Me and My Shadow !!

Hiya fellow darers, Jane here ! How are you all ? This weeks dare is a hard one !! Sorry everyone, but it had to be done !! :)

I want you to create not just one but TWO cards ! But wait........there's more ! I want both cards to contain the same embellishments and papers, ribbons etc- but arranged in a different way for a different occasion....the only thing being different is the wording....I'll let you have different wording ! (How nice of me eh?) I'm well aware this is a really hard challenge, and that I have thrown everyone into 2008 off the deep end....but go on- give it a go - I DARE YOU !

We're very happy to welcome Sue Hyde as our Guest Designer for the next couple of weeks, Sue's work is always beautiful and her attention to detail is second to none. We're delighted that Sue agreed to come on board and hope you'll enjoy seeing her work both here and on her blog

Now as always, you can share your beautiful cards with us in one of two ways, either leave a comment and include the link to your card /blog or drop us a line at daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk with your piccy and we will add it to our DCM gallery, for all to see. Now, we are making a few slight changes in 2008, we have some fresh and exciting new ideas coming through mainly to do with our Mid week dares. The main weekly dares will run the same as always, but from now on we may not neccessarily be asking you to make a card for the 'Little Extra something' which happens mid week. Some of the team are going to be doing tutorials, we might be setting up some double dares, and we will be introducing some undividual interviews on both the team and our contributors....so watch this space ! Now off you go and make a card (or two) - I can't wait to see what you all make of this challenging dare ! Good luck !.

Kathy
SueRachelRhi


Lythan


Jo

Mid week little extra...'New to me.....'

The first little extra dare of the new year is linking in with our main dare last Friday- still on the 'New' theme - think of it as a 'double dare!':)



We want to see your Crafty Christmas Presents ! Make a card using a new toy you had for Christmas, or in fact any crafty goodies that you received. Its a great chance to try out all your new toys/papers/embellishments! We'd love to see what crafty presents Santa dropped into your stocking....



Here's a couple from the team to hopefully inspire you !



So leave us a comment with a link to your blog and we will come over and check out your lovely presents and creations!

Lynne's Dare - 'New'

'HAPPY NEW YEAR DARING CARD MAKERS'

The first dare of 2008 is set by me (Lynne).

For this weeks dare, I would like our cards to celebrate

'New'

So not only New Year, but maybe New Home, New Baby, New Job or maybe a card for someone who is starting a new chapter in their life.

Daring Cardmakers is starting a new chapter too. Two of us are expecting babies very soon so look out for more news of that. And sadly for the rest of us, Gillian and Lynne are stepping down from the team in order to focus on other things. We shall really miss Lynne and Gillian's creative spark, loving support and wonderful talent. And we wish all four well with whatever the new year delivers!

Remember to leave a comment so we can hot-tail it over to see your creations.

We do visit every Blog and try to leave as many comments as possible. There are so many amazing creations that we can't all leave a comment - we hope you understand.

You can still join in the fun if you don't have a Blog, just send a Photo/scan to the team at;

daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

and your creation will be added to our Gallery for all to see.

Keryn Judy

Mel

Lythan
Rachel
Kathy

Rhi

Team dare year end....4 of the best

Hi All. Today we have decided to revisit your most favourite dares of 2007. The four top dares, decided by the number of comments you made on them are (in no particular order): 'buttons', 'ribbons', ...'and cut' and 'frames'. We would like you to use this week as many of those dares as you like to make your card in any theme and any style.

We are also pleased to announce that our last Guest Designer of 2007 and our first Guest Designer of 2008 is.... Judy Fowler. It is lovely to have you with us Judy



Now as always, you can share your lovely designs with us in one of two ways....either leave a comment (with a direct link to your blog included) or you can email a piccy of your card to our email address.www.daringcardmakers@hotmail.com and we will load it onto our gallery, for viewing.



Here are a few cards from the design team to get you started.


Keryn

Judy

Kathy

Rhi
Mel

JoLythan

'I'm free !!!'

Hello fellow darers !!

Friday has come round again, and I expect you are all as busy as us as we fast approach Christmas. So we are going to keep things as nice and easy as we can for you through the next few weeks........firstly, we have decided to give the 'Little Extra' dares a holiday over Christmas/New year because life is just busy enough at the moment- and I can't see many of you getting up on Christmas morning to take up a new dare ! :) So the mid week specials will be back in January, but watch this space there are lots of exciting changes lined up of the 'Little Extra' but we will fill you in on all the details soooooooon.

Now, on to this weeks dare. Christmas is an expensive time of year (although every day of the year can be potentially expensive to us Crafters ! ;) Anyway, we thought it would be a good idea to run a dare that was 'inexpensive'..This week, we the DCM team, would like you to design a card using a magazine 'freebie' . Either a craft magazine freebie, or indeed any other magazine freebie, papers, embellishments, tools, etc. anything really, as long as it came from a magazine.

Now as always, you can share your lovely designs with us in one of two ways....either leave a comment (with a direct link to your blog included) or you can email a piccy of your card to our email address.www.daringcardmakers@hotmail.com and we will load it onto our gallery, for viewing.

Here are some of the design team members cards to spur you on hopefully!! Oh and on a final note- we the DCM design team would love to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers, darers and friends, a very, very Happy, Safe and enjoyable Christmas !! Merry Christmas everyone !!



JaneKeryn
Mel
Lythan
Jo
Kathy

Inside and Out

Hi everyone Gillian here, and it's my turn to dare you all this week

I dare you to take the design of your card to the inside as well as the outside.

Add a little finishing touch to match the theme on the outside,
or Surprise the receiver with a flap, foldout, decorated journal block to write on,
or one of those pop-out delights....
It really adds so much to a card when there is attention to detail on the inside
as well as the outside. I know some of you are finished your Christmas cards already
so this week it's Any theme, Christmas or not
But make the inside count too :)

We love to see your responses to our Dares, and as always, you can share your work with everyone in the two ways. Either leave a message with your blog link so we can come and see, or email your pictures to us at www.daringcardmakers@hotmail.com, with your name and website if you have one. We are so grateful that so many of you are joining in, it makes it so much fun - although- there are so many of you now that it is difficult for us to keep up with listing the links, so if you put your blog link on your comment- it makes it just as quick and easy for us and others to come and view your creations. So, Just in case you need any more ideas here are the fabulous creations the design team created to inspire you - you'll need to visit our personal blogs to see what's inside the cards!
Happy Cardmaking!

Gillian

Kathy

Mel
Lythan
Rhi
Rachel

Jo

Santa's Little Extra Helper no 8 Tag Time

This is the last Christmas Little Extra before we let Santa's Little Helper put his feet up and have a rest.

By now you've probably finished making you cards, so for a change we thought we'd get you making some gift tags. However, if you've still got cards to make, then you can always use tags on cards instead.
It's up to you, as long as there's a tag involved it's fine by us!

Remember, Saffa's fab Candy Stripe Dare is still open for you to play along with and all the cards we've seen so far have been just as wonderful as ever - so keep them coming - we love to see your work. Here are some ideas from the Team for making and using tags:

Saffa's dare - Candy Stripes

This week is my turn (Saffa) to set the dare!
I love the stripey candy sticks that are around at this time of year so inspired by this I challenge you all to create a card featuring stripes of some kind, the occasion is up to you but you must use some form of stripes on your card. Maybe stamps, or paper, or ribbon...

We love to see your responses to our Dares, and as always, you can share your work with everyone in the two ways. Either leave a message with your blog link so we can come and see, or email your pictures to us at www.daringcardmakers@hotmail.com, with your name and website if you have one. Just in case you need any more ideas here are the fabulous creations the design team created to inspire you! Good luck...Happy Cardmaking!

RosRhiJaneMelKathyGillianLythanRachel

Santa's Little Extra Helper no 7 Buttons and Bows

Thank so much for joining in with Rhi's wonderful "Tweet Tweet" dare, it's such fun to see all the birdie cards - and there's still plenty of time to join in if you haven't already, so why not give it a try.
It's Tuesday again so we have a midweek challenge for you to play with. Santa's Little Helper this week is themed

"Buttons and Bows"
Just in case you're one of those super-efficient types who've made all the cards they need already, you can still join in with a non-Christmas card for this one.

We'll be looking forward to seeing your cards for this one, so don't forget to leave a message telling us where to look. Just to help get you thinking here are a few ideas from the Design Team