Welcome toQuirky Crafts Challengesthe 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.
Congratulations to all of you,
please contact Cazzy (using the email link or the contact form if the
link doesn't work) so that I can send your personalised winner's badges
and get your prizes on the way to you.
We would love you all to be guest
designers in our next challenge, if you would like to, please tell Cazzy
if you can - or a later challenge!
Again, thank you to everyone who entered, and don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!
Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
SWEET PEA STAMPS Here for the last time, because Sweet Pea Stamps are closing down on 25th Nov, and we would like to thank them for sponsoring us this year and providing us with gorgeous images to use.
I am using a Sweet Pea Stamps Digi called “Coni Fong’s Buttercup.”
The digi is colored with Copics. The feathers are by Creatology. The background is embossed with a Darice Embossing Folder called Woodgrain. I thought it looked like a feather design. The ribbon butterfly I made myself with a piece of floral wire, 2 pieces of ribbon 3” long and a crystal gem. The flowers are by Wild Orchid Crafts. The card is 5” x 6 ½”.
My project is to use a cloud embossing folder where you use white ink to give depth to the clouds and use the beautiful digi Birthday Bird Trio from Bugaboo, I love my card. (We love it too Ledia).
My today´s project using the lovely Lucy Loo from our generous sponsor Sweet Pea Stamps. I used Spectrum Noir Alcohol Makers, feathers stream and gold buttons.
I love Sandra Caudwell's birds, and this one is called Pilgrim Crow and is from Sweet Pea Stamps. I found some real feathers and a feather charm as well as my feathered friend on the pumpkin! The spotty ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons of course!
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.
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. If
you don't have a blog and your link is not accepted look at this:
http://blog.inlinkz.com/2013/12/uploading-linkup-links-even-when-the-remote-host-does-not-allow-viewing-the-images/ Linking
will allow you to continue, and will record your entry, (if you don't
add the Quirky crafts link as above your entry goes into the moderation
queue and will not be approved until you add that link - if we have time
to check)! 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.
Hi!! Thank you so much for joining us and for playing along with my first challenge. We had so many entries and they all were such beautiful projects. We had a difficult decision to choose just three, because all of the entries are awesome.
Please all of you email me (Cazzy) using the email link in the
sidebar, or comment below or by contact form if the email doesn't work
for you. You will be send your personalised winner's badge. Let me know which digi images you would like too and I will request them for you. We would love all of
you to be guest designers in the next challenge, please tell us if you
can. If you are interested in the 2 month guest place you can tell me
that too, if you don't want to add your link on the 2 month GD page. Thank you to everyone who entered, and don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!
Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
In this reminder. We want to see beautiful and mythical Ladies:
mermaids,
elves, warrior, fairies, goddeses, nymphs etc. Because they are the
inspiration for the men, they are also the same for women. They make
differents choices, they star in many stories in different cultures.
Those stories are filled with magic, love, faith, hope and fantasy. I
invite you to dream and create a project with these mythical ladies. These women are glorious.
When you walk through the storm Hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of the lark Walk on, through the wind Walk on, through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone When you walk... Walk on.... Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk, you'll never walk alone
This project is coloured with acuarelable pencil and I used Distress Ink.
CAZZY Is not well, so running late. Will be here later.
I'm still not well, just a virus picked up from my little grandson, but I've manged to complete my card. I used Tiny Bubbles, she has pretty wings. Do you like the punk cat? I have added a little glitter to her wings, and she is coloured with Promarkers. I'm still in Christmas mode so she is on a Christmas card.
My first one for this reminder is a bendy card, and I used the Roxanne from Hope Jacare Underwater girls, provider for our amazing sponsor StichyBear's Digi Stamps. And as like the las week, I used the same technique, and some additional cutting files from Silhouette.
My second one, a card I made for a special friend. I painted the beautiful Who Me image using Faber Castell water pencil. By the way, this adorable image is also from StichyBear's Digi Stamps.
According to the Greek myths Ariadne was the daughter
of the Cretan king,Minos.
She
fell in love with the Athenian heroTheseus,
who was coming to Crete to kill theMinotaurand to rescue the Athenian youth. Thus Ariadne helped
Theseus by promising her to take her to Athens as his wife. She gave him two
special gifts -- a sword and a clue of thread -- to find a way back from the
Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.
As promised, she left Crete with Theseus and with the
Athenian youth and they stopped on the island of Naxos. While Ariadne was
asleep, Theseus deserted her in Naxos.
My card represents this myth.
Ariadne - or Arianna- digi provided by Stitchy Bear, was color with Spectrum Noir pens.
Well, silly me used a lovely steampunk fairy, but one StichyBear's Digi Stamps no longer has on their books, so of course I can't show it here, instead here's last weeks creation, which I only managed to add on Friday to last weeks post, using Fairy Moon printed over some PinkPetticoat snowflakes paper, with silver eyelash wool, silver corner diecuts, which I thought went well with the stars on the digi, plus lace, tiny punched out snow flakes and die cut sentiments.
To see who won the last challenge click HERE or scroll down to the next post. Hi everyone! I'm Kemly Sc, this is my first ever hosting of a Quirky Crafts Challenge! Welcome to a new challenge! I'm so happy to do this.
The theme for this Challenge is Mythical Ladies. All the women are in stories: Mermaids, elves, warrior, fairies, goddeses, nymphs etc. Because they are the inspiration for the men, they are also the same for women. They make differents choices, they star in many stories in different cultures. Those stories filled with magic, love, faith, hope and fantasy. I invite you to dream and create a project with these mythical ladies.
1st prize of 3 images of choice from the whole of the Stitchy Bear store
2nd prize any 3 of the DT's chosen images
3rd Prize any 2 of the DT's chosen images
Now here is a video that might inspire you!
"When You Believe" Celtic Woman.
"....There can be miracles, when you believe Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill Who knows what miracles you can achieve When you believe, somehow you will You will when you believe... You will when you You will when you believe Just believe...in your heart Just believe You will when you believe ..."
The Muses are the Greek Mythology nine goddesses of the inspiration of literature, arts and sciences.
This stunning Muse digi is from Ike´s Art and it was provided by our generous sponsor Stitchy Bear.
I printed the digi on tissue paper and colored with Spectrum Noir pens, and then add it with a heat gun to the candle. This is the first time I try out this technique and I love the result. Hope you like it too.
Hi people! For this project I used the beautiful digi Butterfly Love from our generous sponsor. I made a box card. The fairies are mystics and magics bringing love to the World. They are in a child's mind forever. In the fantasy stories, the fairy is present like a companion to play.
Hello everyone, for today´s new challenge, I made an easel card using the Hope Jacare Underwater girls, this time I used Octavia, and this beauty ladies are from StichyBear's Digi Stamps. I printed the images in a diferent papers, cut and paste it. The paper collection I used: By The Sea from Graphic 45. See you soon!!!
Sorry I'm late, I did leave a note but it seems to have vanished! When I started colouring Yddris Yddris by Alipeeps I didn't know what I was going to do with her. She ended up with decoupaged hair because I coloured the first one with green skin and didn't like it, this one has a green tinge instead. Suddenly she turned into a Christmas card! She reminds me of Lord of the Rings (I know - that was the last challenge lol).
Lyn will be along soon.
Lyn
Here's my card at last! (Thursday/Friday!!) I've printed this fairy image by Floppy Latte Designs called Fairy Moon over some snowflakes by PinkPetticoat. Disdressed and inked all the edges and layered it up, (there's about seven or eight layers) added loads of Stickles glitters glue, sticky lace, eyelash wool and die-cut corners, which I thought matched the stars around the moon quite well!
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.
