September Winners post 2.

Hello!

Here are the winners of the September Challenge, with some fabulous creations for the 

October TOUCH OF GOLD Challenge, which you can play HERE

Im so sorry my post is late..things have been a bit busy!

First up, I have the amazingly talented

Deepti Aggarwal

Hello Everyone,

I'm Deepti Aggarwal and my blog is Vishesh Collections. I recently moved to Belgium from Bangalore, India due to my Hubby's work assignment. I'm mad about crafting so much that as soon as I shifted here ..the first thing I searched for was...Crafting shop near me... he he he.. I bet lots of you would be like me only...😉  

And...I'm really super duper excited to be guest designing for Paru's Card Making Challenge. Thank you so much Paru for having me here.The theme for the current challenge is " A touch of Gold". And here is what I've created.. Totally festive..

To make this card, I took A2 size card stock and gold embossed it using string of lights stamp from Winnie & Walter's -Happy Owlidays with Evelin T Designs stamp set. Then, I ink blended it using rainbow colors distress inks as shown and further colored the lights with watercolors in same tone. Once satisfied, I die cut it using rectangle dies from Winnie& Walter's - Essentials: Lana Cutaways. After that, I adhered it on white note card.

Then , I die cut out the happy (from Do crafts) Diwali (from sizzix alphabet dies) sentiment using gold glitter foam sheet. Adhered the same on the card base. For the final touch up, I added glossy accent to these rainbow lights. Here are some more pics which I've clicked from different angle to show you gold embossing and glossy accent effect..

I hope you have been inspired to play along with current challenge.

Looking forward to see what you create..

Happy Crafting!!

*****

Next,  to inspire you, is the absolutely amazing

ISHANI

Hello there!

I am Ishani, know as Quillish to the crafting world.

I currently live with my husband and my 3 year old son, in Pune.

I have served in the Indian Air Force for 10 years and now I am a stay-at-home-mom, 

who loves to craft.

My first submission for a challenge and a win was at Paru's Card Making Challenges (May 2017). It was such a delight and a pat on the back and since then I have not stopped.

I love to learn and experiment with new techniques, but, think I'm slightly bent toward the CAS style of card making. I am on the design teams of Indian Quilling Challenge, CAS-ual Friday challenges and Cupcake challenges. I am delighted to share a card with the  TOUCH OF GOLD to inspire you to play along at the challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to link up your entry for the challenge HERE!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani

September winners post

Hello!

Please welcome 

Manisha Ayyapath

the winner of the guest designer post for the September 'Anything Goes Challenge'!

Here she is with some fabulous inspiration for the October 'TOUCH OF GOLD' challenge.

Hello Everyone!

Manisha here!

I'm currently a full-time crafter, having quit my job to take care of my little daughter.

This break allowed me to explore the wonders of the crafting world and now I'm totally hooked :)

My interests very widely-cardmaking,scrapbooking, mixed-media and now I'm even into making home decor products. Recently I started a venture where I sell all the handmade items that I make-The Simple Joys Store.

You can check it out on www.instagram/the.simple.joys.store

I'm absolutely excited to be guest designing for Paru's Card Making Challenge! and what got me more excited is this month's theme- A TOUCH OF GOLD! I just love adding gold elements in my projects-kind of like a weakness :D

so needless to say I had super fun working on today's projects.

So let's see the card and the tag I made for this challenge.

For this I created a background cut file and had it cut on a matte gold cardstock using my Silhouette Curio. Then I had some fun with Ranger's Alcohol Inks and created some backgrounds. I then die cut the backgrounds using Altenew's floral Fantasy 3D die set.

For the center piece of the flowers and a couple of leaves I used the same gold cardstock to add that touch of gold.

I then adhered the gold frame on the card base and then arranged my die cuts towards the base of the card. To balance out the whole look, I added a sentiment-black on gold and finished off the card with some black ink splatters.

Moving on to the tag. 

I created a simple tag which features some gold heat embossed from Altenew's Adore You stamp set to add that gold element. I used glitter gold embossing power that lends a different charm of its own.

I then colored the flowers with color pencils and markers. The sentiment is heat embossed in black.

I then added a few gold and black splatters as I just love to do that :D 

Attached a brown ribbon to the tag to complete it.

Hope you guys enjoyed my projects and are inspired to play along. 

You can link up your projects here.

Manisha Ayappath

October 17 challenge winners.

 Hello!!

Thank you so very much for playing the October 'Touch of Gold' challenge!!

So much creativity!!! I was absolutely stunned!!

Here are the winners for this month! ( it was so difficult to choose!)

For the 

Rs.1200 voucher from Peek-a-Boo designs

Ria Banerjee

I loved all her submissions, but you have to agree that this card design is pure genius!!

For the Rs.750 voucher from Peek-a-boo designs

Indira Tanwar

The gold embossed Madhubani borders are just gorgeous!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Remember...

The November challenge will be live on 1st November 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

October 17 Challenge

Hello everyone!!!! 

Thank you so much for playing the "Rainbow" challenge in September!

I was so happy by the response! So many beautiful cards!

Here is the October challenge!

Make a card or tag with a touch of gold.

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...

To make a touch of  gold tag, I first printed out a cardstock sheet of toner , which, I used to die cut the Spellbinders peacock feather.



I then used two different colours of Craftangles foil on this die cut.

Here is the beautiful result.

To make the tag, I used a scrap of blue cardstock to die cut a PaperTreyInk bookmark. I had previously stamped this scrap with peacocks to create a tone on tone look.

I then adhered the foiled die cut to the tag and added a blue ribbon to complete the tag.

Beautiful isn't it?

For the card, I used Simon Says Stamp Stitched square dies to cut two nesting squares out of the 'Colours of India' 6"x6" paper pack from Craftangles.

I then cut the final square out of green cardstock and heat embossed a mandala from the newly released 'Happy Diwali' stamp set from Craftangles, in gold.

I finished the card by adding a bit of May Arts ribbon with a golden bell for fun!

To Inspire you some more...

My very dear friend and cardmaking superstar
Neha Bhatt
of
Perwinkle creations
is my Guest designer this month
and she has some fabulous cards to inspire you!

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am back on my favourite challenge blog once again! The theme is “Touch of Gold”. With Diwali
approaching, I decided to make a card and a tag for the festive season.

For the card, I have used waffle flower’s Lacy Flower stamp as rangoli!
I embossed it with glitter gold
embossing powder by Brutus Manroe. It is hard to capture the jazzy look of it but it looks gorgeous
in person. I cut the panel using spellbinder die. To color the Rangoli, I used Candied Apple, Ground
Espresso and spiced marmalade distress inks. The sentiment is from Ranganjali. A thin wavy stripe of
golden glitter paper is added. A small floer from the same set is embossed, colored and tucked under
the panel to balance the design. I mounted the panel on similar colored but textured card base.

Tag is created using Papertrey Ink die. I lined the back side with a circle die cut blended using Candied Apple Distress oxide . I inlaid few flower centres, die cut using glitter paper. To finish it off, embossed sentiment in gold & tied some golden threads.

I hope you are inspired with my creations and will play along!

Thank you Paru for this opportunity! Wish to be back soon! Have a crafty festive season !
Hugs.

To further inspire you,
we  have two beautiful cards from  the design team over at
Peek-a-boo designs,
our generous sponsors this month!
The first card is made by the super talented Vijayalaxmi Siyal!!



She has gold embossed a  beautiful background stamp 'Quilted love' from Peek-a-boo designs to create a stunning background.
She then used the 'Pretty Roses' stamp from Peek-a-boo designs, beautifully coloured, to create the focal image.  She then added the Celebrate die cut  sentiment in gold and added a touch of elegance by adding the 'Blooming beauty'  (also from Peek-a-Boo designs) washi tape in rose gold.

The second card is by
Priyadarshini Deshpande

She too has used the 'Pretty Roses' stamp set from Peek-a-Boo designs, 
but has coloured them a gorgeous red!
Who can resist red roses!!!
She assembled these beautifully fussy cut roses on a white card base
with gold glitter tape and a few gold nuovo drops added to add interest.

Stunning aren't they!!!

You can check out all of Peek-a-Boo's new arrivals here!

I hope you have been inspired to play along! 

I can't wait to see what you create!

THE PRIZES
This month we have TWO fabulous prizes from
Peek-a-Boo designs!

One Rs. 1500 ($20) and one Rs.750 ($10) gift card!

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