May 2018 - Be Humorous

 Welcome everyone to our May Challenge

Our theme this month is Be Humorous chosen by the lovely Monika

 

Monika

Hello everybody and welcome to our May challenge:
Be humorous!
This time I had the opportunity to be your hostess.
So please show us your humorous side and create something funny that makes us laugh!

As a first inspirational project, I made a card with a super funny PaperArtsy Zinski stamp.
I hope you like it! You can find more details on my blog!

Sue

Good morning and happy Tuesday. I love this fun challenge that Monika has chosen, and as I didn't use my Grumpy Penguins last year, they're having their first outing.

I think this Dylusions sentiment sums them up perfectly! For more photographs please pop on over to my blog - I promise to be more cheerful than this lot!

Rachel

Monika has had a great idea with the theme of humour - I thought I should put this not so skinny cook out there....he makes me smile for sure! Hope you can join the challenge! Hugs rachel x

Craftyfield
For this theme, it isn't so much a matter of what I did, but whoooo...



Come by my blog to read up on the details. You'll have a hoot, I promise!

Miriam

Here is my entry for the challenge.

It really pushed me out of my comfort zone this month.  Join me over at my blog to see more about this project.

Happy crafting!

Evelyn

Welcome to the merry month May!

We were asked to be humorous, so I took a stamp with a fun sentiment and made this tag.

If you want to know, how I put this together and what the German words mean in English, please hop to my blog to see more.

Corrie

I often use humour in my projects and I really love it.. I hope I succeed in giving you a chuckle today! 

This AJ page was made with model paste and a stencil, spray inks and more. If you are interested in how I made this the you can watch the movie or hop over to my BLOG.

I hope you enjoy ! I will be back soon with more inspiration ! 

Corrie xx

 

Jane

May time, play time (well that's what I always sung at primary school!) I love this month, everything is bursting into life and there is colour everywhere. For this month's fun "humour" challenge I used this sentiment on a new baby card.

It always raises a smile 😍

I made a yupo paper with alcohol inks background. I would love to see you pop over to my blog here where I am sharing the details of how I made this.....plus the answer to this joke awaits...How do you get a baby astronaut to sleep....? There might be a few more awful jokes over there too! 😂

Bye for now,

Jane

 

Teresa

I love creating projects with a bit of humour - the new Tim Holtz Snarky Stickers are the perfect accessory...

Please pop over to my blog for all the details! Have a great day xx

 

 

 

We all hope these projects from our Design Team bring a smile to your face and it's over to you now, create your Be Humorous project and link it below with the chance to win a £20 voucher to use on the Country View Crafts website. Thanks to everyone who took up the Pimp It Up! challenge last month. There are lots of upcycled entries and the winner will be announced soon.



An InLinkz Link-up

Pimp It Up! - Chopstick Wands

 

Hi Everyone

Today I am sharing a project from our Shop Blog

 

Pop on over to our Shop Blog to see how to Pimp Up your Chopsticks

Susan



Guest Designer Karen

 

Hello everybody! We're delighted to welcome Karen from Karen's Crafting Obessions as our guest this month.  Karen won our challenge in December and today she's here with her take on this month's Pimp It Up theme.  You're going to love what she's created, so without more ado, let's hand over to her...

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I have crafted in one way or another since childhood and I’ve learnt that I am one of those people that need to create or make something. I love creating home décor, mixed media canvas, journal pages and tags and I like to design and create cards. I’m learning to draw and paint from You Tube videos and online tutorials. I’ve tried different crafts: candle making, silk painting, glass painting, fabric painting, origami and sewing. These days I’m obsessed with mixed media products and techniques.
 

I decided to recycle three old paintbrushes that had damaged and broken bristles.  Originally I planned to bin them until the idea for this project popped into my head.
 

I painted the pallette with white gesso then added circles of texture paste with a stencil because I wanted it to look like there were puddles of paint on the palette.  Once the texture paste was dry I coloured each circle with a different colour of acrylic paint.  I attached a Tim Holtz stencil and added the wooden grain detail with Vintage Photo Distress ink pad and dried the ink.

 

I glued the three tatty paintbrushes together and gave them two coats of gesso before painting with white acrylic.  Once they were dry I added matt medium to the bristles where were rough and dipped them into glitter.  I used another MDF piece which I coated with gesso and then painted before stamping the sentiment onto it.

I then glued them together.



March Winner, Top 3 & DTSM

Hello everybody!  It's time to announce the March Challenge Postcard size.  There were some really fabulous entries and we always love seeing what you're inspired to make by each theme.  So here are the March winner of our Challenge, Top Three and Design Team Member Special Mention.  Are you sitting comfortably?  Then let's begin!

 

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 March winner of the £20 Country View Crafts voucher, selected by Random Generator from the challenge entries is...

 

#33 Azenor Artwork

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Hi everyone, thanks so much for joining in with our postcard challenge. It was a really hard decision but here is my top 3.

22 Lia 

Sue said - such a happy postcard, and a great technique that I want to try.

 

37 Christine

Sue said - I love the sparkle on this underwater scene

 

48 Hema

Sue said - so bright and modern and what gorgeous colours

My special mention goes to

 

 18 Sara's Closet 

Sue said - the layers and amount of detail on this 6x4 piece is amazing!

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Fantastic work all around!  Congratulations - your badges will be on their way soon, and we hope you'll display them with pride.

And don't forget to join us in our May Challenge which I am sure will be bringing smiles to your faces



 



Upcycled Bits And Bobs

Hi everyone.  Miriam here again, sharing with you my second project for the April challenge.  This time I have used cardboard from a cereal box and lots of odds that I have lying around from other projects.

Here is my project

Pop over to my blog to get a better look.

I hope that I have inspired you to join in with the Challenge.  Don't forget that there is a gift voucher up for grabs for one lucky entrant.

Thanks for joining me.......

Fun flower pots

Hello it's Jane here today from Jane's Journal with my second DT project for this month's "Pimp it up" challenge. This time I decided to turn an ordinary flower pot into something  much more interesting and fun using stamps, paints and inks.

I have a step by step over on my blog here with lots more photos of how my very brown, very ordinary terracotta flower pot got its metamorphosis. 

Bye for now,

Jane x

Upcycled Tin - Pen Storage

Hello! Teresa here again - welcome to my second project for our Pimp It Up challenge. This time I have upcycled a tin to create a pretty storage pot for my craft desk.

You can see all the step by step instructions and photos over on my blog. Thanks so much for stopping by today xx

A little bit of recycling !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my second project for the April Challenge that is "Pimp it up". I decided on using a piece of a card board box to make a tag.

After I cut the tag (Using a knife and a hole punch) I stripped off some of the paper so the corrugation became visible. I filmed everything after that. 

I hope you'll visit my blog HERE or you can hop over straight to YouTube HERE. 

Why not play along with us ! You might just win a voucher for the shop ! 

Thank you for stopping by today ! I'll be back soon ! 

Corrie x

Altered Drawer Box

Hello crafters, Craftyfield here to show you a second "Pimped Up" make for your inspiration.

 

 

For all the details on how I made it and the photos of all sides of my box, drop by my blog here!

I would love to know what you think...

 

Pimp That Binder

Sue 

Good morning and happy Friday 13th! Here's my second project for this month's fun challenge, after all you can never have too much storage.

This is an A4 kraft ring binder, and it's been falling off the top shelf for about a year now, so I thought it was time that I did something with it! Please join me over on my blog for more pictures. 

Don't forget - no walking under any ladders today! 

Upcycled box

Hello there! Rachel here today with more inspiration for our 'pimp it up' challenge ....this time I took a £1 box from the Works and turned it into this....

If you would like to see how I achieved this transformation, please follow the link to my blog here.

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Masculine faux metal box

Monika

Hello everybody, it's Monika here

with the second inspirational project of our April challenge:

Pimp it up! (alter or reuse something).

This is a masculine box decorated with chipboard cutouts and a few metal screws.

More details on my blog.

Altered Drawer

Good morning dear visitors, it´s Evelyn here to show you my second project for the April Challenge "Pimp it up!"

I saved this drawer from the bin and made this little treasure.

If you want to know how I made this, you can watch my tutorial here on YouTube.

I would appreciate, if you would like and subscribe.

Now I hope, you also want to make something beautiful, there is plenty of time left.

Thank you for your visit today!