Lulupu Challenge #15 - Weather or not..

Hola crafters..

Nikita here and I am going to reveal a brand new challenge. On second thoughts, the post title does much of the revealing even before I begin typing (rather, you begin reading.) We have got to do something about that :P

Anyhoo, this month we want you to create magic on your projects. Notice how we said projects and not cards?? That means you can create anything you want!!!! As long as....

Challenge #15 - Qualification Guidelines 

{General Guidelines here}

1. Create a card, layout, altered project, tag, 3D project... absolutely anything, that depicts the weather. 

It may be the weather you are currently experiencing or you could choose to show Summer, Spring, Winter, Autumn, or the Rains, on your project. You could also create a view of some place like the beach or the mountainside with a sparkling river and boats on them or a clear starry summer sky. {Enough ideas from me. I need to shut up!)

2. However, the project must show a scene and not just one element of the weather. 

For example, one snowflake on your project, will not equal a winter scene. Similarly, one umbrella, will not equal a rainy scene. Paint a picture for us (so to speak).. think of your project as a canvas and go crazy.

3. (This one is the most important one) If in doubt, check with us!! :P

It breaks our heart to see beautiful projects that don't fit the challenge theme. So if you are confused about this, leave us a comment here or write to us at hello@lulupu.com with your questions before you start work and one of us will get in touch with you to help you out. Simple! :)

And guess what the winner is going to be able to lay their hands on???

THIS!!!

Rather, THESE!!! {Silently drools... :P}

If I could have played along, for this, I really would.

Let's not talk about what I can't do. What I can do, is show you what I did. Now, ever since I made this card for BGC's The Sky is the Limit Challenge and I outlined the clouds with Stickles, I wanted to make a 'Every Cloud has a Silver Lining' type of a card. And with the rains pouring down here in Mumbai for the past few weeks, bam, I could mix both and make a card for this challenge.

I think this is the first sad card I have made and I hope I don't have to use it ever, but I think it's cute enough to actually cheer someone up if they are feeling low. :)

I made a sky background on my card using a cloud stencil that I made out of card stock and instead of making the clouds bright, I made them dark using Pumice Stone Distress Ink instead of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I then cut out some clouds using the cute Puffy Clouds Memory Box Die and outlined EVERY SINGLE CLOUD with Stickles. How else could I justify the sentiment??? :P

Just the clouds with the silver lining would look empty and not a 'scene.' So I added a few more things in the mix.. Quilled Raindrops, to start with.. :)

Then, I wanted to say "Hang in There" and I did that literally, by making an umbrella hang upside down, taking its support on a die-cut cloud and having a racoon peek out from it.. Don't believe me? Look at this!!

Both, the Umbrella as well as the Racoon are stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa ink on PP and fussy cut. The umbrella also involves a bit of paper piecing using leftover PP. I then mounted them on foam squares (cut to a smaller size wherever necessary) and adhered them to the card. :)

And now for the sentiment. Obviously, I didn't have a stamp set that said what I wanted. So I printed the sentiment out.. :D

And here's the complete card. Simple and quick :)

Here are the products I used to create this card.. :)

I hope this was inspiring enough. If not, the rest of our team will be here soon to show your some more cool stuff. Once you're ready, we would love for you to join us by linking your entry to the list below. Leave us a comment when you've added your entry and we will hop on over and leave you some love!! You have till the end of the month to play along. The list will close at 11:55 PM IST on August 31, 2013. :)

Have a nice day!!

Love,

Nikita... :)