Sunday 2 September 2007

DCM Challenge - 3 Dai's

This weeks Daring Card Makers came from Lythan:

As a reward for all the brain power that went into the Little Extra this week, this is a simple one. From simple LythanWith a cryptic clue.Which, as I discovered to my embarrassment, when I laid it on the team, is only really possible to understand if you live in the UK. And even better, are Welsh.So... a trio of Welsh Barbers means that on your card you need to have 3 die cuts!( Dai is a common Welsh nickname for David and as there are a lot of Dai's around they are known by their jobs so a Welsh barber would be known as Dai Cuts. I'll get my coat.)


Here are a couple of cards I came up with.
This is for my Dad's birthday this week. The 3 dies are Sizzix Circles (red die), Cuttlebug Red Tag Sale letters and Cuttlebug Concentric Stars. The papers are digi freebies from the fabulous Kirsty Wiseman. The letters were cut from mountboard, painted with acrylic and then sanded.

Now for my second effort:


Dies: Cuttlebug Red Tag Sale (again) also cut from mountboard, coloured with ink and then covered with glossy accents; Cuttlebug flower and quickutz photo anchors. Papers are Basic Grey.

Thanks for looking, the photos are a bit pants as:
1) It's been dark and grey all day here so light is pants
2) I've got a new camera which I am wrestling with :)

Off now to wrestle with the camera a bit more!

Ruthie

9 comments:

Kathy said...

Love your cards Ruthi - especially the one for your dad - really like all the details on that one and the way you've used the big star looks fab.

Good luck with the camera

Paula J Atkinson said...

Fabulous cards, I love the very lasdt one with the BG.

Gillian said...

Hi Ruthie, What GORGEOUS cards!
oh I do love the DAD one, it's scrummy the colours work wonderfully together!

Sharon (glitterangel) said...

Fabulous cards!

Louly said...

Oh Ruth, they are both gorgeous!

stamp and scrape said...

The way you have used that star is very original - almost camaflaged.
Ros

Deb said...

Great cards, I especially love the colours on the Dad card.

Lynne said...

Great cards Ruthie - love the BG papers, but the Dad card is amazing. Thanks for joining in the fun.

Anice said...

Love the acid green colours on your Dads card. Kirsty Wiseman is a fab designer..one of my favourites.