Daring Cardmakers - If The Shoe Fits...

This week, my mom and I made a 40th birthday card for a friend. Daring Cardmakers' challenge was: 'If The Shoe Fits'. Quite an interesting challenge, but plenty of fun!

Here is my card:






















I used beautiful paper from our local craft shop - we literally walked in and found exactly what we wanted! Our friend loves black and white!
















It is a very fancy card!

















As our friend is turning 40, I made a big '40' on silver card stock, which I mounted on black. The black circle I glittered, to make it stand out a bit. The pop-outs I put them on also helped to 'lift' it from the page!


















I used my silver gems for the corners.






















I used a Victorian style boot, and used black eyelets for the holes and ribbon for the shoelaces. My mom then tied a bow at the top! I also glittered the boot!






















I also wanted to show you some of the mini cards I made this week. We have friends from Knynsa coming to stay with us for a night on Thursday, and it is the lady's birthday, so I made her a card . We have another friend there, and my mom wanted to send her a card too, so she will receive her card via our friends, as they also know her!

















The birthday card

















The card for my mom's friend

















I also made a card for my friend Hannah, who is the daughter of the family visiting

I made them out of scrap pieces of card stock, and handmade paper which our friends from England gave to me. They also gave me the little embellishments, which I put in the middle of the card!

I love the cardmaking time with my mom on a Tuesday! We have so much fun!

Blessings,
Kelly-Anne

Daring Cardmakers - A Diamond For April, And Simon Says Challenge - A Card For A Child

I took part in two challenges this week, because my friend and I did card making together the whole day yesterday!!! We did Daring Cardmakers and Simon Says Challenge.






















Here is my card














The 2 cupcake rectangles open up, so I can write a birthday poem or message!

I will write more about our fun time together very soon!

Have a great weekend!

Blessings,
Kelly-Anne

Daring Cardmakers - 'How Egg-Citing'

I did another Daring Cardmakers! This week's challenge was 'How Egg-Citing'.

















It is an Easter card











I used the paper 'Lucy Bird' by 'Imaginisce'.

















My mom scalloped the edges of the dark pink oval with special scissors - I wasn't brave enough!

I used different ribbons for the egg, as well as rik rak and beads threaded on cotton.
















I used four shiny pink buttons for the corners of the card.

I try and use something different or something 3-d on every card I make, so that I never get bored. For this card, I used the beaded strings and the glittered buttons.

















So that is my creation using the theme 'How Egg-Citing'!

Blessings,
Kelly-Anne

Daring Cardmakers - 'Tweetie Pie'

The other day my mom was surfing the web for patterns for felt food she is making Gabrielle for her third birthday. She saw a card making blog on the list of search results, and decided to look at it. It was much like 'Friday Sketchers Challenge', that I have participated in before. It is called Daring Cardmakers.

My mom showed it to me the next morning, and I decided to try it out. I had so much fun, that I have decided to participate in this card making challenge each week instead of 'Friday Sketchers'.

I will sometimes do a Friday Sketchers, when I have extra card making time, but most of the time I will do this one.

Every week, Daring Cardmakers posts a challenge, for instance, they once had a challenge where they told you had to use something from your kitchen on your card, the one 'Design Team' lady used a real teabag in a teacup she had made out of card stock.

You are free to design absolutely any card, the only condition being that you incorporate that one criteria. I love to see how others have interpreted the criteria in such different and unique ways.

This week's challenge was 'Tweetie Pie', so your card had to have a bird somewhere on it.

Here is my card using birds:

















It is an anniversary card.

















I found the bird template off Stampin Inspirations, a lovely card-making blog. I glittered the birdie's wing.

















I used three little hearts that I bought from the craft shop at Canal Walk.

















I tied raffia around the card and tied a bow. I then printed out a label that says 'Happy Anniversary'

















I used an eyelet for the birdies eyes.

















My mom then drew little legs on the two birds.

And that is my card.

I enjoyed making this card so much! Daring Cardmakers is great fun!

Have a good week!

Blessings,
Kelly-Anne