August 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!

It's Rakshabandhan month!!! 

Time to celebrate the love for brothers and sisters and extended family!

The challenge for August is..

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...

Raksha Bandhan is around the corner and I thought this card would be most appropriate to send out to a dear brother with a rakhi! 

The sentiment is sure to make him smile!

the sentiment is combination of stamps from MFT stamps and Papersmooches stamps which a put together on a MISTI tool in order to get precise stamping on the card. I handwrote the words I didnt have and used individual alphabet stamps to create the word 'WORLD'.

The focal image is a die from MFT. I watercoloured a piece of cardstock and then die cut the little boys and girls!

I created the background using Craftangles stencils and mama elephant yellow ink.

Do you have a cousin who is your best friend?

To make this tag, I first cut out a circle using Simon Says Stamp stitched circles. I then punched out circles with my circle punches in different sizes from scrap patterned paper.

I then stamped the sentiment (combination of Simon Says Stamp and Papersmooches stamps) and added the circles and  Pretty Pink Posh sequins randomly.

I love the sentiment as all my cousins and my cousins-in-law are my best friends! We may all be different but we are one in the family circle!

I love the way the colours pop against the kraft bag!

Now for some more inspiration!!

AUGUST GUEST DESIGNER

Deepti Mallik

This month Deepti Mallik as our guest designer!!! 

If you follow her work, you can imagine why I am so thrilled that she agree to guest design for my challenge!! I just adore the card and tag she has made for this challenge...the blue watercolouring really looks like the swirling ocean!!!

truly inspirational!

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

About Me

I am a sketch artist by default and a card maker by choice.

My card making started with making some new year cards back in 2013 and now it has turned into a passion.

I moved a step ahead last year as I started to illustrate my own designs with my line of stamps "Dees Artsy Impressions" under the umbrella of STAMPlorations :)

I am also an instructor at Craftsy where I teach a class on Watercolour  Cards made Simple.

Besides doing all the creative work, I am also a new mom to my son Siddharth. Life has transformed after his arrival but I am loving the learning here too ;)

I want to thank Paru for having me here:)

About the card...

I made a card with my favourite watercolouring. 

I embossed the images and then watercolored it using Gansai Tambi watercolours.

About the Tag...

I did some traditional stamping, die-cutting, patterned paper mix and another of my recent favourite 

Prisma colour pencil colouring :)

THE PRIZES

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

Deepti has very generously giving away one of her own stampsets as a prize this month! 

How cool is that!!!

And 

Rs.1000 gift voucher from Peek-a-boo designs

We hope you have been inspired to create some beautiful cards for your family!

Can't wait to see your creations!

I will announce the winner of this challenge on the 28th of August, so don't forget to stop by!

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

An InLinkz Link-up

We have a winner!

Hello All!!!!

Thank you so much for playing our February Challenge!

We had some fabulous entries and it was a tough choice to pick a winner

 for our Febraury Valentine with Scraps challenge!!!

Our winner of the $25 gift certificate from Jane's Doodles 

is 

Priyanka Mathur

I just love the elegant way in which she has used all her scraps!

And, the winner of the Rs.1000 gift voucher from CraftAdda 

is 

Gouri Khandekar

Such a beautiful card...love how Gouri has cut down the scrap pieces into squares to make the quilt pattern!

Priyanka and Gouri, please leave your emails in the comment box belowso that I may send you your winners badges as well as forward your addresses to the sponsors for your prizes.

Many congratulations to our winners and of course to our participants too...I appreciate that you took time out of your busy schedules to play our challenge!!

We will be back with a new challenge on 1st March...we do hope you will stop by to play!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

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