One word prompt -WHITE - Daring Cardmakers challenge

  Hello everyone!

Its been a while since I've posted anything on the blog. Life's been a little crazy lately, I feel like I'm always chasing time. I'm not a big fan of the winter months as it gets dark too quickly but I love the build up to the seasonal festivities.

We have a Christmas challenge countdown over at the Daring Cardmakers blog. This time we are changing things a little bit and having one word prompt challenges as well as the elemental inspiration challenge coming at the beginning of December. This week's word prompt is;

  WHITE

How will you use the word white on your creations this week?  Remember it doesn't have to be for Christmas and could be other projects not just cards.

White makes me think of snow and snowflakes. So for my card I have embossed the background using a white piece of card and a snowflake embossing folder. I then die cut a snowflake from silver glitter card using one of Tim Holtz dies and glued it in place. Then I mounted that onto a silver mirri card before adhering it to my base card. To finish it off I added a sentiment and some sparkly gems to the snowflakes.

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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

Super Scary Season- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and happy Friday!

Welcome back to my blog for another Daring Cardmakers challenge. This week I’m challenging you to join in for the:

Super Scary Season Challenge  

Its not long until Halloween so I would love to see some scary ghosts, witches, monsters, bats, spiders or any other ghoulish characters on your cards this week. You can use cute Halloween characters if you like and the usual Halloween colours purple, orange and green OR try something different.

This week I’ve gone all out on digital stamp images (Jack O'Lanterns and Hello Pumpkin) by Vera Lane Studio by Janet Klein. I layered the pumpkins on top of each other in a word document and then coloured them in using Ohuhu markers. The cute girl character was also coloured using alcohol markers and then fussy cut. I had created a number of backgrounds using distress oxides whilst preparing for last weeks challenge and this one went perfectly with all the shades of orange.

 I arranged all the layers onto a black card base and then mounted the girl image using foam pads. The sentiment is also part of the set which I cut out and doodled some lines around to create a frame. 

This has been a really fun card to create I loved colouring in all the fun pumpkins. 

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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

Big On Backgrounds - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and happy Friday!

Daring Cardmakers are back again with another new challenge. This weeks challenge is set by DT member Nat and she wants us to go; 

Big on Backgrounds

She would like to see you create your own background design/print/pattern for your card.
Get creative with stencils, stamps (big and small), dies, and create a background that really stands out.

I love creating backgrounds and I always have some pre-prepared backgrounds as it saves a lot of time. I usually create a fair few backgrounds while I have all of my inks and sprays out. It certainly pays off when you need to create something quickly. This background was also created recently and seems to fit perfectly with the challenge. I have used distress oxides to create this background and an Aall and Create stencil #126 Lotza Stars. The die cut star and sentiment are by My Favorite Things.

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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

October Elemental Inspirational challenge- Daring Cardmakers

  Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Its the first Friday of the month, which means its the October Elemental Inspirational Challenge. This months mood board is set by DT member Shabneez and it's full of inspirational elements that have a fresh autumnal 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 brick wall, mushrooms, colours and textures. I die cut a couple of brick wall strips from a Sizzix border die. I then used distress oxides to colour the wall using a few different brick colours. For the main image I have used printables from Fox and Found Studio (Vintage Toadstools, Foliage and Leaves and Vintage ATC's). For all the other elements I have recycled a clothes tag, a small piece of vinyl and a bronze piece of fabric. With the left over piece of vinyl I cut out some tiny hearts and added them to the bottom of the card.

I haven't added a sentiment yet as I couldn't decide who I was going to send it to. Then maybe it just doesn't need one what do you think?

Here is a close up of the finished card. 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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

Be Happy- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and happy Saturday!

Welcome back to my blog I hope you've had a good week. This weeks challenge for the Daring Cardmakers blog has been set by Shabneez and she says;                    

 Be Happy     

Happiness is so important to us all and I'd like to see the word 'HAPPY' on your card.  It could be for a birthday, anniversary or anything that makes you happy!

So for my card I decided I wanted it to be just a happy card, to make someone smile and feel happy when they received it. I bought a stamp set from a craft fair I recently visited with a friend, which I thought worked perfectly for this challenge.

I stamped the flower head a couple of times onto watercolour card and added the sentiment. The flowers were coloured using zig water colour pens and a water brush. Once dry I added some sparkle using stickles star dust. To finish off the card I drew some stitched lines to the outer edge of the card and then added some splatters using a black and white posca 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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

Comfort and Hope- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog!

This past week has been very sad and emotional for the whole nation. As we say farewell to our beloved Queen Elizabeth II we cannot help but feel this immense sense of loss. Words fall short of what we are feeling right now but it is times like these that words of comfort and hope are needed.

COMFORT AND HOPE

So for this weeks challenge we would like to see cards with words of comfort and hope for those who have lost a loved one or are experiencing a difficult time, by showing your kindness and support.

For my card I chose some patterned papers by Anna Marie Designs and the sticker words are by Studio Light. The die cut is by Sizzix .

Show us some of your creations and don't forget to share on the Daring Cardmakers blog. Check out all the inspiration from the DT here;

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Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog.

Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

September Elemental Inspirational Challenge

   Hello and welcome back to my blog!

Its the first Friday of the month, which means its the September Elemental Inspirational challenge. This months mood board is set by DT member Miri and she says, 

"If all the leaves, the rain puddle and blanket is too autumnal for you … why not go for textures, floral/leaf elements or be inspired by the “work/writing” element?! We can’t wait to see what you will make out of it!"

The mood board it's full of inspirational elements that has a cosy autumnal 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 some soft colours, a teacup, leaves and textured backgrounds. I decided to go a little vintage and selected some printables from the Fox and Found Studio. I started off by fussy cutting all the elements and then inked all the edges using distress oxides (vintage photo and tea dye). The fun part after all the fussy cutting and inking is when you arrange all your elements and see how well they all work together. I usually take a couple of photos whilst arranging my pieces so I can decide which layout I like the best before sticking anything down.

Here is the list of the Fox and Found Studio pintable's I have used;

1.Antique French Ledger.

2.Edwardian Women Old Postcards.

3.Vintage Teacups.

4.Foilage and Leaves Victorian.

5.Mini Vintage Printables.

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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx