November '17 challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so very much for playing the November 'Thank You' challenge!!

So many beautiful cards!!!

THANK YOU for playing!!

Here are the winners for this month! 

For the 

Fabulous goodie bag from 

Crafty Scrappers

Ashwini

The loose watercolour florals in fall colours are a sure winner!

And,

 for the Rs. 250/- voucher from 

Rainbow Craftykari

Neha Parab

I just LOVE the paisley designs that have been incorporated into this fall card, Oh, so subtly!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

VERY IMPORTANT

I have a sincere request to the winners..

PLEASE SHARE YOUR PRIZES ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

The more you share, the better chance the winning awesome prizes from more and more sponsors.

If, for any reason you do not wish to accept the prize, please contact me ASAP, so that I may pass on the prize to someone else.

Remember...

The December challenge will go live on 1st December 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

November '17 challenge

Hello everyone!!!! 

Thank you so much for playing the 'Touch of Gold' challenge in October!

So many beautiful entires!

Hope you all had a wonderful Diwali!

Now its time to say Thank You!

Here is theNovember challenge!

Make a Thank You card or tag.

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!!!

I just love how this card turned out!!

I started by stamping the floral image from Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set in black and heat embossing it with a clear embossing powder.

I then watercoloured the background using warm fall colours.

Once the background was dry, I partially embossed the background using Cuttlebug 'swirls' embossing powder.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Winnie and Walter (which I in two colours, using the Misti), and sequins from Craftangles and A1Craft supply.

For my tag, I started with a tag die cut from MFT. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter (using Tim Holtz distress ink) 

repeatedly to create a background.

To create the focal image, 

I die cut the square stamp using a Cuttlebug die, 

and then stamped the floral image (source unknown) on it. 

After colouring and distressing using Tim Holtz distress inks,

I added some Craftangles sequins and some green ribbon to finish the tag.

 My guest designer this month,

is the most amazing 

Juhi Khanna

Hello everyone!

I am so happy to be back to share my projects here.

I made a thank you card and tag in keeping with this month's theme.

I have used the 'Kind Soul' stamp set from Wplus9 on both the card and tag. This is the first time I inked this gorgeous stamp..I'm not sure if I have done it justice with my colouring!

For the card, I first stamped the image in gold and heat embossed it.

I coloured the image using a combination of Zig Clean Colour Real brush markers 

and Prisma color pencils. 

The 'Thanks' is a word die from Winnie and Walter, 

and the rest of the sentiment is from 

Paper TreyInk. 

I cut out the word multiple times using pink cardstock and layered them to create a 3D look.

I used a manila shipping tag to create my thank you tag.

I first stamped, and heat embossed the same Wplus9 image 

and then coloured with markers and colour pencils. 

I then inked the background with distress oxide inks and sprayed some water on it.

I had a great time creating these!

I hope my projects inspire you to create your own and share with us!

I can't wait to see what you create.

This month, to inspire you further we have creations from the DT team 

from one of our  fabulous sponsors

Rainbow Craftykari 

with their creations!

Click on their names to see more of their work!

Aditi Mahajan

Aditi resides in Bangalore. She is  a clinical Psychologist and a Special Educator, and an avid crafter across various mediums!

Anila Dikay

Anila is a Mumbai mum who is passionate about crafting and mixed media among other mediums.

Kriti Mishra

Kriti Mishra is a crafter from Hyderabad who loves scrapbooking and mini albums.

Priya Mishra

An experienced HR professional, she loves creating mixed media and altered art projects.

Mounika

Mounika is from Bangalore and is a passionate scrapbooker, card maker and mixed media artist.

Khushboo

A Mumbaikar and an avid crafter, card making is her new found love!

Ishani

An airforce officer and paper crafter. What a combination!!

Vinita Jain

A creative soul, she has discovered the joys of cardmaking and is constantly exploring new techniques!

THE PRIZES

This month we have two fabulous sponsors!

A fabulous goodie bag from

CRAFTY SCRAPPERS

and a Rs.250/- voucher from 

RAINBOW CRAFTYKARI

With so much inspiration this month, I am looking forward to all your entries!!

the winner will be announced on the 28th of November, so do not 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

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April Challenge Winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so very much for playing the April 'Anything goes'  Challenge!

I am overwhelmed with all the entries that were submitted this month!! 

Just Fabulous!

As always, you  have made my job of choosing the winners, extremely difficult!!

Here are the winners for this month!

Goodie bag from 

Craftyscrappers

Sindhu

I was just floored by all the detail on this card...even when closed it tells a story!

Congratulations Sindhu!!

For the stamp set worth Rs.975 from 

Let'z Craft

Debadrita 

Her superb masking and heat embossing won the day!!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Remember...

Our March challenge will be live on 1st May 2017 at 12 am IST, 

and as always there are exciting prizes to be won!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

April Challenge

Hello everyone! 

Thank you so much for great challenge participation in March!!

I can say you made it really really hard for me to pick a winner!! 

Keep it up people!!

This month is an easy one, so hope to see lots of you participating!

Here is the April challenge!

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...

As the theme is anything goes, I decided to make  a Spiderman themed notecard and tag!

For the card, I started by using my oval punch to create the basic shape.
I then used a Steadler XS tip pen to create the web.
For the eyes, I die cut the Impression Obsession spectacles in black and white; Cut the black spectacles in the middle and added the white centres.

I die cut a white square using Simon Says Stamp Stitched squares, to use as the background.
I drew the spider web using a black micro tip pen.
I then adhered it to a kraft 3"x3" kraft card base to make a fun note card.

For the tag, I started by using an Oval die cut.

I drew a spiderweb using a black micro tip pen.

I used the love sign hand from Paper Smooches 'Helping Hands' to create Spiderman's hand!

I drew the spider web on the hand using the same micro tip pen as before, and added it to the centre of the web.

I added a sentiment from Stampendous'  'Cupcake Numbers' stamp set.

I'm quite thrilled the way these two turned out! I hope to have inspired to play with your supplies and create something different!

To inspire you further, I have a fabulous Guest Designer this month...

Sathya Kala 

Hi Friends

Am delighted to guest design here today at ParuCardmaking Challenges. Its such an honor to be invited and Thanks much for the lovely opportunity, Paru.

Little bit about me!

I Am SathyaKala, Toxicologist by Qualification and Passionate Papercraft Enthusiast. Am from Chennai, currently residing at UAE. Married to a wonderful friend and we are blessed with 8 year son. 

Am inclined towards art forms from childhood. Its much with Dance and Music in earlier part of my childhood with coloring, embroidery being my favorite hobby. When i stumbled upon a Food-Art blog in 2011, i discovered my passion for Quilling, which led me to where am today.

I dabble with different art forms - Quilling, Cardmaking, Mixed media, Coloring and Brush Lettering. This keeps things fresh and my mind inventive. I find that one passion crosses over the next, giving a different spin to it.

You can find me at my blog : Paperie Expressions and at Instagram : sathyakala.23 

This month’s theme is  "Anything Goes" at PCM and i have come up with a Mixed media card and a Tag.

 First up is Mixed media Card.

                                                                       

Made a mixed media square card. Lot of stamping , stenciling and texture pastes on the background.

Floral cluster along with tinted cheesecloth, twine bow are made on a doily.

Few vellum butterflies, generous splashes of white gesso and few clear droplets are added as finishing touches.

Next up is a Simple Tag.

                     

Made a simple Tag, with watercolor bg using Brusho crystals.

Stamped leaves stamp using Green archival ink followed by Watereffects Stamp using black archival ink.

Sentiment is stamped over Vellum and added with few vellum butterflies.

As a final touch, added glossy accents to few raindrops.

I hope you feel inspired to play along this month’s Challenge - "Anything goes”

Cheers,

Sathya

THE PRIZES

As always, we have our fabulous sponsors giving away some amazing prizes!

A fabulous goodie bag  from

CraftyScrappers

and a Stampset worth Rs. 975/- from 

Letz Craft

The winner will be announced on the 28th of April, 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

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