Tutorial: Altered Journal

Hello bloggers !Its Pooja here today.

Happy new year to all the readers of lulupu from me :)

Hope u all are liking our new design team filled with so many talented ladies !

This fortnight we decided to go for Challenge #23 - Create a calendar.

So i decided to alter a journal cover and today i have tutorial on how i did the background. 

So lets start ! 

I started off with this simple mini journal which has a plain hard cover on it. 

I do like the pink so i am going to keep some of it showing.

 My next step was to add a pattern paper to the cover. 

Over which I then used some texture paste with a stencil. 

TIP - Notice the puckering ? (well dont worry, it wont show), 

But I made the mistake of adding the tacky tape only to the sides of the PP , while i should have added it to the whole paper, or just used some thick white glue.  

 I then quickly added some glitter on top of the texture paste while it was wet.

Once dry you can dust off the glitter to reveal the pattern ! 

Thats pretty much how i got my background .

Then I placed the rest of my embellishments and my cover was done ! 

 Here is a closer look at the flowers . 

They are all handmade.

 The tiny calender you see here is also handwritten. 

The image is a Magnolia stamp , and i really enjoyed coloring it ! 

Hope you liked my project for Challenge #23 - Create a calendar.

and are inspired to join us in the fun ! 

Waiting to hear your thoughts !

Hugs 

Poo 

Supplies

Martha Stewart Glitter Vintage Leaf 12pk	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium	Self Healing A3 Size Cutting Mat	Miss Caroline Dolled Up Paper Pad 6"X6"
Crate paper- 14 paper pad	Magnolia stamps	EK Paper Shapers® Punch Flower	Fiskars Easy Stamp Press
SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer 12"	Round Pearl Dots - Medium Size 100/Pkg	Inkessentials ink blending tool	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad from Ranger - Broken Chin
Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad	Pumice Stone Distress Ink	Tweezer	Terrifically Tacky Tape .5"X5 Yds
Quilling Fine Tip Scissors	3-D Foam Tabs	Sizzix Big shot Teal

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Lulupu Challenge #18 - Load it Up & Some News!

Heylo People!

Welcome to a brand new challenge at the Lulupu Blog! It's already the last quarter of the year, time really flies!

This fortnight we have a very interesting challenge for you :) But before that we have some updates.

Our dear DT Member Ruthie Lopez is bidding us goodbye, and we are so gonna miss her. Ruthie is a wonderful person and has been amazing during the last few months here with us. We enjoyed her beautiful creations for our monthly/fortnightly challenges all along and we hope you did too. I take this opportunity to wish her well on behalf of the entire team. But just because she won't be posting with us anymore doesn't mean it's a complete bye-bye. You can still see her wonderful work at her blog - My Hobby = My Art.

And with some Goodbyes we have some Hellos too! A big hoot hoot for our new DT Member Pooja Khupse who most of you know through her blog - Lightbox Creative Ideas and her Challenge blog - Beyond Grey Challenges. Let's get to know her a bit more what say?

Over to Pooja... :)

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Hola  friends!! 

This is Pooja , most of you may already know me as PJ from "Beyond Grey" 
and those who don't well "Hi"! 

I am from Maharashtra , India, but I'm currently living in London. I am married to an amazing man , who is the support system of my life. I was a teacher before I moved to UK, but here I am now, a full time crafter. 

Tilda says Happy Birthday!

Morning, folks!

Today I have for you a simple and pretty card featuring the cute and pretty Tilda of the Magnolia fame. And she's wishing someone really lucky, a very Happy Birthday! ;)

Without wasting any time, I will just add that it is pink-ish, glittery and I've added some Quilling. :D

Here's a glimpse of Tilda..