Dress embellishment

Hi Peeps!
I can see that you all are having fun at this month's challenge.Lots of fantastic entries and lots of inspiration from the DT members too.
I am here with mine for the same.
Its a dress embellishment.have a look
I have uploaded a tutorial on the same.

You can use it on envelopes like the one here.

Envelope

and made a card for Juhi here....this one is  a different dress though

juhi's card

.Hope you find the embellishment inspiring enough to try .
Hugs!

Quilled Embellishments

Good morning people... :D :D

I've been having a great time learning how to make embellishments on my own from the lovely ladies on our team. And I can see that you guys have been having a great time playing along too. So allow me to add a few tips at making your own embellishments, using Quilling strips.

I have had the chance to go through the submissions for this month's challenge and many of you have used Quilling. :) But I would like to mention one thing though. Most of the Quilling I have seen only has flowers and leaves or variations of that. But there is so much more that can be done with Quilling. You can try anything from animals to birds to even food items like cup cakes (I've seen Quilled cupcakes and chocolates, and they look yum!!!!) The list is endless. It's just a suggestion and you have eleven more days to come up with something awesome and we can't wait to see what you guys cook up.

Speaking of doing something other than flowers for Quilling, I decided to go with fruit. Not something very difficult or complicated, but fairly simple - a Lemon. You go about making it just as you would make a flower, but with a few things different.

I also made a braid using the Quilling strips. Here are a few pictures of the card I made...

To know more about how the card was made, watch the video..

Supply List

Memento Dew Drop Dye Ink Pad 12-Packs - Sorbet Scoops Bright White Quilling Strips - 3mm Yellow Quilling Strips - 3mm Quilling Tool Thickers Glitter Foam Stickers 6'X11' Sheet Sunny Banana *Simon Says Clear Stamps SUNNIER DAYS Exclusive Set 3" By 4" Acrylic Block

InLinkz.com

Hope you guys had fun!! See you soon!! Keep Quilling...

Love,
Nikita...

Guest DT for August - Poja Parate

For this month we have a special post by the winner of our last challenge! Welcome Pooja Parate! She has some lovely ideas on "making your own establishment" which finally comes out as a home décor project and is absolutely stunning! Thank you Pooja for inspiring us all with this special post!

Over to Pooja :)


Hi everyone I’m Pooja from “Lightbox Creative Ideas”. I am a teacher by profession and I love crafting. I started blogging 2 years ago and soon after that I caught the craze of making handmade cards .I love doing handmade embellishments and that’s the reason I decided to put up a tiny store called “Lightbox Creative Store” for all things handmade specially embellishments for crafters. I spend a lot of my free time making cards and filling up orders for handmade flowers. Its has been really a great journey for me since I met so many lovely ladies from the indie craft world and learnt so many things. I hope this journey continues like this. Last but not the least I want to thank the Lulu Poohs to give me the opportunity to become a Guest designer; it’s a great moment that I will cherish always. God bless.

Hi all, Its Pooja this time posting as a Guest designer for Lulupu.

I was super thrilled with the opportunity and since it was about “Making your own embellishments”

I couldn’t wait ! While I was thinking of making something unique this time ,

I just happened to have a look at my scrap basket.

And I decided all that scrap needs to be used !!

With that thought I just made some 3” X 3“ Square embellishments

That can be used as stickers to adorn any project.

I up cycled the insides of an old canvas instead, that I had sitting on my wall for ages!

Here is what I made

I painted the borders in white and stuck my square embellishments inside.

Making these embellishments was great fun

Its really up to u how u choose to put it together .

First up I gathered all my scrap papers, checked the ones that gave me a 3X3 square

The papers I have used here are from echo park, dear lizzy and authentique .

Nice aren’t they ? I then gathered all of my supplies

Some die cuts, some old tags, left out flowers, buttons, sentiments, stickers, glue etc.

If you are like me then, u also keep a stack of die cuts that u must have previously cut for a project and decided not to use but in this project those came in handy.

Next I just went on filling the squares with the things I had J and that’s about it !

Finally all the square embellishments looked something like this

And then I assembled everything on the inside of an old canvas frame!

Here is the final look

Hope u all enjoyed my post as much as I loved doing it! Hope to see some exiting and fun entries now!

Cheers !
-   Pooh 

One more flower using punched circles

Hello everyone this is Juhi, with another punched circle flower tutorial.
I hope you are having fun with month's theme "Make your own embellishments"....I just loved Snehal's flower tutorial, it is a great way to use double sided patterned paper scraps cause both the sides show up in the flower! Going along with this month's theme of making your own embellishments, I will be showing you how to make a super easy and quick flower using punched(or die cut or even handcut) circles.
You will need:
1. Patterned paper scraps
2. A circle punch or die, I've used a 2" circle punch
3. Scissors
4. Buttons for the flower center
5. Glue

First up punch out a circle from your patterned paper

fold it in half, run over the fold with your finger or a bone folder to get a good crease

Fold it in half again

and again

open all the folds, this is what your circle should look like.

Now cut radially along the folds till a little away from the centre. You will have 8 cuts with 8 sections and the circle will look like this.

Now cut radially in the center of each section.

Cut away alternate sections of the circle a little away from the center, and your circle should look like this.

Place a button in the center and your flower is ready :), now wasn't that easy!

Don't forget to participate in this month's challenge, the details can be found here.
Hugs,
Juhi

Winner and top 3 of July Monthly Challenge!

Heylo Everyone,

What lovely entries we had last month! We some some real unique and detailed mini albums with finest of colour choices! thank you everyone for participating. Keep that enthusiasm floating! Oh and if you missed us last month we have a superb challenge for August - "Create your own Embellishment". So - you never run out of them! :)

This month we had a unanimous decision for the winner and what we liked about this album was the oozing elegance and the absolutely adorable colours and embellishments.... just the right amount! The details were mind blowing as well and oh so perfect! We had a tougher time selecting the top 3 but what we kept in mind was the sense of design, perfections, colours and yep the details! so here's a big hand to all our winners!

And the winner is:

Shalini

Congratulations! You won yourself a Gift Voucher worth Rs.300 from Lulupu.com

 And our top 3 in  random order are!

Poornima

Love the scalloped album and cudly baby theme!

 Kavitha

what a fabulous album. We loved the shabby chic details!

 Indira

A CD Album with some real amazing details!

Congratulations!! Please email us at hello@lulupu.com to grab your top 3 Blinkie!

Thank you everyone once again for participating.... keep those entries coming in!

Flower embellishment made with circle punch

      

Hi everyone its Snehal here!

We enjoyed your Mini albums last month.You were all so enthusiastic and creative.

Also it was great to learn some fabulous tips and techniques on making mini albums from our DT at Lulupu.

This month we have a special challenge for you! The whole month the Lulupu DT will show you some easy peasy ways to make handmade embellishments for your crafty needs  Not only is making your own embellishments cheaper; but also creatively satisfying. Embellishments are of many kinds and I guarantee you that you will love what our team has to offer this entire month.The list is extensive and exhaustive!

To begin with we will make a simple flower which is not only easy but also quick and can be used on any of your favorite projects! I have a pictorial tutorial to clearly explain the method of making it. So hear we go!

You need a circle punch, glue and pattern paper

take 6 circles

Fold each circle like this

Repeat the process for all five circles.the sixth one is the base for the flower

Apply glue on the base circle

stick the folded circles on the base

Continue sticking until complete

Your flower is done

This is the rear side of the flower.pick whichever side you like.

Just to show you how you can use the flower to embellish a scrapbook page...I am showing you this one.Look at the big and small blooms...aren't they gorgeous?

Hope you find it inspiring and easy enough to try it out.

The challenge this month is of course - you guessed it -

Create your own embellishment.

It could be any size or shape..just about anything that catches your fancy.You could use scraps,
clay, brads, paints, punches, fabrics, ribbons..absolutely anything...you are only limited by your imagination.

Whats more?! The winner gets a gift voucher worth Rs.300 to shop at www.lulupu.com!!! :D How cool is that?!

You have until the end of this month to link up your project.
* It is not necessary to use items purchased from Lulupu.com (though we would love it if you do).
* Please link back to this challenge page with inklinz and drop a message in the comment box to alert our
   DT.
* You can link up your creation to a maximum of 5 challenges including this one to qualify.
* The challenge is open to only Indian nationals.
* No Back linking please. We would love to see what you make post this challenge is announced.
* Maximum 2 entries per person will be allowed

Edited-WINNER GETS TO DO A GUEST POST.THIS TIME POOJA WILL DO A GUEST POST ON 15TH AUG.