Giving Thanks

Hello!

A big Thank You to everyone who shared such beautiful "Decorate It!" creations with us last week, we loved seeing all the wonderful things you make.

Well, this week's challenge is our last one for 2016 - we'll be taking our Christmas break, but will be back on January 6th - so please mark the date on your shiny new 2017 diary or calendar!
It seems only right that we finish the year with cards that say
 Thank You 

For our part we'd like to say Thank You to all who've popped by over the year, joined in with our challenges and left some lovely comments too.
With luck, we'll probably all have a Thank You card or two to make, so here's your chance to get ahead and have one or two at the ready

So, now here's our fab design team saying Thank You 
 and 
wishing you all a
 Happy, Peaceful and Joyous Christmas

Dawn   

 

 Sharon   

 

Kathy  

Miri

Shabneez 

Svenja

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Step Away no 3 Decorate It

It's the third of our "Step Away From the Cards" challenges this week

Our end of the year Crafting Party where we are mixing up our usual card challenges with some other crafting challenges

"Step Away From the Cards no. 3" is all about making those Little Extras.

Decorate It!

You could make something to decorate your home; a table decoration, a banner or some Bunting, a Christmas Cracker or similar, maybe something to hang on the tree or how about a topper to make a gift look extra special and festive.  

Home decor, or Festive Fun Extra, its entirely up to you - and

 remember, it doesn't even have to be Christmas-themed.  

Here's what the team have been creating this week, we hope we can inspire you as we'd love to see what you are making just now.  
Please share them with us via the InLinkz gadget at the end of the post

Svenja   

Dawn    

 

Shabneez  

 

Kathy

Joanne

Purvi

Miri

Nat

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December Elemental

Hi Everyone!

Thank you so much for sharing your tags with us - such amazing creativity and inspiration!

For December's Elemental Inspiration Challenge we have this Fabulous, Frosty and Festive picture with lots of lovely elements going on.  All you need to do is choose at least THREE elements from the photo and use them on your own creation.

Here are just a few suggestions to help get you thinking:

Colours, Textures, Wreath, Trees, Snowflakes, Pine Cones, Candles, Kings, Home Décor ....... the list goes on

We can't wait to see what inspires you to make your cards this week, please add your link and tell us which things you chose to use.

Happy Crafting

 Kathy   

Miri 

Dawn

Nat

Shabneez

Purvi

Svenja

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Creating Gift Tags (Step Away From the Cards no 2)

Hello, and welcome to The Daring Cardmakers!  
Before anything else, we want to say a big Thank You to everyone who joined in and shared their cards inspired by Christmas Songs and Carols - what a lovely time we had seeing them all!

It's another  "Step Away From the Cards" challenge this week -

Our end of the year Crafting Party where we are mixing up our usual card challenges with some other crafting challenges

Step Away From the Cards no. 2 is a simple one:

Make a Tag

Just make and decorate a tag or label for a gift -

 remember, it doesn't even have to be Christmas-themed.  

We'd love to see your creations so please share them with us via the InLinkz gadget as usual.  Here's what the DT have been making this week

Shabneez  

Svenja 

Dawn      

Kathy    

Miri

Joanne

Purvi

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A Musical Christmas

A big Thank You to everyone who shared a beautiful Bag or Box with us for the first of our "Step Away from the Cards" challenges.  It's such a treat to see 

all the wonderful things you make.

Be sure to look out for the next non-card challenge - it'll be along soon, but this week it's back to card-making, and we'd love you to make a card 

Inspired by Christmas Carols and Songs

There are masses of them, and we all have our favourites, so it may be difficult to choose which to go with!  We're looking forward to seeing which you choose, and having a good old sing along with you

Here's what the team have made this time

Dawn      (Walking in a Winter Wonderland)

Svenja   (Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

Shabneez   (Let it Snow!)

Joanne (Deck the Halls)

Miri (Leise rieselt der Schnee/Let it snow)

Kathy  (Oh Little Town of Bethlehem)

Purvi  (White Christmas)

Nat (We Three Kings)

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Gift Bag or Box - Step Away From the Cards no 1

We thought we'd have a bit of a Crafting Party for the end of the year.  So for the next few weeks, we'll be mixing up our usual card challenges with some other crafting items, and we'd love to see what you make!

We've called these non-card dares "Step Away From the Cards" and this week we have the first of them:

Gift Bag or Box

We'd just like you to make or decorate a box or gift bag - it doesn't even have to be Christmas-themed, then share your creations with us via the InLinkz gadget as usual. 

Purvi

Miri

Joanne

Shabneez

Kathy 

Dawn 

 

Nat

Svenja

(tick a box for naughty or nice)

(card on the left reads: everyone can do nice)

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November Elemental Inspiration

Hi everyone!

Thanks to all who shared their Sparkle and Shine creations with us last week - what a wonderful, dazzling challenge that was!

We're really pleased to welcome Shabneez, (aka Happy Hijabi) back to the team as Guest Designer this month, and to let you know that Joanne has agreed to join us on a permanent basis.  
This is sure to bring a new breath of freshness to the blog.

It's the first Friday of a new month, so time for a brand new Elemental Inspiration challenge, and for November we have this wonderful colourful photograph to inspire us.
All you need to do is choose at least THREE elements from the photo and use them on your own creation.

Here are just a few suggestions to help get you thinking:

Colours, Textures, Rich Fabrics, Leaves, Mirrors, Candles, Window, Pine Cones, Ribbons, parcels, Golden details, Tree

We're looking forward to seeing what you make, but for now, here's how the team were inspired by the picture:

Shabneez

Purvi

Dawn

Kathy   

Miri

Joanne

 Nat

Svenja

(You're not old. You're 25. Plus shipping and handling.)

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