I Can See Clearly Now....

It has been fab to see the feast of purple over the last week. Lots of really special cards
And this week is a bit special - no not because I (Lythan) am setting the dare but because it is the last dare of the Daring year. Yes, next Friday will be our official birthday. There may not be big extravaganzas - we are not really like that - but there will be big smiles. Why not have a look at the cards from three years ago and see how we have changed?

This week's dare is
I can see clearly now
and I would love to see something clear on your card. It could be an acetate card, an acetate embellishment, a window cut in the card, clingfilm, OHP sheet, Mirror fragments - anything that shows that your card is clearly one of the best!

Lynda
Janice

Jo

Rein
Kathy
Lythan
Paula

Autumn Purple

Thank you so much for joining in and sharing your wonderful folding up creations with us for the team dare this last week. It was great to come along and see and be inspired by all the fabulous folding techniques.

This week we're sad to say Goodbye to our lovely Tanya-Leigh, in a way this is good news because it means her own craft business is going so well that something else has got to give - just a shame that it's the DCM - but we wish you well, Tanya-Leigh, it's been fab having you around and we hope your business keeps on growing

This week we're seeing purple! You can blame me (Vanessa) for this one. I'm not a great fan of purple, but after wandering through the streets browsing the shop windows of my new town, I saw lots of purple going on in the fashion displays. So that is your brief for this week! :) Anything goes as long as the predominate colour is purple.

Don't forget to leave your link in the comments section so we can come along and see.

Vanessa
Paula
Lynda
Janice
Rein
Kathy
Keryn

Lythan
Jo

We're Folding

Thank you so much for sharing all those fabulous cards you made for Jo's Tartan It Up! dare.

It was good to see you all rummaging through your crafty stash to find those little bits of tartan ribbon, paper, fabric etc to use on your cards. We know how hard it was!

We have lots of news to share before we announce this week's challenge so here goes.
Please welcome our brand new Guest Designer, Janice, aka Serial Crafter. Janice is a long-time follower of the DCM and one of our most regular contributors so we were thrilled when she agreed to come on board for the month of October. We hope you'll enjoy seeing her lovely cards on here and that you'll be sure to visit her blog to see what else she's been up to.

Just as Rein is getting better after her fall, we have another casualty - we'd like you to join us in wishing our lovely Sue a very speedy recovery from the emergency eye surgery she had earlier this week. Poor Sue has to lie very still for at least a week while everything settles down, so we wish her well and we're sure you do too.

On a happier note we're absolutely delighted to announce that we have two new Teamies! Lynda and Paula are both going to stay on as full-time DCM team members. We think you'll agree that they've both brought a "breath of fresh air" over the last few weeks with their innovation and often quirky styles. Right from the start (we're 3 years old this month btw) DCM has been all about having fun with card-making and hopefully we inspire other card-makers along the way, so we're sure Paula and Lynda will be helping us to continue our tradition of no-pressure, fun card-making into another year. And Finally we get to this weeks challenge!

Folding Up

It's "just what it says on the tin", we'd like to see some folds on your cards this week.
Fold the whole card, fold some paper, fold some ribbon.
Do some origami, teabag folding or just fold over a corner of your paper to reveal the other side.
As long as there's some sort of folding used as a feature of your card then it counts. Any subject, any theme, any reason.

Please come and let us know where we can see the cards you make, we do love visiting your blogs.
Here's what the DT have come up with this week to help get you started

Janice
Paula
Kathy
Lynda
Keryn

Vanessa
Lythan
Rein

Jo

'Tartan it up'

Thank you for all the beautiful cards that you made fo Tanya Leigh's shabby chic dare, It was fantastic to see all the flowers, lace and buttons!

It's Jo here this week to set the dare, the design team may have groaned a little when I picked the theme, but I don't think that it is too bad :)

I would like you to use some sort of tartan on your cards, fabric, ribbon, paper, even a piece of an old tartan rug(!)etc.

The design team (amongst a few little groans) have, as usual come up with amazing array of cards featuring tartan.

Have a good week and I can't wait to see what you create.

Sue

Kathy
Lynda
Rein
Paula
Lythan
JoVanessa

Shabby Chic

Thanks for all the awesome cards done for our team dare last week, Down by the Sea. It was nice to do a summer card as here in New Zealand it's starting to get warmer now.

This week it's my turn to set a dare (Tanya Leigh) and I am into Shabby Chic at the moment so thought this would be a great dare.
Look through your stash and found all those bits and pieces you can use or even ask your Nana or Grandma for some bits. Old lace, buttons, bling, flowers etc and make a mess and see what you come up with.

Check out what the design team have been up to below, we hope our cards will give you some inspiration to get started on your own.


Please don't forget to come back and let us know where we can see you creations, we do love to see what you've been making.

KerynTanya-Leigh

Rein
Lynda
Kathy
Paula Lythan Sue

Jo

Down by the Sea

We were thrilled to see so many fabulous Sunflower cards for Rein's dare last week - it really was a beautiful bouquet - thank you for making the world a sunnier place by sharing them all. We're sure Rein will have been cheered up by them all.

This week we have a team dare for you - this one is from our little list of reserve ideas for when things don't go according to plan - and the plan that went a bit awry this week was Jo still not being around to set this week's challenge - we've just heard that she's back on-line at last, phew! - that was a long absence, Jo, we missed you so much!

Down by the Sea

Anyway, there on the list was "Seaside" and we thought it would be perfect. Over on this side of the world we're coming to the end of the Summer, and on Keryn's side they'll soon be dusting off their buckets, spades and sun-hats.

Of course we don't just enjoy being by the sea in the Summer, it doesn't matter what the season is, the seaside is a great place to be, so this week we'd love you to make cards with any sort of seaside theme.

Let your creativity go wild and have some fun by the sea with us, then come back and let us know where we can see your cards. Here's what the team have been making this week

Lynda

Kathy

Paula
Sue
Tanya-Leigh
Lythan
Jo

A Sunflower Bouquet

Before we announce this week's new dare, we'd first like to thank you all for sharing your fabulous "Inchies" with us. It was astonishing to see just how many ways there are to use those tiny squares on our cards - gave us all something to think about!

This week we'd like to introduce our newest Guest Designer, Lynda to you.
Lynda is a regular Darer and her cards are fantastic so we're thrilled that she's agreed to join us for a while and it made our day when she said: "DCM was the first challenge I ever entered and you all gave me the confidence to do a little more."
Welcome to the Team, Lynda!

We're very happy to say that we still have Paula with us too - you can't have too much of a good thing and we're sure you're going to enjoy seeing more of her gorgeous cards on here.

So, this week it's Rein's turn to set the dare and the theme is simple and straightforward;

SUNFLOWERS

We love their happy, sunny appearance, somehow seeing them never fails to cheer, does it? So we'd like to see lots and lots of glorious, cheerful sunflowers on your cards.
Poor Rein has had a nasty fall and is very sore and bruised, so hopefully a great big bouquet of sunflowers will cheer her up and bring a smile back to her face.

Here's what the design team have made this week to try and inspire you to feature sunflowers on your work this week Please join in, and once you've made your card, come back and let us know where we can see it.

Have fun

Lynda
Kathy
Sue
Paula

Rein
Lythan