Leaf It Alone.

 

Hello everyone I hope you have all got back into crafting after the Christmas holidays. 

Its another weekly challenge over at Daring Cardmakers and this weeks dare is hosted by Jo.  Jo asks that we feature leaves on our cards and make them the star rather than an accent.

 

 

I have made my card a bit Autumnal but I am sure a lot of you are hoping for spring to hurry up and arrive.  I am sick of all this wet weather and our garden is so muddy at the moment.

 

A very lovely craft friend gave me the leaf stem die which I have used.   She no longer uses her big shot as she has now bought a different die cutter.

 

I then added a little wooden ladybird which looks really cute, a few gems and the backing paper has leaves on it too.

 

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration.

 

Elemental Inspiration

 

Happy New Year!!!

 

This is my first post after the Christmas holidays and I hope you all had a lovely time.

Its also the first challenge of 2016 from Daring Cardmakers.  As its the first Friday of the month after the break we have a lovely Elemental Inspiration challenge for you.

 

Jo our lovely host this week has picked the gorgeous picture below.

Remember to use at least 3 elements. 

 

 

The elements I have used are:

colours - I just love the pop of red

sequins

heart and stars

corrugated card to match the cupcake cases.

ric rac ribbon

glitter card

 

I have used a lot of elements this time but as you can see in the picture there are a few to choose from.

 

 

I have used a star embossing folder which I purchase from my lovely friend at Kerudoc Creation and embossed the stars onto white corrugated card.  I have also used some Tim Holtz dies to create the scalloped edges along with a piece of ric rac.

 

I have also included my favourite die!! The sentiment is from a selection at Pink Petticoat and I have finished with some sequins.

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more inspiration.

 

 

 

All Wrapped Up

Well here it is my last post before Christmas.  First of all I would to wish each of my lovely followers a Very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2016. I hope you all have a great time. 

And second here is this weeks challenge over at Daring Cardmakers.  This weeks theme is All Wrapped Up.  This could be gift boxes, wrapping paper, winter hats and scarves.

Don't forget Daring Cardmakers will return on 8th January 2016 with a brand new challenge.

My first card has a winter theme with this lovely snowman wrapped up in his festive hat and scarf.

 

This next card is made using a die cut tag from Do crafts and Xcut.  Which I have cut from pink glitter card and added some pink gingham ribbon.  I love none traditional Christmas colours.

 

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more lovely inspiration.

 

 

 

 

Elemental Inspiration

Its my turn this week over at Daring Cardmakers to host the dare and its Elemental Inspiration time.

Here is the picture I have chosen for this weeks dare to get us all in the Christmas Spirit.  Well I don't need an excuse as I just love Christmas.

 

 

Remember you need to use at least 3 elements from the picture.

 

 

I have gone with the colours, (not sure why I didn't include the green), ribbon, gingham, jingle bell and some wooden embellishments.

 

The papers are from Docrafts and I have used some snowflake dies from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and the two little cups are from my stash.  I imagine that they are filled with hot chocolate just perfect for Christmas.

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more lovely inspiration.

Have a great weekend.

 

 

 

Something Stenciled

This week at Daring Cardmakers we have a pre-Christmas treat for one of you - a beautiful crafty gift you could win, thanks to our lovely sponsor,

 Bubbly Funk
 

Recently celebrating 10 whole years selling crafty stash on-line, Bubbly Funk has had a slight change of direction and is now specialising in selling stencils and the paraphernalia that goes alongside.  You'll find a huge range of stencils and masks in many different sizes, plus the inks, paints, sprays, mixed media goodies and the tools you need too. 

Caroline, of Bubbly Funk has put together a special prize pack which includes

3 stencils to play with, plus chipboard mini albums and keychains,
 crystal flowers, ink and ribbon

 

 

Wouldn't it be good to find that little lot arriving at your door?  All you have to do to be in with a chance of it being yours is to join in with this week's challenge - leave a link to your card and at the end of the week we'll use a Random Picker to select our winner.  We can't make it easier than that, can we? 

The Challenge:

 

Something Stencilled

Just use a stencil in some way on your card. It's not a problem if you don't have any ready made stencils - you could use a die cut, or the die itself, a doily, or anything else that you can paint, ink or trace through.

Here is my card

 

 

I used my stencil as an embossing folder instead.  I used some lovely core'dinations card stock.  I then just lightly sanded off the top to make the embossed snowflakes stand out.

 

Don't forget to stop by the design team blogs to check out their lovely creations.

Anything but a card

Hello Crafters.  I hope you all had a lovely weekend and stayed warm.  No snow here in France but it was very wet and cold.

Its my turn to host this weeks dare at Daring Cardmakers.

Every year my daughter's school has a Christmas Fair and as parents we are always asked to contribute. So this gave me an idea!!

I Would like to see

Anything But A Card!!

 

This could be a gift box, a hanging decoration, scrapbook page, an altered item etc.....

 

Perhaps you'll make something you could see at a Christmas Fair.  We may be called the Daring Cardmakers, but we don't just make cards.

 

I made these little star hanging decoration's.  Using the Stampin Up star framlit die.

 

 

I made them into little shaker stars.  Which is something I had yet to try. 

 

I cut out at least 4 stars using two of the dies to make frames so that the little star sequins wouldn't fall out.  I then cut out a further 3 stars, one from a sheet of plastic for the front, another from a piece of decorative paper and a final one for the back of the star.

 

I then made a little frame using some glitter card and attached a piece of ribbon to hang it from your tree.

 

There are three different sizes.  All ready for the Marche de Noel for my daughters school.

 

 

 

Cuddly Creatures

Its hugs and cuddles time over at Daring Cardmakers this week and our lovely host Nat would like to see cuddly creatures on your cards.  So please include any images of hugs or cute creatures that you just want to hug.

I have gone with bear hugs!!

 

The image is from My Time Made Easy called Woodland Creatures which you can find HERE and I have coloured him with promakers.

The papers are from Pink Petticoat and I have also used a kraft card blank and added some corrugated card. 

 

The sentiment is a free download from Docrafts which I thought went with this weeks theme perfectly.

 

Don't forget to stop by the Design Team Blogs for more cute and cuddly inspiration.