Winner and Top 3 for Challenge #32

Good Morning Everyone,

Kripa here to announce the Winner and Top 3 of our

Challenge # 32- Sketch

We had some really beautiful entries and very happy that you are sharing your artsy adventures with us.

Lets start with...

Special Mention

Somadeepa Das

 

 

Top 3 (No particular order)

 

Ashmita Roy

 

 

 

Sarah  George

 

 

 

Rupa S

 

 

 

And the Winner is....

 

Neha Upreti

A gorgeous mixed media background, the interesting layers built with doilies, flowers - simply stunning!

 

 

Congratulations everyone!!

Please grab your respective  badges from here.

And Neha, pls mail to hello@lulupu.com to claim your prize.

We are waiting to see more of your gorgeous creations for our current challenge inspired by the New Lulupu Layout.

Challenge #33 - Inspired by New Lulupu logo

Hello everyone,

Kripa here,

We are very thankful for the support from all of you since the revamp of our website. If you haven't already checked it out, head over there now, register and get yourself Rs.100 store credit. There are tons of new products from Prima, American Crafts,Ranger, We are Memory, Avery Elle, Ek success and many more.

Let's move on to our next fun Challenge

Lulupu Challenge #33
 Inspired by New Lulupu Logo

(General Guidelines are here) 

Guidelines for this challenge:

  1.Use minimum 4 colours from the new logo :)

2. Must include a banner or pennant on your creation.  

3. Cards, layouts, mini albums, canvas, altered art all are allowed in this challenge.

4. Most important, enjoy yourself while creating :)

5.Challenge will remain open till June 30th, 11.55p.m.

As always there is a very tempting prize on offer

from the latest American Crafts release as colourful as our new logo!

Lemon Lush 6X6 paper pad and Wanderlust Alpha Stickers

And here is my inspiration for this colorful challenge - a 12X12 scrapbook layout . I worked backwards with this layout. I was very tempted to use lace and so matted the photograph and built up layers behind it.Then, started creating a background for it..... ...... I know, sounds crazy right! Quite obviously, I failed twice and only in my third attempt managed this background. Can you see the colours of grape, blue and yellow and shades of pink from the new Lulupu logo ? Pretty much all the colours are there in my layout except the grey (which is in the photograph)

The two failed attempts taught me heaps about using different mediums and I will share it all with you people. The first thing I did was coat my background with Ranger Multi medium Matte. This dries transparent, so doesn't cover up the pretty pattern and at the same time prepares the paper to take mists and paints. Then I went to town with my favorite Prima and TCW stencils  using a variety of permanent, distress and pigment inks.

Here is another tip when using inks through a stencil or even when stamping. Use a couple of different shades of the same colour or complementary colours to get more dimension. For example in the above pic I first used a light blue ink through my stencil and then went over it with bright pink. Start with the lighter colour and then go over with the darker one. Remember to dry each layer before adding the next.

One final tip - try not to handle the photograph with inky fingers, I managed to get some texture paste and ink on mine and ruined the photograph. LOL. Once my layers of ink were dry, the fun part - texture paste mixed with gold paint. My new favourite embellishment are the Prima Resin shapes - specially the heart. This is my second pack and I cant seem to resist using it on all my projects. I rubbed some gold paint on them using my fingers to highlight the roses.

Stay tuned for more amazing projects from the rest of the design team, meanwhile I hope to have left you inspired in some way.

Supplies used from the Lulupu Store:

Ranger Multi Medium Matte	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Victorian Velvet- Distress Ink	Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink Pad
Spun sugar Distress Ink	Art Is Template	Modelling Paste - Sakura Acrylic Tube	Flower Heart Shabby Chic Resin Treasures
Hello Pastel Wire Stem Paper Flowers	prima distressing tool	Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	fiskers sure cut paper trimmer
Sponge Daubers 3/Pkg	Ranger Inkssentials� Heat It� Craft Tool	Ranger Inkessential Craft Sheet

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Video Tutorial - Faux Chipboard Diecut Embellishments..

Hello friends! As promised I'm back with a video tutorial. I've seen many crafters using these kind of stamps and diecuts, so just wanted to make a few for myself and I thought that would be so fun sharing with you. It's a kind of DIY project.. Hope you like it.. Kindly watch the video for more details.. Enjoy.. :)

Guest Designer - Erum

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

Some crafters steal our heart with their creations,
and Erum (ET) from Vibgyyour Krafts is one of them...

and we are super excited to have her as our Guest Designer yet again here at Lulupu blog today,

for 

Challenge # 32

Sketch 

We have enjoyed her cards and creativity in our challenges, many times she is a winner....
Please Welcome, Erum,

"Hey everyone! I am Erum aka E.T. from VIBGYOR Krafts. This is my Hat trick post as GDT at Lulupu! I was so excited when I saw my card as one of the favs. This time I played along with Lulupu's sketch challenge in a different card style, no it's not shabby chic - a bit grungy this time around. I hope you will like it and I hope you will stop by my BLOG to leave a bit of love."

Here is my card...

This color combination was given to me by a customer of mine and I was very unsure of it :) My card consists of two panels for the background. I heat embossed chevron background for the top panel and did second generation stamping on the blue panel. I added a deep red panel to add an oomph to the dull design and it made all the difference, the doily lace in soft pink adds interest and gels the blue with the background. After the background was all set, I diecut the flower, stamped a texty stamp on it and ink distressed it a bit so it wouldnt look stark white against the background. Added my favourite frame and some gears to bring everything together. In the end I decided to add a bit of sparkle with some glitter enamel dots! Thats it! I hope you like it."

CAS Card - Best Ever

Hello dear friends! This is Deepti here, hope you have enjoyed the posts by our talented team members, Jaya, Valou, Kripa and Shilpa. And now it's my turn to inspire you.. I'm here with a trendy and CAS card! ;)

Here is the sketch set by Jaya.. 

And here is my card!

I've turned the sketch upside down! I've used patterned papers from Papermania and Simple Stories.. Stamped (Kaisercraft) the sentiment in Archival jet black ink.. :) I've added so many diecut stickers and I love how the card turned out. I never made a card this trendy.. :p Hope you guys like it. Kindly play along our current challenge and have fun. And hey!

Don't forget to check and shop at our new site. It's really AWESOME!

Wondering what's this pic about?? Then come on  June14th here to watch the fun.. ;)

Thank you so much for stopping by.. :)

Supplies Used

fiskers sure cut paper trimmer

Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black

Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Chipboard Shape 20/Pkg

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We are Back! :)

Hello Everyone,

Its Karuna here after a real long time. I just had to come and share my excitement about the brand new www.lulupu.com site! Yipeee!

Yes after several sleepless nights, long hours of research, understanding, making mistakes, learning and re-doing work we have managed to get the new site up and running. I wanted to keep this a big surprise for you and hence we are revealing it all today! I must thanks all my friends and family for the constant support and thank to our Design Team for holding the fort while I was MIA. Love you guys!

We have most of you existing customer already on our site but it may prompt you to use "forgot password" to get the account activated else it takes just few second to register!

Never the less we have Rs.100 store credit waiting for your first purchase.

 I hope you enjoy the new site with all the new amazing features. I look forward to your feedback and suggestion.

A big thank you for always being there for me. Its been a long journey and your love and kindness has always motivated me to only do the best!

Much Love

KC

Mixed Media Canvas

Hello Beautiful Crafters

Shilpa here today with Mixed Media Canvas,

which is inspired by A Sketch given by Jaya for 

Lulupu Challenge # 32 

I liked the sketch so much, that I used it as it is and tried to bring small details on my canvas.

To divide the canvas in two parts, which you can see in a sketch, I used two different stencils to create the texture.  Upper part has done with Crafters workshop Mini Spinning Tops stencil and lower part with Memory box Rhapsody stencil, I love this design. I've used Shabby shutters and Squeezed Lemonade distress paints to bring the color on canvas.

I've also done texture stamping in the background with Peeled paint distress ink, Cofee Archival ink, Prima Square stiches stamp, text stamp and tiny circle stamp.

Lulupu store has these wonderful Wood Veneer Journal Cards from Studio Calico, its use is versatile. I used it as a center piece. I brought texture and color on it to match with background. Ohh, yes and the Prima junkyard light bulb, isn't it gorgeous? I made it my flower vase. And the main attraction is the dimensional Pink Flower stickers from Ek Success.  

I hope my mixed media canvas inspired you to link up your beautiful creations to our current sketch

 challenge.

waiting to see what you come up with the sketch.....

Lots of Love,

Shilpa

Rhapsody - Memory Box Stencil	Modelling Paste - Sakura Acrylic Tube	3" By 4" Acrylic Block	Foam Brushes	Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg
Victorian Velvet- Distress Ink	Everyday Vintage Self-Adhesive Sugar Dots 3"X5" Sheet	Inkessentials ink blending tool	Vintage Photo	Spun sugar Distress Ink
Gesso - Sakura Acrylic Tube	Peeled paint	Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Mod Podge Matte Finish	Ranger Inkessential Craft Sheet
Glue Dots	Script Texture Clear Stamps 2"X5"	Craft Collection 3D Foam Tabs

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