Sparkle and Shine

Hi everyone!

It's Nat here bringing you our last dare for October.

First of all, thank you to those of you who played along with last week's tag-centric challenge! There were some great cards made.

Well, you might have thought with Halloween just around the corner that I'd be challenging you to some spooky elements, but no! I'm currently nearing panic mode as I've made very few Christmas cards so far this year, and well, time is ticking!

So if you are in the same boat I am sure this dare will appeal, and if you have zero interest in making anything Christmas-related then you can also play along because I want to see you feature plenty of Sparkle and Shine on your cards this week.

You can use bling, everything glitter-related including paper/tape/embossing powder/ink/paint/paste, foiling, reflective accents, and even tinsel trim.

Just make sure your project sparkles and shines!

Here are some ideas from the design team to get you started:

Nat

Purvi

Miri   

Joanne

Dawn  

Kathy   

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Play Tag

A big Thank You to everyone who joined in with Svenja's wonderful Monochrome challenge - it certainly seems you liked that one!

This week it's Purvi's turn to set the theme and all you need to do is 

Add a Tag

Use your tag in anyway you like on your card; make it the focus, or an 'added extra', perhaps even put it in a pocket with a hidden message.  Your tag can be big or small and any shape you like - we'd just love to see loads of lovely ways to use tags.

Here's how the team worked with the challenge this week


Miri 

 

Joanne  

Dawn     

Kathy

Svenja

Nat   

Purvi

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True Colours - Seriously Monochromatic

Hi everyone!

I hope you all liked and were inspired by Gez' lovely photograph last week - it does get you into that autumnal mood, doesn't it?

But today is a new Friday already and time for a new challenge! It's Svenja here and I'm asking you to go 

seriously monochromatic

on your cards this week. Stay true to your colour of choice and use no or very little other colours.  

To get you into the swing of things the Design Team have worked ahead. Just look at their lovely creations!

Svenja   

Dawn     

Kathy    

Joanne    

Nat

Purvi

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October's Elemental Inspiration

Hi everyone!

Thanks to those who took a walk down Memory Lane and shared their creations with us last week.  
Last week was our lovely Dianne's last week with us as Guest Designer, so we want to say a big "thank you" for all the wonderful cards she shared with us. Fingers crossed she'll be back again soon.
We're really pleased to welcome Joanne, aka Angelnorth to the team as Guest Designer this month.  Joanne is clever and ingenious, so do check out her blog - you're sure to discover something you didn't know, or haven't tried.....

It's the first Friday of a new month, so time for a brand new Elemental Inspiration challenge, and for October Gez has chosen a wonderfully Autumnal photograph to inspire us

You need to choose on 3 separate elements and the colour scheme counts as one element, so here are a few ideas to get you started: 
Colours. Autumn, Harvest, Horses (or other animal), Leaves, Wood, Fence, Fruit and Vegetables, Basket or Trug
Or you could use the Layout of the photo:

We would love to see what you come up with this month so please join in then share your cards with us via the InLinkz gadget at the bottom of this post

Here are some ideas from our designers to help get you thinking

Joanne

Dawn  

 

 

Kathy   

Nat

Miri

Svenja

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