Quirky Crafts 2011 - challenge 2: In the Spring Garden (must have: pink, green, stamped or digi image)

Challenge time again, and first of all I would like to thank all the people who entered the last challenge, it was difficult to get round everyone to comment and there were some great entries.

The Winners of Challenge 1 - New Beginnings are:

Public Vote: Jennifer Greco

DT Vote: There were so many gorgeous entries that we couldn't decide on just one so chose:
1. Amelia's gorgeous wedding card, 2. Jenni with her cute toadstool new house card and
3. Desiree's gorgeous scrapbook page. An honorable mention has to go to Irit for both of her amazing papercraft creations; the cutest mini book ever and a wonderful diaper cake!

Please email us (using the link in the sidebar), if any of you would like to join us as a guest in the next challenge, and do help yourself to a winner's badge to display on your blog with pride.

I would also like to apologise if you expressed an interest in joining the DT, we haven't had time to sort out lists and pick someone yet, though we have a pool of great GDTs to draw on. I am trying to organise all my emails and should be able to find you all and add you to a list soon, then we will announce who will be joining us on the main DT.

We have some very exciting news: this year we already have three great new sponsors, and I would like to introduce the first sponsor and they are sponsoring our challenge today: Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

Love Blooms Paper Pack (used on all except Caro's) and Floral Fantasy (used by Spyder - Lyn) both Floppy Latte Designs

Camelia Watering Can and Dahlia (used by Caro, Diane and Claire) from the Blackberry Lane Range.

and Bumblebrella and Butterfly love both from the Stitchy range (used by Cazzy and Claire)

Challenge #2 of 2011.

The challenge was picked by me, Cazzy, and is...
In the Spring Garden And To Use Pink and Green!.

I think we have had enough of the snow and Winter weather, so let's look forward to Spring and cheer ourselves up!

You must include a stamped or digi image of something you would find in the garden (flowers, bees, butterflies, insects, pots, any garden themed stamp or digi), and include the colours pink and green in your creations. As usual any craft project can be entered.

Your blog post must mention that you have entered the challenge and a link back to this blog and you should leave us a comment after you have linked your entry.

Now we don't want to be horrible, especially as you have made the effort to enter, but if your entry doesn't meet the conditions of the challenge we reserve the right to delete it from Inlinkz, but we will tell you so you can enter another project that does fit.

One overall winner will win a voucher from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps so you can choose something from the great range of images and papers when you are ready to purchase.

Here are some lovely examples by the Design Team all using digi images from our sponsor, and there to inspire you. The papers used are a digi Paper Pack from Stitchy called Love Blooms which is the January Collab offer that comes free with any purchase from Stitchy over $10 in value.

Guest Designer - winner of our Last Challenge Diane's gorgeous 3d Dahlia card.

Guest Designer joining us again - Claire Easson with her magic card using Butterfly Love and Dahlia images.

Caro's clean and simple card using Camelia still life

Lyn's Fairy Fantasy and Love Blooms papers card.

Cazzy's Bumblebrella card

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Please Use this Froggy to add your cards and other makes, the bottom Froggy isn't working. Only a little time left before this closes and voting starts!

Voting time!

It is voting time for the challenge, so get over here and pick your best three now. Also we have a new look, which I am still working on, so any comments appreciated!

Quirky Crafts 2011 - challenge 1: New Beginnings

Happy New Year Everyone!

The Quirky Crafts DT hope you all had a lovely Christmas and got all the crafty goodies you wanted and more, and that this coming year is a good one for you all.

We have some exciting news which we will be revealing in two weeks time for our next challenge.

The first challenge of 2011 has been chosen by the lovely Caro and is:

New Beginnings.

Your craft project can be about something new: new baby, New Year, new puppy, engagement, basically a celebration of something new. As it is the first challenge of the New Year you can also use your new crafting stash, just be sure to tell us what the new items are.

We asked all of our guest designers if they would like to join in and would like to thank them for the wonderful projects displayed below.

Here are the design team examples to inspire you:

First, Guest designer Claire Easson's pretty new baby card, she tells us the greeting means "a little miracle" in Swedish.

Caro's New Baby card made in the clean and simple style

Caro's card made with her new Christmas Stash (lots of lovely stamps!)

Guest Designer Ali's (Aqualeiga's Escape) funky Happy New Year Card

Guest Designer Denise's Beautiful Day 2011 calendar

Lyn's New Home Card made with New papers, New Promakers, New clear Stamp, New Nesties and a New Pink Guillotine!

Cazzy's New Baby card, made with previously unused stamp and photographed with new camera and using new light box for the first time (ha - how is that for a lot of new things).

Cazzy's first ever attempt at a canvas (don't laugh)

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Around The World Challenge Winner

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenge blog, sorry this is a little late, but I blame the snow! It's freezing! I hope you are all nice and snug in the warm!
Thank you to everyone who joined in with Caro's Around the World Challenge and my apologies for not popping round to all your blogs and reminding you all to vote! But never mind as we on The DT and the public vote have chosen the same lovely card designed by Diane!

Congratulations Diane, we loved your Oriental Anniversary quad fold/shutter card. Would you please take a winners banner from the side bar to display on your blog. This also means, we would love you to join us as a Guest Designer sometime in the New Year.
And talking about Design Teams and Designers and Guest Designers, yes! We have been blog hopping around to all you lovely Crafters who have contacted us about joining our team, and we have decided we'd love you all to join us in the New Year. Cazzy will be letting you all know after the Christmas Holidays. And yes, Quirky Craft's is taking a short break over the Christmas Festivities and will be back on...

Sunday January 2nd with a New Challenge!
We also have some lovely sponsors lined up and are also looking to fill a few spaces in 2011

So, to all our followers and supporters of our challenges over the last year we, Cazzy, Caro and me, Lyn, all wish you a...

Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
And Look forward to seeing you all in 2011!!

Challenge 40: Around The World by Caro

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenge blog and thank you to everyone who joined in with Cazzy's fun recipe challenge. We had some wonderful entries and the winner voted for by the public was designed by Denise from The Crafty Den. The design team also chose their favourite, which was Clare aka Distressed Miss (we loved your second entry). Congratulations ladies, would you please take a winners banner from the side bar, to display on your blog. This also means, we would love you both to join us as Guest Designers sometime over the next few weeks!
Now, talking about Designers, we have had lots of interest and will be announcing the new design team in the next few weeks. In the meantime, as you all know, it is challenge time again here on the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog and this time it is my turn, aka Caro's turn to set the challenge, which is 'Around the World!'. Feel free to interpret this in anyway you chose...travel, a different country etc and yes, as it is coming up to Christmas we will be lenient... penguins are from Antarctica, and polar bears are from the Arctic! We look forward to seeing your craft projects, and don't forget this is a mixed media challenge, so any craft project can be submitted as long as it can be interpreted as Around The World!

Add your name and direct link to your make via InLinkz below, then leave a comment and we'll pop over and say hi! Have fun! Here is the inspiration from the design team.

Guest Designer Ali's wonderful Oriental card 

Guest Designer Amy's wonderful Hoola Gift Card Holder

Guest Designer Claire's wonderful Travel card

Caro's Oriental card

Lyn's Good Luck Oriental Card

Cazzy's (sorry its late "blush", you didn't notice did you?) China Christmas card.

Click on the button and follow the instructions to add your entry to the challenge.

Don't forget to come back on the evening of 17th Dec to vote for your top three favourites.

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Time to Vote!!

Hi peoples! Just popped in to let you all know VOTING has now started on our latest colour recipe Challenge of Black, white and one other colour, plus use your punches set by Cazzy...so

Scroll down or click here!!

We'd love everyone of you who call in to choose a winner!! We on the team will also pick our favourites too, but...

the final vote is up to you!!!

So, if you have entered this colour challenge now is the time to ask all your buddies to vote for you!! Good Luck!!

This Black, white and silver card was made by Cazzy.

Challenge 39: Recipe by Cazzy

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenge blog and thank you to everyone who joined in with Spyder's fantastic sketch. It appeared you all enjoyed that one and made some fabulous cards. This fortnight we trialled voting for your favourite cards and the winner voted for by the public was designed by Carol! The design team also chose their favourite, which was Lorna's amazing inchie! Congratulations ladies, would you please take a winners banner from the side bar, to display on your blog. This also means, we would love you all, to join us as Guest Designers sometime over the next few weeks!

Now, talking about Designers, if you would like to join our Design Team or be a Guest Designer on Quirky Craft's, we'd love to hear from you! When you enter this fortnights Challenge, put DT or GDT after your name in your entry, or if you'd rather, email Cazzy, the link is on the side bar. For those of you who have already added your name to join our DT or become a GDT, we'll get back to you very soon!

Well as you all know it is challenge time again here on the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog and this time we have a yummy recipe by the lovely Cazzy. We look forward to seeing your craft projects, and don't forget this is a mixed media challenge, so any craft project can be submitted as long as you use the following items:

Colours: Mainly black and white with one accent colour

Punches: Use one or more punch on your project - lets see lots of punching please.

Add your name and direct link to your make via InLinkz below, then leave a comment and we'll pop over and say hi! Have fun! Here is the inspiration from the design team.

Guest Designer Susan's black, white and blue card

Guest Designer Amy's Black, white and red Christmas card
Amy's Second card
Guest Designer
Susan's Super Didi Card
'Blast this Christmas music!'
Caro's black, white and red card

Lyn's black, white and magenta card

Cazzy's gatefold Angel card.
Black White and Silver.

and a late addition, the same angel in reverse colours:

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.