Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenges

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenges the place where any craft project is allowed.

We're a small design team with big inspiration.

On the first Sunday of the month, at 6pm UK time, we will set a new challenge which will close on the 28th of that month at midday. The DT will pick their top three favourites and you could win a prize and join us as a Guest Designer. Winners are posted on the first Sunday in the month (midday usually) before the new challenge - don't forget to come and check if you are a winner.
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Showing posts with label Challenge #22. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Challenge #22. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Challenge #22: Quirky Halloween and Autumn Colors


Little leaves fall softly down
Red and yellow, orange and brown
Whirling, twirling round and round
Falling softly to the ground.

Welcome to our new Quirky Challenge, it is me (Doris), and this time we want to celebrate Autumn and Halloween Colors. All you have to do is a project, any project, using the lovely Autumn and Halloween colors. Easy... isn´t it?
So, let me tell you about our sponsor and prizes.


And we are so thankful for the generous prizes which are:

1st prize of 3 images of choice from the whole of the store
2nd prize Any 3 of the images used by the DT
3rd prize any 2 of the DT´s chosen images

The images kindly supplied to the team by Stitchy Bear designer are:

Stitchy Stamps 

Floppy Latte Designs

Reeces Scrap Pieces

IKEsART

 Digi Blessings 

Any images not used this week will appear in the reminder post next week.

You have until Saturday 31st Oct (spooky) to play along with us, but not midnight on the 31st - midday UK time hahahahahaha!

Guest Designers

Mia used Rich Witch and doesn't she look scary!



Design Team

MONICA


I`m not a Halloween fan, but I love Autumn. It is my favorite color palette. For my make I used this beautiful silhouette "Tending The Vines" design by Floppy Latte and provided by our generous sponsor.
This is my idea for this challenge, I made a frame, because I love it. I used the lovely and cute image Edward & Bella, provided for our sponsor Stitchy Bear.




I made a Halloween treat box using the lovely witch Hang Tite.


Sorry I'm late again, I was away with family for the weekend and busy last week so I didn't get my card made in time.
I used two of IkeSart images merged to make my dungeon scene: Castle Room and Skelly Gossip. To this I added some bat sequins and some Tim Holtz spiders and webs and the sentiment.

To see who won the last challenge see the previous post below this one. You also can click HERE.

Any crafty project is acceptable as usual. Important: BEFORE you link up please add a link to the Quirky Crafts Challenges blog (http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com - the blog not this post) to your post - or you will not be able to enter. When you have done this you can go ahead and add a link to your blog post or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button or link below. If you do not have a blog (or inlinkz will not accept your non blog link) you can email your entry to us via the sidebar link. Good luck!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Sunday, 2 November 2014

Challenge #22, Reminder Quirky Charades (is it a book, film or Song?)



It is a Reminder Time. It´s all about your film, song or preferred book.
And for this time our sponsors and prizes are

First Place will receive 6 images from Paper Pretties

Second Place will receive 3 images from  Limited Runs 

Third Place will receive 1 image from Robin´s Fetish

We have a number of unclaimed badges and prizes from the past two or three challenges, please check to see if you were a winner and contact me.

We want to share with you some Great Inspiration from our Guest Designers and Design Team:

GUEST DESIGNERS



Image and song is Jingle Bells from Limited Runs, Papers used Bearly Mine, added the song by way of MCS programme, added lots of silver glitter around the edge, the bells I printed and then cut out added loads of silver glitter and coloured the bows with Graph It Markers, then added silver mirri card candy and holly leaves.




There is a children´s book called "Narcisa, la gata coqueta". It's about a beautiful cat that always is thinking about her beauty and doesn't take care of real important issues.I did a corner bookmark and I used "PurrtyGirl" stamp from Paper Pretties.

Christine used Parrot Hani from Paper Pretties and this is about Pirates of the Carribean, more details on her blog.

DESIGN TEAM
I think you can work out what my card is about, the song With a little help from my friends by the legendary John Lennon. The image is Pierre and Ernest from Paper Pretties, and as soon as I saw the quote that came with the image, it comes with a few sentiments, I knew I had to use this image and sentiment for my thanks card.



This week's reminder project is inspired by a 70´s Australian TV series "Skippy The Bush Kangaroo".
When I was a little girl I loved that TV series and always made me want a kangaroo for a pet.
This lovely kangaroo is "Kanku" provided by our generous sponsor Paper Pretties.
It is colored with a mix of Spectrum Noir pens and Prismacolor pencils.


Hi people!! This week my project is inspired by the movie  "It's a wonderful life", (1946).

To my project I used Astra, the beautiful digi from our generous sponsor Paper Pretties. I remember  to Clarence angel, George Bailey friend's. Also I make a Vintage Lantern to hope for better times. My project is coloured with acuarelable pencils. 


Lyn 
Will be along later too.

Hello everyone. This week I worked on a card inspired in the amazing The Little Drummer Boy. I used the Drummer Boy Digi from our amazing sponsor:  Limited Runs . I also used some cutting files and, as always I used Spectrum Noir for painting this cute digi. I wish you will have an amazing week!!




To enter the challenge link your project HERE.
Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Sunday, 26 October 2014

Challenge #22, Quirky Charades (is it a book, Film or Song?)

Hello everyone!!  It´s me (Doris) inviting you to our new Challenge Quirky Charades, is it a book, Film or Song. Remember the party game? Just tell us which book, film or song your project is based on and thats it . Easy, don´t you think? Now, to see who won the last challenge click HERE or scroll down to the next post, and let me introduce you our Sponsors and Prizes.

 Our Sponsor and Prizes
First Place will receive 6 images from Paper Pretties

Second Place will receive 3 images from  Limited Runs 

Third Place will receive 1 image from Robin´s Fetish

What do you prefer: a book, a film or a song? Let´s get play together!!

And for some inspiration, next you can find some great ideas from our Guest Designers and of course from our DT.


GUEST DESIGNERS


Little Drummer Boy ( song, and Drummer Boy is the name of the image from Paper Pretties as well), coloured with Graph It Markers, cut out and adhered to card using silicone glue, papers used for the bottom of the card gold metallic with gold embossed stars, Kanban patterned card stock, Aperture cut with oval Spellbinders Scalloped die, Added gold stars and sentiment.


In my house there are many movies and one of my favorites is "Fried Green Tomatoes" I recommend!! I used the stamp "Flower Mug" of Limited Runs.



My daughter loves the movie "Devil wears Prada" It´s a great movie!! And the stamp is from the sponsor Paper Pretties and is called "1960"

Unfortunately Christine is in hospital, but we hope to add her project later, and we all wish her a speedy recovery.

DESIGN TEAM 

My first card is a song - Welcome Home by Peter's and Lee, and I have been singing it all afternoon. I used Welcome from Paper Pretties with a sentiment that is one of several with the image, and perfect for my song!

My second card might be a little late, I have to go hospital visiting and will probably not have time to finish and load it up - so check back later.

Monday - a little later than planned, but I wanted to get this right and it was very late when I finished it last night. This is about Pretty Woman, which is a film and a song, but I don't think it was ever a book. Wouldn't it be great if you can find something that covers all three! The image is from Limited Runs and is called Molly and you can find her on the Girls page of Limited Runs. Details are on my blog.


 

For my first project I used the lovely "Flutterby" provided by our sponsor Paper Pretties. This card is inspired in one of my favorites songs:  Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler. 
This card represents the freedom of an eagle flying high up in the sky.


For my second project I got my inspiration from a pretty sad kids story "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen.
For this project I used "Sitting Pretty" digi provided by our sponsor Limited Runs.

Both projects were colored with a mix on Spectrum Noir pens and Prismacolor pencils.



Hi everyone! For my project I used this cute digi Stamp  Winter Fairy,  provided by our sponsor, Limited Runs Stamps. This card is inpired in one of my favorite story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  
This beautiful girl remember me, the Ghosts of Christmases Past, I love this story, because I love Christmas. My project is colored with acuarelables pencils.
Will be late, is stuck in the middle of nowhere dog sitting of course! Lyn said "I have gone to the dogs".
I'm here!! I'm out of the 'dog house!' Wednesday night....better late than never! 
 
  Here's my card. I've used this cute little Santa from Limited Runs. He was coloured on the compter, (with a tiny dash of Pastle blue Promarker added afterwards. I've printed him on to my own snowy paper, then fixed him over Pink Petticoat Snowflakes paper and some embossed silver card. The Sentiment diecuts are from Crafts Creations. I've added  some Stickles Glitter to his hat and coat. I've also added an die-cut snowflake corner, white sparkly eye-lash wool and the tiny snowflakes he's holding were punched out from the waste of the sentiment diecuts. And my song?? "Let it Snow! Let It Snow! Let it Snow!" of course.
  Doris

For my frist project I made a card using the Heavenly Angel from the  Fairies and Angels set.  It is provided by our sponsor Limited Runs . I inspired me by the the Angel song from Sarah McLachlan. I worked the image with Spectrum Noir Markers and I added some embellishments too. Here is the link, just in case: Angel.

My second project is based on The Lion King movie, which is one of my little one favorites movie. We are always singing and dancing with this song. The image Leonardo Lion from Paper Pretties. In this case what I did was print and cut in a different papers and I used Distress Ink and Spectrum Noir for the details. And this is the link: The Lion Sleeps Tonight !!!


IMPORTANT! Before you link you must:
Add a link to http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.co.uk ( to your entry post, if you do not do this you will have to go back and do it, it is quicker to do it first.

Linking will allow you to continue, and will record your entry, (in some cases it still goes into the moderation queue)!

Then press the button and link to your project post.

Please leave us a comment after you have linked your creation.

If you followed the Quirky Rules you will be considered for the the top three, you could win a prize and be guest designer too - good luck from the team. Please come back and check if you won within 14 days of the challenge close. Good luck



Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Winners: Challenge#22 Make us Laugh!


It's me again, (Lyn) here to tell you who the winners are of our last Challenge, (Make Us Quirky Well Laugh!) and you did! (I'm sure Cazzy fell off Ike's loo!) First, just to keep you in suspenders, we'd love to thank our fabulous Sponsor...
and now....drum roll please....
Winner of Our First Prize
with a $20 voucher from Crackerbox Palace
 is
 Winner Of Our Second Prize
with a $15 voucher from Crackerbox Palace
 
And Winner Of Our Third Prize
with a $10 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

Please note the voucher does not include postage.
Well done everyone! If all three of you would like to contact Cazzy using the email ink on the sidebar, she will arrange for you to collect your prizes and send you a personalised winner's badge! We would love it if you all could join us as Guest Designers - please say you will - let us know when you email about your prize if you can! Don't forget you will be given digi's to work with.
Thank you to everyone who entered. Don't forget to check back later today to find out all about our new challenge.... Is it my turn?? No (phew!) it's Cazzy's turn to set the theme, so see you then! Happy Crafting!
 


Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.