Daring Cardmakers

Going Dotty!

2009-12-11T10:00:00.010+01:00

Good Morning....its a lovely bright and rather chilly Frosty Friday here in the UK, but hopefully this week's dare will put a little warmth into your day!

But firstly, we'd all like to say thank you to everyone who joined in with Lynda's dare last week, it was absolutely lovely seeing all those Sepia variations. And thank you to Lynda, your first dare was a cracker!!

Onto to this week's dare, set by me (Vanessa) and I thought we'd have a little break from all things Christmassy. So, for one week only over this festive period, we're having a no-Christmas and no-Winter zone! Its polka-dot week! Lets bring some warmth to our cards with polka dots, but I don't mean spots or dots in a variety of sizes, it has to be specifically polka-dots (i.e. a pattern of dots of equal size, equally spaced). However, you can have whatever colour(s) you choose as long as your card doesn't look cold and wintry!!

To set you on your way, scroll down below to see what lovely creations the DT have come up with. Please join in and pop a link to your card in the comments section :-

Lynda

Vicky (aka Dolly)
Kathy
Keryn

Vanessa

Lythan
Rein
Sue

Say it in "Sepia"

2009-12-04T10:00:00.010+01:00

Hi, it's Lynda here this week, I'd like to welcome you all to our first dare for December, and also to my very first dare-setting experience! I do hope you'll enjoy what I've got in store for you.

First, though we'd like to say a big "thank you" to everyone who joined in with us last week and made cards for Jozza's "White Christmas" challenge. Such a fabulous array of beautiful cards we had to admire.

So, on to my dare:

Say it in "Sepia"
I've been sorting through some "Old" family photographs with the intention of Scrapbooking them and I just love the Sepia ones. So I thought it would be nice to see a "Thank You" card made using "sepia" tones. So that's just brown/white or brown/cream depending on your card base colour. . We will all be needing "Thank You" cards after Christmas so that's why I chose that sentiment just to help us all get started.

Here's what the Design Team have come up with to help get you thinking - don't forget to come back and leave us a link so that we can see your cards.

Lynda
Paula
Kathy
Keryn

Vanessa

Rein

Jo

Lythan

Vicky (aka Dolly)

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

2009-11-27T10:00:00.006+01:00

Hello there! It's Jozza here with the new dare. First of all we want to thank everyone who entered Rein's very tricky dare last week. You are all much braver than me (I just couldn't come up with the "J" goods!).
Anyhow on to the new dare which is...

"I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"

I want to see Christmas cards that are mainly white with just a hint of colouring on your embellishments or stamped image. I can't wait to see the cards you all create! For a little inspiration, here is what the DT came up with...

Jozza

Lynda
Paula
Sue
Vicky (aka Dolly)

Kathy

Rein
Jo

Lythan

Initial Thoughts

2009-11-20T10:00:00.003+01:00

Thanks to all of you that joined in with Paula's scraplings dare, we hope you enjoyed trying out something a bit different - and using up that scrap card, of course.

It's Rein (or Rika) here today and my,dare this week is:
"The First Letter"
I'd like you to put things on your card which begin with the first letter of your name.
You can use other things too, but see if you can use at least 3 things that share their initial letter with your own name.

For example my name is Rein so I could use rose, robot, radio, raven...

We're all looking forward to seeing what you make so please come back and let us know where we can see your cards,

have fun!

Paula
Lynda
Vicky (aka Dolly)
Rein
Kathy
Lythan

Vanessa

Jo

Scraplings

2009-11-13T10:00:00.006+01:00

Hello, it's me, Paula, here today to set my very first challenge for the Daring Cardmakers. Before that though we want to say a big Thank You to all who joined in with Jo's Krafty dare last week. It was wonderful to see so many great cards - you are such a clever, creative bunch and we're so happy that you come and play along with us each week.

Now the scary bit!

My first challenge is all about

SCRAPLINGS

Scraplings are little narrow cards made from scrap cardstock. You know how when you make a card from a a piece of A4 or Letter sized cardstock you're left with an off-cut? Well that's the basis of a Scrapling. When folded in half, the Scrapling's card front will measure roughly 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" , though this depends of course on the size of card you were making in the first place!

So, dig out your scraps and make either a card or a gift tag!
The team have been having fun using up their off-cuts this week and have come up with all these ideas to get you thinking.

Please come back and leave us a message saying where we can see your little creations

Have fun

Paula Keryn

Vicky (Dolly)

Lynda
Jozza

Vanessa
Kathy

Jo Rein

Getting Krafty!

2009-11-06T10:00:00.003+01:00

Hi all, it's Jo here to set this week's dare, Thank you to everyone who joined in with Keryn's 'Getting Punchy With It' dare, it has been fab to see so many different punches used on cards and in so many different ways!

Last week saw Janice's last dare with us as Guest Designer - thank you so much for joining us Janice, your cards are amazing!

We welcome this week, our new Guest Designer; Vicky AKA Dolly. Vicky makes the most awesome cards, it is great to have her designing with us and fantastically, she is with us 'til the end of the year!

On to my dare....

I thought that it would be fun to use a product that seems to be 'Bang on Trend' so this week my dare is....

Using Kraft cardstock :) Either as a card base or somewhere on the card - if you don't have any you could use some card board such as corrugated or even a brown kraft envelope...

And that is it! Have fun getting krafty and don't forget to come back and post a link so that we can admire your creations.

Jo

Lynda
Paula Vicky (aka Dolly)
Kathy
Keryn

Lythan

Vanessa
Rein

Getting Punchy With It

2009-10-30T11:00:00.002+01:00

Hi it's Keryn here and before I let you know my dare for this week I'd like to say that it's been great checking out all your favourite crafting things that you used to make your cards for Kathy's 'Favourite Things' Dare last week.

And on to this weeks dare: -

I love punches and use them on almost every card I make. This week I want you to join with me and make a card, any type, any theme but it needs to use your latest craft punch purchase. If you haven't bought any punches for a while or don't own any at all your latest craft purchase will be quite acceptable.

When you've made your card leave us a comment so that we can pop over and see your masterpiece.

Scroll down to see the inspiration provided by the Design Team: -

Keryn

Punch used: - Stampin' Up!® Eyelet Border Punch

Lythan

Punches used : - Martha Stewart butterfly, Fiskars scallop border, Woodware scallop circle

Janice

Lynda

Kathy

Punch used : - Martha Stewart Snowflake

Jozza

Punch used : Martha Stewart "double scallops"

Rein

Jo

Favourite Things

2009-10-23T10:00:00.020+02:00

Hi there

we'd all like to welcome you to the very first dare of our 4th year here on The Daring Cardmakers. Before that though, we must say a huge "Thank You" to all who joined in with Lythan's fab "I Can See Clearly Now" challenge last week.
We saw so many wonderful cards and some very inspiring and inventive uses of acetate and other similar bits and pieces, so thanks again for playing along with us.

It's me (Kathy) here with a challenge this week and as we're still in celebratory mood I thought we should have as much fun as possible and make a card to share and show our most favourite crafting bits and pieces.

"These are a Few of My Favourite Things"

This is a chance to go mad with the papers, embellishments, tools and styles you really love to use.
I'd like you to use at least 5 of your own personal favourite things on your card this week - if you can make it 10 then you can claim our DCM Gold Star - virtual, of course lol.
If you can't bear to give it away when it's full of all those treasured goodies, then make the card for yourself - you can always stick it up on your wall and enjoy seeing it every day!

That's it - any type of card, any occasion, any theme - just enjoy using your favourite stash and have fun.
Don't forget to list those favourites you've used on your blogs and then leave a link so we can see your creations and compare our lists with yours.
Here's what the DT came up with when left to indulge themselves and wallow in their favourite things - head over to our personal blogs to find out more!

Happy Crafting

Keryn

Vanessa
Lynda
Kathy
Rein
Janice Jozza Lythan
Paula

Jo

I Can See Clearly Now....

2009-10-16T10:00:00.001+02:00

It has been fab to see the feast of purple over the last week. Lots of really special cards
And this week is a bit special - no not because I (Lythan) am setting the dare but because it is the last dare of the Daring year. Yes, next Friday will be our official birthday. There may not be big extravaganzas - we are not really like that - but there will be big smiles. Why not have a look at the cards from three years ago and see how we have changed?

This week's dare is
I can see clearly now
and I would love to see something clear on your card. It could be an acetate card, an acetate embellishment, a window cut in the card, clingfilm, OHP sheet, Mirror fragments - anything that shows that your card is clearly one of the best!

Lynda
Janice

Jo

Rein
Kathy
Lythan
Paula

Autumn Purple

2009-10-09T10:00:00.012+02:00

Thank you so much for joining in and sharing your wonderful folding up creations with us for the team dare this last week. It was great to come along and see and be inspired by all the fabulous folding techniques.

This week we're sad to say Goodbye to our lovely Tanya-Leigh, in a way this is good news because it means her own craft business is going so well that something else has got to give - just a shame that it's the DCM - but we wish you well, Tanya-Leigh, it's been fab having you around and we hope your business keeps on growing

This week we're seeing purple! You can blame me (Vanessa) for this one. I'm not a great fan of purple, but after wandering through the streets browsing the shop windows of my new town, I saw lots of purple going on in the fashion displays. So that is your brief for this week! :) Anything goes as long as the predominate colour is purple.

Don't forget to leave your link in the comments section so we can come along and see.

Vanessa
Paula
Lynda
Janice
Rein
Kathy
Ke ryn

Lythan
Jo

We're Folding

2009-10-01T13:55:00.020+02:00

Thank you so much for sharing all those fabulous cards you made for Jo's Tartan It Up! dare.

It was good to see you all rummaging through your crafty stash to find those little bits of tartan ribbon, paper, fabric etc to use on your cards. We know how hard it was!

We have lots of news to share before we announce this week's challenge so here goes.
Please welcome our brand new Guest Designer, Janice, aka Serial Crafter. Janice is a long-time follower of the DCM and one of our most regular contributors so we were thrilled when she agreed to come on board for the month of October. We hope you'll enjoy seeing her lovely cards on here and that you'll be sure to visit her blog to see what else she's been up to.

Just as Rein is getting better after her fall, we have another casualty - we'd like you to join us in wishing our lovely Sue a very speedy recovery from the emergency eye surgery she had earlier this week. Poor Sue has to lie very still for at least a week while everything settles down, so we wish her well and we're sure you do too.

On a happier note we're absolutely delighted to announce that we have two new Teamies! Lynda and Paula are both going to stay on as full-time DCM team members. We think you'll agree that they've both brought a "breath of fresh air" over the last few weeks with their innovation and often quirky styles. Right from the start (we're 3 years old this month btw) DCM has been all about having fun with card-making and hopefully we inspire other card-makers along the way, so we're sure Paula and Lynda will be helping us to continue our tradition of no-pressure, fun card-making into another year. And Finally we get to this weeks challenge!

Folding Up

It's "just what it says on the tin", we'd like to see some folds on your cards this week.
Fold the whole card, fold some paper, fold some ribbon.
Do some origami, teabag folding or just fold over a corner of your paper to reveal the other side.
As long as there's some sort of folding used as a feature of your card then it counts. Any subject, any theme, any reason.

Please come and let us know where we can see the cards you make, we do love visiting your blogs.
Here's what the DT have come up with this week to help get you started

Janice
Paula
Kathy
Lynda
Keryn

Vanessa
Lythan
Rein

Jo

'Tartan it up'

2009-09-25T10:00:00.006+02:00

Thank you for all the beautiful cards that you made fo Tanya Leigh's shabby chic dare, It was fantastic to see all the flowers, lace and buttons!

It's Jo here this week to set the dare, the design team may have groaned a little when I picked the theme, but I don't think that it is too bad :)

I would like you to use some sort of tartan on your cards, fabric, ribbon, paper, even a piece of an old tartan rug(!)etc.

The design team (amongst a few little groans) have, as usual come up with amazing array of cards featuring tartan.

Have a good week and I can't wait to see what you create.

Sue

Kathy
Lynda
Rein
Paula
Lythan
Jo Vanessa

Shabby Chic

2009-09-16T11:30:00.017+02:00

Thanks for all the awesome cards done for our team dare last week, Down by the Sea. It was nice to do a summer card as here in New Zealand it's starting to get warmer now.

This week it's my turn to set a dare (Tanya Leigh) and I am into Shabby Chic at the moment so thought this would be a great dare.
Look through your stash and found all those bits and pieces you can use or even ask your Nana or Grandma for some bits. Old lace, buttons, bling, flowers etc and make a mess and see what you come up with.

Check out what the design team have been up to below, we hope our cards will give you some inspiration to get started on your own.

Please don't forget to come back and let us know where we can see you creations, we do love to see what you've been making.

Keryn Tanya-Leigh

Rein
Lynda
Kathy
Paula Lythan Sue

Down by the Sea

2009-09-10T18:08:00.014+02:00

We were thrilled to see so many fabulous Sunflower cards for Rein's dare last week - it really was a beautiful bouquet - thank you for making the world a sunnier place by sharing them all. We're sure Rein will have been cheered up by them all.

This week we have a team dare for you - this one is from our little list of reserve ideas for when things don't go according to plan - and the plan that went a bit awry this week was Jo still not being around to set this week's challenge - we've just heard that she's back on-line at last, phew! - that was a long absence, Jo, we missed you so much!

Down by the Sea

Anyway, there on the list was "Seaside" and we thought it would be perfect. Over on this side of the world we're coming to the end of the Summer, and on Keryn's side they'll soon be dusting off their buckets, spades and sun-hats.

Of course we don't just enjoy being by the sea in the Summer, it doesn't matter what the season is, the seaside is a great place to be, so this week we'd love you to make cards with any sort of seaside theme.

Let your creativity go wild and have some fun by the sea with us, then come back and let us know where we can see your cards. Here's what the team have been making this week

Lynda

Kathy

Paula
Sue
Tanya-Leigh
Lythan
Jo

A Sunflower Bouquet

2009-09-03T13:55:00.017+02:00

Before we announce this week's new dare, we'd first like to thank you all for sharing your fabulous "Inchies" with us. It was astonishing to see just how many ways there are to use those tiny squares on our cards - gave us all something to think about!

This week we'd like to introduce our newest Guest Designer, Lynda to you.
Lynda is a regular Darer and her cards are fantastic so we're thrilled that she's agreed to join us for a while and it made our day when she said: "DCM was the first challenge I ever entered and you all gave me the confidence to do a little more."
Welcome to the Team, Lynda!

We're very happy to say that we still have Paula with us too - you can't have too much of a good thing and we're sure you're going to enjoy seeing more of her gorgeous cards on here.

So, this week it's Rein's turn to set the dare and the theme is simple and straightforward;

SUNFLOWERS

We love their happy, sunny appearance, somehow seeing them never fails to cheer, does it? So we'd like to see lots and lots of glorious, cheerful sunflowers on your cards.
Poor Rein has had a nasty fall and is very sore and bruised, so hopefully a great big bouquet of sunflowers will cheer her up and bring a smile back to her face.

Here's what the design team have made this week to try and inspire you to feature sunflowers on your work this week Please join in, and once you've made your card, come back and let us know where we can see it.

Have fun

Lynda
Kathy
Sue
Paula

Rein
Lythan

Give them an Inchie!

2009-08-25T10:01:00.021+02:00

Thanks to everyone who played along with Keryn’s Anniversary dare last week.

Once again you didn’t disappoint us with your beautiful creations and we’ve all had fun, blog hopping to see them all.
Sadly, this week will be Anne-Kristine's last creation for us, we hope you've gained as much inspiration from her fabulous cards as we have. Thank you Anne-Kristine for sharing your special brand of creativity with us these last few weeks.
The good news is that the Lovely Paula has agreed to stay with us for another month (woowoo) which means we get the whole of September to enjoy seeing lots more of her wonderful work. We'll also be introducing a brand new Guest Designer next week....

This week it’s my turn (Sue) to dare you and I was having a bit of trouble finding a challenge that would stretch the imagination and get those creative juices flowing. The idea for Inchies came to me when I was chatting to a friend about people taking liberties and she uttered the old saying, “give them an inch and they take a mile”……..Ahh. Inchies I thought!! "Inchies" are 1 inch (or 2.5cm) squares of card, inked, painted, papered and decorated in any way you like, they are often made to a theme then swapped with others in a group rather like ATCs are.

So my dare this week is to make inchies and put just five of them on your card.
There’s no set theme, colour or shape, I’m just intrigued to see how many different ways you can arrange the five tiny squares.

When you’re done, link your cards in the usual way so we can all come see your creations.

If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration, the design team have come up with some great arrangements on their cards as you will see when you scroll down but I’ll let you into a little secret, even they were complaining that it was difficult this week.

So off to your craft desks with you, I can’t wait to see all your cards!!

Have Fun
Sue
x

Anne-Kristine

Paula

Lythan

Sue Kathy
Rein

The Anniversary Waltz

2009-08-20T18:18:00.017+02:00

Thanks everyone for joining in with Kathy's LACE dare last week. It was fun seeing all the different interpretations you've used for the word lace.

Hi it's Keryn here and it's my turn to set the dare this week. As I'm completely involved in the planning and preparation for my 2nd Anniversary, Hostess Appreciation party as a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator the dare that came to mind was Anniversaries. Wedding Anniversaries are what automatically comes to mind but you could make cards to celebrate any special occassion in your life or someone else's life.

As always we love to see your creations. Leave us a comment on this post telling us where to find your Anniversary work of art.

Keep scrolling down to see the inspiration that the design team have provided for us this week.

Rein
Paula
Anne-Kristine
Kathy
Sue Jozza

Keryn Tanya-Leigh

Lacy Days of Summer

2009-08-13T11:45:00.024+02:00

Thanks to all those brave souls who rose to the challenge and entered a card for our "Flip-Flop, or Swing" dare last week.
What a fab array of cards, we loved seeing them and we hope you enjoyed trying something a little different as much as we did.

This week it's me, Kathy, here to set the dare and I think you'll find it a little easier than that one was - though of course if you're still in the "Swing" of swing and flip cards you could always make another one and incorporate this new challenge into it!

My challenge consists of just one word really and that word is;

LACE

You're free to interpret "Lace" in whatever way you like; you could use the actual word on your card, stamp or cut a lacy design or maybe use one of these dictionary definitions to inspire you:
1. a net-like ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges.
3. ornamental cord or braid, esp. of gold or silver, used to decorate uniforms, hats, etc.
4. a small amount of alcoholic liquor or other substance added to food or drink.

Please come back and let us know where we can see your cards as we love to see your creations, and please don't forget to give The Daring Cardmakers a mention on you blog!
Here's what the Design Team have been making this week

Paula
Anne-Kristine
Kathy
Sue
Jozza

Keryn Lythan
Rein
Tanya-Leigh

Flip-Flop, or Swing!

2009-08-05T20:08:00.013+02:00

Thank you for sharing all your wonderfully Bejewelled Creations with us last week - all those lovely Sparklers looked fantastic and we really enjoyed visiting your blogs to see then.

Now, this week it should be Jo's turn to set the challenge, but disaster struck and a power surge knocked out both of their computers - what a nightmare. Hopefully she'll be using the time to think up some cunning dares to bamboozle us with and will be back here where she belongs really soon. For now though, Sue has stepped into the breach and come up with a little card-making task for us.

"I would like you to make a 'Flip Flop' card........, no, not the sort of flip-flop that you wear on your feet but a card where the centre flips over to reveal an image or sentiment on the other side."

We're not so mean as to leave you without some help, so here are some links where you'll find templates and ideas to get you started
There's a template on the Stampington site HERE
And some template with different shaped centres on Time for Crafting.
Or maybe you'll like THIS great video on You Tube that uses your Cuttlebug and Nestabilities.

Last week we said a fond farewell to our lovely July Guest Designer Gail. It was great to have her working with us and we really enjoyed seeing her cards on the DCM blog - Thank you, Gail.

This month we have not just one, but two Guests on the Design Team and they both create absolutely stunning works of art. What a Sizzling Summer (well for us on this side of the world, anyway!) Special Treat for August - you're going to love these girls!

From Norway we'd like to welcome Anne-Kristine and from the UK please say "hello" to Paula
Click on their names to visit their blogs - and be prepared to see some wonderful crafting!

Please let us know where we can see your Flip-Flop, aka Swing card by coming back and leaving a message

Here are what the Design Team have been making this week

Anne-Kristine
Kathy
Sue

Rein

Paula

Bejewelled Bliss

2009-07-31T10:00:00.004+02:00

Well what a lot of wonderful On the Edge cards you have all linked this week. It has been great to see your creativity at work. It is a much more productive use of time than my (Lythan's) little addiction - Bejewelled Blitz on Facebook. Each game only lasts a minute. But it is amazing how many minutes I use up. I think I get mesmerized by all the twinkling gems and bright shiny lights within it. So I decided that this weeks theme would encourage me to spend those minutes card making instead. Help me out won't you?

Bejewelled Bliss

In honour of my addiction to the Bejewelled Blitz game
I would like to see cards with lots of bling and sparkle!

Guest Designer Gail
Kathy
Sue Lythan
Keryn

Rein Tanya-Leigh

On the Edge

2009-07-21T00:21:00.018+02:00

Hello Again Fellow Daring Cardmakers!

Your Fairy cards were fabulous last week - we really enjoyed seeing them all, what a magical array of Fairy-Folk we saw as we wandered through your blogs. Thank you so much for joining in.

This week we have a dare called:

On The Edge

We'd love to see you making use of all sorts of border treatments; scallops, trims, pleats, or anything else which makes the edges of your papers and cards look special. You could use Border Punches, Die Cutters, Lace, Fancy Trims and that's just for starters - let your imagination live right on the edge this week - or maybe even go right over the edge! Here's what the DT have made this week to start you thinking

Have fun!

Keryn Sue
Kathy
Rein
Tanya
Vanessa

Lythan

Away with the Fairies

2009-07-16T08:11:00.018+02:00

Thank you to all those who joined in with Rein's Russian themed dare last week - now that was a real Challenge, wasn't it - and we were delighted that so many people rose to it and made such wonderful cards. Well done - you can all award yourselves a gold star!

This week should have been Tanya's turn to set the dare, but she's been unwell for the last few weeks and unable to do much crafting, so we're rescheduling for when she feels better. Instead we've got a Guest Designer Special for you. Our current GD Gail suggested this one - so you can blame her if it fills you with horror, or applaud her if it fills you with joy! lol Our new dare is
Away with the Fairies
and we'd like to see lots and lots of them on your cards this week

Here are what the Design Team came up with, just to get you started on your journey into FairyLand.
Please come back and let us know where we can see your own magical creations.

Kathy

Gail

Tracie (Bondgirl)
Sue

Vanessa

Lythan

Jo

Russian

2009-07-10T10:00:00.003+02:00

Thanks to all of you, that joined in with Vanessa's blue and green dare - what wonderful cards we've seen.

It's Rein here this week and as our Russian girl Irina is here staying with us again my dare is put a matryoshka or another typical Russian element like dress, architecture, or... ..... on your card.

Here's what the Design Team came up with this week to help inspire you

We're looking forward to seeing your cards now, so please come back and let us know where we can see them

Rein

Kathy
Sue
Gail
Lythan
Jo

Vanessa

Blue and Green...Should Never Be Seen!

2009-07-03T10:00:00.014+02:00

Hi everyone, its Vanessa here setting this week’s dare.

Firstly, we’d like to thank everyone who joined in with Sue’s fantastic PostPals dare. We’ve really enjoyed coming along to see your work, but most of all, they’ll bring so many smiles to so many children. Postpals is ongoing and you can join in to send a card anytime.

Another month has arrived and we’d like to say a huge thank you to Pascale for being our fabulous Guest Designer for June, we’ve just loved Pascale’s wonderfully fabulous cards. We’d also like to introduce you to our new Guest Designer for July – the wonderfully talented Gail (scrap-n-card queen).

Finally, onto this week’s dare, and as you will tell from the title...I want you to use blue and green on your cards – they must be the predominant colours, and as the old saying goes...they should never be seen together!! But we all know how they can work beautifully together – so show us what you can do!!

Check out the fabulous cards from the DT :-

Jo

Gail Lythan Vanessa Keryn Sue Kathy Rein

Make A Child Smile

2009-06-24T11:20:00.020+02:00

Hi all, it’s Sue here and I’m going to set you a ‘very special’ dare this week.

But before I do, we would all like to thank everyone who joined in with Lythan’s ‘Missing You’ dare last week. As always your cards have been a great inspiration to us and we really do enjoy looking at them all, so thank you for joining in with us.

Now on to this weeks ‘Special’ dare and it’s actually very simple really.

All I want you to do is make a card with sick children in mind.
It's best to avoid ‘Get Well’ cards and just aim to make something that is cheery and will bring a smile to a sick child’s face.

Now I can hear you saying….so, what make this such a ‘special’ dare?

Well, it’s special because this week we are very proud to be linking up with Post Pals, an organisation that was set up to create smiles for children who suffer from life threatening and long term illnesses.

As part of the dare, and the most important part at that, I would like you to actually post your card to one of the children listed on the Post Pals web site.
It’s very simple to do, just visit their Home Page where you’ll see they have some ‘featured’ children at the top of the page and to the Left in the side bar there’s a whole data base of children and their stories.

Just follow the five easy steps to send your card.

So there you have it……
I dare you to make a cheery card for a sick child and send it to one of the children featured on Post Pals to brighten their day.

Also, please can I ask you to make sure that any embellishments you use on your card are firmly secured? We need to prevent the chance of any accidents where small items might be swallowed if they come loose.

Naturally, we know that many of you Daring Cardmakers aren’t actually in the UK but we still want you to join in, so please feel free to send your card to similar charity in your own country.

When your card is made, don’t forget to leave us a link on the comments.
We look forward to seeing your creation and hearing about where and to who they were sent to.

Thanks for joining us this week and bringing a smile to a sick child.

Sue
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Kathy
Pascale Brad (Guest Designer)
Sue Lythan Rein Vanessa
Jo