Annmaree's Shaker Card

Annmaree has another style of 'Moving Parts' papercraft creation to share with you.

This is a Shaker Card which she has created using her Cricut, micro beads and stickers.

Isn't this such a fantastic shape and such a great use of those tiny beads.

Please visit Annmaree's blog for more details.

A Shaker style card is perfect for our current Challenge #11 - Moving Parts.

Here are three tutorials so that you can have a try and enter our Challenge.

Shaker Card using a ziplock bag.

Shaker Card using a die shape.

Shaker Card - triangle shaped.

JanR's Wiggle Card

This has to be one of the funnest Moving Parts cards I have seen.

JanR has been busy and created this card for a bit of inspiration for our latest: 

Challenge #11 - Moving Parts.

Grandpa shakes when you move him as he has a spring attached to his butt.  :-D JanR has added brads to each corner which if she was able to enter would give her a bonus entry into this challenge.

Please visit JanR's blog for more details.

Think this is a fun idea and would like to try this out so you can enter our challenge?

Here are three tutorials for this style of card.

Wiggle Card Tutorial.

Wibble Wobble Tutorial

Wibbly Wobbly Tutorial (slightly different)

Waterfall Card by Merry

Inspiration Time for Challenge #11

A Waterfall card created by Merry.

Lots of moving parts of this style of card and brads can hold the it all together.

For more details see the post on Merry's blog.

We have had a variety of entries already.

A slider card, shadow box card with sliding fish and a swing card.  

Keep the entries coming.  You have until Friday 2nd June to enter.

Challenge #11 is here.

Challenge #11 - Theme Moving Parts bonus entry if Split Pin used

Hi there, thanks to all those that took up our challenge last month.  I know it took a lot of you out of your comfort zone but you came up with such beautiful entries.  This month we promise to be a little easier on you. :-)

So without further ado we will get on to the formalities.  The Design Team Favourite for Challenge #10  is:

Gail with her wonderful  VW.

Gail has used the red, white and blue of the Aussie flag to perfection here.  Isn't this card such a fun shape.  Check out Gail's original post for more details.

Congratulations Gail.

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Time for the randomly drawn winner of the terrific prize from Sticker Store for challenge #10 is:

12 - Kerry Louise

Random numbers generated May 5 2012 at 07:00:00 by www.psychicscience.org  

  

Congrats Kerry Louise please email Merry and she will organise your prize.

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Challenge #11 - Moving Parts 

you will receive a bonus entry if your creation includes a split bin/brad.

All entries are subject to the Design Teams discretion.

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used (this includes sentiments).

So many IDEAS: Suspension Card, Wiper Card, Waterfall Card, Spinner Card, Shaker Card, Easel Card, Slider Card, Pop-Up Card, Swing Card, Peek-a-Boo Card.  A lot of these techniques can be used on your Scrapbook pages which we would so love to see.

  

You can find our rules here for further information.

Our Sponsor this month is an Australian Craft Forum called Craftmad.

Craftmad is full of friendly members and is free to join.  Although it is an Australian based forum they are always keen to have International members too.  They have monthly swaps for cards, sewing and quilt blocks.  Also monthly Sketch challenges for cards, scrap pages and Christmas All Year Round Cards.  There are a number of free tutorials available too.So head on over for a browse of the forum or check out the amazing talent in the Gallery section.


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Now it's time to check out what the Design Team have been up to:

First off the mark is our Guest Designer Cindy from Creations by Cindy.

 Cindy took part in our DT call a couple of months ago.  All the runners up were offered a Guest Design spot and Cindy is our lucky last.   

Cindy is sharing a SPINNER card you can find a tutorial here.

Merry is sharing a Paper Doll......yes, our challenges are not just for cards they are for all forms of papercraft.  
Paper Doll tutorial here.

Next Monica has a Slide Out Card with Hidden Message tutorial here.

Stacie has a Suspension Card for us.  Check out those wonderful bright colours and such fun shapes.

You can find a Suspension card tutorial here.

This is Susan's first ever Waterfall card.  A tutorial here.

Annmaree is sharing another style of Slider card.   A tutorial here.

Beth also decided to have a go at a Waterfall card.  Another tutorial here.

Cathy dragged out her Craftrobo to create this wonderful Wobble/Rocker Card.  A tutorial here.

Jan's fun card is a Shaker card.  Such a wonderful shape.   A tutorial here.

Can't wait to see what style of 'Moving Parts' papercraft creation you come up with.

Unstampabelles Challenge #10

I am so sorry....for some reason I am a week ahead of myself .   I gave the wrong closing date for the current Unstampabelles challenge #10 in the post below (Monica's Inspiration) but have since corrected this.

The closing date is Friday 4th of May.  Sorry for any confusion.

Inspiration from Monica

Hi everyone, just one last piece of inspiration for this challenge (Enter here).  

Plenty of time left to create a papercraft using the colours of your country's flag.

Closes Friday 4th May

Monica, has done done just that here.  Monica is from Indonesia and the flag colours are red and white.

Isn't the texture of this card just wonderful.  Find out more details about this card in Monica's post here.

 Thanks to everyone who has entered we have people from Austraila, UK, USA, Finland, and Germany.

You can find all the other entries here more amazing inspiration.  These people show how easy it can be.

Inspiration Time for Challenge #10

Time for a little more inspiration from the 'Belles' at Unstampabelles.

This challenge seems to be proving a little difficult for everyone.  Those that have taken the challenge and entered are in for good odds of winning our wonderful prize from Sticker Store.  Thanks for having a go and entering.

Our first 'Belle' is Beth who has Corner Wave card using the colours of her Australian flag and even the flag appears.  Each of the waves have been raised to give a 3D effect.

Next 'Belle' JanR shows how to use the Canadian Flag colours here and also a card that is not a square or rectangle as this gives the entrant a bonus entry. 

JanR has used mists, masks and rub-ons to create this terrific card.

A touch of another colour is permitted in this challenge as long as the majority of your card shows your country's flag colours.

Third we have "Belle' Merry who as stitched this cute little basket to create a little 'Thank You' notelet.

The card is the white scalloped edged circle....the blue was used as the background for the photo.

The sentiment is a gold sticker from the Sticker Store who is our sponsor this month.

Merry has used Red, White and Blue the colours of the Australian flag.

Be sure to click on the 'Belle's name to visit their blog and find out more about their creations.

Click here to enter your papercraft creations.

Email Entry for Challenge 10 from Loscann

This card was emailed to Merry to be entered into Challenge 10 by Loscann as she does not own a blog.

This card absolutely meets the challenge.  Although this is an Union Jack card and Loscann is from Australia it fits the challenge perfectly.  What we require is a papercraft creation using the colours of your country's flag.  In Loscann's case Red, White and Blue.

You do not have to enter a card with a flag on it.  The creation does not have to have anything to do with your country either except that it has the majority of the creation has to be the colours of your country's flag.

Be sure to give it a go....it is much easier than you think.  Odds are good for winning the prize at this stage too.  As I post this.....there is a one in four chance of winning. :-)

Enter here for Challenge 10.

Challenge #10 - Theme Colours of your Country's flag bonus technique Shaped Card not square/rectangle

April is here and this means a new challenge.  Thanks to everyone for joining in our last challenge.  So many beautiful Easter designs and great to see a lot of people adding those extra folds to their creations to get their bonus entries.  Now the Design Team has thought long and hard and their Favourite for  challenge #9 is:-

Donna

Isn't Donna's Easter basket just stunning. It has been filled with chocolate eggs of various sizes, and Lace Eggs.

 To make this Easter basket Donna has used cardstock, patterned papers, punches, smallest nesting egg first on heavy acetate coloured with Tria Markers. Then poured some crystal Waco pearl maker over it to cover the whole egg and sprinkled glamour dust. Donna cut a second Lace Egg out of gold mirri card and glued one to the front and one to the back of the egg.  Then attached a gold puffy bow on the front of each egg.

Please click on the photo to be taken to Donna's blog with more details and photos. 

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Time for the randomly drawn winner of the terrific prize from Blue Edge Crafts for challenge #9 is:

Holly - 19 

Random numbers generated Apr 1 2012 at 10:30:40 by www.psychicscience.org  

Congrats Holly please email Merry and she will organise your prize.

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Challenge #10 - Use the colours of your Country's Flag 

you will receive a bonus entry if your creation is not a square or rectangle.

We would like your entries to be made up of majority of your flags colours the addition of black and white is very acceptable.  If your country happens to have a sporting supporters flag we are happy to see you use these colours - see our Design Team Susan's inspiration for this.

All entries are subject to the Design Teams discretion.

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used (this includes sentiments).

IDEAS: quilling, parchment, stickers, boxes, books, cards, scrap pages, etc
You can find our rules here for further information.

Our sponsor this month is The Sticker Store

This store was created to make it easier to track down the stickers needed for your craft projects. Sticker Store is a sister company of Blue Edge Crafts . Blue Edge Crafts have been supplying all sorts of paper craft products to the public including card making and scrapbooking accessories at very affordable prices since 2000.

When we select our products we make sure that they are of the best quality because we want to you be happy with every purchase you make. 

Finally, it is now time to showcase the Design Teams wonderful and very creative paper crafts.  

To start with we have a Guest Designer Kym of Kym's Crafty Cards with us this month.  Kym was part of the DT call a couple of months ago. All the runners up were offered a Guest Design spot.  

Kym

Kym is from the United Kingdom

Kym has used a great collection of dies to create this wonderful Easel Card

JanR is from Canada

Jan has used a hint of black to make this card work which is totally acceptable in our challenge.  As long as the majority of your papercraft creation represents the colours of your country's flag.

JanR has used cardstock, embossing and twine to create this terrific shaped card.

 Merry is from Australia

Merry has used Linen Textured Cardstock and Bazzill patterned paper from Blue Edge Crafts,  paper flowers, bling brads from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Monica is from Indonesia

Another first for Monica....a flowerpot card.

It is wonderful to see that we are even getting the Design Team out of their comfort zones

Ribbon punch - Fiskars, Flowers - made with Sizzix dies and Carla craft punches, Embossing on Pot - Cuttlebug,   Gems - Prima,  Ribbon - from her stash.

 Stacie is from United States of America

Card is cut using Cricut and Wild Card cartridge. Sentiment is from The Sticker Store.

Susan is from Australia
Susan has opted to use the Australian Sporting Flag which is totally allowable as this flag does represent Australia any sporting events.  So you can do similar.

This is an easel card with a drawer (full of chocolates), made from SU cardstock. Flag and animal stickers. The boxing kangaroo and sentiment, along with the outline of Australia are all computer generated. The two characters are the backs of chocolates bought at the Supermarket.  The sentiment on the bottom has a touch of Monica about it - handwritten. The button on the drawer is off Susan's parents old couch. Spellbinders dies used for the circles and banner, and a punch for the bottom sentiment and stars.

Annmaree is from Australia

Babushka shaped card using the Cricut and stickers from Sticker Store.

Beth is from Australia

Beth has used some terrific dies and pearl bling to create this card and a rub on sentiment.

Cathy is from Australia

Blue, red & white, shaped card using a Craftrobo.

Now it is your turn to share your creation.