Handmade flower with no tools

Hi there. I made this tutorial for my GD post at Lulupu. I had won the Feminine Card Challenge #30 for my Tall card with handmade flowers and was thus invited as GD for this fortnight.  These are the flowers for which I have compiled a detailed photo tutorial. They are all made using different colors of distress inks.

 

Although there is no dearth of readymade flowers from various brands, I still prefer making my own flowers. That way you never out of stock and you can customize them to suit your project size and color. The pictorial below gives detailed step-by-step instructions to make the flower.

The current challenge at Lulupu is to create a Card/LO based on this sketch.  

 

So I decided to make a card using this sketch. I have used MS fence punch to border the embossed paper panel.  Then I used a square frame die cut and scalloped heart die cut as the base and placed the flower arrangement on it. The leaf flourishes are stamped and fussy cut. Finally, for the finishing touch, added the dew drop pearls from Pie Lane.

Challenges entered

Imaginations#1 - Anything Goes With Distress Inks

Card Mania - Flower

CSCC #4 - Wedding and with floral inspiration

How to make a Lattice Window Card - Video Tutorial

Hi everyone! I recently posted quite a few lattice window cards and these were my first experiments with them. I also won some blog challenges for these cards of mine. One such win was at the Lulupu blog and I was invited to be the GD on their blog. So I made a video tutorial on how to make lattice window cards. There are many tutorials available on the net and each one has their own style. I have tried to showcase my style and how make these type of cards. Click here to view my GD post at Lulupu blog.

This is my first ever attempt on making a video tutorial, so kindly bear any kind of misses. Also please pardon the bad lighting and my badly abused craft mat. My husband pointed that out later :)

I did not get time to take pics side by side so I don't have a pictorial. Here are the pics of the completed card.

Thanks for dropping by. Do share your frank comments on how the video turned out to be.

UPDATED - 26 May 2014:
I made another version of this card. Here are the pics.

Pop-up Box Card

A few days back, I saw a tutorial for this type of card on Splitcoaststampers site and loved it to bits. It's like a short version of the explosion box, another favorite of mine. I wanted to try it out immediately. Here's a look at it.... and the beauty of this card is that it can be folded flat and tucked into a envelope or box!! How cool is that. I think I am gonna try more of these...

A close-up of the center part.... I have used a mix of stickers, flowers, feather and washi tape flag to adorn it.

I used brown paper from a cloth store paper carry bag and distressed it. I wanted an old vintage look on it. I have used the same paper to stamp the sentiments on. This space below, at the back of the box, can be used to scribble a private message.

This is how it can be folded flat....

The pattern paper used here is from Lulupu store: Bo Bunny Serenity Collection 6x6" Paper pad. 

Hope you like it and I would highly recommend to give it a try.

Challenges entered

Lulupu Challenge #25 - Oh So LOVE-ly!

Lulupu Blog Hop 3

Heya everyone!! I have been missing in action from the blog world for quite some time now. Just being lazy to carft. Hopefully in 2014 I am able to craft more  :)

Today I am here to post about Lulupu's Blog Hop no.3! Most of you must be knowing about this already. There are also some lovely challenges to participate and really bumper prizes to be won!!

So hurry and drop by Lulupu Blog to join in their celebrations!

Baker's Twine Border

I was really impressed with the idea of using Baker's Twine in so many ways by Color Conceptions challenge blog. I decided to use the BT that I had in my stash since a long time, waiting to be used.

This is what I came up with. It's a circular easel card in red base. The top white portion is the card board type material that lines the inside of the lid of cereal bottle, like Muesli, etc. I stamped directly onto it with Micia Birthday song stamp from Lulupu store. Then I decided to sew a frame with BT for the top portion of my card. I glittered the cake, the dress, bow and cheeks of the girl with stickles glitter glue.

 Here are a few close-ups...

Challenges entered

Color Conceptions Challenge #1 - A New Beginning and use Bakers Twine!

Lets Get Trendy Now 3 - Day 4 - Stiching

Make the most of your Double-sided PP

Hi everyone! It's time for another interesting project that I made for Lulupu! Hop on to Lulupu blog now, to see what I made to use my double-sided papers effectively!

Father's Day card for Lulupu Challenge DT Inspiration

Hey guys! It's the start of a brand new month and we have a fabulous challenge up at Lulupu blog - My First Love, My Dad!! This is my take on this month's theme. I actually wanted to make a guitar shaped card but wasn't sure how it would shape up as the top part of the card would become very thin. So instead I used these fabulous PPs from my Lulupu DT kit and hand cut this guitar. For the guitar I have used a PP from Zephyr paper pad. For the bg I have used MME 6x6 Blink of an eye paper pad.

A closer look at the detailing..

The sentiment is a print out from a digi I found on the net. I have adhered it using a brad so that it can be moved around.

Upcycled Cardboard Box

Hi. Posting the cardboard box that I made for Lulupu blog. Some of you might have already seen it there. I made this cute and large storage box for a friend of mine. She wanted an empty box to store some goodies and gift it to her hubby.

I won't go into the details about it. In case you are interested to know more about how I made it, the details can be found at Lulupu blog here.

The image below summarises how I made the box

Challenges entered

LESSology - #24 Are you a cover girl?

Love theme Gatefold Card

This is a gatefold card that I made on valentine theme as DT of Lulupu blog. I have used MS Lace punch for the gatefold and weaved ribbon through it.

Once the ribbon is untied, this is how the inside of the card looks like. I have layered three hearts made from Tigerlily paper pad from Kaiser Craft. I hand-stitched the the middle of the hearts to secure them together.

 

 The layered heart is a mini card that opens upwards. The message can be written on the inside

Challenges entered

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Best Mom

You must have seen the sneak peek of my card that I made for Lulupu today. So here's the full story behind the Mother's Day Card that I made for this month's challenge at Lulupu #11 - My Mum, My World.

I had so much fun using these pretty pattern papers and layering them. I felt I could just go on and on with the layering. After a long time I used so many supplies in one card.

To start with, I chose a  flower shaped card base in yellow. To cover the base I have used this pretty paper from Zephyr A4 paper pad. Then I used a circular card board that comes inside a Muesli bottle lid, to give some height to the center part. I covered it with pattern paper from My Minds Eye - Blink of an eye collection. I topped this with the gorgeous die cut from Bo Bunny. The die cut is secured using pink colored Doodlebug brads crushed velvet. I created the MOM tags by hand cutting left over papers from My Minds Eye paper pack. I have used stickers from my stash for the letters. The yellow flower is made using daisy punch. I have also used the gorgeous cream fabric tape and decorated it with pearls.

 Another view...

All the linked products are available at Lulupu.com.

Challenges entered

Crafter's Corner #7 - BINGO [Pearls, Pattern Papers, Dies/Punches]

Fashionista Challenge#14 - Mother's Day Cards

 Eureka Stamps - Stripes or Circles

The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - cards - Use 3 Decorative Papers & Your Favorite Embellishment

 Dream Valley Challenges - Pearls and Lace

Sentimental Sundays - must include a Sentiment - Shaped card

Mother's Day Card for Lulupu

Hey guys. It's the start of a brand new month and we at Lulupu have a fresh challenge for you. Hop over to see what I have created as inspiration....

Cascading Card - With innovative use of punches

Hi. I had made this card as DT for Lulupu blog. I have used lots of punches for this card and I have some tutorials below to share with you.

The card is a cascading card with animal/forest theme.

 I made a tag to write message. This tag can be placed in a pocket at the back of the card.

Some close-ups..

 These are the various punches used in this card.

  Tutorials on how I made the cute critters and other stuff..

Challenges entered

Itsy Bitsy: The First Annual ItsyBitsy Craft Awards 2012-2013

Card Makin' Mamas - Spring Colours

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Bring On Spring

Crafty Ribbons - One for the Boys

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - #209 Shaped Cards

Lulupu Challenge#10 ~ Birthday Special Blog Hop Day 4

Hello Everyone!

www.lulupu.com turns 1 this month and we are all happy and celebrating!

I joined the Lulupu team in January this year and believe you me, I am loving every bit of it.

I have learned so much from my fellow DT members and worked with the best of craft supplies.

I wish a very bright future for Lulupu and hope it becomes one of the most loved craft stores in India!

March is going to be fun at Lulupu - The Craft Lounge! There will be many giveaways and tonnes of fun so do ensure you follow Lulupu all around FB, Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube! To kick start the celebration we have a Lulupu Design Team Blog Hop along with the monthly challenge. So if you have landed at this post just now, you can start HERE and join us in this fun filled week !

So here I am sharing my project for Lulupu Challenge #10 - Let's Celebrate.

As the challenge suggests, we were to take inspiration from a fellow Design Team member and create a project that celebrates.... well... just about anything. My inspiration was Snehal Watwe's Center fold card.

I love this fold and Snehal has made a really sweet baby card using this fold. 
I have used only the fold as an inspiration for my card and designed it in my own way.

For this card, I have mainly made use of the beautiful Tigerlilly Paper Pad from Kaisercraft which is available at Lulupu store.
The tutorial will help you understand better how I used the paper pad on the card.

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Since the theme was celebration, I made a Birthday card with cake for Lulupu's first b'day. Happy Birthday dear Lulupu!! :)

Continue the Lulupu Design Team Blog Hop with the Snehal Watwe tomorrow on 6th March. Also here is the list to help you track the blog hop ending on 9th March.

Karuna

Ujjwal

Juhi

Indira {You are here}

Snehal

Shruti

Tejal

Isha

Splash of Colors Challenge at Lulupu

For Februray we have the theme 'Splash of Colors' with a twist to use your punches creatively at Lulupu. I took out all my punches and played with them to my heart's content :)

Hop over to Lulupu blog to see what I've created. I also have some tutorials for you there...

DIY Flowers

Hello! Hop on to Lulupu blog today to see how I made these super cute flowers using scallop circle punch!

I am a DT member of Lulupu!!

Hey friends...Wish you all a very Happy New Year!! May this year bring loads of happiness and prosperity in your lives.

In this new year I decided to tembark upon new challenges and expand my horizon in the crafting world. Yes, I have joined Lulupu as a DT member and I truly hope that I am able to do justice to my post. Need your support and best wishes for this.

This month, we have a Love themed challenge at Lulupu and here is a sneak peek of my inpiration.

Hop on to Lulupu blog to view the complete creation and join our monthly challenge "Love is in the Air".