Christmas in July - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

Well the boys have both finished school now.  My youngest finished at Primary School and will join his brother at Secondary School in September.

The Daring Cardmakers is encouraging you to get ahead with your festive cardmaking by making and sharing your Christmas cards in July.

I love slimline cards and used a paper pad and decoupage to create this card.  I love mixing collections up.

I must admit I am one who makes other people their Christmas cards early but I am always late with my own ones! What about you?

You can see lots more inspiration by my fellow team members HERE.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Katy Sue Designs Die Cut Decoupage

Kanban Crafts Winter Wonderland Paper Pad

Everything else from my stash

Bloom & Grow - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

We are two thirds of the way through our month of fasting and it's been bliss having no school runs.  Both boys are back to school next week though but it'll be Eid soon after.

Bloom and grow is the theme for this week's Daring Cardmaker's challenge and Dawn wants to know what we intend to plant in our gardens.  This was hard as I tend to plant bulbs and don't remember what I plant so it's a bit of a surprise!  Therefore, I have a variety of flowers on my card.

I made a double frame card using frames and floral decoupage from Katy Sue Designs which is on Create & Craft on Monday 17 April.

This is the front of the card which I opted to keep simple as the frame would be open on display.  I added space on the back for a message.

You can see lots more from inspiration from the Design Team HERE.

See you again soon,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Katy Sue Designs Floral Box Frames

Katy Sue Designs Floral Decoupage

Katy Sue Design A Kaleidoscope of Die Cut Butterflies

Everything else from my stash

May Elemental Challenge - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy May!

Today is a very special day as my eldest son comes back after a week away with his class on a PGL (Parents Get Lost) trip.  He couldn't contain is excitement at the prospect of a week away with his friends doing lots of outdoor activities.  Thankfully the weather has stayed dry for the most part - I hope!  I'll have his favourite dinner ready and I can't wait to give him a big hug - I do love him and have missed him more than he'll ever know!!!

As it's the first Friday in May, it's an Elemental Challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers.  It's a bit of a fairy and butterfly themed one which ties in so well with the Dovecraft FairyTales collection that I've used on my creation.

I've made an easel card using one of the elements from the decoupage pack as a topper.  Fussy cut butterflies finish it off and I've added glitter glue to give the butterflies extra sprakle.

This is the board that I've chosen and you need to pick 3 elements from it for your creation - colour counts as one.  You can see lots more inspiration HERE and I hope that you'll join in.

I will have more of the Fairytale collection together with other new Trimcraft collections during May and June at free demos that I'm doing at The Range Stores.  My calendar for May is as follows:

Sunday 5 May - The Range Aylesbury

Sunday 12 May - The Range Luton

Sunday 19 May - The Range Romford

Sunday 26 May - The Range St Albans

Have a lovely weekend,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Dovecraft Fairytales Collection

Everything else from my stash

A Sporting Chance - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

The Summer holidays have begun my end but not before a very memorable event to end the term.  My eldest's class held an Afternoon Tea for all the class parents and it really was an extremely well organised event.  The children went shopping for the ingredients, made sandwiches and served everyone with such big smiles.  It was truly wonderful.

Over on the Daring Cardmakers Kathy has set the challenge this week and what with the football and tennis being prevalent at the moment she's asked for a sport on our cards.  There are some brilliant cards on the blog HERE by my fellow DT members.

I decided to use this opportunity to make a card for a very good friend of my son's who is a competitive swimmer.  His birthday is coming up next month so I feel really good as I'm ahead of myself!

I've used a Hunkydory Kit that I bought with the recipient in mind.  It's decoupage although you can't tell so well from the photo although I did try!  I added card candi and the number 10.

Right, I am now off to visit my Aunt.  Boys love spending time there too and it'll be a break from the norm for me too.

Hope you'll join in with the challenge this week and have a great weekend!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Hunkydory Decoupage Kit

Card Candi

Dovecraft Number Dies

Everything else from my stash