August 2018 Challenge winners

 Hello!!

Im so sorry for the delay in announcing the winners of the August Family Challenge...I've had a frozen shoulder which has been giving me a lot of trouble lately.

Thank you so much for playing my FAMILY challenge..So many fun entries!!

I am truly humbled that you all come over month after month to play my challenges!!

Don't stop!

Here are the winners for this month! 

For the Guest Designer position for the month of September,

Priyanka Kantak

Such an adorable card for a sister!! Love it!

Priyanka, I will be in touch.

SPECIAL MENTION

Donna

Such a lovely card and sentiment... Home means family!!

Sharda

This tunnel card is too cute!

and 

Anu

Look at the Super Bhai! Too cute!

Winners, I will be in touch with you with your badges for you to flaunt on your blogs!

Many many congratulations to the winners.

Do follow the links and leave them some love!

Thank you all, who play month after month! 

You inspire me to keep this challenge going!

Remember...

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

Don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

July challenge winner's post

Hello!!

Today I have the winner of the July BIRTHDAY challenge, Darnell Knauss, to inspire us with her fantastic creations!

Some of you may know her...for those who dont, do check our her TWOFER challenge !

I started this challenge after being inspired by her and her generosity!

She is a brilliant card maker and an amazing person!

Enjoy her creations!

Darnell Knauss 

Hello!

Om honored to be here today!

Paru and I became friends through commenting back in 2013 and through her participation in my NBUS challenges. 

I was delighted when she started this challenge.

I have been making cards for about 20 years now and blogging for over six.
I am married 47 years and have one son and daughter in law and twin grandsons.

When I'm not travelling, and being 'Bama' to those boys, I enjoy every minute of this very satisfying hobby and all the many frienships I have made through blogging!

I loved reading about the wonderful festival of Rakshbandhan that you celebrate during the month of August in India.

it is fabulous that it celebrates the special family relationship between brothers and sisters!

Both of my cards were made to reflect the joy and light heartedness that young brothers and sisters exhibit and how important family is in this world!

Thanks so much for joining us here on Paru's Card Making Challenges to celebrate family!

My next challenge will go live on the 1st of September..don't forget to stop by!

In the meantime, you have till the 25th to play my FAMILY CHALLENGE. 

You will find all the details here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Creations from the winners of the July Challenge

Hello!

Starting this month, 

I will bring you some inspiration during the month, 

in order to keep the creative juices flowing!

We had three honorable mentions for the challenge last month.

I decided to invite them to guest design for the challenge this month so that they can inspire us with their creativity.

My first honorable mention designer is 

Raga Senthil

Here is what she has to say!

Hello Lovelies!

I am Raga from Perky Hobby!

Im super thrilled to be guesting for Paru's Card Making Challenges 'Family' challenge this month.

Thanks Paru for this opportunity!

I'm originally from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, currently residing in Gurgaon, Haryana, with my husband and two adorable kids (daughter of 6 and son of 3 years). I'm a computer application graduate and I have chosen to be a stay at home mom.

I started crafting a year ago. I love to illustrate and mostly all of my cards consist of my sketches and handwritten sentiments.

I think I enjoy making CAS style cards by incorporating interactive parts at times.

Check out my work at my blog  http://www.perkyhobby.com/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/perkyhobby/  and on Instagram @perky_hobby.

Here is my take on the current challenge, using my illustration. (photo inspired from Google)

Rakshabandhan (the festival of Rakhi) 

is celebrated to cherish the bond of brothers and sisters.

To make this Rakhi card, I took A2 size white cardstock and created the wall and floor scene using patterned papers.

I sketched my figures, watercoloured them and adhered them on the front panel using foam tape and I gave washi tape to the little girl to mount her little cute brother over the wall for his mischievous behaviour.

I finished the card with a handwritten sentiment.

For the tag, I ink smooshed the background, using the bubble art technique. I fussy cut it and added a handmade flower (from Itsy Bitsy) 

for the rakhi and the sentiment to complete it.

I hope you are inspired to join in and play the challenge!

Happy Crafting!

My second Honorable mention GD is 

Mugdha Gujrati

Hello everyone!

This is Mugdha Gujarathi from Craftomania. 

I am an MBA turned full time crafter and mother of a cute little boy.

I love card making, quilling and to experiment with limited supplies. 

I started my blog in November last year and Paru's Card Making Challenges is one of the few challenges I participated in for the first time and I won it too!

That was the kickstart to my crafting journey and today I am glad to be here.

Thank you so much Paru for inviting me over!

This month's theme is "Family" and I have made a quilled card. 

I hope it inspires you to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Do leave some love for these beautiful ladies and their amazingly creative work!

Join in and play my FAMILY challenge.

Challenge ends on the 25th of August and the winners will be announced on the 28th.

Have a wonderful day!

Paru Mahtani

August challenge winners!

 Hello!!

Thank you ever so much for playing the August 'Family' Challenge.

Here are the winners!

For this stamp set from Dee's Artsy impressions

Gloria Lee

I was blown away by her interpretaion of the theme!!! 

Thanks for playing along Gloria!

and 

For the Rs.1000/- voucher from Peek-a-Boo designs

Ujjwal

I just love that whimsical background and the whimsical image and sentiment!! Im sure her sister was thrilled to receive this card!

Thanks for playing our challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Our new challenge will be up on the 1st of September. 

Hope you will stop by and play!

Have a good night!

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

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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

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