Festive Milk Carton - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

How has your week been?  I've had a really productive week and managed to get stuff I didn't think I would so it's a bonus.

The Daring Cardmakers are stepping away from the cards once again this week and would like to see the wonderful bags and boxes you make.  They don't have to be Christmas themed but I took the opportunity to try something new for Christmas.

I decided to go for a milk carton.  I've admired a lot of these on social media for a long time and thought I'd give it a go.  It was actually really quick and simple to do.

For the background, I used a digital download called Winter Celebrations which included backing papers and sentiments.  If you're a Create & Craft member you can download it for free.  It is just so cute and I was drawn to the adorable penguins and the colour scheme.

To embellish my box I die cut a tag and added the sentiment to it together with baker's twine and bells - they always come out at Christmas! I used a wooden peg to hold it all together.  I added foiled tape to the top and bottom of the box for added festive appeal!

So there we have it - a festive milk carton ready to be filled with goodies.  I'm going to make a few for our neighbours and fill them with goodies.

I hope you wave a wonderful weekend whatever you do and see you again next week,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Create & Craft Free Members Download - Winter Celebrations Papers

Dovecraft Bells, Peg and Baker's Twine

Sizzix Tag Dies

Christmas Aperture Cards

Happy Friday!

Today's blog post is a double post in that I am blogging for both CrafTangles and the Daring Cardmakers in one post as they both fell on the same day!  It just so happened that one of the cards I made for CrafTangles fits with the Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week so win win on my part - Ha!

My blog post is themed around aperture cards this and it's using Christmas stamps sets from CrafTangles.

This first card is the one that made me decide to concentrate on aperture cards.  It's a really simple card but I love the rainbow colours and it's a little different to the regular Christmas cards out there as it has rainbow colours.

Next up I decided to use 2 apertures in different sizes.

I used a very cute CrafTangles Santa Claus stamp set and I do love the sentiment.  The images were coloured in using my Chameleon pens.

This final card is the one that is also linked to the Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week.  The Challenge this week asks for a starry background on a card and you can find more information and inspiration on the challenge HERE.

This is my favourite card of the 3 - the one that I wasn't sure about but then it all just fell into place.  More information on how I created these cards on the CrafTangles blog HERE.

So there we have it - a 2 in 1 blog post especially for Black Friday!  You even get more for your reading on blog posts these days - Haha!!!  Don't shop too much!

See you again soon,
Shabneez

Products Used:
CrafTangles Cardstock.
CraftTangles Christmas Greetings Stamp Set
CrafTangles Santa Claus Stamp Set
CrafTangles Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set
Ranger Distress Inks
Tonic Glacier White Embossing Powder
Sizzix Circle Dies
Sizzix Oval Dies
Versafine Black Ink Pad
Chameleon Pens
Everything else from my stash

Gift Tags, Toppers and Labels - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

How's your week been?  I have a list longer than my arm today but I am determined to get as much done as possible.  The boys have gone dressed to school in spots to raise money for Children In Need.  It was a welcome sight seeing all the brightly dressed children this morning - just what I needed to cheer me up on a wet and miserable day.

Today is the first of the Step Away from the Cards challenge set by the Daring Cardmakers before Christmas.  This week's challenge is to come up with a gift tag, topper or label.   I decided on a tag.  I had some packaging lying around for recycling so I thought I'd start with that and die cut a tag.  I love the texture corrugated card gives.  I went over the card with inks - you can just about see the gold and the burgundy around the edges just to make it pop a little.

My tag continued to be made up using items I had on the table.  I was in the midst of clearing up but then decided I had better get this done so used what I had out.  I had been working with my Go Press and Foil machine so had a sentiment ready.  I added a die cut tree backing onto a shiny gold doily.

My next layer was a wooden frame and finally I added a wooden tree embellishment on which I went over with the edges with some ink.  To finish I had kept a gold tassel on the table thinking I could use it at some point and it worked well don't you agree?  I hope you'll join in with the Challenge - more details and inspiration HERE.

I'm off to tick this blog post off my to-do list - it's so satisfying seeing those ticks build up!  

Have a lovely weekend and see you again soon.

Shabneez 

Products Used:

Sizzix Tag Collection Dies

Dovecraft Gold Doilies

Trimcraft Wooden Frame

Trimcraft Wooden Tree Embellishment

TODO Peace & Joy Hotfoil Stamp

Couture Tree Die

Versamagic Chalk Ink

Go Press & Foil Machine

Everything else from my stash

Winter Flowers and Foliage - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

Well, I made it - in the nick of time!  You know, I really commend those bloggers who blog daily like Linda, Holley and Annie who I follow - I couldn't do it as it is so time consuming.

The Daring Cardmakers are still in festive mode and would like to see winter flowers and foliage on your cards this week.  After yesterday's blog post I had an idea in my head but it didn't quite turn out the way I intended it to.  In other words I'm not happy but I didn't have time to do anything different!

My idea was to make a one layer card and use alternative colours on traditional flowers.  I managed to succeed in that because I used pink and turquoise for the poinsettia and foliage.  I used distress inks to paint the heat embossed image.  

It was the background I had the issues with as it came out different to what was in my head and part of me wishes I hadn't bothered with it!  Oh well, I might try again another day.

I actually used the stamp in a different way - off the page.  I got the idea from Joanne who stamped a bauble in the similar way in last week's DCM challenge (thank you Joanne!).  My stamp didn't cover the width of my card and looked a little odd in my opinion so I masked what I had stamped and rotated the stamp so I could add another poinsettia and a little more foliage.

So there we have it, bet the my teamies didn't have as much trouble as I did!  Lots of wonderful  inspiration from them can be found HERE.  I do hope you'll join in with the Challenge!

Enjoy your weekend,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Distress Inks

CraftTangles Holly Jolly Stamp set

CrafTangles Christmas Ornaments Stamp set

Ranger Embossing Powder

Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Christmas Cards with a touch of Sparkle! - CrafTangles DT

Happy Thursday!

I keep getting reminders from various online retailers advising me on the countdown to Christmas so I thought I had better increase my card production as I send so many.  Of course, there's nothing like having to write a Design Team post to give me a gentle nudge!

I'm up on the CrafTangles Blog HERE with a selection of sparkly Christmas cards.  I just couldn't resist and it gets better as my sparkly products increase.......

I took the opportunity to use my Chameleon pens together with the colour tops on some of the images - they really make it easy to blend.

For my first card I've used the man in red himself and I just love the sentiment don't you?!  The iridescent sparkle was added using glimmer paste through a christmas tree stencil.

Next up heat embossing in gold - it gives such a luxury feel to a card in my opinion.  I bet you think I'm so odd - haha!!! I used acrylic paint flicks on the background and added sparkle in the form of glitter card.

For my final card I used the cute bear stamp set that I'd used at the beginning of the year.  The sparkle comes again from glimmer paste, this time in silver for the background.

I'm hoping to be back again tomorrow but it kind of depends if I can whip up a project in time.  No guarantees I'm afraid - you'll just have to watch this space!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Chameleon Pens

CrafTangles Holly Jolly Stamp Set

CrafTangles Bearing Gifts Stamp Set

CrafTangles Merry Christmas Stamp Set

CrafTangles Snowflakes Stencil 

CrafTangles Tree Background Stencil

CrafTangles Silver Glimmer Paste

CraFtangles Fairy Dust Glimmer Paste

CrafTangles Cardstock

Versamark Pad

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Everything else from my stash

November Elemental Challenge - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy November!

I can't believe it's November already can you?  We've had a lovely week of half term being out and about about visiting family and friends.

Being the first Friday of the month it's the Elemental Challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers.  It's the first of the festive challenges on a countdown to Christmas so hope it'll inspire your Christmas projects.

I've used the Dovecraft Time to Sparkle collection for my card, choosing a couple of  the papers from the pad and matt and layering with black.  The NOEL is from the First Edition alphabet tiles which are a firm favourite of mine as they're so versatile - one of my best buys of 2018.  Twine and a snowflake brad finishes it off.  The topper made me think of a snow globe as I was constructing it.  What do you think?

This is the mood board Kathy has chosen and I love the elements on it.  It was difficult deciding what to choose but I ended up using the colours, the Noel sentiment, twine and checks.  You only need to use 3 elements in your challenge.  Lots more inspiration from my fellow DT members can be found HERE.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Shabneez 

Products Used: 

Dovecraft Time to Sparkle Paper Pad

Dovecraft Time to Sparkle Snowflake Embellishments

First Edition Alphabet Tile Dies

American Crafts Twine

Dovecraft The Magic Of Christmas Die Set

MFT Dienamics Stitched Arch Dies

Everything else from my stash