Challenge #23 Baby It's Cold Outside - so let's make cocoa (or a hot drink)

It's my turn again, Cazzy, and it has to be Quirky with a twist! I want to see projects about the colder months of the year (if it is warm where you are, think snow, ice, Autumn or Winter) and they must include a hot drink or two!

I love the Tom Jones version, but this is more in keeping with the theme heehee! If you get a chance watch the Tom Jones Cerys Matthews one on You Tube.

To see who won the last challenge click HERE or scroll down to the next post.

This time we are lucky to be sponsored by Crafty Ribbons, and by Bugaboo who provided the team with the perfect images for this challenge, and you can win some fabulous ribbons or some great images if you are picked by the team to be in our top three!

Our first place winner will receive a voucher to spend with Crafty Ribbons to the value of £10

Our second place winner will win 7 digis of their choice from Bugaboo.

The third place winner will win 2 images of their choice from Bugaboo.

We are also very grateful to Gloria who is providing a special extra prize for USA entries, see below!

Here is some inspiration from our guest designers:

Billie

Billie has used Margaret November, and Margaret (Margaret Calendar Month - November) is holding a cup of cocoa, or it could be tea or coffee! Billie has added some pine branches and torn paper snow, because "Baby it's cold outside".

Gloria

Gloria used : Bugaboo image Christmas Mouse Cocoa, Paper – CTMH Sparkle & Shine

Image die cut – Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large and Beaded Ovals

Other die cuts – Cricut Artbooking and Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridges

Sentiment outside – CTMH Polar Bear Holiday – C1557

The inside is also decorated, please visit Gloria's blog to see the photo and more details.

Here is a special extra prize donated by Gloria for USA entrants only (due to postage costs), if you would like to be considered to win this prize please put USA after your name when linking your make. Gloria will chose the one she likes the best from your entries to win this set!

Glorisa said: the stamp set is called Scandinavian Wishes and has die cuts that coordinate with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge.

Val

 (many apologies for not putting these on right away).

Val used Girl Gingerbread Cocoa for her cute card, with some snowflakes on snowy paper. and for her gift of coffee sachets Val used Cocoa (which is a $1 image) on the tag.

and we have more inspiration from the team:

Helen

I've used Girl Gingerbread Cocoa, she's so cute! I thought I might make something a little different this time, when I spotted these little marshmallows I thought they'd be delicious on top of a hot cocoa, perfect for this time of year in Yorkshire, So I've made her into a little bag topper, coloured with my Promarkers and finished with a little ribbon and buttons. 

Cazzy 

I used the very cute Poppi Xmas Cocoa for my card, and the Circle Sentiment Warm Winter Wishes both from Bugaboo, and I added some of my favourite Let it Snow ribbon which is exclusive to Crafty Ribbons. More details on my blog.

Doris

Hi, a little late, but just a little. My health has been a little broken. For this challenge I made two beautiful projects. The first is a box for Mixing Powdered Chocolate with marshmallows. In this I use Cocoa image provided by our sponsor Bugaboo.

My second one, is a special envelope for an special friend, and for this, I used the TedXmas image provided by Bugaboo, our great sponsor.

But is not just a envelope, it is a beautiful card too.

I put in, two Mixing Powdered Chocolate envelopes, but you can also put in, Tea Bags or any other details you want to add.

And of course, I  placed a special message.

Gemma

For the challenge this week, I wanted to create something that you could give as a gift, and these lovely digis from Bugaboo gave me an idea.

I had a 'hidden box' book in my stash and painted it, inside and out. Once dry I distressed the edges and tried to make it look old and used.

I chose some of the bugaboo images and coloured them with 'Distress Markers'. 

Once everything had been coloured and cut out, I arranged the images and glued them in place. 

 Then I created my gift....I filled the inside of the box with tea bags, hot chocolate and coffee sachets, and herbal tea. 

Because the images were all holding hot drinks I thought it would make a good gift for a tea/coffee/chocolate drinker.... It certainly made me thirsty making it!

Lyn

I've used this super cute snowman from our sponsors called Snowman Cocoa and of course I've coloured him with Promarkers and 3D-ed him and his mug of hot chocolate. (Love hot chocolate with either a spoonful of Nutella or a flake (or both!) The snowy paper is mine own, the backing papers were freebies from a magazine called Ginger bread Lane. I've added gems, stars, beads on a wire and snowflakes plus a real red pompom to his Santa hat. Inside I've left it blank but have done a bit of embossing. The font is a freebie, link on my blog!

Monica

In Costa Rica we don´t know what real cold is about. December is our coldest month of the year and the lowest temperatures reach about 17 or 15 °C (that´s about 59 or 62 °F). But when we reach 15°C, we are almost freezing, because none here has heaters at home (I know most of you will laugh about ticos freezing at15°C). So we, tropical people, use to warm up ourselves with a good cup of hot coffee, or tea, or cocoa, and sometimes with a good soup. With that in mind, I made a cute 3d teapot (I love to work 3d) and I used this lovely "Christmas Mouse" digi from our sponsor Bugaboo.

Inside the box I added some good tea bags, to turn it into a lovely treat for someone special.

Now let's see what you can do! There will be some more great inpiration next week, and more images.

 Please add a link to your blog post (not your blog) or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button below. Don't forget to put USA after your name if you are in the USA and wish to be considered for Gloria's prize.

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Winners: Challenge#22 Make us Laugh!

It's me again, (Lyn) here to tell you who the winners are of our last Challenge, (Make Us Quirky Well Laugh!) and you did! (I'm sure Cazzy fell off Ike's loo!) First, just to keep you in suspenders, we'd love to thank our fabulous Sponsor...

Crackerbox Palace... 

and now....drum roll please....

Winner of Our First Prize

with a $20 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

 is

Mian Horna

 Winner Of Our Second Prize

with a $15 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

is
 LeeAnn

 

And Winner Of Our Third Prize

with a $10 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

is...
 Sharon Gurnhill

Please note the voucher does not include postage.

Well done everyone! If all three of you would like to contact Cazzy using the email ink on the sidebar, she will arrange for you to collect your prizes and send you a personalised winner's badge! We would love it if you all could join us as Guest Designers - please say you will - let us know when you email about your prize if you can! Don't forget you will be given digi's to work with.

Thank you to everyone who entered. Don't forget to check back later today to find out all about our new challenge.... Is it my turn?? No (phew!) it's Cazzy's turn to set the theme, so see you then! Happy Crafting!

 

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challlenge #22 Reminder! Make Us Laugh!

It's me again, (Lyn) here to remind you about the latest Quirky Challenge! You still have another week to...

Make Us Laugh!

(or giggle, smile...or even snigger a little!) 

Our sponsors this fortnight are 

Crackerbox Palace...

who have  provided the team with some lovely stamps to use and you can win a very generous prize from them too:

1st Prize is a $20 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is a $15 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is a $10 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

Please note the voucher does not include postage.

Here's some more fabulous creations by our Design Team and Guest Designers! To join in with this challenge, scroll down or go HERE!  and have a look at our last weeks creations while you're there!

First we have our Guest Designers. 

Grandma Bonnie 

 using Pumpkin Boy

(who won our last Pumpkin challenge with this fabulous make)

I really like this Pumpkin Boy image, it reminds me of vintage Halloween decorations.  He also has a cute expression.  I tried to make this card with a vintage look.  Seeing as it is a digital image you could really make this extra large and use it for decorations as well.  The sentiment would look good all by itself as a mini poster..or a tag on a card.  So many ideas!

Helen

This is a great stamp, Helen with coffee, she has such a lot of character! I coloured her with Promarkers and added her to some pretty papers then fixed the sentiment right behind her.

Gemma

A quirky challenge with quirky images from Crackerbox Palace...I love these digis, they made me smile straight away....

I used a large tag and sprayed it with Dylusions inks to try and get a spooky atmosphere. Then I used a Tim Holtz sizzix die to cut the toombstones and colored them using the same colours .  

The gorgeous images and sentiment are digi stamps from Crackerbox Palace, and were coloured with Promarkers and Distress ink pads, and I thought they would look mischievous sat in the tree.

Lyn

This time I used this quirky fish Nibbles from our sponsors and also made some backing papers using lots of little fishes and one big fish. I originally coloured it all on the computer, only.... it was nearly out of ink, so instead of a blue watery background I had..a streaky pink one! Shame to waste him, so I ended up re-colouring the big fish (which also came out a streaky-wishy-washie pink) with my Promarkers. He's also been 3D-ed. There's black, yellow and orange card, each edged with a black pen to make it appear  as though there's even more layers. (The lilac is Promarker)  The Font I've used is a freebie, link on my blog.

MONICA

For this reminder I chose "Nibbles", a very loving piranha from our sponsor Crackerbox Palace. As anyone might expect, she loves bites. So, inside the card, we can find a very scared fellow.

To color Nibbles I used my Spectrum Noir pens and my Cameo to trace and cut all the paper piecing
work.

Doris

Hi and I´m so sorry. I´m a little late this week, but… I´m here. This week I want to share a funny card, which use the Friendly Lion image, from our great sponsor Crackerbox Palace….. I have to say I really enjoyed making this card. Have a great week!

Cazzy

Don't worry Doris, I am even later than you! I used the very amusing Clara and "I used to Jog.." sentiment (I had the stamp for years) both from Crackerbox Palace! I made a background with a Little Claire beach hut.

                                         To enter the challenge link your project HERE. 

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #22 Make Us Quirky Well Laugh!

 Hi Quirky People, it's Lyn here and it's my turn to set the theme to the nexy Quirky Crafts Challenge, and I thought how about...

Make Us Laugh! 

So, that's easy! Make something fantastic that will make us laugh! (or grin a bit!) We're lucky enough to be sponsored once again by the lovely...

  Crackerbox Palace!!

Crackerbox Palace make real rubber stamps and ship to anywhere in the world, stamps can be wood mounted, foam mounted (printed on the back), or unmounted.
Crackerbox Palace have provided the team with some lovely stamps to use, and you can win a very generous prize from them too:

1st Prize is a $20 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

2nd Prize is a $15 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

3rd Prize is a $10 voucher from Crackerbox Palace

Please note the voucher does not include postage.

 First makes from our fabulous Guest designers

Grandma Bonnie

I wanted to use this stamp because I have a very dear friend that must have her coffee in the morning before she can function.  I've made this card for her because my friend makes me smile and I was hoping this would make her smile as well.  Using dies on a card can make the card look fancy with minimal amount of work.  I like to hand cut my images out and this one was a bit challenging and fun because of the hair.
The die I used to mat my image is from Noor/Joy Craft and is the fancy rectangle. I made the sentiment on my computer. More details and list of copics on Bonnie's blog.

Ike

Ike said: I fussy cut the Queen and 3D'd her into 5 layers :-D 

Ike used Boo Bug and the Boo-ick joke on this great Halloween card.

Here's my final one... a Diorama using Fairy Guy + A Fairy Tale Sentiment ... I made a toilet too LoL (Definitely the best one last Ike, that is so funny).

And here's some fabulous makes from our Quirky Design Team!

We would like to introduce our new 2 month Guest Designer

  Helen Bowden!

I love this little witch, Black Hat Society Witch, she was great to colour with my Promarkers, I figure as we're so close to Halloween now, what would be better than a wreath, I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a base circle and lots of leaves, from black card, simply stuck them all around and then added my image and sentiment, really simple but effective.

Lyn

Here's mine: I've used this fabby lion from our sponsors, coloured him with my Promarkers and covered him with a bit a Stickles Glitter Glue. I've also 3D-ed his head and tail tip. I just thought the sentiment went so well .... I mean, you'd give a lion anything he wants if he called at your door one dark halloween night!

Cazzy

I used Chopper from Crackerbox Palace with You're a Classic, and DCWV Rockstar papers, and tartan ribbon. I think Chopper is great, had to use him. I hoped to make a few more but I am suffering with a virus and have lost a few days.

Gemma

What a spook- tastic challenge this was. The fabulous images were from Crackerbox Palace, and they were so much fun to work with...

I made a large 'secret pocket' journal page this week. The background is made with Dylusions sprays and Tim Holtz stencils.  I coloured the images with Promarkers and Inktense pencils. I wanted the devil boy to be lurking over the witches' shoulder, so I mounted him on a black tag, outlined him in white and slotted him into the secret pocket. Finally I added the sentiment.Happy Halloween...I hope you like my offering !!! 

Doris

On this occasion, I made a gift box shaped letter, justifying the message. I used  Helen with Coffee image because I thought it was very nice, or is it that I felt identified with her?. This pretty image is courtesy of our fabulous sponsor Crackerbox Palace . (Cazzy thinks this is D for Doris, love it).

My second one, is a Birthday Card, in which I used Clara, this image is provided by Crackerbox Palace, our great sponsor for this new challenge. I used for the background a pre made card kit and then, I painted Clara, by hand, using watercolor pencils. I used for paste Clara, adhesive foam.

MONICA

When my friend Patri wants coffee, she opens her eyes wide, shakes her hands and starts screaming "CAFE, CAFE, CAFE" (that´s coffee in Spanish). So this project is inspired in my dear friend Patri and the Crackerbox Palace digi sentiment "Mr. Cofffe" was perfect for it.

And I made this coffee mug for her, using this funny "Helen with coffee" digi and again the digi sentiment "Mr. Coffee", both from our sponsor Crackerbox Palace.

Hope you love our creations (next week there will be more to see) and they give you heaps of inspiration! Come and join in!

(Whoops {blush} - sorry, someone accidentally deleted the Inlinkz linky thing, it is back now! The perils of 5 people amending posts!)

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #21Favourite Things WINNERS!

 Wow! It's Quirky Winners time! You loved the last Challenge 'Favourite Things' and it was very hard to choose three winners, as we all have different tastes and love different,. favourite things!  After much debating the one with the most vote equalling the most points was ....

  1st Place -

with a choice of 5 images from Robyn's Fetish, is
Yogi

with this amazing creation!

  2nd Place - 
and winner of a voucher to spend with Crafty Ribbons is....
Gro Tjeltveit.
 

with this fabulous make
All Gro's cards received a vote but this one just pipped in at second place.

3rd Place 
  a choice of 3 images from Robyn's Fetish is.....

   Sharon Hudson

   with this fantastic project!

 Thank you again to our spectacular sponsors!!!

 Robyn's Fetish

 and 

 

  Crafty Ribbons!!:

 

If all three of you would like to contact Cazzy using the email ink on the sidebar, she will arrange for you to collect your prizes and send you a personalised winner's badge! We would love it if you all could join us as Guest Designers - please say you will - let us know when you email about your prize if you can! Don't forget you will be given digi's to work with.

Thank you to everyone who entered. Don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge.... I think it's my turn! Ooops! See you then! Happy Crafting!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.