DCM - Bejewelled Bliss & Happy Birthday Jane

This card serves two purposes today. Lythan has dared us to celebrate her 'Bejewelled Blitz' addiction by making a card with lots and lots of bling. I've used Dazzling Diamonds and Rhinestone brads. And tonight I'm going out with the family to celebrate by SIL Jane's birthday so this card is for her.

To see the other cards by the design team and join in with the dare click here to go to the Daring Cardmakers blog.

The glitter is stuck over the 'Fresh Cuts' image using a slightly larger piece of JAC, double sided adhesive, paper.

- Stamp image on whisper white cardstock cut JAC paper slightly larger than your image and stick over the image. With my JAC paper after taking over the bottom layer of paper I could see the image so knew where to place it.

- Trim around the JAC paper and image on your trimmer before you take the protective cover off.

- Take off protective cover and sprinkle over the dazzling diamonds.

My family have been telling me all day that I have glitter on my face.

BTW Bejewelled Blitz is a game available on Facebook.

DCM: - Blue and Green....

....should never be seen the old saying goes. But don't they work beautifully on cards.


Thanks so much to Gillian and Cathryn for their advice on this card at Craft at Keryn's this morning.


This card started by me finding a tutorial on Splitcoast stampers using 'Stampin' Spots' on gloss card. But would you believe it I have no stampin' Spots. I've used instead some Versacolour cubes from my pre 'SU' days. Versacolour cubes are pigment ink rather than dye ink so I got a far more smudgy background than I intended. But I like it.

Most Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Organic Grace & Best Yet

Paper - White Gloss Card and Brocade Blue Cardstock

Ink - Black Stazon and Versacolour Green and Imperial Blue, Artnic Evergreen

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Designer Label Punch, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, 2 Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds.

Click here to visit the Daring Cardmakers blog to see the cards made by the design team and find out how to join in yourself.

This card will also be Donna's birthday card. We are going out for dinner tonight to celebrate Donna's birthday.

Daring Card Makers - Mum

Tanya has dared us to make a card for our Mum's for Mother's Day. If you're not coming up to Mother's Day where you live, any card is find as long as it says Mum on it somewhere. Click on this link to go to the DCM blog and play along.



Here's my card using some of the gorgeous Designer Series Paper that Stampin' Up!® has on special at the moment.

Instead of using chipboard and covering it with paper, as I could have doen as I have some now but didn't think of it, I stamped the letters in Versamark and embossed them with clear embossing powder and cut them out. The flower was cut out of the paper first and then covered in Versamark and embossed to give it some shine.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!® unless noted otherwise: -

- Stamp Set - Big Deal

- Paper - Basic Black and Kiwi Kiss Cardstock, Urban Oasis DSP

- Ink - Versamark, Basic Grey, Black Stampin' Write Journaller

- Punch - 1/2" Circle

- Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Xyron Adhesive, Sponge Daubers, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,

DCM - Old MacDonald has a Farm

It's Vanessa's turn to set the dare this week and she wants us to use farm animals on our cards.

I borrowed the punch art sheep from tin liz's card on the Splitcoast Stampers gallery.

Supplies used from Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Fresh Cuts

Cardstock - Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink - Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Brocade Blue, So Saffron Classic Ink Pads, Whisper White craft ink

Punches - Scallop Circle, five petal flower, word window

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen

Non S.U. Cloud Template.

To see cards from the design team on contributors click here.