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! :)

Inspiration for Crafter's Corner # 7! :)...

Hi everyone,
Sharing with you a hand-made frame today which I have made for the inspiration at Crafter's Corner where our this time's challenge is -Bingo set by ME :)..Do check it out HERE....So here's a look at My frame :-
                                                     

                                                             

And a closer look at the flowers ...This particular orange flower I had made along with the flower in my THIS Trellis card...But after making it I found it too dark an orange so was not able to use it on the card!...But when I sat down to make this frame I thought this color contrasted very well with my background pattern paper for my frame....

                                                                   

All the small flowers with the stamen in the centre I have punched out from a hand-made paper and colored it with Distress inks...Infact all the leaves ,the flourishes and even the flowers all are colored using Distress inks!...These inks are so bright and they blend in so well with all kinds of paper and the advantage is by using Distress Inks you can create any color cardstock of your choice....And once after coloring if you find the color too bright you can always tone it down by just spritzing water over it!.

Supplies Used :-

Hand-made paper frame -Candy from Devika.

Patter paper- Papermenia Joyeux Noel.

Dies : MFT Layered Rose,Cheery Lynn Olive Branches,Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish,Cheery Lynn tropical flourish,Cheery Lynn Mini French Pastry doily,Cheery Lynn Lace Deco corners(F),Cheery Lynn Exotic 3 in 1 butterflies..

Punches : Punch Bunch Hydra-cluster,Jef punch.

Inks : Distress ink Ripe Persimmon,Shabby Shutters,Memento Pear Tart.

Mod Podge for sticking the pattern paper to the base of the frame!

Pearls -Stash

Challenges entered :-

Cheery Lynn- Back to Nature (Winner!)

OLLCB -Orange and Green (Made it to the Top 3)

Simon says Stamp and Show -Anything goes

UnstampaBelles -Anything but a Card

Brown Sugar -Flowers

Hope you like my work..Please do let me know ..Love to hear from you! :)..

Have a nice day everyone!...

                

Crafter's Corner # 4 -Framed! :)

Hi everyone,
I am sharing with you all a frame which I made as an inspiration  for Crafter's Corner# 4 which is "Anything but a Card or Lo"..!!..So here's a look at my frame first :-

                                                                     
And here's a close up of the flowers :-

                                                     
This frame is a local buy & had been in my stash for quite some time..!..And when I heard the theme for this time's challenge set by Mallika I was happy to use it finally..!!..I have used My Distress inks to color ALL the Leaves & the Flourishes I have used in this frame & also I have slightly colored the corners & the small Pinwheel Flowers using Distress inks...These inks are really awesome!...They get absorbed in the paper so easily & after they dry out the color that they leave behind is so beautiful!..So if ever you don't have any particular color CS then you can always use your Distress inks to color your paper :)

Supplies Used :-
Red Flower made using Punch Bunch Pear Punch (Crafter's Corner)
Sunflowers made using Punch Bunch Sunflower Punch (Crafter's Corner)
The Brown Centre of the Sunflowers is made using Punch Bunch Hyrda Cluster (Crafter's Corner)
Punch Bunch Pinwheel Punch (Crafter's Corner)
Punch Bunch Birch Leaf (Crafter's Corner)
Dies used :-
=> Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish 
=>Cheery Lynn Olive Branches (Crafter's Corner)
=>Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Decos (Crafter's Corner)
=>Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies (Small) (Crafter's Corner)
All the leaves & Flourish are distressed using Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters & the Pinwheels are distressed using Tim Holtz Barn Door Distress Inks..(Crafter's Corner)
Pearls- Stash

Challenges Entered :-
Cheery Lynn-Friends/Friendship (This frame would make a perfect gift for a  friend) (Winner!)
2 Sisters :Anything but a card
C.R.A.F.T -Not a card (Winner!)
Use it Tuesday -Use something Hoarded (The punches are  hoarded )
Artistic Inspirations -Anything Goes

Hope you all like my Frame...Do drop in your comments...Would love to hear from you!
Have a nice day everyone :)
And wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2013 ...Hope you all have loads of fun & creativity ahead! :)