Bejewelled

It was great to see so many beautiful cards for last weeks Chrysanthemum challenge - what a great start to a new year of DCM challenges!

It's Sharon here setting this weeks challenge.
I'd like to see cards inspired by a piece of

jewellery 

- you can be inspired by the colour, the stone, or the design. 

A good place to start is looking at the pictures on pinterest - that's where I found the gorgeous ring that inspired my card. If you visit our personal blogs, you'll be able to find out what inspired the  rest of the team to make their cards

Can't wait to see what you come up with. Here are the Design Team's cards to inspire you:

Sharon

Keilly

Rein

Samm

Kathy

Nat

Jo

Zuzana

Leo

 

Fran

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Chrysanthemums for Our Birthday!

We had a wonderful time seeing all your Fantastic Felties cards last week - what fab inspiration you shared with us, thank you.

Last week's dare was Dare No 52 of Year 5 of Daring Cardmakers challenges - yes, we've been around THAT long! And we still enjoy setting the dares and making our cards. A Huge THANK YOU to all of you who pop in week by week to see what we're up to, and especially to those of you who join in with our challenges - we really do appreciate your support.

The DT members may have changed but our aims remain the same - to inspire and challenge you (and ourselves) to make cards, no matter what your style and no matter what your experience is. We remain open to all, have no allegiance to any company and we actively encourage as much variety as possible - we definitely do not judge one card above another so when we offer prizes winners are always chosen at random.

For our first dare of year 6 it's a return to our year-long celebration of flowers associated with each month. According to our list there is just one flower for November and it's the

Chrysanthemum

Luckily there are lots of different types, so plenty of inspiration to be had - just do a Google Image Search on Chrysanthemum and you'll be spoiled for choice!

We hope you'll join in and celebrate our DCM "New Year" with us by making your own Chrysanthemum inspired card and sharing it with us. We're looking forward to seeing what you make - they should make a wonderful Birthday Bouquet!

Here are the cards the team have made this week to help get you thinking - there will be more to come, so do come back again to check them out.

Sharon

Kathy

Rein

Nat


Leo

Fran

Zuzana



Jo
Keilly

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Fantastic Felties

Hi Everyone!

It's Nat here welcoming you to another Friday and another dare here on the blog.
Thanks to all those who joined in with the fab sketch dare last week.

This week I want to see you get creative with felt.

I just love the stuff but seem to always do the same old same old with it... so I'm really looking forward to seeing what creative ideas you come up with.

You can use felt to make your own handmade embellishments (even include some threading and beading if you're feeling energetic), use some pre-made felties, or even raid the accessories sale bins for something unique to add to your project!

And if you're still stuck for ideas, why not check out the felty ideas on Pinterest.

Happy creating!

Here's what felt-a-licious projects the design team came up with this week:

Nat


Rein

Sharon

Kathy

Zuzana

Leo

Keilly

Jo

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Our Ribbon Reel Winner (Please scrioll down for this week's challenge)

We've used the random number generator at random.org and checked that the Darer selected had kept to the rules - you'd be amazed at how many people didn't and therefore missed out on any chance of winning the wonderful prize shown above and donated by our wonderful sponsor

Click HERE to visit the shop

We're happy to announce that the winner  is

no.26 - Helen

Congratulation, Helen - please email us at dcm_enquiries@hotmail.co.uk with your postal inforamtion and your lovely prize will soon be on it's way.

Special Offer:

For all those who entered our challenge last week but didn't win the prize there is still the chance to own the same pack of ribbons and trims at a special "Darer's" price.  Check back to last Friday's post for the code you need to enter when you place your order at The Ribbon Reel - we look forward to seeing lots of those goodies on cards you share in the future.

This offer is only available to those who entered a card for Rein's "A Little Bird...." challenge and only while stocks last.

Our thanks to The Ribbon Reel for offering such a fab prize and for offering all our Darers the chance to buy at such a special price

Sketch Challenge

Thank you to every single one of you who joined in with our Ribbon Reel dare last week - obviously the sight of all that yummy-scrummy ribbon really inspired you to have a go....

If you're hoping to win the prize, please keep your fingers crossed for just a little while longer while we do the random draw and check that whoever it comes up with adhered to the rules - we'll be back soon to announce the lucky winner.

Well, it all got a bit chaotic around Daring Central this week, so we had to jiggle our calendar just a bit and instead of the planned challenge (that one will be along in a few weeks time), we have a sketch challenge for you this week. This is the October "2Circles2Go" layout idea from The Sketch File - so don't forget to add your link there too!

You can make any card you like - and you can shrink, twist, turn the sketch upside down if you want - just as long as the layout is all there for us to see.

Most of all, have fun!

Please come and leave a link and a comment (we do like to hear from you!) so we know where to find your creations.

Here are some ideas from the team to start you thinking, but come back and have another look because there are sure to be late additions!

Kathy

Nat

Rein

Sharon

Keilly


Leo

Jo

Fran

Zuzana



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A Little Bird Told Us....

Thanks to all of you that joined with us last week, it was lovely to see all those gorgeous flowers.

It's Rein here this week,

my dare for you is very easy and simple...

I would love to see a bird on your card - it can be stamped, die-cut or made in another way, just join in and have fun - and you might even win a prize!

This week's dare is sponsored by
The Ribbon Reel
who are one of the best places around for fuelling your ribbon addiction - visit the shop to see a wonderful range not just of ribbon but lace, trims and even stamps.
For DCM Darers this week there's the chance of winning a fab prize for one lucky winner but also the opportunity for every single person who joins in and shares their card with us this week to buy the same pack of goodies
at a Very Special DCM "Darers Only" price!

Click here to visit The Ribbon Reel Online Shop

We'll use a random number picker to choose our one prize winner from all those who enter a card (and adhere to the rules below) for this week's challenge and they will receive the ribbons, lace and trims you can see in this photo

Rules for entry to our prize draw:

1. Make a card for Rein's BIRDS challenge and share it on your blog

2. In the main message part of your blog, please mention (and add links to) the Daring Cardmakers and our fab sponsors The Ribbon Reel,

3. Enter your card for no more than 10 challenges in total

Now for the Special Offer!

You can make sure of owning this wonderful 'Made with Love' collection by joining in this week, then ordering from The Ribbon Reel using this special code at checkout: DCMSP - remember only those who enter a card for this week's challenge are eligible to buy at this special price.

Don't forget to spread the word and tell your friends so they can join in and take advantage of this offer too.

Here are the Birdy cards the team have made this week, we're looking forward to seeing your own creations, so please come and let us know where we can see your cards

Rein

Kathy

Zuzana

Nat

Jo
Sharon

Keilly


Fran

Leo

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