Hearts & Arrows | Cards

Hello Everyone! I am Suchi here with you all and today I am going to share with you all THREE cards i created for our current Feb challenge! 

As you know the theme this month is to use Hearts & arrows both in your project- I started off by choosing to make cards!

I received Your Next Stamps- Perfect Chemistry in my DT kit. Oh! These stamps are adorable, I tell you! I am showcasing Notes & Things paper pads which you can find HERE on the Lulupu store.

My first card is a fancy fold card. I love to make slider cards! I colored this adorable crazy professor stamp using distress ink and Koi water color brush. You can find a great range of ink pads HERE on the store as well.

Sea themed cards

Hello Everyone, 

Dolly here today, I am popping in real quick to share a couple of cards I made for this month's beach theme. 

We have some entries lined already and you still have loads of time to be inspired and create anything which goes along with our theme. 

Read more at: Challenge # 50 - Summer Splash - Tutorial to make a light house

For my first card, I have used watercolors to create the background in shades of blue and stamped the cute fishes along with the sentiment. The hearts are hand drawn. To complete the card, I have used some twine.

For my second card, I tried making waves of the sea using different colored papers by just tearing them with hand. I layered them on the main card and hand drew the sun and the boat ( felt like a small kid at school). The sentiment added was from Tim Holtz - small chat.

For the third card, I used an embossing folder from Tim Holtz to create the background. The flag banner was hand drawn and colored. I used some wood patterned paper from My minds eye to create the lifesaver ring which was placed on a jute patch. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz again.

Thats all from my side guys. I hope you are feeling inspired to create something beachy and summery

See you all soon!

Love

Dolly

Supplies available at Lulupu:

Big Shot

Archival Ink - Black

Watercolors

Watercolour Card - Masking Technique

Hi Friends,

Karuna here. I know am posting after a real long time but I just had to participate in this months fun Challenge to use water colour!

Lulupu Challenge #48

Water Colors

I am totally addicted with the possibilities you have using this awesome technique!

I so wanted to do a tutorial for you but with my busy schedule it just looked impossible. Nonetheless am going to help you through this masking technique that I have tried in my card below.

To begin with you must ensure you use a good quality watercolour paper to get the right result. I have used Brusto 300 gsm watercolor paper.

To get the fine white borders, i stuck my paper on a mdf/thick cardboard and lined washi tape to all the edges carefully. This will also help to hold the paper flat while you are working on wet and dry techniques.

For the masking technique I used a mix of various stamp sets to create a flower bouquet look. Here are the stamp sets

You can also choose the mediums to colour your images. Dont be limited with just plain old watercolours. I used a mix of Lindys Stamp gang sprays, distress stain and colorshine mists too!

Now to creates a masking effect all you need to do is plan backwards. Here is how!

1. That is what would be the first image and images that will be hidden behind. In my card i kept the butterfly as the focal image and the flower and leaves behind. 
2. The trick is to first stamp the butterfly image with a archival ink as you will be using water. I used coffee archival ink as i wanted a subtle outline.
3. Next stamp the same image on a post it note and fussy cut it. Stick this on top of the image on your card. 
4. Now you can stamp the background flowers without worrying to stamp on the butterfly! 
5. So go ahead and use post it notes, stamping and fussy cut to create further background layers.
6. Now the fun part! Use various mediums to create layers of colours. I love using my Koi Water Brush to pick colours from mist bottles directly. you can see the shimmer from the lindys starbust sprays too.

Here is the close up of the final image.

Then I have just heat set the card. Now I didnt like the plain old background so i added a little of a brown tone from my lindys collection which was very very diluted to tone the whites. This also uplifted the white border. I finished my card with a nice sentiment and some sugar dots! And to complete it i created a matching envelope using my WRMK Envelope Punch Board.

I hope you enjoyed this quick post and do join us for this months challenge!

As I sign off here's another card i made earlier last month!

Cheers!

Supplies from Lulupu.com Store.

Koi water brush

We R Memory Tool Envelope Punch Board

Mr Huey's watercolour set

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Guest Designer : Shireen Boddapati - Watercolor Cards

Hello Everyone!

I Loved the theme for this months challenge and I hope that you are having a blast creating with watercolors too! All the details about this months Watercolor challenge can be found here

Lulupu Challange #48

Watercolor Cards

We have Shireen as our Guest Designer this month and She has been seen in the lulupu challenges for a long time now and has bowled us with her wonderful creations. Lets check out a little more about her and then head over to see the inspiration she has made for us.

1. Tell us a little about yourself and your family.

" Jack of all trades", This line describes me best! As I am outgoing colorful fun loving person who loves to enjoy every moment of life and make the best of it! Well a little more about me, My home town is the orange city Nagpur. I am a Biotech Engineer and did PG in Clinical Research Yes! Science is my another Love apart from crafting. Currently married and settled in Hyderabad. Was working but decided to quit job as soon as I conceived my adorable little boy and now I am a stay at home mommy fully dedicated to this wonderful role of motherhood, also balancing time with my passion for crafts.

2. How did you become interested in crafts and what inspired you to start blogging?

I would say I am crafting all my life right from childhood anything DIY creative projects would grab my interest. Serious crafting began a year ago and it inspired me to go ahead and start a blog, a facebook page for my creations and participate in blog challenges. I am just growing day by day and totally loving it! I'm also a part of Design Team for Crafters Cafe Blog.

3. What are some of your "go-to" supplies for crafting?

Cardstocks, pattern papers, inks, scoreboard and trimmer, stamps, ribbons and laces etc the list is endless for any passionate crafter ;)

4. What is your favorite crafting technique?

SCRAPBOOKING! 

5. How would you describe your crafting style?

I don't wish to repeat my projects I push my limits and always come up with something new each time! Hence I have no apt word to describe my style.

6. How long have you been crafting? 

I have become a serious crafter since last year, I happened to do some projects as a hobby and posted it on facebook for friends to see then received immense appreciation and encouragement from everyone! Since then no looking back and here I am on a platform like LULUPU to share my story! WOW!

7. My signature style?

The use of ribbons, I just cant get my hands off them ;)

8. Who are some of your influences? Who has been your inspiration?

INDIA:  Aola creations by Mallika, Anita Kejriwal, Hussena Calcuttawala, Kavitha from Bits n pieces.

Abroad: Handmade by Odette, Tim Hotlz, and I keep bumping into blogs of many crafters who do wonderful projects.

9. When not crafting , what keeps you busy?

My son Medhansh, cooking is my another passion, I find it like crafting!  ( Don't be surprised! I described earlier that I am a JAck of all trades lol )

10. What are you currently working on?

A huge two part scrapbook album which begins with pregnancy journey, covers birth and the first year of a baby boy on its way!

Thank you Shireen, it was nice knowing more about you. Lets checkout the what Shireen has in store for us.

"Watercolors", The first memory that I associate with this word is childhood. Watercolors were the first medium through which most of us during our childhood played with our creative sides and discovered an affinity towards it! What a wonderful theme for this month's challenge, the ideas are limitless when it comes to watercolors.

This is my inspiration for you all:

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This is a simple and sweet card, Please find below the method I used to create it:

Step 1. Take a thick textured white cardstock.

Step 2:  Chose your medium of water color, You can use the traditional ones or distress inks or colorpeps. I chose MAPED Aqua Colorpeps. These are nothing but color pencils , with a stroke of wet paint brush they turn into water colors. Amazing, time saving long lasting easy method !

Step 3: Just draw your desired design with the colorpeps, use a paint brush dipped in clean water and gently stroke on the design as shown in the pic below.

Step 4: Embellish your card with a sentiment like here I heat embossed ," Happy Birthday" with gold embossing powder. A ribbon and some rhinsetones. Tadaa! Its done

Simple isnt it? You can tag along your little loved ones and create such simple cards.

Below is another inspiration:

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For this card, I randomly designed with the colorpeps in the background and then doodled over it with my Black Parker Pen. Stamp a sentiment, some embellishments and done! Another simple and fun method to try.

Thank you Lulupu for giving me this wonderful opportunity to be a Guest Designer, I am overwhelmed and I hope I was able to justify the lovely chance given. I am excited, happy and thrilled to be featured here!

Thank you dear Lulupu addicts for reading my post, I hope you guys are #Inspired :)

Happy Crafting! Spread the wings of your imaginations !

Love 

Shireen

Wow, the cards are really pretty and so easy to do!! I definitely want to try the doodled one!! So guys, grab those watercolors and get going!! Enter into the challenge here.

Happy Crafting!

Manu

Watercoloring with Distress Inks & Gelatoes

Hello Everyone!!

 Dolly here and I welcome you all for another post on Watercolor cards. I hope you all are enjoying the lovely inspiration being shared by the team and trying out your creativity with Watercolors!

  

Also, we have a month long challenge going on for the same theme, you can read all about it in the below link: [Psst, did you know that you can link to a maximum of 10 challenges, including Lulupu]

Challenge 48 - Watercolors

Today I have a few cards which I will be sharing on watercolor techniques. I have been hooked to watercolors since the recent times, and its amazing to see what a small drop of water can do to your cards. So without any further delay.. Here I start:

1. For this card, which is super simple I just randomly painted a couple of spots on the watercolor paper with distress ink and stamped my image on top of it. For the backdrop, I sponged some distress and used a wet paint brush to spread the color. Easy peasy, aint it? You can use this technique for any image which has space for coloring inside.

2. This is the Bokeh effect which has been modified with a different stamp set. All you need to do is create your own background with different splash of colors on a watercolor piece of cardstock (any watercolor medium works for this - I have used distress inks). Once that is done, just take any block stamp and repeatedly stamp with with white ink. Thats it ! You have your own personalised 'Bokeh Effect'.

Another, similar card with the same technique but different stamp used!

3. This is one of my favorite watercolor technique so far! The 'No - line' water coloring. All you need is a very light ink to stamp the image. The best option is 'Antique linen' because its so light. To get the best effect, use a wet brush to color in the image with water (small sections at a time) and then drop small drop of color. The water does the rest of the trick. To get the soft shimmery back ground, I have used the silver gelato :) Isnt that pretty!! Just remember to paint a coat of water and then drop the colors.

Another close up! You can hardly see the outline :)

4. This card is another super simple and easy to create. All you need is to sponge your favorite colors on a piece of watercolor cardstock and mist the card with water. That does the trick to create a faux- watercolor look on the card! For my card, if you see carefully, you can see a stenciled background as well. All you need for that is any stencil of your choice spritzed with water and place that on the distressed cardstock. As we all know, water reacts with inks and creates this bleached look ! You can then stamp your choice of image/ sentiment in black ink! Voila, the card is ready!

5. Last but definitely not the least: a super simple card with gelatoes. For this card, I just used the gelato stick right on the cardstock and generously misted it water. I also used my fingers to spread the color and give that soft look. I used my blow dryer to dry the piece and then die cut the word on it, which was used as my shaker window!

A close up look for the gelatoes with watercolor background!

So, I hope I have been successful at inspiring you all to try out your watercolors ! Do let me know which card you liked the best :) Waiting to hear from all of you. Thanks for stopping by!

Love!

Dolly

List of supplies used:

Picked Raspberry Distress Inkpad	Distress Mini Ink Kit 1	Peacock Feathers Distress Inkpad	Mowed Lawn Distress Inkpad
Martha Stewart Tools Scoring Board 0 Reviews | Write a review	2 Mini Misters Set	Sizzix Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine	Archival Ink - jet black

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2 watercolour cards and a Tutorial

Hello friends,

Congratulations to all the winners from last month's challenge.

I hope we are able to inspire all our readers to join this month's challenge too

 

Lulupu Challenge #48

Watercolour Cards

Cards are not really my forte and neither are watercolours, so I was nervous at first, but both turned out to be so addictive, couldn't stop once the ideas started flowing.

Today, I have two cards and pictorials to share. The first one is my favourite technique, that I use often on mixed media layouts while creating backgrounds. The same technique turned out quite good even on a card. The base is a watercolour paper, with embossing paste applied through a stencil. Before applying any colour, ensure the base is completely dry.

 Now starts the interesting part - dab some paint onto a piece of plastic - I've used the cover of a stamp set. Press the paint side down on the watercolour paper and lightly guide the paint with your fingers. After two applications, the card looked like picture 2. Start with a small dab of dilute paint and build up layers ensuring each layer dries completely unless you want the colours to mix. The speed at which you apply the plastic, the amount of paint and water will all give different splatter effects.

 

Then I used the same magenta paint but with lesser water, giving a more intense colour. Finally some light peach. The 'hello' is also painted with several coats of the same magenta colour.To finish off the card, I've used some thread and sequins and edged the card with dilute paint using a waterbrush.

 

 

 

After this card, I decided to be a little more adventurous and step outside my comfort zone and try something new - traditional watercolour painting. The base for my experiment this time is a piece of Prima patter paper with a light coat of gesso. If you don't gesso, paper will soak the paint and it wont spread. Once completely dry, I drew some macaroons (yummy) using watercolour pencils.

 

Then using a waterbrush, went over the drawing, like magic, the lines will melt into paint and start to spread wherever your brush goes. Its so easy to clean a waterbrush too, just touch the tip to a tissue till the colour soaks off, or brush it over a scrap paper a few times till all the paint runs out. After going over all the drawings, add some shading with the same colour paints and some splatters. My favourite part was painting the creamy macaroon fillings. To finish, I tried lettering with the thinnest brush I had - this was the most challenging part of the card. As you can see, the oo in the macaroons bled out, the base wasn't completely dry.

For all those watercolour beginners (and experts 😊) out there, I hope you feel inspired to try the techniques shared by me and the other DT. There are many mediums you can use - paints, watercolour pencils, distress inks even gelatos and there is still plenty of time left to create and link your creation here.

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Silhouette Cameo2 Electonic Cutter	White Studio 490 Embossing Paste	Koi water brush	Mr Huey's watercolour set
2 Mini Misters Set

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Challenge#48 - Water Colors

Hello Friends!

Thank you all for participating in the Lulupu Birthday Bash & Challenge#47, this is Tanvi with a new challenge for this month. The theme is the current favorite trend with all card makers - Water Colors

Lulupu Challenge #48

Water Colors

(Click here to read the general guidelines)

Challenge#48 Rules

1. Get creative with water color techniques. You can use distress inks, water color pencils, paints, ink pads, color cakes  etc.

2. This challenge we will accept CARDS only.

3. You have time until 30th April 2015, 11:55 PM IST to submit your projects.

Here's what the winner will take home

The links to the products in the store has been given below

http://www.lulupu.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2578

http://www.lulupu.com/buy-bee-happy-acrylic-stamps-2x3-sheet-hot-off-the-press-online-india

http://www.lulupu.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1571

Here is my card for the current theme. I have combined the camouflaging die cuts technique with the water color burst effect. 

I also have a pictorial for making this card. 

The supplies needed - 

Water color paper/Heavy weight Card stock

Distress ink pads

Masking tape

Non stick mat

Acrylic block

Dies

Stamps

Archival Ink pad

Brushes (flat & round tip)

1. Adhere the paper to the non stick mat using masking tape. 

2. Dab the distress ink colors of choice on the mat/block. 

3. Use the flat brush & wet the paper with clean water first. Be as random as you can. This will be the trail the colors follow.

4. Wet the round brush & pick up the first color, apply on one end.

5. Continue with all the colors one by one, allowing them to blend.

6. Let dry & then die cut directly in the water color burst. 

7.To add dimension, I die-cut "teacher" four times from white cardstock. Then I glued all pieces together with the colored one on top.  

8.To finish it off, I inlaid the stacked die cut to the card base.

 9. I stamped the sentiment "thank you" in black. 

 It is a simple water color technique & I think the inlaid die cut adds dimension to this otherwise simple card.

Would love what to hear your thoughts on this & inviting you all to participate this month too in our challenge. 

Hugs,

Tanvi. 

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Mustard Seed Distress Ink Pad	Mowed Lawn Distress Inkpad	Fired Brick Distress Ink Pad	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape

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