Challenge #7 Reminder Let´s all do the Quirky Sketch using Hats

This is our reminder time. Don´t forget to use the sketch or Hats - or both sketch and hats, any kind of hat,cap, bandana, bonnet, beret, just have fun !!!

I want to remind you about our sponsor and prizes:

That Craft Place

Who will be giving our first prize winner this wonderful prize:

Some of the great MDF shapes that That Craft Shop make and sell, these can be frames too!

Wooden letters by Papermania too!

Meljen´s Designs

Second Prize

The following 4 images from Meljen´s Designs as used by the DT

Bunny Cupcake

Little Lady Claire

Little Girl Bear Hugs

Victorian Goth Boy

Third Prize

3 images from Ditzie Designs (part of That Craft Place)

This is the Sketch for you to use, with or without hats. Don't forget you can just use hats if you like.

GUEST DESIGNERS

2 Month Guest Designer
Deborah

Using Meljens Designs Lady Clair, fussy cut the hat (top part) and popped it up. Used stickles to decorate her hat. Also did paper piecing on her dress, and fan.Colored with copics. Paper from Authentique.

DESIGNER TEAM

MYRIAM

Hi everyone!!! I used the image Posh Betty from our sponsor.

 Now I have a beautiful gift bag!!!

DORIS

For my project today, I chose the image Set Sail Steampunk Style by Kelly Rhodes  courtesy of our amazing sponsor The Craft Place Ltd. As you can see, the image includes hats, very unique indeed. I used to finishes Spectrum Noir and Watersoluble Metallic Pencils Derwent. Additionally I used some sentiments and  wood and cardboard embellishments.

MONICA

I really like Steampunk and the beautiful Set Sail Steampunk Style was a real colouring challenge for me. I had a lot of fun making this card and adding all those chains and gears, trying to preserve steampunk typical dark colors. Definitely "The World of imagination is boundless".

KEMLY  

Hi everybody! To this reminder I used the beautiful  digi Posh Betty.

In this card I used a lovely hat also the sketch.

 She looks wonderful with your new puppy with her hat.

Cazzy

This sweet little baby rag doll is by Meljen, and you can't get the digi any longer because the digi shop has closed. I have loosely followed the sketch and added real stitching to go with the image.

To enter the challenge link your project to the challenge post before this one click HERE or scroll down.

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #7 Let´s do the Quirky Sketch with Hats

Hi, it´s me again (Doris), and I want to say you are very welcome to our new challenge. This time, I want to you use the next sketch or you can also use a  Hat (any hat: cap, bandana, bonnet, beret, any kind of hat, and that is all you need to participate - or you can use sketch and hats. Let me to introduce our generous sponsors

That Craft Place

Who will be giving our first prize winner this wonderful prize:

Some of the great MDF shapes that That Craft Shop make and sell, these can be frames too!

Wooden letters by Papermania too!

Meljen´s Designs

Second Prize

The following 4 images from Meljen´s Designs as used by the DT
Bunny Cupcake
Little Lady Claire
Little Girl Bear Hugs
Victorian Goth Boy

Third Prize

3 images from Ditzie Designs (part of That Craft Place)

This is the Sketch for you to use, with or without hats. Don't forget you can just use hats if you like.

And now for your inspiration, I want to invite you see our Guest Designers examples:

2 Month Guest Designer 

DEBORAH

I used Meljens Stamp - Bunny Cupcake, cut her little frosting hat and painted it up & glossed it (glossy accents) and popped it up with pop dots for a little hat affect. 

Our Designer Team

MYRIAM

Hi! For this challenge I used Victorian Goth Boy from our sponsor Meljens Design.

DORIS

Hello eveyone. I decided to make the sketch card, using the Betty Boots from our amazing sponsor That Craft Place.

MONICA

For this sketch challenge, I chose the lovely Little Lady Claire provided by our generous sponsor Meljen's Designs . I try to adapt the sketch to my own style and I`m really pleased with the result. 

KEMLY

Hi everyone! For this sketch challenge I used the beautiful Little girl bear hugs.
of our sponsor Meljen's Designs . It's adorable, I put a very little hat in the bear.
He have a sailor hat, which I think makes it look even sweeter. 
I loved how the bear is wearing his hat.

Cazzy

I used Sugar's Doggies from Ditzie Designs for my card - 50% of the profit goes to the Manchester Dog's home, and coloured her with Koh I Noor pencils. I don't have a hat so I followed the sketch. The paw print ribbons are a Crafty Ribbons exclusive.

To see who won the last challenge see the previous post below this one. 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.

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Challenge #15.- The Quirky Silk Road.- Reminder

Hi Quirky friends!!! It´s Monica here, to remind you about our Quirky Challenge.

The Quirky Silk Road

It´s a challenge where any project is allowed, but Oriental theme. Just show us the treasures and wisdom of Orient cultures: China, Japan, India, Korea, etc..

This challenge is sponsored by:

THAT CRAFT PLACE

SQUIGGLEFLY

THE EAST WIND

The prizes for this challenge are:

1st place everything in this photo (stamps, ribbon, buttons) from That Craft Place

2nd place: 3 images from Squigglefly

3rd place: 2 images from The East Wind

And now the Design Team:

Lyn

Remember last weeks creation? I'd run out of all my ice grey Promarkers and didn't have enough colour to 3D her. Well here she is again, but this time finished! I've 3D-ed her hair (My Promarkers arrived!!) and changed the colour of her book, (here's about five layers in all) and added a little tag, loads of stickles glitter and a few peel-offs, coins and fans, which I really think do make a difference.

My second card will be along in a little while...it's a cute cat!!
And here it is!! (added Tues 29th July)

  This time I used Mewshu Pork cat from Squigglefly  
 I've also added one of their sentiments too.I've 3D-ed the little kitten and added him to papers from a crafting magazine. (Link to freebie download on my blog) The peel-offs look like brads. I fixed them to paper I'd coloured with a matching Promarker colour and used silicone glue to add to the card so they pop out a little.

 
Cindy 

Isn't this little guy adorable?  The background is made of a napkin and the kitty image is called Tuxedo Sleeping Cat by Unky.

 Monica

Once I had promised Unky, The East Wind owner and designer, that I will make one of her lovely digis in a vinyl project. Well, here it is.

For this project I used this stunning digi "Kigsen mon amour Korean hanbok". It wasn`t easy to "weed" (clean vinyl process) because all the lovely digis details. I spend almost 3 hours weeding, but I love how it turned out. It's height is 7 inches and I applied it to a Chinese dish I bought on Costa Rica Chinatown.

For my second project, I made a shaped card using the digi "China characters: Beautiful" provided by our sponsor Squigglefly. To embellish the card I made an origami kimono doll.
You can find a tutorial to make the origami doll here.

Cazzy 

For my first reminder card I used Lucy Loo Fire Dancer from The East Wind. I printed her in two sizes and this was the largest, she is still very intricate to colour and I think she needs to be bigger still!

I coloured her with Promarkers, added a bit of Spica pen to the flames for sparkle then rough cut her out to go on the dark background. The paper is more (other side of red double sided) Papermania, and so are the stickers.

For this masculine birthday card I used Junk Boat from Squigglefly with Chinese Happy Birthday from Squigglefly also. Both are coloured with Promarkers and I added a few waves with a white Prismacolor pencil.

I die cut the Junk Boat after marking the part that came outside the die which I cut around manually afterwards.

Paper is Papermania, and it has a slightly metallic sheen. The sentiment is not straight but the Affixit tape is so instantly permanent that I daren't try and peel it off to straighten it! I added a Chinese coin charm, might be Woodware.

To enter the challenge link your project HERE.

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #15.-The Quirky Silk Road

"The Silk Road is the world's oldest, and most historically important overland trade route. 

For over 2000 years, traders and merchants travelled the deserts of central Asia exchanging goods between the Chinese empire and the rest of the world." 

To get some inspiration, you can watch this video:

It´s my turn -Monica- to set the challenge and I want you to travel the ancient Silk Road and bring projects full of the beauty, colors, textures and sounds of Orient. It´s a challenge where any project is allowed, but Oriental theme. Just show us the treasures and wisdom of Orient cultures: China, Japan, India, Korea, etc...

Our sponsors for this new challenge are:

THAT CRAFT PLACE

SQUIGGLEFLY

THE EAST WIND

The prizes for this challenge are:

1st place:

From That Craft Place

2nd place: 3 images from Squigglefly

3rd place: 2 images from The East Wind

Some beautiful projects from our Guest Designers:

Papersniffer

I paper pieced the digi (Chinese Beautiful from Squigglefly) with patterned papers and added Glossy Accents to the character, then layered up up with various papers, mostly Papermania, but one is a gorgeous, textured one with a glorious shimmer.  The tag and corner elements are also Papermania.  To embellish, I added some black organza ribbon, a bow, black pearls, and a flower that I made with my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals dies.

And now the Design Team:

MONICA

For this fan card I used the stunning "Chinese Dancer" digi from The East Wind and this lovely chinese sentiment "Happy Birthday" from Squigglefly.
I used a lot of red because it represents good fortune and joy in Chinese culture. It is use in Chinese New Year and other holidays and family gatherings.
The Chinese calligraphy for the word "fan" has the same sound as the character of "kindness" or "good". So fans are viewed as good luck charms and expressions of generosity.
I love all the richness behind Orient cultures.

Cazzy 

I love this little Mewshu Pork cat from Squigglefly and thought it went perfectly with the Chinese Thank You also from Squigglefly. I found some Han-ji oriental paper to go with the theme. I added a gold double tassled cord to finish. (Note to self: check which way the card opens before sticking on cat and greeting next time!).

I love this Unky image called Lucy Loo Bookaholic - just look at all that hair, how long it must be! Normally I would keep the sponsors apart but the Chinese Proverb from Squigglefly went so perfectly with this image! Papermania papers, Crafty Ribbons ribbon.

Lyn 

  Here's my card (at last!) Not having my glasses set me back a bit! I've used the Unky image called Lucy Loo Bookaholic too. I was going to 3D her, but every one of my 'Ice Grey' Promarkers has run dry. So, I'll show her as she is for now and with any luck, show her again later with all her other bits added! At the moment the only bit that's been 3D-ed is the book. The papers I used were freebies from Cardmaking & PaperCraft Magazine sometime ago. The punched out Chinese word I think might mean Happiness or Blessings. And I apologise if it's the wrong way round!

Cindy 

- Poor Cindy - she has the flu and managed to send this gorgeous project to Cazzy to put on, before going back to her sick bed. We hope she gets well soon.

 Cindy used the gorgeous Ghetto Fabulous Ashley from The East Wind, and that looks like real silk behind her. The sentiment is from a set called Circle Quotes Set from Squigglefly.

Just look at this fabulous printer tray, what a gorgeous thing to have! Lots of  Chinese ephemera used here.

To see who won the last challenge click HERE or scroll down to the next post.

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