Guest Designer- Jayashree Reddy

Good morning everyone!

This is Hussena here and I am very happy to introduce our guest designer for this fortnight, and it's Jayashree Reddy from the blog C|R|A|F|T|Y . She is a relatively new blogger, and has already a very own defined sense of style for CAS and trendy cards. If you've ever been through her blog, the one thing that really strikes you is how very chic and modern her work is! Very much in par with all the International crafters and we are happy to have her a s our Guest Designer here at Lulupu. So,without further ado, here's what she has to say about herself.

Hi everyone, 

This is Jayashree from Bangalore, I am a UI Designer by profession turned to stay at home mom for my 21 month old little charm and a hobby photographer. This awesome world of scrapbooking was introduced by my sister. Stared this craft to record my little one’s memories, and is always amazed by the difference scrapbooking makes in memory keeping process. Also a blogger since 2012 (c-r-e-a-t-i-v-e--bee.blogspot.in).

A quick CAS card.

CAS cards are my all time favorite, I always love to experiment the techniques with CAS cards.

I stamped the text background with Simon Says On Edge Stamp and Heidi swap clear stamp set in Black and Pink inks. Distressed using Black shoot, have used washi tape as well for the edges. Then adhered it to Black card stock. And heat embossed the “So happy for you!” sentiment, added pearls and blings.

Isn't Jayashree's card just perfect and so beautiful ? What a fabulous take on our current challenge of Black, White and a a pop of colour. I hope her card has inspired you to join in all the fun at Lulupu. You still have TWO more days to go! :)

Mixed Media card with Black, White and Teal blue

Hello friends!

Jaya here today with my inspiration post for you all for the current challenge.

This time the challenge is hosted by our very talented DT Hussena and the challenge is

Black white and Pop of colour

Challenge guidelines-

1. Create a project using only three colours - that is Black, White and any one other colour of your choice.

2. You can create either a Card/LO/Tag based on only on these three colours. Other colours cannot be combined even in a small amount in your project or your entry will be disqualified.

3. The  challenge linky will remain open till September 30th at 11:55 IST.

4. And, most important of all, do have fun :)

 

You can read the opening  post here.
 

I have a Black ,White and Teal blue coloured card to share with you all.

Here it is

 

 

 

 

 This is a mixed media card loaded with of Gesso, Texture paste and Mists from Lindys and Heidi Swapp. The butterfly chipboard is from studio calico and the embellishments are from Prima (bulb, resin clock, flowers). The stickers are from 7 dots Illumination collection.

Hope you like the creation. Do not forget to submit your entries in time. The challenge is open till 30th Sept. You can submit your creations here.

Happy crafty week!

(Tutorial) Black and White with a POP of .........Gel Medium?!

Good morning friends,

Kripa here from beautiful, sunny Sydney. Its starting to get warmer here and I couldnt be happier. Warmer weather also means my mixed media projects will dry quickly and I don't have to wait overnight. ( I don't use the heat tool unless embossing, heating gesso/ texture paste can create fumes which shudn't be inhaled in large quantities, and specially by kids)

Have you started creating your projects for this time's challenge yet...... its a very simple but interesting one:

Challenge #39

Black + White + a POP of one other colour

You can read the detailed post on the challenge here.  

At first I was wondering how to create an interesting layout using just 3 colours ; texture and layers came to my rescue. There is no pattern paper on this layout - just washi tape and lots of packaging material from all the texture stamps I buy :) Here is a close up 

No brownie points for guessing - the Pop colour is BLUE. Its amazing the tones of colour one can achieve from a single cake of watercolour - add water to get a subtle wash, create stains, add more colour to get a depth for splats. 

Now, include a few more items - 3d gel, stamps, gesso and washi tape and you can create this. I forgot to take pictures while creating, but here is a step by step of how gel medium was used.

 1. My base is watercolour paper. Randomly stamp Kaisercraft dictionary stamp or any other texture stamp. Lulupu has recently added some beautiful Kaisercraft texture stamps. Use Archival or Prima Resist chalk inks. These are permanent and wont react when painted over with watercolours. If however, you stamp with distress inks, it will react with the watercolour and change the original colour you are painting. (Now that gives a very cool effect too, but not what I wanted for this layout)

2. Place a stencil over the stamped area and apply 3d gel medium. Let dry completely.It dries transparent.

3. Paint over with watercolour. The gel medium will resist the paint and give a beautiful effect. The same techniques were used to create the blue tag tucked under the photos.

4. Outline some of the stenciled shapes, Stamp over the gel medium with a permanent ink or gesso.

There really isn't much more to my layout. Washi tape stuck on packaging material is the layer behind the photographs. All the die cuts have been cut out of packaging material on the Silhouette Cameo and painted with black gesso. Finally, black glass glitter and sequins added using matt multi medium. 

If you have never used watercolours before, do give it a go. I bought myself a Mr Huey's watercolour set from Lulupu a few months ago and until then was super scared of free style painting. But now Im hooked - if I can do it, so can you.

I hope to have sparked your creativity in some way today. You can link your projects for this challenge here.

Supplies used from the Lulupu Store:

Transparent 3D Matte Gel 8oz	Black Heavy Gesso 8.5oz	Gesso - Sakura Acrylic Tube	2 Mini Misters Set
Terrifically Tacky Tape .25"x5 Yds	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutter	Mr Huey's watercolour set
Multi Medium Matte 3.8oz Jar	Craft Collection 3-D Foam Tabs Assorted Pack	Koi water brush	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black
Chalk Fluid Edger Resist Pad 8 Piece Set 1

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Challenge # 39 - Black, White and Pop of color !

Hello everyone,

This is Hussena here with a new challenge for this fortnight and as the title suggests,  its a really fun, exciting  and a easy peasy one .So this time around we would love to see your creation based on the colors Black,White and one pop of color.

Challenge # 39

{ Guidelines for the challenge }

1. Create a project using only three colors - that is Black,White and any one other color of your choice.

2. You can create either a Card/LO/Tag based on only on these three colors. Other colors cannot be combined even in a small amount in your project or your entry will be disqualified.

3. The  challenge linky will remain open till September 30th at 11:55 IST.

4. And, most important of all, do have fun :)

You can check out the general guidelines for our challenges HERE.

And here's is what you can win by playing along our challenge this time !!

Hello Sunshine - 6x6 Paper Pack

Isn't it just fabulous !!

 Here's my take on the challenge :

As you can see, I decided to go with yellow as my pop of color. I have done a layered card using an  embossed background, paper and dies to create the whole look. I have tried to keep the embellishments to the minimum so as to make my three colors the hero of my card. There are so many possibilities with Black and white plus one color! You can go CAS or layered, or mixed media or just about anything as long as you limit your project to just 3 colors.

The flowers and leaves on my card are die cut and just embossed using a stylus to give them dimension the small rose buds are also handmade using the same flower die which is the Joy craft Floral flourishes (Flower 3).

That's it from my end hope you like my card and it inspires you! :)

Would love to see your take on this challenge, so please do play along to win some really exciting prizes. :)

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Supplies used from www.lulupu.com :

World Tour-Smooth Value Pack Cardstock 12"X12"	Fiskars Paper Trimmer Personal SureCut 12"	Martha Stewart Tools Scoring Board 0 Reviews | Write a review	Provo Cuttlebug Emboss A2 Folder Seeing Spots
Provo Cuttlebug Emboss A2 D'Vine Swirl	Floral Flourishes - Flower 3, 2.125"	Mustard Seed Distress Ink Pad	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool	Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	Sponge Dauber Pack	Kushgrip Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors 7
Terrifically Tacky Tape .25"x5 Yds	Craft Collection 3-D Foam Tabs Assorted Pack	Imaginisce Score n' Pierce

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