An Altered Photo Frame!

Hi friends,

Today, is  the first day of a new moth, and we have a very exciting challenge at Lulupu as this is also the second birthday celebration of the Lulupu store! And, here is what I have crated for this month's inspiration. It's a photo-frame which I have altered. I am sorry, I completely forgot to take the before pictures to show what this frame looked like before. Trust me, you would have been surprised to see the transformation.

                                                                           

A closer look at the blooms which are handmade :

 I have worked on the frame from scratch. This was a very plain white and red photo-frame. I first added two layers of Gesso on the base and then, applied two coats of Camlin teal color on it. This helped cover the base design completely and once it was dry, I took the Prima Designer stencil and the Sakura Modelling Texture paste and mixed some drops of the Distress Stain -Spiced Marmalade to it and applied it all over the sides of my frame to create the damask design on my frame!

I think it gives a beautiful, rich look to the frame and by adding the color to the texture paste there is a small hint of orange showing in the stenciled design! The flowers on my frame are all handmade and they are made by using the Distress Re-inker Spiced Marmalade and water added to a Mini Mister and sprayed directly on paper! Does'nt it give a vibrant look :)
The corners and the golden leaves on the frame are all made with die-cuts covered with UTEE and heat-embossing it. If you want to see how I made the corners using UTEE, here's the LINK to the tutorial that I shared on the Rainbow Craftykari blog!

Supplies used :
Dies - Cheery Lynn Gardenia Strip, Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip,Spellbinder's Leaf Foliage die, Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes Corner die.
Distress Re-inker -Spiced Marmalade, Distress Inks -Shabby Shutters, Mustard Seed, Distress Stains- Mowed Lawn, Wild Honey.
Sakura Modelling Texture paste, Prima Damask Designer Stencil, Punched flowers, Gold Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, Glossy Accents, Pollens and Pearls.

Challenges entered :

Cheery Lynn Designs- Flowers ( Have used the Cheery Lynn Gardenia Strip to make my flowers)

Itsy Bitsy -Say it with Roses 

Simon Says Challenge -Paste

Crafts 4 Eternity- Texture

I hope you all like my project! Do leave me your comments/suggestions. I would love to hear from you! :)

'I have you in my heart' :)

Hi friends,

Before I share my card with you today, wanted to take a moment to Thank you all so so much for all your wishes and encouragement on my last sneak peek post as well as on the Lulupu blog! I really appreciate all the support that you give me and encourage me with your kind words and I dedicate today's card to all of you who regularly drop by my blog and always leave me some love :)

So, here is a full reveal for my card, that I share on the Lulupu blog as well :

I have shared the details about my card on the Lulupu blog, so for those of you who want to check up on it, you can check it out HERE!

I really love using the Cheery Lynn Gardenia die a lot! Though, I have still not explored all the possibilities with it, you will be kind of seeing these flowers a lot in my coming posts. I am that much in LOVE with it :D

Supplies used :

Patterned Papers : 

Best of K &Company Paper pad.

Cosmo Cricket

Dies :

Cheery Lynn Gardenia strip die, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish, Cheery Lynn 3 in 1 Corners Lace Deco (F)

Ironwork Motifs Scalloped ovals die, Ironwork Motifs oval die

Memory Box Fresh Foliage die, Memory Box Nestled bird, Memory Box iron Wrought Gate die.

Punches :

Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch, Martha Stewart 3 in 1 Classic Butterfly punch.

Hero Arts All Occasion messages stamp set.

Challenges entered :

Cheery Lynn Designs -Add a Flourish

Crafty Creations -For the birds.

Divas by Design -Diecuts

Stamping Sensations - Wings, Fantasy and Fiction ( I have gone with Wings : I have birds as well as butterflies)

ABC Challenge - E is for Embellish

Hope you all like my card. Please leave me your comments/suggestions and have a good day everyone!

An Altered Heart-shaped Box!

Hi Friends and fellow bloggers :)

 Today I am sharing with you an Altered gift box which I have made for my Guest Designer post for Color Conceptions blog where their  current Challenge is '3 B's -Bags/Boxes/Baskets ' As many of you know, I love making boxes, bags and altered stuff, and when Priya invited me for the Guest Design post, I knew right away that I wanted to share an up-cycled heart-shaped box which was lying in my stash, begging to be altered for quite some time now :P I won't bore you all with a lot of details and rather just take you to the photographs of the box and how I have upcycled it. So, let's begin with the pictures which I will then, follow up with the explanations!              

 This is the original box. Sorry, I forgot to click the pictures before I had applied a layer of Gesso on it. I just remembered about it, after the first layer had been applied. But,as you can see , it's an old box in which I had received some homemade chocolates from a friend. I applied  two coats of Gesso to it, before I began decorating it.

                                                                                         

                                                 

After applying Gesso, I have covered the  box with some pattern papers from the DCWV Fresh Florals stack, on the top,sides, and bottom using Mod Podge Then, did some stenciling on the top using Texture paste from Camlin and The 'Mini-Hexagons' Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop and distressed all the edges of the box with Spun sugar Distress ink, as my base paper is also pink.Then, I embellished the top with  handmade flowers using Spellbinder's Rose Creations die colored with Distress Inks -Tumbled Glass Spun Sugar and Mustard Seed, MDF Flourish, Pollens ,Tulle and Pearls.

The sides panels are embellished with crotchet laces and some Martha Stewart punched Doily laces.

I hope you like my upcycled project!  Please do leave me your comments/suggestions would love to hear from you :)

Supplies Used :

Pattern Paper - DCWV Fresh Floral stack

Dies and Punches -Spellbinder's Rose Creations die, Martha Stewart Doily lace punch.

Stamp - Inspired By Stamping  Creative tags

Inks : Distress inks - Spun Sugar,Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed, Versafine Onyx Black, Hero Arts Butter Bar ink.

The Crafter's Workshop 'Mini Hexagons' Stencil.

Gesso, Camlin Texture paste, MDF flourish, Key Charm, Leaves ,Pollens, Tulle, Pearls and  Crotchet lace.

Challenges Entered :

Lessology #  32 : You hold the key to my heart. ( Made it to Top 3 )

Really Reasonable Ribbon :Valentine/Love theme (This box would make a perfect valentine gift ) ( Made it to Top 3 )

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Embossing ( I have done embossing with texture paste )

613 avenue Creates : Anything goes

Itsy Bitsy - Picture Bingo (Pattern Paper,Free Space,Mod podge ) ( Finalist )

Tilda on a purse! :)

Hi friends,
Today I am sharing with you all a purse I have made for my inspiration post at Crafter's corner Blog!...Where our challenge this month is 'Anything but a Card or Lo "...And here's a look at what I have made :-

And a side view of it :-

 A look at my handle :-

 A close up of my flowers :-

                                               
I have colored the Tilda using Steadler color pencils & used Koi Water Brush available at Crafter's Corner & stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black ink..This is an archival ink which is really fast -drying & it does not bleed when we use water-colors along with it!....The Koi brush is so easy to use &works very well with water -color pencils & all mediums...I have created my Bg using the new Memory Box die I bought from Mansi's store ...Its called Tessatina Border!...And I  simply love this :)....Dosen't it make a gorgeous Bg??

Supplies used :-

Tilda with Peony Tails -Crafter's Corner
Coloring done using Koi Water Brush (Crafter's Corner)
Image stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink (Crafter's Corner)

Sentiment -Krafter's Kart
Lattice Bg -Memory Box Tessatina border die (Bought from Mansi)
Flowers- Handmade using Punch Bunch Daisy punches (Small ,medium & large )& colored using Distress Inks Mustard Seed & Tumbled Glass (Crafter's Corner)
Green flourishes on the corner -Cheery Lynn Butterfly out (Crafter's Corner)
Small blue flowers -Punch Bunch Hydra Cluster (Crafter's Corner)
Handle made using MS doily lace punch & distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink..(Crafter's Corner)
Pearls & bards -Stash

Challenges Entered :
Crafty Creations -Something new (Have used new Memory Box die & Tilda stamp)
Inky impressions -Add a sentiment
Tuesday Throwdown - Shiny & new -(New stamp & dies)
Created with love- Anything but a card
Whoopsi Daisy -Die cuts & punches
Incy Wincy -Something new (Have used new Memory Box die & Tilda stamp)

Hope you all like my purse..Please leave your valuable comments...Would love to hear what you think! :)
Have a nice day everyone!

Bag with a Tag

Hi every one today i have posted a gift bag i made using gift paper the back ground though loud seemed good to this project.And i could not resist adding a gift tag to it.Here i have used a punched flower for centre  and also added quilled  flowers.