Colourful Christmas Trees

Another Christmas card today and this one comes to you from the Hero Arts stamp set Holiday Dolls from Quixotic Paperie. The papers I've used are also from Quixotic Paperie and they are the lovely My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas papers.

Elaine has just stocked up on the most beautiful sequin flower centres - well worth a look-see Mmm Yummy :)

Mmm Friday!
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Hero Arts Holiday Dolls
Ink - Memento Tuxedo
Papers - My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer; scissors; 3D-foam; Double sided tape
Other - Button, thread; Fiskars border punch; Sewing machine

CPS Challenge

Hey All, Shimmerz Paints is sponsoring the CPS challenge this week and some of the Shimmerz Paints Team have been making cards with the sketch. Here is my take on this week's sketch.


I've used Shimmerz Paints Spritz Baby's Breath on the music stamped background and Shimmerz Paints Fire Engine Red and Wed wagon on the alphas.


The Holly leaves were sprayed with Shimmerz Paints Olive Branch Spritz and then painted with a bit of Mossy Stone.

Have a Shiny Holly Leaf Thursday
Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Papermania snowflake; Artistic Stamper Music
Inks - Staz-on White; Brilliance Crimson red
Shimmerz Paints - Wed wagon; Baby's breath; Olive branch; Fire Engine Red
Papers - BasicGrey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; double-sided tape; Scissors
Other - Cuttlebug; Fibres; Buttons; Seam ripper; Basicgrey chipboard alphas; acetate

Quixotic Paperie Second Mini Challenge

Candy Now closed

Welcome to the second Quixotic Paperie DT Mini-challenge and a chance to win some yummy challenge candy (scroll down).

This month's Quixotic Paperie DT Mini-challenge is the beautiful SCACD Danni from the Elisabeth Bell range available at Quixotic Paperie. I've used her with the All Dressed Up DCWV paper stack - which is half price at the moment.


I've used PrismaColor pencils to colour her and added some sparkle to her wings and butterflies with Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz.


The fabulous big button can also be found at Quixotic Paperie along with lots of other gorgeous buttons. Buttons Buttons Buttons - Hurray for buttons!

To be in with a chance to win this candy:



Elisabeth Bell for SCACD: Danni Stamp
Mixed Pack of Charms
Mixed Pack of Flat Back Pearls

Hop to each of the Quixotic Paperie's Mini-challenge blog posts to see how they have each done something different with Danni.

Don't forget to comment on each post as we will be picking one winner from one of the comments on one of the blog posts but we ain't saying which yet :) Also remember to spread the word about the candy on your blog!

Elaine will announce the winner on her blog on the 28th October.

The other Talented Quixotic Paperie DT Members to visit:

Elaine (The Boss) At Quixotic Paperie
Carole at Stardust, Gem and Ribbbon
Judy at Judy's Crafty Moments
Rosette at Crafting Magic
Rowena at CraftyPagan

Have a big button Wednesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamps - SCACD Danni
Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor
Papers - DCWV All Dressed Up
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Buttons; Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz; Thread; Needle; Seam ripper

Some Quick Heads-Up

Hey-Up All, couple of notices for your information :)

Shell has asked me to help spread the word for her drive for cards to send to the UK soldiers in Afghanistan so if you have a moment and a house full of cards then please pop along to Shell's blog at Challenge Addict to find out more.

Chris is still looking to raise money for Papworth Trust Charity by selling some of her Wedding Stationary CD-Rom so if you have a moment, pop along to Craftling's Cosy Corner to find out more. (I know I've put this call up before but I just thought I would pop a reminder up. LOL)

Finally don't forget that you have just two more days to be in with a chance to win the new Winter Kit From Katharina at Whiff Of Joy.

Right I'm off now but will be back later with a Quixotic Paperie Mini-challenge and another chance for you all to win some blog candy! I'm just Candy mad at the moment!

Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Another Christmas Card for you today and this one uses probably my favourite non-traditional colour combination of greys, black and gold.

The stamp is the cute Whiff Of Joy Quiet Santa and the glittery paper is from the DCWV All Dressed Up Paper Stack which you can get from Quixotic Paperie for half price at the moment.

I've coloured Santa with my PrismaColor pencils and Sansodor and used Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz to sparkle Santa's fur trim.

The gold paper, flower and swirls have are from SEI papers and the swirls are flocked - doesn't show up too well in the picture I'm afraid.

Have a gold filled Tuesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Quiet Santa
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - SEI; DCWV
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; silicone glue; Scissors
Other - Gem; Shimmerz Paints Pixie Dust Blingz; Sewing Machine

Whiff Of Joy Yummy Candy

This Candy Is Now Closed
The Winner Will Be Announced On the 3rd November

I have some lovely candy for you donated by the wonderful Katharina owner of Whiff Of Joy. The candy is the gorgeous Baking Santa stamp shown below. I think that he is my favourite from the scrummy new Whiff Of Joy Santa and Lizzie Range.

Have you seen that Whiff Of Joy is starting a new blog Tutorials and Inspirations blog? the launch date is the 1st November - I can't wait to see all those fab ideas.


In celebration of the New Blog launch I'm going to keep my candy open until the 1st November and all you need to do is post about it on your blog or place a link in your sidebar and then link to your blog on Mister Linky. Open worldwide.

Good Luck!

Stitched Border Tutorial

Hey Guys, How are you all today? I don't know if any of you remember this card from a few weeks back? I was asked how I did the border stitching on this card so I thought I would put a tutorial up about it. Hope it is useful!

I actually use two stitches to get the effect, the first is a loose buttonhole stitch (aka blanket stitch) and the second is a backstitch.

Materials
Thread, a piercing tool, needle and the card to border. Sticky tape will also be useful!



Step One
When I'm stitching on card or paper I pierce the holes with my paper piercing tool before stitching.

If you are a perfectionist you might want to mark off the holes with a ruler but I usually use judgement - I like the rough and ready look (least that is my excuse!).



Step Two
Stick your thread end on the back of the card with tape and bring the thread through to the front of the card.



Step Three
Take the thread from the front of the card to the back of the card and back up to the front of the card through the next hole along. Leave the stitch loose in a loop.



Step Four
Now take the thread to the back of the card through the loop just as if you are doing a Buttonhole stitch (Blanket stitch) but don't pull tight.



Step Five
Bring the thread to the front of the card through the next hole along leaving the loose loop.



Step Six
Repeat Step Three to Step Five to build up the border.



Step Seven
Depending on the size of your card and length of thread you might run out of thread before finishing the border - so what do you do to make sure it looks like continuous stitching?

Well, with the end of the thread make a loop in line with the next hole along and stick the end to the back of the card with tape. Then with new thread continue repeating Step Two to Step Five as before. Simple!



Step Eight
When you get to the last stitch make your last loop and connect up the border by taking the thread to the back of the card through the first loop



Step Nine
You can leave the stitch as it is - it is a good look or you can add a backstitch to give some extra definition.


Clicking on the photographs will give you a closer view of the stitching.

Feel free to link in the comments to any projects you make with this stitching - I would just love to see what you do with it!

Happy Stitching
Kim

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Advent Calender Card

Sunday has turned up really quickly and I have a little Whiff Of Joy card for you using the cute Lizzie with Licorice stamp with an advent calendar feel. The little Christmas tree charm is also from Whiff Of Joy.


She was coloured with Prismacolor pencils and Sansodor and I've used Label Nine Spellbinders Nestibilities.


Before you go don't forget that there is a chance at some yummy Whiff of Joy candy here.

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Lizzie with Licorice
Ink - VersaFine Onyz black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Paper - Reminisce snowy night
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Charm; Label Nine Nesties; Fibres; Inch square punch; Cuttlebug; Snowflake die; seam ripper

Oooo Look At These!

Hey-up everyone!

Just a quick blog post to show some of the new alterable shapes that Elaine has just added to Quixotic Paperie. There are lots of wonderful Christmas and all year round shapes and if you keep an eye on her blog you will see some fabby examples of some of the shapes in use :)





Aren't they cool? These are just a small selection of what is on offer, there are all different shapes and sizes and they start at only 20p!

I was just so excited that I had to show and tell, LOL! Will be back later with a card If I can get it done before the sun goes down that is! Fingers crossed :)

Need Something Bright!

Here it is a sunny card with the totally gorgeous Emma from the Elisabeth Bell range for Susan's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD), which if you are wondering how to get your hands on, well they are at Quixotic Paperie as well as the totally cute Victoria Case Stamps from SCACD.

I've used the lovely DCWV Citrus stack papers which are on very special offer at Quixotic Paperie 50% OFF! OMG how can you miss that? Tee Hee! BTW - there are lots of other fabulous specials on Quixotic Paperie as well.

Also I've used a lovely bit of Crochet ribbon that I've painted with Shimmerz Paints Fire Engine Red.


And yep - a bit more Copic practice!


The sun has just this second come out here - Wahoo:) Must be the sunny card LOL!

Have a Gloriously sunny day
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - SCACD Elisabeth Bell Emma
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic Markers
Papers - DCWV Citrus
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Button; Crochet Ribbon; Shimmerz Paint Fire Engine Red

Santa Is Baking

What do you think Santa is baking? Mince pies? Cookies? Christmas Cake?

Isn't he just the cutest? He is one of the fabulous new Elizabeth Bell Santa's from Whiff of Joy. Just Lurve!


The papers are My Mind's Eye Laundry Line and I've been practicing again with my Copic markers - might get there one day. LOL!

Have a simply baking Tuesday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Santa Baking
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic Markers
Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; double sided tape
Other - Buttons; Sewing machine; Letraset paper

We Need Your Help...

Candy Now Closed

How would you like to make a New Baby card and be in with lots of chances to win some wonderful Whiff Of Joy candy donated by the lovely Katharina?

The fabulous Whiff Of Joy illustrator Alison Acton and her husband Jim are expecting their first baby, Sam, at the end of this week, it would be fabulous to celebrate the event with a lovely card, well lots of lovely cards!

So the challenge is -

• Make a New Baby Card for Alison and Jim
• Send me an email and I will send you their mailing address to send the card
• Don't forget to also post it on your blog before you send it!
• Then link to your blog via Mr Linky below to be in with a chance to win Two Whiff Of Joy stamps of your choice.

You do not have to use a Whiff Of Joy Stamp but it would be nice :) We are just hoping for lots of cards to arrive at Alison and Jim's.

So here is my New Baby make and I've used the so cute Mina Celebrating Kangaroo from Alison's Party Animals range. Might have changed it very slightly to fit the theme!


Again with some more Copic marker practice :)


Also if you check out the other DT and GDT blogs you will find more chances to win as well :) Katharina is giving away a whole set of the Alison's next Whiff of Joy release called "Happy Mail" on her blog!

Katharina (Owner)
Aija (Finland)
Bev (UK)
Camilla (Norway)
Fran (UK)
Jacqui (Events Coordinator)
Jeanette (CA)
Murielle (France)
Rach (UK)
Sonja (Germany)
PGD Dawn (UK)
GD Marga (Netherlands)
Gd Melyssa (Canada)
Gd Ula (Poland)

This candy will be open until the 23rd October to give you time to send your make.

Happy New Baby Card Making
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Whiff Of Joy Mina Celebrating Kangaroo
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Colouring - Copic Markers
Paper - My own design
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - buttons; embroidery thread; Sizzix Alpha; Cuttlebug; Computer; printer; Nail file

Mo's First Challenge

Mo and her challenge design team have launched a new challenge blog called Bronte and Bella's Challenge blog and their first challenge is to use 'Perple' aka purple in your creation with one of Mo's illustrations.


So here you go a 'Perple' creation using one of the Dani and Friends images and a ribbon I made using eyelet stitch.


I've used my Copic markers to colour her in, I'm slowly getting the hang of them :)

Have a cosy Perple Sunday
Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Mo's Digital pencil
Colouring - Copic markers
Papers - GCD Studios
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - Fiskars border punch; Embroidery thread; needle; buttons; computer; printer

And We Have A Winner

Hey All, I've used Random.org to pick a winner and the the winner is........

Sharon from Shari-Anne Happy Crafter

Congratulations Sharon send me your mailing address, my email is in the sidebar.

Thank you everyone for joining in the World Card Making Day fun and Elaine's lovely candy.

Keep your eyes peeled because I will have some more candy soon.