WK 4 - Jan 26th - Anything goes/ Celebrations - use Metallics

Time certainly seems to be flying doesn't it? Sunday already so that means we've got a brand new challenge for you but before we get to this weeks theme a big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge! As always there were some amazing entries so we'd better announce the winners  from our Week 2 challenge Silver Lining/anything goes.

Our lucky winner, chosen by Random.org is ............

6. Esther

Wooo hoo congratulations hun, email us to claim your fabby Premium Craft Brands prize!

You certainly don't make it easy for us to pick the Top 3 but the DT have voted and this weeks honours go to

7. Yogi

14. Carol Gill

19. Sue the Iron

Congratulations ladies, your projects were amazing! Make sure you pick up your Top 3 badges for your blogs.

Right then back to business and this weeks theme is 

Anything goes

We've challenged the DT girlies to grab their metallic PanPastels and create something inspired by 'Celebrations' so if you want to play along with the DT theme then you'll get some extra brownie points lol. 

As always the team have created some stunning projects to inspire you, 

Zoe: I have created a male Celebration card using metallic Pan Pastels, for more details please check out my blog.

Claire:  I've used metallic PanPastels and the gorgeous Butterfly mask available from Premium Art Brands

Terry I have made a Celebrations Choclit and matching card for my Mother in Law's 81st birthday, worked on it with the golden Metallic PanPastels and Glassy Gel. Lots of Metallics on the embellishments and inks on the borders

Tracy - Hi everyone, I have another whimsical piece of wood art to share with you all today.

The background, edging, splatters and the icing on the cakes { except the red } have all been created by using Metallic Pan Pastels on there own and mixed with Maimeri Gesso.

Scrap papers make great cup cake cases and tiered cakes with a frosting of Metallic Pans.

Please stop on by my blog

Lou: I have made a wedding card as my "celebration" this week using stamped images and my metallic pan pastels. Full details can be found onmy blog and would love you to pop over and say "hi".

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You have until Tuesday 4th February  to enter this challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 8th Feb.

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone
3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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WK 3 Anything goes!

Good morning and a very happy Sunday to you all, welcome to a new challenge and its a nice easy theme this week:

 'Anything Goes'

We've kept the DT busy by asking them to use a substrate other than paper or card so you'll get extra brownie points if you play along with the DTs theme. If you need some inspiration the Premium Craft Brands girls have created some amazing projects as usual but before you check them out I'm sure  you want to know who has won a fabby prize of Premium Craft Brands goodies! So without any further ado, the winner of challenge 1 Anything goes/Frosty Finish is ...........

22 Massofhair! 

Congratulations chick make sure you email us to claim your prize

We had some awesome entries, so a big thank you to everyone who played along. It was soooo hard for the DT to choose their top 3, but it had to be done so congratulations to:

2. Julie Short

8. sam21ski

24. Clare

Don't forget to grab your blinkies and wear them on your blog with pride!

Zoe, I have made a mini canvas using black Pan Pastels for my background, I used Maemeri light modelling paste through the "Owl" mask, for more details please check out my blog.

Claire I've made a canvas topped with some MDF letters using a rainbow of PanPastel colours, Maimeri gesso, Maimeri Light Modelling paste and Maimeri Matte Gel. I've also used Graph'It markers

Tracy - Hello sweet friends, meet " Hope " who started life as a doodle doo on paper, before coming to life on wood with Pan Pastels and Maimeri Gesso.

You can see more pictures over on my blog here along with the original doodle doo.

Terry I have worked on a canvas and made the background with lots of Gesso, Modelling Paste and Metallic PanPastels. Worked with the Roses and Butterfly stencil and I just love them, had a play with a metall tool from Premium Craft Brands to create the background behind the butterfly to finish my project.

You have until Tues 28th Jan to enter this challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 2nd Feb.

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone
3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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WK 2 - Jan 12th - Anything goes or Silver Lining

Good morning and welcome to our new challenge! We've got a nice easy theme for you again this week:

Anything Goes

We don't like to make it too easy for the DT though so we've challenged them to create projects with a theme of 'Silver Lining' to inspire you. You don't have to use PanPastels to enter but of course we love it when you do.

Before we check out the inspiration from our talented teamies its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 52. Our winner, as chosen by Random.org is

16. Hellen

Woo hooo congratulations hun, please email us to claim your fabby PanPastel prize!

You don't make it easy for the DT to chose the top 3 with so  many awesome projects but our top picks are:

1. Anne Byerley

17. Emma D

19. Daniela Rogal

Well done ladies, your projects were stunning, don't forget to grab your Top 3 blinkie from the sidebar

Now lets check out the projects from our DT using PanPastels, Maimeri Mediums and masks!!

Claire C I've used Paynes Grey  and Pewter PanPastels to create a background for this card. I mixed glitter with Maimeri Glassy gel and swooshed it here and there and once it was dry added PanPastels. The image is coloured with PanPastels and Graph'It markers with  little of the Silver Glitter Shake pen too

Terry had fun working on a agenda for 2014. The front's background and the back of the project has been worked on with the Roses Stencil, with Gesso, Modelling Past, lots of Silver Metallic PanPastels and crackle. The Roses pop out more because of the Modelling Paste and Silver Metallic PanPastels. For decoration I placed a few butterflies

Tracy - Hi everyone, today I thought I would create a little Whimsical Wood Art to share with you all. I used the following Pan Pastels and Maimeri Mediums to create my whimsical wood art - Pewter and Silver Metallic Pan Pastels, Phthalo Blue Shade, Burnt Sienna Shade, Yellow Ochre, Titanium White, Neutral Grey Shade Pan Pastels, Maimeri Gesso and Iridescent Paste. 

I had so much joy mixing the pans with water and the Maimeri Mediums, applying them with a brush and my fingers to colour in this stamped image.

 To find out more please visit my blog HERE.

Zoe with a peaceful shimmery PanPastel landscape, for more details pop over to my blog

Suzi: This week I've created a calender featuring a beautiful image coloured with Graph'It markers, Graph'It Silver Shake pen, and lots of grey and silver pan pastels.  Full details on my blog.

You have until Tuesday 21st  Jan to enter this challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else!

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone
3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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WK 1- Anything Goes/frosty finish - Pan Pastel UK Challenge

Happy New Year! 
We hope you are all rested and recovered from all the festivities and ready and up for a whole brand new year of challenges haha!

Firstly the whole team would like to say a huge thankyou to you all for checking in with us each week and for all the lovely comments you all leave - you inspire us to keep trying new things so you are an integral part of what we do here on the blog. 2014 is going to be a great year for Pan Pastels and for Premium Craft Brands with lots of new products and exciting developments so we can't wait to get stuck in!

Firstly, let's get last year's business done and dusted...

The random winner of our Week 51 challenge is

#7 Mags - well done Mags! Email us here to claim your prize!

Our Top 3 faves from Week 51 are: #6 Craftyfield, #10 Julie Short and #3 Doreen

Well done everyone and make sure you all grab your blinkies from the sidebar! Thanks so much for entering the challenge!

Don't forget, you don't have to use Pan Pastels or any of the Premium Craft Brands products to enter our challenges but we'd love it if you could show us projects where you do use them!

So, onto this week...As always our challenge for you at home is 

Anything Goes, 

but for the Design Team they were all asked to create a 

Frosty Finish

This means really we are asking them to produce snow or frost effects using either Pan Pastels or any of the Premium Crafts product lines. 

They produced some stunning effects and we know you guys at home will have some great ones to show us too so let's see what y'all got!

You have until Tues 14th Jan to enter this challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else!

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone
3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

So let's see what the team made!...

Claire  I've altered a little wooden birdhouse, Its coloured with white and Raw Umber PanPastels and then added a frosty finish with lots of Maimeri Pearl white paint, glassy gel and gesso. The birdy was made with Maimeri Light Modelling Paste and coloured with pewter acrylic paint. The icicles are a mix of Maimeri glassy gel and glitter, left to dry and die cut with an icicle die.

Tracy - Hi everyone, today I have a quick recycled tag to share with you all using . . .

 Maimeri Gesso, Metallic Pan Pastels, Phthalo Blue Shade Pan along with . . . 

 . . . a little sprinkling of German Glitter Glass for an extra frosty feel.

Lou: I've gone in a different direction with my "Frosty Finish" and my focus was on the colours associated with "frost". I have used different diecuts embossed with the Barok 12" border stencil and coloured them using a versamark pen, metallic silver and soft blue pan pastels. Full details are on my blog.

Terry I worked on a box and made it a Frosty one, I started out with Gesso, Modelling Paste, Glossy Gel, Iridescent paste, worked on it with the heartshaped stencil, embossing powder, lace, wendy vecchi butterfly, just loveeeeeeeeeee this one, Crackle accents, blue panpastel and the Silver Metallic PanPastel. 

Zoe   I've created my backgrounds with Pan Pastels check out my blog for more.

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