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Friday, January 27, 2023
Around the House
Friday, January 20, 2023
Viva Magenta
Pantone's Colour of the year is
Viva Magenta.
joy and optimism.
This moodboard has lots of magenta ideas to inspire you.
when you create your card this week
I found this really hard!
Apparently Magenta doesn't really exist - or it's got such a complicated make-up that no-one can really give a definitive answer to what it actually is!
'Tufted' embossing folder from Spellbinders
Silver thread sewn through the card
Random flat-backed pearls glued on the crossovers
HAPPY letters; Altenew alphabet die set
Birthday die by Creative Expressions
Rose from an old Craft Box
Pearl strands from stash
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Friday, January 13, 2023
New crafty things
New Year – New crafty thingsUse a piece of your craft supplies (stamp, tool, stencil…) that you have never used before!Give it a new chance or a beautiful beginning in the new year.Maybe you even got some supplies for Christmas? Or, like in my case, the weeks before Christmas were just too busy to try out your new things.
Friday, January 06, 2023
DCM January Inspiration Challenge
It's Shabneez here and as it's the first Friday of the month it is anElemental Challenge. Here is the inspiration photo:You need to pick any 3 elements from the photo for your card - colourscount as one element.There are plenty of choices: wood, spoon, key, patchwork, foliage,rectangle, layers etc.You can see lots of inspiration from the Design Team below and welook forward to seeing your creations!
Friday, September 30, 2022
Be HAPPY
It's Shabneez here and I would like to thank those of you that joined in with our challenge last week. I've chosen an easy one this week:
Happiness is so important to us all and I'd like to see the word 'HAPPY' on your card. It could be for a birthday, anniversary or anything that makes you happy!
There
comes a point when I have to stop making excuses and start making
Christmas cards! I never like making them until after my birthday, but
that was a couple of weeks ago, and even if I do have a rotten cold
which seems to be hanging around for ever I still need to bite the
bullet and make a start on the Cword cards
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Friday, September 02, 2022
September's Elemental Inspiration challenge

I chose some printed Kraft paper plus some corrugated card to cut the rectangles for the background. The piece of corrugated card still had a little bit the brown paper upper layer stuck to it, but I liked how it looked so left it there.
To echo the crosses on the shoelaces I used some thread down the side and made a couple of cross stitches too
For the circles I used my Tonic nested circles set with some white and deep blue Bazzil card
The flowers are made using a craft punch and the leaves are die cut
I've not added a sentiment yet as I'm not sure what it will be, or where it will go either! Maybe on the circles, or perhaps under the corrugated rectangle
30 Candles
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Long Things!
Monday is a Bank Holiday here in the UK so that means it’s a long weekend. Use the idea of “long” to make your card. It might be the card shape (long and thin), an image of something long (dachshund dogs! soft drinks!), something representing a long journey or a long time (a map, a bird that migrates…), anything you can think of inspired by the idea of “long”!
Here is where you can see the Design Team: inspiration
I decided to make graduated zig zag fold card and used new baby dies from CraftStashUK along with some beautiful, but old SEI papers (does SEI even exist any-more?)
It did take longer to put together than I anticipated, and as I currently have a bad back sitting for any length of time is an issue didn't help! There's a lot of die cutting involved as I wanted to add extra layers of different colours it took flipping ages to do - timing cutting between OH's work calls adds to the time scale.
Anyway, getting the card made was
only part of my troubles this week. Turns out this card is just
impossible to get a decent photo of. I took loads, both with my little
studio set up, and with my phone and they were all rubbish. This
morning I called in OH to help and even he struggled to get something
half-way acceptable.
So I've decided to just post a whole bunch of pics, the best of a bad lot and hope you get the idea - its better in real life, I promise!
Friday, August 12, 2022
Keep Your Cool
Keep Your Cool
It's been pretty hot so far this Summer - even here in the UK!
So let's see your favourite ways to keep cool when the temperatures soar features on your cards this week.
A dip in the sea, putting your feet in a bucket of water,A snooze in a hammock in the shade (I wish!)Sunhats and parasolsIce cream and ice lolliesA slice of juicy water melona long cold drink...
Here is where you can see the Design Team: inspiration