Thank you cards for Paru's Card Making Challenges

Hello!!

Today I have a Thank You card and tag that I made for my challenge blog

Paru's Card Making Challenges

I just love how this card turned out!!

I started by stamping the floral image from Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set in black and heat embossing it with a clear embossing powder.

I then watercoloured the background using warm fall colours.

Once the background was dry, I partially embossed the background using Cuttlebug 'swirls' embossing powder.

I finished the card with a sentiment from Winnie and Walter (which I did in two colours, using the Misti), and sequins from Craftangles and A1Craft supply.

For my tag, I started with a tag die cut from MFT. 

I then stamped the sentiment from Winnie and Walter (using Tim Holtz distress ink) 

repeatedly to create a background.

To create the focal image, 

I die cut the square stamp using a Cuttlebug die, 

and then stamped the floral image (source unknown) on it. 

After colouring and distressing using Tim Holtz distress inks,

I added some Craftangles sequins and some green ribbon to finish the tag.

Do come over and play Paru's Card Making Challenges! 

We have a wealth of inspiration over on the challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have the best day!!

July 17 challenge

Hello everyone!1!!! 

Thank you so much for a fantastic challenge participation in June! All the interactive creations were mind-blowing! I'm so glad I could create some fun for everyone!!!

Here is the July  challenge!

It's my birthday month!! So this month's challenge has to be 

to make a 'BIRTHDAY' card or tag!!

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 here

Now for some inspiration...

Birthday cards are my favourite..they make the recipient feel so special and,
really sweeten their day!!

My card today is a faux shaker..I created a donut box using Lawn Fawn's donut stamp, Queen and company's rectangle frame die and a sheet of acetate.
I then placed this box that I created on a patterned paper base and added the sentiment on the 'box'.
Sweet and simple, but packs a punch no?

For these birthday tags, I used Neat and Tangled stitched stamps and Simon Says stamp Stitched dies.

 The tags turned out really dainty and pretty no?

As a last minute creation, I decided to make a box card using my brand new

 Lawn Fawn scalloped box card die.

Oh! It's so much fun!!!

I know a lot of people make these box cards without the die, but with it, it super easy!!

I used sentiments and images from Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp and our sponsor this month Concord and 9th stamp sets. Its my first attempt, so its not perfect, but not too bad I think...its quite celebratory!!

I am submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp  Wednesday 'Anything goes' Challenge

To inspire you some more, 

I have Ardyth Percy-Robb of Maskerade as Guest designer! 

She is one of my absolute favourite designers..she has a brilliant CAS sensibility and I'm super thrilled to have her on my blog today!!!

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

Ardyth Percy-Robb

 I am so thrilled that Paru has invited me to be Guest Designer for this month's Birthday Challenge! I had so much fun making my card and tag to be as happy and bright as possible!

I started cardmaking in 2006, at a Stampin' Up party and have never looked back. I started my blog, MASKerade in 2012 to be able to join in all the fun challenges. I've been on a number of Design Teams and own a couple of my own cardmaking challenges..Muse Card Club and Christmas visions. Do check them out!

I live in Toronto, Canada with my husband and two children (but not for long-my son is leaving for University soon!)

To make these cards, i cut the balloon out of masking paper four times  (one for each colour) and used the negative space, distress ink and a swirling motion to fill in with a lighter centre, which gives a bit of dimension. I spritzed the balloons for more texture and interest. I knew that some bold black would give this pretty card a graphic feel.

And, of course, you can't have a birthday card without some sparkle!

I hope Ardyth and I have inspired you to make some fun birhtday cards and tags of your own!!

THE PRIZES
As always we have some awesome sponsors!!

A $25 gift certificate
from
Concord and 9th

 and 

A $15 gift certificate from 

CAS-ual Fridays

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

Cards for children Challenge

Hello everyone! 

Welcome back to all of you who have played my challenges before 

and a big welcome to those who are stopping by for the first time! 

I hope you have great fun playing  along!

November 14th is the birthday of our first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. 

As he was very fond of children, It is celebrated as Children's Day in India.

Therefore, the challenge for the month is to make a card or tag for CHILDREN.

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...

This month our sponsor MHK designs 

has shared some beautiful digital papers and stamps with us,

which we  have showcased.

I started with the papers from the Autumnal Accents digital paper pack

 and added the digital stamps from the Butterfly wisdom set.

I coloured the butterfly to make it pop, using faber castell colour pencils and then added the sentiment which I printed on vellum.

I finished the card with some MayArts jute ribbon.

For this tag, I used the same papers and stamps as above and

 added a dry embossed panel and some self adhesive gemstones for interest.

I finished the tag with charcoal bakers twine from the Twinery.

For the Instagram inspired shaker card, I have used the papers from the

radiant rainbows digital paper pack.

I created the shaker element by die cutting  and stacking multiple circles using 

Simon Says Stamp Stitched circles die .

I added some silver and gold star confetti and closed the shaker element using the same patterned paper as the background. 

I added a spellbinders nested heart and 

a speech bubble from Simon Says Stamp 'Talk bubble' die set.

The birthday sentiment is from Stampendous.

I really enjoyed using these beautiful bright colours on the cards..I think kids would like them too!

For more inspiration...

We have La Von Hall over as our guest designer this month! 

La Von and I became friends through Flickr, 

where she runs an awesome group and challenge every month. 

Do drop by and leave her some love!

I am so very honored to be chosen as the guest designer this month for Paru's Card Making Challenge. Thank you very much, Paru!  The theme for this card is children because the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is celebrated as Children's Day in India. India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on November 14. Apart from being known for his skills as a statesman, Nehru was also immensely fond of children.

The card I created for Paru's Challenge is a shaker card.  I think children of all ages like shaker cards.  The wonderful sponsor that Paru has chosen for this month is MHK designs. All of the digi images, sentiment and even the patterned papers are found at the MHK designs.  I used the "Hardy Party" digital paper pack and "Eat Your Cake" digital stamp set.

Making a shaker card is simpler that it may look.

• I colored the image with Copic markers and added a touch of shimmer using a bit Multi Media Matte with clear glitter.    
• I cut the frame 6 times, 5 times from plain cardstock and one time from the patterned paper.  The five cardstock frames are glued into a stack to create the well for the shaker mix.   
• Place the stacked frame over the colored image where you like and trim off any excess.  Glue the frame over to the image using the Multi Media Matte. 
• After the glue is dry you put in the sequin mix.  
• Next you will cut a piece of plastic or acetate cut to size and adhere this over the window.  I like to use a strong double sided tape like SCOR-tape to adhere the acetate to the frame and the patterned paper.  It seems to work the best. 
• Then adhere the assembled shaker to your card.  

I was have such a great time with the pretty papers from MHK that created two tags for the challenge.  After making both I couldn't really decide which I liked best so I am sharing both here.   Both of my tags use a die from Hero Arts.  I will list my supplies below.

I was have such a great time with the pretty papers from MHK that created two tags for the challenge.  After making both I couldn't really decide which I liked best so I am sharing both here.   Both of my tags use a die from Hero Arts. 

I hope that you are inspired to join in the challenge this month to celebrate children.   Thank you, for stopping by my blog.  Your comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome.

THE PRIZES

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

Up for grabs are...

 3 items of the winners choice from 

MHK designs

and 

a $25 gift card from So Suzy Stamps

( They are offering free shipping from 1st to 5th Novemer 2016)

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

Can't wait to see your creations!

I will announce the winner of this challenge on the 28th of November, 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

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!

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

Indian Craft room Blog Hop...Patriotic colours with texture.

Hey Everyone! 

Welcome to Indian Craft Room's Blog Hop! We are so happy that you have come along to play!

You would have arrived here from Sathya's blog.

The Blog Hop theme is "Indian Flag Colors with a Twist... use  Textures".

By Textures we mean Texture paste, Embossing paste, Embossing powders, Dry/Wet embossing, Material textures by burlap, Cheesecloth, Drywall tape. 

Any visible/ prominent textures.

This blog hop is open for cards / Altered items/ 3D projects/ Tags (Standard size, not less than 6"x3")

Here is my take on the challenge this month.

I started by heat embossing the sentiment from 'fiskars' on a 5.45"x3.45" piece  of  textured white cardstock, using Hero Arts White embossing powder. 

I then sprayed the paper with water and dropped Sakra koi watercolours onto the wet paper and allowed them to spread. 

I then sprayed some water on the card base and added some colour there too. 

Once both the card base and cardstock panel dried, I assembled the card and added some sequins to finish.

The textures I used...textured card stock and heat embossing.

This blog Hop is open to members of ICR only. Not a member... You can become a member here.

To play...

1. Start at the ICR Forum Blog Post.

2. Hop  to along through all the DT blogger posts, leaving your comments along the way.

3. Finish up by returning to the ICR forum Blog Post and leaving a comment saying that you have finished the Blog Hop.

4. If you would like to make a project based on the inspiration provided by out DT, link up your entry here. ( Only 1 submission per person).

5. Spread the word about the Blog Hop on Social Media. 

6. FOLLOW us on Facebook and Instagram.

7. Tag your entry with ICRBH01

The LINK PARTY will be open from 15th Jan  and will end at midnight on 28th January IST.

ICR is giving away some awesome prizes... to qualify, please follow all the rules mentioned above.

Here is the list of our DT Bloggers for you to hop along... You will be hopping along to the talented Pratyusha's blog! Don't forget to leave some love as you hop along!

ICR FORUM BLOG POST {START HERE}

Sharada 

Sathya

Paru...you are here!  

Shraddha 

Bhavana 

Gopi 

Priya

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great evening!