Easy to make cards with stamps and pattern papers

Hello everyone,

         Riswana here with you today. Am so excited to be sharing my first DT post on the Lulupu blog.!

   

Did you check the new Challenge #63 - Sketch for this month?! Here's my take on the beautiful sketch by Sindhu.

I've used the "Enchanted" paper collection from simple stories for this card. I love love love these papers with their beautiful pastel shades & so many 'princess'y elements :)

I've used a regular paper punch to add some holes & fussy cut to make the PP look like a notepad paper & crushed a little bit to add some texture.

To make the focal point, Added some glass bead glitter gel & sprinkled some pink micro beads on the bg. Fussy cut the crown & star wand images from the paper pack & heat embossed with clear sparkle embossing powder. I also embossed the swirls in the second layer with the same EP.

Added wink of stella clear glitter & glossy accents, on some areas to add more sparkle & shine.

For the sentiment, Made a banner out of the PP & mounted with foam squares.

This card is super sparkly in person & I wish I could have captured it all in picture.!

Here's another simple & fun card with a totally different look.

I used Mudra play with lines stampset & memento dye inks to create the striped bg. Added a layer of vellum & mounted the flowers & sentiment banner to finish the card. The flowers are from inkadinkado doodle flowers stampset, stamped with Archival jet black ink, colored with Zig clean color real brush pens & a gemstone brad added in the center.

Hope you liked my projects. Looking forward to see your wonderful creations for the sketch Challenge .!

Create. Have fun.

-Rhiz

Supplies used:

Simple stories - Enchanted PP

Mudra - Play with lines stampset

Mudra Let's party stampset

Glossy accents

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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Lulupu Challenge# 30 -Enter your cards here!

An InLinkz Link-up

Using your Scraps | Die-Cut Quilled Roses

Hello!!!

This is Nikita here and after a really really long time, I am posting one of my projects here!! How have you all been??? I am sorry I haven't been visiting your blogs to check your entries for the challenges, but I will do that soon. I have just moved and unpacking and settling in has taken a bit of time and lot of my energy. But enough excuses; let's get back to talking about what I have to share.

For the current challenge, you have to use your scraps. Initially, I was completely lost because it seemed like I had used up all of my good ideas here. (Video here) But then, I thought of something.

I was itching to use these Rose dies from Quilled Creations (destashed by Pratiksha) and what I thought it would be perfect for scrap pieces of PP.

Delight in the little things!

Hey everyone..

As we come to a close of 2013 this will be my last post for Lulupu as well :) It has been an amazing journey for me and I'm so glad to have been able to work as DT for Lulupu :) 

I've learnt a very important lesson in life, and that is to simply enjoy every day as it comes and find joy in the littlest of things because we never know when we may get that moment again! My inspiration symbolises this little thought that I have :)

As my second inspiration for this challenge I've chosen a simple card that has all the ingredients :)

I've used the botanical odyssey paper pack for the flowers and background. The butterflies are also fussy cut from the same pack :)

The flowers were made using the retro flower punch from ek success. A little distressing and faux stitching completed my background :) 

The sentiment is heat embossed and fussy cut :)

Continue hopping with Lulupu! Good luck! 

Wish you all a superb year in 2014!!

Lots of love

Pratiksha :)

Cooking up some Masculine Cards!!!

Hi ya!!!

How are you doing? I am good and excited like you all… I am sure you all would have seen the Blog Hop & Challenge happening currently… Thats simple and awesome Challenge with lots of exciting Prizes…

I am with two cards with this Months challenge, both are simple and masculine, So HERE is where you can see the full view and details about the cards.. Jus Hop on… 

So what are you waiting for keep your fingers crossed and start hopping…

Lulupu Challenge #20 - Tag It All!! :)

Say hello to a wonderful new month!! :)

November is one of my favourite months in the year.. The gorgeous colours, the soothing nip of winter in the air.. Oh so sweet.. :)

Firstly thanks so much for playing along with us at challenge #19-word play. You ladies came up with awesome phrases! :) The winners will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

To bring in this month and also since there are loads of festivals coming up - which means loads of gifts to be given!!! Here is a brand new challenge for everyone! :) 

Challenge #20 Tag It All! :)

Challenge #20 - Qualification Guidelines 

{General Guidelines - here}

1. Create a TAG. Any size will qualify

2. It needs to be colourful, layered, with bling and shimmer!! 

3. Sentiment has to be for a festival. Any festival will do. :)

4.If you include diyas, rangolis, kandils etc it'll be great :)

5. The Inlinkz for this challenge will close on November 15th, 2013 at 11:55 PM IST. 

Word Play Note Cards!!

Hello Crafters!!

It's been a while since I posted here, but I haven't been slacking off. I have been giving my hand some rest. But, I couldn't resist playing along with the Word Play Challenge and I was super excited about it since the time I suggested this theme. So there was no way I wanted to miss this! :) Also, as we have to make CAS cards for this challenge, it only made things easier for me..

And as usual, I got carried away and made FIVE cute little note cards. ;)

When I think of Word Play, I think of Lawn Fawn Stamps. Every Stamp Set has co-ordinating sentiments and images and for this challenge, I used the Love 'n Breakfast Set (I got three cards out of this set), Vintage Rides by The Craft's Meow as well because it had some really cool stamps and another card from the Raccoon2Love Stamp Set by The Stamps of Life.

I won't be typing much because right now, it's a little difficult.. So I'll just show you the cards. As usual, the list of products used for these cards is at the end of the post! :)

Have a WHALE of a time...

A super good morning to all you beautiful crafters out there! 

I'm here with my inspiration for the current challenge #19 - word play.. This one is so so cute and for once we're doing CAS.. psssst- its not my style, but hey I'm open to trying everything! ;o)

Before I forget, here's a quick reminder about our Share and Win contest on Facebook running until 31st October,2013. All you need to do is click HERE to visit our Facebook Page, like our page and share this picture on your timeline (as public) and then mention"Done" as a comment. Simple! :)

Here is my card

I recently went to mom's place and boy did i have fun! It was just awesome! Hence my sentiment comes from that fun trip of mine!! :)

I had a "Whale" of a time!!

To create the waves I tore up a few pieces of paper at random. Using my chipped sapphire and tumbled glass inks I made the waves at sea! :) 

The whale is a memory box die that I've coloured using my koi waterbrush and the chipped sapphire ink. A lil googly eye and the whale was ready :)

The sentiment is hand written :)

Thats all from me today.. Do check out the gorgeous new stuff at lulupu and also for the product reviews coming up soon! :)

Supplies used

Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink Pad googly eyes Ranger Inkessential Craft Sheet Sizzix Big shot Teal Inkessentials ink blending tool World Tour Value Pack Cardstock 8.5"X11" 40/Pkg Koi® Water Brushes Medium

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