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The Daring Cardmakers Blog features a design team of card-makers from the UK and mainland Europe, whose aim is to inspire others by launching a new challenge every Friday.
Daring Cardmakers
4d ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
1w ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
2w ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
3w ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
1M ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
1M ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
2M ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
2M ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
2M ago
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
Daring Cardmakers
2M ago
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