Happy Friday, Crafters! It's Nat here today with our new challenge, and to say a big Thank You to those who joined in with Joanne's Around the House challenge last week - that one really made us think, didn't it? As it's the first Friday of the month it's time for the   February 2023 Elemental Inspiration Challenge   You need to pick any 3 elements from the photo for your card - remember colours count as one element.   There are plenty of elements to choose from: hearts, fabric and knit textures, geometric layouts, pastel colours, cups, drinks, socks, landscape scenes ..read more

Hello Cardmakers, thanks for joining us and thank you for sharing your magenta creations with us last week!  It’s Joanne here with this week’s challenge and there are two ways to play  “around the house”.  You can either use a household object as part of your creation (e.g. foil from the kitchen, dry wall tape from the tool box, scrape a design into paint with the prongs of a fork) or use an image of a household object as your focal point (e.g. a TV, a food mixer, a games console). You could do both for extra virtual brownie points if the mood takes you! Here’s some inspira ..read more

 Hello! Happy Friday Thank you for sharing your lovely new stash last week, and some new ways to use older crafting goodies too!   This week your host is me,  Rizwana and I’ve a colour challenge for you  Viva Magenta The Pantone Colour of the year is Viva Magenta. “This rich and exuberant colour promotes joy and optimism.” I’d like you to use lots is magenta, or hints of it when you create your card. There’s lots of inspiration in the natural world. Check out this mood board to see just a little.     We’re looking forward to seeing what you make!  Here ..read more

  Shabneez kicked off the new year with a beautiful inspirational picture last week. And today it’s Miri here to provide you with a new challenge to get a crafty start into the new year.   New Year – New crafty things   Use 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. Here is some inspiration from the design team:   Nat (new ..read more

Happy New Year to you all!   We at the Daring Cardmakers hope you have had a good break over  Christmas and the New Year and enjoyed joining in the prompts  Kathy had provided over December.    January 2023 Elemental Challenge   It's Shabneez here and as it's the first Friday of the month it is an  Elemental Challenge.  Here is the inspiration photo: You need to pick any 3 elements from the photo for your card - colours  count as one element.   There are plenty of choices: wood, spoon, key, patchwork, foliage,  rectangle, layers etc ..read more

 Hello there Crafters! Thank You to those who joined in with our GIFT challenge last week -  We hope you found it fun to use our One Word Prompt   Jolly Crafty Christmas   Its the last week before our Christmas break so this challenge will remain open for your entries until our return on 6th January 2023!    This time the One Word Prompt is   BELIEVE   -Remember it doesn't have to be Christmas themed, and Anything Goes when it comes to sharing your makes Tags, Bags, Cards, Decor, boxes - whatever you want to make We're looking forward to seeing what yo ..read more

 Hello there Crafters! Thank You to those who joined in with our inspiration board challenge last week -  We hope you found it fun to use   Jolly Crafty Christmas   Each week we're giving you a  One Word Prompt  We'll give you just one word as a starting point for your  crafting and the rest is up to you Apart from the December mood-board, there will be a new word each Friday on the run up to Christmas.   This time the word is   GIFT   -Remember it doesn't have to be Christmas themed, and Anything Goes when it comes to sharing your makes Tags ..read more

  Hello there Crafters! Thank You to those who joined in with our SHINE One Word Prompt last week. ir was so lovely to see your beautiful projects   Jolly Crafty Christmas  Just for a few weeks Anything Goes when it comes to sharing your makes Tags, Bags, Cards, Decor, boxes and all kinds of trimmings - we'll give you a picture or a word prompt and the rest is up to you As usual the first challenge of the month is our   Elemental Inspiration Challenge.     For November we've a monotone mood-board with just a few pops of   bright zingy colours Just ..read more

 Hello there Crafters! Thank You to those who joined in with our WHITE challenge last week  -  We hope you found it inspiring   Jolly Crafty Christmas   Each week we're giving you a  One Word Prompt  We'll give you just one word as a starting point for your  crafting and the rest is up to you Apart from the December mood-board, there will be a new word each Friday on the run up to Christmas.   This time the word is SHINE Remember it doesn't have to be Christmas themed, and Anything Goes when it comes to sharing your makes Tags, Bags, Cards, Dec ..read more

Hello there Crafters! Thank You to those who joined in with our HOLLY challenge last week -  We hope you found it interesting   Jolly Crafty Christmas   Each week we're giving you a  One Word Prompt  We'll give you just one word as a starting point for your  crafting and the rest is up to you Apart from the December mood-board, there will be a new word each Friday on the run up to Christmas.   This time the word is WHITE - Remember it doesn't have to be Christmas themed, and Anything Goes when it comes to sharing your makes Tags, Bags, Cards, Decor, boxes ..read more