November Challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so so  much for playing my THANK YOU challenge!

I truly appreciate that you all come over month after month to play my challenges!!

Please Don't stop!

Here are the winners for this month! 

For the 

GUEST DESIGNER

 position for the month of November...

Raga

This card  and that rainbow is just stunning!!!

SPECIAL MENTION

Lady Joyful

Such a fun and simple Thank You card!

Gwendolyn

I Just LOVE the reflection in the sea!! Absolutely beautiful card design.

and for the prize from 

Ishani

This SUPER  Mouse is just too super!!!!

Winners, I will be in touch with you with your badges for you to flaunt on your blogs!

Many many congratulations to the winners.

Do follow the links and leave them some love!

Thank you all so much for coming to play here month after month!

You truly inspire me to keep this challenge going!

Please note...

The December challenge is now live !

Don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

October Challenge winners post.

Hello!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Being part of this wonderful card making community is something I feel so very grateful for...day after day! Stay blessed everyone!

Please welcome the winners of the October TOUCH OF GOLD challenge!

I'm so very sorry for the delay in  posting their work.

Without any delay...here goes...

Karthika Balasubramanian

I’m Karthikha from K's Kards and Krafts and I'm super glad to be a guest designer at PCM. 

Thank you Paru for this lovely opportunity! :)

I am from Tamilnadu, recently moved to the US with my loving husband and darling daughter. Currently, I am a SAHM and crafting has been my hobby since my childhood. I’ve always loved doing something creative and I got it from my mom, who has tried various art forms! However I’m now stuck to Paper crafts – Cards and Quilling. I entered the blog land of crafting a few years back and got to know a loooot of tools, techniques, crafters, blogs, types of crafts and more!! And I’m still learning! You can find my work here,

Blog: http://loveforkrafts.blogspot.in

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KsKardsAndKrafts/

For this month's challenge 'Thank You', I've made a card using Altenew's Starry Flowers stamp and die set, colored with distress inks and Faber Castell watercolor pencils. The background is a lovely watercolor patterned paper from Dress My Craft. The sentiment is stamped using Versafine Onyx black ink. I've added a few sequins and also some glitter and shine to the flowers using Wink of Stella shimmer to complete the card. For the matching tag, the tag shape is diecut using Crafter's Companion tag dies. The flower is stamped from Mudra's Floral Silhouette using distress inks. It is similar to the card and I've added a matching purple polka dots ribbon to finish it. Hope you like my card and the matching tag! Get inspired and play along :)

Teresa

Hi, my name is Teresa, I am a single parent to Tyler who is 21 and away at University studying Stage management.

I live in Sittingbourne, Kent in the United Kingdom and I am currently working as a supervisor for a Frozen Food Supermarket, but, in my spare time I love to make cards.

I have been crafting on and off for many years, starting with knitting and cross stitch.

After a back operation in 2013, I found myself with lots of spare time and decided to set up a blog and I havent looked back since.

My passion is colouring with Copic and ProMarkers.

I hope you like my card and are inspired to play along with the current THANK YOU challenge.

 

Helen 

Hi. I live in Queensland, Australia with my husband and daughter. Since I was a child I have always enjoyed many different kinds of sewing, crafting and painting.

I have always loved creating in one form or another, from sewing, crafting, painting and drawing.

Over the last few years, I have enjoyed card making, which has allowed me to try many different techniques and products as well as a variety of colouring. There is always so much to learn.

You can find me HERE in the blogosphere.

I hope you enjoy my work and are inspired to play along in the current THANK YOU challenge.

As the challenge has begun late, it will run till the 30th of November. 

I will announce the winners on the 1st of December.

Don't forget to stop by!

Please link up your creations HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

November '18 Challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for coming and playing my 

 October TOUCH OF GOLD Challenge!

such amazing cards!

Here is the challenge for November 2018 !

Though, we do not particularly celebrate Thanksgiving in India, it is the season of Diwali,

of fun, family, food and lots to be thankful for!

So, go ahead, put on your thinking caps and make some THANK YOU cards!

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.

VERY IMPORTANT

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

INSPIRATION

Today I have the fabulous 

Deepti Malik

from Dee's Artsy Impressions

as my Guest designer!

About the card, Deepti says...

"To make this card, I masked and stamped the image in a light shade of distress ink and then did no line watercolouring.

I fussy cut the image and layered it onto a text print patterned paper."

I have a couple more projects to inspire you further.

To make the card, I started out with a masking fluid and water colour panel that I had made a while ago. I used the Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die to cut it to size. I then die cut 'Thanks' (a Winnie and Walter die) and inlaid it with ivory coloured cardstock, cut with the same die.

I then adhered this panel to a red card base and added the white heat embossed sentiment on black card, to finish the card. I also added some Craftangles sequins to add some interest.

To make the tag, I started out with a couple of  die cut circles using Simon Says Stamp stitched circle dies. I gold embossed a mandala (from Craftangles) on the red circle and add the Thank You die cut from Penny Black (which has been layered three times).

I adhered the red circle to the white one with 3D foam tape and added some multicoloured red string to finish the tag.

I hope you have been inspired to play along with my THANK YOU challenge!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

I will have more inspiration coming your way soon, during the month, 

 from the winners of the October challenge.

PRIZES

I will choose ONE winner , 

who will then be the GUEST DESIGNER  for the next month's challenge, 

to be posted around the 5th of the month.

I will also pick TWO other winners for an honorable mention, 

who will also get an opportunity to design a card each for this challenge blog. 

Their creations will be posted around the 15th of the month.

FOR THIS MONTH ONLY!!

I have my Guest designer Deepti giving away a stamp set from Dee's Artsy Impressions!

As the challenge has begun late, it will run till the 30th of November. 

I will announce the winners on the 1st of December.

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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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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