Showing posts with label Challenge # 36. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Challenge # 36. Show all posts

Monday, 18 August 2014

Challenge #36 - Winners

Hello lovely crafters,

Kripa here with the winners from Challenge # 36 - Make it Macho! 
We had some pretty awesome entries and also a range of styles - CAS,  grungy, modern. It was very enjoyable for us to visit your blogs and read more about your creative process too.

Special Mention
 Rupa


The Top 3 (in no particular order)


Consistently Neha has amazed us with her lovely creations. This time too we loved this shaped card which has so many interesting details and not to miss the inside of the card which has been equally well decorated.


We liked the choice of embellishments, layering and the overall feel of this card



CAS card packed with a punch - what a lovely scene with a hand drawn golf club and the half pearl ball is a beautiful touch.
Pls collect your respective badges from here.



And the winner this month is

We were totally blown away by this stunning card. Head over to her blog to read about the technique she used to create the fabulous background and dimensional anchor. The variety of materials used  to enhance the texture of the card, sure reminds me of the cool sea breeze - do you agree?
Pooja, Pls contact hello@lulupu.com to claim your Prize.


CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!

Readers, don't forget to check out details of the current challenge.
 There is a Rs.500 voucher up for grabs this time. We look forward to your participation.



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Monday, 11 August 2014

Grungy Masculine Card

Hello friends!
This is Jaya here. Hope you all are enjoying the current challenge at Lulupu #36- Make It Macho hosted by our very talented DT Deepti. This is the perfect week to jump in and participate in the Lulupu challenge this fortnight as we have for you the Masculine Challenge!
All we want you to do is make a masculine card or a tag and use distress inks as main products in your project.

 
 Here is my card for the challenge. Hope you will like it. It's grungy and distressed with lots and lots of layering and ink splatters!

 
 I have done a lot of layering and distressing in this card to give it the grungy look. I also used distress inks in black soot, vintage photo and walnut stain  to achieve the really vintage/old look to the card did a lot of doodling /free hand sketching on my papers to add details and interest.

 


 
 
 I also did stencilling using Prima Marketing stencil - Crackle , Tim Holtz stencil- Measured and Rangers Walnut stain distress ink. The papers are all Prima marketing, old and new collections. I also used my very favourite and versatile Prima Comfort craft distress tool. This is a must have product. It can distress almost anything in your sight!!






Hope you all like my card and it inspires you to make one yourself. There is still some time left to get your entries in the current challenge so if you haven't yet started it not late! Get you papers and distress inks out and make something Masculine! We love to see your gorgeous creations!
Don't forget to submit your entries Here
 

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Saturday, 9 August 2014

A Nautical Masculine card !

Hello crafters!
This is Hussena here sharing with you my inspiration post for our current challenge- 'Make it Macho' hosted by out very talented DT member, Deepti. For this challenge, we are asking you to make any card or tag based on a Masculine theme using Distress inks.
Here is what I have created for this challenge!



Like you can see, I have totally gone the nautical route for my masculine card and I kept the sentiment as ' You Anchor me' which could perfectly be fit for a Father's Day or an Anniversary as well just by adding an appropriate sentiment on the inside of the card.

For this card, there are SO many first's for me. It's my first time doing a full fledged masculine card and trying out something beside floral etc :) I have heat-embossed the anchor in the centre of the card using Ranger Super Fine Silver Embossing powder on a MDF base and the four golden brads that you see on the corners are actually plain flat-backed pearls which I first coated in Versamark Ink pad, then completely covered it with Gold UTEE(Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) and heat-set it and voila! you have a gorgeous golden brad-like embellishments and nobody will know the difference! *Winks* :D

Here's a pictorial on how I did it :

The background of the card I have created using a Woodgrain embossing folder. I cut the paper into long strips measuring 3/4 of an inch by 3 inch and embossed it in the embossing folder, then I distressed it using Vintage Photo and Scattered Straw Distress inks and tried to create the wooden plank kind of effect we see on water fronts! I have created the Sailor's knot on the either side of the sentiment banner and added a die-cut 'You' and stamped my sentiment using Lawn Fawn Harol'ds ABC stamp set and finished it off with two Studio Calico Stars Wood Veneers.

Supplies used from www.lupu.com :

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Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Tag - you are it, with Distress Inks

Hello dear friends,

Kripa here, I hope you are all enjoying the mind blowing cards presented by the DT for the current challenge

Lulupu Challenge #36 

Make It Macho

Please find the general guidelines here

 Challenge Guidelines
1. Only cards or tags are allowed for this challenge
2. We are looking for masculine cards and tags so it would be a nice way to create something for Rakshabandhan too!
3.You must use Distress Inks as a main product in your project
4. Have fun.. ;)

I am an ink lover - especially of distress inks. Its on my MUST have list for a mixed media project, primarily because of the versatility that these water-based inks offer. So, for this project, I decided to use only distress ink and experiment the many ways to use it, here are a few



1. Through stencil - First, rub distress ink over a stencil , spritz it with a little water and then press the ink on the tag to get the reverse image stamp on the paper. The image will not be perfect, but gives a lovely pattern. On my tag, the first layers of gears (stencil) is hardly visible.

2. To stamp - Lesson learnt : Distress inks give sharper images when used on rubber stamps, clear/acrylic stamps the image is a little hazy.

3. Add to texture paste- Rub some distress ink onto your craft sheet. Using a palette knife, mix it with modelling paste and apply though stencil. The clocks on the tag are made using this technique - I mixed a few brown shades to get the final colour.

4. Colour chipboard - Rub some distress ink onto the craft mat and spritz it with water. Swipe the gessoed chipboard on it. Some places will catch more colour than others. This was used to colour the trellis chipboard (cut with the Silhouette). I also rubbed on some colour with my fingers. The gears in the forefront were not gessoed. The ink pads were directly rubbed onto it, to give more intense and darker shade.

5. Colour wash - The ink spritzed with water was used through a waterpen, to colour the gauze and also blend the background and splatter using a paintbrush.



By the way, the pattern paper for the tag comes from Kaisercraft Basecoat - this collection has the most amazing backgrounds, perfect for a grunge project.

So, what do you have in mind for this challenge my friends? We are eagerly waiting to see what projects you link and hope you too have as much fun with distress inks.

Cheers!

Supplies from the Lulupu Store used for this project:



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