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

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May 2018 challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for your beautiful  creations for the FLOWERS challenge!!

Here is the challenge for May 2018

Mother's Day is May13th 2018, so go ahead and make your mom happy!

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 made a few cards to inspire you today..

For the first card, I have used products I bought from my wonderful sponsor Ranganjali's store.

The Altenew stamp set 'Beautiful lady' and the weave embossing folder from Darice.

I stamped and embossed the floral image in white and coloured it in using Steadler watercolour pencils. I then stamped the sentiment from Craftangles and added some white acrylic paint splatter.

For the next card, I've used these beautiful stamps (Handstitched) from my wonderful sponsor 

'Neat and Tangled'!

These images go perfectly with the theme, don't you think?

I started by stamping the floral,cross stitch  and heart stamps to create a wreath.

 I then cut apart the sentiment stamps in the set to create a custom sentiment.

I coloured the 'Mom' die cut (Simon Says Stamp) using Tim Holtz 'Worn Lipstick' distress oxide, and also the pretty flowers. I then water coloured the leaves and created an ink smooshed background using the same distress oxide.

I then die cut the panel using Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle dies and added it to black card base. The dark card base really makes the panel pop no?

The third card, I think is my favourite!

I was inspired by some cards  I saw on Instagram and Pinterest.

 I started with a red card base. I then took a piece of white square card and stencilled it with Memento 'Dandelion' ink and Craftangles 'rays' stencil.

I then used my EK Success shoe punch to punch out a pair of shoes in red and many in black.

I cut out the black heels from one pair and paper pieced it onto the red shoe. I then layered the black shoes below the red shoe to give them some dimension.

I placed them to look like they were clicking their heels and added the printed out sentiment across the panel.

I added the Grandma die cut (from Simon Says Stamp) to finish the card.

For the next card, I started out with a print out of a free digi of a Chanel perfune bottle.

I then used Heidi Swapp's minc gold foil to foil the image.

I then used the ink smooshing technique with Tim Holtz distress oxide  (Worn Lipstick) to create the background..on the bottle and the background. 

I then fussy cut the bottle and added some fun foam to give it some dimension when adhered to the background.

I added the Grandma die cut from Simon Says Stamp, the printed sentiment and some 'Pink Cupcake' sequins from Craftangles to finish the card.

I am submitting my cards for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (anything goes).

To inspire you some more, 

I have the fabulous 

Milka Gubo 

as guest designer today!

Many of you know her and play her wonderful

'I love Math Challenge' 

which challenges you to incorporate math into card making!

So much fun!

Hello everyone!

My name is Milka, crafter and card maker from Croatia. I work as primary school teacher, teaching Mathematics and Physics. I love my job!!

 I craft since I can remember. Coloring, card making, hand lettering, sketching, origami folding, crocheting, knitting, modeling, photographing, gardening, reading... all the things I enjoy a lot.

Since 2014, most of my crafting is card making. My favorite design is CAS (clean and simple design), my favorite coloring technique watercolor, my favorite coloring medium Distress Inks and favorite technique heat embossing. I’m a part of several design teams and occasionally invited to guest on other blogs. I also run my own challenge. For more details about me, visit my blog Crafty Milka (https://craftymilka.blogspot.hr/).

I was overwhelmed when Paru invited me to join her in this month’s challenge: Mother’s Day.

Wonderful theme!!! I decided to incorporate all my mentioned above favorites in to my projects.

I made both, a card and a tag, for my mom. I’ll send these to her this week, just to get them prior Mother’s  Day.

 With some masking, I stamped lilies on a watercolor paper panel and colored them in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I added some shades onto petals with colored pencils. Then I heat embossed in black word ‘Mama’, which is Croatian for mom. I glued the panel on a card base, added some white dots and highlights with white gel pen and my card was finished.

Next up was the tag. I don’t make tags often, so this was quite a challenge for me. The simplest way to deal with this challenge was to go with same design as on the card. I did everything same as on the  card, just skipped heat embossing. After coloring and drying, I cut the tag shape on my die-cutting machine, punched a hole in a tag, added some ribbon and my tag was finished.

If you would like to find out more about products I used in my projects, please visit my blog.

Thank you so much for having me Paru!!

THE PRIZES

A $15 gift card from 

Neat and Tangled

and 

A Rs. 1500 gift card from 

Ranganjali

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

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

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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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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May Challenge

Hello everyone! 

Thank you so much for fabulous challenge participation in April!!

As always, you made it really really hard for me to pick a winner!! 

Keep it up people!!

May 14th is Mother's Day, so lets see some beautiful cards for MOM this month!

Here is the May 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...

I have made lots of cards for  for Mother'sday!

Lets start with some shaker cards that are really simple..

For the first card, I printed out the sentiment (inspired by a card that I saw on Etsy),
directly onto the card stock.
I then used the PaperSmooches wine glass die to die cut the shape to create a shaker window. I inlaid just the stem of the glass and added deep red sequins to the glasses.
I finished the card by adhering it to the cardbase using 3Dfoam tape.
I just love the way the card turned out!

For the second card, I used the Die-versions Old Globe East die. 

After adhering the plastic sheet to create the shaker window, I inlaid the die cut to create this super simple card.

I added some heart and flat sequins in deep red to the shaker.

I finished the card with a sentiment from mftstamps 'Space Explorer' stamp set.

I just love the CAS look of both cards.

For the third shaker card, I used the PaperTrey ink mason jar cut out on a panel on which I had printed out the sentiment.

After creating the shaker window, I added the buttons and used Craftangles 'Hearts All around stencil' to fill up the background.

Fun no?

Our sponsors this month are Newton's Nook and Craftangles.

So, I have used supplies from both brands to make these cute mother's day cards.

I love the newly released Craftangles 'Hearts All around' stencil..and I felt it paired beautifully with the Newton's Nook stamp set 'Wild about you'

I used the 'Lawn Fawn' grass diecut, sentiments and dies from Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp, patterned paper from bob and Betty, inks from Memento and sequins from Pretty Pink Posh to finish the cards.

To make these two cards, I used the newly release 6"x6" Craftangles paper pack 'Timeless Treasures' and mftstamps 'I'm Owl yours' and 'Purrfect friends' stamp set.

This last card is a fvourite...

I used the newly released Craftangles superhero paper pack and the 'Supergirl' stamp set aslong with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I hope you have enjoyed these cards as much as I have making them. 

I haven't made any tags this month as I have made so many cards!

To inspire you further this month

I have the awesome 

Khyati Kothari 

Mothers day Inspiration using CrafTangles Products

Hello Crafters,

With Mothers Day just round the corner, I thought I would share some inspirations with you all. As most of you know CAS has never been my forte so when I had to guest design for Parus Cardmaking Challenges I was terrified, but I decided to give it a go and I am glad I did :)

So without further wait, here are the tags I made for the challenge -

Few more tags -

And One card that I made -

Products that I have used are -

CrafTangles Co-ordinated Stamp and Die Set - Super Boys
CrafTangles Co-ordinated Stamp and Die Set - SuperGirls
CrafTangles Stamp - I am Stuck on You
CrafTangles Stamp -  Mom you Rock
Zig Markers
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Watercolors
CrafTangles Stitched Rectangles Dies
CrafTangles Stitched Circle Dies
Canson Watercolor Paper
A2 note cards
Distress Inks 
Black cardstock 
Embossing Powders

I hope you are inspired to play along!!

THE PRIZES

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

A fabulous goodie bag  from

Craftangles

worth Rs.1000.00

and a 

$25 store credit from 

Newton's Nook

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