Winner's of Challenge 10 (2012)

It's winners time again here at Quirky Craft's and what a lovely collection of Fabdabidozi cards we had for Caro's Masculine with blue and brown challenge last time! Wow!! We had such a hard time choosing our winners!! Thank you to everyone who played along, hope you will all join us again in for the next challenge coming up in a few hours!

We were sponsored by Paper Pretties, who offered the winner (as voted for by the DT) 6 digi images of their choice. So after a lot of debating and counting of socks the winner is....

Ellen

With this amazing card using Tim Holtz embellishments and inks. All the panels have been sewn together. Ellen writes:

'I made ​​a kind of tag in a pocket confirmation card for a boy, with room for more tags. It's not so easy to make cards for boys / men, but Tim H. helps well'

Well done Ellen! Fabulous card! You have won 6 images of your choice from Paper Pretties, please contact Cazzy using the email link in the sidebar and she will tell you how to claim your prize.

Bra Ellen! Flotte kort! Du har vunnet 6 bilder fra Papir Pretties, kontakt Cazzy ved hjelp av e-link i sidepanelet og hun vil fortelle deg hvordan få din premie.

Also let her know if you would like to join us as Guest designer for a future challenge. Please help yourself to a winner's badge from the sidebar to display on your blog!

Også la henne vite hvis du ønsker å bli med oss som gjest designer for en fremtidig utfordring. Kan du hjelpe deg selv til en vinner er skiltet fra sidepanel for å vise på bloggen din!
Our Next three, well four favourites as we had a tie are:

NikkiBryne

With this lovely easel note pad and pen card

Jenni and Margreet
who both tied in our voting system

And one more
JoanW
With this very simple but very effective male card. I love that Steam Punk style embossing!

Well done all of you! We hope we've picked a wide variety of talent as quite honestly we thought all the cards deserved a prize (Except mine of course coz it was there just for fun!)

Please contact Cazzy using the email link in the sidebar to let her know if you would like to join us as Guest Designers for any of our future challenges. Please help yourselves to a winner's badge from the sidebar to display on your blog!!
That's it for now! Tune in later today to see what I've chosen for the next challenge! (My sneaky Peek should already be up!) It's going to be nice and easy, so I hope you can all play along! BFN!
Spyder!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge 10: Masculine with blue and brown

Hello and welcome back to Quirky Crafts. It is my (Caro's) turn to set the challenge this time and in honour of all the men in my life I thought we would have a masculine challenge this time. So I want to see anything for the boys (or featuring boys) in the colours blue and brown. Other colours are allowed, especially in the images, but the predominant colours must be blue and brown. Don't forget we are not just a card site...we allow all other forms of craft provided you follow the theme:

Masculine with blue and brown

We are sponsored this week by Paper Pretties who are offering the winner of this challenge (as voted for by the DT) 6 digi images of their choice.

Paper Pretties has also provided the team with some of their digi images to work with, so without further ado here are the examples from the team:

First Guest Designer Loz

Loz used the robot and sentiment from the Robot set to make her side step fun card, any boy or man would love this.

Second Guest Designer Linda

Linda used Cooperman, and every little (and big) boy secretly dreams of being a superhero!

Cazzy

I used Boat, I love the patches on the sails of this brave little boat. Papers by DCWV. Sentiment in the circle is from the ZZzzzz set from our sponsor.

Caro

I used 'A Beary Good Book' from Paper Pretties to make this bookmark for Alex as we have now started reading Roald Dahl books at bedtime, one chapter at a time, so needed a special bookmark. Blue is Alex's favourite colour, hence it being the predominant colour on the bookmark. I coloured the bear with promarkers and the rest of the bookmark with distress inks (teabag in the centre, then broken china, with faded jeans and walnut at the very edge). I used a swirl stamp from inkadinkado for added interest and finished it with a large eyelet and making memories ribbon.

The sentiments on both front and back of the bookmark are also from the same 'A Beary Good Book' digital stamp set.

Diane

Hello Everyone! I chose to work with a Paper Pretties Digital Image called ZZZZZZ.

Firstly I apologise for the photo. I took loads and this was the best I could get. I am not sure why...but there it is! The theme is Brown and Blue....which isn't really showing up too well. The paper is a SheryK design in Brown and Blue believe it or believe it not. The image is actually coloured with Marsh Green and Celadon Promarkers, so not feint colurs really, but still they are not showing too well. The sentiment is also from Paper Pretties. I think I need to address the lighting in my new craftroom.....I will investigate.

Lyn

I used Aaaaahhhhh! digital stamp from our sponsors! Printed him straight on to blue sky backing paper, created a little 3D effect, coloured with Promakers. Edged the card with a brown Promarker and TH Distress Ink, added ribbons and pearls (imagine they're straps and bolts!) a dangling whatknot from a fishing packet and buttons from my stash. The font is a freebie. Link on my post.

Please add a link to your blog post (not your blog) using the biggest blue froggy at the top of the collection, the other one (at the bottom) doesn't do anything that we can tell, and please comment after you have linked.Don't forget to mention Quirky and add a link back to here (please read the rules and if you realised you haven't followed the rules and won't be included in the top three, and you want your entry removed to try again - please email us using the link in the side bar).

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

WINNERS - Challenge 9 (Wiper card)

It seems that the wiper card proved a little challenging for most of you with only a few entries this time, therefore the winner of the $5 gift voucher from Digital delights

is

Crafty Girl

with her goat wiper card...this one made us all smile so congratulations. Please help yourself to a winner's badge from the sidebar to display on your blog. you are also invited to be a Guest Designer for a future challenge. Please could you contact Cazzy using the email link in the side bar to claim your prize and arrange a future challenge.
Don't forget to check back later today for our next challenge.

The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Apologies for any warning messages

One or two of the team noticed that we were getting warning messages from Google, then I found the same, so have removed some of the blog formatting for now to cure the problem. We had reports of strange goings on in the past from followers too!
I will sort something out in place of it so look out for a new look soon!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge 9 - Animal antics (Wiper card)

Hello everyone...my (Diane) turn to set the challenge this time. Our sponsor this time around is Digital Delights By Looby Lou.

Up for grabs is a $5 voucher to spend in store, and that will go to the best entrant as judged by the design team.

As usual the top three will also be invited to join us as Guest Designers in a future challenge, and will be issued with digi images from our sponsor to use for that challenge.

Now then all you need to know now is the theme I have set. The theme is Animal Antics, and for the cardmakers among you I want to see your animal antics on a WIPER CARD. You can of course enter a scrapbook page or 3D project, but I must be able to see an animal antic connection.

Here's a 'How To' by Splitcoasters

Here are our ideas to get you started:-

Guest Designer

Linda

Linda used Scrubbie Sue and Floaty from Digital Delights on her cheerful summer card. The embossed layered sun is great.

Cazzy

As soon as I saw the instructions and pictures of a wiper card I knew I had to make one with a horse and pop up horse shoe! I haven't added a sentiment yet, but it could be any occasion really and there could be a tiny sentiment in the middle of the horse shoe too. The horse is stamped and is Inkadinkado A Horse of Course.

Caro

I used Cupcake Timmy from Digital delights coloured in promarkers and embellished with gold glitter glue on this birthday card for my nephew. The sentiment is also from Digital Delights and the balloons are a clip art image. The background papers are from Nana's kids set and I added gold peel offs and some bright celebration related stickers to finish this off.

Lyn

I used a Timmy Cup cake as well, on the front of my tiger print card. I've 3d-ed him and coloured him with Promarkers and on the pop up I've used Tim The Tiger I've never seen a Tiger eating cake, but there's always a first time for anything!

Diane

I have gone with one of my personal favourite images this time around, from Digistamp Boutique and my papers are from Pink Petticoat wild roses. Try as I might I could not get a photo without glare on the pop up part of my wiper card. it is a silver mirror card scalloped oval with best wishes on it and some of the flowers from the image. This is an animal antic I see every summer. My lovely Westie just cant stand to see flowers in pots, she always pulls them out and then plays with the pot, running around the garden with it on her face until she crashes into something.


Please add a link to your blog post (not your blog) using the biggest blue froggy at the top of the collection, the other one (at the bottom) doesn't do anything that we can tell, and please comment after you have linked. Don't forget to mention Quirky and add a link back to here (please read the rules and if you realised you haven't followed the rules and won't be included in the top three, and you want your entry removed to try again - please email us using the link in the side bar).

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

WINNERS- Challenge 8 2012 - Quirky Happy Event (recipe and New Baby or Pregnancy theme

This was a lovely challenge set by Cazzy. We were sponsored this time by Crafty Ribbons and Stitchy Bear. Not so many entries this time, but the quality was high.

Our first winner is
LOZ.

Congratulations! You are the winner of a lovely exclusive baby ribbon collection from Crafty Ribbons.

And our second winner is
Linda

Congratulations to you too, you have won a $10 voucher from Stitchy Bear to spend on their fantastic digital stamp shop.

Both of you are also invited to be a Guest Designer for a future challenge. Please could you both contact Cazzy using the email link in the side bar to claim your prize and arrange a future challenge.


Thank to all those who entered. Please come back later today for the launch of the next challenge.

Challenge 8 2012 - Quirky Happy Event (recipe and New Baby or Pregnancy theme -see below).

A very Happy Easter Holidays to you all.

To see who won Challenge 7 please scroll down to the post below this one.

This Quirky Cazzy Challenge is inspired by my soon to be Grandson, and is in honour of those who are expecting a happy event (that is the patter of tiny feet) or for those who have experienced the happy event. So I want to see congratulations on your pregnancy, soon to be grandma, or new baby projects, cards or whatever you want to make. New big brother, new Grandparents, new parents, new aunty, baby announcements, but your make must include: GINGHAM, RIBBONS (OR GINGHAM RIBBONS), and NOVELTY BABY BUTTONS/EYELETS OR BRADS.

This must be about a NEW baby, or PREGNANCY.

Important Note: We are relaxing the rules on the number of challenges you can enter (this is a trial for a few challenges to see what happens). You can enter as many challenges as you like with your make including ours as long as your make fits our theme and the recipe above.

Our wonderful sponsors this time are

Crafty Ribbons, who are providing a wonderful prize to our top prize winner of this exclusive baby ribbon collection:

and Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps,

who are giving our second place winner a $10 voucher so you can choose what you want when you want it from three different ranges as used by the DT (the voucher will tell you which ranges you can pick from).

Now lets see what the DT came up with using images from our sponsor:

First our guest designers:

Bev G joins us again (despite a tornado wreaking havoc near where she lives - thankfully she and her family are all safe) with this very sweet card, Bev used Clown Doll and Toy Bunny.

Sarabeth who was a winner a while back but couldn't join us at the time, made a lovely cross over gift card holder using Toy Bunny.

Caro:

I made a little tag for a friend who has just had a little boy she has named Archie, using the 'Hush Lil Baby' silhouette stamp from our sponsor as well as gingham paper, blue ribbon, blue gems, rubber sentiment stamps and little feet, hands and bottle buttons from my stash.

Lyn

I've made a shaker card so the Doll Clown digi could sit in the corner. I printed her out in two different sizes and used the smaller size inside the card. Coloured with three different shades of pink ProMarkers. I've used gingham papers and ribbon and tiny heart buttons. The Baby's rattle was also a button. All my baby buttons are blue, so I coloured it pink using a Promarker. The sentiment and insert were done on the computer using a grey outline with a pink fill.

Diane

I used Baby Cakes Digital Stamp. I decided that I would like to make it into a shaped card, so imported the stamp into my Studio Software and created the outline by tracing, copying, flipping and welding the images. I then printed the image several times and decoupaged it. I have included gingham ribbon (not the right shade of blue, but all I could find as I am in the middle of a craft room relocation!) and my themed button is the giraffe on the baby cup. it was just the right size!

Cazzy

Due to Technical difficulties (as well as migraine) I had to come up with something other than the project I had planned, and in very short time! This card uses Baby Sleeping and Toy Bunny images from Stitchy. I added some novelty buttons and paper pieced the images with some blue gingham paper (now where is all the gingham ribbon I thought I had?). There is some nursery rhyme ribbon in the background (the cow Jumping over the moon from Little Boy Blue which came from Crafty Ribbons). Hopefully I will have another one to show you soon using the last image, which was also planned for the project that wasn't to be!

Please add a link to your blog post (not your blog) using the biggest blue froggy at the top of the collection, the other one (at the bottom) doesn't do anything that we can tell, and please comment after you have linked.Don't forget to mention Quirky and add a link back to here (please read the rules and if you realised you haven't followed the rules and won't be included in the top three, and you want your entry removed to try again - please email us using the link in the side bar).

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.