September 2018 challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for your amazing creativity for 

the August 'FAMILY' Challenge!

such fantastic cards!

Here is a simple challenge for September 2018 which will be a lot of fun!

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

To inspire you this month, I have the winner of the August FAMILY challenge

Priyanka Kantak

Her creativity is fabulous and exciting!

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

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am Priyanka from Mumbai.

By profession, I am a voice over artist, lending my voice for E-learning, T.V. commercials, radio ads and Corporate AV's.

I'm have a bachelor's degree in Textile and Fashion Technology and am a voracious reader.

You can find me here on Instagram and on my blog

I am so honoured to Guest design for 

Paru's Card Making Challenges, a challenge blog thats very close to my heart.

This is the very first cardmaking challenge that I won.

I am a regular participant here.

This month the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

For this I have made an oval easel card and a tag to go along with it.

I have used the Simon Says Stamp background stamp 'Flower Explosion' in both my card and tag.

For the card, I have coloured with Koi watercolours and used an oval die by Die Cuts and More .

I also tried the inlaid die cutting technique for the sentiment.

The 'Thanks' die cut is by Pink and Main.

 For the tag I used a Spellbinders tag die.

I stuck a black tag die cut on the back to add interest and also to make it sturdier.

The sentiment is from an Itsy Bitsy stamp set.

I hope you like my creations and are inspired to make your own!

To inspire you some more,

I have some fun cards  for you this month!

Pop-up slider cards are a lot of fun ,

so I decided to make one 

showing a box of fun goodies for a friends' 50th birthday.

I started out by die cutting the  pop up panel using a die 

(which I've had for years but never used!)

from The Rubber Cafe. 

I couldn't find a link to the store but here is a video showing you how easy it is to make one.

The dies I used for the box and the goodies are from My Favourite things and Honey Bee Stamps.

The sentiment is something I made up and printed out.

I used distress inks to colour the glasses and Camlin watercolour cakes to create the paint splatter.

I used Fevicryl gold paint to add the gold splatter to the black card base . 

I'd love to hear what you think, so do leave me a comment.

My second card is very simple and CAS.

I used Craftangles white texture paste along with Fevicryl gold powder..This powder is usually used with a medium to paint. I decided to add the dry powder to the white texture paste as an experiment.

I love the dull gold finish I got.

I used the Craftangles Ganesh stencil and once dry, I added a small hibiscus flower (stamped,watercoloured and fussy cut) to add a spot of colour.

The Ganesh panel is cut using Simon Says Stamp stitched dies and adhered using fun foam on a white textured card base.

I hope you have been inspired to play along...ANYTHING GOES..It's easy!!

I will have more inspiration for you from last month's winners

as the month progresses, to help get the creative juices flowing!

PRIZES

I will choose ONE winner , 

who will then be the GUEST DESIGNER  for the next month's challenge, to be posted around the 15th of the month.

I will also pick THREE other winners for an honorable mention, who will also get an opportunity to design a card each for this challenge blog.

Sounds fun?

The challenge will run till the 25th of September.

The winners will be announced on the 28th of September.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

June 2018 Challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for your amazing creativity for the May Mother's Day Challenge!

Father's Day is on June 17th 2018. 

So here is your chance to make a fun masculine card or tag.

Here is the challenge for June 2018

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

I have some fun cards for Dad this month!

For the first two cards, I have used the most beautiful floral card stock from 'My Happy Packs'..my wonderful sponsor for the month!

Who says floral is not masculine???

For the first card, 

I started out with a die cut square (Simon Says Stamp stitched squares) of the floral card stock whcih I adhered to a 5"x5" square card base.

To this, I adhered a stamped, coloured and fussy cut image from 

the Craftangles 'Dad you rock' stamp set.

I stamped the sentiment (also from the same set) onto white cardstock and adhered it to the card using 3D foam tape.

I die cut the work Dad using a Simon Says Stamp die and adhered it to the floral panel,

 to finish the card.

I wanted to create a whimsical scene of happiness and fun between a father and daughter.

For the second card, I started off again with another die cut square (Simon Says Stamp Stitched squares) floral panel.which I adhered to a 5"x5"square card base 

To this I added the MFT dienamics Open road die cut.

I then die cut and adhered the Volkswagon bus (from Flora and Fauna clear) using 3 D foam tape, 

to the panel.

I die cut and adhered the word Dad (Simon Says Stamp) and finished the card with this cute sentiment from Technique Tuesday.

In both the cards, I think, the paper does all the work!

For the next card, I started out by stamping the Impression Obsession 'Map' stamp using Versafine Smokey Grey ink onto white card stock.

I then watercoloured the map...something I've never done before!

I just love how it turned out!

I then die cut the map using Simon Says Stamp stitched circle dies.

I then die cut and embossed the compass using the Recollections 'Nautical' die set, 

from white card stock, and adhered it to the centre of the map using 3D foam tape.

I then die cut the word Dad (Simon Says Stamp) and adhered it to the top of the map.

to finish the card, I printed out the sentiment and adhered it to the card using 3D foam tape.

I had a bit of the map scrap left over, so I used my PTI bookmark die to cut it out.

I cut out two panels, so I could use it like a tag.

I stamped a simple sentiment and image from 

Three Room Studio

which just seemed perfect for this bookmark tag.

What do you think?

I am linking my cards to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Anything goes) and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (Masculine)

To inspire you further, I have the amazing

Ardyth Percy Robb

Good Morning!

I'm excited to be the Guest designer for the June challenge at Paru's Card Making Challenges

where the theme is MASCULINE.

I decided to use some Essentials by Ellen product from the latest release (and and older one, too!) and my favourite, Catherine Pooler inks.

Plaids and straight lines are often featured in masculine cards, so I started by using Plaid Maker to create a bold plaid background with Melon Ice.

This may not always be considered a 'masculine' colour, but teaming it up with black and grey definitely gives it a modern masculine look. I ended the plaid on one edge to leave room for my sentiment.

I stamped the biggest stripe with Black Jack ink to create a border between the plaid and my sentiment area.

I added accents with Black Jack and stamped my sentiment (from Totally Random Sayings, volume 2) in midnight ink.

These big bold letters are perfect for masculine cards!

I stamped and die cut a coffee cup from Oh Frappe and created a coffee sleeve with a piece of white card stock I had stamped with the white solid square stamp in Melon Ice ink.

I tied my tag in to the card by using a lot of the same elements. My plaid is smaller, to reflect the smaller size of the tag and I used the same stripe, a sold area of Melon Ice inking and the little heart with stickles in it.

We hope you have been inspired by our creations!! 

I can't wait to see what you make!

THE PRIZES

A paper pack from 

My Happy Packs

and 

A Rs.1500 gift voucher 

from me from an 

Indian Craft store of your choice!

The challenge will run till the 25th of June...

The winners will be announced on the 28th of June.

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

An InLinkz Link-up