Saturday, September 27, 2014

Winners day - BGC#57 watercolors

Hello all !
Welcome back to another winners day post here on BGC !
We loved your creations for the fun challenge of watercolors 
It was fantastic to see you all indulge in some old school coloring and it blew our minds ! 
 
So here are the toppers - 
 
With this out of this world no line coloring ! So very realistic and beautiful ! check out her blog for more info. 
 
Neha  
 
With this fantastic card ! I love her painting skills ! very well done !
 
Shilpa  
 
 
And finally shilpa ! with this gorgeous watercolored mixed media piece ! 
Isnt it cool ?  

Congratulations girls please take your badges from the side bar ! 


And the winner for this challenge is 
3. Nupur Priya  


Now thats  awesome !!!!! 
Looks like the random winner generator agrees with us !

Congratulations Nupur! Kindly email us your full address and phone with in 48hrs of this announcement at lightbox(dot)c@gmail(dot)com
to claim your prize with the subject line being winner -"BGC#57 watercolor challenge" . 
Also please take the winners badge for the side bar.


Now we also have some Honorable mentions today , 
They are  --

Vinita 
With this lovely card

With this lovely card !

 
 With this cute card. 

Congratulations girls ! 
Please write to us at  lightbox(dot)c@gmail(dot)com 
to claim your honourable mention badge ! Subject of email should be - Honorable mention badge


Friday, September 26, 2014

BGC#59 USE WOOD OR CHIPBOARD + COLOR PALETTE WITH zubmomi


Hello Friends!!! Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful inspirations by our design team for the current challenge:

BGC#59- Use wood or Chipboard +Colour palette

Challenge guidelines:
1. You can make either a card , a layout or embellish a MDF /Wooden Item (eg: Printers trey,
MDF well , drawers ,Boxes etc) Please note that no other altered items will be allowed this time. 

2. Follow the given color palette in your project. Use atleast 3 colors .


3. Your project must have a wooden or chipboard embellishment on it
OR it can be a stand alone MDF or wooden item that u embellish using the color palette. 
Da tes to enter :  16th Sept - 30th Sept until 11:55 PM IST



A prize for the winner is funded by:


I chose to make a card for this challenge

The  background is made by using distress inks, gesso and texture paste. 
For the wooden embellishment, I have used Kaisercraft’s wooden flourishes cage.

Here is another look
I think I have covered the color palette.

Hope you like this card!
Please link your projects here

Take care
zubmomi.






Wednesday, September 24, 2014

BGC#59- Use wood or Chipboard +Colour palette Karen

BGC#59- Use wood or Chipboard +Colour palette

Hello all!!! It's Karen here with a project that I had tons of fun with!!!  I hope you will enjoy it and I can't wait to see each of your challenge entries. 


Challenge guidelines:

1. You can make either a card , a layout or embellish a MDF /Wooden Item (eg: Printers trey, MDF well , drawers ,Boxes etc) Please note that no other altered items will be allowed this time. 

2. Follow the given color palette in your project. Use atleast 3 colors .

3. Your project must have a wooden or chipboard embelishment on it
OR it can be a stand alone MDF or wooden item that u embelish using the color palette. 

Dates to enter :  16th Sept - 30th Sept until 11:55 PM IST

Here is my project. 


I started with a wooden printers trey. 
I considered painting it white but it works much better on my wall in black. 
I used Primas new line Epiphany. Lots of subtle colors with black and white. 
Here are a few close ups of the finished project featuring my Abigail!!




Thanks for looking!! Have a wonderful day and get those project linked up!!!


And our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is :
 





Monday, September 22, 2014

BGC # 59 -Use wood or chipboard + colour palette with PJ

Hello my lovely friends !
Have a very happy monday !!! I hope you all are enjoying the inspiration posts shared by the design team so far. We really are glad that you all love our challenges so much :) 

So lets check out The rules of the challenge:

1. You can make either a card , a layout or embellish a MDF /Wooden Item (eg: Printers trey, MDF well , drawers ,Boxes etc) Please note that no other altered items will be allowed this time. 

2. Follow the given colour palette in your project. Use at least 3 colours.

3. Your project must have a wooden or chipboard embelishment on it
OR it can be a stand alone MDF or wooden item that you embelish using the colour palette. 

Dates to enter :  16th Sept - 30th Sept until 11:55 PM IST

So now that is all laid out for you here is my take on the challenge - 





Well i am preparing for christmas early and i thought what an unusual palette for christmas this will be !! 
We often see those red and green cards for christmas but i really loved using this color palette. 

I really wanted to go for a simple looking but mixed media card. 
Lately i have been hooked to the technique and this seemed the perfect opportunity to explore more. 
I have misted a itsy bitsy chipboard border with gold mist to make it sparkle ! 
And i also have some wood veneer stars on the card :) which kinda support the christmas spirit ! 


The flowers are handmade to fit the palette. 
with berry like beads in the center . I also have a jingle bell for fun ! 

The BG has a watercolor paper on which i have created color drips with my lindy's mists and watercolors. 
There is also some random splatter on the sides. over which i have used some Prima texture paste - white sand. 

 Hope you all enjoyed my card ! 
See u guys soon ! 

Hugs 
PJ 

Enter the challenge HERE. 

Saturday, September 20, 2014

BGC # 59 -Use wood or chipboard + colour palette with Aneta


Welcome on this beautiful weekend!
Thank you for entering your beautiful textured tags in the previous challenge. It was pleasure to pop into your blogs and watch all these amazing creations.
But now we have quite new challenge initiated by our talented Bipasha! It's great to have her back, isn't it?

The rules of the challenge:

1. You can make either a card , a layout or embellish a MDF /Wooden Item (eg: Printers trey, MDF well , drawers ,Boxes etc) Please note that no other altered items will be allowed this time. 

2. Follow the given colour palette in your project. Use at least 3 colours.

3. Your project must have a wooden or chipboard embelishment on it
OR it can be a stand alone MDF or wooden item that you embelish using the colour palette. 

Dates to enter :  16th Sept - 30th Sept until 11:55 PM IST

A prize for the winner is funded by


It's time to present my inspiration. It's a birthday easel card with a chipboard sentiment. I hope, that  you can see shades of pink and green from our colour palette here.



As usually, we are looking forward to see your projects. Please, enter them HERE. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Aneta

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

BGC#59- Use wood or Chipboard +Colour palette

G'morning my dear crafters and bloggers,
Hope you all are doing great!
This is Bipasha...I am back after my small tiny-mini vacation from the BGC(which infact extended a bit !). Haha..my first BGC post from Australia..:P!
I missed BGC and my DT mates soo badly, but most of all I missed "you all"- our dear followers.
goshh ! seems like I am posting after ages :D!
So I, being your host for this crafty fortnight, am honoured to take you on a fantasy ride to a mystic land of creativity..Haha,sounds quite illusionary !
But yes,this challenge theme is unique and one of my favorites!
Without further ado, let me walk you through the challenge guidelines listed below:

Challenge guidelines:

1. You can make either a card , a layout or embellish a MDF /Wooden Item (eg: Printers trey, MDF well , drawers ,Boxes etc) Please note that no other altered items will be allowed this time. 

2. Follow the given color palette in your project. Use atleast 3 colors .

3. Your project must have a wooden or chipboard embelishment on it
OR it can be a stand alone MDF or wooden item that u embelish using the color palette. 

Dates to enter :  16th Sept - 30th Sept until 11:55 PM IST

And our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is :
 
Hero Arts Shadow- Midtone-Red Royal & 3 sponge Daubers

UUUHoo that's yummy, wish I could stand a chance in winning this!





And here is what I came up with....A single shadow box draped with all the beauties from Kaisercraft!


Materials used:
Kaisercraft's Tea break collection (P1345|choc chip)
Kaisercraft's Tea break collection (P1351|Custard Cream)
Pigment Ink(Bark IP724)
Single Shadow Box from Kaisercraft
Kaiser Colour(Pistachio KC047)
Ribbon (Timeless Collection)
Wooden flourishes mirror(FL391)
Paper Blooms (F657|Fairy Floss, F650|Olive, F631|Sea Breeze)
Kaiserfusion CG10

Hope my creation inspired you ! You can either opt for a dimensional "beyond a page" project, a 2D pastel shade layout adorned with wooden embellies, likewise..possibilities are endless!So put on your crafty hats and mesmerize us with your awesome creativity.Can't wait to see your take on it ;)..
Stay tuned for more amazing inpirations from my fellow DTs.
That's all from me today,
Have a G' Day !
Hugs,

Bips


Saturday, September 13, 2014

BGC #58 Tag with Karen


BGC #58

Opps ladies! I am a day behind! Glad to be back with this fun challenge!! I loved seeing all of your watercolor projects! 
Challenge Guidelines:
1.   Make a paper tag .
2.   You MUST use any kind of texture paste on it (like gesso, embossing paste, acrylic texture, cracked texture paste etc.)
3.   Deadline 1st -15th September 2014.

I made this sweet little tag. 
I started with a packing tag 6 1/4 x 3" 
I used Martha Stewart Crafts Sparkle Texture. 
Look at all that sparkle!! I used Prima color blooms Glistening Waters to add the color. 
I layered Prima papers under my Gorjuss girl. 
I actually layered two tags together to create this stand so the tag could stand alone. 

This time we have great prizes sponsored by:

Sponsors 2014
Go here to enter!---->  http://beyondgrey.blogspot.com/2014/09/bgc58-textured-tag.html?m=1

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

BGC#58 - Mixed media tag

Hello everyone !!
It me (PJ) again ! Are you having fun this fortnight ?
 we have a sweet little challenge for you which i can be done by anyone !! 
we are talking TAGS !!! 

When creating your tags remember about these rules:
 
      1.   Make a paper tag .
2.   You MUST use any kind of texture paste on it (like gesso, embossing paste, acrylic texture, cracked texture paste etc.)
      3.   Deadline -15th September 2014 until 11:55 PM IST. 

The prize package this fortnight is a mystery item from
Lulupu store
 
 Here is my take on it ! 


Well what do u think ? 
I find it pretty fresh for myself ! :) 
I really enjoyed making this one it was done in about 2 hours tops. 
2 hours also because i didnt use a heat gun. 

so if you are wondering where the texture paste is 
 
 Its underneath all the embellishments. 
I started with inking the tag with spiced marmalade distress ink and then i sprinkled some water over it .
After it dried i used Finnabair's Art extravagance texture paste -White sand with a stencil.
https://creativeinspirations.ca/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=129_355&products_id=5325
Photo credits -Creativeinspirations.ca & Prima Marketing
 You can see how this texture paste is drying almost clear and has that lovely sand grain effect ! 
I totally love the texture and the fact that i can see through the paste ! 
i would totally suggest this to anyone ! 
Another great thing is it has gluing properties , so if you had to add texture and then add some buttons or sparkles or something else on top of all that texture it would really stay in place when it dries.
 My next step was to add some torn papers. I have used scraps here . 
The teal paper is a previously white cardstock that was rubbed on left over mist on my work surface from an older project. 
After this layering i just added some gesso splatter on top of the tag to tone down the colors a little bit. 
So that is pretty much how i constructed my background !
 The flowers are handmade. Again i have used some texture paste on top of it to give it that rock candy look.
 I love to use Tulle to make my bows its so dreamy !!

 So thats about it from me today !
Hope u liked this tag and would join us whole heartily in the challenge !
Just a few days to go !!!!

See you soon 

please enter your projects  HERE.