September Challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing the September 'Words' Challenge.

Here are the winners!

For  the $20 gift voucher from Serendipity Stamps

Maura

I just love how the words just pop against the dimension balloons!!

and 

For the Rs.600 voucher from Rainbow Craftykari

Asmita Pandya

I just love the innovative use of positive and negative space using diecuts!

Many many congratulations!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Remember...

a new challenge will go live on Saturday October 1st at 12 am IST.

Don't forget to drop by and play!

August Challenge

Hello everyone! 

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

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

I hope you have great fun playing  along!

It's Rakshabandhan month!!! 

Time to celebrate the love for brothers and sisters and extended family!

The challenge for August 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...

Raksha Bandhan is around the corner and I thought this card would be most appropriate to send out to a dear brother with a rakhi! 

The sentiment is sure to make him smile!

the sentiment is combination of stamps from MFT stamps and Papersmooches stamps which a put together on a MISTI tool in order to get precise stamping on the card. I handwrote the words I didnt have and used individual alphabet stamps to create the word 'WORLD'.

The focal image is a die from MFT. I watercoloured a piece of cardstock and then die cut the little boys and girls!

I created the background using Craftangles stencils and mama elephant yellow ink.

Do you have a cousin who is your best friend?

To make this tag, I first cut out a circle using Simon Says Stamp stitched circles. I then punched out circles with my circle punches in different sizes from scrap patterned paper.

I then stamped the sentiment (combination of Simon Says Stamp and Papersmooches stamps) and added the circles and  Pretty Pink Posh sequins randomly.

I love the sentiment as all my cousins and my cousins-in-law are my best friends! We may all be different but we are one in the family circle!

I love the way the colours pop against the kraft bag!

Now for some more inspiration!!

AUGUST GUEST DESIGNER

Deepti Mallik

This month Deepti Mallik as our guest designer!!! 

If you follow her work, you can imagine why I am so thrilled that she agree to guest design for my challenge!! I just adore the card and tag she has made for this challenge...the blue watercolouring really looks like the swirling ocean!!!

truly inspirational!

Here is what she has to say about herself and her creations!!

About Me

I am a 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 last year as I started to illustrate my own designs with my line of stamps "Dees Artsy Impressions" under the umbrella of STAMPlorations :)

I am also an instructor at Craftsy where I teach a class on Watercolour  Cards made Simple.

Besides doing all the creative work, I am also a new mom to my son Siddharth. Life has transformed after his arrival but I am loving the learning here too ;)

I want to thank Paru for having me here:)

About the card...

I made a card with my favourite watercolouring. 

I embossed the images and then watercolored it using Gansai Tambi watercolours.

About the Tag...

I did some traditional stamping, die-cutting, patterned paper mix and another of my recent favourite 

Prisma colour pencil colouring :)

THE PRIZES

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

Deepti has very generously giving away one of her own stampsets as a prize this month! 

How cool is that!!!

And 

Rs.1000 gift voucher from Peek-a-boo designs

We hope you have been inspired to create some beautiful cards for your family!

Can't wait to see your creations!

I will announce the winner of this challenge on the 28th of August, so don't forget to stop by!

You can 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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May Challenge

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back to all of you who have played  our challenges before and a big welcome to those who are stopping by for the first time! 

I hope you have great fun playing  along!

The challenge for May is..

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. Take a photo of your card or tag along with the masking process. 

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

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on your blog.

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...

What do you think of when you think of Summer??

To me summer is mangoes, ice creams, bright flowers and sunny hot days!

To make this card, I created my own patterned paper (on Photoshop) with a mango motif.

I then added the pretty yellow floral paper from Doodlebug designs along with the polaroid die cut  (Lawn Fawn), the sun die cut (Sizzix) and the goggles die cut (Impression Obsession).

I finished the card with a heat embossed sentiment on Vellum from Paper Smooches.

For this tag, I die cut two popsicles (Scrapping cottage) and watercoloured them in mango and raspberry flavours!

I stamped ice cubes (PTI) on the tag and adhered the popsicles with foam tape.

I finished the tag with pink and orange bakers twine.

Doesn't really need a sentiment no?

MAY GUEST DESIGNER

To inspire you some more, this month the fabulous  Ujjwal Gupta is in the house as guest designer for our challenge! 

Those of you who follow her may know her fabulous work! 

It is truly an honour to have here  to inspire us this month!

Ujjwal Gupta

About Me

I am Ujjwal, a stay at home mum and artist and have been in the blog world, creating and sharing and hopefully inspiring for more than 6 years now.

I love clean and simple designs that pack a punch.

I am excited today to be guest designing here, it is such an honour!

Card

It's no secret that I adore Lawn Fawn stamps and I thought 'Cruising through life" stamp set was perfect to create a lovely sunny day in the park.

The sun and the clouds are from Jane's Doodles Seamus Stamp Set and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. I white heat embossed all the elements on Canson Watercolour Paper and then coloured with distress inks and a waterbrush.

Tag

Now what's summer without some lemonade..right?

For the tag, I used another Lawn Fawn mini stamp set called "Make Lemonade". I stamped the imae on Canson Watercolour paper and coloured them using Faber Castell Markers. I fussy cut the lemon and popped it up using some foam tape. 

For the sentiment, I combined two different stamps-Lawn Fawn Best Pun ever and Hero Arts Magical Castle. I also lightly inked the edges using some crushed olive distress ink and a sponge dauber and tied some jute string.

I hope you like the projects I have created and feel inspired to play along!

THE PRIZES

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

$25 gift card from Concord and 9th

Rs.500/-  gift card  from Crafter's Corner

I hope that we have inspired you to bring out your cool summery designs!

This challenge will run from the 1st of May till the 25th of May

I will announce the winner on the 28th of May.

You can 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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April winners!

Hello!!!

Here are the winners for the April 'anything goes' challenge!!

Swapna Patil

Winner of $25 store credit from Newton's Nook

Swapna's card stood out from day one!! 

I love the shaker element...such a fun shaped card!!

Do drop by her blog and leave her some love!

Jasleen

Winner of Rs.1000 gift card from Mudra Stamps

I just love Jasleen's colourful hearts against the black background...stunning!

Do drop by her blog too and leave her some love!

Thank you ALL so very much for stopping by to play Paru's Card Making Challenges! 

We have an awesome guest designer and a fun challenge coming up on 1st  May.

Do come by and play!

March challenge winners!!

Hello all!

I am thrilled to announce the winners of our March Challenge....

Sindhura (Trapped in craft)

Absolutely love the colorful flowers and the stunning masking!!

and 

Ria Banerjee

Just love Ria's colorful flowers! And I always love them peeking our from behind a white strip!

Congratulations to the winners and a BIG Thank You to all of you who stopped by to play! I am truly overwhelmed by your response!

Hope to see you back here on the 1st of April when I post my next challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great night!

Welcome!

WELCOME!

I am so happy that you are here to play the very first challenge at Paru's Card Making Challenges!

Our first challenge for the year is the word NEW.

Feel free to interpret it in your own way and do tell us all about it!

January 2016

HOW TO PLAY

Please read ALL the rules carefully before you play!
You will find all the details and rules in the right sidebar under our logo.

Please feature the STORY BOARD (given above) and the LOGO (you will find it in the right sidebar) prominently on your blog.
Please tag us on FaceBook and Instagram with the tag
PCMCHALLENGES

PRIZES

No challenge can be fun without prizes right?!! 

 We have some awesome prizes up for grabs!

A Rs.1000/- voucher from A1 Craft Supply

and 

A $25 gift voucher from Winnie and Walter

Here is some inspiration to get you started....

To make this card I decided to use NEW stuff from my stash. Something I have never used before!

The gold glitter patterned paper is a free down load from Winnie and Walter, as are the Cheers die and the confetti cutaways.

I added some pretty pink posh sequins to add some more cheer and sparkle.

To make the shaker tag, I used NEW shaker pouches from Impression Obsession. They are just fantastic to use...so easy and simple!
I had two squares cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched squares left over after making my Christmas cards. So I decided to use them to make a tag.
The stamps are from the Avery Elle birthday animal stamp set and the sequins are from my stash.

I can't wait to see what you all come up with! It's an exciting start to the new year isn't it?

You have till January 25th 2016 to play.
I will announce the winners on the 28th of January 2016.
Please read all the challenge rules and guidelines carefully. 
You will find them in the right sidebar.

You can link up your creations below.

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If you have any questions or simply love our work, do leave a comment below!

Thanks so much for stopping by...
Have a great day and an awesome 2016!
Happy New Year!

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