The Game Challenge #7

This time the challenge at "The Game" is Bingo:

Using the board I'm about to post, pick 5 in a row in any direction and make a card. Here's the board:



I picked bottom left to top right: make a card, free space, digi image, twine, and paintr.

Here's what I made:



Sorry if the picture isn't too good; we had trouble getting a good shot again.

Anyway, the card was from Craft Planet if I'm not mistaken, the cat image came from the ones June has on her "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" blog, the red paint is glitter paint of a brand that's unknown to me right now (all I know is it came from one of the 2 bottles of glitter paint I got among my craft stuff at Christmas), the blue paint is Ultramarine Blue paint from the collection of Game Colour paints that we have for use when painting our figure gaming figures, and the twine that I used for the bow came among a bunch of craft stuff Susan sent me at the end of last yeaSo, now you've seen my creation, why not pop over to "The Game" and see what the rest of the design team has done for this challenge? And, hey, why not have a go yourself? You never know, you may be the one to win the mystery prize I'm providing for this

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and see what the rest of the design team has made?

And how about giving it a go yourself? You never know, you may be the one to win the mystery prize I'm providing for the winner of this challenge...This time the challenge at "The Game" is Bingo:

Using the board I'm about to post, pick 5 in a row in any direction and make a card. Here's the board:


I picked bottom left to top right: make a card, free space, digi image, twine, and paintr.

Here's what I made:


The card was from Craft Planet if I'm not mistaken, the cat image came from the ones June has on her "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" blog, the red paint is glitter paint of a brand that's unknown to me right now (all I know is it came from one of the 2 bottles of glitter paint I got among my craft stuff at Christmas), the blue paint is Ultramarine Blue paint from the collection of Game Colour paints that we have for use when painting our figure gaming figures, and the twine that I used for the bow came among a bunch of craft stuff Susan sent me at the end of last yeaSo, now you've seen my creation, why not pop over to "The Game" and see what the rest of the design team has done for this challenge? And, hey, why not have a go yourself? You never know, you may be the one to win the mystery prize I'm providing for this
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and see what the rest of the design team has made?

And how about giving it a go yourself? You never know, you may be the one to win the mystery prize I'm providing for the winner of this challenge...

The Game Challenge #6

This time, the challenge at The Game is “1 2 3 red light”... use the colours of a trafic signal - red, green and amber, you may also use black for printing or sentiments and some white if you wish. Create an ATC.

Our sponsor is ArTchix Studios, and all the items used in my entry for this challenge were ARTchix products. And here's my entry:

Sorry if the picture isn’t great; this was the best we could manage (and it took several attempts to even get this one).

This was my first ever ATC; it was tricky figuring out how to make something that looked nice to fit on such a small piece of card!

Anyway, why not stop by The Game and see what the rest of the design team came up with. And perhaps have a go yourself?

Note: There's a content warning on The Game, but it's only there because we believe art should be expressed freely, and therefore feel we should warn people that some of the projects created by the design team or challenge participents may not be things you want to be allowing children to see.

P.S. I know the post on The Game isn't up yet; it will be soon... Just watch for it!

The Game Challenge #5

This time the challenge at The Game is Patty Cake.

“Make sure to have a cake, some cake, images of cake on your creation you make or make a cake.”

I decided to go with the option of making a cake, and combined the little I did to celebrate the Summer Solstice this year with my entry for this challenge. Here it is:

It’s a 2 layer ginger cake (use any cake mix you want, then add a couple of heaped teaspoons full of ground ginger; to taste). Between each layer is some homemade strawberry jam (the recipe linked to is technically for raspberry jam, but I used strawberries, and it doesn't matter what fruit you use for the jam recipe; I've done it with plums before even).  On top is some butter icing. I had then planned to decorate it with icing flowers and leaves, but the icing mix for that didn’t work out. I then tried stars, but again it didn’t work out (I kept making it too runny so it didn’t set). I called it quits after that and decided to just decorate it with Cadburys milk chocolate buttons instead.

Why not see what you can make with a cake in your design? Or, maybe you could make a cake like I did? Check out the work of the rest of the design team for inspiration, and – if you decide to join in – don’t forget to enter your piece at The Game!

Come play hopscotch

There's still time to join in with the "Hopscotch" challenge at http://funthegame.blogspot.com - entries close Friday.




But if you don't have time to make something for this challenge, there will be others; "The Game" is a craft challenge blog where there's a craft challenge everyy two weeks... Complete with prizes!

The Game Challenge #4

This week's challenge at The Game is Hopscotch with a twist.

"Put the numbers 1-8 on paper and place in a bowl. Draw out 2. Refer to the hopscotch board and use what that number says and how many (meaning the number on the paper). Make something you can hang on a wall. 4x4 or larger on chipboard or canvas."

Here's the hopscotch board:


And here's my entry:


I had 5 and 6. So that was 5 buttons and 6 inches of ribbon.

This was my first ever 4x4!

I decided to make a hanging door plaque for my brother. I used chipboard, which I covered with some black paper. Then I poked holes in the top corners to thread some ribbon through to hang it with (no idea of the ribbon's brand). Then I took 4 buttons from a "Blast Off" collection (I don't remember the brand; I just remember the collection name because it was why I brought them... I did look, but I can't find them on the site any more), and another star shaped one from a pack of tactile ones I got from the RNIB and glued them to it. After that I added a braille "Carl" with dymo labelling tape (also from the RNIB). And I finished by decorating some of the space left with a few small stickers I had from somewhere.

Why not see what you can come up with for this challenge? Then hop on over to The Game to enter your projects in the challenge!

The Game Challenge #3

It's time for the third challenge at The Game!

This time the challenge is based around the game "Chess" and our creations were to be black and white.

Here's my entry; a Father's Day card for my Dad:


Sorry about the far from straight lines; I cut the shapes out myself.

Anyway...

I think the main piece of card is from Craft Planet. The black card that the word "Dad" and the castle are cut from came from Hobbycraft, and the white paper the windows and doorway are cut from was from my hubby's printer. Oh, and the dog hairs were from Willow, LOL!

Yeah, sorry about the dog hairs; Willow keeps trying to help me make cards, and the result is that a lot of dog hairs become part of my work. But, hey, it stayed with the theme; she's a black dog! ;)

Anyway, why not pop over to The Game to see what the rest of the design team has made? And when you've done that, why not see what you can come up with for this challenge?

And, don't forget to check out my giveaway for your chance at winning one of 3 free copies of my latest book!

Y is for Yahtzee AKA The Game Challenge #2

"Yahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley (now owned by Hasbro), which was first marketed by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games such as Yacht and Generala. A public domain version of Yahtzee, which is popular especially in Scandinavia, is Yatzy. Yahtzee is also similar to the English game of Poker Dice and the Cheerio dice game.

The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations. A game consists of thirteen rounds during which the player chooses which scoring combination is to be used in that round. Once a combination has been used in the game, it cannot be used again."

~~Above taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahtzee where you can read more if you like.

I had plenty of ideas for a "Y" word, but I needed it to fit in with a spacific theme to work for today. Why? Because it's time for the second challenge for The Game so it's time for me to post my entry for the challenge.

This time we had to use the "Jack" face card in our work. Nobody said anything about which one, so I used the Jack Of Diamonds.

Here's my entry:

The image was found for me somewhere online by Kelly (I have no idea where, sorry). I'm pretty sure the card is from "Craft Planet" and the same goes for the little gemstones used to make the dots on the dice in the corners of the card. And I'm pretty sure the foam squares were part of an "Art Attack" foam shapes pack I brought.

Anyway, join me and the rest of the Design Team at The Game and see what everyone creates. And, hey, why not see what you can create by using the Jack face card in your work?

K is for Kinfolk AKA The Game Challenge #1

"kinfolk, kin·folk (knfk) also kins·folk (knz-) or kin·folks (knfks)
pl.n.
Relatives; kindred.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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kinfolk [ˈkɪnˌfəʊk]
pl n
Chiefly US and Canadian another word for kinsfolk

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003"

~~~Above taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kinfolk

I thought it would be an appropriate "K" word, since today is Mothers' Day in the US and Canada, and with my Mother-In-Law in Canada, we make a point of acknowledging both British Mothers' Day and American/Canadian Mothers' Day. So, I would like to wish my Mother-In-Law, Jenifer, and all other Mothers a very happy Mothers' Day!

Today is also the first challenge for The Game so it's time for me to post my entry for the challenge, which - as it happens - I sent to my Mother-In-Law as a Mothers' Day card.

OK, I've never done this before, so I hope I'm doing it right.

It was a "ticTacToe" challenge; we were given this image:

And told to pick three in a row in any direction. I picked flowers, ribbon and staples.

Here's my entry:

I'm not too good at remembering brands for my craft stuff, and couldn't check even if I wanted to; I store things in boxes and containers, and throw away all packaging. Plus, the paper flowers, paper square, piece of ribbon, the little oval gem things in the center of the paper flowers, and the staples, have been around for some time; all but the staples were among craft stuff I've had for ages, and the staples... I have no idea how long they've been in the stapler for. I'm pretty sure the card and the little ribbon roses were from "Craft Planet" though.

Anyway, join me and the rest of the Design Team at The Game and see what everyone creates. And, hey, why not see what you can create by doing three in a row?