Lulupu Challenge #22 Cook it up and a blog hop!

a big big welcome to all those who are hopping with us at LULUPU

We are so excited to see what the next year brings. So what better way than some fun challenge and blog hopping?

Welcome to the Lulupu Recipe Blog Hop 2013. 

We will be hopping from-  December  1st  from 9:30 am IST to 

December 20th until 12:00 am IST.

This month we have only one simple challenge for you but 3 awesome chances to win! Hows that!

This month’s challenge is

Challenge #22 – Cook It Up!

Pick minimum 3 Ingredients from below and create a new Recipe! You can work with all 5 too!

1. Image (digital or stamped)

2. Pattern Papers

3. Die cuts or Punches

4. Mists/Sprays

5. Embellishments

This time we will have 3 categories -
1.Cards 
2. Layouts and 
3. Everything Else (Altered items, mixed media, canvas etc)

Challenge Guidelines - 

1. You can enter maximum 3 Entries Per Category

2. You must clearly mention the recipe used and about the final project

3. If you are picked as a winner in one Category you cannot be picked a winner in another category.

4. You have until 31^st Dec 2013 to participate.

Please click here to see the complete guidelines

Not only will we be sharing some AMAZING projects, but there will be loads of prizes too to be won! 

Prize for Category 1- Cards

Prize for category 2 - Layouts

Prize for Category 3 - Everything Else

And thats not all!!


Now time for some details on the Blog Hop ! 

 How to join the blog hop?

1.     Be a Lulupu blog Follower

2.     Like our Facebook Page

3.     Add the Blog hop Badge on right/left side top of your blog and link it back to this post. 

4.     Blog about you joining the blog hop either as a separate post or in your participating post.

5.     Please make sure you leave a comment on each designer’s blog and we ask that you leave a comment here as well to be in the running for the prize. The last stop on the hop will be back here at the Lulupu blog. Please leave your last comment here on this post as well, letting us know your thoughts on the fabulous projects presented by our talented designers. 

            6. We will be hopping from today-  

December  1st  from 9:30 am IST to  December 20th until  12:00 am IST.

            7. There is a major twist to this blog hop -  the participating blogs will post their BLOG HOP post any time between 1st and 20th December. So you will need to keep an eye on the following list through out !

Here are the participating blogs

Pooja 

Varshitha

Pratiksha

Hussena

Sonia

Erum

Nikita

I sure hope you have fun hopping along with all of our super talented design team members and some guest designers who have graciously agreed to donate their time and talent to our blog hop.

To make things a lot more fun we will choose TWO lucky winners who leave a comment on all of the blogs. Have fun hopping along!

Here is what a random winner will win in case you have successfully completed the hop and followed all the rules.

Now that we've gotten these details out of the way, lets see what I cooked up! I've used all 5 ingredients! 

Its a journal cover that i altered! I've recently discovered that altering things is so so much fun! endless possibilities to convert a boring product into something new and exciting!!

I love love love the sentiment. One needs to enjoy life to the fullest every single day. We never know what tomorrow will bring! :) 

The feathers are die cuts, that have been misted with Lindy's and then embossed with enamel :) Have also used the wooden clothespins and bottlecaps new at lulupu! 

The butterfly is a punch out that I've glittered with my martha stewart glitter. Isnt it just yummmmmm??!?!?

All the other details are stamps that are heat embossed, coloured and fussy cut!

I've used my K & company tags to stamp the sentiment onto :) 

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Your next stop is - Hussena

Remember her hop may go live anytime between now and dec 20th! so keep checking!!

HAPPY HOPPING FOLKS!

Love

Pratiksha :)

A Vintage Photo frame :)

Hey all you lovely people :)

Im sure you've seen my post over at the Lulupu Blog about this beauty.. here only to link up to my challenges :) (something which i havent done in a long long time!!)

Here's my vintage frame.. had an absolute blast making this one :)

Entering this into the following challenges-

simon monday challenge blog - stamping on anything but plain paper!
I've stamped on the resin embellies, on patterned paper, on chipboard and on the handmade frames as well :)


Charisma cardz challenges #36 - your number's up!
The love stamp has numbers, the quote has numbers and the love ticket as well!

Color conceptions challenge #4 - spread your wings with distress inks

Happy campers craft collective - Use a stamp
The quote is a stamp, the sewing form as well.. :)

Pretty paper studio september challenge - anything goes

Leave us some love :) and i'll be happy to help with you with anything :)

Love
Pratiksha :)

Hop over!

Hop on over to the lulupu blog to check out an awesome and easy tute! :)

See you sooon with another post today folks! :)

Love

Pratiksha :)

Stamping galore!

Hey everyone

I'm back today with two cards made with one single stamp set :) and yes, about butterflies. Who doesn't love em eh?! ;)

Since starting my blog, I've discovered that there are oodles of techniques and creative ideas that I have in my head, but never used! I am so glad that I've begun my blog to showcase my crafty journey :)

Here are my cards..

Surprised? Don't be! They're both made from one stamp set! It's butterfly wishes from fiskars. 

On the first card I decided to not use a sentiment and keep it all about the stamp. 

I stamped, embossed and fussy cut the image. The little brown Vine on the side is also made by stamping the leaf flourish with rich cocoa memento. 

A closer look 

I used rainbow sparkle embossing powder on the butterflies.. Here's a close up 

For the second card I thought about keeping it simple, yet entirely different. 

As you can see in the stamp image above, the butterfly originally had a little flourish below it. Being a clear stamp, I just cut it :) personally I thought it was looking very OTT.. 

Stamped, embossed the image on Kraft CS and used the sentiment on a little self-made tag :) I used the corner punch from the MS punch-around-the-page set and rounded the sides. 

Loved the little toffee look it gave! Used some buttons and a mellow-yellow ribbon to finish it off :)

Hope you liked them! :)

Entering the set into the following challenge-

Lulupu Challenge#13 lady stamp-a-lot

Entering the 2nd card (honey tones) into the following challenge-

color dare #47 - Honey

Simonsaysstampandshow challenge-Kraft

Have a great day folks! 

Pratiksha