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! :)

Guest Designer - Indira Tanwar

Hello!

Guess who we have as our DT this time? Its Indira!!

Coincidentally had both the Guest Designer from our last DT team this month ; ) First Ujjwal and then Indira!

And the amazing part is Indira is sharing not 1 , not 2 but 3 awesome inspirational cards for Lulupu Challenge#19 - Word Play!

Over to Indira.....

Hi folks! My name is Indira Tanwar and I am an art fanatic. I live in Mumbai (India) with my husband. I am a Knowledge Management professional at an IT MNC. Many of you might know me as a past DT of Lulupu.

I enjoy and admiring all forms of arts and crafts. I like to recycle stuff and make use of the stuff lying around the house. I love to try out new techniques, be it trying new card folds  or new tools, etc. I have learnt a lot from being a part of the blog world and each day I continue to get inspiration from the lovely and talented crafters around me.

My blog: http://arty-sorts.blogspot.in

And here are my 3 cards to inspire you for this fortnights challenge at Lulupu blog.

I really love making CAS cards but sometimes get drifted away by new tools and techniques. This challenge set by Lulupu team gave me the opportunity to get back to this style and try out some fun CAS cards. Sometimes the problem with CAS cards is that you don't have the right stamps or craft supplies to convert your imagination into art.

I faced this challenge while making these cards. I thought of some sentiments to fit this challenge, and when I looked around, I did not have the required stamps, etc. So I decided to hand draw my cards. A little doodling here and there and you are all set. I got so carried away with the idea that I ended up making 3 cards. I guess that makes enough food for thought for you :)

My cards measure 4x4 inches. I have used distress inks to color them.  I have also used stickles from Lulupu store to add some bling to them.

Happy Crafting and I hope you like my inspiration.

Cheers,

Indira

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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Winners of Challenge #18- Load It Up!

Hi There!

Sorry about the delay in announcing the winner for our last Challenge #18 - Load it Up! All the ladies were busy with Karva Chauth preparation. Hope many of you too celebrated it and had a fabulous time!

Before we announce the winners here 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!

Alrighty!

So we mention this time and again, but I guess, it's still not said enough, so I'll say it again. It's really important to read the rules of our challenges. Please click HERE (link is also provided in EVERY challenge announcement post AND on the right sidebar of the blog) and these rules are applicable on ALL challenges, in addition to the challenge specific rules. We still see many entries where the post are made before the challenge is announced or the project is linked to more than 5 challenges and we have to ignore such entries even when some of them could have made it as a winner!

So please, it a request that you go through these rules before you make/link your project to our challenges. We hope you understand our predicament.

So here are few of our favourites which need a special mention for the lovely effort put together!

Megha

Smita

Aren't they amazing!!! Ladies, you can grab your special mention blinkie here!!!

And now for the top three..

Sunehra

We loved the little frame created with the die cut layer! This card has such pretty colours, textures and so well embellished that it stole our heart!

Indira

Don't you all love the colours on this card? That pretty center piece adorns it so elegantly. Once again Indira floored us with this gorgeously loaded accordian card!

Shilpa

The vibrant colours with gorgeous blooms are to die for! Loved the little cage and the charm embellishing the card!

And the winner who takes away the goody pack as below......

This Ruby Violet Yuki 6x6 Paper Pad of 48 sheets!

And!!!

This gorgeous Over the Rainbow Ribbon!

and a chance to be our next GDT is.....

Pooja

Now this is totally loaded! Absolutely fabulous stitching, gorgeous laces and some pretty handmade blooms! 

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Congrats!!!!

Please get in touch with us at hello@lulupu.com to claim your prize!

Congratulations to all the lovely ladies!! And a big Thank you to everyone who played along!!! We loved seeing your work and we are looking forward to seeing more of your cute CAS card for
Lulupu Challenge#19 - Word Play.
Remember, you only have till October 31 2013 11:55 PM IST to play along! :)

Till then,

Have a nice day

Love,

Karuna

Lulupu World Card Making Day Contest Winners Announced!

Hello Crafters

Thanks to everyone for participating in Lulupu World Card Making Day Contest. It was so much fun to see all the enthusiasm from the participants! Everyone linked up their best work and if were silently following up with the voting process.

As promised, the winners have been voted by the audience! So here they are..... drum roll please!

Theme 1: Love

Sonia

(with 88 votes)

Theme 2: Thank You

Jahnavee

(with 326 votes)

Theme 3: Birthday

Anagha

(with 125 votes)

Hearty congratulations to all three winners! 

You have won yourself a Gift voucher worth Rs.500 to shop on www.lulupu.com

Please claim your prize within 48 hours by emailing us at hello@lulupu.com

CAS: You are my light!

Hello!!!

Am Varshitha here with my Inspiration for Word Play Challenge. For this challenge I was literally confused on what to make, thanks for my supporting DT team members who helped me. As I am so much into handmade flowers off late it was tough to make a CAS card now. But finally I decided to put this stamp set to use and make a inked and stamped the card.

So here is my card.

I choose this sentiment stamp "you light up my life" and worked on the card based on the sentiment. I picked a textured yellow CS as a base and the reason I choose this CS is to try out inking in Colored CS.Distress Inking in Colored card stock is so much fun! Would you believe the color I actually used is salty worn lipstick, dried marigold and Mustard Seeds! Yes when you are inking on colored cardstock you don't get the same color, like blue on yellow became green.

I started with stamping the base card with a script stamp. Next I used my stamps with various lamps and clear heat embossed it. then comes the fun part of inking. I planned to abstract sunset coloring, not sure if i achieved it. what do you think? I used a waterbrush to help me blend the colours beautifully.  Lastly i added my sentiment in golden heat embossed over a vellum sheet.

Hope you liked my card. Waiting to see what you create for Word Play Challenge.

Hugs,

Varshitha


Supplies Used

Distress Inkpad Salty Ocean Vintage Photo Distress Inkpad Dried Marigold worn lipstick Mustard Seed Distress Ink Inkessentials ink blending tool GOLD Super Fine Embossing Powder 1 Ounce Ranger Clear Embossing Powder VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad Large Dazzle Frost SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer 12" Fiskars Easy Stamp Press Inkssentials Glossy Accents Precision Tip Ranger Inkssentials� Heat It� Craft Tool

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