WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT CHALLENGE # 5 & DT CALL

Good Morning Everyone

NEW is the year
NEW is the Hopes
NEW is the resolutions
NEW are the spirits
And NEW are the warm wishes just for you
Have a PROMISING and FULFILLING NEW YEAR !!
WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !!

I on behalf of my entire team wishing you all A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. How time flies!! Its seems yesterday only when I started DCAM Challenges, And here we are completing our first TERM. We take the opportunity to say good bye to our previous design team. They have been wonderful and inspiring with their fabulous creativity. Thank you Girls.

Now moving over to the winners announcement. First of all I would like to Thank you all for participating in our challenge . All the entries were beautiful and wonderful and trust me we had a really tough time in deciding the winners as always.

Lets get started ,DRUM ROLLS Please ..

The first set of category "  I am Featured at DCAM Challenges "
here we go in no particular sequence

DEEPTI STEPHENS 

SINDHU

Please to claim you badges, drop us a mail at info@diecutsandmore.com  with subject "featured "

Now moving over to the entries "I made it to TOP 3" of our challenge are 

(in no sequence)

DIVYA RAJASEKAR

ANUJA

VIDYA BHARAT

Please to claim your badges, drop us a mail at info@diecutsandmore.com  with subject "Top 3  ".

And now the WINNER of our challenge #5 " CLEAN AND SIMPLE CARDS  "

ANY GUESSES LADIES ??

JASLEEN

Please to claim your prize and badge , drop us a mail at info@diecutsandmore.com with subject "Winner ".

MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS ALL OF YOU !

Now we are taking a BREAK and will resume back in the month of FEB. 

DT CALL !!

You heard us RIGHT!! Die cuts and more is having a Design team Call. We are looking for enthusiastic crafter's. This call is open for INDIAN Residents only.

REQUIREMENTS -

- An active blogger.

-Able to commit to a term beginning from 1st of February.

- Please mail us Keeping the subject as 

- ' DESIGN TEAM APPLICATION" and send your best three projects at dcamchallenges@gmail.com along with Name ,email address , blog address (link too) and facebook account link.Please so write a small introduction about yourself and why you want to be part of DCAM design team.

PLEASE SEND US THE INFORMATION BY JANUARY 15TH 

We can't wait to see your applications :)

Have a nice day 

Love 

                                                                                                                                                                         

Explosion box and a tutorial

Hello Friends

First of all Merry Christmas to all of you. Hope you all are enjoying. Winters are here and so the Santa Claus. Today I am going to share two tutorials in one post yes you read it right. So lets move on to tutorials without wasting time.

Tutorial one: Explosion box.
Explosion boxes are always lovely and believe me they are pretty easy to make. Take one 12*12 inch cardstock and one 11.5*11.5 inch cardstock. Score both the cardstock at 4 inches on all four sides. Here is the pic.

Cut the four corners and it will look something like a cross.

Now decorate the panels as you like and assemble.

Now for the lid of the box take 7.1*7.1 inch cardstock and score it at 1.5 inch on all four sides. It will look like this.

Make a perpendicular cut on each corner and paste with the glue to the other side. This will form the lid of the box. And decorate the lid with pattern papers, flowers and other embellishments as you wish.

Tutorial Two: How to put popping out butterflies in the explosion box.

As I get frequent request as to share the tutorial on how I put butterflies on the explosion box.

Cut strips of acetate sheet or some stern plastic in the shape shown below.

Now shape them in Z shape. like this.

Now make a cut diagonally on all four corners of the top panel of (yellow in tutorial) explosion box.

Now just inset the Z shaped acetate strips and add a drop of glue at the backend. It will look like this if you turn it's back side

The acetate strips will pop out in this way.

Now stick the butterflies to the top of acetate strips. and assemble your explosion panels. And finally assembled box will look in this manner. All the pattern papers, die cuts and embellishements are from DCAM Store. So visit our store and start shopping for your crafting needs.

Hope these tutorial help you. Do let us know in case you have any queries. And don't forget to enter into our current challenge Here. 

Hugs,

Shilpi

CAS Again! :D

Hello Everyone!
How are you all doing? Enjoying winters? Well its so chilly here up north!
So i am back with some new CAS cards i made as an inspiration for you all!

For my first card i've used some pattern paper from Graphic 45 Secret Garden paperpad from our store, this is a gorgeous paper pad! I just loved the prints! I've used a floral stamp from penny black and coloured it using my water colour pencils and water brush.

Well for my second card i've used some kraft cardstock, layered it with some paper and heat embossed the sentiment using Ranger Seafoam white embossing powder and heat gun. The sentiment is from Fiskars I'm sure all of you have this stamp set its just soo very useful :P I end up using it in every card i make!
 Its a must have! So many good quotes to use in Bithday cards!

I wanted to do something different for my 3rd card so i thought what better than using distress inks! Distress inks are so versatile and our store stocks all the colours! I have created a landscape using different distress inks with some masking and stamping. The bird stamp is by Tim holtz and the sentiments are from Technique Tuesday.

Hope you all like what i made! Dont forget to take part in out current challenge and win some lovely goodies!
Have a fab day!

Hugs
Anchal Sapra 

CAS Expressions !

Hello,

Good Morning folks, hope you doing good . This is Sachi here and i am sharing my CAS cards for the 2nd time.Well i am still intrigued by CAS cards and i have concluded that making a simple card is the most difficult  yet got to say its funn to create these .

When i started this one I hoped i could finish this one fast ,it did went quick but not as quick i thought it would.I have followed a simple design here , hope the look  is not too much or too little and i have managed to get it just right !And i don't really agree that CAS cards cannot have embellies on them , i have tried to highlight the word celebrate by adding sparkle to the flower center , hope it does scream that !

A close up of the doily flower, I have added the superfine silver glitter in the center .

For the 2nd one i have tried to bring out the joy of having an adorable baby girl so here i have used the pram as the focal point . Its handmade using the spellbinders lacy circles, pattern papers and some embellies, since I wanted it to stand out so i have layered it on a white base . To add more detail i have punched the embossed layer with MS hearts confetti punch , hope i havent broken the CAS rules too much here! LOL

And here's a closeup view -

And here 's both the cards together-

 Hope you enjoyed seeing my cards, do let me know if you like them .And Don't forget to participate in our current CHALLENGE # 5 CAS- (Clean and Simple) CARDS .

Thanks for stopping by ,
Love,
Sachi

In Love with Cards

Hello folks


How are you all doing ? I hope you are are enjoying this month challenge and inspirational projects by my fellow DT's . Woww I wonder where do I stand a chance next to these awesome crafters .
I am no pro when it comes to CAS Cards , but somehow I managed to make some CAS Cards and trust me guys I am really enjoying this now . Yeyy I am in Love with CAS Cards .

I have two Clean and Simple cards to share with you all . Sorry guys I manage to make only two!! Its been more then a week now my health is not keeping me up well in shape and like icing on cake have a swollen eye . So please bare with my cards ...  :P

Have a look
Its show time

Good na :P 

Hahahaha I know acting weird .. buts its ok !! I feel proud of myself that I managed to make some really neat and clean cards . 

Lets come over to the details 

For this card I have used the awesome Hero arts stamp set. Simply stamped it with versamark and used silver embossing powder heat set and finally colored with NEON inks from hero arts . Sentiment is also from Hero arts .Lastly decked with some sequins to add some glamour.

Now for this card I have used the scrap pattern paper . I have fussy cut those roses and adhere it on the plain white cardstock . Lastly I have stamped the sentiment and colored the cute little hearts with distress markers and added glossy accents to give dimension .

I hope was able to inspire you all !! Don't forget to participate in the challenge you might get lucky to win some awesome goodies .

Have a nice day 

Love 

Supplies Used 

Guest Designer - Ujjwal Gupta

Good Morning Folks !!

How are you all doing ? Hope you all enjoying this month challenge here at DCAM . Today we have with us one of the most amazing and fabulous crafter  ,and she needs no introduction. She is non other than Ujjwal Gupta !! We all enjoy her creativity and inspiring creations. Welcome to DCAM Ujjwal ........ 

Over to her !

Hello, this is Ujjwal and I am so glad to be guest designing for DCAM Challenges this month, more so because the theme this month is one of my favorites, Clean and Simple (CAS) cards.

I have 3 cards to show you today and I hope you like them :)

Live & Laugh Card

First CAS card today is all about the play of colors. I have used distress inks (Mustard Seed, Barn Door, Tumbled Glass) on white cardstock to add the colors on this card and then a simple Prima bird image and Hero Art sentiment to finish it off.

Thinking of you Card

This card is one of my favorites because of the unique design. I have used a gorgeous flower from one of Penny Black Clear Stamp set and colored it using my Faber Castell Markers. The sentiment is also from the same set.

For You Card

The focal image is the hero of this card. I love this adorable Micia stamp and it is so much fun coloring it in. I love how that tiny bow adds the finishing touch.

I hope you enjoyed looking at the cards today and I have inspired you in some way to play along the challenge at DCAM this month. I can't wait to see what you create.

Happy Crafting!

~Thanks

Ujjwal

First attempt at CAS Cards

Hello fellas. How are you all doing? To day it's my turn to bring you some inspiration. This month challenge is CAS cards. Cas card is not my style. I love heavy embellished cards with lots of flowers, pearls and glitters. So here is my inspiration:

For the first card I have used Kaisercraft stamp set. I have used White embossing powder from our store. 

    

 Here comes second card. I have used different distress inks to stamp the butterflies and added some pearls. I have used Hero arts stamp set.

Here is the last card for today. I have used Kaisercraft stamp set from our DCAM store. 

So hurry up and enter into our current challenge Here.

Take care

Shilpi