Daring Cardmakers: July 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

Shake it!

Hello everyone, it's Rizwana here with this week's challenge. But first I'd like to thank all of you who joined in last week's Three Musketeers challenge.

This week, I would love to see your Shaker projects.

Shake It !

You can create any project using a shaker element. It can be a card, a gift box, a tag or even a book. We can't wait to see what you create. Here is some inspiration from our super talented design team.

Happy crafting!

Rizwana

Dawn

Nat

This week's cover sheet

Friday, July 24, 2020

Three Musketeers!

Hello, and first of all a big thank you for travelling to Mexico with us for last week’s dare - virtual vacations can be fun, right?!

Joanne here today and as a big reader I can always find an excuse for a literary connection! It’s the birthday of author Alexandre Dumas today - The Three Musketeers is probably his most famous work so

let’s celebrate the power of three!

Show us three of something on your cards this week.

Here is some lovely inspiration from the Design Team:

Joanne

Dawn

Jenny

Kathy

Svenja

Ruth:

Shabneez

Rizwana

This week's cover

Friday, July 17, 2020

Frida Kahlo

A lovely, sunny morning to y'all!

Weren't last week's dots and stripes great fun? Thanks to everyone who enjoyed them as much as I did and played along.

It's Svenja here and I'm inviting you to celebrate the life, work and home country of

Frida Kahlo!

Think of flowers, bold colours, strong eyebrows, her beautiful Casa Azul but maybe also of suffering and revolution. And of course of her country -

Mexico!

And, as always, the Design Team members have quite some inspiration for you:

Nat

Kathy

Shabneez

Dawn

Jenny (GingerNinja)

Joanne

Miri

Svenja

Rizwana

Ruth:

This week's cover:

Friday, July 10, 2020

Deckchair Stripes and Sunny Dots

Hello!

Happy Friday

Are you ready to have some fun with a new challenge? It's Kathy here today and just before I give the details for this week's theme I'd like to say a big thank you to those who joined in with Svenja's Elemental Picture challenge last week. I loved the way she built her own board with favourite things from her stash, didn't you?

I've a simple challenge for you this week

Deckchair Stripes and Sunny Dots

I've been using small areas of spots and stripes on loads of my cards lately, especially in a simple Black and White combo, often just to mat my sentiment on, as a 'foil' for all the other colours.

So this week I'd like to see lots of spots. stripes or both on your cards please

Use paper, paints, inks, stencils, stamps....

Make them however you like and whatever colours or sizes you like.

I Can't wait t see your ideas!

Here's what the design team came up with to inspire you this time

Kathy

Nat

Jenny (GingerNinja)

Dawn

Shabneez

Ruth:

Joanne

Rizwana

Miri

Svenja

This week's cover:

Friday, July 03, 2020

July Elemental Inspiration

Happy Friday, crafters!

And a big "thank you" to everyone who let themselves be inspired by last week's 3D challenge. Always fun to leave the flat surface of a card and take up a little more room, isn't it?

And can you believe we're halfway through this crazy year already? And of course for the start of a new month we do have a new moodboard for you:

Please use at least 3 elements from the picture.

Colours count as one element only (sorry).

I guess I went a bit crazy when I got everything together for the photograph - but I do hope that you will find this a fun theme and just right for the summer holidays after all.

And please do check out what our design team members have been inspired to make! And then: playtime for you - have fun!

Nat - (Diamonds, hexagon, yellow + hot pink)