Sunday, 8 December 2013

Wk 49 - All about paper/card Pan Pastel UK Challenge

Good morning and welcome to a brand new challenge with some wonderful inspiration from our lovely DT. 

But before we move on to the new challenge its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 47, drum roll please........... tada! the lucky winner, chosen by Random.org is: Number 6, thats you Doreen! Congratulations hun, email us to claim your fab prize of PanPastel yumminess. 


And now on to our Top 3, all the entries were stunning so it was a hard job for our DT but after a lot of deliberation, the top 3 picks are:

1. Rosie
     12. Craftyfield
     14. Barbara C

Congratulations ladies, your projects were awesome, don't forget to grab your Top 3 Badge for your blogs!

Now on to this weeks challenge which is
'All about Paper and Card'
of course, as usual for you guys at home you can enter *Anything Goes* to the challenge but we'd love it if you played along with us.

It's a nice and easy one for you to play along with. As always there is an amazing prize of PanPastel goodies so you won't want to miss out. You have until Tuesday 17th December to join in and the winner will be announced on 22nd December.

As you know, we pick our favourite Top 3 entries each week and we love to see what you all create...so we asked someone who's work we love to play along with the team and Guest Design for us during December and January.   Our guest designer Rachel has created this stunnning project:
What a fantastic job Rachel made with this - it's fantastic!
And now on to the beautiful creations from our Design Team .....

Zoe I used Ultra Marine Blue, Violet and Violet Shade Pans to create my night sky. Please visit my blog to see....

Claire C I've recycled some corrugated card to create my little wall hanging, I've coloured the image with PanPastels and then added lots of die cuts, all coloured with fabby PanPastels...

Terry I have worked with a few dies and made a Christmas tree out of it, I have coloured the background of the tree with Versamark and Metallic PanPastels and a christmas sentiment stamp, this time the Golden and Silver Metallic PanPastels. I also played with the Metallic Pans on the stars. 
Lou: After a wee absence due to illness, I am finally back! I have made my card using a selection of dies and folders to create my card. I have even been brave and made the background paper using my bronze and copper metallic pan pastels.


Tracy  Hi everyone, Christmas for me is all about Family, Heart and Home, so what better way than to make an alternative Christmas card using Pretty papers, Maimeri Mediums, Pan Pastels and Studio 12 stamp.


I'm sure you'll be inspired by such gorgeous projects, remember you don't have to use PanPastels to enter our challenge although of course we love it when you do! The challenge is open until Tuesday 17th December so you've plenty of time to play along. Don't forget the rules, we don't have many but want to make sure its fair for everyone

1. No backlinking, new projects only please
2. Link to your blog post and not just your blog address please, it makes it easier for us to find your project
3. Follow the challenge theme

The winner will be announced on Sunday 22nd December
Good luck xx
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Sunday, 1 December 2013

Wk 48 Dec 1 - Winter Wonderland - use metallics ONLY plus ONE other colour

Good morning, can you believe its December already? Its also time for a brand new challenge here in PanPastel land but before we move on to our new challenge its time to announce the winner and top 3 from Challenge 46 so without any further ado, the winner (chosen by random.org) is........................................................................

Number 4, thats you Karen P!!!
Congratulations Karen, please email us to claim your fabby PanPastel goodies.
And our top 3,as voted by our design team are:
Congratulations ladies, we all loved your beautiful artwork!! Don't forget to grab your blinkie from the sidebar

Right then, on to this weeks challenge which is 'Winter Wonderland', using metallics plus one other colour. Our extra twist for the DT was to use the gorgeous new metallic PanPastels plus one other colour but as they are so new we know not everyone has them yet so that doesn't apply to challenge entrants. The winner will be announced on Sunday 15th December and our lucky winner will receive a fabulous prize of goodies from Premium Craft Brands

Before we showcase the gorgeous projects from the DT, we've got a very special guest designer joining us this month,the lovely and very talented Rachel Fisher! Rachel has created this stunning canvas for this week's theme



As always our design team have created some amazing artwork to inspire you

Zoe I used Phthalocyanine blue tint Pan Pastel as my base, stamped with Versamark and used Pewter Metallic Pan Pastels over it! Please visit my blog.




Claire C I've used silver, pewter and white PanPastels to create this wintery scene


Terry I made a Christmas Tag worked on it with lots of Modelling Paste and stencils for the background. Used the Silver Metallic PanPastels on my Tag and the Blue PanPastel.
Tracy - Snowflake Wishes
A quick and simple ornament to share with you all today using Metallic Pans, Phthalo Blue Shade Pan and a few other bits and bobs along the way. Please pop on by my blog to see more here. xox

Suzi - I created a Metallic Merry Christmas Card to share with you today, featuring black card stock, a festive embossing folder, Turquoise Pan Pastels, along with Silver and Pewter Metallic Pan Pastels.

I'm sure the gorgeous work from our DT will have inspired you to play along with us this week, the challenge will run until Tuesday 10th December and the winner will be announced on Sunday 15th December here on the challenge blog.

Don't forget to check out the rules, we don't have many but it makes it fair for everyone 
1. remember to link to your blog post not just your blog so our DT can find your projects and leave you some love.
2. No backlinking, new projects only


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