Dash it! That's put me on the spot.....

We are just LOVING seeing all your frillies!
Keep them coming though, there's plenty of room on the links list for more of your pretties!

Now then, maybe you need a little extra challenge in the middle of the week - well, if so, as usual we have something to amuse you....

Dot Dot Dot Dash Dash Dash

We'd like you to make a card featuring dots and dashes, spots and stripes - that's it, a nice easy and fun little theme for you to play with - just make sure you get both spots AND stripes on your card. We'd love to see your dotty, spotty, stripey creations so please come back and leave a message when you're ready to share.....

The Design Team have been lining up to show you just how dotty they are:

Frilly Bits...

Hi all *waves* It's my turn (Jo) to dare this week.

Before I get on with the dare, all of the DCM'ers would like to send very warm wedding wishes to Rhi and Matt for their wedding day tomorrow :) We all hope that you have a fabulous time and that the sun shines for your special day. We wish you every happiness in your life together.

Thank you so much once again to everyone who joined in with Tracie's Photo Dare and the Little Extra- you all produced some absolutely gorgeous cards ! We are so looking forward to seeing what you put together for this dare.

Don’t forget to leave us a comment and your Blog link and we’ll come over to check out your creations. You can still join in the fun if you don’t have a Blog. Just send a pic/scan of your creation to the team at daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk and we’ll add it to our gallery for all to see.

So... here is my dare...

You must make a card with a frill - it could be some lace, frilly ribbon, a hand cut or decorative scissor edge or a folded paper frill - or what ever you choose to make.... you decide!

Jo
Lythan
Kathy
Lynne
Jane

Sylvie

It's a Wiggly One

Is it just us, or is everything really hectic at the moment?
It's great to see you are still finding time to have a go at our dares and we're really enjoying seeing all your "Photo Finish" cards - there have been some fantastic ideas for using photographs on cards already so "Thank You" for sharing them with us.
It's Little Extra day today and this week we've another sketch for you to play with, we hope you'll have some fun with this one. Remember that you can twist it, stretch it or even shrink it -just as long as the basic sketch is still there to see you can get as creative as you like.

The only rule is that you enjoy yourself - oh, and show us what you've made, of course!
Are you ready then? OK here 's the sketch:
And here are some cards from the Team to help get you thinking:

Photo Finish

This weeks Dare is set by Tracie (Bondgirl) and is titled Photo Finish....

This week I want you to make a card for any occasion but it must include a photograph somewhere! The photo subject can be people, items, locations, flowers, absolutely anything so get snapping. Dont forget to check copyright if you are using someone elses photographs in your art work

We're very happy to have the wonderfully talented Sylvie (crazystamps) joining us for a couple of weeks as our Guest Designer. If you're not already a fan of her work, please take a few minutes to check out her blog - you won't be sorry!

As usual you can share your work with us by leaving a comment for us below with a link to your blog, or by emailing us at daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

Have Fun!!!

Sylvie

LynneKathy
Lythan
Keryn Tracie (Bondgirl)

Jane

Gillian

Jo

Better Late than Never!

Ooops! sorry folks, we're a Little Late posting the Little Extra today, but here you go.

It's one of our recipes this time, all you need to do is include all the ingredients on your card - remember, you can always add more things if you want to.

Here are your ingredients for this week:
3 arrows
3 circles
1 square

That's it!
As usual we have cards from the DT to help you get your creative juices flowing, and don't forget, we love to see your work so share your cards with everyone by leaving a message with your link.

Are you ready to cook up some tasty card treats? We hope so.....

It's about Time.........

It's Daring Cardmakers day again and we have a lovely new dare for you to play with - but first we'd like to say a great big Thank You to all who joined in with Jane's "Checked Out" Dare - the cards were fantastic as always and we really do appreciate the time and love you put into your cards for each and every challenge we set. We hope you enjoy the dares as much as we do. With so many lovely people playing along with us we can't all promise to leave a comment on every card anymore - there are soooo many to see nowadays - but we do make sure we visit the blog of everyone who makes a card and we'll leave as many messages as we can - we hope you understand.
Oh, and a little bit of news for those of you in the UK - make sure you check out "Papercraft Inspirations" magazine - on sale today - as there's a fabby article about the DCM in there! If you've found this blog for the first time because of the article, please join in the fun - don't be scared, we're a friendly bunch! Okay, off we go with the new dare........

Hi there, It's me, Kathy, here to dare you this week;

OK, Absolutely anything goes this week as long as it's on the theme of TIME.
"It's About Time"
So you can use clocks, calendars, quotes, sayings, pictures, nursery rhymes, or altered art-type stuff, whatever takes your fancy - just take some time out to play and have some fun; remember, time flies when you're having fun!

We'd love you to join in with this dare. You can share your cards either by leaving a link to your blog or by emailing a photo to daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk for uploading to our gallery.

Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever your style
- everyone is welcome to play.

As usual we have some fab cards from the Design Team to show, and hopefully inspire you:

Jo
Kathy
Lynne
Gillian
Natty
Rhi

Keryn

Jane

Lythan

I'm Sorry....

Once again, Thank you to all who've joined in with this week's fab dare. So many different designs using checks and squares, it's all been really inspiring with some fantastic ideas being shared, Don't forget, there's still loads of time to join in before the new "big" dare comes around - so if you've not added your link, then come on, what's stopping you! :-)

Tuesday is "Little Extra" day and this week it's a theme challenge for you and a chance to make sure you're got the right card ready to send when needed

We want you to say "Sorry"!
So, we're looking for things like
Belated Birthday cards, "Sorry to hear you're unwell", Sympathy/Condolence cards, "Sorry you're leaving" or maybe Sorry, but we can't come to your wedding/party/etc
We all need this sort of card every now and then, so here's a chance to be able to Say Sorry in Style

This sounds like it might be a bit tougher than our usual Midweek challenges, so it'll be interesting to see what you come up with. As usual we've some cards from the Team to get you thinking, but we'd love you to leave a link so we can come and see the cards you make too.

All Checked Out

Well Hello !! Friday has come round again soooo fast ! Its my turn (Jane) to dare this week. Okay -are you ready ? For my dare you can choose any theme for the card BUT it must incorporate 'Checks', whether it be gingham paper or ribbon or squares, any thing really as long as it incorporates some kind of shape with 4 equal sides....... so go on- I dare you to think outside the square/step out of the box ..............easy as, eh ?!!

Thank you so much once again to everyone who joined in with Lynne's Pockets dare and the Little Extra- you all produced some absolutely gorgeous cards ! Well done. We are so looking forward to seeing what you put together for this dare.

Don’t forget to leave us a comment and your Blog link and we’ll come over to check out your creations. You can still join in the fun if you don’t have a Blog. Just send a pic/scan of your creation to the team at daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk and we’ll add it to our gallery for all to see.

Here's what the design team has come up with to give you a little inspiration.

Jane


Kathy



Rhi

Keryn
Gillian

Jo
Lynne
Lythan
Nat