Taking A Long Break

 Hello everyone.

I just wanted to share a post to explain my absences.   Our family life has become my full priority at the moment,  especially as my husband is working in the UK,  which has left very little time for me to craft.  I have also taken on more hours at my day job to help with the day to day bills etc... This means I will not be sharing any design team projects for the Daring Cardmakers for a while.  We plan to resettle back in the UK but not sure when that might be.

I will be back to crafting once our personal life calms and we are back together again.

So this is not goodbye, I am taking a very very long break.

Thank you for all your support and I will see you all soon.

Daring Cardmakers - One Word Prompt - BAUBLE

 Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.

This is our last challenge before the Christmas break and we have another word prompt which is BAUBLE or tree ornament.

I used the retired set called decorated with happiness from Stampin Up as I wanted to create a card with baubles hanging in the tree.

I used glitter card for the ornaments and paper pieced each one so I could make them very sparkly and in lots of colours.

I finished my card with a scattering of sequins and a stamped sentiment.

I just want to wish you all a very happy Christmas and all the best for 2024.

Thank you for joining in this year with all the challenges from the team at the Daring Cardmakers and we will see you all in the New Year.

Daring Cardmakers - Word Prompt - LIGHT

 Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.

I am very late posting my card this week and I also missed out on last weeks challenge.  I have been poorly these last couple of weeks and I have been left with a very annoying cough.

I just wanted to share a quick post showing this weeks word prompt which was LIGHT.

How does this word inspire you?

I made this cute hot chocolate stand using a die set I bought from our local Action store.  The set included lots a tiny dies but when put together made this cute scene.  The set also included a string of Christmas LIGHTS.  I spent some time cutting each one out in different colours of glitter card.  Thank goodness for my pick up tool.

Don't forget to stop by Friday for another festive challenge from the team.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Daring Cardmakers - Word Prompt - WISH

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.

Lets continue with the festive challenges and the word prompts.  So this week the word is WISH.  How does this word inspire you?

Anything goes and it doesn't have to be for Christmas.

I created a letters to Santa inspired card.  I thought all these letters could contain what might be on children's wish lists for Christmas.

I used the Parcel and Post stamps and dies from Spellbinders.  The set comes with a post box and lots of foliage, you can then buy the Christmas add on die set.  I also bought the coordinating stamps as you get several different greetings for all occasions along with the cute letter.

Don't forget to stop by next week and we will have another festive challenge for you.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a lovely weekend.

Hello Everyone - We are back on line

 Hello everyone.

I just wanted to share a little post to explain my recent absence.  I disappeared for 3 weeks as we have been without our phone line due to the recent storm here in Brittany, France.  The area suffered lots of damage and lots of homes including ours were without power and telephone.  Thankfully we are now back up and running so I am going to make this a little catch up post with my projects so far for the Daring Cardmakers.

The last two challenges from the team were word prompts.

So the first one was COSY.  

I decided to make a COSY winter scene shaker card.  I used a gumball machine die set and added the little die cut house inside.  I really love the white ceramic houses and I managed to get some this year for my Christmas home décor and they light up.  These make me feel all festive and COSY.

This weeks word prompt was WOOD and you still have time to enter the challenge.

I made some festive gift tags and used some wooden letter tiles and wood effect designer series paper.  I love the rustic feel to these and they would also look pretty hanging in your Christmas tree.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow as normal business will resume and I will be sharing the latest challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers

November Elemental Inspiration - Daring Cardmakers

 

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.

Its time to get all festive with the team and make a start on this years Christmas projects.  Each week up until Christmas we will have a festive inspired challenge for you but to kick things off this week we have the monthly elemental inspiration challenge.

Remember to pick at least 3 elements from the image below and you can make anything from cards, to tags and gifts.  So anything goes.

For this weeks project I picked a bit of plaid, woodgrain, some oranges and foliage.

To make the oranges I used the Sweet citrus set from Stampin up.  I then added some festive foliage using the retired decorated with happiness set and holly came from the parcel and post set from Spellbinders.

I love the rustic and cosy feel to my card.

Don't forget to stop by next week and we will have another festive challenge for you.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a lovely weekend.

Daring Cardmakers - Shimmer and Shine

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly challenge from the team at the Daring Cardmakers.

Shabneez is our lovely host this week and loves sparkle just has much as me.  So this week add some shimmer and shine to your projects using gems, glitter, mirri card etc..

A card isn't complete until you add some bling (well in my opinion)

As Halloween is just around the corner I have made a spooky card.

 

I used the lantern die from the lighting the way set from Stampin Up and covered this in Verdigris embossing powder from WOW to give it a patina look.

I then used a retired set from Stampin Up called Sparkle of the Season to create the wreath and added the bats and pumpkins from the same set.

I also used some vertical striped paper for the base as I thought it added to the spooky vibe.

I then finished the card with a sentiment and of course some bling.

Thanks for stopping by today and please head over to the Daring Cardmakers Blog for more lovely inspiration from the Design Team.

Have a great weekend.