Back to basics

Hello, thanks to everyone who watched the birdie with us last week for a breath of spring - for those in the northern hemisphere let’s hope the birds in our gardens haven’t been caught out too badly by the weather!

Joanne here this week and I’d like to take us back to basics - choose one basic geometric shape (square, circle, triangle etc) and one primary colour (red, blue, yellow) and make them the focus of your design. You can add other shapes and colours as accents, just keep the focus on those basics.

Here’s some inspiration from the design team:

Joanne

Dawn

 

Ruth

Shabneez

Svenja

Miri

Kathy    

Enfys

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Watch the Birdie!

Happy Friday!  It's Shabneez here and firstly I'd like to thank you for joining in with the Challenge last week.

It's my turn to set the Challenge this week and as the title suggests, it's all about birds!  So, I'd love to see you use a bird on your creation.  It can be as a focal point or embellishment, die cut or stamp, so plenty of choices!

Here's some inspiration from the Design Team to help:

Shabneez 

Svenja

Ruth 

 

Dawn    

Kathy

Joanne

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Getting to Know You

Hello and a big thank you to everyone that joined in last weeks challenge. 

Miri's mood board was perfect for your Spring creations.

Its Dawn here with this weeks challenge and I have called it

Getting To Know You

I want to get to know you as a crafter.  What are your favourite techniques and where do you like to craft?

I love to make shaker cards.  I think they are so much fun and I get to add another of my favourite crafting elements, glitter and sequins.  I also love to craft in front on the TV on the living room rug in the evenings when the children have gone to bed.

Here are the design teams favourite techniques.

Kathy 

Dawn

Joanne 

Ruth

Shabneez

Nat

Miri 

Svenja 

Enfys

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March Elemental Inspiration picture

Thank you for sharing your fresh, bright and green cards with us. 

It’s Miri here and after a very cold last week of February (with temperatures around -5°C around here) I’m looking forward to March and the first signs of spring.

I picked this picture for the elemental inspiration challenge:

Use three elements and use them on your card. Maybe your cards will tell us if you’re still in a cosy winter mood or already longing for spring 😉.

Here are some ideas from the design team.

Dawn

 

 Ruth

Miri

Kathy   

 

 

Shabneez

Enfys

Nat

Joanne

Svenja

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Stencilled / Green

Hi everyone,

thanks to everyone who enjoyed a looooong break with us last week! 

It's Svenja here and I just can't wait for spring to come. Sunshine and fresh green are desperately needed to cheer me up after a long winter. So I'm asking you all to get your stencils out and use them with some fresh green.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll come up with to make yourselves (yes - and me!) happy. 

And just take a look at the lovely samples the DT members have created for your inspiration:

Karen

Ruth

Svenja

Miri

Joanne

Dawn

Kathy

Shabneez

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Take a Break

Hi, it's Enfys here this week, my turn to set the challenge, I chose 

Take a Break

 use what ever gets you going again in the mid morning slump, when breakfast seems hours ago, and it's too early for lunch. Is it coffee? A refreshing cup of tea? A sneaky doughnut? For me, it has to be coffee, I seem to need gallons of the stuff in the morning, just to wake me up! Mind you, if there was a doughnut shop within walking distance, they would feature in a big way as well!

Svenja

Enfys

Miri   

Ruth 

Kathy   

Joanne

Nat

Dawn   

Karen   

 

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