September Challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing my ANYTHING GOES challenge..So many entries!!

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 October,

Manisha

Do check out her brilliant number shaker card on Instagram!! Its super cute!

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Deepti

Isn't this card adorable!! I love the circle clouds!!

Ishani

I LOVE the sequin flowers!!! Beautiful showcase of sequins Ishani!

Ashwini

That sparkly sentiment is just fabulous against that beautiful floral background!

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!

Remember...

The October challenge will go live on 1st October at 12 am IST. 

Don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

August 2017- Anything Goes challenge

Hello everyone!1!!! 

Thank you so much for playing along with the 'Birthday Challenge' in July!

Here is the August  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

#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...

Last week i received my DT pack from Craftangles. It was packed with gorgeous foils and stamps and fabulous cardstock. So, I decided to use these fabulous supplies to make my inspiration cards this month!

This card is super simple. I used the printout that came in my DT pack and used it with the Craftangles gold foil, through my laminator. I matted the card using the newly released Craftangles cardstock..beautiful colours and fabulous quality!

I finished the card with some of Craftangles matching sequins.

I just love how this tag turned out!

I used the Craftangles 'dots' stencil for the background on the die cut tag.

The image is from the newly released 'Girl in the rain' stamp set from Craftangles.

I then die cut the hugs using the Winnie and Walter hugs die, from a sheet of black toner paper.

I then foiled the die cut using the Craftangles turquoise foil.

I finished it off with some Mayarts jute twine.

To inspire you some more, I have the awesome stamp designer
Sandy Boone
of
Three Room Studio
with me today as Guest designer.

Hello!

I am so honoured that Paru has invited me to be the Guest Designer for this month's 

'Anything goes' Challenge!

The possibilities are endless with a prompt like that, but when I thought of the word GO, i immediately thougt of the open road. I really enjoyed creating my card and tag,

and I hope they make you smile too.

I have been dabbling in cardmaking since about 2008. I was mainly a watercolourist, but it wasn't until my husband gave me 12 Copic markers for my birthday in 2014 that things got serious and I became obsessed with colouring and making cards.

I've always doodled and drawn, and I enjoy adding a lot of my own elements to my cards, so in 2015 I started designing my own line of stamps, Three Room Studio Stamps, which I sell in my Etsy shop.

I live in Saskatoon, saskatchewan (yes, those are real words) in Canada, with my wonderful and long-suffering husband/enabler and our furry prince, Rico.

You can find me mostly on Instagram, where cardmaking has enabled me to make new friends from all over the world. I love this community of kind and supportive people and challenges like Paru's which always awe and inspire, and enable us to learn, practice, improve our skills and most importantly encourage one another.

To make my card and tag, I used Three Room Studio 'Wind in Your Fur' stamp set, stamped with 

Simon Says Stamp Intense black Ink, and coloured the images and background with Copic markers. I fussy cut the goggles and card mirrors and rmbossed them with Hero Arts fine detail clear embossing powder and Versamark embossing ink to give them some shine and interest.

The goggles I adhered with Ranger Multi Medium Matte, and the mirrors are popped up on some foam adhesive to create some depth.

 I used Simon Says Stamp 'Stitched Rectangle' dies to create the frame, and also popped that up on foam adhesive to create a frame around the entire image.

The sentiments were stamped in Versafine Onyx black ink and 

clear embossing powder to deepen the black colour.

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

THE PRIZES
As always we have some awesome sponsors!!

We have a prize from

Rainbow Craftykari

And a $20 gift certificate from 

Honey Bee stamps

The winner will be announced on the 28th of August, 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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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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January Challenge Winners!!

 Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing the Ist anniversary "Anything Goes' Challenge

I am overwhelmed and humbled by all of you who chose to come and play my challenge this month!

THANK YOU  so very much for coming back month after month to play my challenges. 

When I started a year ago, I never imagined it would be such a great success!!!

Here are the winners for this month!

For  the $25 gift certificate from 

Winnie and Walter

Ria Banerjee

The combination of stamps and th gorgeous colour blending took my breath away!

For the  Rs. 500 gift voucher from 

Lulupulu Craft Lounge

Anushree Vaish

I just love the background embossing!!

For the paper packs from Nakshatra Designs

Priti Meghani

What fabulous stamping!!

For the two surprise prizes...

Deepti Agarwal

and 

Priya Sondhi

I fell in love with the negative die cut  background in Priya's  card,

 and the beautifully irresistable wax resist technique on Deepti's card!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Have a wonderful 2017!

Remember...

Our February challenge will be live on 1st February 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 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!