Spotlight Designer: Shilpa Nagaonkar

Good morning, everyone!

It's Nikita here to introduce you to our fabulous Spotlight Designer for this month - Shilpa Nagaonkar :) Most of you may know her already as she has been a part of Lulupu's Design Team until recently. Today, Shilpa has for us a project that she created using Distress Crayons and a detailed review of this amazing product.

Here's a little bit about her:

1. Tell us a little bit about you and your family.

Hello Everyone, Shilpa here, great to be back on Lulupu blog as Guest Designer. I am a mixed media artist from Bangalore.

Desk Organizer - Mixed Media Project

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

We have wonderful theme for this fortnight. 

Make Gift Set

Gift set means 'Card with matching box, gift bags with tags, Easel card and box, Altered notebook/matching stationary and etc'

When ever we want to make gift for someone, we think about that person, how she is, what she will like, which colors make her happy etc.

And I made this Desk Organizer for my angel doctor. She is retired now, but I love to meet her. And because of old age many times she does not find her pen and paper at a place. And She has lot of interest in art and colors. So here it is- Desk Organizer for my Angel Doctor

It has 4 holders. There is lot of space for pens, papers, colors, pencils etc. Ohh yes...you can see my Faber Castell goodies here. Doesn't it look good?

 I also made tag , that goes along with gift,

Here are some more pictures

It all started with empty tape rolls. I adhered design paper on it with Modge Podge. Applied gesso at some places. I used Prima White Sand texture paste and Memory Box stencil  to create texture.

When it dried completely, I spritzed Lindy's Stamp gang inks in various red and blue colors.

I colored Prima resin frame with same blue color and applied silver glitter with Prima soft gel medium.

 I made flowers with Spelbinders Rose creation die. I also adhered red glass beads and red glitter for decoration. Cute bird at the top is wood veneer piece, colored with inks. 

Recently, I found this fantastic glue at Lulupu - Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue, it is fast drying and stronger. It is my new favourite crafty tool.

Thats it for today.

Come join us for this fun challenge. Make a festive gift for your near and dear ones, we would love to read the story behind your creation. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Supplies used:

Transparent 3D Matte Gel 8oz	Fired Brick Distress Ink Pad	Birds- Laser Cut Wood Veneer Shapes	Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool	Kushgrip Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors 7
Rose Creations Spellbinders Shapeabilities Dies	Heat It Craft Tool Europeon Version	Mod Podge Matte Finish 8 ounces	Little lindys red-starburst sprays	Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
Craft Collection 3-D Foam Tabs Assorted Pack	Aleene's Tacky Glue Fast Grab 4oz	White Sand Texture Paste 8.5oz	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	White Heavy Gesso 8.5oz
Rhapsody - Memory Box Stencil

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Mixed Media Card With Black,White and Rose

Hello Beautiful Crafters,

Shilpa here,

My all Lulupu team members have created amazing projects to inspire you for our 

Lulupu challenge # 39

Black , White and one Pop color.

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And I believe you liked our theme of this fortnight too, Already we have beautiful entries, you still have time till 30th September, to link up your projects. It should be card, Layout or Tag

I made Mixed Media Card with this theme. And With Black and White, I've chosen Rose color.

I'll explain the process of making this card.

You will find white circles in the background, I created them with Sakura Modelling paste and Crafters workshop Circle grid template. Next I used Alpine Ice Magicals from Lindy's stamp Gang. I took very little amt of Magicals powder and added water in to that. I created drips on my card, and let color flow to get watercolr background. I made some splatters with the same rose color.

Next, I adhered torn pieces of text paper from Lemon Lush (gorgeous paper pad) at two three places on the card. At the edges I applied little bit of  Dina Wakely gesso. I  love the smoothness it gives as a base for surface. My new favourite Gesso :-)  yes I use tons in my mixed media work.

As you know mixed media is all about layers, I created next layer with stamps and Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink, it is best, works on all surfaces. Lulupu has brought new wonderful textured stamps, you can find them here. I've used Almanac Cling Rubber Stamp,

Chicken wire stamp.

I created some more texture with Crafters workshop specimen stencil and Black Soot distress ink. 

And again splatters of rose color...... my background is ready.

 Wonderful butterflies are from Penny black Social Butterfly set, aren't they beautiful. I stamped them with ranger black Archival ink, fuzzy cut them and adhered on the card. Sentiment is also from same stamp set. I've used Spellbinder's Tag 3 to cut the banner. I colored it with rose magicals at the edges.

Hope you liked my mixed media card, make something with this unusual color combination.

Lots Love

Shilpa

Memories Box with Washi Tape

Hello Beautiful Crafters,

Shilpa here,

Hope you are liking our Lulupu Challenge # 37

Anything with Washi

And you must have enjoyed fabulous video tutorial by my mixed media expert teammate Jaya, if not pls watch it here.

Today its my turn, to post a inspiration project with washi tape. and I have come up with  'Memories Box'

Lulupu has the huge and beautiful collection of Washi tapes. You can find them all here. 

Few ideas - how you can use washi tapes in your craft....

• Use creatively on your cards
• Make book marks
• Apply washi tapes on Gift bags/ envelopes
• Decorate your journals/ Memory books
• Make embellishments - Banners, small flags, cloth pins decoration, or on binder pins
• Recycle jars, tins with just applying different varieties of washi tapes
• Can use them on tea light
• Make personalized gift sets 

Use your imagination and show your best way to use Washi

Let's move on to my project

I adhered  3-4 washi tapes on my white box. Washi tapes are non - permanent adhesives, and to make it permanent I coated the box with Mod podge. I love texture..love!  I created it with crafters workshop stencil and Wendy Vecchi embossing paste. I colored the textured designs with Gelatos. I applied pink color at the edges with Prima chalk Edgers.

Next I worked with this super gorgeous paper pad from Kaisercraft- Confetti   All papers in this collection are fascinating. I cut them to size required with my We are Memory Trim and score board. I made some tags too. I distressed edges with Comfort distressing tool and created layers with them by attaching foam tabs underneath.
Flowers and brads are from Prima

I decorated the inside box flap with  paper layers, Prima resin clock and flowers.

Hope you liked my project with washi.

You can link up your projects here.
Pls read the rules, it is always painful for us to remove beautiful entries becoz they do not follow rules.

Here they are for Lulupu challenge # 37

1.You have to use minimum of three different washi tapes in your project.

2. Twist- Incorporate ATLEAST one  geometric shape in your project. It can be anything a circle, rectangle or square. The shape/outline  of your creation will not be considered whatever it is.

OR

Use ATLEAST one ready made embellishment in your product. It can be anything like resin embellishment, Chipboard pieces, metal embellishments or just flowers. Whatever you use, it has to be 'ready made'

3.Anything goes for this challenge. You can create a card, layout, altered item or whatever you wish to!

4. The linkup for this challenge will remain open till 15th September 2014, 11:55 IST so get in your entries latest by then.

Lots of Love

Shilpa 

Everyday Vintage Self-Adhesive Sugar Dots 3"X5" Sheet	Clocks 3/Pkg Shabby Chic Treasures Resin	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Crop-A-Dile Hole Punch & Eyelet Setter	Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool
Craft Collection 3-D Foam Tabs Assorted Pack	Chalk Fluid Edger Pad 8pc Set 2	Comfort Craft Distressing Tool	We R trim and score board	Mod Podge Matte Finish 8 ounces
FaberCastell Mix & Match Color Gelatos Set Tropical 4pc	Hello Pastel Wire Stem Paper Flowers 20/Pkg	Delight Self-Adhesive Sugar Dots 3"X5" Sheet	Confetti Paper Pad 6.5"X6.5"	Brass3/16" Eyelets & Washers 30/Pkg
Big Polka Yellow Japanese Washi Tape	White Studio 490 Embossing Paste

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Card for Father

Hello Everyone, 

Shilpa here,

Deepti has set a challenge for this fortnight to make cards/ tags for the men in our life....

And when she asks us to use distress inks, it is a perfect combo.

I made a card for my father, whose birthday falls in this month. He is all into machines and mechanisms. With this in my thoughts....I came out with a very grungy, distressed Card

I started off with  white card stock. 

I applied three of my favourite distress ink colors - broken china, vintage photo and black soot. I stamped the edges with Kaisercraft texture stamps and Ranger black Archival inks.  Second layer is, piece of green jute paper also distressed to match the background. I attached stamped clock, one you can see that behind..

For this panel, I took ruled paper from Crate paper pad, stamped text and texture, added distressed washi tape. Gears are die cuts, and Key is a metal charm, colored with distress stains and inks.

I love to use distress inks in my projects. You can find lot of techniques by Tim Holtz with distress inks on you tube and on his blog, he is genius.

Lulupu has got all the colors in distress inks...the new crafters can try Distress Minis.. which has other benefits with basic distress techniques.

Looking forward which of the Tim's Distress Ink technique you use. For Lulupu

Challenge # 36 

Make it Macho

it will remain open till 15th August, 11.59 pm

Supplies used:

Black Soot Distress Ink Pad	Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad	Broken China Distress Ink Pad	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black	Heat It Craft Tool Europeon Version
Kushgrip Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors 7	We R trim and score board	Coffee Archival Ink	american crafts foam tabs	World Tour-Smooth Value Pack Cardstock 12"X12"
Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool

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