{Ippity} Hello

Just in case you had not noticed - It is Friday - Woop! Woop! As it is Friday it is my {Ippity} make day :)

My make today uses the {Ippity} Because Of You Stamp Set which you can get from Emily over at her blog {Ippity} Inspiration.

Emily has been making some changes over at her shop Make The Day Special. You can find some yummy Unity stamps there and you can also pre-order the Your Next Stamp range there as well. Keep your eye on the shop as Emily is adding new stamp ranges over the next few weeks.

The background is the script stamp from the set stamped in white on coloured card. I've used ribbon from the Make The Day Special Kit #2 and a Cretan Stitch with beads to make a border.

I bordered the sentiment with a straight stitch and beads.

Have a lovely Friday you all.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Make The Day Special {Ippity} Because Of You

Ink - Memento White; VersaFine onyx black

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape

Other - Embroidery thread; Needle; Beads; Ribbon; Fiskars border punch

Inky Impressions Challenges No. 31

It is a colour challenge for the Inky Impressions Challenges this fortnight:

Think Green

All you need to do is add green somewhere in your make. I've used the Amy Butler papers from K&Co with the lovely lime greens.

The image is the cute Lili's Cleaning Day from Inky Impressions and I have coloured her with PrismaColor Pencils.

The heart embellishment is made from painted corrugated cardboard and I've layered it up with some netting, fabric and Hessian with a button and paper beads to finish it.

Have fun with your green makes.

Kim

Edit: The lovely Shirley has done it again and pointed out that this card fits the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday which this week has a Lucky Green theme. Thanks Shirley!


Materials:
Stamp - Lili's cleaning day from Inky Impressions

Ink - VersaFine Onyx black

Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Papers - K&Co Amy Butler

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; Silicone glue; Scissors

Other - Netting; Fabric; Hessian; Corrugated cardboard; paint; button; thread; Button

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 16

A new challenge from Quixotic Paperie Challenge blog for you today and this week it is:

Leaves It Out!

Well actually what we want is for you to 'leaves' it in - or in other words add leaves to your projects :) Ok so it was a very poor pun on words chosen by me!

My project has quite a few leaves in it! Well first there is the leaves in the image which is the gorgeous CC Designs Sweet November Fruit of the Month Grape.

Second you could perhaps say that the flowers on the backing paper could be leaves? What do you think? They could be clover leaves perhaps? Well the papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love paper pack and I've distressed the edges a bit with distress inks.

The image is coloured with PrismaColor pencils and I've used Glossy Accents on her dress. I've carefully highlighted each of the grapes individually with the glue as I wanted to give the skirt dimension in keeping with the design.

Glossy Accents is great as it only goes where you put it. I've tried other dimension glues but Glossy Accents work beautifully.

The bow was made with the Bow-Easy Template and I did a double bow. What do you think? That Bow-Easy sure does work! Yeah I know I've said that before LOL!

The charm is the large Toadstool available at Quixotic Paperie, oh and if you have a look at the card you will see some flat-backed pearls on it too! Packed it all this week!

There is a third set to leaves in my make... I used a die-cut leaf to mask off bits of the backing card for the image then inked around the leaf to give a negative image.

Gosh that was a long post for me!

I will let you get on with what you were doing :)

Have fun!

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - CC Designs Sweet November Fruit of the Month Grape
Inks - VersaFine Onyz black; VersaColor various greens; Distress inks straw

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - Cosmo Cricket Earth Love

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Scissors; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape

Other - Glossy Accents; Bow-Easy Template; Toadstool Charm; Flat-backed pearls; Cuttlebug; Leaf die; Ribbon; Fiskars border punch; Slots punch

A Heads-Up For You

Happy Monday everyone,

Just a quickie to say that Elaine has the new The Greeting Farm Stamps at Quixotic Paperie and she is offering a free embellishment gift pack to anyone who spends £15 or more (excluding P&P) on The Greeting Farm Stamps range for the next week (1st - 7th March 2010).

This is Ebony from TGF range and you can see her being used perfectly on Elaine's lovely blog.

Also whilst you are at Quixotic Paperie check out the Bow-Easy Template it makes tying perfect bows really easy - well just as it says!

Hope you have a very productive Monday!

Kim

Make The Day Special {Ippity} Friday

Watcha! It is my Make The Day Special {Ippity} Stamp day again and I have a sparkly make with the Make The Day Special Kit #2.

Emily has a couple of sets made up for you and I have just seen the newest kit addition to the shop and it is a real cutey! You can see the new kit here just full of the joys of Spring.


I've used kit #2 to make this card, the only thing I have added from my stash is the stickles on the tree leaves and the black card the rest is all from the kit and I have photographed it with the ribbon in the kit - just coz I love ribbon - tee hee!

Well it is a Friday sign-off from me and I
hope that you have a sparkly, ribbony
and of course fluffy Friday :)
Kim

ps. Trust me to forget something! Don't you forget to join Emily's blog candy it closes on the 28th Feb!

Materials:
Stamp - Make The Day Special Kit #2
Ink - Rangers Archival Ink black
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Ribbons; Buttons; Flowers; Stickles; Corner rounder

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 15

Beep Beep Grind Whirl -----H-E-L-L-O-----Whirl Grind Beep Beep

Hello All, it is the Quixotic Paperie challenge and this week we have:

One For The Boys

I have another hanger for you today and for this one I have used the wonderful My Mind's Eye Lil' Robots paper kit available over at Quixotic Paperie.

How cute? No, sorry, I mean how very male? LOL!

The hanger uses the die-cuts that come with the Lil' Robots papers. I've printed the sentiment in the little die-cut speech bubble.

Forget the boys! This one is so going up in my craft space!

Whirl Whirl Whirl

H-A-V-E---A-N---E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C---D-A-Y

Beep Whirl Kim Whirl Beep

(I think I might need oiling)

Materials:

Papers - My Mind's Eye Lil' Robot

Usual Suspects - scissors; craft knife; silicone glue; 3D-foam

Other - acrylic drops; metal chain; Crop-a-dile;

Go With The Flow

Hey All, I have a Make The Day Special {Ippity} stamps card for you today.

I've used the lovely Fishy Philosophy set from the new release and I think that Go with the flow is definitely my philosophy for today!


The pond weed has been coloured with Stickles glue which gives a lovely sparkly underwater feel.
But me no buttons! Oh lovely buttons! Buttons, buttons, buttons...

Sorry. Did I get a bit distracted by buttons just then?

Edit: The lovely Shirley has pointed out that my card fits this week's challenge over at Cards For Men which has a Green theme. Thanks Shirley!

Hope your day flows easily!

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Make The Day Special {Ippity} Fishy Philosophy

Inks - VersaColor charcoal

Colouring - Stickles glue

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue

Other - Cuttlebug; Embossing folder; Spellbinders Nestibilities; Calico; Corner rounder; Kraft card; Buttons, lots and lots of lovely buttons (off again!)

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 14

How is your Quixotic Paperie Challenge make going? This week it is all about making

Something For Mum

I've made a little bookmark using the really, really cute CC Designs Itzy Inkies Flower Power set available at Quixotic Paperie.

I've kept it thin and not overly embellished so it will fit nicely into a book! Well after my last mistake of trying to make a bookmark and putting so much on it that I had to make it into a hanger LOL!

I've used yummy Cosmo Cricket Earth Love papers and some fabulous flat back pearls and Stickles glue in the flower centre to finish the bookmark.

(btw did I say how really cute the CC Designs Itzy Inkies Flower Power set is?)

Have a Flower Power Saturday

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - CC Designs Itzy Inkies Flower Power set (very cute!); Studio G Alpha

Ink - Versafine Onyz Black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Paper - Cosmo Cricket Earth Love papers
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue

Other - pearls; Stickles

I'm Going To Eat You Little Fishy!

Make The Day Special {Ippity} Stamps day here on my blog and this week I've been able to play with one of the fab stamp sets from the new release.

There are eight new stamp sets in the release all available from Make The Day Special and all just gorgeous (I'm sure I've probably said that already - tee hee!).

My make today uses stamps from Fishy Philosophy. I've stamped one of the pond weeds onto light kraft paper. The layers are all fabrics and get this - The blue fabric is from an old cushion that I re-purposed and dyed myself! (Ok so I'm easily impressed LOL!)

The little fishy has been stamped onto white paper and coloured with PrismaColor pencils. I then smeared with glitter and covered with Glossy Accents to get a really sparkly fishy.

Don't forget that Emily has a stamp set from the new release as Blog Candy on her blog {Ippity} Inspiration - Yum!

Hope you have a swimmingly good Friday.

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Make The Day Special {Ippity} Stamps Fishy Philosophy

Ink - Versafine Onyz black; Versacolor blue and bamboo

Colouring - Prismacolor pencils; Sansodor

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; scissors

Other - eyelets; button; fabrics; Crop-a-dile; Glossy accents

Inky Impressions Challenges No. 30

Hey All,

Inky Impressions card for you today and this one is for the challenge over the next two weeks which is:

Think Spring

there are some amazing samples from the DT, well worth a look!

My make uses the Lili's Cleaning Day - Spring Cleaning of course!

She is coloured with PrismaColor pencils and I've added bling with Inky Drops.

So who is Spring Cleaning? I know I should be....

Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Inky Impressions Lili's Cleaning Day

Ink - Versafine Onyz black

Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Papers - October Afternoon

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue

Other - Star Nesties; Cuttlebug; Ribbon; Inky Drops; Bow-Easy Template; Ribbon

Prince Charming Is All Yours!

Did you find your Prince (or Princess) Charming on the St Valentines Weekend? Oh look here he is LOL!

Prince Ian is a digital image from The Greeting Farm and I've matched him up with the beautiful Basic Grey Origins Papers which I got from Quixotic Paperie and have ruffed up a bit, ok, distressed!

I've coloured Ian with Copic pens and the background is coloured with Prismacolor pencils.

The Raffia Lace is also available at Quixotic Paperie.

I've popped this Prince Charming into my Etsy shop.

Hope you have a charming day :)

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Prince Ian The Greeting Farm

Colouring - Copic Markers; PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - Basic Grey Origins

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Raffia Lace; Gem brad; Distress ink; seam ripper

Blog Candy Alert!

Hey Guys, I'm very excited today 'coz I have seen the new {Ippity} releases from Unity and they are gorgeous!

Emily has them in the shop ready to go and you can see them if you hop on over to Make The Day Special.

To celebrate the new release Emily is also giving one of the sets away as blog candy on her blog {Ippity} Inspiration.

Quixotic Paperie - Free P&P For The Valentine's Weekend

Looking to treat yourself or a loved one over the Valentine’s Weekend? Then here is the perfect gift. Quixotic Paperie is offering free shipping on all orders over £15 in the UK!

Simply enter the following code at checkout to take advantage of the offer:

HAPPYVALENTINESDAY

Quixotic Paperie has gorgeous new stash in stock and the fabulous new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps available to order from Sunday.

Offer is open from Friday 12th February 2010 to Monday 15th February 2010 and is only valid on orders within the UK.

Thought you might want to know :)

{Ippity} Good Times

Hey everyone, Friday is here again and I have a Make The Day Special {Ippity} Stamp make for you. Today's make uses stamps from the Because of You set, which I have to admit is one of my favourite sets.

I've stamped out the sentiment and Love script out on some white textured card then added some stitching and a ruffled ribbon.

The flower and mushroom are also from the kit. I have used distress inks to add a bit of colour, glossy accents on the mushroom and Stickles glue on the flower.

There are some fab sneak peaks on Emily's lovely {Ippity} Inspiration blog of the new releases coming soon - I can't wait :)

Happy Friday to you all.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Because of You Make The Day Special {Ippity} Stamps

Inks - Versafine onyz black

Colouring - Rangers Distress inks

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer, Silicone glue

Other - Sewing machine; Ribbon; Stickles glue; glossy accents

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 13

Wahoo! A make! Today we have my make for this week's Quixotic Paperie Challenge:

Tag It!

This is a birthday card for a friend (hope she isn't looking!).

It will probably be of no surprise to you, I'm sure, that I've used Basic Grey Sugar Rush for this make! The lace is also one of my favs at the moment and is from Quixotic paperie.


The image is CC Designs Swiss Miss Rosalie and I've coloured her with PrismaColor pencils and sansodor blending. I've used Stamps Away Alpha tags for the sentiment (and to meet the challenge!) and added glossy accents to the alpha then sprinkled on lots of glitter. I've also used glossy accents and glitter for the edge of the scalloped matt.


Before you go - just thought I would let you know that Elaine has some further reductions in the clearance section in the shop and there are some fab bargains up for grabs. She also has Shimmerz paints on special offer with 15% off.

Happy Tag Day to you!
Kim

Materials:
Stamps - CC Designs Swiss Miss Rosalie; Stamps Away Tag Alpha
Ink - Memento Tuxedo black
Colouring - Prismacolor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Basic Grey Sugar Rush
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Lace; glossy accents; sewing machine; buttons; thread; glitter; white gel pen

I Confess!

Still no makes to show, so thought I would show you some new pearls Elaine has in stock at Quixotic Paperie. All so pretty, love those iridescent pearls, fab touch to finish a make!

I have a make to show you tomorrow for the Quioxtic Paperie Challenge - Phew!