Smile : Moodboard inspied Layout

Hello everyone,

       Riswana here with you today. Did you check out the Current challenge running our blog? We have an awesome moodboard to inspire you for creating a layout.. 

Here's my take on the moodboard. This is the first ever layout I've created.!!!

I used so many elements from the mood board. I took the soft blue and pink colors from the pic for the colour scheme.. Wooden plank background with stripes & also crumpled paper effect..

Also included elements from the moodboard like roses, feathers, Love, Pop of red & a scripty sentiment.. The brushed alphas stampset is a must have.. you can create your own sentiment in a beautiful font...

Some more shots..

Hope you liked this debut layout attempt of mine. I did take longer than usual to figure out the elements,placements etc.. But I had so much fun all the same.!!

There's still time to participate in the challenge & get a chance to win fab prizes.!! Don't forget to link your creations Here.

Supplies used:

MAMBI Pocket Pages - Friendship themed cards

Papericious - Wooden collection Paper pad
Papericious: Just U adhesive buttons
Mudra Brushed alphas stampset

C ya all very soon.
Create. Have fun.
Rhiz.

Mood Board Inspired Scrapbook LO

Hello and good morning, friends!

Jasleen here today :)

As you all might be aware of the April's Challenge #60- Inspired by Moodboard and I'm sure you all must have enjoyed the DT work shared so far. So today it's my turn to share what I made inspired by the colourful mood board.

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I came up with a school-themed scrapbook layout using the amazing Insta-squares from Simple Stories-- Back to school. I was inspired by the colours, the black label with white text, the polka dots and the chevron pattern.

Birthday-Themed Scrapbook Layout using Papericious papers | Pictorial

Hello and Good morning friends ! :)

Hope you all are doing great !

This is Jasleen, back with a new post based on this month's challenge theme. And as you all might be aware of by  now, that this month we are celebrating Lulupu's 4th birthday. (To view this month's challenge details, please click HERE.)  And of course the celebration won't be complete without some fun games, exciting giveaways and amazing prizes. :)

Link up for the Birthday Raffle worth Rs.15000 prize HERE

For Game#1-Crossword puzzle, check it out over HERE and

 

Game#2 -Lulupu's instagram contest, over HERE!

Follow us on @lulupu.tcl on Instagram! :)

 

I have a scrapbook layout to share with you all, featuring the gorgeous Papericious pattern papers- Often Collection, that I recieved in my DT kit. The trendy designs and vibrant colours of the papers from 'Often' collection make it a perfect choice of papers for making cute and trendy layouts. :)

 

 

I followed the second row-R2-- Balloons, papers, washi and banners. 

 

 

Sharing the step-by-step making process below :-

 

 

 

1.Firstly, I  decided which picture I wished to scrap about and the papers I wanted to use.

 

2. On a 12 by 12 sheet of sturdy card stock, I decided where I wanted the main picture to be, and  stamped multiple number of  'Happy Day' sentiments from Altenew Hennah Elements stamp set accordingly,  as shown above.

3. Then I sprinkled some Lindys' magical micas powder- Bubbly  over the stamped area and sprinkled some water droplets over it. That gave me a beautiful peachy and shimmery watercoloured effect.

 

3. Then I wound around a silver thread to make a rough circle . This step took the longest. It was quite difficult to hold the silver thread in place due to its stiffness. That's where my daughter came to my rescue ;) I asked her to hold it at one side while I stick the other side down, using some tacky tape.  :)

 

 

4. Now came the most challenging part (for me atleast :P) and that is, embellishing. I started off by matting the main picture with some layers of  patterned papers and adhereing it down. I die cut a few circles to serve as balloons with the twines, wooden buttons, added the handmade felt bow, made some banners out of the same patterned papers and stuck it in the corner, washi tape, added some suitable die cuts received with the Papericious papers., some butterflies ,enamel dots and sequins. You can find the enitre collection of the beautiful Papericious papers  HERE and the new arrivals HERE  .

 

 

5. Sprinkled some Lindy's magical micas powder on the right hand side as well, and splattered some navy blue coloured ink droplets here and there.

 

Some close-up views

 

 

 

You know what's the best thing about making a scrapbook layout? Well, they say crafting has no rules and one thing that completely holds true to this adage is creating a scrapbook LO. There are still some guidelines for different styles of crafting, but when it comes to scrapbook layouts, I think it's more of a liberal sort, we are free to follow any design, any embellishment, we can stick to one colour scheme or we can choose to go wild with the colours, the choice is entirely ours. And this  creative freedom is what makes it more enjoyable :) Don't you think?

 

I hope you feel inspired to try making a scrapbook layout yourself, if you haven't tried already. Just choose your favorite birthday pic and scrap to your heart's content. Waiting to see your entries HERE .

 

Supplies from Lulupu store :-

 

1. Papericious patterned papers- Often collection and die-cuts

 

2. WashiTape

 

3.  Altenew Hennah elements stamp set (used for the sentiment 'happy day')

 

That's all from my end now. Thanks for stopping by.

 

Happy 'Holi'days ! ;)

 

--Jasleen

Guest Designer: Ujjwal Gupta - A gorgeous Layout

Hi Friends

It's Manu here and I'm so happy to have Ujjwal back here today, being featured as our guest designer!! I'm sure you all know her and she is someone who needs no introduction. She is an amazing craftser and is definitely a very versatile one!!! And that not all, throughout this whole month we will continue getting a lot more inspired for we have more inspirations for you! 

Before I ask Ujjwal to take over, I hope you are enjoying Lulupu's 3rd Birthday bash celebrations and do make sure to check out all about the celebrations here and do not forget to follow all the guidelines to be eligible for your entry into the bumper raffle draw.  The Challenge for this month is 

Lulupu Challenge # 47 Mood Board Inspiration

Theme- Birthday- Turning 3

Lets checkout what Ujjwal has in store for us

Hello, It is good to be celebrating Lulupu’s third birthday here on the blog. I was quite excited when Karuna invited me over for the guest post because, one, of course it’s a birthday party and who says no to a party and, two, we have a fabulous mood board to take inspiration from. I love mood boards!!

So I picked up some lovely colors from the mood board and took this opportunity to create a layout with one of my daughter’s pictures.

I took the following from the mood board

Techniques: Distress look (I distressed the edges of the base paper), Layering

Materials: Strings

Embellishments: Flowers

Shapes: Rectangle

Colors: pink, green, blue

And I have a whole lot of 3 going on, 3 pieces of doily, 3 flowers, 3 strings

I started of by distressing the edges of the pattern paper and adhering it to a cardstock. Then I layered the photo on a distress piece of cardstock and adhered in place using foam adhesive. Then I pulled together the embellishments and played around a bit till I was satisfied with the arrangement and adhered everything in place. I die-cut some flowers using Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret Die and lightly inked them with distress ink (Spun Sugar). I kept it quite simple as that is how I like it.

I hope you like it and play along the wonderful challenge this month!

Wow, what a pretty project Ujjwal. I loved it for being simple yet striking!! 

I hope you all loved the layout and yes, do not forget to take part in the celebrations !! Come join us in the fun!!

Hugs!

Manu

(Tutorial) Black and White with a POP of .........Gel Medium?!

Good morning friends,

Kripa here from beautiful, sunny Sydney. Its starting to get warmer here and I couldnt be happier. Warmer weather also means my mixed media projects will dry quickly and I don't have to wait overnight. ( I don't use the heat tool unless embossing, heating gesso/ texture paste can create fumes which shudn't be inhaled in large quantities, and specially by kids)

Have you started creating your projects for this time's challenge yet...... its a very simple but interesting one:

Challenge #39

Black + White + a POP of one other colour

You can read the detailed post on the challenge here.  

At first I was wondering how to create an interesting layout using just 3 colours ; texture and layers came to my rescue. There is no pattern paper on this layout - just washi tape and lots of packaging material from all the texture stamps I buy :) Here is a close up 

No brownie points for guessing - the Pop colour is BLUE. Its amazing the tones of colour one can achieve from a single cake of watercolour - add water to get a subtle wash, create stains, add more colour to get a depth for splats. 

Now, include a few more items - 3d gel, stamps, gesso and washi tape and you can create this. I forgot to take pictures while creating, but here is a step by step of how gel medium was used.

 1. My base is watercolour paper. Randomly stamp Kaisercraft dictionary stamp or any other texture stamp. Lulupu has recently added some beautiful Kaisercraft texture stamps. Use Archival or Prima Resist chalk inks. These are permanent and wont react when painted over with watercolours. If however, you stamp with distress inks, it will react with the watercolour and change the original colour you are painting. (Now that gives a very cool effect too, but not what I wanted for this layout)

2. Place a stencil over the stamped area and apply 3d gel medium. Let dry completely.It dries transparent.

3. Paint over with watercolour. The gel medium will resist the paint and give a beautiful effect. The same techniques were used to create the blue tag tucked under the photos.

4. Outline some of the stenciled shapes, Stamp over the gel medium with a permanent ink or gesso.

There really isn't much more to my layout. Washi tape stuck on packaging material is the layer behind the photographs. All the die cuts have been cut out of packaging material on the Silhouette Cameo and painted with black gesso. Finally, black glass glitter and sequins added using matt multi medium. 

If you have never used watercolours before, do give it a go. I bought myself a Mr Huey's watercolour set from Lulupu a few months ago and until then was super scared of free style painting. But now Im hooked - if I can do it, so can you.

I hope to have sparked your creativity in some way today. You can link your projects for this challenge here.

Supplies used from the Lulupu Store:

Transparent 3D Matte Gel 8oz	Black Heavy Gesso 8.5oz	Gesso - Sakura Acrylic Tube	2 Mini Misters Set
Terrifically Tacky Tape .25"x5 Yds	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutter	Mr Huey's watercolour set
Multi Medium Matte 3.8oz Jar	Craft Collection 3-D Foam Tabs Assorted Pack	Koi water brush	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black
Chalk Fluid Edger Resist Pad 8 Piece Set 1

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Challenge #38- Anything Goes with Washi Tapes +Video Tutorial

 Hello Friends!

Jaya here today with a new challenge for this fortnight.
 This time its all about Washi tapes.. of course with some twist!
There are so many ways to use this really affordable crafting product and that's exactly what we want you all to show us.
 We want to see your creations using washi tapes.

Challenge# 38

Anything Goes with Washi Tape.

{ General Guidelines Here }

Challenge Rules-

1.You have to use minimum of three different washi tapes in your project.

2. Twist- Incorporate ATLEAST one  geometric shape in your project. It can be anything a circle, rectangle or square. The shape/outline  of your creation will not be considered whatever it is.

OR

Use ATLEAST one ready made embellishment in your product. It can be anything like resin embellishment, Chipboard pieces, metal embellishments or just flowers. Whatever you use, it has to be 'ready made'

3.Anything goes for this challenge. You can create a card, layout, altered item or whatever you wish to!

4. The linkup for this challenge will remain open till 15th September 2014, 11:55 IST so get in your entries latest by then.

And now what is up for grabs this time!

This is what we have as the prize for the winner

Hello sunshine chipboard stickers

 AND

Set of 5 Washi tapes

Aren't these just awesome?


So lets get started.

Here is my project for you all. I made this Masculine mixed media layout for the challenge. 

 I used four different washi tapes and ready made embellishments here.

I made this using some newly bought craft goodies from Lulupu store.
The gorgeous gold look you see is the magic of Lindy's Stamp Gang spray- Glory of the sea Gold and Heidi Swapp colour shine spray in gold.
I also used the gelato in black. I love how easy they are to work with. Don't forget to check them in the store as well!

The link to all the things I used will be given at the end of the post.
To know how I created this layout  watch the video and let me know your views :) 

 Waiting to see your gorgeous creations. Don't forget to link up your creations to the linky tool provided at the end of the post.
 You can add your link only till the 15th September 2014, 11:55 IST.

Have a great crafty week!

Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Modelling Paste - Sakura Acrylic Tube	Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad	Gold Color Shine 2oz
Measured up in White Japanese Washi Tape	Gesso - Sakura Acrylic Tube	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black	Heat It Craft Tool Europeon Version
Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	We R trim and score board	geatos	Memory box stencil
washi tape	washi tape	walnut stain distress ink	glossy accents
tacky tape

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