Old MacDonald's Farm

Firstly, a big thank you to Lythan for last week’s dare, it was a cracker as always and there were some fantastically huge blooms out there!! :) Thanks for taking part.

A big Thank You to Jo Willis for being our Absolutely Fabulous Guest Designer during April, all Jo's cards were fab and it was lovely to see them on our blog. Now though its the first day of May and we're delighted to introduce our May Guest Designer, a fabulously talented crafter all the way from Poland. please welcome Asia Wu to the line-up, and do try to take a minute to visit her blog - its a real treat.

Now onto this week and its Vanessa here to set the dare. I don’t know why I came up with this one, but for some reason I’ve been singing away to Old MacDonald, you know the song “Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee I ee I oh! And on that farm he had some .........”

........we’ll let you fill in the blank – that’s your dare this week, get some farmyard animals on your cards and pop a link in the comments section so we can come and see!

In the meantime, take a look at the cards below from the design team.

Vanessa x

KerynRein
Kathy
Asia Wu
JozzaLythan

Vanessa

Big is beautiful

Thanks to everyone who participated in Rein's dare. How inspirational you all are with those hard to do cards for the boys. This week Lythan wants your help through this dare...

SUPERSIZE ME!

I have loads of enormous paper flowers that I have bought and never used. So I want to see some really big embellishments on your cards. Bonus points for outsize blooms!

This will be Jo Willis' last dare with us. It has been such fun having you to play Jo - thanks so much for joining us in April!

Kathy (see my blog for a "hidden extra"!)

Rein
JozzaVanessa
Jo Willis
Lythan

Tanya

Jo

games and toys for boys

Thank you to all of you that joined with us for Jozza's fabulous "hide and seek" dare - we loved seeing your cards.

It's Rein here this week, and I'm daring you to make a masculine card

Games and Toys for Boys

put a race track, dart board, vehicle... on your card. Here are some from the Design Team to get you started

Rein

Jo Willis
Lythan
Kathy
Jozza Vanessa
Sue

Tanya

Hide and seek

Hello and a happy Good Friday to you all. It's Jozza here with the new dare. First of all I want to thank everyone who joined in with Keryn's fruity dare last week. It's always great to see your wonderful cards and it never ceases to amaze me the variety that we see considering we all have the same brief.

This week the dare is hide and seek. I would like to see a hidden message or element on your cards. For a double dare include both! I tend to make very straightforward cards as a rule so this was a challenge for me but I have to say there are some great tutorials out there if you are stuck for ideas. I can't wait to see what you come up with this week. Have a look at what the DT have come up with to get you started...

Jozza

Jo Willis
Kathy
Lythan
Vanessa


TanyaRein

Jo

Feeling Fruity

Hi It's Keryn here this week and first off I'd like to say how much we enjoyed seeing all the cards you made for Jo's Bunny and Chick dare.

My dare this week is to put a piece of fruit on your card. Make your card for any occassion and use any fruit you like the look of. Scroll down and see what the design team have come up with. Cherries seem to be a particular favourite with the team at the moment.

We'd love to see your cards so leave us a comment on this post with a link to your card.

And after a break from the Guests we are proud to announce we have a Guest Designer for April.
Please give a warm welcome to the gorgeously talented Jo Willis. It is great to have you with us Jo.
We're also very happy to have our lovely Team Member Tanya back with us after a little break - welcome home, Tanya - we missed you.

Rein
Kathy
Jozza

Keryn

TanyaSue
Vanessa
Lythan

Jo Willis
Jo

Bunnies and Chicks

Jo here this week :) Thank you to everyone who joined in with Tracie's Womanly dare last week - all the cards were gorgeous! With Easter nearly here - doesn't time fly! I thought that I would choose a dare this week to incorporate this...

I would like this week to see cards with a chick, a bunny or both!

Of course you may add anything else to your cards - have a good week and I can't wait to see your cards!

Jo
KerynLythan
JozzaKathy

Vanessa

Rein

Sue