Monday, 3 March 2014

Mixed Media Clock and Prizes & Coupon voucher!

Hello Beautiful Crafters,
Shilpa here,
Hope you had a peaceful weekend!
 Are you gearing up for our  wonderful March Challenge?

 Challenge#27 Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special
 
Hussena must have inspired you with her delightful creation and awesome craft work on the Frame.

 And as promised the prizes are bigger than ever!!
Win Prizes worth Rs.15000!
So hang on to your hearts as we have prizes not only for the winner but all the the Top 3 for each category :)

 Category 1 Winner's Prize

Prizes for the Top 3 Winners of Category 1 


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Category 2 Winner's Prize

Prizes for the Top 3 Winners of Category 2


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Category 3 Winner's Prize


Prizes for the Top 3 Winners of Category 2




Today, I'll present A Mixed Media Clock Frame. Its Lulupu's 2nd Birthday, So it is about time..beautiful time..so as an artist I saw it as 'Clock' which I made round. I wanted to make something new, something better, something leading to joy and happiness and which I've not tried before for this Gala Event at Lulupu 



Let me take you through my thought process for this project.
Starting with alphabets..we have to use L, U, P, T, C
Let's see What I have used here?

L- Lavender (3 shades), Layers, Lasercut wood embellishments, Lindy's Gang Products
U- UTEE
P- Pattern papers, Pearls,
T- Texture paste, Tarnished brass (Distress paint),
C- Charms, Crafters workshop stencils, Chipboard, Caps, Clock die cut, Cord (paper)

I started off with my Gesso and Texture paste. And I tried to add lots more texture with shells, mushroom and gears laser-cut pieces, metal charms, caps, paper flowers, buttons and fillers.I have explained these basic steps with photos in my previous tutorial, here.
 I wanted darker shade in the background, so I spritzed Star burst -Silent Night Silver. Let it dry completely. I totally love Lindys and can never have enough of these gorgeous products!
Lindy's spray colours are permanent when they dry. We can create layers with different colours and results will be incredible! If you have not tried, you will surely by the end of this post!! Surprise!



You will find my tiny add-ons here with details.


I've also used Acrylic paints and Distress paints to get the desired effect.


The clock is die cut from card stock, I attached 4 pieces together to get the thickness. It is looking glossy, right? yes I've used Clear UTEE, it is thick heat embossing powder, which gives enamel texture to the surface.
Finally, I embellished the frame with flowers and pearls.

Hope you've got inspired with my Mixed Media Clock.
We are looking forward to your amazing entries to drool over!

And after seeing my posts on using the gorgeous Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays You might be craving for some? So its your lucky day Blogger Friends!
Lulupu Store is offering  a discount of 15% flat when you buy any 3 or more Lindy's Products. Valid until 4th March 2014 mid night







Lots of Love
Shilpa


Supplies used :


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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Challenge #27 - Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special

Hi Friends,
Welcome to a brand new challenge for this month .This is quite an exciting month at Lulupu, as this month  the Lulupu store completes 2 fabulous years :) Yep, you heard it right, its Lulupu's 2nd birthday month and we have a special challenge!

 Lulupu Challenge#27

Lulupu 2nd Birthday Special

This month we want you to use the alphabets of your favourite store's name - L U L U P U and come up with projects using anything that begins with at least 3 of these letters. 
And to add some more option to the that you may also use the initials of The Craft Lounge

Ok to make it simple L is for Layers, Leaves, Love and P is for Papers, Pencil colours,Punches etc and T is for Texture, Teal Colour etc. U is for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE), Umbrella etc. Now does that make it a bit simpler? And of course we want you to be super clever and innovative now.
So basically it could be anything as long as you can justify the word and how its implemented in your project.

So the alphabets you have are - L, U, P, T and C

Please use a minimum of any 3 unique Alphabets and do mention them clearly in your post to qualify

Lulupu #27 Guidelines : 
1. You can enter maximum of 2 Entries Per Category for this Challenge
2. You must clearly mention the letters you have used in your project.
3. You can enter you projects in 3 categories -
1.Cards
2.  Layouts/Scrapbooks/Frames
3. Everything Else - Altered Art, Recycle, Mixed Media and just about anything more!
4. If you are picked as a winner in one Category you cannot be picked a winner in another category.
5. You have until 31st March 2014 to participate.

Please do click here to see the complete guidelines to ensure you do not miss on the chance to win even when we love your work!

 The prizes for each category will be revealed in our next post! Yes we are going to tease you just a bit more!!

Not only will we be sharing some AMAZING projects, but there will be loads of prizes too to be won every now and then so be a regular here at the blog, like our Facebook Page and register for our Newsletter for discount vouchers all through March.
To start with we have a Raffle going on HERE so do check it out and link your name.
Here's a look at what I have created for this challenge. It's a hand-made photo frame and so suitable for our Category 2.

I have made an altered photo-frame and I have worked on it from the scratch. This was a very plain white and red photo-frame. I first added two layers of  Gesso on the base and then, applied two coats of Camlin teal color on it. This helped cover the base design completely and once it was dry, I took the Prima Designer stencil and the Sakura Modelling Texture paste and mixed some drops of  the Distress Stain -Spiced Marmalade to it and applied it all over the sides of my frame to create the damask design on my frame.

I think it gives a beautiful, rich look to the frame and by adding the color to the texture paste there is a small hint of orange showing in the stenciled design! The flowers on my frame are all handmade and they are made by using the Distress Re-inker Spiced Marmalade and water added to a Mini Mister and sprayed directly on paper! Does'nt it give a vibrant look :)
The corners and the golden leaves on the frame are all made with die-cuts covered with UTEE and heat-embossing it.
My project consists of all the letters :
L- Layers, Leaves
P- Pearls, Pollens, Paints, Punches, Prima stencil.
T -Texture Paste, Teal color.
U- Gold Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)
C - Cardstock to make the flowers, Corners, Cheery Lynn dies.

I hope you all like my project! Do leave me your comments or any queries regarding any of the products used here and I will get back to you as soon as possible :)
I hope you all can join us in this month-long celebration in the fun challenges here. As, we have already told, there are loads of prizes to be won and of course loads of inspiration coming up from my other talented team member's as well so do play along our month-long challenge!





Products used for the Photo-frame from www.lulupu.com:


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Lulupu turns 2 and we want to Celebrate it with you!

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Hello Friends
Lulupu-The Craft Lounge turns 2 today, and I'd like to thank you for your support!


We started off as a tiny home business, when my love for my hobby grew into a passion to spread the crafty bug to all the talented people here in India and support them with easy access to the whole range of craft products. In these last 2 years we've learnt a lot, made so many friends, and hopefully are remembered every time you finish your crafty projects!

I am fortunate to receive suggestion from crafters across the country right from the products they would like to see on our store to making improvements in our service. We want you to know that we read each one of those emails, and appreciate the time you take out to connect with us!

And as a token of thanks here is a Raffle for you to participate and spread the word :). 
1. Follow our Blog
2. Like our Facebook Page
3. Subscribe to our Newsletter
4. Copy and paste the image above on the top right/left of your blog with a link back to this post.
5. Add your name to the inlinz below.
6. One entry per person only.

One Lucky winner will win a 
Watch this amazing tool in action HERE


Thanks once again for being a part of our journey and we hope to continue serving you with best of our potential.

And yes, we will have a gala celebration starting today all through March so stay tuned on our Website, Blog and Facebook Page!



Happy Crafting!
Karuna and Team Lulupu




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