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nIts super fun!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI mounted this circular panel onto a square panel of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/papers\/cardstock-pads-and-sheets\/craftangles-cardstock-12-by-12-250-gsm-set-of-10-sheets-navy-blue-ctc-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles Navy cardstock<\/a> and then onto a white square card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI finished the card with a sentiment from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-diwali-sentiments-ctps71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Diwali Sentiments&#8221; stamp set.<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/diya-mandala.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"794\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/diya-mandala.jpg\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI&#8217;ve tried to capture&nbsp; some of the beautiful glitter cardstock in detail below.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/diya-mandala-detail.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1152\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/diya-mandala-detail.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI hope you enjoyed these cards and will play with these stamp sets!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThey really are a lot of fun!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks so much for stopping by!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHave a great day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nParu Mahtani!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! The Navratri festival is being celebrated in full swing all over India right now. Today, we celebrate the colour blue! For my first card, I used the fireworks stamp from the Craftangles Happy Diwali stamp set, to stamp and heat emboss with blue embossing powder, on Craftangles navy blue card stock. I just love&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/celebrating-blue\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrating Blue<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,4,287,175,521,165,460],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-craftangles","tag-craftangles-stamps","tag-diecutting","tag-diwali-cards","tag-heatembossing","tag-paru-mahtani","tag-rubber-stamping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}