Waxing Lyrical- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and happy Friday everyone!

Welcome back to my blog for another new Daring Cardmakers Challenge. This weeks challenge is set by Joanne and its called;

WAXING LYRICAL 

Joanne says:

'I'd love to find a way to incorporate Wax into your project, it might be figuratively, perhaps an image of candles or literally e.g. use a wax crayon or candle to create a resist, try out a technique with wax paper, or get out the encaustic wax and iron if you have them'.

Ooooh I do love this challenge as there's so many things you could do to incorporate wax into your creations. So for my card I decided to use a white wax crayon on water colour cardstock. I started off by drawing some bunting shapes and some dots onto my card. To get good results I sharpened the crayon a little. Once I was happy with the results I went over the whole card with water colour  paints. I love how this turned out and I think I'll be experimenting more using this technique. I recently bought the most cutest of stamps by Kate Crane its one of the mini series, this one is called 'Birthday Cake'. I stamped the image and coloured it in using water colour paints, before adhering it to the main card using foam pads. I added some finishing touches using a glitter pen.

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. 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 xx

 

All Loved Up- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and welcome back to my blog!

We are nearly in the middle of February which usually means Valentines Day is just around the corner. Have you created your valentine cards?  Don't worry if you haven't you can find lots of inspiration on the Daring Cardmakers Blog. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Dawn and its called;

  ALL LOVED UP

So for this weeks Valentine's Day challenge it's just got to be all hearts and flowers.  Please share your romantic makes with us and spread the love.

To create my card this week I found an old 6x6 paper pad by My Minds Eye. I still love these papers and the colours, it has light peachy pinks to soft shades of red. I used a polka dot one for the background and chose three different papers for my hearts, which I layered on top of one another after die cutting them. I glued them in place and then added a piece of vellum which just wrapped around the hearts giving them a subtle look. To finish it off I added the word love and a sparkly gem.

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. 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 xx

February 2023 Elemental Inspirational Challenge

   Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Its the first Friday of the month, which means its the February Elemental Inspirational challenge. This months mood board is set by DT member Nat and it's full of inspirational elements that have a fresh spring like feel. To join in all you need to do is to choose 3 elements for your card. Remember colours count as one element.

For my card I chose knitted textures, hearts, pastel colours and words. I love pastel colours but find them difficult to photograph especially when you have a dark and over cast day and very minimal light. I decided to have a knitted background as I love how the cream brings out the subtle pastel shades of the hearts. The hearts have been created by using a heart punch by Fiskars. I also cut some cream card to create a shadow effect around the hearts to make them stand out a little on the knitted background. To finish it off I added a sentiment.

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. 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 xx