Friday, December 21, 2012

Paper Piecing

Hi, it's Sharon here with our last dare before Christmas.  You'll be pleased to know that this dare could work for Christmas if you need it to!

Firstly, thanks to everyone that joined in with last week's Monkeying Around dare.   Some of those cards were seriously cute!
We are very sad this week because our lovely friend and colleague Rein has decided to step down from the team - this will be her last dare with us. 
 Rein has been such a wonderful and dedicated team member for so long - since way back in the summer of 2008 - and she's very, very rarely missed a challenge.  
Her fabulous, often quirky style has been an inspiration and a joy, and although we are very sad to see her go we wish her well with whatever she does - and we'll be sure to keep up with her crafting journey via her BLOG.  

Good Luck Lovely Rein, 
Thank You for all the inspiration you've given us 
- we will miss you xxx 


So, back to this week - don't forget our Christmas-time draw;
 if you take part in last week's or this week's dare you can be entered into the draw for a fabulous prize from:


 Everyone who enters a card will be entered in our prize draw to win a 

£10 Gift Voucher


The winner will be drawn on the 4th January 2013 - which is the date of our first dare in the New year


As well as entering a card, to qualify for entry to our prize draw you must also add links for 
The Ribbon Reel and the Daring Cardmakers
 in the main body of your blog post

Don't forget to check out The Ribbon Reel shop for those last minute Christmas purchases or something to start off your Crafty New Year!

Right, onto this week's challenge:

Paper Piecing

I'd like to see some paper piecing on your card this week.  You can either stamp an image onto various patterned paper to create a paper pieced image, or you could use die cuts from different papers to create a background or image.

And you've got even longer to take part this time as we'll be taking a break for Christmas.  The next dare will be Friday 4 January.

So Happy Christmas from everyone on the Daring Cardmakers team, and we can't wait to see your creations over the Christmas break.

And to get you started, here's some inspiration from the team:



Nat


Gez

Miri  


Kathy  


Leo
Lythan



Friday, December 14, 2012

Monkeying Around

Thanks to everyone who joined in with our last Colour Combo Challenge of 2012.  We hope you've enjoyed our year of colour because we did - so much in fact that we've decided to do it all again next year!

It's Samm here and well, it's International Monkey Day today, 14th December, so what better way to celebrate than to set a challenge to include some  

Monkeys 

on your cards this week.

We're very happy to announce that we have a fabulous prize from
 Everyone who enters a card for the next two challenges (14th and 21st December) will be entered in our prize draw to win a 

£10 Gift Voucher


The winner will be drawn on the 4th January 2013 - which is the date of our first dare in the New year

As well as entering a card for either, or both of these challenges, to qualify for entry to our prize draw you must also add links for 
The Ribbon Reel and the Daring Cardmakers
 in the main body of your blog post

Don't forget to check out The Ribbon Reel shop for those last minute Christmas purchases or something to start off your Crafty New Year!

So get your fingers inky and sticky and don't forget to link up your wonderful creations so that we can all have a look!

GO BANANAS!

Samm x
Samm


 Kathy  




Leo

Miri   
Rein   

Nat
Lythan


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Friday, December 07, 2012

Colour Challenge December

   Hi Everyone!

It's Gez here this week with our Colour Challenge for December..

First, the Team would like to say a very BIG Thank YOU! to everyone that joined our fun and games dare last week set by Rein.

 As it's the first Friday of a brand NEW month we have a delicious new colour challenge dare just for you!

These are the colours our talented Design Team have been working with to inspire you to join us..
 .. so come along!






Kathy   
Miri  



Rein  
 

 




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Friday, November 30, 2012

Fun and GAMES!


Thanks to all of you that joined with us last week


it's Rein here this week, my dare is called
Fun and Games
I'd like you to make a card which also has a little extra element of fun :
*It could include a game for the recipient to play
*Or you could put moving things on your card such as flapping wings or wheels that really work
*Or it can bee an advent calendar card with doors and windows  to open...

The team have had a lot of fun with this one and we hope our ideas will inspire you to join in - we're looking forward to seeing what you make.

Time to have some fun!

Rein     
Gez   
 

 Samm   
  
Kathy   


Lythan    





Miri  




Jo





Zuzana