CAS Stamped and sentiments cards

Hello Everyone

This is Manu  and we, the team lulupu is showcasing CAS cards for this forthnight!! The team has decided to bring in some interesting topics to share with all of you every 2nd fortnight of the month, the first fortnight will be all about the Inspirations for that months challenge. The Second fortnight will be dedicated to some fabulous tips, tricks and techniques about the various trending things in the crafting industry so that we are all well aware of what goes on around us. 

 The team has done a fabulous job of showcasing different CAS style cards till now. We still have one more post about these CAS (Clean And Simple) cards apart from this one. I have focused on the Stamped and sentiments based CAS cards and have quite a few to share with you today.

Before I share what I made, I'm sure you must have made something for this months challenge and do not forget to share and link it up here. 

This month is all about Anything but a square and Rectangle, read all about it here. 

Challenge #51 

Anything but a square and rectangle

Here's what I made for the CAS cards. I made 5 different cards using different techniques and which gave different looks too! 

Here's the complete listing of my cards(And it's too difficult to pick a fav, but wait, I'll let you know which one I love the most ) 

This Card is made from Avery Elle stamp and I soo love the cute baby elephant in this one!! Elephant themed stamps are so in trend these days, I couldn't help getting one for myself.  The front panel is die cut with a circle die and then kept inverted to get the green and blue distressing done. Then it's flipped back for the stamping and the colouring. 

This is another simple one with Micia stamp flowers and W&W sentiment stamp. CAS is somewhat I thought is not my style until I made these simple cards. Simple, yet very unique and fun!

Well, one of my fav brand for Cute stamps is the LAWN FAWN (checkout the store for some awesome Lawn FAwn stamps) and the cards comes out to be super cute when these stamps are used. I definitely had to make one using these pretties!

Watercoloring is another trend which is super hot in the crafty world these days!! We had a watercolor challenge too which was a big hit with our readers and Since BOLD and BIG sentiments world awesomely well with watercolors, I went ahead and did a very simple water resist embossing technique in this card, and I was happy the way the colors pop up against the black background. 

Well, I have always loved the night sky so making this sooper lovey dovey card was a must! I truly adore the way this pretty one came out to be!

I hope you all liked the cards that I made for the CAS theme for this fortnight !!

Do not forget to link your entries for our this months challenge here. 

Products used from the store:

Ranger Archival ink: Black

Bigshot

Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape

Essentials - Mr. Huey's Watercolor Set

Koi Water Brushes Medium

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad 1

Heat It Craft Tool Europeon Version

Cake Shaped Birthday Album + Tutorial

Hello Everyone!

This is Manu here and I'm sure that this months theme is keeping you up on the toes and is making you think out of the box for some new creations!!! This month is all about exploring the crafty space for anything but-square-and-rectangle(of course, only  cards, mini's and tags) and is the perfect time to bring out those ideas and make something different than the usual.  Here's the complete listing of this months challenge rules and guidelines

Challenge #51

Anything but a Square and Rectangle

Here's my take on this months challenge. I had been thinking of making a 1st birthday album for my little one and what more could I ask for than this awesome theme. I made a Cake shaped album for her. I had been kinda delaying this project since I wanted a really different style for her Birthday album, and this months theme made me do it!!! *Happy Dance*

I also have a picture tutorial for making this one, so you might sit back, relax and read on!

Here's what I made for my little one's First Birthday memories.

Well, I love the way this one turned out to be and there are soo many elements that I love love love in this album and to my utter joy, my baby loved this one and gave me a huge grin when she took this album in her hands!! So worth the wait!!!

Here's the step by step tutorial on how I made this album!

Since I did not had any dimensions or any idea, I just make up my own dimensions and decided how big I wanted this album to be. The specifications I took are detailed below.

1.  I first measured out the dimensions of each page (there are 4 pages) depending on how big and wide I wanted the album to be. 

Each page measures 5*9, 7*7, 9*9 and 11*9 resp. I did a rough paper draft first before I began to work on my chipboard album.  You can also make it as per your measurements and required size!

Here are the pics (click on the pics for a larger image)

Once I was happy with my design on paper, I then used the same on a thick and sturdy cardboard and then cutted my design out. I taped some Washi tape onto the edges to get a neat look. Lulupu store has an amazing stock of Washi tapes and you can all grab them when the store opens back up!

So here's my album before I starts embellishing it!

2. Once this was done, I did that one part we all love... choosing the right papers and embellishing it.Cut out the pattern papers a little smaller (less than 1mm) than the actual dimensions of each page.

Here's how my album turned out to be. 

I have used some bright and chirpy papers from the DCWV packs (Lulupu store has some amazing paper collection, you can check it out here) 

 I loved making that cuke cake with ribbons and laces. and totally adore those square alphabet beads!! they make an awesome way to make names and like. 

 This is the inner page and it's all done up to put in pictures and also have tags to write down the messages.  Each message insert is stamped with some nice quotes (mostly Technique tuesday stamps, I love these stamps of their calligraphy!)

 This page has an interactive element (which you can see opened up in the next picture) 

 This space is to keep up all those pics with the family members.. 

Ohhh yes, birthday's are fun with wishes.. so a little wish corner for my baby !!! 

I have lots of pictures of her birthday and maybe I might add up pages in between later on. But I totally loved the outcome and can't stop watching it over and over again! (well that makes someone else happy too as I actually did progress a little )

I hope you all liked my shaped album and don't forget to participate in this months challenge. You can find all the rules and guidelines here. 

Do gimme a review on how you find this album to be! (I love it, tell me you do tooo,  *wink)

Products used from the store

Ranger Archival ink: Black

Bigshot

Technique Tuesday : Loving words

Technique Tuesday: Sweet baby

Technique Tuesday: Favorite memories

Kaisercraft: Betsy's corture

Happy Crafting!

Manu