Cottoning on...

A huge thank you to all who joined  in with Lythan's fantastic Something Old, Something New dare, it was brilliant to see so many entries.

It's Jo here with this week's dare;

Cottoning On!

This week, I'd like to see some cotton on your cards, cotton thread, cotton wool, cotton yarn...

The DT have created some beautiful cards to inspire you;

Jo

Dawn

Sharon

Nat

Leo

Kathy

Zuzana

Have fun and can't wait to see what you create!

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Something old, something new

Hello lovely cardmakers! And an especially warm welcome to those who joined in with Kathy's candle dare last week.

It is Lythan's turn to think of a challenge and I have gone for one that allows for "seasonal" choices but is also something fun if you have either smugly made all your cards or are still in denial about what happens near the end of December...

Something Old, Something New

Most paper crafters have something in their stash that they have bought but never got round to using. If that isn't you - well done! But you can still play along as the idea of this dare is to combine a new and unused/ fresh out of the packet and only used a little product with something that has been hanging round in your craft space for a while. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with and hope that you feel inspired by the team's wonderful creations too.

As ever, comments as well as links are always appreciated :)

Lythan

Dawn

 Sharon

 

Miri    

Nat

 

 Kathy 

 

   

Svenja 

Beckie

Zuzana

  Leo

Jo

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Light a Candle

Hello, another Friday and another challenge from the Daring Cardmakers!

 It's Kathy here this time, but before anything else we must say a big Thank You to everyone who joined in with Leo's Colour Combo Challenge last week and shared their lovely cards with us

 "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."    ~Buddha

We light a candle for so many reasons - and not just because there's a power cut!  
We light them to bring a warm, cosy glow to our home, we use them as part of a celebration; Birthdays, Christmas or other festival. We light them in remembrance of those we have loved and lost.  Somehow that little pinprick of light holds and focusses the attention, doesn't it?

So this week I'd simply like to see some candles on your cards, whether its just one candle or lots of them - and for any reason you want.

Here are some ideas from our fab Design Team to spark your creative flame

Dawn    

Miri

Nat

Kathy  

Lythan  

Beckie

  Sharon

Jo

 

Leo

Svenja

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November Colour Combo Dare

Hi! Leo here to bring you the November colour combo dare.

Thank you to everyone who joined in last week with Nat's googly eye dare. Weren't those cards the cutest ever!

It's colours this week. If you've not played along before, in the first week of every new month we have a colour combination for you to be inspired by. 

As you'll remember, last week was our 8th Anniversary so my choice for this week is perfect for celebrating Dare 1 of Year 9 and the start of a whole new year of challenge-setting for us.  

Metallic is a big trend and I decided to make up a combo of different metallic tones mixed with a simple linen white. 

You can use as many or as few of the colours as you like.

When you've created and uploaded your card don't forget to pop back here and post us a link to it so we can come and see.

 You can also add your pictures to our Facebook page.

 As usual the design team are here to get you kick started and here are all the sparklingly scrumptious cards this week:

Nat

Miri

 Dawn    

Leo

Beckie

Kathy  

Zuzana

Jo

Svenja

Gez

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