Ist anniversary challenge!

Hello!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Welcome back to all of you who have played my challenges before 

and a big welcome to those who are stopping by for the first time! 

I hope you have great fun playing  along!

Last month saw some fabulous submissions..we ended the year with a resounding bang!!

Thank you all!!

This month is the 1st anniversary of Paru's Card Making Challenges!!

We have some fabulous prizes from our sponsors and,

in addition, I will be personally giving away TWO prizes as a special Thank You!!

The challenge for January 2017 

is

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. 

Take a photo of your creation and link it up below.

If you have a blog, write a post about our challenge and link it back to our challenge, including photos of your card or tag.

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post so that others may be inspired to play.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on the sidebar of your blog so that others may join us.

FOLLOW/JOIN  THIS BLOG

 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TAG YOUR SUBMISSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE TAG

#PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't have a blog, post your photos on social media and TAG them with #PCMCHALLENGES

If you don't tag them, we will not see them on social media.

Link your blogpost/social media post to the linky below.

Now for some inspiration...

For the note card, I started out with a 3"x4" piece of card stock
which I embossed using the cuttlebug embossing folder (swirls). I adhered this to a card base.
I then cut a vase (Paper Smooches die) from my favourite patterned paper, added a golden twig (memory box die) and a Simon Says Stamp gold embossed sentiment to finish the card
A simple yet elegant little note card.

For this tag, I used the free die that I received from mftstamps when I placed and order with them!

It is such a beautiful die!

I first cut the tag using simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles die.

Then, I used a Tim Holtz stencil to create the background and simply adhered the die cut to the tag

I finished the tag with a bit of yellow ribbon.

To inspire you further, 

the incredibly talented Hussena Calcuttawala of Quill and Punch works

is the guest Designer this month!

Here is what she has made...

Hussena

Hello Crafters!

I am so glad to be joining Paru's Card Making Challenges as a Guest Designer today.

It is an absolute honour to be invited.

Thank you so much Paru for giving me this opportunity.

I love playing your challenges..they are always so interesting.

Here's wishing your challenge blog a very happy first anniversary:)

About me..

I am Hussena from Kolkata, India and I am a SAHM of two kids.

I like to make a variety of projects and my current love is stamping.

I blog at Quill and Punch Works and you can check out more of my work there :)

I have created a card and two tags for the challenges this month.

I wanted them to look like a set, 

so I have used the same stamp set and colour combinations for all of them.I wanted the sentiments to be generic so it could be given as a gift set.

To create my card, I have used Altenew painted flowers set.

I used Altenew inks for colouring. 

I stamped and die cut the flowers and leaves using the co-ordinating dies. 

This made my work so much easier.

then I die cut a panel using a Paper smooches border die to create a frame. 

The sentiment comes from another Altenew set-Lavel Love.

I added a few black paint splatters and silver stars and sequins for the finishing touches.

To create my tags, I have used the Lawn Fawn 'Tag U're It' stamp and coordinating die set.

I gold embossed the outline of one of the tags to add some extra  interest. 

I used the Altenew painted flowers set for the flowers and,

 the sentiment is from the same Lawn Fawn set.

I added a few Nuvo Crystal dots to embellish and tied some silver and gold mesh ribbon along with thin black ribbon to finish them off.

THE PRIZES

As always, we have  fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

Up for grabs are...

$25 gift certificate from Winnie and Walter

Rs. 500 gift certificate from Lulupulu Craft Lounge

Two 6"x6" paper packs from Nakshatra Designs

Two Surpise gifts 

from me personally

The winners will be announced on the 28th of January, so don't forget to stop by!

Please link up your creations below.

To be eligible to win a prize, please follow all the instructions carefully...

you will find them above and in under 'how to play' in the right sidebar.

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

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