Winners: Quirky Challenge 14 no patterned paper

What a lot of lovely entries we had this week, you really loved this challenge!  That makes it very hard to choose, and there can only be two winners, so without further ado the DT choice Winner is:

Sara

for her beautiful use of multiple home made papers and stamps.  Congratulations! Please e-mail Cazzy using the link in the side bar and she will arrange for your prize from Stitchy Bear Stamps.

and the Public Vote Winner is:

Lin - the twisted witch

with this stunning stamped and masked scene.



Congratulations to both of you! We would love you both to join us at Guest Designers. Please e-mail Cazzy (link is in the side bar)  to join us as a Guest Designer in the future. Also please take a Quirky Winners Banner to place on your side bar with a link back to us!

Pop back later to see what the next challenge will be.. it is Cazzy's turn to set the challenge!

Quirky Challenge #14: No patterned papers (make your own)

Welcome back to Quirky Crafts challenges! Can you believe it is July already! Our sponsor for our 14th Challenge of the year is STITCHY BEAR DIGITAL STAMPS

The Winner of The Design Team Choice will win a $10 voucher from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps so you can choose something from the great range of images and papers, which you'll find in their store. We'd also love you to join us as a Guest Designer in one of our future challenges. The winner of the Public Vote will also be invited to join us as a Guest Designer .
Challenge 14: No patterned papers (make your own background papers)
It is my turn (Caro) to set the challenge this week and as I just love messing round with inks and stamps I thought I would set you a challenge to make your own background papers. This means that you are NOT allowed to use any shop bought or computer generated patterned papers. Your own background papers can be as simple as dry embossed plain card or made using inks, stamps, paints, a mosaic of other plain papers, or anything else you can think of! We look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Don't forget, we love to see all your cards but we also accept anything crafty as long as it fits into the current challenge. That includes ATC's, Altered Art, Fat Pages, Scrap Book Pages, Magic boxes, Tags, Book Marks, in fact anything crafty you can think of!

Here is inspiration from the DT and GD for you to enjoy, all using digital images from our sponsor.

Guest Designer Claire Easson used the Camellia in Watering Can image. Claire said "I've made the background using Tattered Rose distress ink, on an Impression Obsession cover-a-card background stamp (Damask). I embossed it with clear powder and then went over the edges with some Old Paper distress ink." See more details of this very pretty card on Claire's blog.

Guest Designer Lori made this stunning card using Flower Fantasy. Lori said "I used the Stampin up swirl wheel stamp in Versamark and embossed it with iridescent ice embossing powder".

Leah the Orange also used the Floral Fantasy image for her stunning card. Leah said, "it's coloured with Prismacolor Pencils and the background is stamped with pale green chalk ink."

Caro: I made a tag using colourwash inks and glimmer mist for the coloured background which she stamped over with small silhouette stamps and then added the 'Guarding the egg' image from our sponsor, which she left uncoloured for contrast.

Caro: I also made a bookmark using distress inks (antique linen, tea dye and walnut stain) and stamps for the background and then layered the ink pot and quill from the 'Just a note' image from our sponsor, which she coloured using promarkers.

Diane has decided to go with an embossed background using a cuttlebug folder. The Iris digistamp is from our sponsor and she has coloured it with inktense pencils and a waterbrush. Some organza ribbon, mirri card and sticky gems complete the card.

Lyn used 'The Big One' Digi from our sponsors, a Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distressed ink, some faux stitching, and used a stencil to make some clear embossing on the green card.

Cazzy used Butterfly Love and made her background using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and Whitewash Cordination paper sanded lightly to reveal the darker green underneath. The image is coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue applied to the wings.

Rules for entering our challenges are in the side bar and we reserve the right to remove any links that don't follow the rules, although we will tell you so you can enter something else. Just a reminder that our challenges go live on Sunday evening and close on the next Friday but one, so this challenge is open until Friday 15th July. Please pop back then to vote for your favourite cards. Voting remains open until the end of Saturday 16th July. Have fun and we look forward to seeing your home made background papers.

Oh and by the way if you can't vote on this post you need to click on the big lovely Mr Blue Froggy just below this and it will take you to the collection where you will be able to vote. Only one vote per entry is allowed, and if you think you have voted twice don't worry it won't count them both!


The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge 13: Lyn's recipe winners!

Welcome all! It is nearly challenge time again here on Quirky Crafts!! Thank you to all who entered into Lyn's recipe challenge. It seemed to be a popular one with you all with so much variety in the interpretations making it really difficult for the design team to choose their favourite. In the end after much debate the design team favourite and the winner of the yummy selection of strawberry ribbons from Crafty Ribbons is Katinka with this fantastic card!

The winner of the public vote and choice of either 5 Robyn's Fetish digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set is Tammy Louise with this great card!

Congratulations to both of you! We would love you both to join us at Guest Designers. Please e-mail Cazzy (link is in the side bar) to arrange your prizes and to join us as a Guest Designer in the future. Also please take a Quirky Winners Banner to place on your side bar with a link back to us!!

Pop back later to see what the next challenge will be.. it is my turn (Caro) to set the challenge and it could be a messy one!

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Quirky Challenge #13. 2011 - Lyn's recipe theme box

Hi peoples! It's time for another Quirky Challenge! This time it's my turn (Lyn) to set the theme and I thought I'd do something other than a sketch as I always do a sketch. I've chosen instead something that will give you more choice but at the same time still be a bit of a Quirky challenge! This time I've come up with...

A Recipe Theme Box!

All you have to do is choose any three or more of the squares (or even all of them if you feel very creative and confused!) and make something crafty, ie... you might like to choose to use Acetate, Ribbon and three backing papers, with a digi...or, five flowers, Pink and blue and Embossing. The idea is to use no less than three of the boxes or more. Any questions just ask!!

This challenge is kindly being sponsored by Crafty Ribbons!

The Design Team's chosen winner will receive a yummy selection of strawberry ribbons from Crafty Ribbons. Aren't they just too scrumptious!!

And!! we are happy to announce a new and second sponsor for this challenge

Robyn's Fetish.

The winner of the public vote will be able to choose EITHER 5 Robyn's Fetish digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set. How fabulous is that!

Now...because this challenge has a wide choice of embellishments to add to your crafty makes, we on the team have had a little chin-wag, and would really much like you to mention in your Post or your link back to us, what you have used on your creation,ie on your list of challenges please add Quirky Craft-Theme Box. I've used, five flowers, embossing, ribbon, and a stamped image...or whatever you've used. Okay?! Thank you!

And now for the DT and GDT fabulous makes. First we have...

Guest Designer Jeanette Waters on behalf of Robyn's Fetish has made a fabulous card. Jeanette used the English Tea Cup image on this elegant card.

Guest Designer Judy used the strawberry image and the English tea cup on her fabulous Easel card, isn't is just gorgeous! See more images on her blog.

Guest Designer Darling Ho also used the English tea cup on this pretty pink card.

Diane

Also went for the tea cup stamp for her contribution and used 3 backing papers (the third is printed on the mat with the cup), lace, coffee and cream colours, the digi image of course, and five flowers..(if you count the ones on the cup!)

Spyder
I've used Puppy Paws (I've darkened his eyes a little bit more) with three papers, coffee & cream, four card candi, four brads, five flowers (one's a double), embossing and a raffia ribbon.

Cazzy used the Its a Dragonfly Day image and the Polka Dot Dreams paper pack to make her card, with some Crafty Ribbon's ribbon. So got the papers, also 4 brads, ribbon, pink and blue and an embossed sentiment. There are actually 7 flowers.

Caro used the Puppy Paws digital image with a ribbon and the colours coffee and cream





Come back and vote for your favourites on Friday 1st July after 18:00 or Saturday 2nd of July before 17:00 BST.

Oh and by the way if you can't vote on this post you need to click on the big lovely Mr Blue Froggy just below this and it will take you to the collection where you will be able to vote. Only one vote per entry is allowed, and if you think you have voted twice don't worry it won't count them both!


The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #12 Under The Sea Winners!

Afternoon everyone! Lyn here. Thank you all for joining us in Diane's fabulous Challenge Under the sea. Wasn't there some 'fin- tastic' creations!
The winner of the Design Team Choice..is...oh wow this was very hard, we all liked so many different ones!! But after recounting our votes, (I have a code) we chose Lori who wins 3 lovely digi images of her choice from our sponsor Digital delights by louby loo! with this amazing card. So much detail!
We would love you Lori to join us as a Guess Designer in one of our future challenges! Please contact Cazzy via the link on the side bar. Also please take a Quirky Winners Banner to place on your side bar with a link back to us!!

Well you all know who the public voting winner is!!! Leah The Orange! With a Cute little fishy-wishy coloured with Prismacolor pencils! Well done! A really fabulous make, I love the sparkly seaweed! We would also love to invite you, to join us as a Guest Designer on one of our next challenges! (go on say yes, coz there's bound to be a freebie in it for you!) Please contact Cazzy, her link is on the side bar and also take a Quirky Winners banner!

Pop back later to see what the next challenge will be...it's my turn (Spyder) to set it...and no...it's not a sketch this time! (well...there's a first!) Thank you for stopping by!

Challenge 12- Under The Sea.

It's my turn again (Diane). This one has come around very quickly...doesn't time fly?

This time I decided not to tax everyone too much by giving a certain style to follow. I just have a theme for you of Under The Sea. It can be whatever you want...as long as it has an under the sea connection.
We have a lovely sponsor for this challenge....we are very lucky to have wonderful sponsors for our challenges, and this time around it is Digital Delights By Louby Loo.

The winner of the Design Team Choice will receive 3 lovely digi images of their own choice from our sponsor.

Our Design Team Winner and the Public Vote Winner will also get the chance to be a Guest Designer in the future and the right to display our sought after winners badge on their blog.

Our Design Team have been busy as usual to give you some inspiration. We were given some lovely stamps to work with. Here are some ideas from our latest guest designers, and the design team, feel free to visit our blogs (see side bar for details) to see how we made our examples, and to nab Spyder's latest freebie!

Guest Designer Bev G loved these images so much she made two cards, the first using the Whale on a 3D sea.

Bev G's second card using the Mermaid, just check out those real shells! Visit Bev's blog so find how she got that gorgeous shiny background!

Guest Designer Kelly made a very pretty Mermaid and clam card, love the pearls and the colour combo Kelly!

Guest Designer Goldie also made two cards, the first is a side step card using all the images and again real shells, to see more images of this lovely detailed card hop over to Goldie's blog.

Goldie's second card is a fabulous window shaker card, again there will be lots more images on Goldie's blog.

Diane

I love these images..I have used promarkers to colour in the image and then a glaze over the top to create the wet look on the scales of the mermaid. This one is destined to be a birthday card for my 3 year old niece.

Caro

My nephew is into all things under the sea so I used most of the images (except the mermaid) and combined them with his favourite TV characters (Octonauts) to create a card I know he will love for his 4th Birthday!

Lyn's
also used the mermaid on an acetate window and some real shells.

Cazzy (late again) used the whale and clam with the Under the Sea background stamp.

Come back and vote for your favourites on Friday 17th June after 18:00 or Saturday 18th of June before 17:00 BST.

Oh and by the way if you can't vote on this post you need to click on the big lovely Mr Blue Froggy just below this and it will take you to the collection where you will be able to vote. Only one vote per entry is allowed, and if you think you have voted twice don't worry it won't count them both!

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.