DCM Friday Challenge

End of Year Dare

This was this weeks Challenge on the DMC Site.

Hi All. Today we have decided to revisit your most favourite dares of 2007. The four top dares, decided by the number of comments you made on them are (in no particular order): 'buttons', 'ribbons', ...'and cut' and 'frames'. We would like you to use this week as many of those dares as you like to make your card in any theme and any style.

I have used both Ribbon and buttons with some hand cutting to make the frame for the topper.
The image I found on google, I then used my 3D cardbuilder2 to make the backing paper, Everything was matted and layered onto Pink and gold card before sticking onto a cream base card

Di Hickman Sketch Challenge 26.12.07

After the Christmas rush I am trying to get back into my craft challenges, and keeping up with my blog postings,

So here is my attempt at this weeks Di Hickman sketch,

The paper is from a scrapbooking pad that I was given during the year, I have also been using it on the box below,

The embellishments are from a tin of K & CO chipboard, tags and words.They have lovely bright funky colours

Exploding box

My first attempt at making an Exploding box
View from the top

Side view, I love this ribbon, It was in a bargain box at Tesco,
The box opened at last, The photos were taken at the evening party after my nieces wedding last July, They are of my Husband and I daughter and two sons

More layers

I have enjoyed making this box, i hope to make a few more in the future.

My brother has his 60th Birthday party in a few weeks, I think it might be a nice idea to take lots of photos on the night and make a box as a reminder

Di Hickman Challenge

This is my go at the Di Hickman Sketch this week.
The papers come from Carol Ann & docraft, The flower was done on a keepsake board.
The tips have tiny seed beads on them.

ATC and Fatpages 1 for 1 swaps

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Title..Hats for Sale











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Title..Blue Gown

Atc to swap

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Title ..Hats in Blue











Going to Lorna( TAZ)

Title..Hats & flowers

more for swaps

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title .. Vintage Car tag









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Title... Lilac Gown








unavalible
Title... Hats in Blue

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Title... Daisy Trio










On its way to Katie B
Title.. sitting pretty








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Title.. Past Dreams

More ATC to Swap

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Title....Lady Bug







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Title .....Lilac & lemon Teabag folding






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Title.. Blue & lemon teabag Folding

Another fatpage Up for swaps

Going to Lorna ( TAZ)

Title.. Lilac dress among the flowers

Fat pages to choose from

Title.. Blue dress And Hats

Title.. Hats and more

DCM Challenge

Daring Cardmakers asked us to make a card but
there MUST be an element of handcutting somewhere.

Lots of hand cutting on this card,
I was busy most of yesterday getting all the bits cut out ready for this card.
I just had to glue it all together this afternoon. It was still a bit wet while getting photographed.

Its one I have made before and was asked to make again for a dear friend to give to her mum for her birthday on Saturday.

It has all my favourite things Decoupage Flowers, Feathers , silver mirri and lots of Purple and lilac card stock.
It was the ideal card for this challenge, I had to rush and get a photo before she took it

Di Hichman Challenge

Follow your Heart
This is the card i have made for this weeks Di Hickman Challenge, All the papers are Anna Griffin designs.
The sentiment comes from a box of chipboard bits that i have had for awhile

This is the sketch that we had to work from this week

I`ve Been Tagged

I`ve been tagged by Anne, There are five questions to answer.
So here goes

1. If you could have 100.00 worth of scrapbook paper or assorted embellishments, which would you choose?
It would have to be the Embellishments, I have lots of Scrabooking papers that i just hate to cut up, ( I tend to look at them and put them back safe) I always seem to print papers from my collections of CDs, Then i can always print some more

2. If you had to choose between using only stamps or rubons, which would you choose?
This would have to be stamps, I think you can get more from a stamp eg change colours, Embosse it, glitter it,Etc.

3. If you knew how to do both awesome cards and layouts but could only do one for a whole year...which would you do?
Love making cards but it would have to be layouts,I would love more time to do scrapbooking, also i get to keep all the lovely layouts that i make, Scrapbooking is a very personal and special way to record all those lovely memories.

4. Would you rather own a scrapbooking store or have your own scrapping room at home...(can't have both he he he)
A store, to play with all the nice goodies, also to be able to have a large stash of crafting stuff away from home.
Plus it would be great to run scrapbooking crops and meet lots of crafting buddies.

5. And last but not least, what is your CURRENT cardmaking or scrapping style.....
My style at the moment is Busy, I like to put as many diffrent papers ,embellishments and layers on as i can. I have to say to myself " Wendy thats enough you will ruin it, less is more".
I think that is why I like the bookatrix board, you can really pull out all the stops with those cards..

I now have to tag five others, this will be hard as most of the bloggers i know have been tagged already.

1 Nicki S

2 Angelcake

Daring Cardmakers Friday Challenge

This weeks Challenge was to use some ribbon on your card, I Enjoyed this one so much I have made Two , I have lots of ribbon and love to use it on most anything
The Card above is a parchment card, I like to use ribbon to attach the parchment paper to my cards, I find glue or double sided tape can some times show through, ribbon gives a nicer effect than using brads to attach the design The second card I have used a brass stencil, I have dry embossed then coloured using chalks.
A corner punch and lemon gingham ribbon to finish( my mum liked this one and has just pinched it for her friends birthday later this week)

Check out my Slide Show!

D Hickman Challenge

This Is my card for this weeks D Hickman Challenge, All the papers and topper are from Carol Anne`s Something for the ladies CD, I have also used some Docraft ribbon.

This is the Sketch that we had to work from this week.

Daring Cardmaker Midweek Challenge

This is my attempt at Daring Cardmakers midweek challenge.
The designs are from Daisy Company, I have shrunk them down using my graphic`s package, Then I decoupage them on to the card, I have also used some Glitter glue around the edges


The Brief was this
It's ages since we gave you a sketch to play with so that's what we've got for you this timeYou can use the sketch any way you like, just as long as we can still see it in there somewhere - so stretch it or shrink it or do whatever else you can to make use of it.

Arty Challenge

I have been a bit busy this week, getting the front room decorated. All finished so I can get back to my challenges , crafting and posting on my blog.

This is my Arty girl challenge, the brief was this.

This weeks challenge is Circles/Dots/Spots ~ Anything goes as long as its round ;) so all you have to do is to incorporate something round on your project.

I have been killing two birds with one stone, as the saying goes and getting some of my Christmas cards done using this challenge.

I have used docraft papers for the background, The toppers are from my Carol Anne Christmas CD

Di Hickman, Wednesday Challenge

This is my card for the Di Hickman challenge, Not sure if I like it so I might make another.
The papers are all from my Carol Ann CDs

Daring Cardmaker, Midweek Challenge

This is my attempt at Daring Cardmakers Midweek Challenge.

The brief was this

We'd like you to use Christmassy words on your card, not just in the sentiment but for this challenge the word should form the main focus of your card .

The papers i used were from docraft,the letters red glitter from a local craft shop, Embelishments I picked up in the January sales from the same shop

Daring Cardmaker Challenge

This is my first attempt at a Daring Cardmaker Challenge.
It was to make a post card and to send it through the post, As it has to be posted i have not 3D any of the images, I have kept them flat in the hope that they will not get knocked off in the post.

I have printed out all the elements, and cut them out to stick down onto the post card.
All the images came from digital scrapbook place, It is one of my favourite scrapbooking sources.
I have put a link on the right.

I did enjoy this challenge and look forward to doing some more

D Hickman Sketch Challenge

This is my first attempt at a D Hickman Sketch Challenge,

All papers and the topper are from.
Joanna Sheens Victorian Christmas CD

These cards are for my brother Mac and Son Kyle.

I have used a Carol Anne Cd for all the decoupage and papers

Slide show

This slide show has some of the ATC and Fatpages that I have made for the Crafters Companion Forum.

Check out my Slide Show!

A birthday card I made for my mother-in-law using the same format as my mothers but using different colours and papers.