Quirky reminder

You still have one week to enter the Quirky Crafts Challenge and win a great prize from Crackerbox Palace.

I made this card from Crackerbox Palace stamp Sea Breeze and the Woman of Many moods sentiment. You could choose these stamps and a whole lot more (or any other stamps you like) with the very generous voucher prizes from Crackerbox Palace.

Prizes are:

1st place $20 worth of stamps

2nd Place $ 15 worth of stamps

3rd place $10 worth of stamps

and Cazzy's special prize of two of the sentiment stamps (and maybe more if we get lots of entries and one I love), the one used on this card and the one on the card below which I posted last week.

If you pop over to the Crackerbox Palace blog you can see some of the gorgeous new stamps and have a chance to win some more!

I looked everywhere for Sea Breeze, spent hours looking in wood mounted boxes and unmounted folders and began to think I imagined that I had it, then I checked my old invoices and sure enough there she was in 2009. So I looked in the box of stamps waiting to be sorted out with laminated sheets to go in folders and there she was! Not only that the cowboy stamp Riding Away was there too, which means I liked it so much I bought it twice! So I may be adding that to the little special prize if we get lots more entries and there is one I really like the best (or maybe if you comment here as well to tell me what you think I might do an extra draw).

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!

Hey, welcome back!

Hi Followers, I see you now! WAVES. I am not well today, seem to have caught a virus from work. I have a card in progress and need to make my DT card for Quirky Crafts Challenge blog, I hope I will be able to do that later.
I spent all morning in bed and feel like I want to be there now, but I might take a shower to see if I feel a bit better.
This little chap was at the donkey sanctuary in with some donkeys and his friend. I couldn't work out why he was paying me so much attention then realised he could smell the chocolate in my handbag and was trying to get it, and on my hand as I had eaten a piece before walking round. He settled for licking my hand in the end but his friend was trying to get me from under the bag too! The donkeys took no notice, I presume that these ponies had tasted chocolate before!

I call this shot "I am not a donkey, therefore give me the chocolate NOW!"

Penny Black challenge

I am entering this card in the Penny Black Challenge for this week, friendship.