February 18 Challenge Winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so much for playing my LOVE challenge!

Im so sorry for the delay in announcing the winners. 

Thank you for your patience!

I just love your amazing creativity!

Here are the winners for this month! 

For the  prize

from 

Dadarkar Arts

Vinita Jain

The beautiful pink pop of colour and the stencilling are just fabulous!

and 

for the hamper from

A1 Craft Supply

Anila Dikay

I just could not resist that fabulous ink blending and  that gorgeous sentiment!!

Many Many congratulations to the winners!

VERY IMPORTANT

I have a sincere request to the winners..

PLEASE SHARE YOUR PRIZES ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

The more you share, the better chance you have at winning awesome prizes 

from more and more sponsors.

If, for any reason  you do not wish to accept the prize, 

(such as not being able to pay for shipping of the prize), 

please contact me ASAP, so that I may pass on the prize to someone else.

Remember...

The March challenge will go live on 1st March 2018 at 12 am IST. 

Don't forget to come and play!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!!

Paru Mahtani

February 2018 challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for rocking the NEW challenge to celebrate the second anniversary of 

Paru's Card Making Challenges!!!!

Here is the challenge for February 2018

You can make a for Valentine's day, a card of encouragement, a card for a wedding, or just a card to make someone feel special!

The possibilities are endless! 

I'm waiting to see all your creativity!!

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.

INSPIRATION

I made three cards  this month...as magic slider cards, to inspire you!

I have used the Lawn Fawn magic slider card die to make all these cards and all the stamps I've used are from My favourite Things.

You will find plenty of tutorials on how to make your own magic slider cards here.

I have also included videos to show how they work.

Once I assembled the magic slider element, I stamped and decorated the backgrounds, stamped the sentiments and adhered the slider to finish the cards.

I have videos of all the cards to show how much fun they are!

Im submitting these cards for the  'LawnFanatics' inspiration board challenge and the
MFT colour challenge.

 To inspire you some more,

This month my Guest Designer is 

Deepti Aggarwal

I have been following Deepti for a while now and I just love her creative, simple and oh so fun cards!!

Hello Everyone!

This is Deepti from Vishesh Collections.

I live in Bangalore, India with my husband and two little princesses! (They are 8 and 5 years old).

My girls always keep me busy and their school time is my crafting time..;).

I am a management graduate in Human Resources but I chose to be a stay at home mom. Crafting is a stress buster for me.

I enjoy evry bit of it. I am crafting since 2010 and I love trying my hands on different forms of arts. My style is towards CAS side and mostly bright and colourful. 

I am a big critter lover which you can easily notice in my feeds.

Chek out my work at my blog, Facebook and Instagram.

I am so honoured to be chosen as the guest designer for this month at Paru's Card Making Challenges.

Thank you so much Paru for having me,

The theme for this month's challenge is LOVE. 

Here is my take on the current challenge using critters from Neat and Tangled "My Favourite Nut" stamp set.

To make this card, I took A2 size white card stock and ink smooshed the background. Once satisfied, stamped some hearts and then added the water coloured tree bark die cut outs from Craftin Desert Divas. Meanwhile stamped, coloured and fussy cut my focal image from "My Favourite Nut" stamp set. Adhered the same with foam tape to add some interest. Finally finished it by adding some stamped acorns and hearts here & there. And here is the tag...

To make this tag, I have used "Heart of Gold Die" from Neat & Tangled. First , I cut out the heart using the same die as my stencil and ink smooshed it. Then attached the heart of gold die cut out using pink paper ribbon. Adhered the cute image to complete it.

I hope that you are inspired to join in the challenge this month to celebrate LOVE. Can't wait to see what you create!! Happy Crafting!! Hugs xx Deepti Aggarwal

I hope you have been inspired to play along with us this month!

I can't wait to see your creations!

THE PRIZES

As always we have some great prizes to give away!

A prize from Dadarkar Arts

 I am awaiting confirmation for my second prize.

The prize will be announced as soon as I receive the confirmation.

The winners will be announced on the 28th of February,

 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!

Paru Mahtani

An InLinkz Link-up

February challenge

Hello everyone! 

What a great number of submissions we had for the January challenge! We sure started off the year with a bang!

Here is the February challenge!

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...

I created this card using Impression Obessions dies and stamps from the 'Rinding Pretty' set!
And, then, I used the Chibitronics led light circuit to light up this card!!!

Other stamps and dies used as from Hero Arts, lawn Fawn and Litle B

Isn't this fun?

You can learn how to create your own circuit using the Chibitronics starter kit, HERE.

I also made this tag using the beautiful hollyhocks die from Impression Obsession, and a stencil from My Favourite Things. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and the pretty sequins from 

Pretty Pink Posh.

For more inspiration,

I have the Fabulously talented 

Bhavana Kesarkar

as my guest designer today!

I have admired her work for many years, so its a real honour to have her here to inspire us today!

Hi Everyone!

I am Bhavana. Thank You Paru, for inviting me as a  guest designer!

I feel so honoured.

A little about me..

I am from India and currently live in Santa Clara, California. I love card making and I have been making cards for the past 6 years. 

I love anything artsy and craftsy. You can check out my work at my blog 

Blending art and craft

I am excited and had fun making cards with the LOVE theme.

My first card is very simple; I did an ink smooshing technique for the background using 'Fired Brick' distress ink and water, the love hand sign is from Paper Smooches 'Helping Hand' stamp set.

For my second card, I used Sugar Pea designs, 'Enchanted Garden' stamp set and dies.

I used  Zig real brush pens watercolour markers to colour them. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp 'Favourite flowers' stamp set.

I adhered the image using foam tap and added some clear sequins to finish my card.

For the tag, I used Winnie and Walter's 'You've got mail' stamp set. For the background stamping I used aged mahogany distress ink and did second generation stamping and for the envelopes I used water colours. 

The stamped sentiment is from the same set.

I hope you have been inspired!

Happy Crafting!

THE PRIZES

This month we have two outstanding sponsors!

We have a starter pack from 

Chibitronics

and 

 a $50 gift card 

from 

Impression Obsession

I hope that you have been inspired

 to create some fun tags and cards for LOVE

 and to join in the challenge!

The winner will be announced on the 28th of February , 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!

Paru Mahtani

An InLinkz Link-up

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