Sunday 1 February 2015

Colors of valentine !

Hello crafters..
Welcome to my page today…I would like to thank my followers “old” and New” and for those who take the time to stop by and leave a comment, I love to read them all!
Welcome to the official month of LOVE!
This is my DT project for Rhedd’s Creative Spirit for this month. It is always Anything Goes and you can create any form of altered art or 3D project. So come on and play along and do drop by to see the amazing works of the team.

I have always wondered about the colors of love, why should it always be red and black. I have played with Ms. Worn Lipstick and Mr. Peacock feathers for a change and I must admit their romance is pretty colorful.
Do you want to see…..
I have altered a “Mills and Boon” book for this project…perfect for the month, lol!
I also experimented with printing on tissue at home on a Ink Jet printer and being successful, would like to share the process with you.
Here we go…
I first adhered a tissue paper to the printer paper with washi tape and inserted it onto the printer as always. 
I then compiled a set of pics to be printed on one page, here are some lovely vintage pics from We Love Vintage Challenge Blog…just my type!
And once I gave the “print” command…out comes the lovely print on the tissue paper. Oooo…I just love it…I carefully removed the backing and it was ready to hit my project. 
Hope that was helpful for you.
Now to the main project…
I knew it was going to be vintage and with the main colors in mind, I added a few more supportive colors for the tags. I din’t want to restrict my valentine project to just a couple, and so I have a sister, brother, father or friend images for the tag.
The tags are Joy crafts die cuts and I colored them typical Tim style by applying inks on the craft mat, sprit zing water and swooshing the tag to get lovely patters. Than a little water flick and I just loved the impact. I then did some bg stamping using brown archival ink and the base of the tags were to be altered.

For the front of the tag, I stuck the tissue print of images and some TH quotes with gel medium. At the back of each tag, I stamped the months so that I can jot down things to be done for that month! The functional part you see…lol!
The ornate top of the tag was heat embossed in gold and my tags were ready to be displayed in style!

I then folded the pages of the book and then inked in worn lipstick and edged with vintage photo and some peacock feathers too…after all its their romance right???
A gilding of gold on the page folds on the top, gave it a royal touch and the tag stand was ready.
I covered the book using some lovely PP from K& Co  and started working on the front and back display mats. Swished out some home made texture paste to it and added gold color and glitter to the paste and created hearts using TH stencil. 

I love the subtle glitter of the gold, I have to thank Pamellia of ‘My Little Craft Things” for introducing this formula. Thanks buddy…this is a hit.
Roses, had to be there and so made them with TH tattered florals die and inked them too and placed them on the font and back until I liked them.
Here is the front side…

To add some more dimension, I placed the flowers on a bed of coconut coir( I love it) and added some leaves, a twine bow and a golden flourish!  I plaited 3 strands of twine and knotted the ends to form tassels. I then inked it with peacock feathers and rubbed inks gold a on the tassels and made a bow. I think it's a little beauty out there!



The corners have ornate book corners colored with alcohol inks and look at those lovely butterflies hovering. I cut them out from the Mariposa paper pack, inked the edges, applied rock candy distress crackle paint and then rubbed in Inka gold on the cracks!

This is the back display..
A few tags are casually placed on the mat here.

That brings us to the end of the romantic journey and I am eagerly waiting to hear from you and to also see what you have created for this challenge.
I would like to link my altered book in the following challenges…
A VintageJourney – Love is in the air
ArtistTrading Post – Flower power
Craftysentiments – Gold and other colors , Love/ Valentine
SOS- Love me do
My SheriCrafts- Valentine
Frillie andFunkie – Valen Twine

Until my next creative journey,
Happy Crafting and Re Cycling.
Big Hugs.



48 comments:

  1. A fabulous project Rupa, perfect for the month of Love...
    The vintage images are to die for, love everything about it, your colour palette is lovely too...
    xx

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    1. Thank you so much sandie for this opportunity. Its a happy feeling when you like it too! Hugs.

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  2. What an amazing project Rupa ..There are so many beautiful details here ..Truly a visual treat ..Thanks for the tutorial too :)

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    1. Thanks Hussena, I am glad you liked it. Have a nice week ahead.

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  3. Work of art here. Thanks for the explanations too. Love the colours you have chosen for your project. Thanks for linking up with us over at myshericrafts this week.
    Sue

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  4. This is beautiful and something I have yet to try. I cant bring myself to use one of my books ao will have to visit a charity shop. I love all the colours and techniques used - I just love everything about it hun xxx

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    1. Hi Ellaine...welcome here too mate! Looks like we bump into each other quite often now...glad you liked it and yes, would like to see what you come up with! Big hugs.

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  5. Great alteration again, as always I could not find initially what trash has turned out to this beauty.
    I must admit... I am love with those wonderful tags, I can see the DI colors and texture you have created with sprinkling water on it. And text stamping blended beautifully!!
    Usually, I am not big fan of gold but the way you have used here is subtle and elegant.. very much you !!
    Gorgeous creation!!
    I would catch up with you and am excited I'll be able to see this personally!

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    1. My buddy, its so nice to have you pop inhere. Really appreciate your taking the time and glad that it suits your color senses too! That's really a bonus for me! Hope to meet you soon and catch up. Hugs.

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  6. what a glamourous organiser for the year round art inspiration Rupa, loved the mills and boon book being used for this :)

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    1. Thanks Suman..yes, it's pretty colorful al lround as of now!

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  7. WOW WOW WOW Rupa, I am completely swooning over this project right now! This is such an amazing idea and you have just taken it to the heavens with your style and beauty! Thank you so much for the shout out. I am so glad you gave my glitter paste a go, and I'm even more excited about how you used it...INCREDIBLE!!

    I am just so honoured and thrilled and I thank you so much for playing along with me at Frilly and Funkie for my Valen-Twines challenge!! Big super hugs to you, Pamellia DT

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    1. Thanks my friend, really that glitter paste is amazing and now I know why you are hooked to it. I t was my pleasure to reach it out to more people. Really, so happy you liked it. have a great week ahead dear. Big hugs from here.

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  8. Rupa Swaminathan - I loved all your creations.....just awesome..... and after seeing your creations, am also getting attracted to altered stuffs off-late...... Could you tell me which die have you used to make the rose flower???

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    1. Thanks Shlna...I am glad you are liking this art. You are amazing with your works and its a pleasure to be able to teach you few of my secretes! lol...the flowers are made using Tim Holtz Tattered florals die, the biggest flower. Hope you try. Thanks.

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  9. oh WOW! what a fun and super-CLEVER project! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR (lovey-dovey!) STASH with us this week! ♥

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  10. Awesome project Rupa... I couldn't believe its actually a book.... I thought it was some kind of tag holder... Creativity at its best.... Chance less...

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    1. Thank you so much Ramya. .am glad you liked it.

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  11. Wow Rupa, what a fabulous altered book, your tags are gorgeous and the roses are just beautiful. Lovely colours and gilding....Wonderful! Thanks so much for joining us at ATP Exchange. Ruth x

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    1. Thank you so much Ruth. ..very few can appreciate the gold....you are one of them!

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  12. Very beautiful art work Rupa. I like those especially. Well done! :)

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  13. OHH! WOW! I am honestly speechless at how incredible this is, Rupa! So glad you could join us for Love Me Do at Shopping our Stash!

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  14. Stunning artwork!! Love those wonderful tags!!
    Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Scrappind4Fun Challenges.
    Hope to see you again soon!! HUGS!
    Ann DT

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    1. Thanks Ann...its a pleasure yo be part of Scrapping4fun.

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  15. Wow Rupa you are a very creative lady ! I thought your altered iron was amazing and now another fab project. Perfect to use a good old Mills and Boon ! your flowers are gorgeous and I love your tissue paper printing . thank you for the stepper on that, can't wait to try that out. love all those stamped and printed tags.
    thank you for joining us at the ATP Exchange Toni x

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    1. Toni...I am so happy you remember my iron! That makes me more happy than the thought that you like this one! Thank you so much.

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  16. What a beauty Rupa! So many wonderful elements and details. I love the Month cards you made and the printing on tissue worked so well. I'm really pleased that you went away from the normal colours of 'love' - it's a wonderfully refreshing change! Your flowers are gorgeous too. Thanks so much for joining my challenge at ATP Exchange. Juliax

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    1. Thank you so much,Julia..and for appreciating all the nooks and corners of my book!

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  17. This is soooooo pretty Rupa, and I love the printing on tissue paper idea. Thank you! x

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  18. Really awesome. I would hav never guessed that it was a book. Super clever alteration and so romantic organizer. Loved it

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  19. Gorgeous gilded book folds, and I love those rainbow tags - a great project. Thanks so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
    Alison xx

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    1. Oh my Alison, how did I miss out on this. thank you so much for being here.

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  20. Oh my, this is incredible!! I LOVE your colors, and the dimensions and your flowers and all of it! Lots of inspiration here - xx LYNN

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    1. Thank you so much, Lynn..glad you found something here. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs.

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  21. Oh Rupa, I absolutely ADORE this project!!! The idea of altering a Mills and Boon made me laugh out loud, what a totally brill idea!! The way you have put the whole project together is fantastic and I totally love it!! Thanks so much for adding it to our Love is in the Air challenge at A Vintage Journey!

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    1. Thanks Astrid...wow! So I did make you laugh eh? Happy for that and more so cos you liked it and a big thanks for now following me! This is such a honor.

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  22. Stunning creation, love all the detail
    Thank you for your lovely entry at Scrapping4funChallenges.
    Rachelle DT
    http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.com

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  23. Wow, so much to see! Love all your layers, flowers and tags. Beautiful! Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie! Nicole

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  24. What a wonderful altered book with such beautiful tags Rupa. Thank you for joining us at Frilly and Funkie and A Vintage Journey. Jenny x

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  25. This just yells...HAPPY! Rupa your recycling is exemplary! Mills and Boon no less how fantastic!

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  26. Hi Rupa, you have such beautiful projects! So glad to have found your blog :)

    Please stop by my blog if you get a chance
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    I also have a facebook page at www.facebook.com/createmepink
    If you have one, do share!

    Take care :)

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