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