April winners of Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello!!!

Here are the winners for the April 'anything goes' challenge!!

Swapna Patil

Winner of $25 store credit from Newton's Nook

Swapna's card stood out from day one!! 

I love the shaker element...such a fun shaped card!!

Do drop by her blog and leave her some love!

Jasleen

Winner of Rs.1000 gift card from Mudra Stamps

I just love Jasleen's colourful hearts against the black background...stunning!

Do drop by her blog too and leave her some love!

Thank you ALL so very much for stopping by to play Paru's Card Making Challenges! 

We have an awesome guest designer and a fun challenge coming up on 1st  May.

Do come by and play!

Polaroid birthday

Hey there! I am playing the Lawnscaping  'Sketch' challenge from Lawn Fawn today!

I am also playing the Simon Says Stamp flickr 'ink blending' challenge today.

To make this card, I masked off a square apnel with post it tape and created my scene by ink blending Mama Elephant yellow ink and Memento 'Tangelo' ink. (I used a circular mask too). 

I then stamped my foliage (from Inkadinkado).

I used the polaroid diecut from lawn Fawn to frame my scene. 

To add interest, and to keep to the sketch, I dry embossed paper Smooches dots and dashes die on the base panel in an diagonal. 

To finish, I stamped some dragonflies on the background and popped up the polaroid panel with some  fun foam.

I also added the birthday sentiment from Simon Says Stamp.

I really enjoyed making this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Gramdmother dolls

Playing the Casology MOM challenge!

Finally found  a sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp) to match this gorgeous Doll stamp set from Hero Arts.

Its a quick and simple note card... The card topper is cut using Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangles.

I added a light watercolour wash with Sakura Koi Watercolours and finished the card with May arts jute ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by...Have a geat day!

Happy to call you friend

I am so very happy with this card!

I came upon a new challenge, thanks to my friend Neha Bhatt of Perwinkle creations who was guest designer for the I love Math challenge.

To make this card, I started with some new smooth white card stock that I am trying out...it is great for stamping and as you can see it is great for ink blending too! 

I normally use textured white card stock...this is a nice change.

I blended Mama Elephant's Yellow ink along with memento Tangelo ink and die cut (using Simon Says Stamp stitched circles) the sun/moon. 

I then stamped, coloured and fussy cut the giraffe and zebra from Lawn Fawn's 'Critters on the Savannah' stamp set. 

I placed these on a black card topper and heat embossed the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp in white. 

I love the way it turned out...Its bold and bright and I cant wait to share it with a dear friend!

I am also playing the Simon Says Stamp flickr  'Ink blending' Challenge.

Make it girlie

Hey!

I am playing the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge 'Make it Girlie" challenge with this card.

The sketch is from Retrosketches #211...unfortunately, 

though the card was made I didn't put it up in time!

As I mentioned in my earlier post today, I stumbled upon a wonderful craft shop in Crawford Market, Mumbai, which is selling the most awesome paper packs!

I used the 'Summer Bloom' 6"x6" paper pack for this card. I overlayed the paper with Vellum and heat embossed part of the sentiment onto it. The sentiment is completed with a die cut from Simon Says Stamp. I finished the card with a Jute ribbon fromMayarts!

Butterfly Beauty

Hey there!

I am playing the Simons Says Stamp 'Butterfly Beauty' Monday Challenge today.

I stumbled upon this small craft shop in Crawford Market, Mumbai, which had amazing paper packs! I used a pretty paper pack called Summer Bloom for this card.

I punched out a few butterflies, adhered them and then dry embossed the rest of the card, before adding the sentiment from Hero Arts. I finished off the card with a piece of jute ribbon from Mayarts.

Thanks so much for stopping by...Have a good night!

April coasteride -elemental Inspiration -Part two

Hello!

We at Indian Craft Room are back with round two of inspirations for the April coasteride challenge.

Our hostess the month of April is

Sharada

 Her challenge to you is to create a project using three elements (colour palette will count as one element) from the photo inspiration below .

The twist to the challenge is that you can make only cards.

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 28th of March.

 As always, we have a few rules. Please read them carefully before you play.

1. Follow Indian Craft room

2. Blog about the challenge on your personal blog and link your post back to Indian Craft room.

3. If you do not have a blog, please post about the challenge on social media and link it back to Indian Craft room

4. If you have a blog, download and display this ICR challenge badge prominently on your blog.

5. Display the story board prominently in your blogpost and link it back to Indian Craft Room.

6. Upload your photos to the ICR gallery using the tag name 

                      ICRCSPR01

6. Like ICR on Facebook and Instagram

If you have any questions, or just love what we do,
please feel free to leave  me a  comment below.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the awesome people at the Krafter's Cart

They have sponsored a Rs.500 gift certificate from their store.

We're  also announcing a special giveaway for participants who  will play our challenges every month from January to April 2016.

Here is my 2nd inspiration for you this month.

To make this card, I elements I used are 1. The PINK stool 2. The chalk board and 3. The white radiator (I was inspired by the radiator to embossed vertical lines with the help of my scorpal).

I used an old cherry blossom stamp from Stampendous stamped in white (hero arts unicorn ink) on the black cardstock.  I die cut and embossed a pink vase using  an Impression Obsession vases die and  a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I hand embossed the vertical lines on white card stock(inspired by the white radiator in the photo) to finish the card.

I couldn't decide on a sentiment so I decided to leave it blank for the moment.

I love the pop of pink, don't you?

CoasteRide ends at midnight on April 28th 2016
Don't forget to tag your submissions in the ICR gallery with the tag name 

ICRCSPR02

Now that you have all the details come on over and play along!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

April Coasteride-Elemental Inspiration

Hello!

We at Indian Craft Room are back with a new Monthly CoasteRide challenge for you!

Our hostess the month of April is

Sharada 

 Her challenge to you is to create a project using three elements (colour palette will count as one element) from the photo inspiration below .

The twist to the challenge is that you can make only cards.

The challenge will run from the 1st to the 28th of March.

 As always, we have a few rules. Please read them carefully before you play.

1. Follow Indian Craft room

2. Blog about the challenge on your personal blog and link your post back to Indian Craft room.

3. If you do not have a blog, please post about the challenge on social media and link it back to Indian Craft room

4. If you have a blog, download and display this ICR challenge badge prominently on your blog.

5. Display the story board prominently in your blogpost and link it back to Indian Craft Room.

6. Upload your photos to the ICR gallery using the tag name 

                      ICRCSPR01

6. Like ICR on Facebook and Instagram

If you have any questions, or just love what we do,
please feel free to leave  me a  comment below.

Our sponsors for this challenge are the awesome people at the Krafter's Cart

They have sponsored a Rs.500 gift certificate from their store.

We're  also announcing a special giveaway for participants who  will play our challenges every month from January to April 2016.

Here is my 1st inspiration for you this month.

Don't forget to stop by on the 15th of April for our second round of inspiration.

To make this card, I elements I used are 1. The colorful paint tubes, 2. The chalk board and 3. The drawing on the chalk board (hand lettered sentiment).

I used the paint tube stamp from Paper smooches 'I heart art' stamp set to make this card.  I Stamped a couple of tubes on masking paper, cut them out and used them to create this background. I then colored in the tubes using faber castell color pencils.

I hand lettered the Happy Birthday sentiment on a piece of black card stock and used it to finish the card.

I think its really bright and cheerful, don't you?

CoasteRide ends at midnight on April 28th 2016
Don't forget to tag your submissions in the ICR gallery with the tag name 

ICRCSPR02

Now that you have all the details come on over and play along!

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a great day!

The April Challenge at Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello everyone! 

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

I hope you have great fun playing my challenge!

My challenge for the month of April is 

ANYTHING GOES

April challenge

HOW TO PLAY

Make a card or tag using the theme given. Take a photo of your card or tag along with the masking process. 

If you have a blog, write a post about our challenge, including photos of your card or tag and your process.

Please display this storyboard prominently in your blog post.

ALSO, please display this logo prominently on your blog.

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 using the 6"x6"  'Its a boy' paper pack from Craftangles by CraftAdda. I just love that, even though, this pack had predominently baby motifs, I was able to create a  card this is fun and adult.

I made this card on request for a friends sons 21st birthday. He is passionate about filmmaking, so I decide to use that as a theme.

I used a strip of film reel washi tape and created a reel using my ek success circle punches. I decided to add a celebratory element so I created the bunting using Mayarts jute twine and some coloured scotch tape.

I fished the card with a gold embossed sentiment from Hero Arts and the 21 die cut using Lawn Fawn's Quinn's 123 dies.

I think it has all come together quite nicely!

To inspire you some more, 

this month I have the fabulous Barb Engler as my guest designer! 

Those of you who follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram and Flickr may know her as the hostess.

I was so happy when she agreed to be my guest designer for the month of April!

Here is what she has to say about herself.

Hi everyone!

I'm so happy to be guest designing this month for Paru and her Challenge!

I live in the upper Midwest of the U.S> in the state of Minnesota. I am now retired from being a floral department manager of a small grocery store.

Retirement means more time to create, which I love!

I started out years ago with scrapbooking, when my two boys were litttle. 

That led to cardmaking, which I started in 2010.

I've always had a love for stamping, especially flowers, and more recently have fallen in love with coloring.

Coloring with Copics is my favourite, but, I love watercolor too. I also really like trying new and ddifferent techniques on my cards.

I must admit I was happy to find out the theme this month was 'Anything Goes'! That meant I could use some flowers for my card...YAY!

I decided to use a beautiful set designed by Wplus9.

It's called, Watercolour Anemones.

Since I love using different techniques on my cards, I decided to try a fun one for these flowers. They are solid stamps, with no space to actually colour, so I used the shadow technique to stamp them.

Using some fog coloured cardstock, I first stamped the flowers with white pigment ink, then used offset stamping with some bright pink ink to create that shadow effect. 

A white embossed sentiment, some dashed, white gel pen lines around the edges and a few white sequins, finish off the card. I love the results!

Paru also asked me to create a tag. 

With tags, my thought always goes to birthday gift tags, so that's what I made.

I thought a shaker tag would be fun!

I used the 'Lots of dots' stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

It's the perfect set fro creating fun, festive backgrounds!

For the shaker portion, I used the stitched Rectangle die set, also from Simon Says Stamp.

Just pick out some fun, bright colored ink and stamp your design-so easy.

I stamped the sentiment inside the shaker circle and added some sequins.

Stars or hearts stamp sets would work great for this too!

I hope I have inspired you to get out your stamps and try a different technique!

Love 

Barb.

THE PRIZES

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

We have a Rs.1000/- voucher from Mudra Stamps

And a $25 store credit from Newton's Nook

I hope that we have inspired you to bring out your craft stash!

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

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

You can link up your creations below.

To be eligible to win a prize, please follow all the instructions carefully...

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

Thanks so much for stopping by...

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani