Shhhhh ..... a peel off card .....

..... but it was Sue's fault, she made me do it - she made us all do it. I hope she's not trying to take over the crafty world with them ..... lol!!!





Challenge 1 and the Friday night challenge from Bex's Forum.

Tearing Purple Holes for Christmas

Another Friday already, the year is just zooming by don't ya think.

I'm having serious withdrawl symptoms this week, as we have been having internet problems ..... ISP's just didn't seem to get how serious it is for us crafters to be able to get online ANYTIME we want .... grrrrr!!!

This weekend will see another DCM wedding.

Wayne will be making an honest woman of Tracie - our very own Bondgirl.

Wishing you both the best for your wedding tomorrow, and your lives together are filled with lots of love and joy.

After my haircut this week - I was booking my next couple of appointments, when the hairdresser said two haircuts until Christmas ...... 8o hehehehehe!!

Which leads nicely to this weeks team dare.

We have the fabby Paula Pixie joining us as our latest Guest Designer.

Paula has been with the blog right from the start, and as it's coming up for the DCM first birthday, she is a perfect choice.

Well, the time has come for our first Christmas card dare of 2007.

But as loads of you have already shown some fab Christmas cards on your blogs, we thought we'd make things a little more Daring, interesting, tricky or downright mean - depending on your point of view!

So, we'd like you to make and show a Christmas card which incorporates the following:

Some Paper Tearing
The colour Purple
AND
It has to have at least one hole somewhere in the design!

......BUT by "hole" we don't just mean the sort of hole you poke a brad through, or the holes you make for/with stitching - or even the hole you make to put an eyelet in - although you can use all those techniques too if you want.

We want you to be a bit/lot more inventive and creative than that, and we think you'll be able to come up with some wonderful ideas for making cards to fit this recipe.

**DCWV Card & Christmas Stack PP**
**CuttleBug Snowman Die**
**CuttleBug Frame Embossing Folder**



**DCWV Christmas Stack PP**
**Sizzlits Chrismas Crown Die**
This was also done for one of the new challenges over on Bex's Forum.

Remember to leave a comment on the Daring Card Makers Blog so we can hot-tail it over to see your creations.

We do visit every Blog and try to leave as many comments as possible. There are just so many that we can't all leave a comment - we hope you understand.

You can still join in the fun if you don't have a Blog, just send a Photo/scan to the team at;

daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

and your creation will be added to our Gallery for all to see.

I'll leave you with this little gem from one of the Design Team ......

"if I put Baby Jesus on my card, will that be "Holey" enough?"

Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! :D

Any idea who said it ..... ?

Trio of Welsh Barbers .......

...... cryptic or what ...... this had us all scratching our heads, until Lythan finally put us out of our misery.

Here's what she has to say about this weeks dare.

As a reward for all the brain power that went into the Little Extra this week, this is a simple one, from simple Lythan.

With a cryptic clue.

Which, as I discovered to my embarrassment, when I laid it on the team, is only really possible to understand if you live in the UK. And even better, are Welsh.

So... a trio of Welsh Barbers means that on your card you need to have 3 die cuts!

(Dai is a common Welsh nickname for David and as there are a lot of Dai's around they are known by their jobs so a Welsh barber would be known as Dai Cuts. I'll get my coat.)

Here are Lythan's "simple" rules:

If you don't have access to die cuts in any shape or from, you can still play along. You can then use punches. And if you don't have punches then you can do hand cutting.

See how nice I am?

BUT no cheating now! No reaching for the scissors if you have a machine to hand - or even some old die cuts you bought ages ago (that would be me then!) You CAN use punches and scissors etc as well as die cuts though. See, very nice!!

**CuttleBug House Die**
**CuttleBug Flowers Die**
**CuttleBug Embossing Folder**
**7 Gypsies 5th Avenue PP**

Remember to leave a comment on the DCM Blog so we can hot-tail it over to see your creations.

We do visit every Blog and try to leave as many comments as possible. There are just so many that we can't all leave a comment - we hope you understand.

You can still join in the fun if you don't have a Blog, just send a Photo/scan to the team at;

daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

and your creation will be added to our Gallery for all to see.

Pick a letter Ms Jones .....

...... oh this was soooooo hard, it took me ages to get this card done, needless to say it was Kathy who came up this evil - erm I mean fun idea .... ;D

This time the challenge is to pick one letter and see how many things you can use on your card that begin with that letter.

Now then, you can't choose "P" and just have pink paper, pink brads, pink ink, pink ribbon - oh no no no, that's not the way it works!

You could however, use A pink card blank, paper, petals, plasma, a monogram P, something Purple, a Flower Pot...

Or how about B?
brads, buttons, birthday, banana (well, you never know..) blue, black, brown, blooms, buckles, bows

Or S
spots, stripes, string, sandals, Stickles, sunshine, stars, snow

So I'll have a B please Bob.

I've used a card Blank, a Butterfly, Blue, Brown, Blooms, Button, Beads, Brad, embossed Bubbles.

Felt free zone .....

The latest two challenges over at Bex's. Use a slide mount and some felt (but not flowers) and low and behold the only felt I have are some felt flowers that I got in SA kit. I didn't even do the Daring Card Makers felt dare, it's just something I've never used. I used them anyway, even if they don't count for the challenge. Papers used in the LO are the latest SA Kit.

Sunny Monday.

Another lovely sunny day on the east coast of Scotland today. We've had such a bad summer - weather wise - but as soon as the schools go back out comes the sun. So I've been enjoying the weather in my Studio, with the door wide open into the garden.






I got some exciting news yesterday .... my sister and her family are coming up for a long weekend on Thursday. I can't wait. I last saw them when we spent a few days with them in Aldershot, on our trip to London at Easter.

It's just wrong-wrong-wrong....

..... making Christmas cards when it so sunny and nice outside ..... it just felt soooo wrong. I didn't know where to start, but the fab CuttleBug embossing folders are so great you don't have to do much with them.

We went for a lovely walk along the beach this morning - it was quite early and loads of people were already lying on the beach in the sun - even though it was a lovely day, it is still very windy - but I guest thats Scottish folk for you, one ray of sun and the tops are off ..... lol!!!!





How cute is this photo ... ?

This is me and my Sis Jennie down in Blackpool in 1981. She doesn't remember it, but I do, we had the best time. My Mum had us dressed in colour coordinated outfits - she was sick that way .... lol. Love Jennies little bugs bunny face ..... :)

Both of these are for the latest of Bex's challenges.

Son-Shine.

The latest two Challenges from Bex's.


Love this photo of Jack. It sums him up perfectly. He really is a Jack the Lad.

Carry-on-Corrugating

..... this is another 6x12 for the new Bex challenge, to use corrugated card. I'm really loving this size LO, it's so much easier than the huge 12x12'

This is a photo I took of Jack at Matt & Rhi's wedding last week.

Buttons, Buttons everywhere .....

Can you believe it's almost the weekend again, and that can only mean one thing - it's time for this weeks dare, which is set by Keryn.

This week we have Rein joining us as our guest designer, and how lucky are we that Sylvie is also staying for another week.

I know you've all got buttons stashed away somewhere, whether they've been purchased at a cardmaking store or you thriftily snipped them off DH's old shirt.

I'd like you to find those buttons and use them somewhere on a card. They can be real buttons, craft shop buttons, die cut buttons, faux buttons or another type of button, surprise us all.

*DoodleBug Flowers*
*Various Primas*
*Handmade Fimo Buttons*
*CuttleBug Circle Die*


*My Minds Eye PP from SA kit*
*Sizzix Primitive Star Yellow Die*
*American Craft Ribbon*

I've really enjoyed checking out your 'Frilly' cards for Jo's dare last week, so remember to leave a comment on the DCM Blog so we can hot-tail it over to see your creations.

We do visit every Blog and try to leave as many comments as possible. There are just so many that we can't all leave a comment - we hope you understand.

You can still join in the fun if you don't have a Blog, just send a Photo/scan to the team at;

daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

and your creation will be added to our Gallery for all to see.

Blogger Award.

The wonderful Sarah has nominated me for a Thinking Blogger Award, Sarah your so kind, your lovely comments have me tearing up, also many thanks for your lovely emails of support.

It's great to know that people enjoy visiting my Blog to see what mischief I've been upto.

You can checkout the original post here.

I nominate - the lovelyDolly Nic and Kathy,and when they return home from their travels/honeymoon; Lythan and Rhi

Thank You ladies for being my inspiration and support over the past months.

Mini Album

The latest challenge over on Bex's forum, is to use numbers. This has spurred me on to make a start to my mini Book of Me. I have been planning one for a while, but never seem to get to it.

I've used my new Basic Grey PP.

Label LO

Another of Bex's challenges for me today. Use a clothes label. I'm a big fan of Nexts BoyFit jeans, and they always have funky tags.

Dot & Dash

Oh I've really enjoyed checking out all the Frilly cards for Jo's dare.

Keep up the great work. There is still plenty of time to have a go, if you've not already.

If you have then you'll be needing a little mid week fun to keep us going until Fridays dare.

We're looking for Dots & Dashes. Spots and Stripes, nice and easy.


Bits&Bobz;
*7 Gypsies 5th Avenue PP*
*CuttleBug Embossing Folder & Flowers Dies*
*Stampin Up Stamps*

Just leave a comment on DCM blog and we will hot-tail it over to see your creations.

We do visit every Blog and try to leave as many comments as possible. There are just so many that we can't all leave a comment - we hope you understand.

You can still join in the fun if you don't have a Blog, just send a Photo/scan to the team at;

daringcardmakers@hotmail.co.uk

and your creation will be added to our Gallery for all to see.

Wedding Day.

As most of you know my lovely friend and fellow DCM team mate, Rhi got married on Saturday to Matt.

It truly was a magical day, and a perfect couple they make.

So a huge Thank You to Rhi and Matt for inviting us to help them celebrate their marriage, and also to Matt's parents for welcoming us into their beautiful home.

Here are some photo's I took on the day.