Tag - you are it, with Distress Inks

Hello dear friends,

Kripa here, I hope you are all enjoying the mind blowing cards presented by the DT for the current challenge

Lulupu Challenge #36 

Make It Macho

Please find the general guidelines here

Challenge Guidelines
1. Only cards or tags are allowed for this challenge

2. We are looking for masculine cards and tags so it would be a nice way to create something for Rakshabandhan too!
3.You must use Distress Inks as a main product in your project

4. Have fun.. ;)

I am an ink lover - especially of distress inks. Its on my MUST have list for a mixed media project, primarily because of the versatility that these water-based inks offer. So, for this project, I decided to use only distress ink and experiment the many ways to use it, here are a few



1. Through stencil - First, rub distress ink over a stencil , spritz it with a little water and then press the ink on the tag to get the reverse image stamp on the paper. The image will not be perfect, but gives a lovely pattern. On my tag, the first layers of gears (stencil) is hardly visible.

2. To stamp - Lesson learnt : Distress inks give sharper images when used on rubber stamps, clear/acrylic stamps the image is a little hazy.

3. Add to texture paste- Rub some distress ink onto your craft sheet. Using a palette knife, mix it with modelling paste and apply though stencil. The clocks on the tag are made using this technique - I mixed a few brown shades to get the final colour.

4. Colour chipboard - Rub some distress ink onto the craft mat and spritz it with water. Swipe the gessoed chipboard on it. Some places will catch more colour than others. This was used to colour the trellis chipboard (cut with the Silhouette). I also rubbed on some colour with my fingers. The gears in the forefront were not gessoed. The ink pads were directly rubbed onto it, to give more intense and darker shade.

5. Colour wash - The ink spritzed with water was used through a waterpen, to colour the gauze and also blend the background and splatter using a paintbrush.



By the way, the pattern paper for the tag comes from Kaisercraft Basecoat - this collection has the most amazing backgrounds, perfect for a grunge project.

So, what do you have in mind for this challenge my friends? We are eagerly waiting to see what projects you link and hope you too have as much fun with distress inks.

Cheers!

Supplies from the Lulupu Store used for this project:

Base Coat Paper Pad 6.5"X6.5"	Gears Template	Time Travel Template	Koi water brush
Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	2 Mini Misters Set	Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool	Modelling Paste - Sakura Acrylic Tube
Gesso - Sakura Acrylic Tube	Faded Jeans Distress Ink Pad	Black Soot Distress Ink Pad	Tea Dye Distress Ink Pad
Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pad	Antique Linen Distress Ink Pad	Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad	Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad
Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutter

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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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Lulupu Challenge #36 Go 3D Winners..

Hello friends! This is Deepti here with the winners post. We had a really tough time in selecting the winners, top 3 and special mentions. We had so many beautiful entries, and trust me I really scratched my head for several times, talking to myself 'oh this is nice!! let's vote for this entry!'.. Oh God! really a tough task! Anyway! we are here with the results!! Are you ready!! :D

Let's begin with Special Mentions..
These ladies did an awesome job!!
Great job guys! Keep rocking!!

Suman


Pooja


Indira


Rupa


Jayashree


Congratulations!!!

Now let's move on to top 3 in no particular order..

Tanvi
 
How gorgeous it is to alter a bead jewelry box into a frame! It's so beautiful with all the soft and light tones.. Love it!

Ashmita

Love all the gorgeous blooms and the color combination is really great.. Lovely!

Neha

Wonderful up-cycling and love all the details..

Congrats ladies! You guys are truly amazing!!

And the winner is......
Clap your hands for

Snehal


Congratulations Snehal. Your work is SO unique!!  Kindly write to hello@lulupu.com to claim your prize..

Winners , Top 3 and Special Mentions please collect your respective 'Blinkies' from here

 That's it friends! Thank you so much for your participation and we would love to see you play along with our 'Make it Macho' challenge. Take care.. :)

Lulupu Challenge #36 - Make it Macho!

Hello dear friends! This is Deepti here and  I wish you all a very happy August.. ;) We really had some beautiful entries for the 3D challenge and we will be back soon with the results.. So keep an eye on this space.. And I would like to thank all the participants for taking part in our challenges. 

Now lets jump into our new challenge. Since it's that special month for all brother and sisters we thought why not stir up something for the men in our life! You are right - we are going masculine for this fortnight.

Lulupu Challenge #36
Make It Macho

Please find the general guidelines here
Challenge Guidelines
1. Only cards or tags are allowed for this challenge

2. We are looking for masculine cards and tags so it would be a nice way to create something for Rakshabandhan too!
3.You must use Distress Inks as a main product in your project

4. Have fun.. ;)

Well.. I made a grungy, mixed media card..

For the background I used a bubble wrap and peacock feathers, broken china, peeled paint and a little bit of vintage photo distress inks.. 

I have used alphabet stickers on speech bubbles wood veneers. 

I also added an embroidery thread, crackle accents, clear stickles and bling just to give a little bit of interest! I just love the crackled effect.. ;)

And the winner of our challenge will receive

Distress Mini Ink Kit 4

And that's it guys! Hope you like this card and hope I've inspired you enough! 

Kindly take part in our 'handsome' challenge and have fun.. ;)

An InLinkz Link-up

Broken China Distress Ink Pad	Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pad	Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad	Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black
Distress Mini Ink Kit 1	Bubbles - Laser-Cut Wood	Mini Crackle Accents .5 Fluid Ounces/Pkg	Crystal

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