June 2018 challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing my MASCULINE challenge!

What amazing entries!!

Here are the winners for this month! 

For the  paper pack from 

My Happy Packs

Priyanka 

Her magic slider card with a super dad was just too good!

and 

for the Rs.1500

gift card to an Indian store of your choice...

Pankti Modi 

I just LOVE her elephant slider card!! Just too cute!

Many many congratulations to the winners.

Do follow the links and leave them some love!

Thank you all, who play month after month! 

You bring so much joy to my life!

VERY IMPORTANT

I have a sincere request to the winners..

PLEASE SHARE YOUR PRIZES ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

The more you share, the better chance you have at winning awesome prizes 

from more and more sponsors.

If, for any reason  you do not wish to accept the prize, 

(such as not being able to pay for shipping of the prize), 

please contact me ASAP, so that I may pass on the prize to someone else.

Remember...

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

Don't forget to come and play!!

There are going to be some big changes and new opportunities from next month!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

June challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so very much for playing the June 'Interactive Cards' challenge!!

I was truly blown away by all the creativity!!

From shakers to sliders to magic reveal cards...we had them all! 

It has been, by far the most difficult challenge to judge!

Here are the winners for this month!

One animation stamp set and One animation die cut 

from

Uchi's Design

Ilda Dias

The amount of technique and thought that Ilda has put in this card is mind blowing!! 

Do check out her blog!

This fabulous prize from

Charlotte E

I just fell in love with the way she put this slider together. so beautifully done!!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Remember...

The July challenge will be live on 1st July 2017 at 12 am IST, 

As always there are great prizes to be won..don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

June Challenge winner!

Hello!

Thanks ever so much to everyone who played the June "Father's Day" challenge!!

Thanks also for your patience in waiting for me to announce a winner!

Here are the winners for the June "Father's Day" Challenge!

Deepti Aggarwal

She wins the $25 gift certificate from Neat and Tangled.

And 

first time challenge player

Shivani

She wins a beautiful paper pack from Papericious!

Congratulations to the winners!!!

Please email me at 

parusperceptions@gmail.com 

so that I can share the winners badges with you as well as the prizes.

The July challenge is up on the blog...you can join in 

HERE!

June challenge

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back to all of you who have played  our challenges before and a big welcome to those who are stopping by for the first time! 

I hope you have great fun playing  along!

Fathe's day is on June 19th this year, so I thought I should dedicate this challenge to all those awesome fathers who make our lives so very comfortable!!

The challenge for June is..

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. 

Take a photo 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 made this card for my pizza loving husband!! Sunday dinner is usually pizza night...an activity which my husband and teenage son  have fun sharing...they usually argue about the pizzas though!!

When I was looking through my stamps, I thought this stamp from the PaperSmooches 'Think Fast " stamp set was perfect for the occasion!

For the background, I used the cutlery background cling stamp from Hero Arts.  The sentiment stamp is from Simon Says Stamps Fathers' Day stamp set.

I used two  stamps from the same Paper smooches stamp set as well as the same background stamp as above for this tag!

I cut the circle using Simon Says Stamp stitched circles  and punched a hole to add the bakes twine to finish the tag. All images are watercoloured using Sakura Koi watercolours, fussy cut and popped up with 3D foam tape to add dimention and interest.

I hope I have inspired you to think outside the box on this theme!

JUNE GUEST DESIGNER

Virginia L

What can I say about her that you don't already know!!!! She is the queen of card making!

I am so honoured that she is my guest designer for this month!!!!

Here's what she has to say about herself!

About Me

I'm blessed with two wonderful adult children and a loving and supportive husband. In my little world,I love creating cards, traveling and making yummy food.  I am currently on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge DT. I am the founder/host of Virginia's View Challenge.  I discovered stamping nearly 20 years ago and has been fascinated by it. I have entered countless challenges and contests, with many failures. But no matter how good I feel about each card, I strive to make the next one better! Being passionate about trying new techniques that intrigue, I love to share ideas and creations in my blog. I truly appreciate the fellow card-maker/bloggers' positive feedback and I hope to encourage other fellow card-makers as much as I can. Thank you, Paru, for inviting me to be your guest design for June!

About the card:

I created the background with the stencil (Tim Holtz Layering Stencil Gear) with Distress Crayons. By applying and mixing the colors with my finger tips, the background was easy to create. I then lightly applied some Wendi Vecchi Embossing Paste (white) over and let dry. After that, I stamped the sentiment from Brushed Happy Sentiment Set (from The Ton Stamp). For final touches, I attached the globe from TH Souvenir Adornments with strings.

About the tag: 

I stamped the Hero Arts Goldfish in Distress Inks (Carved Pumpkin and Festive Berries) with the help of MISTI. After stamping the image, I clear-embossed the fish. I did the same with the sea weed/grass in Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and Scuba (Simon Says Stamp). After that, I sprayed blue mist (  Lindy's Gang Steel Shimmer Glitz Spritz and Heidi Swapp Project Life Spritz). Once the paint dried, I embossed the sentiment with Hero Arts Platinum EP. I added the droplets with Per White Opel Liquid Pearls. I added the adornment/twines for the tag.

The tag is for my son who is leaving for an Engineering internship in San Francisco ( I live in Canada) tomorrow! Oh boy, I am gonna really miss him! 

THE PRIZES

As always, we have some fabulous sponsors lined up for this month.

$25 gift card from Neat and Tangled

A paper pack from Papericious

I hope that we have inspired you to bring out your  thoughts for Father's Day!

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

I will announce the winner of this challenge in July 

as I will be travelling in the second half of June.

You can 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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