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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New DT Valou going Shabby Chic

Hello Peeps!

Welcome back. Karuna here & as promised we so so excited to have yet another international crafter to join the Lulupu Team all the way from Belgium! When I received Valou's entry for the DT position I was blown away by her work and humble nature. She is amazing with her shabby chic style and fabulous at colouring images. I love the tone of shades she usually works with. Am sure she will bring in a lot of fun and joy with some great projects in the coming months.

Please join me in welcoming Valou with a big heart...... over to her....

Ola!

Valou here, I am very happy and very honored to join the DT of "Lulupu". 

It is my first post today, and I am a little put under stress, lolll.

My name is Valérie ALLARD, more known under the pen name valou250809. I live in Belgium just next to the big city of Chaleroi and in 40 kilometers from Brussels. 

I have 5 children from 4 to 13 years of age. I have been scrapping since 2006 and my style is the “Shabby Chic Style” but I also know how to create in a vintage style or C&S without any problem. I create a great deal of cards and of projects home decoration and totally enjoy doing it.

Thank you very much! 

Now, I am going to present you my project for our new Challenge #23 - Create a calendar.

For making this calendar, I used a base of "Chipboard Extra Heavy". I cut it so as to have a 24 cm piece x 17 cms. Then, I painted the surface with white "Gesso" so that my paper adheres well. I used a paper " Inkido " which I used edges with "Old Distresser".

The calendar is a real calendar bought in a hypermarket. Behind every daily page, is a small joke to be told to the children. Small moment of relaxation and day fun, lol. 

I used an image " Paper Shelter ". I colored it in the following way: 

- Ink "Distress Tattered Rose" and inks "Distress Vintage Photo" for the skin. 

- Ink "Distress Tea Dye" and "Distress Vintage Photo" for hair. 

- Ink "Distress Worm Lipstick" for the dress, the lips, the cheeks and the flowers in hair.

- Ink "Distress Black Soot" for the jacket and the shoes. 

- Ink "Distress Black Soot" very diluted for the tower. 

- Glitter Stickels Frosted Lace for wings and underskirt of the dress. 

I cut the image with small fine scissors then I stuck it with foam pieces 3-d on a die-cut realized with "Cuttlebug" and a dies " Spellbinders-Nestabilities - Majestic Ovals ". I embossed this die-cut with some powder "Frantage Shabby Pink". 

I creates a small decoration of flowers and foliage in the corner and  all the flowers are covered with "Glitter Stickels Icicle".

I hope that my project inspires you. 

Thank you for your love and wish you a pleasant day. 

Supplies Used:    

Chipboard Extra Heavy 12"x 12" Natural 2pc	Frost Lace	Quilling Fine Tip Scissors	Paper Doilees	Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad
3-D Foam Tabs	Koi® Water Brushes Medium	Ranger Inkssentials� Heat It� Craft Tool	VersaMark Watermark Ink Stamp Pad Large Dazzle Frost	Self Healing A3 Size Cutting Mat
Gesso - Ranger	Tea Dye Distress Ink Pad	Black Soot Distress Ink Pad	Vintage Photo	worn lipstick

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Winners of Lulupu Challenge #22 Cook It Up !

Good morning folks ! 

Thank you for joining us at Challenge#22 - Cook it Up and the Fabulous Blog Hop

We were  happy to see so many of you hopping with us !

With the massive prizes to be won in the challenge it self, we are very happy with your 100% participation ! 

Each and every entry under the 3 categories were amazing, no wonder we took long to settle down with the winners!

Before we announce the winners of Challenge 22 

do take a min to check out the newest challenge up here on the blog ! 

that would be Lulupu-challenge-23-Create a Calendar 

Now here are the TOP-3 and winners in each category...... cross your fingers!

Category 1 - CARDS 

Top -3

 Nupur Priya 

Catherine joseph   

Sukanya Aggarwal  

Honorable mention to 

Jaya

Tanvi Shah

And the winner is  - 

RAJINI CHAWLA

Category 2 - LAYOUTS 

Top-3

Shilpa

Kripa

Rupa

Honorable mention to 

Priya Narayan

Vrinda Bhartiya 

The Winner of this challenge has been disqualified. Please click here to read more.

Category 3 - EVERYTHING ELSE 

Top-3 

 Rohini Srivastava

Sujana

Nupur Priya

Honorable mention to 
  

 Isha Tripathi

Elly

And the Winner is - 

Vrinda Bhartiya 

Congratulations to all!! Please click here to grab your winner badges.

Winners please email us with your complete address to send across the  awesome goodies won!

Now for the lucky winner of Entry 2 who participated with 2 entries and completed the blog Hop too!

Congratulations to Tanvi!!

You won yourself a We R Memeory Keeper Enveloper Punch Board!

Thanks to everyone who joined us last month! We hope to see you participate our 

Challenge #23 - Create a Calendar

Lulupu Challenge # 23 - Create a Calendar

Ola!

Karuna here, and am super excited to begin the new year with a bang! Welcome back :)

As I mentioned earlier we have a new Design Team. Woo hoo! Its none other than Shilpa Nagaonkar from Neon Diary. She is an amazing artist and very versatile in her crafting style! She has been a regular participant at Lulupu and we loved her enthusiasm shown to join the team! Please welcome her with a big hug. Over to Shilpa!

Hi I am Shilpa from Bangalore. I am a stay at home mom for a gorgeous 12 yrs old daughter.  I have been dabbling in art and craft ever since i have known. I was attracted towards Card making when I visited UK decade ago, and started making them for family and friends. Couple of years ago I got introduced to Mixed Media and Art Journal, and I am fascinated by it now.  I love to try new styles, new techniques and new products. And making CAS Cards, scrapbook layouts and other mixed media projects is my passion. 

I am very happy to be part of Lulupu Design Team now !!

Good Morning to you all  beautiful Crafters!

New Year...New Beginning and New Challenge at Lulupu. I am super excited to announce the very first challenge for 2014!


                               Lulupu Challenge # 23 - Create a Calendar


{Qualification Guidelines here}

Challenge#23 General guidelines


1. Create any type of Calendar(2014) - it can be  Desktop, Wall Calendar, Pocket Calendar or maybe something new you innovate!

2. You may use any technique/idea and we would love to see you work with pattern papers, stamps, inks, mists, markers, paints, die cuts, embellishments, washi tapes etc. Go crazy!

3. Since we are a little late in announcing the new challenge we will keep the Inlinkz open till January 20th, 2013 at 11:55 PM IST.

And the winner of this challenge will receive a 

Gift Voucher of Rs.500/- from Lulupu - The craft Lounge

                                                



I've made this Mixed Media Accordion Calendar as inspiration  for this fortnight.

I've used 6 thick Chipboard pieces as a base. Front view shows January to June. And I repeated the same designs on the backside for next six months.

Here are some close up views of each one..

I started with applying the Gesso. When it dried completely, I arranged and adhered various pattern papers. There after I used stamping, stencilling and ink sprays and on some I've also added beautiful lace. I enjoyed distressing the edges.

I hope you are inspired , I can't wait to see what you all will create! So take out your papers, glue, scissors, inks, stamps..and start the fun!
Happy Crafting!!

Lots of love,
Shilpa


Supplies used:

Chipboard Extra Heavy 12"x 12" Natural 2pc	Self Healing A3 Size Cutting Mat	SureCut Deluxe Paper Trimmer 12"	Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool	Crop a dile eyelet setter
Inkessentials ink blending tool	Ranger Inkssentials� Heat It� Craft Tool	2 Mini Misters Set	Gesso - Ranger	Mod Podge Matte Finish
Circle Grid Template	Lindys Stamo Gang praitie wildflower	3" By 4" Acrylic Block	Script Texture Clear Stamps 2"X5"	Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad

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Welcome 2014 & Blog Hop 2013 Winners!

May I say thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support and friendship you have shown during 2013 ... our store & blog flourishes because of it and could not survive with out it.

So without further ado let's head towards 2014 by creating art that makes us happy and get you to win some awesome goodies from Lulupu Store. 

We also take this opportunity to say good bye to our previous Design Team Member - Pratkisha and Varshitha. they have been absolutely wonderful and generous in sharing their passion and love for crafting with all us in the last 6 months. Thank you girls!

This means its time to welcome some new members right? So watch out for the new team as we reveal them one by one with our brand new challenge to be launched on 4th Jan, and that's tomorrow.

We ended 2013 with a bang and had so much fun with the year end challenge and the Blog Hop! Looks like you all had a blast participating and commenting too! while we are busy selecting the winners we cant wait to announce the random winner of the Blog Hop and yes the lucky winner from a the Secret Santa blog!

So without much ado our Random winner of the Blog hop 2013 who wins a super dooper awesome Goody Bag from Lulupu Store is.....

No. 22 - Darshana Menon

Congrats Darshana! Please email us your complete postal address within 48 hours to claim your prize!

So the Secret Santa Blog was Dr.Sonia Blog :D

and we picked a random winner from the list of participants on Lulupu Blog Hop who also commented on Dr.Sonia's Blog!

Congratulation to.....

Kripa

Woo hoo you just won yourself a Martha Stewart Border Punch

Please email us your complete postal address within 48 hours to claim your prize!

Thanks to everyone who joined the blog Hop! Please remember we still have to announce the winners from the 3 categories of our last challenge so watch out for our next post! You just might get lucky!