Quirky Crafts Challenge 20 - Wha'ts coming over the hill......

It is Spyder's turn to set the challenge this time around (Lyn). The theme is monsters and we have two great sponsors this challenge. The first are well known to us, Bugaboo Digital Stamps. But we have an exciting new sponsor...Doodle Dragon Studios with the art work from Dustin Pike. So we have prizes to be won, just come to the challenge blog and join in. Here is my contribution this challenge:-

 This very handsome monster was printed on the backing paper using Craft Artist software, I then printed him separately so I could decoupage him, which i have done using a spring so he is a bongy (technical term) monster. The inside features more monsters from Doodle Dragons Studio, in fact I used them all because they were so darn cute I couldn't choose between them. The monster bunch on the final page is also decoupaged and the front character is again "bongyfied"

I have also used the Temperamental Monster digi stamp from Bugaboo. He reminded me of my Son when he was little. Hope you like him too...

Come and join the fun.....

Challenge 18 - Recycled Farmyard

Caro's turn this week and this is her theme. We have sponsorship for this challenge from Digital Delights and Crafty Ribbons, so two prizes up for grabs.

My camera flashed red battery at me when I tried to take this shot, so I apologise, I had to take it very quickly and it not actually a very good picture. I used the Clara Cow stamp from Digital Delights. I think she is cute with the little hearts for a nose! Coloured with promarkers and decoupaged ( sorry, I know that doesn't show). The backing papers are from Pink Petticoat, and sort of recycled as they were originally printed for another project and then rejected. The real recycled element is the lace and flowers. Both were cut from some foamy packaging material that protected an item I purchased in the post. I used Edgeabilities for the lace and bitty blossoms for the flowers.

Come to the challenge over at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog to check out the other design teams ideas, and of course to enter and win yourself some goodies.

Challenge 17- School's Out For Summer.

It is time for the next challenge. The fortnights zip by so fast!


It is my turn to set the challenge this time and  I was thinking about what to set, a new shape card?....an old shape card we have all forgotten about?....a certain element? colour?...so many choices!
I decided in the end to go for School's Out For Summer. I want to see children having fun. I decided on this theme because i was thinking about how hard my Children had worked this year towards their exams. Not that they are children any more at 20 and 17, but they have worked so hard and really were ready for the Summer Break. So that's what I want to see, any project that shows or involves children having fun!

We have a sponsor for this challenge. Robyns Fetish.






They are offering a great prize of your choice of 5 Digital Images to the winner, as decided by our Design Team. There is such a choice on their website, I would be hard pressed to choose. Come to the challenge blog at Quirkycrafts Challenge Blog, show us your entry and you might have the difficult choice to make.

Quirky Challenge 16 - Cupcakes

It is Lyn's Challenge this time and she has chosen Quirky Cupcakes. A very good choice as our sponsor for the challenge is Limited Runs and they have loads of lovely and very funny and unusual cupcake stamps to choose from.
I loved the look of "Rosey" cupcake so I chose that one to work with. It made me think of Afternoon tea somewhere very very posh! (not that I ever have afternoon tea anywhere remotely posh).So a nice posh teacup was what I needed. I adapted a cut file from Birds Cards to use as the main card base. 

This is now a top fold card. The rose design is stencilled into the teacup layer, with extra pieces decoupaged. The lovely rosey cupcake was coloured with promarkers and the 'skirt' part of the wrapper decoupaged also, as were the rose and leaves on top. Just right for a Posh Afternoon Tea.
We have a second sponsor for this challenge, Paper Pretties. Come and check out the blog, both sponsors are offering digi images as prizes to the winners as chosen by the design team. See you there then.....

Card for a Friend

It is my Friend's Birthday this month and when I saw the free download cat images from Papercraft Inspirations this month I just knew they were right for her card. She won't see this as she doesn't read the blog, so I am quite safe to show you all.

Bit of a cockeyed picture there, sorry about that. My Friend, Mel, has two crazy ginger cats called George and Hettie. George is always at the vets having preformed some death defying feat or other, but this looks like Hettie, who, although George's sister, is very very different. she is a cuddle cat, if you know what I mean.
Papers used were from Shery K Designs, I believe it was the Cherry Blossom set. Image as I said was a free download from the above link. Mat and layers drawn and cut on my Silhouette Cameo. Doesn't really show in the photo, but the check green frame and the cat image are raised for dimension. I hope Mel likes it....I think she will. Thanks for reading!