September 2018 challenge

Hello!!!

Thank you all so much for your amazing creativity for 

the August 'FAMILY' Challenge!

such fantastic cards!

Here is a simple challenge for September 2018 which will be a lot of fun!

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.

VERY IMPORTANT

PLEASE Link your blogpost/social media post to the linky below.

INSPIRATION

To inspire you this month, I have the winner of the August FAMILY challenge

Priyanka Kantak

Her creativity is fabulous and exciting!

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

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am Priyanka from Mumbai.

By profession, I am a voice over artist, lending my voice for E-learning, T.V. commercials, radio ads and Corporate AV's.

I'm have a bachelor's degree in Textile and Fashion Technology and am a voracious reader.

You can find me here on Instagram and on my blog

I am so honoured to Guest design for 

Paru's Card Making Challenges, a challenge blog thats very close to my heart.

This is the very first cardmaking challenge that I won.

I am a regular participant here.

This month the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

For this I have made an oval easel card and a tag to go along with it.

I have used the Simon Says Stamp background stamp 'Flower Explosion' in both my card and tag.

For the card, I have coloured with Koi watercolours and used an oval die by Die Cuts and More .

I also tried the inlaid die cutting technique for the sentiment.

The 'Thanks' die cut is by Pink and Main.

 For the tag I used a Spellbinders tag die.

I stuck a black tag die cut on the back to add interest and also to make it sturdier.

The sentiment is from an Itsy Bitsy stamp set.

I hope you like my creations and are inspired to make your own!

To inspire you some more,

I have some fun cards  for you this month!

Pop-up slider cards are a lot of fun ,

so I decided to make one 

showing a box of fun goodies for a friends' 50th birthday.

I started out by die cutting the  pop up panel using a die 

(which I've had for years but never used!)

from The Rubber Cafe. 

I couldn't find a link to the store but here is a video showing you how easy it is to make one.

The dies I used for the box and the goodies are from My Favourite things and Honey Bee Stamps.

The sentiment is something I made up and printed out.

I used distress inks to colour the glasses and Camlin watercolour cakes to create the paint splatter.

I used Fevicryl gold paint to add the gold splatter to the black card base . 

I'd love to hear what you think, so do leave me a comment.

My second card is very simple and CAS.

I used Craftangles white texture paste along with Fevicryl gold powder..This powder is usually used with a medium to paint. I decided to add the dry powder to the white texture paste as an experiment.

I love the dull gold finish I got.

I used the Craftangles Ganesh stencil and once dry, I added a small hibiscus flower (stamped,watercoloured and fussy cut) to add a spot of colour.

The Ganesh panel is cut using Simon Says Stamp stitched dies and adhered using fun foam on a white textured card base.

I hope you have been inspired to play along...ANYTHING GOES..It's easy!!

I will have more inspiration for you from last month's winners

as the month progresses, to help get the creative juices flowing!

PRIZES

I will choose ONE winner , 

who will then be the GUEST DESIGNER  for the next month's challenge, to be posted around the 15th of the month.

I will also pick THREE other winners for an honorable mention, who will also get an opportunity to design a card each for this challenge blog.

Sounds fun?

The challenge will run till the 25th of September.

The winners will be announced on the 28th of September.

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

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June challenge winners

 Hello!!

Thank you so very much for playing the June 'Interactive Cards' challenge!!

I was truly blown away by all the creativity!!

From shakers to sliders to magic reveal cards...we had them all! 

It has been, by far the most difficult challenge to judge!

Here are the winners for this month!

One animation stamp set and One animation die cut 

from

Uchi's Design

Ilda Dias

The amount of technique and thought that Ilda has put in this card is mind blowing!! 

Do check out her blog!

This fabulous prize from

Charlotte E

I just fell in love with the way she put this slider together. so beautifully done!!

Many many congratulations to the winners!!

Remember...

The July challenge will be live on 1st July 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

June Challenge

Hello !!! 

Thank you so much for a great challenge participation in May!!

This month we have a fabulous sponsor!! 

Though we may not have their product (I don't), I have created a challenge that will ensure that you have A LOT of fun!!

Here is the June  challenge!

An INTERACTIVE CARD is any card which had an element that moves or pops up or slides or shakes..something that makes you interact with the card!

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 had a blast making the inspiration cards for this challenge!
I hope you will enjoy them too!
I am no good at putting up tutorials,
so you can find the links to the tutorials for these cards here.

The first card I made is a

WHEEL  SHAKER CARD

To make this card
I started out with the Simon Says Stamp 'Fish and bowl' stamp and die set.
Using the die in the set, I created a shaker element which has acetate on both sides.
In between the acetate, I cut some coloured vellum and sandwiched it to give the appearance of water. I added sequins ( I should have added more!) from 'Dress my Craft' and A1 Craft Supply.
I also stamped and die cut some fish and added them to the bowl..one on the inside and one on the outside.
I created the spinner mechanism as shown in this video by Sandy Allnock.

I finished the card with a sentiment from the same stamp set.

This was super fun to make and I hope you will try it!

The second card is made is  a 

MAGIC REVEAL SPINNER CARD

This too was just too much fun to make!!

You will find a full tutorial here.

To make this card, I have used stamps from 

Altenew's 'To the Moon' stamp set and My Favourite things 'Space Explorer' stamp set.

To colour, I used Camlin watercolours and Staedler water colour pencils.

The dies I used are from Spellbinders. 

I used a white gel pen to add the stars and the little highlights.

I used queen and company circle frame dies to create a border around the window 

and added black self adhesive gemstones for interest.

Do try out this card..You will love it!

To inspire you some more, 

we have a fabulous card maker who makes the most extraordinary interactive cards.

Our Guest designer today is
Sindhura

Hello everyone!
My name is Sindhura and I blog at Paperminty.

First, I would like to thank Paru for this wonderful opportunity.

I was thrilled when I saw the

GD invitation mail in my inbox. :)

Since the challenge for this month is to create an Interactive card.

  I made a pop-up card and a shaker tag.

I created a cute, fun scene on the card. Here it is...

First, I stamped all the images on Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock and coloured them

with Zig markers; then fussy cut them all out. I also die cut a few stips of grass.

I sponged some ink with the help of a die-cut stencil to make clouds in the background

This is how the pop-up opens on the inside of the card.

The next is the shaker tag...

To make this tag, I die cut a number of tag with windows die cuts. I did this to avoid using

foam tape. I backed all the stacked die cuts with a patterned paper. I adhered the adorable

elephants to finish the tag. I used the clear sequins as I didn't want them to be too distracting.

I hope you like what I made and you will participate in the challenge. 

Good luck, friends.

I hope you have been inspired to dive in and make an Interactive card.

There are lots of resources on YouTube so check it out and let's see those shakers, sliders, pop-ups, box cards and any other cards that you can think of!!

I can't wait!

THE PRIZES

As always, we have our fabulous sponsors giving away some amazing prizes!

One animation stamp set and One animation die cut 

from

Uchi's Design

and

This fabulous prize from

Three Room Studio

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