March 2018 Challenge

Hello!!!

Thanks for all your amazing entries for the LOVE challenge!!

Here is the challenge for March 2018

The challenge will now run till the 1st f April.

You can use colour to make an image pop on a neutral background.

You can make a colourful card.

You can use primary colours or rainbow colours...

The possibilities are endless! 

I'm waiting to see all your creativity!!

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.

INSPIRATION

For the first card, I used the 'Stitched Roses' stamp set from Waffle Flower.

I stamped it in two shades of grey to create a background and 

the focal image in three shades of pink ink.

This is the first time I have attempted to make a card using the Eclipse technique.

I die cut the word MOTHER after I finished all the stamping. 

I then die cut the word three more times out of pink cardstock.

I then layered the word to add dimension.

You can see a great video for this technique here.

I finished the card using a stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp 'Mother's Day' stamp set.

For the second card, I die cut a bunch of guitars on a piece of white cardstock panel. 

I then die cut the guitars from black cardstock and inlaid them on the white panel. 

I then cut the guitar detail piece from different colours of cardstock 

and then adhered them to the guitars. 

I added a gold embossed sentiment (from Hero Arts) on vellum 

and some gold sequins to finish the card.

 To inspire you some more,

This month my Guest Designer is 

the most popular

Jasleen Kaur

Hello!

I'm Jasleen and I feel so happy to be invited over at Paru's Card Making Challenges blog as a Guest Designer.

I started my crafting and blogging journey about five years ago when I accidentally stumbled upon some beautiful handmade cards while surfing the internet.

Card making and quilling are what I enjoy the most, and I'm more inclined toward the clean and simple, minimalist style of card making.

I mostly draw my inspiration from the simple things I come across in day to day life and when I need to recharge my mind with a creative dose of inspiration, visiting blogs of other card makers and crafters helps a lot.

You can view more of my work on my blog Happily Ever Crafter or my Instagram Account 

Thank you Paru, for this opportunity.

The theme for this month's challenge is "COLOURS".

I made a card and tag keeping the theme in mind.

Making this CAS one layered card involved masking, stamping and sponging. The images are from two different stamp sets by My Favourite things- 'Hog Heaven' and 'Beary Special birthday' and the sentiment is from MFT's 'Hug in a mug' stamp set.

These images were coloured using Zig clean colour real brush pens.

Sponging was done with the help of distress inks.

Here is the tag.

The floral dies are from Sizzix thinlite die set-"Garden Florals". These were partially coloured using various colours of distress inks. I wanted to arrange these against a background that;s subtle and not too over powering, so I decided to paint some free hand watercoloured gray lines. I like how the muted background helps the flowers appear bright.

The 'Hello' is a diefrom Sizzix thinlits die set 'Hello doily'.

I hope this post inspires you to play along with this month's 

COLOURFUL challenge!

I am waiting to see you lovely cards and tags!

Jasleen's creations are just WOW! Aren't they!!

I hope you have been inspired to play along with us this month!

I can't wait to see your creations!

THE PRIZES

As always we have some great prizes to give away!

2 stamp sets (winners choice)

from 

Jane's Doodles

 A fabulous hamper worth Rs.1000/- 

from 

Die cuts and More

The challenge will run till the 1st of April...

I am extending it this month as I am travelling till the 2nd of April.

The winners will be announced on the 4th of April.

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

February Challenge

Hello!

We have a brand new challenge for you today!

As it is the month of Valentines and hearts, we can't ignore that theme, 

can we? 

We also have loads of scraps around...I know I do..and I thought it would be nice to put those scraps to use this month.

Our challenge this month is 

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on your blog.

 FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TAG YOUR SUBMISSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE TAG

PCMCHALLENGES

Now for some inspiration...

To make this simple tag, I stamped the image (from MFT stamps) on a scrap of white card and punched it out using my circle punch. I then popped it up on a piece of white card stock cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched circles, with 3D foam tape. I finished off the card by adding the sentiment and some bakers' twine. 

Other supplies used are... 

 EK Success 1" circle punch, 

 Versafine Onyx black and Habanero inks.

To make this card, I used red card and  black die cut (memento small starburst) card which were left overs from an earlier project. 

I stamped the image from Simon Says Stamp 'Quite the pear' stamp set, onto a piece of scrap white card stock and fussy cut it.

I then put all the pieces together at an angle, for interest, with the playing cards popped up with 3D tape.

I stamped the sentiment with Memento tuxedo black ink to finish the card.

I used some craps of white card to stamp the central image and then fussy cut them.

We have some more inspiration for you from our 

FEBRUARY GUEST DESIGNER 

NEHA BHATT

This month we have the fabulous Neha Bhatt, of Perwinkle Creations as our Guest Designer.

Her style is simple and CAS, but oh so effective! 

I love her work and I am sure that you will too!

Here is what she has to say about herself...

Hi! I am Neha, a house wife - hence full time crafter. 

I have been crafting for  last 10 years. 

I had an opportunity to live in USA for few years and that is where I came to learn about stamps and inks. 

Paper crafting  is a pure passion and my high-way to happiness. 

It gives me that inner peace and keeps me sane. 

My Style is CAS cards. I love the aesthetics behind their designs and how they convey the message.  

My blog periwinkle-creations is comparatively new but you can find my older work on my 

fb page here.

I am on Paru's Card making Challenge Blog  as a guest designer for  Febuary . Having our own Indian Challenge Blog was my dream but due to my laziness I never started it. When Paru started it last month I was thrilled to participate & feel honoured to be a GD this month. There were many awesome entries last month and  some fabulous prizes too. 

This month's challenge  is a Valentine themed card or tag using scraps.

I hardly use pattern paper but I love them. 

I can't let go even smallest of scrap. 

Another thing I hoard is die cut negatives. I always feel there are so many  possibilities with them which remain unexplored and scraps gets piled up. 

I made THIS card a while ago in which I use many stitched panels to create comic book look. I am using that negative and scrap pattern paper to create today's card.  

I made THIS card a while ago in which I use many stitched panels to create comic book look. I am using that negative and scrap pattern paper to create today's card.  

I adhered different PP scrap form the back of each window with 3d tape for creating shadow box effect. I used reverse confetti stamp set , some wood veneer arrows and heart and bow die cuts. I feel all the elements in different windows help to enhance the more part of the sentiment. 

For tag, I simply glued strips of different PP scrap on some leftover CS and die cut the tag. Try doing this with different dies. you will get some really unexpected results.

Hope you will be inspired to use the scrap and create something beautiful and take part in this month's challenge. 

THE PRIZES

We have some fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

We have a Rs.1000/- voucher from Craft Adda

and 

a $25 gift certificate from Jane's Doodles

We hope that we have started your creative juices flowing!

This challenge will run from the 1st of February till the 25th of February. 

I will announce the winner on the 28th of February.

You can link up your creations below.

Please follow all the instructions carefully...

you will find them in under 'how to play' in the right sidebar.

Submissions which do not follow the rules, will not be eligible for the prize...sorry!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani