Quirky media mayhem reminder

This is the first of three makes (I hope) for the Quirky reminder, and this image is from Digital Delights by Louby Loo, and is called Princess Delightful. I coloured her with Promarkers and atyou Spica pens, the die cut her and mounted her on a panel die cut from a sheet of card which I used behind numerous sprayed projects - so it was multi coloured with sparkly spray and I didn't know it would work so well as a die cut panel. The sentiment is also mounted on some of the die cut sprayed card. The purple panel has a die cut edge, all dies are Spellbinders. I found some sparkly gold and ivory fibre and used it down one edge.

Hopefully back later with at least one more project!

Hop on over to Quirky Crafts to see more inspiration and to join in!

I'm delighted to enter the following challenges:

Artful Times - Spray away (Fri)

Craft all day - have a heart (April) small heart on her bodice.

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon (Thurs)

Moving along with the times - the word "happy" (Thurs)

Cards Galore - favourite colour challenge (It's purple with green again) (April)

The Stamping Boutique - Birthdays (Fri)

Lets make a Quirky Mess, you know you want to!

Caro asked invited us to Make a Quirky Mess for the latest Quirky challenge, and we didn't need asking twice! We have three great sponsors, Crafty Ribbons, Bugaboo, and Squigglefly. 

My first card is made with Artistic Bear from Squigglefly. I first printed him on my cardstock in a position that allowed me to fold the card into a card blank, which eventually I had to change. First thing was to mask him and I used Artist's Masking Fluid which was painted on, and is very quick to dry so tricky stuff! Then I got my acrylic paints out and got messy, first painting the flower head freehand, then filling in all the white space, and this paint is quite thick and textured (at least mine was).  When all the painting was done I removed the mask to reveal the bear and colour it with Promarkers. The paint dripping from the paintbrush and in puddles on the floor and on the bear is 3d Paint. I found I couldn't get the lid off the paint, or unblock it so resorted to cutting the top off and squeezing the remaining paint into a jar! Finally I added some Crafty Ribbon, and stamped Happy Mother's Day with a Hero Arts clear stamp. The card wasn't up to acrylic paint and was buckling and curling and so I cut off the back and mounted the panel on a new stronger card blank.

Guy New Job is from Bugaboo, and he is coloured with Promarkers and his suit is decoupaged (mainly because the first Guy had a grey face as if the ink ran, or the pen was dirty, and I decided he needed to be on a panel. This background was acheived using my Creative Expressions Messy Mat for the first time. I dropped Distress inks in three colours (Broken China, Peeled Paint, and Dusty Concord) and then brayered the mat. The result was a lovely mix of inks which opened up in places to leave gaps, hence the white space. The white card was placed down on the messy mat and rubbed over, and the background here is the result. I stamped a London background stamp by Hero Arts over the panel, and cut it out. Guy new Job and sentiment are cut with Nestabilties. Crafty Ribbon added, and I think it looks like tie material.

Inside, the card insert is also stamped with the London background stamp, masked to leave a panel to write on one side.

Quirky challenge two sketches

The lovely Spyder Lyn set us two sketches for this challenge, you can choose which one or you can do both.

There are great sketches so why don't you have a go and enter over at Quirky Crafts this time, you could win a great prize or join us as a guest designer - or both!

Our Sponsor this time is The Cutting Cafe, and you can win three sets of digital images, yes 3 sets! The sets are HUGE, they have so much included. I used the One Spring Day set for all images and the sentiment on this card, I also used some Papermania paper, quite an old design but pretty. I coloured the images with Promarkers and added some 3D glaze to the raindrops and puddles. The set has so many images and sentiments and there are ready coloured versions as well as non coloured versions that you can colour yourself. Also the round sentiments are sized to work with Nestabilities, perfect! I also used Making Memories brads, and a Cuttlebug die to cut the corner, and a Martha Stewart punch for the "lace". I used Nestabilties to cut the central image and the scalloped mat.

Hop on over to Quirky Crafts blog to see what the design team did with this set and the second totally different set provided by our sponsor.

Quirky Crafts 2011: Challenge 10 - Pop up slider window card thingy, for the men

Diane does like to challenge you, and us on the Design Team, this type of card was definitely a first for at least two of us who were unable to follow the template until one of the team found a YouTube video that made it look oh so easy!

So this is my first attempt, and I will be making these again as I do like this sort of card. I used Dino and Just a Note images provided by our sponsor Stitchy Bear. I love Dino though my colouring isn't too good, I will try again to do better. I coloured him with Promarkers, the tips are not fine enough for the fine detail - for me at least. Trias work better for me, but I have more colours in Promarkers.
I found a bone stamp to stamp the edges, it is an Inkadinkado Dog stamp set. I doodled some extra words onto the inner part.

I cut Dino out with a Nestie Large Rectangle, then cut a larger mat with my trimmer. I used the Nestie as a template to mark the opening to be cut too. I used the smallest two circle dies, again Nesties, to cut the grommit, and to notch the top of the card which needed two passes as this card stock is quite thick.

I cut out the Just a Note image with the same large rectangle die as I knew it would fit the opening perfectly, it was a bit fiddly sticking it in to the fully assembled card - maybe I should have stuck it in at an earlier stage.

I finally added dad using a cut and emboss alphabet by Sizzix, you can't see what it says in the photo, I should have used card I could sand for a contrast. I also added some fibres from my stash, and punched a small arrow with an Xcut punch and wrote Pull on it.

The winner of this challenge over will win a voucher to spend on Stitchy Bear digital stamps. You can either have a go at this type of card or you can make a 3d project for a man or Father's day. So hop on over to Quirky Crafts and join in, you have to be in it to win it!

Quirky Crafts 2011: Challenge 8 - Sparkly, Punchy Easter and/or Spring

This challenge is sponsored by Digital Delights by Looby Lou, and these delightful Easter images are available from our sponsor, see more Design Team examples and different images on the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog. 

The challenge as set by Caro is Easter or Spring, and you must use at least one punch and sparkle.

My first card is made using sparkly purple card punched around the page with Martha Stewart butterfly punches. The image is coloured with Promarkers and cut out with Nestabilities. The green butterflies are some new Nellie Snellen punch and emboss sets I got at the Shepton Mallet show. Had to have them! The butterflies are sparkled with Stickles glitter glue bodies and Papermania self adhesive gemstones.

The second card is Barnaby Cruisin image coloured with Promarkers and cut with Nestabilties. The carrots are part of a scalloped rectangle cut with Nestabilities and the greenery is a Martha Stewart fern punch, the bottom of the panel is punched with a Martha Stewart lace border punch. Flowers with sparkly gem centres were from a box sold by Lakeland when they sold craft items. Ribbon from stash is also sparkly with gold edges.

I have entered these in the I Love Promarkers Challenge Easter, and the Pollycraft challenge Easter, and Stamping for the Weekend Easter challenge, and The Crafty Pad - Spring challenge.

Quirky Crafts 2011: Challenge 7 - Twisted Easel and or Mother's day gift

This challenge was set by Diane, and it is to make a twisted easel card, or a Mother's day gift or both. I found it particularly challenging as I have never made an easel card before, and this is my second attempt. The train is still "wonky" the first was totally wrong and was trashed, this one will have to do!
I used a digital stamp called Train Tracks from our lovely sponsor - The Stamping Boutique, coloured with Promarkers and die cut with Quickutz Special Delivery dies, the card blanks was cut using this very useful set which I found at a bargain price on Ebay recently (brand new). I also used Nestabilities to cvut the two bigger circles behind the train and the greeting.
Good one Diane, got my brain going eventually though I think a third attempt would be better, if I can bear it!

Quirky Crafts Challenge time, sketch

The latest challenge over at Quirky Crafts is an easy sketch by Lyn.

Our sponsor this time is Stitchy Bear Stamps and I used Ole Gray Mare digi image on my card.

I love this image, it is so cute. I coloured it with Promarkers, cut it out with Nestabilities large rectangles and matted on a scalloped large rectangle. I used long rectangles to cut the patterned paper and scalloped mat, the sentiment is cut with the large rectangle set. The large orange rectangle is woodgrain textured, I think it is a bit too orange, maybe I should have tried to tone it down with some brown ink! I also think my card is too big for the rectangles however C6 was too small, so maybe I should have sized the image differently to get the proportions right.

Quirky Crafts 2011 - challenge 2: In the Spring Garden

New Quirky Challenge day today, and this one is sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps. The challenge is In The Spring Garden, which must feature a stamped or digi image you would associate with the garden and your creation must include the colours pink and green.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the trellis fence, and gorgeous polka dot chiffon ribbon by Crafty Ribbons. I added a greeting using a small MSE clear stamp set I remembered I had, and was able to find, and die cut that with Nestablities. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some glitter glue to the wings.

All of the design team have used digi downloads from Stitchy Bear Stamps, I used the cute Bumblebrella by Stitchy with the January Collab paper pak Love Blooms from the Floppy Latte range.

So hop on over to the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog and show us your creations and maybe win a voucher for some digital goodness from Stitchy Bear Stamps.

Beer Monster Card

It is my Son's birthday tomorrow and I made this card using English Paper Company paper, chipboard letters, a free digi download of the beer monster from Pollycraft which I love, so thanks for the great freebie Pollycraft. Monster is coloured with Promarkers, and finally I used a foiled birthday sentiment that I won from a magazine for my card that was featured ages ago and some frog eyelets. I hope he likes it, happy birthday Son!

Quirky Crafts Challenge 25 - sketch

The challenge this week over at Quirky Crafts is to follow Lyn's sketch. The challenge is sponsored by Nikki and she has lots of cupcake designs and some other designs, some of which you will see on the Quirky Crafts Blog this week. I have used a digital download called Starry cupcake for my card. I coloured it with Promarkers, and decoupaged the cake, added Stickles to the stars, the paper is by DCWV, the cup cake ribbon is from Crafty Ribbon, can't remember who's brads they were, scalloped border is done using a Martha Stewart doily punch. Sentiment is from an MSE clear set, and the mini cupcake is from a Hero Arts clear set. Die cut shapes are cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities dies. Sorry is it a bit dark, I used my new mini photo studio again but the first time I used it I managed to break a lamp bulb while trying to put it away, and I haven't managed to replace it yet but finally I think I have found the right ones and they are on the way, so this photo was taken with only one of the two lamps working, (which is how I feel personally right now - 50% functional).

This is the sketch to follow: 

Card for Dad

This is a card using a digi download by Debbie Moore of the Crafty Pad that I bought because I wanted an aeroplane and didn't have one and this is cute. I used the coloured image for speed and decoupaged the plane. You get both coloured and uncoloured for 99p which is good I think. Isn't this so cute? Shapes cut with Nestabilities labels Eight, letters cut using Sizzix Embosslit dies, paper by Papermania and foiled greeting. Blue card from Trago Mills pick and mix Papermill I think.

Challenge 22 - Cute

Today is the start of Challenge 22 over on Quirky Crafts Challenge blog. The challenge is sponsored by the Cutting Cafe and you can win some digital downloads of your choice.

Also if you want to apply for the Quirky Crafts design team you have until 28th Feb.

Before this challenge I hadn't really used digital downloads much though I have quite a few saved and now I think I will use them more. The beauty of them is that they are inexpensive, don't take up storage space in the home, and you can change them in size or colour.

I have used a combination of a sentiment from the Cutting Cafe Nice sheet, and stamps from the Crafty Pad (Shelley and Twitter I think) which I think go together perfectly.
 Can anyone tell me by the way why it is that I always get sick on the weekends so I lose out on my personal time? No, I don't suppose you can. I was in bed most of yesterday, and feel like going there today I am so bunged up with cold, but at least my throat is less painful, but I will have a shower, think I need it.
So without further ado (and too much more unwanted information) here are two versions of the same card layout.

Die cut shapes are all done with Nestabilities, paper is from Pocket Full Of Posies by DCWV, glitter glue on Prima blooms is Ice Stickles and is still wet in this photo, ink is Memento, images coloured with Promarkers.

Now I am looking for challenges I can enter and I didn't make my cards with any other challenges in mind but I found the following:
I hope these qualify for the green + 1 challenge on My time to Craft.
and O is for one piece of paper on ABC challenges

Lori asked how I got my sparkly signature, well someone on UK Scrappers forum was offering a long time ago, and probably still does it, and made my sig for free to use on the forum, I didn't have the blog then but I tried copying it in a a photo and it worked. There are lots of free sites where you can do your own but none are as good as my own signature below which has no links to adverts and doesn't disappear to force you back to the site.

Quirky Crafts Challenge 19 - Yellow

The first challenge of 2010 over on Quirky Crafts forum is Anne's Yellow, make a creation including yellow in the design somewhere.
The challenge is sponsored by Debbie Moore of The Crafty Pad, and I used Debbie's Roshell duck digital image to create an A4 calendar which opens to reveal birthday and Christmas reminder sheets for 2009.
Debbie has donated two stamps as the prize that the winner of this challenge will get. So get your yellow stash out and get crafting, any craft project can be entered and you have two weeks to enter.

I enlarged the Roshell image (which is one of the big advantages of using a digital image, apart from not having to store and find them) and printed it on printable pearlescent card which was a bit tricky to colour, but I used my ProMarkers and Trias to do this. I cut the images out with the Victorian Fiskars blade and mounted in on blue pearlescent card which I also mounted the calendar months on and cut the letters and numbers from with Sizzix Lollipop dies. All paper is Papermania and is from a stack issued a few years ago. Blooms are all Prima, gem brads are Dovecraft, blue pearl domes are Papermania, grossgrain polka dot and blue ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons. Calendar was from Crafty Devils but I cut it up, Birthday and Christmas reminders were created by me in Word.

I think it looks really nice on my wall.

This is the inside with a  Christmas card and gift list on the left and birthday reminder by month on the right.

 

I also made this birthday card for my son, the stamps are Cherry Pie Art Stamps and I thought it would remind him of his honeymoon which was partly in Dubai where he saw camels, he said "why have you made a card with camels on in the middle of winter", so it was lost on him slightly! I also stamped some matching wrapping paper, but it didn't photograph well and is gone now. Sentiment is from a Daisy and Dandelion stamp set.