{"id":592,"date":"2016-10-02T06:03:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/diwali-note-cards\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:22:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:52:26","slug":"diwali-note-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/diwali-note-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali note cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHave you seen the fabulous new Diwali release&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-festival-of-lights-ctps8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Festival of Lights&#8217;<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-happy-diwali-ctps9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8216; Happy diwali &#8216;<\/a> stampsets<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CraftAdda<\/a>?!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThese stamps are superb quality and when stamped the images are super crisp!<\/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\/2016\/10\/8-Festival-of-Lights-4x6-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/8-Festival-of-Lights-4x6-1.jpg\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/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\/2016\/10\/9-Happy-Diwali-4x6-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9-Happy-Diwali-4x6-1.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 have used some of these gorgeous stamps to create a set of &nbsp;3&#8243;x4&#8243;notecards&#8230;perfect for the festive season!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used a range of techniques to make these notecards&#8230; masking, rubber stamping, watercolouring, emboss resist and heat embossing.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor this card, I first gold embossed the rangoli pattern from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-festival-of-lights-ctps8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8216;Festival of lights&#8217;<\/a> stamp set. I then masked off half the card using post it tape and used<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/inks?mfp=26-type[Distress%20Inks],stock_status[7]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Tim Holtz distress inks<\/a> &nbsp;Fired Brick and Dried Marigold to blend the colours. I used a paisley stamp on the coloured background to create some interest. I finished the card with gold embossed sentiment from the same stamp set.<\/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\/2016\/10\/CA-diwali-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-diwali-1.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;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a>I have used the same technique as the card above, for this card too. Here I have used the beautiful lantern stamp from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-festival-of-lights-ctps8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Festival of Lights<\/a>&#8216; stamp set.<\/p>\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\/2016\/10\/gold-diwali-lantern.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gold-diwali-lantern.jpg\" width=\"363\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\nFor this card, I stamped the rangoli pattern multiple times on a piece of card stock and watercoloured it using Sakura Koi watercolours. I then trimmed it down, adhered it to the notecard and finished the card with a Gold embossed sentiment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"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\/2016\/10\/CA-diwali-colours.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CA-diwali-colours.jpg\" width=\"375\" 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<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the nest three cards I used the emboss resist technique. I first heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and the watercoloured the panels using Sakura Koi watercolours. After they dried, I added a vellum papnel with a gold embossed greeting to finish the cards.<\/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<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pink-and-orange-CA.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pink-and-orange-CA.jpg\" width=\"378\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/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\/2016\/10\/IMG_6189.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_6189.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;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/diwai-lanterns-notecard.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/diwai-lanterns-notecard.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;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI really enjoyed making these little cards and I hope I have inspired you to pick up the stamp set and make a few of your own!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nCraft Adda is sponsoring a Rs.1000 voucher over at <a href=\"http:\/\/paruscardmakingchallenges.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/october-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paru&#8217;s Card Making Challenges<\/a> this October.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nDrop in and play!<\/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<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Have you seen the fabulous new Diwali release&nbsp; &#8216;Festival of Lights&#8217; and &#8216; Happy diwali &#8216; stampsets &nbsp;from CraftAdda?! These stamps are superb quality and when stamped the images are super crisp! I have used some of these gorgeous stamps to create a set of &nbsp;3&#8243;x4&#8243;notecards&#8230;perfect for the festive season! I used a range&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/diwali-note-cards\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diwali note cards<\/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":[753,209,184,179,280,666,333,875,165,67,397,777,419],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-celebration","tag-distress-inks","tag-diwali","tag-festivals","tag-heat-embossing","tag-indiandesign","tag-masking","tag-notecards","tag-paru-mahtani","tag-parus-perceptions","tag-rubberstamping","tag-vellum","tag-waterclours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","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=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}