Hello Cardmakers,  thanks for joining us last week, we loved seeing all the takes on the letter M!  Showers and Flowers It’s Joanne here with this week’s challenge. It seems to have done nothing but rain here in the UK for weeks! That does mean that everything in the garden is doing well so this week I’d like to see you being inspired by showers and/or flowers. Your card might represent rain or use a technique that involves spraying water, it might be floral — extra brownie points if both showers and flowers get a look in! Here's some inspiration from the design t ..read more

 Hello, Happy Friday! A big Thank You to those who joined in with Shabneez's Let's Hear it for the Boys challenge last week - its always good to have a few masculine cards tucked away, isn't it?  Maybe you'll get at least one more made this week too!                     M is for May,                                     ..read more

Happy Friday! It's Shabneez here and I wanted to thank those of you that joined in with the challenge last week.   This week I thought we'd get our thoughts together for some masuline card ideas, especially as Father's Day is coming up! Here are some ideas from the rest of the Design Team: Shabneez  Kathy    Joanne This week's cover:   You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter ..read more

Morning everyone! It's Nat here bringing you a brand-new challenge in time for the weekend! But first, thank you to those of you who played along with our elemental inspiration challenge for May. x This week, I'm shamelessly combining the theme of my challenge with my crafty to-do list.  I recently finally took the plunge and invested in the very popular and creative Postage Collage series from Waffle Flower. Postal-themed supplies have been around for a while and it's always nice to give them a fresh lease of life.  So why not make a card with a postal theme? You can use your own P ..read more

Hello cardmakers,  thank you for joining us in our something old, something new challenge last week, we love seeing what you make.  Joanne here with this week’s challenge. May Elemental Inspiration Challenge It’s the first Friday of another new month so we have an elemental challenge for you — just choose at least three elements from the inspiration picture to kickstart your project. Remember that colour palette counts as one choice! Here’s what the team made of it: Joanne  Kathy    Nat   This week's cover You are invited to the Inlinkz link party ..read more

Hello! Last week’s card cake recipe was yummy. This week let’s combine Something old and something new Use something old and something new on your card. Or maybe old material and a new technique etc. …and if you are in the mood you can add something borrowed and something blue too. Or just make a wedding card ?. Here are some ideas from the design team to inspire you and give you some ideas for your crafting time: Miri  Nat Kathy This week's cover You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter ..read more

Hello!  Happy Friday Thank you so much for joining in with Joanne's Circles challenge last week, we hope you've stopped spinning by now! It's Kathy here today and I promise my challenge isn't as complicated as it seems at first!  Really, its just a list of things I'd like you to use when you make your card. A Cardmaker's Cake Recipe! If you made a cake you would use eggs, sugar, butter and flour My challenge is a twist or 'play on words' of those ingredients; I've just substituted crafty elements for butter, sugar etc. Ingredients Flower(s) the colour Yellow    Glitter or o ..read more

Hello card makers, thank you for joining us in our April inspiration challenge last week!  Joanne here this week and I’d like to see  circles  You might use circles as a design element, frame a focal point with a circle, stamp an object that contains circles (bikes have wheels, clock faces, dream catchers etc). Here’s some circular inspiration from the design team: Miri Joanne   Kathy    Nat Shabneez This week's cover You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter ..read more

Hello Cardmakers Thank you so much for joining in with last week's Easter challenge It’s the first Friday of the new month, and today’s challenge is “elemental” — with a picture to kick start your creativity April Elemental Inspiration Challenge   Rizwana and Shabneez have joined together to host this week and their mood board has hints of Spring and lots of pretty colours.   There's lots of inspiration to be found in there.  Remember just choose at least 3 elements to use when you make your card. Using pink and purple is optional!  Here are some ideas from ..read more

   Hello its Rizwana here wishing you all a very  Happy Easter. On behalf of all our team we would like to thank everyone who took part in the 'Oh so Square' challenge.   This week I would love to see your Easter themed cards. Choose anything celebrating the Easter Season: Easter eggs, bunnies, chicks, daffodils and tulips. Check out all the inspiration from our design team and don't forget to share your creations with us! Rizwana  Kathy      Nat This week's cover: You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter ..read more