Lulupu - The Craft Lounge: shaker

Monday, 1 August 2016

Challenge #64 | Friendship with a twist

Hello everyone.!
Riswana here today bringing a new challenge for the month. Friendship Day is around the corner and we wanna celebrate the bond of friendship with you all..

The theme for Challenge #64 is FRIENDSHIP with a twist - SHAKER CARDS or SHAKER TAGS ONLY

Rules for this challenge:
1. Should be based on the THEME ONLY
2. Must be a SHAKER CARD or a SHAKER TAG
3.ONLY cards or tags allowed for this challenge

Also, please read the general RULES & guidelines HERE.

I have some Shaker cards & tags for you to get started :) Did you check out the Pocket pages themed cards in the store? They are fabulous & can be used on

a variety of projects.. I've used the Friendship themed cards to make these two cards & a tag..

It's a 6×4" card with a full Shaker frame & the quote base is from the pocket pages.!!
I added wink of stella clear glitter over the rainbow & "friends".. It gives that little pop for the already awesome PP design..
For the frame I used PP from Papericious "It's a boy" collection.. I also added some white blooms made with the Ek tools retro flower punch.!

For this card I used the same paper for both the frame & the base.. I made use of the framed design for my Shaker element.. Also added the striped yellow PP from Papericious Pretty Basics..
The star sequins are a RAK from Sathya.! I love them..

I added some Wink Of Stella clear glitter & crackle accents on the big yellow star for some added detail..

Here's a monochromatic tag..

I used the fussy cut label from one of the themed cards form the pack as the focal point..
Added some blooms to give the completed look..

Did you check out the latest release from Papericious?? They are so awesome with co-ordinating PPs & also two fussy cut sheets with beautiful elements..
I used the label with this beautiful saying "Because i have a brother, i always have a friend" to make my shaker window base & embellished with the fussy cut elements..

With Rakshabandan close by, this is so perfect for the occasion, combining brotherhood & friendship..!

That's all from me today.. Hope you liked my projects & that I have inspired you enough to try some shik-shik-shakie shaker projects for yourself ;)

Don't forget to link your projects in the Inlinkz below.!

Supplies used:
Pocket Pages Friendship themed cards
Papericious It's a boy paper pad
EK medium Retro flower punch
Papericious Pretty Basics Paper pad
Papericious The gentleman paper pad

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

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Monday, 2 November 2015

Challenge #55 - Make a Mini + Tutorial

Hello creatives,

Lets start with a round of applause for all who joined us last month - 53 gorgeous entries! I hope you all feel as motivated and enthusiastic about this month's theme

Make a Mini

(Click here to read all challenge rules)

Special rules for this challenge:

1. Construct a mini, don't use a ready available album (example mdf album)

2. You can use any binding, any theme

3. Submit entries by 30 November, 2015, 11.55pm IST

The challenge winner will receive a goodie bag from Lulupu.

Ive made a cupcake shaped mini album and have a tutorial on creating the cover page and tips for decorating your albums. Its not long post, but hope it brightens up your Monday :)

Are you ready to get started? Here is how the cover came into being.

Step1: Using a template, cut out cupcake outlines from Simple Life Echo Park 6x6 papers. These are double sided, so you already have a background for the other side.

Step2: Trace only the base of the cupcake ( not the cream) onto vellum or acetate. Handstich the vellum to one of the cupcake cutouts, I forgot to click, but you'll understand what I'm talking about in a minute. Fill it up with sequins - gold, grey. Ive also added some star confetti.

Step5: Seal shut with double sided tape. This part is a bit tricky, but patience pays :) in the form of clean finishing. You will now have something like this ( minus eyelets and stickers)

Next step is to create the focal points for each page aka embellishments. This was by far the most enjoyable and time consuming part of the project.

Ive used crate paper open book 12x12 papers and the ephemera pack and they matched the colour theme quite well. My two tips when it comes to embellishments:

1. Mix and match whatever is in your stash.

2. Layering - Experiment with combining different materials - lace, vellum, chipboard, acetate
Some details- the clothespin holding the butterfly had been glittered using the fine tip zig pen, the pinwheel is held together with American crafts glitter brad, the big heart sticker has an action wobble below it and finally the little moments base comes from Maggi Holmes ephemera packaging.

Can you see gold tape peeking through some of the layers- totally in love with this tape.

Using the crop-a-dile, attach green eyelets to all the pages. Finally assemble all the pages. Here is a close up of the pages.