Tags, Toppers and Labels - Daring Cardmakers Challenge Countdown to Christmas 7

 Hello and welcome back to my blog.

 This week marks the last challenge in our countdown to Christmas. I hope you enjoyed all the DT inspiration during our countdown and a big thank you to all of you who joined in. Our final theme for this year is

Tags, Toppers and Labels.

We would love to see your gift tags, toppers or labels you have created to adorn your presents. They can be as simple or as detailed as you like.

I love creating tags for my gifts as it just gives them that extra special touch. I created my tag using a tag die. I then added some patterned papers in the background. I then die cut a circle out of another sheet of patterned paper and a snowflake out of glitter card. I glued the snowflake to the circle and the adhered that to my gift tag cutting away any access overhang. 

I then cut a few banners and placed them across the middle and added a sentiment to one of them. To finish it off I threaded my ribbon through the top of the tag and added a few bells to give it that extra bit of jingle.

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and are inspired to join in the fun. I would just like to say a big thank you to all you wonderful people who took part in our challenges throughout the year. We'll be back with a fabulous Elemental Inspiration Picture to kick-start a Crafty New Year for you on Friday January 8th, so please make a note in your diary and we'll hope to see you then. This week's challenge will remain open until then. In the meantime I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

 

Animal Antics- Daring Cardmakers Challenge Countdown to Christmas 6

 Good morning and happy Friday. 

I’m back with another Daring Cardmakers challenge and this weeks challenge is called:

Animal Antics at Christmas

So we would like you to create a card with anything you'd like as long as it features a creature or two! 

Reindeer, penguins, polar bears, festive robins, puppies, kittens or owls.

I came across this cute owl by Hobby Art in my stash and thought it was perfect for this challenge. I stamped the owl in black and used alcohol markers to colour the image. I left the fluffy white areas of the hat white and added stickles for sparkle. I die cut the image and then mounted it onto my base card which I matted and layered with pattern papers. Finally I added my sentiment and there you have it, one cute owl all dressed up warm with his cosy hat and scarf.

I hope you have been enjoying our countdown to Christmas so far and have been inspired by all the DT projects.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

December Elemental Inspiration Challenge

 Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Its the first Friday of the month and I'm back with the December Elemental Inspiration Challenge. This months mood board is full of inspirational elements to choose from. All you need to do to take part is to choose three elements from the mood board. The colour palette counts as one element, and other ideas are Squares, Layout, Advent, Grid, Numbers and all the little pictorials.

I have chosen trees, houses, snowflakes and colours for my card. I stamped my main image from a Polkadoodles stamp set (Christmas Scene). The stamped image was then coloured with alcohol markers and mounted onto red cardstock. I created a snowflake background on a separate piece of card and mounted that to my main card base. I added the Christmas scene on top of the background using foam tape. You can see the word Christmas just behind the houses so to finish it off I added the word 'Wishes' from the Heartfelt Joy stamp set. I also used stickles over the trees and the words to add sparkle. I think all Christmas cards need that extra bit of sparkle to make them more Christmassy.

I hope you have been enjoying our countdown to Christmas so far and have been inspired by all the DT projects.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Boxes and Bags-Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Continuing with our countdown to Christmas, this week we are asking you to create boxes or bags for those extra special gifts. I love gift wrapping, creating boxes, bags and envelope wraps.  You can really make those small gifts look really special with a handmade bag or box. 

I wanted to create something for my crafty friends. I decided to create an Envelope Gift Wrap with pockets, so that there was enough space to fill them with crafty goodies. Using my envelop punch board I created two envelopes and attached them together. The outer flap is glued to the back and the inner flap is left and cut down to form a hinge. I added another pocket to the hinge in the middle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

I decorated the pocket with a die cut snowflake and added an insert.

 I created a small envelope out of vellum using the envelope punch board. I wanted the wooden embellishment to show through.

I filled the pockets with small crafty gifts like stamps and small dies.

Once the pockets were full I added a ribbon closure and there you have it an Envelope Gift Wrap.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

All Dressed Up- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

I'm back with another Daring Cardmakers Challenge, this weeks challenge is called:

All Dressed Up

We would like to see cards with jumpers, mittens, boots, hats or scarves.... or if you are lucky enough to be somewhere warm this Christmas then maybe you'll be thinking Christmas t-shirts, flipflops or beachwear..... it's up to you.

I created my card using Hello Winter papers by Bee Shabby. I loved the knitted background which I used as my first layer and then added another snowflake layer. I then fussy cut the mittens and the tag from the paper embellishment sheet. I cut a length of string and tied each mitten to each end. I added a tag with a sentiment and tied a bow using the length of the string in the middle. To finish it off I added some glitter to the cuffs of the mittens.

 I do hope you join in our countdown to Christmas challenges. There will be cards, papercraft projects and lots of other ideas too.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

November Elemental Inspiration Challenge

 Good Morning and welcome back to my blog.

It's the first Friday of the month and this means that its the November Elemental Inspiration Challenge.  This month we are kicking off our Countdown to Christmas with a mood-board with lots of ideas for you to choose from. Remember, you just need to pick a minimum of 3 elements from the picture to use when making your card, colours count as one element.

I chose snowflakes, trees, colours and words for my card. I decided to create a tunnel card. I die cut circles from three layers of card using three different sized dies. I then added patterned paper and a die cut border of trees. I adhered each layer and added a sparkly snowflake between one of the layers. Before I added the top layer I stamped some snowflakes and a sentiment and glued white gems to the centres of some of them. To finish it off I added stickles to the edges of the circles and the trees. 

 I do hope you join in our countdown to Christmas challenges there will be cards and papercraft projects and lots of other ideas too.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Fireworks-Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Good morning and happy Friday!

Welcome back to another new Daring Cardmakers Challenge. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Jenny and its all about 

FIREWORKS!

Guy Fawkes day, or Bonfire Night as we like to call it, is fast approaching and Jenny would like you to share your firework-themed projects.

I really had to think outside the box this this week as I don't have any firework stamps but luckily I found one of my flower stamps which I used for this project and they were just perfect. It makes you look at your stamp sets differently and makes them more versatile to use. I've added the picture of the stamp set to give you an idea of how it can be used for alternative ideas. I put masking tape on the stems before I added the ink to my stamp. Once the image is covered with an even layer of embossing ink I removed the tape before I stamped the image.

I stamped the sentiment first using embossing ink and glitter embossing powders. I had forgotten how fun it was to play with embossing powders and watch them turn. Then I arranged the flower heads around my sentiment and embossed each one with different colours. To finish it off I added some white gems in the centre of each one.

I hope you like my take on this week's challenge and have been inspired to create something new. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Spooktacular Makes

 Good Morning and happy Friday!

Welcome back to another Daring Cardmakers challenge. This week its my turn to set the challenge and I would love to see your

'Spooktacular Makes'

Show us your spooky cards or other spooky makes for Halloween. You can have scary pumpkins, ghosts, witches, bats, spiders, skeletons........... the spookier the better.

For my card I decided to create a Triple Cube card. This was my first attempt at this type of card and I loved how it turned out. Once I had assembled the base cubes I went about decorating it with patterned papers and some coordinating plain papers. Once I had attached these I added the die cut the pumpkins and spider webs. 

I also die cut some bats and attached them to some stripes of acetate and adhered them on the inside of the tallest cube. This gave the illusion that the bats were flying.

I attached a die cut sentiment with the word 'BOO' just in the centre of the two smaller cubes. I also added some gems to create eyes for the pumpkin and the spiders abdomen.

This card folds perfectly flat and can fit into a 6x6 envelope but without the bats 😄.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog:

 https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

World Dictionary Day- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

 Today we are celebrating World Dictionary Day. We would like you to celebrate with us by using a dictionary definition, dictionary or book page or make words the focal point of your creation this week.

I love using book pages and old dictionary pages in my creations. I've always been a book lover and one to keep them in pristine condition, and on seeing book pages used in various artworks I was initially taken aback on this idea. However, after discovering that a lot of books end up in landfill it made me quite accepting of recycling old books into my creations instead of getting rid of them. So I rescued an old Webster Dictionary from one of my local charity bookshops and I've had fun creating various projects with its beautiful pages full of definitions and illustrations.

For my card I created the background using one of Tracy Evans stamp sets (Honeybee #330). I stamped the honeycomb stamp onto my base card and used distress oxides and shimmer pens to colour the background. I tore a strip from the dictionary and layered it onto a black piece of card and then mounted that onto my base card. I stamped and coloured the beehive and bee, then fussy cut each image. On the beehive stamp, there is a very fine vine growing around it which I followed with a thin green wire and attached some tiny leaves cut out of some larger leaf embellishments. I then glued two bees together leaving the wings free so I could shape them to give dimension. I added splatters and some green gems to finish off.

I hope you enjoyed my take on this weeks challenge. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

 Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Mail Art- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Good Morning and happy Friday!

Its 'World Post Day' today and DT member Svenja would like you to create some 

Mail Art 

You can use some kind of postage elements, feature letters or envelopes on your card, make a postcard or even some faux postage stamps of your own. I used a postcard as my main focal point and arranged some beautiful blooms around it.

I created my card using some patterned papers and went about layering them onto my base card. I placed a Moroccan tile die cut onto the patterned background and then added a postcard element from the same collection ( Garden Blooms by Anna Marie Designs). Then I die cut some flowers and leaves and arranged them onto my card just above the postcard. Its been a while since I've had 3D flowers on my projects.

 I stamped my sentiment onto the postcard and added pearl gems to the centres of each of flower. To add some sparkle I used some stickles on the petals. Here's a close-up.

I hope you like my take on this week's challenge and have been inspired to create some Mail Art. Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

October Elemental Challenge-DCM

 Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Well its been a busy and strange sort of week and I'm rather late with my blog post today. Things were just not going my way so I had to just let it be and I've just found the time to catch up on things. I hope you are all well and keeping safe.

Its the first Friday of the month and I'm back with the October Elemental Challenge. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Dawn and she would like you to choose three or more elements from the mood-board.

I chose woodgrain, books and words for my card. I started off by stamping some words in the background using a light dye ink (Memento Desert Sand). Then I attached a piece of wood-grain paper which made it look like a wooden shelf. For my books I cut up lots of strips of paper in various widths and lengths and added details on the books with a white gel pen. To finish it off I added a sentiment.

Here are some close ups.

Please remember to use at least 3 elements from the image below on your creations and have fun.

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

I hope you like my take on the Daring Cardmakers challenge and are inspired to create something beautiful.
Thank you so much for stopping by, I wish you all a happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

'S' for September- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Good Morning and happy Friday!

Welcome back for another new Daring Cardmakers challenge. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Kathy its called;

'S' for September.

Kathy would like you to use three things beginning with the letter 'S' on your card. Here are some ideas: stamps, stencils, sunshine, sea, sandals, shark, silver, snowflakes, spots, stripes, stepper card, monogram 'S' or sunflower.

So for my card I have used: squares, strips of patterned paper, silver, stem, smile sentiment and sparkle gems. I cut some patterned papers to create the background and die cut the smile sentiment from silver glitter card. The tall stem was created using a sizzix die set and finished off with some sparkly gems. 

I hope you like my take on the Daring Cardmakers challenge and are inspired to create something beautiful.
Thank you so much for stopping by, I wish you all a happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Masculine Makes-Daring Cardmakers Challenge.

 Hello and welcome to my blog for another Daring Cardmakers Challenge. 

This weeks challenge is set by DT member Dawn and it's called :

Masculine Makes.

 We all struggle sometimes to create cards for all the men in our lives - dads, brothers, uncles, granddads, husbands, sons and nephews. So this is a great challenge to get a few male cards ready in advance.

I decided to create a card for my dad for this weeks challenge. I created my background using Woodware Stamps called Vintage Pocket Watches. I stamped the pocket watches using Momento dye inks (teal zeal and pear tart). I added the splatter and words from the same stamp set. I then mounted my background onto a plain piece of coloured card and arranged it in an abstract angle onto the card. I die cut the word DAD and using foam pads arranged the letters onto the card. I then added a sentiment to finish it off.

I really hope you enjoyed your visit here today and are inspired to create some masculine themed cards.

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Oh Baby -Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Good morning and happy Friday everyone!

Welcome back to another new challenge this week's challenge is set by DT member Ruth and its called;

Oh Baby!

You can make a card for a New Baby OR for your baby- however old they are!

I'm sharing a card I made for my youngest who had his birthday just at the end of August. His birthday is usually a grand finale of birthdays with August being the busiest with at least two/three birthdays a week. Such a fun month with lots of family get togethers, but sadly not this year.

 My youngest turned 13 this year and starts his teenage journey and I can see  how quickly my baby boy is growing up. No matter how old he gets he'll always be my baby! That goes to my older two too, who also had their birthdays recently and are now 20 and 18. Still my babies 😄.

I created my card using one of Janet Klein's digital stamps from The winter brothers. I coloured the image using alcohol markers and pencils. I created the background using distress oxides (salty ocean, spiced marmalade and wild honey). I lay some colour onto my craft sheet separately and added water with a spray bottle and picked up each colour slightly drying them in between. This gives your background a watercolour effect with some colours blending into each other. Using the same colours I stenciled through some patterns onto the background. I added a die cut in a teal blue colour which was just perfect for this. I added a punched circle with the number 13 and some numbers in the background to add interest. I doodled a stitched border around the card and finally added my cute image to my card.

Here are all three of the cards I created for my boys recently for their birthdays. They are all created in the same way as above, I hope you like them as much as I do.

This has been a really fun challenge and I have really enjoyed it. Can't wait to see all your creations.

I really hope you enjoyed your visit here today and are inspired to create something beautiful.

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

September Elemental Inspiration Challenge

Hello and welcome back to my blog.
Today is the first Friday of the month and this means its the September Elemental Inspiration Challenge. This week its my turn to set my first elemental challenge. As its September I decided to create an autumnal mood-board as I love the colours of autumn. All you have to do is pick three elements from the picture (colours count as one element).

 For my card I chose leaves, wood-grain and colours. I used acrylic paints to colour a piece of card in autumnal colours. Once dry I cut some leaves using some leaf dies by Craftascope. I embossed a piece of white card using a wood-grain embossing folder. I then matted that on a plain red piece of card and adhered that to my base card. I arranged my leaves on top of the base card and glued them down.

I die cut the word thanks and adhered that just below the leaves. To finish it off I added some stickles over each leaf which gave it a subtle shine.

 I've really enjoyed creating my card using elements from the mood board. All you have to do is choose any three elements and create your card.Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

I hope you like my take on the Daring Cardmakers challenge and are inspired to create something beautiful.
Thank you so much for stopping by, I wish you all a happy weekend. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

In The Garden- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Good Morning and Happy Friday!
Welcome back to my blog for another new Daring Cardmakers Challenge. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Shabneez and its called:

In The Garden!

Shabneez would like to see your creations with something from the garden, window-box, windowsill or maybe the garden of your dreams.

I decided to create a card with potted plants and herbs as I don't have a garden, but I have lots of potted plants outside and around the the house. I am not very green-fingered but I can manage small plants that don't need much attention.
So for my card I decided to use my potted herb stamps and coloured them with promarkers. I then matted the stamped image on to some coordinating card-stock along with my sentiment. It's a simple and clean card that didn't take long to make.

I really hope you enjoyed your visit here today and are inspired to create your own garden masterpieces.

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana

Picture Perfect - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Good morning and welcome back to my blog.

Its Friday and time for a new challenge and this week DT member Miri would like to see some Picture-Perfect cards.

You can use a photo camera, a picture frame, a photograph, a Polaroid, anything picture/photo related on your cards.

I decided create a photo album in the shape of a camera. I cut an A4 sheet of  card in half length-ways and then in half again. This gave me four pieces of  card from one sheet, I did this with two sheets giving me eight base cards. Using the We R Memory Keepers 123 punch board I created the tab at the top of each one, to create the shape of a camera. I repeated this for the patterned papers and then matted them onto each individual base card.

I then decorated the front to give it a camera look for this I used mirri card and a small wooden heart for the view finder and epoxy stickers for the buttons. For the lens I cut a couple of circles and added a punched heart  for the centre and finished it off with a smile word sticker. You could add a photo in place of the heart to give it a personal touch.

I punched two holes on one side of all the camera pages using my crop-a-dile and added two metal rings so if I wanted to I could add more pages to the album. I then threaded some ribbon through the rings as a camera strap.
I used bright coloured papers for all the pages to give it a fun and fresh look. I loved creating this project and I'm looking forward to adding photos to this mini album.

I really hope you enjoyed your visit here today and are inspired to create something beautiful.

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog or our Facebook page Daring Cardmakers Create and Share.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy week. Check out all the inspiration from the DT over on the Daring Cardmakers blog https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com

Crafty Hugs,
Rizwana