Challenge #64 | Friendship with a twist

Hello everyone.!
       Riswana here today bringing a new challenge for the month. Friendship Day is around the corner and we wanna celebrate the bond of friendship with you all..

The theme for Challenge #64 is FRIENDSHIP with a twist - SHAKER CARDS or SHAKER TAGS ONLY

Rules for this challenge:
    1. Should be based on the THEME ONLY
    2. Must be a SHAKER CARD or a SHAKER TAG
    3.ONLY cards or tags allowed for this challenge

Also, please read the general RULES & guidelines HERE.

I have some Shaker cards & tags for you to get started :) Did you check out the Pocket pages themed cards in the store? They are fabulous & can be used on

a variety of projects.. I've used the Friendship themed cards to make these two cards & a tag..

It's a 6×4" card with a full Shaker frame & the quote base is from the pocket pages.!!
I added wink of stella clear glitter over the rainbow & "friends".. It gives that little pop for the already awesome PP design..
For the frame I used PP from Papericious "It's a boy" collection.. I also added some white blooms made with the Ek tools retro flower punch.!

For this card I used the same paper for both the frame & the base.. I made use of the framed design for my Shaker element.. Also added the striped yellow PP from Papericious Pretty Basics..
The star sequins are a RAK from Sathya.!  I love them..

I added some Wink Of Stella clear glitter & crackle accents on the big yellow star for some added detail..

Here's a monochromatic tag..

I used the fussy cut label from one of the themed cards form the pack as the focal point..
Added some blooms to give the completed look..

Did you check out the latest release from Papericious?? They are so awesome with co-ordinating PPs & also two fussy cut sheets with beautiful elements..
I used the label with this beautiful saying "Because i have a brother, i always have a friend" to make my shaker window base & embellished with the fussy cut elements..

With Rakshabandan close by, this is so perfect for the occasion, combining brotherhood & friendship..!

That's all from me today.. Hope you liked my projects & that I have inspired you enough to try some shik-shik-shakie shaker projects for yourself ;)

Don't forget to link your projects in the Inlinkz below.!

Supplies used:
Pocket Pages Friendship themed cards
Papericious It's a boy paper pad
EK medium Retro flower punch
Papericious Pretty Basics Paper pad
Papericious The gentleman paper pad

C ya all very soon.!
Create. Have fun.
Rhiz

An InLinkz Link-up

Adding details to solid stamped images- Video tutorial

Hi everyone!

Sindhura here. Today, I have a video Tutorial to share with you. It is all about adding details to solid stamped images.

There are many ways to add more interest to solid images. I saw a video by Jennifer Mcguire where she shows one of the the techniques I used here. She used dye inks for the technique. I extended it to distress inks using the same technique. :)

You can watch the video at the end of the post or can watch on YouTube HERE.

I made cards with the flowers I stamped and coloured. I also wanted to use patterned papers on my cards. Will link the supplies at the end of the post. 

This is my first ever video, so it is far from perfect but I tried my best to show you the techniques. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding the techniques used or the products.

I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching! 

Supplies used

Altenew Lacy Scrolls stamp set

Altenew inks

Heidi Swapp photo frames

Fancy Pants 'Life is Beautiful' 6x6 paper pad

Distress inks- Abandoned Coral, Fired brick

Coloured pencils.

Have a great day!
Sindhura.

Mudra Stamps special Post - By SathyaKala

Hi Crafty peeps!

Its me SathyaKala here today at Lulupu and am super excited to Guest Design as Mudra Creative Team Member with few set of inspirations using Mudra Stampsets. And to showcase few amazing projects from my super talented Teamies of Mudra.

We are excited about Lulupu - India's Leading Craft Store stocking up our Mudra craft stamps. We are extremely excited and equally privileged to be here today.

Lets see the inspirations now!!

Card 1:

1.Took 5" square cardbase and did matting with few colored cardstocks with quarter inch differences.

2. Card panel is masked with a negative of a oval scallop and the DI inks - Scattered straw, Rusty hinge are sponged to give a nice blended background.

3. Stamped the girl silhouette stamp using Black archival ink within the blended bg.

4. For the swing to perch, stamped the flourishes several times, from  Fancy flourish stampset using Rich cocoa momento ink.

5. Sentiment from Dreamcatcher stampset is used here and stamped using Black Archival ink, in such a way, it lies partially on the focal background.

Card 2:

1. 5" square ivory cardbase is taken and did  few mattings as shown.

2. Card panel is stamped with Polka dots bg using versamark and heat embossed with Ranger White Embossing powder

3. Then its diecut using Circle provocraft-cuttlebug die.

4. To peek through the negative spaces of diecuts, white cs is stamped with Fancy Flourish stampset using Black Archival ink and inserted beneath the focal panel.

5. Butterflies from Grungy butterflies stampset are stamped and colored using Zig clean color brush pens with few white highlights.

6. Then the left over diecut is taken and stamped with sentiment from Brushed Sentiments stampset.

7.Few baby blue pearls are added as accents.


Card 3:

 1. 5" white square cardbase taken. Matted with pink and black cardstocks.

2.Took watercolor cardstock, and Ranger silver heat embossed the flourishes from Fancy flourishes stampset.

3. Whole paper is water brushed and worn lipstick distress ink is added. Then it left to air dry.

4.Its then diecut using Cuttlebug Provocraft circle die and popped using foam adhesives on the focal panel.

5. For the last element, to add interest, butterfly from Butterfly flutters is colored using Zig pens and used with  a flower sticker.

6. Sentiment is used from Brushed Sentiment stampset.

7.Few white pearls are added as accents.

 Card 4:

1. This Vinatge-y attempt is done on a long card, as its much suited my card idea.

2.Kraft cardbase is taken and distressed slightly on the edges using the Rich cocoa momento ink.

3. The white matting layer is taken and top and bottom edges are torn. Then distressed slightly with Momento Toffee crunch and then heavily with momento rich cocoa ink.

4. Fancy flourishes stampset is used to stamp the flourish at the corners of the matting layer.

5.Then water is sprayed to get a mottled effect and before it could dry completely, went ahead and stamped feather stamps from Dreamcatcher sets on the centre of the card. Heat embossed it using Ranger Gold Ep.

6.During this process, the pooled effects appeared on cs took the Embossing Powders and while heat setting gave that lovely cellular backgeound effect, which is so awesome in real. This matted on the card base.
(I intended to avoid Anti-static bag to have this effect and its a non watercolor paper)

7.White cs is taken and its torn wholly on edges and its edges alone heavily distressed using series of DIs- Tumbled glass, Broken china, Peacock feathers and momento rich cocoa ink.

8.Then central portion of the focal panel is torn off and again its edges are distressed using Rich cocoa momento ink.

9. Water is sprayed using mister to get a mottled effect and heat set.

10.Polka dots stamp set is used on corners of the panel.

11.This panel is matted on the cs making sure to keep gold embossed feathers centrally.

12.Sentiment from Dare to fly stampset is stamped and torn as portions, edges again distressed and mounted on focal panel.

13.Feathers from Dream catcher stampset is stamped on vellum and heat embossed using Ranger Gold Ep and tugged under the up and down sentiment banners.

Mixed Media Tag

1. Took largest diecut from TH tag dies set on a thick chipboard.

2. Gessoed it completely and applied Texture paste mixed with Dylusions- Lemon zest on top corner of the tag, Using TH texture tools, swipped across the texture paste and after drying sprayed with same mist.

3. On the bottom portion of the tag, the texture paste is mixed with LSG - Azure Sea Aster and used TH bubble stencil for stenciling. After drying, sprayed with same mist for the pooling effect around the stenciled area and heat set it.

4. Lotus flower, bud, leaf are from Lotus Blooms stampset and they are heat embossed using Lavender Zing Ep and Leaf Zing Ep. Colored using Zig cleancolor brush pens.

5.LSG - Sea mist green is sprayed right below the yellow stenciled portion and heat set it.

6.Flower, bud and leaf are fussy cut and mounted on the tag using foam adhesives and misted cheesecloth are tugged under and near those to give marshy and moss look.

7.Few Prima artstones scattered on cheesecloth and Rangers Glossy accents as dew/water droplets effects.

8.Sentiment from Peony love is added and fussy cut and sponged slightly on edges with tumbled class Distress ink.

9. Yellow polka dot ribbon and green twine are added to finish off the card.

Stampsets used:

Dreamcatcher

Fancy Florishes

Happy Girl

Grungy Butterflies

Brushed Sentiments

Polka dots

Butterfly Flutters

Dare to fly

Lotus Blooms

Peony love

Stamp Highlights:

Gayathri Viswanathan Pop up Box card using Cutie Tweety stampset

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016/05/fun-time-again.html)

 PonMalar Galaxy bg card using Dreamcatcher Stampset

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016/05/beyond-your-comfort-zone.html)

Priya Sondhi Curved panel card using Peacock Feather Doodle stampset

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016_05_01_archive.html)

Rhizwana Fathima Mixed media canvas using Grungy butterflies stampset

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016/05/dare-to-fly-mixed-media-canvas-tutorial.html)

Parul Gupta Classy Invitation card using You are invited and Rose love stampsets

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016/05/invitations-and-invitations.html)

Ujjwal Gupta  Peony love stampset using oil pastels

(http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.ae/2016/04/peony-love-inspiration-video-tutorial.html)

Video tutorial link: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WFTSQOB2Ms&feature=youtu.be)

Hope you have inspired well to try out Mudra stamps. What you are waiting for?

Start to grab and Stamp away to hearts' content :)

Thank you so much Karuna and the entire Lulupu Team for giving us this lovely opportunity to showcase these pocket friendly high quality photopolymer stamps of Mudra.

Cards showcasing 'We R Memory Keepers' Embossing Strips

Hello and good morning folks!

Jasleen here today and I hope you are enjoying this month's Mood Board challenge and the DT inspiration work shared so far. :)

Today I'll be sharing three cards showcasing True Stories embossing strips by 'We R memory Keepers.'

For starters, these embossing strips are 2 by 6 inches sized little embossing folders that help to add texture and dimension to the paper craft projects, such as greeting cards, scrapbook pages, tags or photo albums. One pack includes six different designs of these strips and they can be used with any brand of die-cutting or embossing machines.

Here's my first card where I used the 'Celebrate' embossing strip :

Altenew Hennah Elements | One Stamp Set, Many Ways

Hey, Friends !

Hope you all are doing great.

This is Jasleen here and today I'm going to share a few cards and other stuff I made using the gorgeous Altenew Hennah Elements stamp set I received in my DT kit. This stamp set is undoubtedly one of my favorite stamp sets of all time. Very versatile and such beautiful images.

Here's the first card:-

For making this one, I stamped the floral images all over the card base to make the background. Stamped the same floral images on a piece of watercolour paper, coloured those flowers using the Faber Castel connector pens that were gifted to me by my friend Vijaylaxmi Siyal. I loved the results. Then those floral images were fuzzy cut to be later embellished over the vellum-covered card base. I love the how vellum gives a softening effect to the background, so that the main floral images pop beautfully. :)  Finally, stamped the sentiment and added the Sequins. Lulupu has a beautiful collection of sequins. You can find them HERE.

Now, onto my second card:-

I started off by sticking a patterned paper from the gorgeous Papercicious 6 by 6 paper pad- Often collection, over the card base. Then cut out a piece of black cardstock at an angle, as shown. Stamped the beautiful lace border and the 'congrats' sentiment from the Altenew stamp set in versamark ink and white embossed it using white Ranger's Embossing powder and heat tool. Stamped the floral images from the Altenew- Hennah elements stamp set on a piece of scratch card stock, coloured it using distress inks , fuzzy cut them and mounted them over the card using 3d foam tape. I love how lovely they look against the polka dots patterned paper.

Here's my third card :-

For this one,I stamped the flowers in the corners of the card base using Altenew ink in coral pink colour and sponged the corners lightly in the same colour of the ink after masking off the flowers. Then I stamped and silver embossed the flowers over a piece of vellum and coloured them using Faber Castel connector pens. I used the Lindy's silver embossing powder here. Then, I fuzzy cut the vellum flowers and mounted them over the card base using Ranger's glossy accents(it acts as a perfect adhesive for sticking transparent/translucent elements) Stamped the sentiment and finally finished off with a few pearls and sequins.


Also, made these simple tags using this versatile stamp set :-

And last but not the least--

A pillow box made using patterned paper from the Papericious -Often collection and embellished with flowers from the Altenew set and washi tapes from the Lulupu store.

I hope I've inspired you to try out different ways to stretch your stamps. And when the stamps are as gorgeous as Altenew hennah elements, the ideas come quick and easy. :)

Looking forward to seeing your creations for this month's challenge. Link them up HERE.



Supplies from the store :

Altenew Hennah Elements stamp set

 Papercicious 6 by 6 paper pad- Often


Fiskars Paper Trimmer

Martha Stewart Score Board

Adhesive

Distress inks

washi tapes

Altenew ink -Red cosmos


Thanks for visiting. See you all soon..

Love,
Jasleen.

Wood Veneer Hearts & Arrows Card

Hello, everyone!

Nikita here and today I am sharing a card for the current challenge:

#58 Hearts & Arrows

For this challenge, you have to:

1. Create a Card, Layout or a 3D Project.

2. Use Hearts & Arrows (both) in your project in ADDITION TO any other embellishments you wish to use. The hearts & arrows could be either on your patterned paper, stamped, die-cuts, stickers, hand drawn, wood veneer or sewn on your project - anything. But make sure Hearts & Arrows are visible.

3. Try and use colours other than RED & PINK. Though red and pink ARE ALLOWED, we'd like to see how you get creative with the colours.

4. Last date for submission is February 29, 2016, 11:55 PM IST.

Before submission, please read general guidelines HERE.

For my project, I decided to make a 6" x 6" Card. I have used papers from Kaisercrafts' Notes & Things 6x6 paper pad. 

More Cards Using Micia Clear Stamp

Hello again, dear friends!

This is Jasleen , back here to share some more cards I made using the Micia stamp set-Floral invitation I received in my DT kit. To view the first card that I made, click HERE.

And here's the stamp I'm talking about, alongwith those gorgeous Washi Tapes  from Lulupu store:-

And here's the first card:-



On the front

On the inside

So, it's one of the ideas by which we can make a cute invitation card using this Micia stamp set-Floral invitation. I have stamped on the inside of the card as well. The stamp used on the inside is from Avery Elle. Embellished the inside with a simple banner made out of the Washi Tapes  from the kit. These kind of cards are quick to make and we can easily make a set of invititation cards for kids' birthday, baby shower, etc. with this set.

Here's the second card:-




On the front

Do you want to know the most interesting thing about this card? Check out the picture below.

Chalkboard washi tape and sad goodbye

Hello friends!!!!

Neha here! December is my last moth at Lulupu and this is the last post. Its been a great and the most memorable journey here at Lulupu , It made me learn so much and have definitely grown as a better crafter, but sadly it has to end. 

 You can find details about our current challenge here

Challenge # 56: Deck up your home

I have made two cards and the main focus of my cards this time is chalkboard style washi tape which I had received in my DT kit. I just loved this washi tape, using it you can create cool chalkboard effect with such an ease. You can find them in Lulupu store here

I haven’t tried chalkboard style before, so I was a bit unsure but now all my doubts are clear. I just put chalkboard washi tape on a CS and trimmed it according to the need. Then I have used pigment inks for stamping the sentiments. I stamped sentiment 2-3 times with pigment ink so there visibility is better and clear. For this I used my MISTI tool as I had to stamp 2-3 times. It makes your work so easy. I just love it! One thing you have to keep in mind while stamping with pigment ink on tape is that it takes time in drying. So leave it without disturbing till it dries completely otherwise it will smudge.

For first card I created the chalkboard panel and matted it with a blue CS.  Also, wrapped some twine around it. Next I matted it over ivory CS which was stenciled with DI (broken china) and stencil and lastly matted it over a black card base.

Closeup of chalkboard panel

Here comes the second card. For this card I have used the same above technique for chalkboard effect. Did some stamping with black archival ink on ivory CS using altenew wild hibiscus stamp. Also heat embossed few flowers using golden EP. Then fussy cut them and colored with DIs mild lavender and Victorian velvet. Added some liquid pearls gold in the center. Also added a strip of golden glitter sheet beneath the chalkboard panel and arranged embossed flowers and my card was ready.

Close up

I hope you like these cards and will try your hands on this chalkboard washi tape.

 And now is the time to say the final goodbye. I will be active on my  Facebook page. Will love if you connect with me there. Lulupu was the first blog whose challenges I use to enter last year and first one to take me as DT this year in January I am really thankful to Karuna Chauhan for believing in me and giving me a chance to design for Lulupu. This blog gave me the wonderful opportunity to work with some really awesome and talented team of designers, Manu, Tanvi, Kripa and Dolly. 

Lastly, I would like to share few of my most favorite projects for this year. I really enjoyed making these projects for Lulupu.

Here is a card which I had made for my very first DT post. It’s a Circle shaped side step card. This one is my favorite

Next one is a Luminary. I was very happy the way it turned out finally.

A lighthouse made from scratch. It was very much appreciated by everyone.

My favorite Mixed media canvas with gelatos.

 I also tried my hands on CAS cards for the very first time.

A wall art

And lastly this Z flap mini album done using my favorite altenew vintage roses

I hope you guys also liked these projects. Thanks you very much for always visiting and appreciating my work. I hope the coming year brings with it a lot of happiness and prosperity in your life.

Wishing you a very happy new year in advance.

Hugs!!!

Neha

                                         Supplies from the store:Chalkboard Tape Large 

Chalkboard Tape Large

Brights Seasonal Cardstock Pack 

                                                         WRMK  trim & score-board

                                                                         Big shot

                                                 Ranger Essentials Wonder Tape Roll 1/8