All in a Day's Work....

Good Friday today, but still Daring Cardmakers Day, and although it's a National Holiday and most people are off work but Rein's challenge this week is use the workplace as our inspiration for making cards. 

She asked us to make a card perfect for a cook, gardener, lawyer, teacher etc for her dare:

"Professionally Speaking"

Here is my Hairdresser card:

I used a free clipart image to make my hair stylist template then cut all the bits using my Craft Robo.

I used:

Bazzill card in various colours, Bo Bunny "Crush" papers (6x6 pad), Shiny and mat silver card, Small Prima flowers, Spellbinders Large Scallop circles die, Promarkers I've just realised that I meant to add some glitzy bling around the mirror and a silver buckle for her belt, but as you can se, I forgot!

I seem to be making a habit of needing at least two attempts at getting a DCM card done - this week was no exception as a couple of days ago I started making a chef card using a fab template from an old set of Crafty Templates (March 09).  I made up the chef, but managed to get my inky fingers all over his "whites" so had to cut them all again - this time I carefully did the inking and left the bits overnight to dry. My other problem was that I hadn't a clue what to do with him once I'd made him - I couldn't think what sort of background to make.  Anyway in the meantime our lovely Zuzana shared her card with us and it is the the most cute and fab chef card AND she'd obviously planned the whole thing properly, unlike me!

So I made the hairdresser instead.

I did decide to finish the chef card though as all the bits were sitting there on my desk.  I'd found this Websters Pages sheet which was in one of the Christmas 6x6 packs while hunting for a background idea and when I found the quote "Don't mess with the Chef's buns" on a website I thought they'd all go together quite nicely.

I used:

Chef Template from Crafty Templates March 09 set, 
Cakes paper; Websters Pages, Red Paper: Basic Grey, Cakes cut with Craft Robo, 
Bazzill card, Black Enamel Accents for hair and buttons, Stickles; Fruit Punch, Sentiment; pc generated, Black Sharpies pen for doodling

There are some fab ideas for occupation themed cards on the Daring Cardmakers Blog this week, and we hope you'll feel inspired to join in with us.  It's also the last week of our DT call and all completed applications need to be with us by next Thursday (see blog for more info).

Right, it's a lovely sunny day and hubby is chuntering in my ear about how best to use it - it's hard to write while that's happening so if any bits don't make sense it's not my fault!

Hope it's just as lovely where you are.  Wishing you a wonderful, peaceful Easter-time

Other challenges:
Cupcake Layers
Charisma Make Us Laugh ( these cartoon images amuse me)
Cooking it up with Katie Pink Flowery Lady