Thursday, September 28, 2017

September 'Rainbow challenge' winners

 Hello!!
Thank you so very much for playing the September 'Rainbow' challenge!!
This months winners blew my mind with their interpretation of rainbow!!

Here are the winners for this month!
For the stampset 

Kathryn's Rainbow
from Dee's Artsy impressions






I just loved her out of the box thinking of the rainbow!!

For the $20 gift certificate from




OMG!! Her work is just brilliant! Do check out her page on Instagram!!


Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Remember...

The October  challenge will be live on 1st October 2017 at 12 am IST, 
As always there are great prizes to be won..don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

Friday, September 1, 2017

September 2017 'Rainbow' Challenge

Hello everyone!1!!! 

Thank you so much for playing along with the 'Anything Goes' in August!
I was thrilled by the response! So many beautiful cards!

Here is the September  challenge!
It's 'Anything Goes'..so let your creative juices flow!!



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
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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...
I have used this beautiful stampset deisgned my my talented guest designer
Deepti Malik called Kathryn's Rainbow.


For my card, I stamped and masked the umbrellas to create a floating pattern on a watercoloured sky.
I then painted them with rainbow colours and added the lovely sentiment from the set.
I added the clear sequins from Craftangles to complete the card.


To make the tag, I started with a stitched circle die cut on which I stamped the rainbow and clouds and watercoloured them.
I then cut part of a sentiment from the set and stamped it on the larger cloud which I popped up using 3D tape.
I then die cut some seagulls from the Recollections Nautical die set.
I finished the tag using Craftangles clear sequins and black and white baker's twine.



To inspire you some more, I have as my Guest Designer today 
of 


Hi.
Thanks for having me over.
 I am sketch artist by default and a card maker by choice. My card making started with making some new year cards back in 2013 and now it has turned into a passion.
I moved a step ahead in 2015 as I started to illustrate my own stamp designs with my line of stamps
under the umbrella of STAMPlorations:)
I am also an instructor at Craftsy where I teach a class on Watercolour Cards made Simple.
I love all things clean and simple, but I also love to experiment. Water colours are my passion when it comes to a specific medium :)
Besides doing all the creative work, I am also, mom to a 19 month old siddharth, who keeps me on my toes 24x7 ;)

Here is a little  about how I made the card and tag-
I had so much fun making these! 
Lately, my love for inking is back and that led me to make the rainbow background for these.
To make these cards, I drew some diagonal lines using a ruler and then masked off and inked the stripes in rainbow colours using distress inks on both the card panel and the tag.
I then splattered some water on the top.
Next, I stamped, fussy cut and coloured the images and put those together on the base. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment and added some clear sequins.




I look forward to seeing what you create with this set!

***

I just love Deepti's unique work..I hope you have been inspired to play along!


THE PRIZES
As always we have some awesome sponsors!!

We have the stamp set
Kathryn's Rainbow



 from

Dee's Artsy Impressions




And a 
$20 gift certificate from Pink and Main


The winner will be announced on the 28th of September, 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 and have lots of fun!!

Paru Mahtani