Guest Designer - Pooja

Hello everyone!

We are happy to have Pooja from Reusing, Cards and Quilling to join us for a fabulous Guest DT post today. Keeping up with the them of challenge 20 - Tag it All Pooja today is sharing some gorgeous tags she made for a diwali along with a quick pictorial!!

Over to Pooja...

Hello friends, Before I share something about me I would like to thank Lulupu team for giving  me this opportunity to be Guest Designer for current challenge.

                                                  

I am a software engineer from Maharashtra and have worked for a leading MNC. Right now I am a SAHD (Stay at Home Daughter  :D ) and an Android developer. I also hold a bachelors degree in Mass Communication. I have been crafting since childhood and being academic achiever meant hobbies always came after studies, it’s still the same. I always tried to use the stuff lying around the house and make something useful out of it. This has stayed with me till now. When I came across paper quilling on net I was so fascinated by it that I started following the blogs n eventually started my own blog a year back. As I am fond of reusing and making cards hence named the blog “Reusing, Cards and Quilling”. My crafting has improved a lot since then thanks to various bloggers and challenge blogs, Lulupu being one of them. I got to learn about  new techniques, products, styles of card making. Still learning and trying to improve.

   

Now on to my contribution. As you all know lulupu team has challenged us to make festive tag/tags with some glitter, bling or shimmer on them. I made two Diwali themed tags. First one is quiet loaded with lots of detailing.

                                        

When I think of Diwali things that comes to my mind first are toran,rangoli n diyas.(may be bcoz these are my responsibilities :D !!) .I made toran by cutting leaves out of green chart paper and adding fringed flowers to resemble marigold flowers. The rangoli is made of actual rangoli powder( reminded of schools day  na ?)Drew small diyas on scrap paper n fussy cut them. I glued a golden thread and added bling to it to resemble lighting .

When you open the door a small pop-up wishes’ you Happy Diwali !

I have reused brand tag for making this tag as its very sturdy. Covered it with card-stock and then created texture on it with layers of tissue. Made a door and added a pop –up inside it.

Second one is a shaker lantern tag. I have used card-stock to cut the shape. Then glued glassine paper on them and added sequins between them, attached one more flap to write the wishes!  The strips at bottom look uneven but they are not, I had hard time keeping them straight  ;)!

     

I have glued glitter paper strip to make it look more festive. I hope you liked my tags !

Wishing you all had a pollution free Diwali full of lights & sweets!!       

Winners of Challenge #19 - Word Play

Hi There!

Sorry about the delay in announcing the winner for our last Challenge #19 - Word Play. It was a very simple challenge yet we saw many had a tough time! ;)  In fact we had a tough time since all the 4 DTs had voted for 4 entries! so we had to resolve using random org to pick a winner among the top 4 this time!

And we got some really nice entries as well whom we must must showcase as a special mention! Here they are....

Tina

Sunhera

Aren't they amazing!!! Ladies, you can grab your special mention blinkie here!!!

And now for the top three..

Shilpa

Arn't the toads super cute!! Love their little pond and the fab matching sentiment!

Jasleen

Don't you all love the colours on this card? That pretty center shaker piece adorns it so elegantly. Love the quilling coordinated typography!

Divya

This one is adorable! That rhino is totally in love! Super idea and fabulous creativity!

And the winner who takes away the goody pack as below chosen by a random org is......

and a chance to be our next GDT is.....

Deepti

Deepti came up with not one but 3 unique CAS Cards! And it made it so tough to pick a favourite here. But we loved loved loved this one way too much!

Congrats!!!!

Please get in touch with us at hello@lulupu.com to claim your prize!

Congratulations to all the lovely ladies!! And a big Thank you to everyone who played along!!!
Please collect your blinkies here!!!

We hope to see you all share some nice tags with us for the next challenge
Lulupu Challenge#20 - Tag it All
Remember, you only have till November 15, 2013 11:55 PM IST to play along! :)

Till then,

Have a nice day

Love,

Karuna

Tag it all - Christmas Tag

Hello crafters ! 

A big diwali cheer for all you !! May god bless you with lot of creativity and wealth this year. 

I (Pooja) am back to share my take on the lovely 

TAG IT ALL challenge  

Here is what i made 

Lulupu Challenge #20 - Tag It All!! :)

Say hello to a wonderful new month!! :)

November is one of my favourite months in the year.. The gorgeous colours, the soothing nip of winter in the air.. Oh so sweet.. :)

Firstly thanks so much for playing along with us at challenge #19-word play. You ladies came up with awesome phrases! :) The winners will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

To bring in this month and also since there are loads of festivals coming up - which means loads of gifts to be given!!! Here is a brand new challenge for everyone! :) 

Challenge #20 Tag It All! :)

Challenge #20 - Qualification Guidelines 

{General Guidelines - here}

1. Create a TAG. Any size will qualify

2. It needs to be colourful, layered, with bling and shimmer!! 

3. Sentiment has to be for a festival. Any festival will do. :)

4.If you include diyas, rangolis, kandils etc it'll be great :)

5. The Inlinkz for this challenge will close on November 15th, 2013 at 11:55 PM IST. 

Word Play Note Cards!!

Hello Crafters!!

It's been a while since I posted here, but I haven't been slacking off. I have been giving my hand some rest. But, I couldn't resist playing along with the Word Play Challenge and I was super excited about it since the time I suggested this theme. So there was no way I wanted to miss this! :) Also, as we have to make CAS cards for this challenge, it only made things easier for me..

And as usual, I got carried away and made FIVE cute little note cards. ;)

When I think of Word Play, I think of Lawn Fawn Stamps. Every Stamp Set has co-ordinating sentiments and images and for this challenge, I used the Love 'n Breakfast Set (I got three cards out of this set), Vintage Rides by The Craft's Meow as well because it had some really cool stamps and another card from the Raccoon2Love Stamp Set by The Stamps of Life.

I won't be typing much because right now, it's a little difficult.. So I'll just show you the cards. As usual, the list of products used for these cards is at the end of the post! :)

Guest Designer - Indira Tanwar

Hello!

Guess who we have as our DT this time? Its Indira!!

Coincidentally had both the Guest Designer from our last DT team this month ; ) First Ujjwal and then Indira!

And the amazing part is Indira is sharing not 1 , not 2 but 3 awesome inspirational cards for Lulupu Challenge#19 - Word Play!

Over to Indira.....

Hi folks! My name is Indira Tanwar and I am an art fanatic. I live in Mumbai (India) with my husband. I am a Knowledge Management professional at an IT MNC. Many of you might know me as a past DT of Lulupu.

I enjoy and admiring all forms of arts and crafts. I like to recycle stuff and make use of the stuff lying around the house. I love to try out new techniques, be it trying new card folds  or new tools, etc. I have learnt a lot from being a part of the blog world and each day I continue to get inspiration from the lovely and talented crafters around me.

My blog: http://arty-sorts.blogspot.in

And here are my 3 cards to inspire you for this fortnights challenge at Lulupu blog.

I really love making CAS cards but sometimes get drifted away by new tools and techniques. This challenge set by Lulupu team gave me the opportunity to get back to this style and try out some fun CAS cards. Sometimes the problem with CAS cards is that you don't have the right stamps or craft supplies to convert your imagination into art.

I faced this challenge while making these cards. I thought of some sentiments to fit this challenge, and when I looked around, I did not have the required stamps, etc. So I decided to hand draw my cards. A little doodling here and there and you are all set. I got so carried away with the idea that I ended up making 3 cards. I guess that makes enough food for thought for you :)

My cards measure 4x4 inches. I have used distress inks to color them.  I have also used stickles from Lulupu store to add some bling to them.

Happy Crafting and I hope you like my inspiration.

Cheers,

Indira

Have a WHALE of a time...

A super good morning to all you beautiful crafters out there! 

I'm here with my inspiration for the current challenge #19 - word play.. This one is so so cute and for once we're doing CAS.. psssst- its not my style, but hey I'm open to trying everything! ;o)

Before I forget, here's a quick reminder about our Share and Win contest on Facebook running until 31st October,2013. All you need to do is click HERE to visit our Facebook Page, like our page and share this picture on your timeline (as public) and then mention"Done" as a comment. Simple! :)

Here is my card

I recently went to mom's place and boy did i have fun! It was just awesome! Hence my sentiment comes from that fun trip of mine!! :)

I had a "Whale" of a time!!

To create the waves I tore up a few pieces of paper at random. Using my chipped sapphire and tumbled glass inks I made the waves at sea! :) 

The whale is a memory box die that I've coloured using my koi waterbrush and the chipped sapphire ink. A lil googly eye and the whale was ready :)

The sentiment is hand written :)

Thats all from me today.. Do check out the gorgeous new stuff at lulupu and also for the product reviews coming up soon! :)

Supplies used

Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink Pad googly eyes Ranger Inkessential Craft Sheet Sizzix Big shot Teal Inkessentials ink blending tool World Tour Value Pack Cardstock 8.5"X11" 40/Pkg Koi® Water Brushes Medium

InLinkz.com