DCM - Tagged

This week on DCM it is Rhi's turn to dare everyone.

Hi, its Rhi here his week! Wow! What an amazing response for Lythan's {EM}Boss Dare and the FABULOUS little extra. It's great to see so many inspired cardmakers, thank you to each and every one of you who has joined in and shared your creation.

Now onto this weeks dare...

Everything we buy has packaging, some of it excessive, some of it beautifully designed. Tags, labels, stickers... all sorts of bits and bobs that we can recycle onto cards.I dare you to make a card using a tag, label, sticker or anything else you can find, thats from packaging and would normally end up in the bin. Of course you can ink it, change it, distress it and add anything else you like!

If you're feeling brave, I DOUBLE DARE you to make it a card for a man!

I was lucky with this one as I bought a pair of jeans last week and they had this tag on them and the blue ribbon. I also used basic grey paper, blue card stock, brown ink pad and some brown brads from my stash, oh and a little bit of sewing. No idea who I'm going to send it too!!

Rach

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DCM - You're not the (em)boss of me

I have looked at this challenge blog called Daring Card Makers for a while now and love the idea of it and the cards the team make - very inspiring. I needed to make a card for my fantastic Canadian cousin who is 19 in a couple of weeks so thought that this would be as good as time as any to start joining in. This way his Mum and sister can see the card as they will be here for his birthday. *waves to Lyn & Claire* Can't wait to see you only 1 week to go *jumps up and down with excitement*.

This weeks challenge was set by Lythan.

Hi there playmates, its Lythan here! Doing these dares is such a joy. We all love seeing what you create so much. The way that you have taken up and run with both the Celestial dare and the Midweek extra this week has just been awesome.

As a reward - and as I was so strict last time I set a dare - here is a nice broad theme to get your creative juices flowing.

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Embossing.

Dry embossing with a light box or with a die cutting machine.

Using embossing powders or triple embossing.

Using pre-embossed papers.

Embossing with found items.

Just have fun playing!

And as I can't resist being a little (em)bossy - why not see if you can get more than one emboss technique on your card?

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I used Kaskad acid free card stock, American Crafts ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder, white ink pad, cricut lettering and a hand cut tag. Oh and some staples!

I'm looking forward to the next challenge already!

d is for ...

...david
This is a commissioned card I made for someone called David - obviously!

Ingredients:
C6 Blue Card Blank
Papers - Basic Grey
Blue Card Stock
Quickutz sparkle die cut
Orange Brad from Stash
American Crafts Ribbon
XL408B Peel Off - Black Happy Birthday

Methods:Machine sewing, doodling and inking.

...d i y
This is the wall that Pete built! He got some free wood from work a couple of weeks ago and decided to screen the bamboo off with it. Last Saturday he built a brick wall at the bottom and this weekend he topped it off with a wooden screen. Now it's left up to me to paint it. Taking the t-shirt off wasn't a good idea as he got burnt!!

....drilling
Matt decided he wasn't going to be out done by his Dad so started to build a bird table with the left over wood. Unfortunately starting is where he stopped too!! He managed to cut the wood and then, typical teenager, when we tried to tell him the holes he was drilling weren't big enough and the screws wouldn't go in he did the usual and ignored us. As soon as he couldn't screw the screw in because it was too tight he gave up rather than admit we were right and he was wrong but at least he tried!!

Rach

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Happy Birthday Jim!

Ingredients:

Basic Grey Aged&Confused Vagabond - Corrugated & Gingham Check
Basic Grey Fusion - Chartreuse
Blue Card Stock
C6 Linen Card Blank
Silver Peel Offs - Happy Birthday
Silver Peel Offs - Lowercase Letters
Green Button from Craft Obsessions
Ribbon - Market

Methods:

Inking, Sewing Machine and Hand Cutting.

This is the card I made for my Step Dad's birthday today. The paper that I used on this are very apt (sorry Jim)!

Rach

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KYLE'S BIRTHDAY CARD

This is the birthday card that I made for Kyle this year.

Ingredients:
c5 White Linen Card
Quickutz Football
Ellison Football Boots
Liverpool Pictures from the Internet
Cricut Lettering
Methods: Inking, Machine Sewing, Layering, Chalking.