To Mum With Love ..... and New DT :)

Hello everyone!

Its Karuna here :) We are having a blast with all the gorgeous mother's day special cards our DT's are preparing for this months Challenge#30 - Feminine Cards. We also got some lovely entries but please note many have not qualified as using a Border Punch and a handmade flower is a part of the challenge. You still have time so please take note!

I also take this oppertunity to bid farewell to Nikita who has been on the DT since we began Lulupu back in March 2012. She has been a part of our journey and has a very special place in our hearts for the fun and interesting concepts brought into the Lulupu challenge blog :) We wish her all the very best for her future endevours and hope to see her back here.

And now we welcome another new DT member to add more fun to our challenge Blog! She is a new crafter but we loved her work so much that we invited her over as a DT at Lulupu. Her Layouts have been our favorite over several challenged before as well! Please welcome the very talented Kripa :). Over to her.....

Thank you very much Karuna. Lulupu has a special place in my scrappy heart as this was the very first challenge I entered through my blog. I've been quite addicted since to their blog and challenges,so no surprise that I'm super thrilled to join their very talented team of designers.

A quick recap of this month's challenge

Lulupu Challenge # 30 
Feminine Cards 

We have had some really pretty cards from the DT so far and I hope you are playing along too. Here is my inspiration for this challenge

Ive combined two different Prima pattern paper collections and used mostly pink and shades of pink. The blue polka dot PP breaks the pink and offers a bit of contrast. The two Martha Stewart paper punches are fast becoming my favorite. I punched the papers only in a few places to draw attention to the beautiful pattern created by the punches and tore the top layer of PP so the bigger fan punch peeked through. Finally a dab of paint on the background, flowers and wooden bird icon to tie in all the elements.

Here's a handy tip I picked up along the way: Its very difficult to ink the edges specially when you tear and punch and fussy cut. My solution is to use a water brush loaded with distress ink. The best part of using a water brush is that it not only gives you the coverage you want, you can also choose how dark the color should go and can control the inking better.

Would love to hear your thoughts and look forward to see your creations. 

Martha Stewart fan edge punch	doily lace punch	prima distressing tool	fiskers sure cut paper trimmer
Peacock Feathers Distress Inkpad	Picked raspberry distress inks	Fired Brick	Koi® Water Brushes Medium

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Lulupu Challenge # 30- Feminine Cards!

Hello, crafty friends!

So, today is the first day of a brand new month and we have a really fabulous challenge for all of you here at the Lulupu blog! :)

But, before I venture into that, I would like to thank all those who played along our last challenge of creating a Travel based layout. Guess it was a tough challenge for many to try but we loved the ones who have linked up!

So, kudos to all those ladies :)

Now, coming on to the challenge. With Mothers Day fast approaching on May 11th we thought this was a perfect way to show all the special women in our life how important and how loved they are. So as you guess the challenge theme is....

Lulupu Challenge # 30 - Feminine Cards

Lulupu Challenge # 30 -Qualifications Guidelines :

{General Guidelines here}

1. Create a CARD (No other project will make the cut !)

2. Use Border Punches and Flowers - The flowers must be Stamped OR Handmade OR Readymade ones. though we love handmade more!

3. Use only Feminine colours for your card

4. Deadline to submit is 15th May, 2014 until 11:55 PM IST.

And the winner receives this gorgeous
The Crafts Meow - Fancy Flourish Stamp



See how pretty it looks?

Source: Google

That, sums up the challenge requirements and the prizes. And, now to inspire you to play along with this challenge, here is what I have created :

 To make my card, I started with a Kraft cardstock base and embossed the front of the card with the Cuttlebug/Provocraft Textile Embossing folder then, I punched some border laces with the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch and DCWV Pattern papers and stuck it to the bottom half.

On the top half of my card, I distressed it with Colorbox Frost White Pigment ink and Vintage Photo Distress ink then, die cut and colored my flowers using Sizzix/Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland die and colored it using Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose and Scattered Straw Distress inks.

The leaves were colored using Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint Distress inks. I added the MFT Fancy Flourish and MFT Scrolled Flourishes using Martha Stewart Iridescent glitter die-cuts behind my flower arrangement and placed it around the Spellbinder's Fluer de Lis frame which was again colored with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

That's it from me Hope you all will play along with us and dazzle us with your various creative approach to our challenge :)

Supplies used on my card from www.lulupu.com :

fiskers sure cut paper trimmer	Sizzix Big shot Teal	Self Healing A3 Size Cutting Mat	Krafty Smooth Value Pack Cardstock 8.5"X11" 25/Pkg
Ranger Inkessential Craft Sheet	Victorian Frame Set	Fancy Flourish Die-Namics Die- 2.4"X3"	Scrolled Flourishes Die-Namics Dies
Tattered Leaves Sizzix Bigz Die	Provo Cuttlebug� Emboss A2 Folder Musical Flourish	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black	peeled paint distress ink
Vintage Photo	Spun sugar Distress Ink	Scattered straw Distress Inkpad	Ranger Inkssentials� Heat It� Craft Tool
Inkessentials ink blending tool	Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	Terrifically Tacky Tape .5"X5 Yds	Sponge Daubers 3/Pkg
Tweezer	Quilling Fine Tip Scissors	Quilled creation needle tool	3-D Foam Tabs
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