Winners of Fold It

Fold it was a very popular challenge, and so we had lots of lovely entries to look at and everybody got this challenge right, so well done! Some of the projects used folds and techniques I have never seen before, and I certainly learnt a lot!
Thank you all for sharing your lovely creations with us. As you can imagine, with 53 entries that were all really good to choose from, and with 6 of us independently choosing our favourites we really needed the voting system to come up with the top 3, and there were 3 clear winners out of the 16 finalists choosen by the team. (We all choose our top 6 and put them in order and give them points 6 to 1 and then add the points together and the three with the most win).

Fold it was sponsored by The Cutting Cafe who sell great value files of images as well as wonderful cutting files, and who provided the team with some lovely images to show you.

The team have chosen the following top three:

In first place is Wench with this amazing and pretty card which has lots of folds and a take out panel (this was a new one to me too). There are more photos on her blog and I highly recommend that you go and check them out, even the back of this card has a pocket for a tag.

Congratulations Wenche, you have won 3 sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe.

In second place is Coops with this gorgeous vintage easel card.

Congratulations Coops you have won 2 sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe.

Our third place winner is Gloria Shirr with the very classy and sassy side step card which is also decorated beautifully inside. Again there are more photos on Gloria's blog showing close ups of the details.

Congratulations Gloria you have won 1 set of your choice from The Cutting Cafe.

All of you please email me via the link in the sidebar and I will arrange for you to collect your prizes and customised winners badges of course. We would love you to join us as Guest Designers in a couple of weeks, or later if you can't do that, so please let me know if you can join us.

Don't forget to come back later to find out what the new challenge is.

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #12 Halfway Reminder! Fold It!

Hi Quirky peoples! It's Lyn here again, to bring you a quick reminder about our latest Challenge here on Quirky Crafts! Fabulous entries so far, some makes with loads of folds and others with just two! Because as long as you Fold it, and there's more than one fold on your creation, we want to see it!! In fact the more folds the merrier! 

 More Than One Fold!

Easy!

 This fortnight we are sponsored by....

The  Cutting Cafe!

 

We here on the Design as well as our lovely guest designers have been using  Pirate and Bicycles themes all supplied by our sponsor The Cutting Cafe'. This is what we've done with them this week...

 Cazzy - here at last!

 I made a joy fold card using images from Ahoy Matey and some freebie papers. Ribbons from Crafty Ribbons. Brass charms from stash.

 With the bow undone you can see the ship.

 The little pirate is a Kraftin Kimmie stamp. All other images and sentiments are from the Ahoy Matey set.

 Inside fully opened up.

The centre card flips up to reveal the greeting frame. Perfect for writing a greeting.

Monica

 For the midway reminder, I made a napkin fold card.

Inside, I used the vintage looked bike from The Cuttings Cafe collection, Let`s Go for a Ride; and the sentiment "Enjoy the journey".

For this project, I used colors that are not part of my usual color palette, but I really like the final result.

 Lyn

 

Here's my little secret places seven fold booklet from last week, where you saw it inside it's little box. Each page has a secret place where you can add little tags, treasure maps, fridge magnets or even birthday money!

Doris

I made a step card with a bird cage. Also I used a vintage bike and I used the sentiment from our sponsor The Cutting Café'

Please go HERE to join in the fun or scroll down and link up with the linky frog!!!

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Challenge #12 Fold It!

 Hi Quirky peoples! It's Lyn here this week, trying to think of a challenge we haven't had for ages, so how about...  

Fold It! 

Yes, I want to see more than one fold on your creation, in fact the more folds the merrier! So that's easel cards, gate cards, those sliding swinging cards, Z cars, I mean, Z cards, or one of  those W thingamejig cards or even if you're feeling clever how about a carousel card! Pop back to Challenge 11  and see Monica's  fabulous carousel card. Or if you feel you can't manage that, try using double sided paper, and folding down a corner or two! And if you don't want to make a card? Well that's okay, just make sure whatever you make, has...

 More Than One Fold!

Easy!

 This fortnight we are sponsored by....

The  Cutting Cafe!

 

Some of us have been given Pirate things to play with!! Yo ho ho!! (and a bottle of rum!) and some of us have had other things to play with, like...bikes! (there's a link somewhere...oh yes, they are all made by The Cutting Cafe'. This is what we've done with them.... First we have our Guest Designer...

Guest Designer Helen

Helen used Ahoy Matey for her great box card, Helen said she doesn't normally do cute! Didn't she do well!

(I love those skulls in the background!)

Well done Helen! That's fantastic!! And now on to the rest of the Design Team....

Daire

 

I used these adorable bikes rather than the pirates, to create this quirky mandala in my art journal. I used folded paper and dimensional paint to make it (quite literally) stand out from the page. There's only one problem... now I can't close my sketchbook without damaging my petals!

Doris

This time what I did was a Pirate invitation birthday party, using the file AHOY MATEY PRINTABLE SET.... courtesy of The Cutting Cafe'. I trace and cut the hats, enlarge the cross bones, I gave shade and dimension. Additional, I used a sweet sailor on the inside of the card

Monica

 I made a box with a pull out photo strand with multiple folds. I called it My Pirate`s Treasure.

For the front I used the cross bones digi from The Cutting Cafe Collection, Ahoy Matey. 

Inside, you will first find a warning: Beware, another digi from The Cutting Cafe collection. And then you will find My Pirate`s Treasure: my kids Sofi and Jota, wearing pirate´s costumes.

I used an effect on the pictures to give an older look.

Marg

It's a handbag invitation which consists of just 2 folds! On the inside I stuck a green backing paper that has smallish butterflies on it & then added the image from The Cutting Café called "Take a ride" then I added a tree with "rest stop" on the sign to the image. Lots more details and pictures on my blog.

Cazzy

I made a side step card which turned out better than these have before. I used Lets Go for a Ride images and sentiments.

To down view showing the star papers inside. I just need to add a panel to the back to write on now.

 Lyn

I made a box! (No you didn't you fibber!)Yes I did! I just didn't cut it out, it was a RAC gift. I inked all the folds with Vintage brown, then once I'd printed out all the bits and pieces, sentiments, digi's and backing papers I wanted to use, I inked them too. Added Key hole brad and key and other bits. Here's the back...

 

  Now, if you take off  the band/sleeve that keeps it closed, it looks like this inside...

Filled with Golden Toffees!

Then I had another idea and ate the toffees and made a litte book instead...

and filled the book with little tags and more sentiments. There's room for small photo's later!

One of the tags is a fridge magnet. (which doesn't count in the challenge on it's own as it only has one fold, the ribbon loop, but make a loopy ribbon flower, and yay that would count!

Well, that's what we've done! So now it's your turn! Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

  
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Challenge #11 Quirky Winners!

 Welcome to  The Quirky Crafts Winners Post!  Lyn here. Hope it's sunny where you are!! (I'm a bit pink!) no that's not a clue to the next challenge, but there was a bit included in our last Challenge #11 'Black and White with a little bit of your favourite (or another) colour'....Here are the winners!

First Place

Carole Gill

Well done Carole, you win a fabulous

Crafty Ribbons Voucher worth £10 (excluding postage)

 Second Place

K8

 Made this lovely card for her sister.  

Well done Kate! You've won...

3 Limited Runs Digis

and...

Third Place

Mette

Well done! Which means, you have won

3 Robyn´s Fetish Digis!

Well done to you all! Could you all please email Cazzy using the link in the sidebar, to claim your prizes and don't forget your winner's badges too! We'd love you all to join us as Guest Designers, so please tell Cazzy if you can, either join us in two weeks time, or later! Fabulous! Thank you to everyone who joined in! Hope you'll join in with our next challenge starting later today. It's my turn (Lyn) to set the theme so, it's bound to be easy...or not, but definitely Quirky!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Reminder Post for Challenge #11 2013, Black and White with a Tiny amount of your favorite color.

Welcome to the midway reminder of Quirky Craft's,  Black and White with a Tiny amount of color. You can find here some more gorgeous examples from our team, and of course, do not forget the amazing prizes from our generous sponsors for this challenge:

Crafty Ribbons

First Place

Crafty RibbonsVoucher worth £10 excluding postage.

Limited Runs

Second Place 

3 Limited Runs Digis

Robyn's Fetish

Third Place

3 Robyn´s Fetish Digis

Monica

I made a shadow box card with the Owl Theo digi. I distressed white cardstock with black ink and then sprinkled with white Perfect Pearls diluted in water. For the owl I used a paper piecing technique and  a little bit of yellow colour added to give light to its eyes. As everybody knows owls are always related to wisdom, so Theo´s advise is " Be wise" 

Doris

My card for this week it is very simple. I use as a base card a .studio cut file. I also use twigs from 3 Little Pigs LSHD file . I made the central part of the card I painting two digi  Whootie Owl courtesy of  our generous sponsor Limited Runs .  As  an additional color, I used  red ribbon with white little dots.

Cazzy 

I used Mushrooms 7 and a Whootie Owl for my card, with Papermania double sided papers, using both sides matted. I added some polka dot ribbon. It may get a greeting added at some stage too.

Marg

Card made using Mushrooms 7.

There may be more examples added later on......watch this space!

Lyn

Yes, here I am.... right image this time!! Did this all on the computer. I fixed the digi image (Mushrooms 7) over my own paper, coloured in the red bits, printed it on the thickest card my printer would take, cut to size, folded it in half, hey presto, the fastest card I think I've ever made! Then added corner peel offs!  Don't forget if you have a digi form Limited Runs go and enter it into Nikki's Challenge HERE (where back dating is allowed!)

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Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.