BGC # 3 - color me pink, green, yellow and make me a Man !! :P

Howdy ?

I see you had fun with the last challenge ..

Pleasure is all ours..

How about another challenge? ;)

 We have an extremely soothing pastel palette for you... 

Baby Pink, Pastel Yellow, Pastel Green  

But...here's the twist :D

Design a manly card/layout/project with these colors ... 

 Howzattt?

Wait till you see the goodies being offered by Lightbox Creative Store, our Sponsor for this challenge :)

 Looooook ..at the gohjeusssss..butterflies.. the hatpins, the handmade flowers, the stickers, the trims and the twines ...

you ought to play for this and for its sheer challenging streak.

So ( Once again) ..your dare is 

to use the colours   Baby Pink, Pastel Yellow, Pastel Green and design a manly card/layout/project .. 

Don't ask who suggested it .. :P

Let me just run you through the inspiring creations our DT members came up with..

Melissa

Mel says the card is simple ..!!

Ask me to make one like this and I'd be dead long before .. So she scoots by us with her CAS card with lime cardstock and a cutsy wootsy pink and green scooter ..Some serious paper piecing went into it and it has inspired me to try the technique.

Romina

Have a looksie people at this super-cute yet manly card ( a bit of a crush on it actually)..I mean the archaic telephone has added just the exact amount of manhood to the pastel colours. Romina has stamped on the pattern paper in such exquisite manner that it blends with the paper completely. I love the shape and the fact that it has a tagged note-card which can be pulled out.

Way to go Romina !

Neelu

A mixed media layout is just what one needs to complete the circle. 

I love it to every bit of my existence and I am not exaggerating :D

I love the play of colours, the childlike exuberance..everything just melts into one ..making it a unique piece of art.

 Pooja

Yes yes...its refreshing..it always is..to look through Pooja's creations. She comes up with such gorgeous layout like card ..that my jaw drops and most of the time I gasp for air and for some creative genius.. :P I can never combine extremely different elements and  make it look good ..but she surely can :P

 

Kalindi

I don't know what to say except I tried something really different from my style .. 

So its a pink background with green distressing and white stamping. I used beads and glitterballs to make the swirl and yellow eyelets as well. 

So what are you waiting for ??

Your time starts now.. :D 

Also you can always drop in a mail or comment in case of any confusion. 

Hope you find it challenging and inspiring ...

its me signing off from my chilled computer room ..with frozen fingers ..

Best of luck and best of times..

sayounara :)

Kalindi

Winners - BGC#1

Thank you all my dear friends for making this blog a success :) 

We loved all ur entries for the previous challenges and there were quite a lot of favorites !

*SOUNDS OF SAXOPHONES * 

for our winner 

Mona with her shaker card. 

Congratulations Mona ! You will shortly be contacted by our sponsor for your hamper. 

also we will mail u with ur "winner badge" soon. 

Now for our TOP 3 

In no particular order they are

Snehal , Khushboo & Irene ! 

Congratulations girls ! Thanks a lot for playing :) 

You will be mailed ur "Top 3 badge " soon. 

And guys don't forget to join in our next challenge ! 

Which is Non traditional love card with no hearts and No red or pink colors. 

Eat play love ;)  every one ! c ya soon ! 

BCG#2 - Non Traditional Love card / project

Hie everyone ! :) 

Time for the next challenge 

This time we were challenge by - Romina

 to create a 

Valantine / love , card/ layout or project. 

But wait ... it cant be that easy ! 

Make it non traditional (NO red,  NO pink) and NO hearts. 

So ur dare is to

  make a non traditional "love card or project" with" NO hearts , NO red or pink color. "

Sponsor :

This time we are being sponsored by 

Imaginations Online 

Our very own Indian Craft supply store (Yes finally !!!) 

it is managed and owned by Aditya Gupta. 

Aditya has offered this Grab bag for us! 

Contents of package include die-cuts, 3D embellishments, borders, alphabet stickers or other scrapbooking items worth 25$ (RS 1253 /-) 

If u have used any products from our sponsor ,we request you to link back to them and spread some love!

Here are our DT inspirations :: 

Romina

Here comes Romina's take on the challenge ! 
Dont u just love the pears ?? :) They sure look a lot in love..this sure is simple and elegant :) 

 Melissa

Mel cam up with this fabulous inspiration for us. Love the coloring on the gorgeous Tilda and Edwin :) 

The touch of green and black on yellow sure creates a beautiful scene ! :) 

Kalindi 

Next up is kalindi's creation, its just fantabulous ! The devil tilda :D sure does her magic :) and the layering is ingenious. And the Design paper with orange motifs is the highlight ! :) lovely card. 

Pooja

Here is my card , i decided to keep it pastel and different from what i normally do :) 

I sand the edges for the ruff look.

Neelu

This is neelu's creation. I like the concept of "days of week" to depict "everyday", and the banner sure is a beauty ! This is truly Simple and beautiful. 

So those are the inspirations now get to work people !! :) 
Link ur creations below! Enter as many cards as u like . 

We all really wracked out brains to get this one for u :) hope u like it. 

The winner and top 3 of the last challenge will be announced soon .

 So pls stay tuned ! :) 

Tada! god bless  

Color drop - BGC#1

Hie everyone !!

Introducing the newest challenge blog "Beyond Grey" (BG)

This is our 1st challenge so i hope you all will join in for a lot of fun. 

From time to time we will be playing "COLOR DROP" inspirations 

where in we will inspire you to use a few colors in combination.

Today we ask u to make a card / layout or a project using

Grey and Pink with a drop of Black 


(neutrals like - White or Off-White are allowed.)

SPONSOR: 
Our first ever sponsor is
Woopsi Daisy Digis 

Whoopsidaisy has been trading for three years now and is looking to move forward into exciting new challenges this year.

( If u use their challenge Freebies u can also enter in their challenges! )

Do take time to visit :) them.

RULES : 
Available on the side bar 
* You may use our sponsor's freebies or bought digi's in ur creations, although its not mandatory.
But if u do, pls link up to them to give them credit for their work. *

Winners : 
There will be one random lucky winner and 3 top creations . 

Here are our fabulous Design Team Inspirations -


 Melissa

Mel came up with this lovely easel card for the 1st challenge.
dont u just love the use of that amazing grey doily ? It truly brings out TILDA's colors.
i totally love the tiny pink blooms and the layering is really neat , for the Drop of black the borders and the flourish has been used very intelligently .
thanks mel.

Romina

This is Romina's take on the color palette .
The image is a digi ( New year freebie from our sponsor Woopsie daisy. )
The pink flowers and the black butterflies with that lovely use of white frame is truly eye catching!
Thanks Romina !

Neelu

Next up is neelu with her creative take on the color palette. She presents us with this amazing layout which truly is clean and simple! she has been recently blessed with a baby :)  congratulations on that good news. The bubble wrap technique used to make the background is just superb! and the layering as well as the placement of the whole page is just amazing !
thanks Neelu!

Kalindi 

Kalindi has come up with this beautiful tag for this challenge. The flowers are handmade (u can start poking her for a tutorial :P) Love the shade of pink used here and its sparkly ! She used a Grey congratulations sentiment , and the rhinestones are black. The ribbon and the way the edges are done brings out the color of the flowers even more. 

Thanks Kalindi.

Pooja

This is my take on the palette. i layered some Design papers in pink and grey.

All the flowers are handmade and for the drop of black used a corrugated E-flute paper as a banner. 

Thanks for tuning in every one. 

Hoping for your full participation and support! 

And the winners are

Happy new year everyone !

So happy to have entered this new year with a brand new start :) 

Hoping that this is going to be a g8 year for everyone as well as our creative endeavors

With that said

I would love to announce the amazing Design team members that 

 have been chosen to design for - Beyond Grey Challenges

an initiative of Lightbox Creative Ideas. 

So put ur hands together for
Our first ever design team members 
*in no particular order they are - 

Neelu from creating memories

Romina from Rominas creative crafts

Melissa from vibrina

*Instant drum roll * with a huge round of *applause*

Welcome to the team :) girls !

CONGRATULATIONS

Things you should know abt the new DT members are - 

Neelu    

Neelu is a mom, a wife, a daughter, a cook, a paper crafter among various other things. She makes some really good scrapbook pages and some of her tutorials are really great ! 

She is from Dubai , UAE and we are really happy to have her in the team.

Romina

Romina is a refreshing crafter from new delhi. She is a fashion designer by profession but also a SAHM to two daughters who are 8 &5 years old. She also conducts craft classes in delhi. I really enjoy her refreshing crafting style specially the handmade flowers. Glad to have you in this team romina !

Melissa

Melissa is a bright crafter from Indonesia ! She does some really beautiful layering in her creations.

She is truly versatile , from frames to tags to cards ... u name it shez got it ! Im so glad u entered last min melissa ! coz im really glad ur in this team! 

Congratulations everyone once again !

And a big thanks to everyone who entered this DT call and made it successful. 

 don't forget to join in the challenges that start on the 15th of Jan 2012. 

at Beyond Grey Challenge. 

You may grab the challenge button here -

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HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN !!