BGC#72 - Anything Goes with PJ

Hi everyone !

Welcome to another challenge here on the BGC blog !

which is ANYTHING GOES ! 

So make anything paper crafty you like ! 

Please welcome our sponsors -

Prize 1  is being sponsored by the generous sponsor Kraft zone

  

Prize 2 is a Gift Vocher of 500 INR  from Rainbow Craftykari

 

 

Here is my inspiration this month 

 I love Gorjuss stamps ! They are amazing ! I have had these for over 3 years now and have hardly used them . But here we go :) I thought for anything goes i could do a step card which again i havent done in a while !

 I have used promarkers and watercolor pencils to finish the lovely stamped image. 

The peach flower is handmade and the dasies are localy bought.

 

I wanted to make it look like she is really swinging , so after a lot of fussy cutting i managed to get the look by adding foam dots to the back of the stamp. 

Then with the lovely sizzix frame die it was as always nice to give it that regal look.

 So thats about it ! after a CAS challenge it was nice to return to my roots :D 

shabby , full of flowers and colors ! :) 

Hope you liked my card and will join us in the ANYTHING GOES challenge HERE

BGC#68 - Make your own embelishments

Hello everyone !! 

Welcome back to another lovely challenge set by the design team here at the BGC blog :) 

We loved your projects for the spring green challenge ! 

Thank you for playing along !

let s check out the rules 

Challenge Guidelines : 

• Use your handmade embellishments on any paper crafted project or just make an embellishment on its own. 
• Make sure you explain in your post which embellishments are handmade.
• Tutorials are welcome but not needed to win. 
• Your project must be new and dated after the challenge date. 
• Link back to our challenge . 

                                                   Our generous sponsors for this month are
                                                              
                                                                        Prize 1

A Colorbox mixed Media Inkpad 

Hot of the press flower stamp

Bella rouge note cards

                                           

                                                                       Prize 2

 

The Craft shop is generously donating a GV

for our winner ! :) 

So here is my card for the challenge.

I'm afraid this was a quick fix on the go as i was pretty busy to do something elaborate ! 

Nonetheless its something i think i liked in the end !

 For this challenge i wanted to focus purely on the handmade embellishments so i went for these simple puffy hearts ! 

They are an absolute delight to make :) 

 I have a doily folding in from both sides of my pattern paper.

And i have used water color letters by HS and embossed it with Gold embossing powder for it to pop out ! Love how it looks 

So thats about it from me today !

Do join us with your embellishments HERE 

BGC#66- Mixed media with PJ

Hello eveyone ! 

Are you enjoying our challenges so far ?? 

We are certainly loving all the entries :) 

We have very clear and simple rules this month:

- Make a mixed media project using more than one medium (gesso, mist, ink, gel medium, texture paste, pain). It has to be visible in your work.

- Mention what kind of medium you used in your post .

- Your project must be new and must have been done after our challenge announcement.

- Deadline to enter: 31th March 2015 until 11:55 PM IST.

Please welcome our sponsors -

Prize 1  

  

Kraft zone  is generously sponsoring a lovely prize package for the winner.

prima-marketing-paper-pad-6x6-epiphany

 

The pack has some amazing papers that would go well with any mixed media project ! 

Ranger-petal-pink-liquid-pearls-pearlescent-paint-12-oz-bottle 

Another must have for mixed media ! :)

Prize 2

Sponsored by

The Craft shop is generously donating a GV

for our winner ! :)

 

 

Now isnt that cool !!! 

 

So for the Mixed media theme this month i have made a canvas ! 

 

I sort of went with my usual style floral and colorful ! 

 

 I have done a lot of layering with doilies and diecuts

 

 

 All the flowers you see are handmade. 

Also there is use of texture paste and Lindy's stamp gang mists ! :) 

Enjoyed doing this one :) 

I hope you like it 

Please Link your challenges here

 

 

 

 

BGC#65 - Mood board + Stamping

Hello hello hello !!!!!! 

Welcome back !!! 

I hope you all had a very lovely holiday ! 

I certainly did , and it was good to take a break and recharge the creative batteries ! 

so here we are 2015 eh !!
I really cant believe we have lasted this long ! going into our 4th successful year (touch wood)
with all things comes Change !
Last year we got you challenges and giveaways
this year we are changing it all !

• First thing is we are now a monthly challenge blog! Yes you heard right ! but don't worry our inspirational posts will keep on coming with more tips and tricks for you to learn !

• Even your prizes are changing ! You will be able to have more opportunity to win ! Each challenge will have 2 winners one on merit and one random ! (Merit winner must provide an Indian address for shipping)

we start the new year with a lovely mood board challenge ! 

Don't we love our mood boards now !!! 

Photo credits (Top L-R): Pinterest, weddingpartyapp/ (Bottom L-R) mylifefuckoffnow ,Trendland.com/anna-halldin-maule-paintings , weddbook

So here are the rules :  (Please read)

• Make a paper crafted project taking inspiration from the above mood board . 

• Your post must mention how or what elements inspired you for your project. 

• Your project must have some sort of stamping done on it. Make sure its visible in your pictures .

• Your project must be new and must have been made after our challenge announcement 

• Deadline to enter -  28th Feb 2015 until 11:55 PM IST .

That's about it !

So here are the prizes !

Please welcome our sponsors -

Prize 1  

 

Kraft zone  is generously sponsoring

Fern leaf stencil

American crafts - yours true rub ons
And

love notes rub ons

Prize 2

Sponsored by

Rainbow craftykari  is generously donating a GV worth 500 INR

for our winner ! :)

Isnt that wonderful ??? 

Now that its sorted lets take a look at what i made

I decided to do a tall card this time :) 
I find the size quite interesting to work with.

I got my first electronic sewing machine for Christmas :) Its amazing how a simple stitch can add so much to your project ! :) You will see me playing a lot more with my machine soon.

Inspiration from the mood board : 

I decided to make this card into a wedding themed one because somehow i got the wedding vibe from the mood board.

I took inspiration from the table decoration in terms of colors and the elements . 

I went for the white butterflies too , its just an amazing piece of art im sure no one will miss ! 

 All the flowers are handmade.
I managed to add my stamped elements as layers around which the flower arrangement goes.

I do have some misting in mint underneath the elements.
I also used some fabric element with mesh cloth .

I do hope you like my project and will join us this month
Remember to check out our facebook page for regular updates on new offers going on at our sponsors !

BGC#64-sparkly-christmas-or-new-year

Hello dear friends !

Its Pj here and i hope you are enjoying our current challenge 

BGC#64-sparkly-christmas-or-new-year

December is my favorite month because its so festive and nice !

Specially here in my city :) Its so amazing 

So Bipasha has challenged us to create some lovely and Sparkly Christmas or new year projects.

Lets look at the rules : 

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY):

• Make a project using COLOURS of Christmas(green, red, white, black) OR a Christmas/New year wish related SENTIMENT.

• You MUST use SPARKLES/GLITTERS onto your projects that should be very clearly visible.

Isn't that pretty simple?

And the winner will receive a prize package from 

 our generous sponsor !!

Creativita

Prize :

 

The above Stamp set from Fiskars , 

A bag full of MDF goodies (surprise) and 

Two Mini Stamps from Studio112..

 

Amazing isnt it ?

 

So I made a tag set for the challenge. 

 When someone says sparkle with Christmas my head directly runs in the direction of glittery reindeer and deers !!

Which are the focal point of my tags.

Here are some close ups of the individual tags.

 I have used some Prima cigar box paper for the base , 

Over which i have used a Memory box die and then added my handcut and glittered deer. 

 This one is somewhat a replica of a tag i made last year. 

Here i have used Prima sea shore paper and some memory box dies in the background.

And last but not the least this one is my favorite of the lot. 

Again some prima seashore collection paper , with a spellbinders die and a jingle bell :) 

So i hope you liked my creation and are inspired to participate in this 

fairly simple challenge that's running a MONTH long this time. 

Please join the challenge  HERE

Thankyou !

BGC#63 - Monochromatic !

Hello everyone !!

Its PJ here ! Its time for another challenge this November :) 

So our DT member Aneta challenged us this fortnight to create something Monochromatic ! 

So we present to you our 63rd challenge 

Challenge guidelines :  (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)

• Make a project using shades of only one color (any color - your choice). If you are not using shades just go for one single color against the neutrals.

• Neutrals like white and black will be allowed but in minimum amount.

• If you are using a stamped image make sure you stay in the color scheme u picked, but you are free to use skin and hair shades for coloring human images.
• Here is the color wheel for your reference if you are using shades !

•  Link back to our challenge to be eligible for the prize
•  deadline to enter - 30th Nov 2014 until 11:55 PM

Here is what i made ! 

 As you can see i went with the blue green family of colors !

Teal is one of my fav colors and it always works with the neutrals !

 I have been trying to get my hands on one of those feather dies but somehow my local store is always out of stock !! so i just hand cut these ones ! Not a big deal but i am definitely gonna get those feather dies. 

They are so in trend at the moment !

 I have used some frantage embossing enamel on the feathers to give them that dreamy look. 

And added some twine made into a bow with some pearls to finish the look. 

For the background i just went with one of the lovely ombre paper from crate paper's  flea market collection.

Over which i did some ink splatter in black and teal (lindy's Stamp gang mists) 

  So thats about it on how i did this card !

Please do enter this challenge :) 

the winner will receive a lovely prize from

Which is this
Magnolia - tilda with 3 flowers stamp

So let the entries begin !