My Watercolour Heart

Hey Guys, happy sunny Friday to you all.

I have a simple {Ippity} make for you today. It uses the Because Of You set available over at Emily's blog {Ippity} Inspiration and I've been playing with my watercolour pens.

Thanks for popping in

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Because Of You {Ippity}

Ink - Archival black

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue

Other - Marvy Le Plume pens; Ribbon; Kraft Card

Inky Impressions Challenges No. 33

Inky Impressions Challenge!

The Inky Impression challenge for the next couple of weeks is:

Charm It!

Here is my charmed make! It uses the new release Nickie's Birdie from Inky Impressions and of course a charm and ribbon from Inky Impressions too.

Don't forget to visit all the fabulous DT's inspiration (links are in my sidebar).

Can't wait to see all your charming makes too!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Nickie's Birdie Inky Impressions

Ink - VersaFine Onyz Black

Colouring - PrismaColor; Sansodor

Papers - DCWV

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer, Double-sided tape

Other - Charm; Ribbon; Button

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 20

Quixotic Paperie Challenge day!

Yep another challenge for you today and this one is all about:

Spring

My Spring card for you uses Aurora with Tulips which is a Victoria Case stamp from SCACD which you can get from Quixotic Paperie. She is matched with Crate Paper Brook Collection and I've used some beads and lots of extra flowers just in case you forgot how Spring-ing it was :)

She was great fun to colour and I love tulips which are just a perfect Spring flower. I've coloured her with my PrismaColor pencils and I've layered her and the ickle toadstool to add depth and then completely forgot to photograph the dimension for you :)

So hope that you have fun with this challenge

and can not wait to see your Spring makes.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Aurora with Tulips Victoria Case stamp from SCACD

Ink - Versafine onyx black

Colouring - Prismacolor; Sansodor

Papers - Crate Paper Brook Collection

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Beads; Flowers; Raffia Lace; Button

Design Team Call

Hi All,

Emily over at Make The Day Special is having a DT call, Emily says -

I am looking for someone who is an active blogger and member of online craft communities but previous DT experience is not needed. Would be looking for a minimum of 3 month commitment but am happy to work out details when an individual has been found. email me if you are interested at emily(at)makethedayspecial.co.uk with some links to your work :)

Make The Day Special currently holds Unity, Tweety Jill Designs, QKR Stampede and Your Next Stamp. Emily is also a UK-based supplier of Ippity Stamps from Unity at Ippity Inspirations.

Good Luck

TGF Royal Battle News

Hi Guys, just dropping in quickly to ask for your vote :) The Quixotic Stampers (Elaine, Emma, Rowena and me) got through the first round thanks to Rowena and Emma has made an amazing card for this week's TGF Royal Battle challenge:

Gorgeous! So if you have a moment could you please vote for us by following this link to Emma's lovely make? Thank you!

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 19

Hey Guys, have you seen this week's challenge over at Quixotic Paperie? Oh boy have we got a fun one for you this week. This week it is a:

CASE One Of The QP DT

The idea is that you CASE a card (i.e. use one of the DT Member's design and layout) or do 'In The Style Of...' one of the DT members. Don't forget to link to the card or person you are CASEing.

Well here is my CASEd card and I've CASEd this card from the fabulous Rowena Barnard. I've used the My Mind's Eye Lil Robot papers and diecuts and Ro's gorgeous design but I've also done a bit in the style of Ro with inking the papers and the dark stitching :)

The ickle robot and the sentiment is a die cut from the kit and they are just so fab, I love them to bits!

I've used my Cuttlebug and embossing folders to add some texture to the image background and to a strip of card covered with kitchen foil. The chipboard cogs were painted with acrylic paint and inked with greys and silvers.

Hope you are having a lovely long weekend

If you have a few moments you might want to check out the Clearance Section in Quixotic Paperie there are lots of fab bargains to be had! Perfect Easter Treat!

Kim

Materials:

Image and Papers - My Mind's Eye Lil Robot

Ink - Silver; charcoal; Distress inks; Polar blue

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

Other - Kitchen foil; Cuttlebug; Embossing folder; Chipboard cogs; Acrylic paint; Sewing machine

Anyone For Unity Cake?

Bank holiday Friday deserves some cake don't you think?

This yummy cupcake selection is one of the fabulous stamps from the Adventures In Happiness Unity Store kits and is available from Emily over at Make The Day Special a long with a lot of other hard to get in the UK stamps. If you scroll down there is a picture of the whole kit with all the lovely stamps you get!

So I've used a textured card for this make which has given a lovely mottled effect to the colouring.

So this is a piccy of the kit! Thought I would tempt you all with a picture of the actual rubber rather than the usual image picture I show you!

This is a huge kit! The whole thing is 8.5 x 11 inches (21 x 27cm) and to give you an idea the Light House stamp on the top right measures approximately 3.25 x 1.25 inches (8 x 3.5 cm). The kit comes ready backed with an sponge mount and precut so that all you have to do is pop the stamps out and use them with an acrylic block. Sorted!

Thanks for popping by.

Hope you have a wonderful Cupcake Good Friday

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Adventures In Happiness Unity

Ink - VersaFine Onyz Black

Paper - Magnolia

Colouring - Prismacolor pencils

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Sewing machine, Cuttlebug, Nestiblities

The Greeting Farm Release Day

Today is the April release day from The Greeting Farm and what a bundle of sweeties they have for us all today! I've been playing with Amelia and a sentiment from the new release for my make today, I think she is fab, I love her outfit :)

All the stamps are in store at Quixotic Paperie and if you check out Quixotic Inspirations blog you will be in for a very pleasant surprise :)

Little Amelia is matched up with the Fancy Pants papers from the wonderfully Summery Rusted Sun and the lovely yellow background is from the About A Girl collection. These papers are gorgeous to play with, really lovely colours and quality, the red heart is a sticker from the Rusted Sun collection.

Have a Summery bright day!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - The Greeting Farm Amelia

Colouring - Copic markers

Papers - Fancy Pants Rusted Sun and About A Girl

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

Other - Sewing machine; Heart flat backed gem;

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;