Celebrating Spring

Hello Friday and Happy Easter to all. 

 

Its Friday and its challenge time at Daring Cardmakers. 

 

Its Kathy's turn to host this weeks challenge and as its Easter weekend and a good time to celebrate all things spring, Kathy would like to see something that springs or bounces on your card.

 

Here is my creation and I have used a peg which has a spring inside.

 

I then wanted to create a spring inspired card and for some reason clothes hanging on a washing line popped into my head.  I love the smell of clothes after that have been blown about a bit.

 

I created the little dresses using the Owl Builder Punch from Stampin Up.  I then added some pom pom trim and lace to the bottom of each dress.

 

Don't forget to check out the Design Team Blogs for more lovely inspiration and have a great Easter.

Kraft Creations

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  We had some great weather here in France so managed to take a few lovely walks with my kiddies and made the most of the sunshine.

Its Nat's turn over at Daring Cardmakers this week to host the challenge and she has chosen KRAFT.

Nat would like to see kraft card on your creation.  I do love a bit of kraft as I don't often use coloured card blanks so it does make a nice change.  I have also been desperate to use my new Stampin Up Owl Builder punch which I bought from Karen at Maudie Paper Craft.

 

I have used kraft as my base card and used a bit of textured paper to look like a tree trunk with the little owl peeping out.  I do need to make another purchase of a wood grain embossing folder as I think it would like great with these cute owls.

 

I have then added a few dies cut leaves and some little sequins.  I think sequin are my new bling at the moment as I seem to use them a lot.

 

Don't forgot to stop by the Design Team blogs for more lovely inspiration.

 

Have a great week!!!!

SPEEDY!

Its my turn to host the challenge over at Daring Cardmakers and I have called it "A Need For Speed".  I hope you will join in.

The new season of F1 is due to start in the next couple of weeks and I know that my husband will be glued to the television.  I would like to see some sort of vehicle on your card.  Something that gets you from A to B with a bit of speed.  This could be a car, motorbike, bus, bicycle.  Anything with wheels or an engine.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

I have used Tim Holtz gears embossing folder for the back ground which was embossed onto core'dinations card but I couldn't find my sand paper so the underneath colour isn't showing. 

 

 

I have then used a die cut for the car and added the sentiment as the number plate.

 

Its not a very sporty looking card but I think it would appeal to all ages.

 

Don't forget to check out the Design Team blogs for more lovely inspiration.

 

 

Resist Technique

 I am very very late with this post but I thought I should get something typed up as this challenge from Daring Cardmakers was a challenge for me.

This weeks dare is all about resist techniques and as I am not a inky sort of crafter I found this difficult.  I do love a good challenge.

I own a grand total of 6 ink pads of which one is black and the other is clear.

I decided to keep my card clean and simple so I went with some lovely polka dot flowers from Paper Sweeties.

I stamped and embossed he flowers using white embossing powder then rubbed the ink over each flower to make it stand out.  I also cut out some of the flowers to add a bit of dimension.

You still have time to play as the new dare starts tomorrow and don't forget to check out the Design Team Blogs.

Geometric Patterns

I am late again with this post but had a busy two weeks as my little lady has been off school for the winter holidays.  So we have been busy crafting together making toilet roll owls, heart paper chains and just out and about.

It's Zuzana's turn to be our lovely host over at Daring Cardmakers this week.

This weeks challenge is all about geometric patterns.  If you check out any of the interior design magazines it's trending at the moment so how about including it in your card making.

To use this trend on my card I have used some backing papers from Trimcraft which I purchased from the lovely craft friend Karen and Kerudoc Creation.

I have kept the card simple as thought this would be a great male card.

Don't forget to stop by the design team blogs for more inspiration.

Sorry for the quick post.  I have got to blog and run today as I have a lot of catching up to do with house work etc.....

Elemental Inspiration

Where did January go? I can't believe we are into February which means it's Elemental Inspiration time over at Daring Cardmakers.

Just look at the gorgeous inspiration picture for this weeks.  There is lots of elements to choose from and don't forget you need to pick at least 3.

For my card this week I have used the colours of the photo, frames, pink flowers, the word love and one of the papers I have used is script to match the heart in the picture.

The papers are what I had in my stash from Pink Petticoat.  The frames are a die cut set from Spellbinders called Marvelous Squares. The love text is cut from a patterned paper also from Pink Petticoat and I then added some little pink paper flowers.

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

Balloons!!!

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend.  My little dude managed his first proper steps over the weekend but as soon as you offer any encouragement he would just sit back down. We are getting there!!

It's challenge time at Daring Cardmakers. This weeks challenge is all about Balloons.  Our lovely host Leo would like to see balloons on your card. This could be an image featuring balloons or even a die cut.

I went with die cut balloons with lots of sparkle.

I made my card with a child in mind as I have lots of birthdays coming up from my daughters school.

I then added a little cupcake and flag

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