Little One(s)-Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and happy Friday!

Welcome back for another Daring Cardmakers Challenge. This weeks challenge has been set by Miri and its called;

Little One(s)

Make a card for the little people in your life or think small in a different way and use tiny little letters, sentiments or images on your card!

For this challenge I have used monster stamps by Art Inspirations designed by Mr Barghest. I stamped the cute little monster onto watercolour card and used watercolours to colour the image. Most of the sentiment stamps are also from the same set, apart from the Happy Birthday stamp which is by Elizabeth Craft designs. I wanted to keep it simple so I framed the image with doodle lines and stars. Once I had finished the main image I created a colourful background using watercolour paints and mounted them both onto a card base.

 

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

Spots and Stripes- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

 Hello and welcome back to my blog!

 I've been missing from blog land for a couple of weeks as I've had a whole household off with the flu including myself. It's taken a few weeks to shake off and recover fully. This past week my mum and dad have been poorly too which led my mum to be in hospital. Thankfully all is well and both now recovering slowly.

So this week even though I had my card ready for the challenge I'm a little late posting it on here. This week we have a Spots and Stripes challenge which I really enjoyed.

For my card I have used Anna Marie Designs patterned papers and sentiments. I love these papers they go so well together. I created spots and stripe banners to go across the card and glued them into place with the sentiment topper. This card is a quick to create for those last minute birthdays.

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

 

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;

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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;

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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;

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Crafty Hugs,

Rizwana xx

Viva Magenta- Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Hello and welcome back to my blog! 

 It's my turn to host this weeks challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog. I have decided to do a colour themed challenge and it's called:

                             Viva Magenta

The Pantone Colour of the year is Viva Magenta.

“This rich and exuberant colour promotes joy and optimism.”

I’d like you to use lots of magenta, or hints of it when you create your card. There’s lots of inspiration in the natural world. Check out this mood board to see just a little. 

I usually like blues and greens and always struggle with pinks and purples. So when Pantone announced Viva Magenta as this years colour of the year I thought I'd set myself a challenge to try and work with it. Are you like me and find Magenta, Pinks, Reds or Purples a bit of a challenge to use in your creations? If so I hope you'll join in this weeks challenge. 

I have created a card using papers from Mariposa Moments by Tonic Studios. I decided to keep my card pretty simple by layering the patterned paper onto some plain magenta card and creating a pocket for my tag. I like how this card turned out and I think I'll try using this colour more this 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.

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

New Year - New Crafty Things - Daring Cardmakers challenge

 Hello and Happy Friday!

Welcome back to another Daring Cardmakers Challenge. This weeks challenge is called;

New Year - New Crafty Things.

Miri wants you to start the New Year by using a piece of your craft supplies (stamp, tool, stencil…) that you have never used before!

Give it a new chance or a beautiful beginning in the new year.

Maybe you even got some supplies for Christmas? Or, like in my case, the weeks before Christmas were just too busy to try out your new things.

A couple of months back I went to visit a craft fair with one of my best friends. I bought a couple of stamps and a few other crafty items but still haven't had the chance to use some of them. This angel stamp is one of them and this challenge is the perfect chance to showcase its beauty. The stamp is by Carabelle Studio and its called 'An Angel To Love'. I have wanted this stamp set for a long time and was glad when I finally managed to get it at the show. 

I started off by creating a background using oxides and spraying water to get the effects I wanted. I then stamped the angel and the wings onto smooth white card and coloured the image using alcohol markers and metallic watercolour paints. Once dry I cut out the image and the wings then arranged them onto my background. I doodled a border around the card and added a few hearts on strings. To finish it off I have added a sentiment and a few gems.

 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