Welcome toQuirky Crafts Challengesthe place where any craft project is allowed.
We're a small design team with big inspiration.
On the first Sunday of the month, at 6pm UK time, we will set a new challenge which will close on the 28th of that month at midday. The DT will pick their top three favourites and you could win a prize and join us as a Guest Designer. Winners are posted on the first Sunday in the month (midday usually) before the new challenge - don't forget to come and check if you are a winner.
Well, peacocks were not as popular as we thought.
But we love the beautiful and original entries that we have, showing us the stunning peacock pride and beauty.
We were sponsored by Stitchy Bear, that provided us the beautiful digis and paper pack collection that we used for our DT projects.
So here are our winners:
In first place goes for this gorgeous card made by KINDRED
Congratulations, you have won 3 images of choice from the whole Stitchy Bear Store
In second place we have another beautiful card made by GABI
Congratulations, you have won any 3 of the Dt´s chosen images (you can find the dt´s chosen images list here)
In third place have a beautiful hand painted peacock made by ANGELA
Congratulations, you have won any 2 of the Dt´s chosen images(you can find the dt´s chosen images list here)
And also, we have Craf Tica as a runner up, with a beautiful smashbook peacock page:
Congratulations, you have won a badge and we will love to have you as a guest designer.
Usual thing, all of you contact Cazzy via the link in the sidebar (or let her know if it doesn't work for you and she will get your email from Inlinkz), and she will send your badges and request your vouchers, and we would love all of you to be Guest Designers in two weeks time, please say you will!
Thank you to everyone who entered, and don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!
Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
I couldn't support Monica on Sunday, or Monday due to a migraine, but finally I have made my next two peacock cards.
My first card is made with the gorgeous IKEsART peacock, painted with Twinkling H2Os and the detail coloured with Atyou Spica pens. I die cut a couple of feathers this time.
For this card I used a panel of paper from the Coosty Creations Mehendi Peacock pack, it is covered in tiny peacocks. The large peacock is by Delicious Doodles and is totally coloured with Atyou Spica pens, I tried to give the tail feathers a goldy green look.
We have only had a couple of entries so far, so there is a great chance of winning the prizes if you join in with your peacock coloured cards, or cards with peacocks or peacock feathers!
Hi this is Monica and this is the reminder post of "As proud (and beautiful) as a Quirky Peacock" Challenge.
Remember: We want to see a lot of proud peacocks and peacocks feathers, we want to see its beauty and its stunning colors.
Don´t you think peacocks are just gorgeous????? So come a play with us!!!!
The Alipeeps peacock profile is just stunning, and for her I decided to use promarkers to colour her in strikingly bold shades of blue. I kept the card simple, mounting her onto bright blue glitter card with decorative corners, and layering onto silver and black mirror card. The sentiment is one from my stash that just seemed appropriate!
First, I made a 3D peacock, using the Mehendi Peacock Digital Paper from Coosty Creations and the drag and drop pattern feature of the Silhouette Studio software. To assemble this one, you must love to play puzzles -take a little time for me, to understand where to place each piece- LOL.
For my second project I made a card with this stunning Peacock digi, from IkesArt.
To color this image, I used my brand new Twinkling H2O´s, watercolor paints with a lots of mica in it, to give a beautiful shimmer touch to the project.
Hi there!!! It´s Monica and this is my turn to set the challenge.
At first, let´s start warming up - by having a little dance:
Don´t you think peacocks are the most gorgeous birds of all? They are so proud of their stunning open tails!!!!
Well this new challenge is all about that: we want to see your peacock themed projects, you can use peacock colours, it would be wonderful if you could include some proud peacocks and peacock feathers of course but not essential. We want to see projects based on the peacock's beauty and its stunning colors.
Come and play with us!!!!
The Delicious Doodles Peacock feather is such a bold print that rather than just colouring it I wanted to make it stand out even more with some zentangling. I then coloured it with distress markers, and spritzed it with some cosmic shimmer mist to give it some sparkle. I mounted it on black mirror card and layered that onto some hand made backing paper which I created by stamping a peacock feather stamp in versamark and colouring with perfect pearls.
I tried to create a film cell effect, so I laser printed Peacock by IKEsArt on to acetate, foiled it in black and then coloured with my Copics. I cut the feather on my Cameo and coloured with Copics. I thought it had an Art Nouveau feel so I used an AN font to cut the lettering out of vinyl.
I started my background by gluing down torn strips of paper with a mat gel medium. Then I added Rayher Antique medium to create texture. I printed the Alipeeps: Peacock Profile on white tissue paper and coloured her with Copics. I cut out the image and drew it’s contours on the background to paint everything behind the image white. Then I put a layer of transparent gesso all around the image to give the Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray (I used Treasure Island Aqua) some grip. I then glued my digistamp down with mat gel medium. After it dried completely I painted the darkblue centers in the feathers with Lumiere metallic paint (Indigo) and the green circles with Docraft Artiste Metallic paint (Emerald Green). The little dots were made with a TCW stencil and Inca Gold Copper and I distressed the edges of my pages with a Gelato Chocolate. Around the face and on the hair I added some shading with a Faber Castel Big Brush Pitt pen Capuut Mortuum 169.
For this project I made a bendy card, working with this gorgeous papers Stitchy Bear provided us.
A closer look of the texture of the paper set, this file is "Mehendi Peacock". Aren´t they just perfect???
This stunning digi is "Peacock". I colored it using a mix of Spectrum Noir pens and Prismacolor pencils. And added a bit of glitter to the tail feathers.
This peacock is by My Heart Pieces, one of many artists at Stitchy Bear! I printed the Coosty Creations background to 5x7" then cut it down, adding a Spellbinder cut mat on top. Once the image was coloured with markers, I also die cut it out carefully tucking the tail out of the way. More details at my blog!
Lyn - will be a little late due to a broken printer!
The IKEsART Peacock image was colored with Copics. The background paper is from Club Scrap, the glass circle from Craft Fantastic, and the peahen and chicks photo from a free photo site.
On the front of my card I used 3 of the papers from the Coosty Creations Mehendi Peacock Digital Stamp and Paper Pack , with the Mehendi peacock. There is lots of intricate detail on this beautiful image which I coloured with Atyou Spica pens for the metallic shine I wanted, but I think I will experiment with other mediums to see what can be done. I spotted a pack of real peacock feathers in a box on my shelves and decided this was the perfect time to use one!
Inside the card (and the smallest paper panel on the front) is the 3d effect paper from the pack. You can't see the 3d much on the small panel but you can on the inside.
Gemma and Doris are still on sick leave, they really want to get back crafting soon!
To see who won the last challenge click HERE or scroll down to the next post.
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Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
Hi Quirky people! Lyn here with the winners of my Something Beginning with S challenge! Oh My Goodness it wasn't easy choosing our favourites!! In fact I think we all voted for different cards!! So a bit of how many of us voted for a creation was also taken into consideration...
Thanks to our fabulous Sponsors! Here after much tearing out of hair and cups of coffee are our winners!!!!
Thank you to everyone who entered, there were some fantastic creations most of which I would have loved to give a prize, perhaps we'll send you a private email and ask if you'd like to be guest designers for a future challenge!? Please connect Cazzy for your prizes(see side bar) and please join us as guest designers too! Don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!
Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
I think you are all having so much fun with our Quirky Something beginning with S challenge you hardly need any more inspiration - but you are getting some anyway!
My first card is made with Flower Name Sunflower paired with Flower Gals - Sunflower, I think we featured her in an earlier challenge. I found some paper with the same colour scheme as I had coloured the image then added some ribbons from Crafty Ribbons, and stamped a sentiment.
My second card features Snails- Belated birthday. These are such cute snails, I would use them with other birthday sentiments too. I found some hand made embroided paper that reminded me of snail trails, added some macroon ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and some eyelets.
Hi guys, it's me Lyn reminding you that there is still a week left for you to come and join in with my latest Quirky Crafts Challenge, nice and easy....Something Beginning with S!
Sun, Sea, Snow, Smiley faces, it's up to you! We're sponsored by the one and only....
Bugaboo
The Fabulous Crafty Ribbons!
AND
Our third sponsor is the Amazing
Robyn's Fetish
Here's some creations from our Quirky Team!! (more to come!)
Here's my second make using a freebie from Bugaboo A Flower Shaker Card! There's also Sewing machine, scissors, a star, stitches, stickles, spectacles, silver, Happy Spring is typed on the flowers stem and Happy Birthday has been stamped in side.
In this project, I have a lot of "S": First, the famous "Stella" this quirky character from our sponsor, Bugaboo. Second, this "Summer look". And finally, 5 o´clock "Somewhere". I colored this image with Spectrum Noir markers and Prismacolor pencils.
I used Bugaboo's Scene it - Happy Spring to Ewe, instead of the "Happy Spring to ewe" sentiment that came with it, I used "Happy birthday to ewe", which came with a different Bugaboo image.
The image is coloured with Promarkers, and die cut with Spellbinders Card Creator dies. Paper is Papermania and both ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons. Buttons from my local market, tied through wit baker's twine.
S is for: Scalloped card (8"x8"), Spotty Ribbon, Sheep, Sentiment, Springs, Snail button, String and Scene!
The Springy Sheep image is Bugaboo's Scene it - Happy Spring to Ewe. I printed the Springy Sheep on X-Press paper and colored them with Copics. The flowers, bumblebee and butterfly where highlighted with a Spica pen. The patterned paper is Daphane's Closet - Petite from Lawn Fawn. I added a ribbon and a frog eyelet (since frogs are very Springy in Spring). The creek near my house is full of Springy Spring Frogs who are Serenading me every night. I love it! The Springy Sheep are enjoying, or at least I think so, their Springtime fun. I hope you are enjoying your Spring too!
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Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.
