Inky Impressions New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Inky Impressions New Release Blog Hop!

If you have happened upon my blog and want to join in then please go to the starting place at the Inky Impressions Challenge blog. There is a prize on offer with this blog hop too but you will need to work your way through and see all the lovely new stamps first!

I have the super cute Water Lili to show you in her little sun hat and I have matched her with a lovely sunflower charm and some ribbon, all available at the Inky Impressions Shop.

But I also have some good news for you! Nicole is offer 15% off your order over at the Inky Impressions Shop from today until Friday midnight (Eastern Time). Just enter 'Blog Hop Discount' in the comment section of your order.

So your next port of call is the amazing Domi.

Happy Inky Impressions hopping

Kim

Blog Hop News

Hey-up folks, just thought I would give you a heads-up about the Inky Impressions New release and Blog hop on Wednesday! Hope you will have time to drop by!

TGF Royal Battle News

Hey All,

Nothing to show today, I'm afraid, as my mojo is on a bit of a go slow!

But I thought I would give a shout out for Quixotic Stampers! We are a team in The Greeting Farm Royal Battle comprising of Elaine Hughes, Rowena Barnard, Emma Lockley and myself.

Each week The Greeting Farm sets a challenge, each team taking part submits an entry and then everyone can vote for their three favourite makes by leaving a comment in the gallery here.

For the first week it is all retro and Rowena has made the most amazing card for our team entry, you can see it here. If you have a moment we really would appreciate your vote LOL!

Right, hope to see you tomorrow with a make :)

Kim

{Ippity} Friday - Welcome Home

Hello Friday people, I have an {Ippity} make for you today that uses the Simply Home set which you can get at {Ippity} Inspiration, it is from the Autumn/Fall 2009 kit release. I've been using a lot of the Winter 2010 release recently so thought it was time for a re-visit to the Autumn/Fall 2009 release :)

I've paper pieced the home with Basic Grey Two scoops paper. It is quite a simple make but I thought it would be quite a good New Home card, what do you think?

Emily is taking part in the Unity blog hop today so if you want to take a peak pop over to the Make The Day Special blog where you can also see any specials that Emily has at the moment :)

Right, I shall leave you all to your hopping.

Thanks for stopping by.

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Simply Home {Ippity}

Ink - Versafine onyx black

Paper - Basic Grey Two scoops

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; 3D foam

Other - Nestibilities; Cuttlebug; Ribbon

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 18

Quixotic Paperie Challenge day and today we have:

Monochrome

So for this one you need to use a single color or hue with tints and shades included but we are allowing skin tones for character images so don't panic :)

Well for my DT make this week I decided to go for a teal monochrome and a bit of a sea theme with the fabulous Eric from Paper Make-Up Stamps which is available at Quixotic Paperie. I've stamped him out in teal ink and then covered him in Glossy Accents.

I've used the My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas paper and used a mask and some ink to add some 'bubbles'.

The background for the stamp is a bit of map paper which I have distressed with ink and covered with Rock candy crackle paint.


I added some fabric, the teal coloured pieces are muslin left over from a recent dyeing project and the white fabric is a little bit of wound dressing muslin (Not used off course. LOL!). I've stuck it to the card with Mod Podge.

I've added splodges of Mod Podge on top of the fabric and areas of the card then added beads. Also I added some sea-themed charms and a little shell that I had in my craft box. Elaine has some shell charms at Quixotic Paperie.

The ickle blue ceramic fishy will also be available at Quixotic Paperie soon (if it is not up already!).

Hope you aren't all at sea today

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Eric Paper Make-Up Stamps

Ink - Distress inks; VersaColor inks

Paper - My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas paper

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

Other - Rock Candle Crackle Paint; Muslins; Mod Podge; Beads; silver charms; mini-shell; Mask; Glossy Accents; Brads; String

Blog Hop At {Ippity}

Hello All, Hope you had marvellous weekends.

Got an {Ippity} Make for you today and today I'm using Moon Beam and Heart Strings.

My make is taking part in the {Ippity} Blog hop which if you want to join in with then pop over to {Ippity} Inspirations for the link to get started.

I've masked off part of the Moon Beam stamp before inking up as I only wanted a portion of it for this make. The little stars and moon are coloured with PrismaColor pencils and then I've covered them with glossy accents for dimension.

Hope you have a starry Monday

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - {Ippity} Moon Beam and Heart Strings

Ink - VersaFine Onyx black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Glossy Accents; Crop-a-dile; ribbon; Fiskars border punch; Scotch Tape

Beautiful Paper Dolls

I've been playing with the Crate Paper die-cuts and stickers that come with the Paper Doll Crate Paper collection, aren't they the cutest?

Quixotic Paperie has the lovely new Crate Paper kits with the beautiful designs. The papers I have used are also from the Paper Doll kit and they are just so pretty.

The sentiment is a die-cut from the collection and I've used one of the new head pins from Quixotic Paperie and I added a 10mm pearl bead with a 'snowflake' style spacer to the head and then bent the pin end into a loop to hang the butterfly charm from.

The bottom of the card was finished with a scalloped sticker from the kit and I've added some of the lovely glossy white oval-shaped flat-backed pearl gems.

Hope you all have a Paper Doll Day

Kim

Materials:
Papers - Crate Paper Paper Doll
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; scissors
Other - Head Pins; 10mm Pearl Bead; 'Snowflake' Style spacer; Butterfly charm; Sewing machine; thread; glossy white oval-shaped flat-backed Pearl gems; jewellery pliers; Uhu glue

More Birdcages

A collage card for you today using the Basic Grey Birdcage stamps and a Prima Marketing Inc bingo card stamp.

I wanted a bit of dimension with the bird and birdcage stamps so I stamped them out in white on some kraft card and then again in black, making sure that I did not stamp directly over the top of the white so that there was a bit of a 'shadow'.

They are clear stamps which makes life a bit easier for this technique :)

The bingo card was stamped on card and then sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz.

The button is actually made of stone, I could not resist them when I saw them in my local haberdashery shop.

You might be wondering why some of the photos say 2009? Well I confess, I made this card in 2009 and took some pictures of it but I wasn't happy with the main picture and it was on my list to re-take it. Well I finally got around to retaking the piccy - Ooops, only a few months late!

May your day be a collage day,

full of interesting bits and bobs.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Basic Grey; Prima Marketing Inc

Ink - VersaFine Onyz; Memento white

Paper - Websters Pages

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Shimmer spritz; Ribbon; Button; Swirl gems;

Would You Like To Swing On A Star?

Swinging on a star today and this star is one of the new QKR Stampede stamps that Emily has over at Make The Day Special.

I love these stamps they have a lovely cloth doll look I think and that is what lead me to use this wonderful gingham and dotty paper from October Afternoon.

I've paper pieced the girl's dress and used my Prismacolor pencils to colour the rest of her.

The paper ruffle at the bottom is made from raffia that I unfolded then stuck down to a strip of double-sided tape.

Have you seen the new Make The Day Special Blog yet?

Have a star swinging Friday

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - QKR Stampede

Ink - VersaFine Onyz Black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor; Paper piecing

Paper - October Afternoon

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

Other - String; Raffia; Button; Staples; Seam ripper; Fiskars border punch

My White Sparkly Heart

Hey all I'm not really sure how to describe my make today! It has some elements of shabby chic so perhaps that is the best title for it?

The papers are from Basic Grey and Webster's Pages and are very pink :) The sparkly heart was cut from card then covered in layers of Glossy Accents and glitter to give it dimension.

The image is the SCACD Elizabeth Bell I Heart Ya available at Quixotic Paperie and I've used my PrismaColor pencils to colour her. I've cut her out and backed her with a bit of Tulle.

Have you spotted the gorgeous pearl headed pin? That is one of the new pins available from Quixotic Paperie here.

BTW have you seen that Elaine has some candy up on her blog Quixotic Cards?

Have a lovely day all

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - I Heart Ya SCACD Elizabeth Bell

Ink - VersaFine Onyx black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - Webster's pages; Basic Grey

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; double-sided tape; scissors

Other - Glossy Accents; Tulle; Pearl Pin; Glitter; Sewing machine; thread; Fiskars border punch; Ribbon; button

Inky Impressions Challenges No. 32

Fancy a challenge? Well Inky Impressions has a fabulous challenge. We are still thinking green but this time it is to:

Recycle

Now you have two weeks for this challenge and you do not need to have an Inky Impressions stamp to enter the challenge, you just need to recycle something.

So here is my DT make for the challenge and I have used Inky Impressions Lili Roller Skating for this make with some My Mind's Eye paper and some Inky Dinky Drops.

My recycling? Well the 'ribbon' is from some packaging for fruit.

I seem to have a thing for coloured hair at the moment :)

Hope you all have a great recycling day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Inky Impressions Lili Roller Skating

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils

Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry line

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

Other - Fruit packaging; brads; Inky Dinky Drops

Little Pink Fairy

Bring out the pink! Yep a very pink make this Tuesday and this little lady is the very cute Fairy Lili from Inky Impressions.

Thanks for dropping by and

hope you all have a lovely Tuesday

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Inky Impressions Fairy Lili; Stamps Away sentiment

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencil

Papers - Hot Off the Press

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

Other - Seam ripper

Quixotic Paperie Belles And Whistles Special Offer

How do you fancy a special offer to start the week off with?

Well Elaine has a wonderful special offer on the gorgeous Belles and Whistles stamps designed by Elizabeth Bell. All the current stock is at £6 each which is around 25% off.

BTW you can be the first to know about any Quixotic Paperie Special offers by becoming a friend of the new Quixotic Paperie Inspiration blog.

I've used the fabulous Belles and Whistles Lemonade Anyone Stamp for my make today.

I've matched her with the fabulous Crate paper Brook Collection. I've also used some more flat-backed pearls, a hint of Stickles on the lemonade and some buttons

The special offer is only whilst stocks last.

Enjoy yourself shopping :)

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Belles and Whistles Lemonade Anyone?

Ink - VersaFine Onyz Black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils

Papers - Crate Paper Brook Collection

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape

Other - Flat-backed pearls; Stickles; Buttons; thread

Piccies And News

Hey All, I don't have a card today but I do have some news that you might be interested in and some piccies from my week's staycation!

Been relaxing over the last week as a run up to my birthday, well the longer you can legitimately stretch it out the better in my reckoning! Thank you all for your lovely Birthday greetings, you are all wonderful!

Well, just thought I would share a couple of photos from my staycation with you all. Firstly here is a piccy of one of the window displays at the Selfridges' Wonder room - a room with products themed on the recently release of a film that I'm sure you all have heard about - yep Alice in Wonderland! :)

Secondly here are some photos from the Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead where David and I spent a very fun afternoon. David was snowboarding and I was watching!

Ok so I am a wus! I tried skiing once, I spent most of the time sliding down hills on my butt! But I did feel like I had earnt the hot chocolate that came after it. Our next visit to the centre I'm thinking I will have a go at snowboarding...er...maybe...

So I've made you wait this long for the news but hopefully it was worth the wait :)

Well I thought you might like to know that Elaine has set up a new Quixotic Paperie Blog which has all the DT makes and news about new products and offers on their way :)

Also Emily has another weekend of free P&P on at Make The Day Special and {Ippity} Inspirations to celebrate some new rubber in the house.

Have a lovely weekend

Kim

Bird Song Friday

Happy Friday all, the weekend is ahead and I have an {Ippity} make for you. This one uses the stamps from the Because Of You Set.

I've stamped the birdcage on white card and then masked it. I inked the swirls on the swirly flower stamp and stamped it over the masked cage. Finally I stamped the birdcage onto a book page, cut it all out, layered it up and attached it to the card. Added a little glitter to the birds and there you have two sparkly love birds :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - {Ippity} Because Of You

Ink - Memento tuxedo black

Papers - Basic Grey

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue

Other - Sewing machine; lace; book page; glitter glue; Fiskars border punch