Cut It Up - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

It's getting more and more emotional as we near the end of term with the boys both leaving to go to new schools.  This week we went to the end of year school play which was fabulous!  More events to come over the next couple of weeks.

Dawn has set the challenge this week and she has asked to see you use your beautiful designer papers in use.  Being a paper lover this challenge was right up my street and I decided to share a card made for a commission.  The customer wanted a card for her daughter that incorporated how special she was using desciptive words.

I used a Craftwork cards pad for this and used different papers from the pad to punch out hexagons which I then arranged on my page.  I cut the descriptive sentiments from another Craftwork Cards pad and backed onto card.  I am very pleased to report both Mum and daughter were very happy with the card.

You can find a lot more inspiration on the challenge HERE and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with as we all have lots of paper pads I'm sure!

I'm looking forward to a relaxing Sunday this week as my current cycle of demos has ended.  The weather is certainly on a summer roll so I'm hoping to get bits done in the garden.

Have a great weekend!
Shabneez

Products Used:
Craftwork Cards Sweet Sentiments Pad
Craftwork Cards Petite Patterns Pad
Hero Arts Happy Stamp & Cut
Clearly Besotted Stamp Set
Sizzix Dainty Alphabet
Fiskars Hexagon Punch

October Elemental Challenge - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

What a week it's been!  I've had a great week working with Pinkfresh Studio products and then celebrating our wedding anniversary.  I was treated to a delicious Thai lunch and a make your own tiramisu for dessert!

So, it's the first Friday of the month and an elemental challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers.  I fell in love with the images and colours Dawn chose for this one.  I had an idea in my head and then just played around with it once I had decided on what elements to use.

For the leaves I smooshed a background using various autumnal colours of distress inks then I die cut them out.

I made the pumpkin using 3 ovals that I die cut and inked then overlapped together.   I've seen the pumpkins made with more ovals so you can play and see what works best for you.

Below you'll see the beautiful board that Dawn has chosen.  I love all the colours and elements and when you join in you simply have to choose 3 elements.  I have chosen the leaves, colours and the pumpkin. 

I do hope that you will join in and I look forward to seeing your creations.  You can see more inspiration HERE.

I am on my travels again this weekend and will be at The Range in Romford on Sunday from 11am with some Trimcraft Christmas demos.

See you next week!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Dovecraft Leaf Mini Dies

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Sizzix Stitched Oval Dies by Tim Holtz

AC Moore Paper Pad

Clearly Besotted Stamp Set

I would like to enter this card into the Double 'D' Challenges

3 Ways with CrafTangles Ombre Watercolour Paper Pad

Happy Weekend!

We had a lovely day out yesterday before coming back in time for the football of course!  Wasn't it a great result?!

Among my last DT box from CrafTangles I got a really pretty paper pad so I thought I'd see what different ways I could come up with using the papers on my cards.

For my first card I used the paper in the traditional sense as backing paper.  I matted and layered a die cut, fussy cut element and added a sentiment.  This card will be going to one of my son's teachers.  Hope she likes it!

For my second card I picked a stencil and used texture paste, perfect pearls and distress inks thorough it before finishing with a die cut sentiment.  I think you can see the shimmer quite well don't you?

Finally I went all out and used 3 different coloured sheets of paper from the pad!  I stamped them all with the same image and added a sentiment with distress oxides as it shows up so well on black card.

So there you have it!  I'm off to sit in the garden now if anybody would like to join me.....

Have a great week!
Shabneez

Products Used:
CrafTangles Ombre Watercolor Paper Pad
CrafTangles Cardstock - Earl Tea
CrafTangles All for Love Elements
Clearly Besotted Stamp Set
CrafTangles Butterflies & Bricks Stencil
Ranger Perfect Pearls
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
CrafTangles Cardstock - Black
CrafTangles Everyday Sentiments Stamp Set
CrafTangles Ethnic Borders Stamp Set
Tim Holtz Distress Oxides

Bokeh Background Creation - Daring Cardmakers

Happy Friday!

May already!  I've had a wonderfully creative week - tried some new products, attempted a new technique which I used in this post and made someone very happy with a first birthday card I made.

The first Friday of the month is an elemental challenge on the Daring Cardmakers.  The elements inspired me to have a go at creating a Bokeh background.  Bokeh is basically a blurred effect produced by a lens in photography.

I began by creating the ombre background using distress inks then once I was happy I inked through a stencil I made using my trusty Fiskars circle punch with chalk ink to make a Bokeh background.  This is a technique I've wanted to try for such a long time as I've been inspired by other people's creations.

To finish I die cut a branch and added a sentiment as I wanted the background to be the focal point of my card.

Below is the elemental board chosen by Ruth where I got my inspiration from.  You can see the colours, in particular the ombre pinks which I used together with the circles and a branch from the tree.

I hope you'll play along with this challenge and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team HERE.

Here's hoping for a little sunshine over the Bank Holiday weekend.

See you next week,

Shabneez 

Products Used:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Marianne Designs Die

Clearly Besotted Sentiment Stamp

Fiskars Medium Circle punch

Everything else from my stash

String Theory - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

It's the turn of the very talented creator of Daring Cardmakers, Kathy's turn to set the Challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers this week.  The Challenge is to incorporate string in whatever way, shape or form you please.  You can see what my fellow DT members have come up with HERE and I hope you'll have a go too!

I love using string or twine on my creations as it's a way of adding texture and interest.  This time, I've combined it with a button from my stash, threading the twine through it.  I've used papers from a pad I bought last year and kept the design simple so the wording stands out.

This was a special teacher card, although I believe all teachers are special and that teaching truly is a work of heart.  My Mum was a Primary School teacher and to this day whenever she meets her ex students they will come and speak to her, introducing her to their children and grandchildren even though sometimes it's been over 50 years since she taught them.  I love hearing the stories they tell and looking at the black and white photos of her with her classes through the years.

Enjoy your weekend!

Shabneez

Products used:

Echo Park - Teacher's Pet paper pad

Clearly Besotted Stamp Set

Dovecraft Twine

Sizzix Circle Dies

Stix 2 Anything Adhesives

Everything else from my stash