Mixed media Monograms

Hey Everyone!

This is Manu here and this time I'm around to bring you something which I love making!! Monograms!!! and the best part is that they double up as a nameplate too.  I did one for my daughter way back last year which also won me a Lulupu prize, and since then I have made numerous of these. (Well, the purchasing of this monogram was alltogether a different story and I had no idea that it will turn up to be like this initially. A Friend of mine wanted a wall art piece consisting of alphabets and asked me to show a sample and that's how the letter J (my little one's named Jahnavi) was bought and then later I thought, why not to make it as a nameplate for her.)

Hence as my second post, I get to introduce some cute things that I'm currently working on or something which is close to my heart. 

Here's the alphabet monogram I recently made. I love these for the fact that they make for a trendy wall art as well as serves the purpose of a nameplate as well. This is something that I make for kids. 

Well, I guess you might have already guessed that I'm kind of more inclined and biased towards the blue (and blue+ yellow) combination of colors. My last couple of creations showcased here are all based on these color combinations. But then, I love these colors, they make for a very vibrant and colorful combinations.

The base MDF alphabet is given a coat of primer and then colored in the blue shade and the edges are given a distressing of the black color to highlight them a little. And then comes the time to embellish it all to your hearts content!

Here's a tip I normally follow, when doing my embellishments, I always try to keep them in various positions and click about 3 to 4 pictures with my phone camera and decide which one looks the best. And then the best one is what finally decides how my final look is going to be. This is one technique which works wonders (and also helps in eradicating the need to pull back the embellies incase the final look is not what was in the mind)

Here are a few more close up's of the monogram.

I love this particular resin embellishment for the basic fact that they are cute and apt for a kids project and super cool tooo.

And it's not hard to guess that flowers are the next best thing that I love. There's hardly a project that I make without their use. And why not to use them, they make the projects look lovely afterall.

I hope you like this altered art and would love to give it a try too!

Do checkout our this months challenge which is all about beating the heat with cool Summer splash(s) and also Neha's cool project and a tutorial on how to make a lighthouse!! That lighthouse is seriously soo cool. Do link up your entries here.

Products from the store:

Gesso

Range Archival Ink: Black

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Happy Crafting!

Manu

Pop up Box card: Inspired by the sea!

Hello Everyone!

This is Manu here with my take on this months challenge!

The Summer season has been a smashing one here in the Northern area with the sun at it's peak, and the only respite one can feel is a real summer splash!! and what's better than a summer splash theme here at the Lulupu blog. 

Checkout all about the challenge here at 

Challenge #50

Summer Splash

I interpreted the theme keeping in mind the heat and a beach is the best way to beat the heat!! Yes, I have a it'a-all-about-the-beach card for you and needless to say, I loved the way this one came out to be. Here's what I made!

Yes, it's a POP-up card and I love them, to bits!! They are soo much fun to make and the wow factor associated with them is amazing!!!

The most amazing thing with this card is that it can be folded flat to put it inside an envelope and send it and when opened up, it pops up into a box shape, this is one 3D card which I truly love. Versatile and full of sparkling goodness!

I have a tutorial on how I did this one and lets check it out!

(A lot of tutorials are there on the internet for this card, but I tweaked this a little to suit up to my dimensions).

1. Take a 15*9 inches cardstock and score it at 4", 7", 11" and 14".  Now invert the cardstock on your Martha Scoreboard and score at 4".  

2. Cut off the 1" piece with the Tonic Scissors from the side you choose  to be the top portion of the pop-up box as shown in the pic. 

3. Now fold this cardstock to form a box shape and glue using the Tacky glue the left over 1" portion with the other end of the cardstock. You would get a a pop-up box in this shape. Take two one inch stripes and paste them inside of the box as shown, these strips will be used for the placement of different embellishments. 

Now choose your pattern papers and as per the dimensions of the pop-up box, cut them out and stick on to the card.

4. Now comes the turn to embellish the pop-up box card to your hearts desire and this is what I did.

I loved the way this pop-up box came out to be. Such a bright, chirpy and all bluish card!

Don't you loved those blue ocean waves?? I had fun making those!

The Lawn Fawn stamps sure makes this card a pretty one!! Lawn Fawn is one brand which I truly love!

Here's the view of the card when folded up! 

And a fold the other side! 

Here are a few close up of the critters! (Ohh I so love them, I know that I have been saying this from the start, but then LAWN FAWN is one awesome brand which comes up with such amazing cute and fun stamps.)

All these critters are colored with Normal markers and The Copic's are in my yet-to-buy list and I'm sure I'll soon lay my hands on those! 

I hope you all liked my take on the current challenge!! This is one sooper one and there can be soo many interpretations, and what more, you can always choose from the beach or the nautical way to express out those lovely creations.

Do not forget to enter your creations here, and also do let me know if you liked my interpretation of this months challenge!

Happy Crafting!

Manu

 Supplies used from the Store:

Tacky Glue

Martha Scoreboard

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