Spice up your life with colour girls - Quirky reminder

 Well Doris wants to see our "inner girls" in the current challenge that runs until Saturday. Our sponsor is the lovely Regina of The Cutting Cafe, and she provided the team with files of images to use, and I was lucky enough to win 6 months worth of every new release so I have used one of my files as well.
Rose is here again, simply because I like her and had her printed already. This time I coloured her dress with Promakers, and the rest of her too. I mounted her on a panel of lime green, on of my favourite colours, and teamed it with red - and pink. I found some sparkly brads to use on the green panel. The bright background is from You Colour my World, and the flowers and sentiment are from All About Girls. I added a big brad to the big flower, covered it in stickles glue, and added some lime green Stickles to the red and green flowers. All this mounted on a scalloped square, and this is an 8"x8" card blank so I used a Grand Nestability to cut the square. Finally I added some lime green polka dot ribbon.

This is McKenzie, wearing a dress which is cut from a panel from You Colour my World. She is coloured with Promarkers. In the background arranged so it looks like she is wearing the party hat, is a sentiment from All About Girls. the tall thin card blank is inked round the edges in pink, and I added polka dot ribbon and some teeny tiny buttons to match the colours.

Hop on over to Quirky to see some more fun makes, and to join in with the fun!

I have entered the following challenges:

Craft All Day - have a heart (April)

Allsorts - no flowers (Sat)

Cards Galore - creating with colour, your fav colour (lime green) (April)

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon (Wed)

I love Promarkers - Clean and simple (Wed)

Papertake Weekly - anything goes (Tues)

Unity Be Inspired challenge

I used the colours for the Unity Be Inspired challenge for this card. This is a very 70's tree I think! Image coloured with Promarkers, die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities, ribbon is grey satin from Crafty Ribbons, and some grey buttons from stash.

I used the Blossom Stackers stamps for the shapes behind the sentiment, the tree and sentiment are an Itty Bitty set Thought of Who.

I have entered the following challenges:

Unity Be Inspired - see above for details.

ABC challenge - E for embellish.

Feeling Crafty - dies or punches.

My Time To Craft - buttons and bows.

WOYWW #204

This was my breakfast, forgot to thaw out the berries again, so whizzed them up with a banana and yoghurt, with some frozen mango and fresh squeezed orange juice and it came out as a smoothie unlike last week's bowl of frozen slushie.

Last week I sort of lost Wednesday, I remember thinking I must post a photo this morning, it is only a little late - only to realise it was in fact Friday by then and probably much too late!

So on my desk today, lots of bits to start making wedding cards, I stamped some images with my new Visible Image stamps ready to go.

If you want to join in and have a nosy hop over to The Stamping Ground where Julia started all of this!

A Quirky Reminder

Another funny fairy frog by Dustin Pike to remind you there is one week to go to enter the "Things with Wings and Clouds" challenge at Quirky Crafts. I coloured the frog with Promarkers (I love the jar of fireflies), and cut the panels with Nestabilities. I found this paper in my box which I think is by English Paper Company but I could be wrong. I cut my vellum clouds with a Sizzix Framelets die from the cupcake set, it is the icing die! Letters and flowers are cut with Quickutz Lifestyle dies.

I hope to add a couple more examples soon, one of these depends on me sorting out the printer which involves surgical gloves, syringes and some special Magic Bullet liquid, oh and a couple of hours and lots of mess. If it works I should be able to print off the only image we haven't shown you yet and make another card.

Kraftin Kimmie - bling it on

Last one for Kraftin Kimmie, challenge 1 bling it on, and now I really must go to bed.

I can't remember this fairy's name but she is pretty. The Stickles glitter glue was still very wet when I took this, and she is coloured with Promarkers and die cut with Nestabilities.

I have entered the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas - washi tape or birthday card or both.

Quirky sketch or not!

My visitors have all gone now and apart from demands to help hold bits of wood as Shaun makes a frame for the extra strong net we are getting to Kenny Proof the pond I was able to get on with these examples for today's Quirky Crafts Challenge.

The challenge is a sketch by Spyder Lyn using as many items from the bingo grid as you can, or just use the bingo grid with no sketch (amended, I got it slightly wrong before). 

Belinda Bunny is one of the images kindly provided to the DT by Robyn's Fetish, one of our two sponsors. I coloured her with Promrakers and a Flex marker, cut her out with Nestabilities and used a Hero Arts sentiment. For this card I followed the sketch, used die cutting, baker's twine, real sewing and heat embossing from Lyn's grid.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything goes.
I love Promarkers - Spring is in the air (Wednesdays)
Passion for Promarkers - Bingo - I used die cut, glitter (on paper and in embossing powder) and "free".
Simon Says challenge blog - Anything goes closes soon.

This image is called Mrs Turner and Hootch, and I didn't follow the sketch. The image is coloured with Promarkers and a Flexmarker (I only have one), then I die cut it, used ribbon, embossed the pink background with an embossing folder, added Hero Arts stamped tickets die cut with a Tim Holtz Sizzlet die and added metal staples with the Fastenator.

Life is a Quirky Box of Chocolates - oh yes it is!

Whoo Hooo the challenge I have been dying to tell you about is here! I set the topic of chocolates using the colours chocolate and cream, however this is a very different challenge to our normal challenges because we have a brand new sponsor Crackerbox Palace, and they are giving vouchers to all three of our top three prize winners. Because we have a real stamp company sponsor you are not allowed to use any digi images or stickers on your project, to see all the details check out Quirky Crafts Challenge blog. You can make die cut or punched chocolate, or use real ones too.

For my first card I used a Crackerbox Palace sentiment that I already have, so this is one I am giving away to my favourite. I also used a Stampers Anonymous stamp that seemed just perfect. I die cut the image and sentiment with Spellbinders Nestabilities rectangles and long rectangles and their scalloped versions. The ink is Memento. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog - anything goes with ribbon 13th Feb

For my second card I used a Crackerbox Palace stamp called Riding Away and a Crackerbox Palace sentiment, I can imagine this tough cowboy chewing on some chocolate! Ribbons and ink as the first card, and again die cut with Spellbinders dies.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog - anything goes with ribbon 13th Feb

I am part way through my third project, and will post it when it is finished along with photos of the stamps used, you are required to post photos of your stamps too if you use stamps!

Quirky Rainbows

Caro set the second challenge of the year at Quirky Crafts, the first was incredibly popular with 97 entries and it took us ages to decide on winners.

The new challenge is "Rainbow Bright" and Caro wants to see rainbows, rainbow colours or both on your project. 

The challenge is sponsored by Stitchy Bear and Digital Delights, all images provided to the DT were from Stitchy Bear.

I used Strawberry House with Garden Gate and Stained Glass Snail together to make a little scene. I added a Hero Arts Rainbow and Sentiment from a clear set called Sky's the Limit, which has some very cute clouds, sun, and a star and more sentiments, my favourite is a cloud sheep which I hope to use soon.

I also added another bigger rainbow but I have no idea who made the rubber stamp. Ribbon was from WH Smiths in a sale a couple of years ago, and buttons from stash. I hope you can read the sentiment, it says "wishing you rainbows" and I stamped it with Kaleidoscope Baby Rainbow colour ink pad, it is a little pale. Nestabilities used to cut out the image, the frame and the sentiment and background. All images were coloured with Promarkers and Trias.

I am going to make a second card so pop back later to see that one.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

I love Promarkers - Layer it up (Wednesdays)

Quirky Tags, and a change of Design Team members

There are two sponsor for the latest Quirky Challenge, which is set by Diane and is Christmas tags. The images I have used on this set of tags are all from Paper Pretties, and called Cocoa, Claus and Oh Tiny Tree. I cut the tags with the eCraft, once I had unburied it and dusted it off, and given it a shock by turning it on. I thought I would see if there were some nice tag shapes and there were! I cut some small ones to begin with to test for the size I needed, and that gave me the idea of bundling the main tag with a small one (or two for Claus) to use some of the sentiments and Claus's bone that come with the images. I die cut long rectangles with Nestabilities dies.

I used several different ribbons from Crafty Ribbons on the tags, and the images are coloured with Promarkers.

The other sponsor is Doodle Dragon Studios and I will be adding a set of tags with Dustin's images on later.

We have just announced that Diane is Leaving the Quirky Team and who her replacement will be in the New Year, over at Quirky. So hop on over and find out the latest news!

I have entered the tags in the following challenges:

 Crafty Ribbons Challenge - use two or more ribbons.
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Tags. (Ends Wednesday 12th)

Whoops forgot the title again!

Sometimes I make a card and I am not happy with it, sometimes I think a card is OK, and sometimes I am very happy with what I have achieved, and this is one very happy card!

I used the Doodle Dragon Studios Xray cat image, this is so funny, coloured with Promarkers and Trias, and die cut with Nestabilities, I was trying a partial die cut, well I was trying to just emboss it so I could cut round the head but cat got decapitated so I had to print another image and colour another head to attach.

The stripey paper is DCWV, mounted on Kraft card with fish eyelets. Greeting is from a Hero Arts clear set, heat embossed in gold.

Inside my easel card I added a panel of Kraft Card and some Papermania ribbon, I stamped Dad using a Papermania stamp from a clear set and heat embossed it in gold, die cut it with a Nestabilities label die, and added a couple of metal buttons. I used leftover bits to make a matching tag.

This is a reminder that the current challenge is Come to the Dark Side, no cute images, and runs until 1st December at Quirky Crafts.

Baby boy cards

This is the sum total of two days crafting, though there are a couple part done, and all of these need an insert, bagging up and pricing. I have used these Spellbinders die cuts before but on a 6"x 6" card, 145 x 145 cm? and it was a challenge using these 135x135cm cards. I have to use these because I am out of the larger cello bags!
This was the last card I made, ribbon from Crafty Ribbon, button teddy.

It took 3 cards to realise it would be easier to stitch a panel off the card and attach it afterwards!

 This was the second card I made, and I used two different DCWV papers, and an acrylic etched tag which I have had for ages, no idea if you can still get them. I also added a nappy with pin and Boy, and I don't know where they came from either, but I would like to get some more if I can, or maybe I can make them up myself.

This was the first card I made, DCWV Boy, a noise with dirt on it paper, I love this paper! Added some baby buttons, shanks removed. Another acrylic tag and some ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.

This was the 3rd card I made this time with Dovecraft paper, another nappy pin and ABC buttons, and Baby die cut and embossed with Pink Lemonade embosslits by Sizzix.

All die cuts have been coloured through the die with Denim Promarker. Right - back to work!

Two new cards, new stamps and dies.

First of all a baby boy card, using a Quickutz sheep die and DCWV papers, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, punched edges with Martha Stewart punch, and Baby die cut with Sizzix Doodle with Dazzle Sizzlet alphabet which I think is perfect for this card. Squares die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Squares and scalloped squares.

Next card is stamped with my new Indigo Blu stamp set, using Brilliance on black card which is heat embossed with glittery powder, butterfly coloured with Promarkers, some chiffon polka dot ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and finally a label cut with my new set called Blossom Tags and Accents, and sentiment from my new Unity Stamps set called Blossom stackers which coordinates with the new die set, and I am looking forward to using them together properly soon.

This is the inside of the card, and I spot some ink that shouldn't be there so it could become another butterfly soon!

I have entered the following challenges:

Second card in Joanna Sheen Autumn colours challenge ends Thurs 25th Oct

One Stop Craft Challenge blog Saturday challenge - heat embossing 

New home card again

Here is another new home card made using the Hero Arts Sillyscape stamp, this time with a Nestabilities label that looks like a book, I will continue to develop this one I think, I love the stamp. The papers are stitched to the card blank, and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The greeting is from a clear set by Clearly Different (are they still around?). Image coloured with Promarkers.

It looks like I need to make some more baby boy cards, they have all gone now, so watch this space.

What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?

My turn to set the Quirky Crafts Challenge, and I chose Quirky Monsters. Our two sponsors both have some great monster images.

This card is made with a Bugaboo "Pretty Please" monster and sentiment on the front, she clearly wants some cake! Monster coloured with Promarkers and Trias and cut out with a Nestabilities label die, freebie paper from a magazine stitched to the card front, cake ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and birthday sentiment and cake stamps from a Debbi Moore set.

Inside the card I you can see my sad monster is now in a temper so she didn't get her way! You are looking at "temperamental "monster from Bugaboo which I coloured with Promarkers. Freebie papers as before, and all nicely corner rounded as you can see!

Our other sponsor is Doodle Dragon Studios and Dustin Pike provided us with his very latest monster set.

 I used some of the great monsters from Dustin's brand new set available from Doodle Dragon Studios now. I made a tri-fold card and hand cut the hills, and used some freebie paper on those, and some DCWV sky paper. I printed the monsters I used in varying sizes for perspective as I had that song in my head (see post title), and stamped happy birthday with the same Debbi Moore set. I wrote on the monster sign, and all monsters are coloured with Promarkers.

So hop on over to Quirky Crafts Challenge blog to see some more great examples and join the fun, you never know you could win one of the two great prizes on offer!

I have entered the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad - inspired by a song (had to do it) ends Saturday 29th Sept

Allsorts - inspired by a song also ends Friday 28th I think.

ABC - X for xing, crossing cards, well my mountains sort of cross ends Sunday 30th Sept.

Cute Card Thursday - a different shape, mountain shape? Ends Wednesday 26th Sept.

Joanna Sheen challenge blog - So sweet - top card, ends 27th Sept.

Little Miss Muffet - anything but square, ends Weds 4th Oct I think.

Moving along with the times - girly, girly pink and prim and proper girly ends Wed 26th Sept. 

Well that is a lot of challenges for me!

Number crunching challenge

Quirky Challenge time again, and Diane picked numbers.

I picked out this Paisley Peacock image from one of our sponsors, The Stamping Boutique. I love this image but it is very detailed and tricky to colour (so don't look too closely). I wanted it to be sparkly so I started off painting it with mica paints then I couldn't do the tail part, you would need a very fine brush and steady hand for that. So I got out my Sakura Gelly Roll metallic set and used that, with a mica paint background. I think I need some metallic Promarkers! Cut the peacock out using a Nestabilities label die. The embossed panel is using a folder I bought at a show and Coredinations Whitewash paper sanded, I am not sure who it is by now. Happy Birthday is a Stampabilities stamp, heat embossed in gold, cut out again with Nestabilities long rectangle die and scalloped die. Gold edged ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, and letters and number cut out with Sizzlet alphabets to spell Bel8ted (belated for those not into text speak and I am not a big fan but it works for this card).

Stamping Boutique are giving 3 images away so you too could own the Paisley Peacock or other images of your choice!

Our new and exciting sponsor this time is Doodle Dragon, who will be giving $10 to spend in the store.

Just pop on over to Quirky Crafts Challenge blog for more great examples and to enter your project (which must contain numbers) now.