It's all about me!

This week's DCM dare has been chosen by the very talented Asia;

This week it's Asia here and I would like you to make a card for... yourself! Use your special papers (the ones that you stash away for Queen's birthday and you know you won't use them anyway, because they're too pretty), your favourite stamps and embellishments. Make a card that will stay with you and write inside something that has a meaning to you, that gives you power and energy. Make a card, that you've never got.

I don't seem to have much time to make cards for fun at the moment so this was a brilliant dare - I teamed it with Laura's final sketch over at 2sketches4you. I will be sad to see 2sketches go - Kazan and Laura have been so inspiring and when I have had time have loved to create using their sketches - I thought that it would be fun to join in one last time.

I made this;



using BG Curio papers and chip stickers
Ribbon Girl Baker's twine, seam binding, sticky tape (their tape is so sticky and fab for ruffled ribbon) and button
paper flowers
vintage manuscript
OA rub on
hand stitching and inking.

You can see all the other gorgeous cards that the DCM DT have made here.

TFL!

The Anniversary Waltz

Yesterday was Mum's birthday and the boys made her cards.

Josh's clean and simple design;


Jared's portrait design (luckily I think I have another skein of thread on that colour!)


and my card, based on Kazan's fabulous sketch #63 over at 2sketches4you;



I used;
Crate Paper Girl Paperie & vintage sheet music papers
Prima Marketing letters and pearls
Ribbon Girl ribbon and twine
EK Success butterfly punch
Paper flowers
Hand stitching and inking.

and this week's Daring Cardmaker's dare is a team dare celebrating our 4th Anniversary;

As you know, October is our Anniversary month - we're 4 years old in a couple of dares time so it's definitely time to celebrate. So our theme for this week's challenge is:

Welcome to the Dance

We'd like you to take Dance and Dancing as your inspiration and do some fancy footwork on your cards this week. We can't wait to see how you shimmy along with this one. Be it Ballet, Street-dance, Flamenco or Tango, the (dance) floor is yours

I used the title of the dare and made this;

and I used

Digital sheet music purchased online
Bazzill cardstock
Vintage papers
Tim Holtz birdcage and on the edge sizzix dies
Echo Park stickers
Ribbon Girl ribbon
Pebbles Inc. rub on
Kaiserkraft letter stickers

TFL - Don't to check out the gorgeous anniversary and dance inspired cards that the other DT members have made here.

Merry Christmas

A little early to start with the festive wishes but it's never too early to make festive cards!

This is my take on Laura's fabulous sketch over at 2Sketches4you



I used;
Basic Grey Jovial papers and stickers,
Bazzill Kraft cardstock,
Paper flowers
Spotty button, button twine and bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl
Hand stitching,
Inking.

TFL!

White Orange and Black

The Ribbon Girl blog has a brilliant colour challenge to create a card using black orange and white as the main focus of the card and there is a fantastic prize too;



You need to upload your entry before midnight (UK time) on Oct 3 using the Inlinkz button on the Ribbon girl blog. The winner will be randomly selected and you can find all the details here.

I used this week's sketch from 2sketches4you and 'made' my own flowers by colouring with promarkers for this week's challenge at Passion for Promarkers

and I used;
Ribbon, spotty button and twine from the Ribbon Girl
Bazzill cardstock
2peas Beef Broccoli font
Paper flowers
Promarkers
Tim Holtz scallop on the edge die
Basic Grey button
Doodlebug and Papermania brads
Tigerfrogg image

TFL!

The Beano and Christmas too!

2 more cards;

An all occasion manly card;



This one is very loosely based on last week's 2sketches4you sketch and I used;
Beano playing card
Kraft cardstock
The Girl Paperie papers
An old dictionary
and ribbon, twine* and buttons from the Ribbon Girl

* I soaked the striped twine in tea to mute the white colour to match the card.

and a Christmas card;



Which I made with;

Kraft paper
Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly paper
Hambly rub ons
papermania gems and pearls
and spotty button, ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Girl

Penguins - 2sketches4you

Thursday was Dad's birthday so I made this card for him;



I based the card on Kazan's wonderful sketch and used;

Dovecraft papers
Sizzix frame dies
Hero Arts digi penguins from 2peas
Papermania sentiment
The Ribbon Girl buttons and twine
Felt
Hand stitching and inking

TFL!

Smile

Kazan has provided this wonderful sketch over at 2sketches4you this week;



I made this;



and I used;

Bazzill cardstock
Crate Paper and OA papers
Vintage label and book paper from stash
Sizzix Tim Holtz bird and cage die
Paper and ribbon flowers
My Little Shoebox sentiment
Doodlebug and Papermania brads
Prima Marketing pearls
Pom Pom is from Abakhan
Hand Stitching and inking

Happy 2nd Anniversary 2Sketches4You!

TFL!

A little birthday card...

Laura over at 2sketches4you designed this fabulous sketch this week;



I made this birthday card based on the sketch;



I used;
Papermania papers, brads and letters
Flowers are handmade spiral tissue paper and from Wild Orchid Crafts
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Jilibean soup journaling circle

...and a vintage love tag.

Inspired by this week's challenge to make a romantic vintage tag at Tag, You're It

I made this;



Using;

Crate Paper and Papermania papers
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima Marketing
Postcard from The Graphics Fairy
Basic Grey button
Ikea string
MM and Doodlebug letters

How fab was the ending to A2A last night? Friday nights will not be the same without Gene. I just hope that the end to Lost in the wee small hours of Monday morning is as good!

Loving the Pacman google doodle too this weekend.

TFL!

Congratulations

A congratulations card made using Laura's gorgeous sketch this week over at 2sketches4you;





I used;
OA and Papermania papers
OA stickers
Abakhan lace
Ribbon and paper roses
Melissa France rub on
Basic Grey and Papermill pearls
Hand stitching and inking

Really excited this week as my butterfly easel card made it onto the featured project of the day at 2peas!

TFL!

Die Cut Crazy

Keryn's dare this week is to use die cuts...

It's Keryn here this week and I've been lucky enough to get my hands on a 'Big Shot' die cut machine and I'm loving it. I want any excuse I can find to make cards, well anything really using die cuts. This week I want you to play with me. Dig out your dies and your die cut machine. Cut shapes of any size and theme you please and use at least one on your card for this week.

Combined with this week's sketch at 2sketches4you,


I made this;



I used;
October Afternoon papers and sticker
Sizzix flower die
Coredinations and Bazzill cardstock
Anita's Paint
Melissa Frances rub on
Handstitching

TFL!

Flying High - Kazan's Sketch 50

I inverted Kazan's fantastic sketch this week from 2sketches4u and made this;



October Afternoon Fly a Kite papers and clouds stickers
Bazzill cardstock
Paper pieced kite (I used an October Afternoon sticker as a template)
Prima Marketing pearls
Jenni Bowlin letter stickers
Martha Stewart border punch

TFL!

Football Crazy

Josh had a football themed birthday table at his birthday party last month. Once all of the plates were cleaned away, I upcycled the paper table cloth to make thank you cards for each of his guests;

(my dodgy picture taking is wonky, not the cards!)

and a card made using the image from a left over paper napkin, I used Laura's brilliant sketch 49 over at 2sketches4you;



I made the card with;
MME papers,
American Crafts letters
2Peas Airplanes font
Soccer ribbon from The Craftz Boutique
Bazzill brad and cardstock
Prima Marketing pearl
Hand stitching and inking

TFL!

Winter Memories - 2Sketches4You 40

I made this card using Laura's fabulous sketch over at 2Sketches4you;



I used;
Vintage Manuscript overlaid with holly tissue paper from Tesco (!)
Tesco ribbon
Basic Grey button and brads
October Afternoon paper
Bazzill card
Trim from Aberkan
Doodlebug gems
Hand cut tree
Hand Stitching and Inking

TFL!

Laura's sketch 37

Another Hallowe'en card I made using Laura's sketch over at 2sketches4you;


Papermania and Doodlebug paper, Tigerfrogg image, stitching, inking and Papermania gems;

and one using last week's sketch;

Image is from The Graphics Fairy 7Gypsies, Vintage papers, Doodlebug ribbon, My Little Shoebox letters, stitching and inking.

TFL :)

Laura's Sketch 36 and a toot!

A birthday card made using Laura's fabulous sketch over at 2Sketches4you;



Which I made using October Afternoon, vintage bookprint and manuscript, Papermania, Bazzill ribbon, and Doodlebug cardstock

and, I was so excited to see that one of my cards;

was chosen as a winner for the Papercrafts blog World Cardmaking day challenge, and my monkey card was chosen as a winner on the Moxie Fab blog :D

2Sketches4You Top 5 card

I am so proud to have made the Top 5 in the Ultimate Card Showdown at 2Sketches4You (still can't quite believe it!) It has been a fantastic competition, there have been so many awesome and inspirational cards and it has been loads of fun!

Laura designed the brilliant sketch for the final 5;



and for my final card, I made this;



I used; KI Memories and MM papers, a cardboard box, East of India Ribbon, Jolees and Prima flowers and leaves, MME rub on, Notepaper, Basic Grey pearls, (lots of) punches, inking and handstitching.

Thank you for looking and thank you Laura, Kazan and all the judges for an amazing competition!

Top 10 2Sketches4you card

Wow! to my greatest surprise, I made the top ten in the Ultimate card showdown over at 2Sketches4you All of the other girl's cards were absolutely amazing - if you haven't checked them out, you can here

Kazan created a brilliant sketch for the top 10 this week;


and after (a lot) of hard thinking, created this;




I used; Scenic Route and MM papers, a vintage map page, vintage lace, MM flowers, Papermania and Doodlebug brads, Basic Grey buttons, circle punches, hand stitching, inking, felt, dressmakers pins, Melissa Frances sentiment.

Thank you for looking and thank you Kazan and Laura and the panel of judges, this really has been a fun contest and the amount of talent is just awesome!

Top 20 Sketch card

I really couldn't believe that I made it to the next round in 2sketches4you's Ultimate Card showdown, It is such an honour to be chosen as there are amazing designers participating.

This is the fantastic sketch by Laura that we had to work from this week;

and here is my card;

I used; October Afternoon papers, an old cardboard box, hand stitching, Poppicrafts ribbon, Creative Impressions photo hanger, Bazzill brad, inking, note paper and a Martha Stewart punch.

TFL :)

Top 30 sketch card...

Kazan set a fantastic special sketch this week for the top 30 finalists over at 2sketches4you;



and here is my take on it;

October Afternoon papers, Image from FairyDavis, Poppicraft blooms, Melissa Frances rub on, Bazzill brads, Papermania gems and eyelet, Basic Grey buttons, Ikea string, Bo Bunny ribbon, Paper doily, Inking and hand stitching.

I am still completely amazed that one of my cards was chosento join the top 30, thank you Kazan and Laura and all the judges!

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

My card for 2 Sketches 4 You this week using Laura's sketch 27, they are offering some amazing blog candy in their ultimate card showdown competition, pop on over and check them out!

Bo Bunny and October Afternoon papers, October Afternoon journalling card, paper string, MME ribbon and rub on sentiment, Prima and Cuttlebug flowers, Doodlebug brads, Basic Grey Button, ribbon, felt, eyelets.

and a couple more that I made for previous fantastic sketches but didn't get around to blogging;