Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenges

Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenges the 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.
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Sunday, 27 September 2015

Challenge #20.- Quirky Sewn with love.



For challenge #20 we want to see all kind of sewing related projects: needles, yarns, sewing machines, ribbons spools, stiched card, quilted cards, etc.


This challenge is sponsored by 



That provided the DT with beautiful files we are using today and also the prizes for this challenge winners.

PRIZES:

First place: 3 sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe

Second Place: 2 sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe

Third Place: 1 set of your choice from The Cutting Cafe

Guest Designers


Alice

 Alice used recycled foil on her amazing 3d machine which is a sewing box! See more photos on Alice's blog.







Design team




This is the file that I used for my today´s project. This SEWING MACHINE SET templates and cutting files features the following:
1 Sewing Machine with a box 
1 Sewing Machine shaped card 1 small thread card holder
5 stitched tags
14 sentiments
2 Ribbon spool templates (small and large)
You can find more details about my project by clicking HERE, and you can also find more information about the file, by clicking HERE






My project, our friendly sponsor THE CUTTING CAFE your file SEWING MACHINE SET, thank you very much !!! I love this beautiful card.




For this week project, I chose to altered a box using some of the cutting files included in Sewing Machine Set, provided by our generous sponsor. I must said I love the sentiment. Papers are from "Couture" Graphic 45 Collection.





 
 
Hi everyone! Today I made the card of the set  Sewing Machine Set. This challenge is very beautiful for me because it includes one of the arts that I like and enjoy it, for me Quilting . For many happy moments shared with friends I include in my project a pink rose symbolizing friendship.





To see who won the last challenge see the previous post below this one or click here

Any crafty project is acceptable as usual. Important: BEFORE you link up please add a link to the Quirky Crafts Challenges blog (http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com - the blog not this post) to your post - or you will not be able to enter. When you have done this you can go ahead and add a link to your blog post or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button or link below. If you do not have a blog (or inlinkz will not accept your non blog link) you can email your entry to us via the sidebar link. Good luck! 

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #19; Winners of Animal Magic!

Winners time again peoples!  Thank you to everyone who entered, we had some really fantastic creations! But!! There can only be three winners! So... I won't keep you in suspenders any longer...
First Prize and Winner of 7 Bugaboo Digital Images is...
                                                   
      raineyscraftroom. 
                                                     


 

 with this lovely magical make!

  Second Prize and Winner of prize from Sweat Peas Stamps is..
                                                             
    with this lovely stepper card
and

  Third Prize and Winner of A digi Image from Robyn's Fetish is...
Julye


with this Moo Cow with Balloon!

Congratulations to all of you! It was a very close call between the third and fourth creation, but we only have three prizes! Now, don't forget we'd also love all three of you to join us in a future challenge as Guest Designers!! Let Cazzy know if you'd like to join in at the same time you claim your prizes. That's it! This is Lyn signing off. See you in the next challenge coming up later today!!




Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Sunday, 20 September 2015

Let's Have Some Quirky Animal Magic! Challenge #19.-Reminder

Thank you to Monica for starting off this post and doing all the hard bits!! You are an angel! Lyn here, because...

It's reminder time!


Our fabulous Sponsors for this Animal Magic challenge are.

 Bugaboo
 And...
 
and...


Reminder of our prizes, good or what!? Fantastic I say!

   1st place: Seven Digi's of your choice from Bugaboo

 2nd place: 4 images from Sweet Pea Stamps

 3rd place:  - Robyn's Fetish 1 digi!

Here's some more inspiration from our Design Team:

Guest Designers

NanaConnie said: Bugaboo Stamps image "Skull Tree."  It was such a wonderful silhouette, I printed it large enough to fill the entire card front and my only embellishment was the added bits of glitter to the eyes and the pumpkin.  Nice CAS design.


For my card, I chose the adorable Strawberry Mouse by Karen Middleton at Sweet Pea Stamps. I coloured this little cutie with Prismacolor pencils and fussy-cut so I could pop him up with foam tape.  I made a fun background with some angled panels.  I started by stamping a leaf cluster with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  Then I did some ink blending with the same Distress Ink.  I layered red, green, and black cardstock strips and some strawberry-patterned paper strips.  I die-cut the Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks in red and added some punny words with my Dymo label maker.  I added a strawberry charm from my stash, tied with baker's twine, and finished off the card with a number of white sequins.

DESIGN TEAM


For this heart easel card, I´m working with "How to tame the beast", design by Charity Dauenhauer and provided by Sweet Pea Stamps.



My tower is to the charming CLYDE, who kindly gives us the sponsor BUGABOO DIGI STAMPS !!!!

Hi! This week my animal magic is the beautiful and mysterious unicorn. In my card, the adorable  Unicorn   of  our sponsor BUGABOO DIGI .
Lyn


For my second card for this challenge I've used the same image as last week, but instead of using light colours I've gone for darker shades and loads of gems and glitter. The papers I've used this time are called 'Neighbourwood'. Half of the 48 sheets are already glittered. There's leaves, acorns, tree bark, flowers, butterflies and sheets with animlas, which I've punched out. The little bottle contains magical purple fary dust! It's a little cord necklace for someone who's a Pisces... There's a little fairy charm attached too!
Unfortunetly my intended Bugaboo card (which was rabbits and elephants on some rabbit rainbow backing paper) got covered in dust after hubby sandpapered the walls in my near empty craft room and worse still, he can't remember where he put my box of Promarkers! So...here's an oldie from last year, featuring a chick and an elephant.

For this card I used the Monster Rose-Colored, and this is a little different because you don´t need to paint, this cute monster is already colored. Just print and cut it. As additional elements I used a button, orange floss and little Love sentiment.


I had to show you this image and sentiment combo, it makes me laugh so much! I've already seen Christmas tins of biscuits and chocolates in the shops! This is called Halloween Christmas Owl Trio from Bugaboo.



This is a very quick Christmas card to follow on from the owls, using Snowflake Silhouette Reindeer  from Bugaboo, to which I added a lilac shadow then covered in glitter film before die cutting.



 To enter the challenge link your project to the challenge post before this one click HERE or scroll down.

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Let's Have Some Quirky Animal Magic! Challenge #19



Hi Quirky people, hopefully this is me (Lyn) bringing you another Quirky Challenge. Wasn't the last one fantastic! To see who won, click HERE or scroll down!

This fortnights challenge is... (Okay the title gave it away!) 

Animal Magic! 
It's quite easy, we'd like to see Animals! Large ones, small ones, squiggly ones, long ones, short ones, cute ones, funny ones, fat ones, skinny ones...it's up to you. The more 'animal' the better!!

Our fabulous Sponsors for this challenge are..

 Bugaboo
 And...
 
and...


   1st place: Seven Digi's of your choice from Bugaboo

 2nd place: 4 images from Sweet Pea Stamps

 3rd place:  - Robyn's Fetish 1 digi!

Here's some inspiration from our Design Team 

First, our guest designers 

NanaConnie
BIG apology to NanaConnie - Cazzy totally forgot to add her gorgeous card! NanaConnie used Lisa Victoria's Snowflake Wonder.
Fit Kitty


Thank you to Cazzy and the Quirky Crafts Design Team for inviting me to be your guest designer!  For my card, I chose a gorgeous image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps called Silhouette - Happy Halloween Cat.  I got really inky with my card! This silhouette image is perfect for an inky background. I blended a spooky sky with Distress Inks:  Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Dusty Concord, and Black Soot.  


I wanted to add some tiny stars with silver embossing paste and Memory Box Starry Nights stencil, but I ended up smudging them, so I wiped them off - you can still see a bit of the silver in places and I thought it left a cool shimmery effect!  I added lots of water drops, a Spider Web die-cut (Impression Obsession), and a number of black sequins. The inky panel was die-cut with Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Border and I mounted it on black cardstock and then onto a white card base.  


Auntie Sue

Today I am so pleased to be GDT this week and have made this card using Charmaine Flannery's Dragon's Keeper- DIGI  from our generous sponsor Sweet Pea Stamps. I have coloured my image with a mixture of Promarkers and Lyra Rembrandt Pencils. Papers are from Laura Ashley and lots of gems, lace, ribbons and die cuts added to embellish it. 


  And now...The Quirky Team.

DORIS

For this magical challenge, I decided to paint the gorgeous Charmaine Flannery's Squirreling Around image, from our amazing sponsor Sweet Pea Stamps. I just used the Spectrum Noir Alcohol Makers and a frame.




For me, one of the most magical animals are dragons. For my doctor bag shaped card, I used the lovely Clyde Get Well provided by our generous sponsor Bugaboo Stamps. 




For my card I chose this beautiful unicorn, reminding me of the horses we know, I would gladly take care of an unicorn in my house.  The image Karen Middleton's Unicorn Heart comes from our sponsor Sweet Pea Stamps.






For this week my card has a beautiful and sweet dragon


of our sponsor Sweet Pea. This little dragon takes his time reading bedtime. 
He sits in the beautiful moon. 

This is one of my favorite magical animals !

Cazzy
 This is Hedgehog flower from Bugaboo, hedgehogs are always magical to me, I love it when they come through the garden at night eating bugs, is the ladybug about to be eaten I wonder?


This is Charmaine Flannery's We're All Mad Here, she is beautiful and crazy and has a magical crazy (Cheshire?) cat on her lap, and playing cards flying through the air! 

Lyn - will be late for her own challenge!
Sorry sorry sorry everyone!! I'm here now!!



I love this image by  Sweet Pea Stamps. It's called, 'Time For A Tale.' (Please click on the link to see a really fabulous coloured picture of the image)  I've coloured with Promarkers, added loads of Stickles Glitter, foam lettering, felt flowers, a sewn on button, gems and eyelash wool.

And, because I knew I was going to be late, here's an Oldie from Bugaboo.
You too can back date, as long as we haven't seen your creation and it's no older than ten days.

Any crafty project is acceptable as usual. But important: BEFORE you link up please add a link to the Quirky Crafts Challenges blog (http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com - the blog not this post) to your post - or you will not be able to enter. When you have done this you can go ahead and add a link to your blog post or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button or link below. If you do not have a blog (or inlinkz will not accept your non blog link) you can email your entry to us via the sidebar link. Good luck!

Have Fun - The Quirky Crafts Challenge Design Team.

Challenge #18- Winners. Quirky Home Sweet Home.




 Thanks you so much to our generous sponsor, in this challenge:

Thanks you! 

http://www.thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/

This gentle sponsor provided the design team with the files for this challenge. 


These are


Our Winners:


1st Place:



With a beautiful window filled with butterflies, flowers and details, it's like being in a beautiful garden.

Congratulations you win:  

1st prize: 3 sets from The Cutting Café store.




2nd Place



 This nice little Hobbit house decorated with flowers,
 invites you to stroll through the region.


Congratulations you win:   

  2nd prize:  2 sets from The Cutting Café store. 




 3rd Place





 Sweet grandmother looks beautiful on her couch, 
while you sip your hot chocolate in the company of his cat.

Congratulations you win: 

 3rd place: 1 set from The Cutting Café store. 



Congratulations to the three!!! Please email Cazzy using the link in the side bar, or contact form, who will arrange for your get your prize and do let us know if you would like to be a Guest Designer in a future challenge.


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.