Morning all!
One of my goals this year is to use older and often retired sets in my rather sizable craft collection to create projects for this year’s challenges for the Daring Cardmakers blog.
So there is no better time to start than the first elemental inspiration challenge of the year!
Here’s the image we’re working with:
January is often a strange month for crafting. It’s still cold and gloomy, so I often feel like it’s a good time to get an early start on my Christmas cards, and well, winter cards are a good alternative too!
The elements that inspired me are the mug of hot chocolate, the cable texture, and the pop of red/pink.
Stamps: Neat & Tangled – Winter Wishes (r), WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa (r)
Dies: Concord & 9th – Christmas Cloche, WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa (r), The Greetery – PreText Banners, The Greetery – Ribbon Maker Large Scallops, WPlus9 – Snowflake Trio (r)
Embossing folder: XCut – Cable Knit Pattern (r)
I started out by stamping the hot chocolate and cookie elements from the WPlus9 Cookies & Cocoa set – including some white heat embossing on the red mugs.
I knew I had a cable knit embossing folder somewhere, and after spritzing the aqua cardstock with water, I ran it through my Big Shot to get a really deep impression.
Once I’d arranged the elements on the background to my card, I picked an appropriate sentiment from the All Is Calm set and stamped it on a PreText banner strip.
The card was still lacking some details, so I dug about in my bowl of die-cuts left to use up after last year’s Christmas crafting and picked out the Ribbon Maker Scallop border.
Then I just added a small bow (from the Christmas Cloche set) and some glittery snowflakes to balance things out.
Make sure you check out the rest of the design team projects here, and play along if you can!
Until next time, happy crafting!
 Neat & Tangled – Winter Wishes stamps (r) Shop at: MISC |
 WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa stamps (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Concord & 9th – Christmas Cloche dies Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 WPlus9 – Cookies & Cocoa dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 The Greetery – PreText Banners dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 The Greetery – Ribbon Maker Large Scallops die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 WPlus9 – Snowflake Trio dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 XCut – Cable Knit Pattern embossing folder (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Lawn Fawn – Doe ink pad Shop at: SHC (UK) |
 The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Bubblegum ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Cherry Kisses ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market – Tropic Teal ink pad Shop at: MISC |
 Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SHC (UK) |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC |
 Memory Box – Delicate Pastel glitter pad Shop at: MISC |
 Hero Arts – White embossing powder Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Bearly Art – Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC |
 Waffle Flower – 6.5 x 8.5 Grip Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Crafter’s Companion – Gemini machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
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