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Hey Guys, hope you have been having a lovely Easter Sunday and have found all of your chocolate eggs? I have a little treat for you to go with the chocolates :)

Some of you might have seen a recent Little Miss Article I did for Papercraft Essentials Issue 52? It was great fun making the cards but I had lots of the lovely Paper Cellar Little Miss products left over so just wanted to share the fun! Papercraft Essentials have very kindly said that I can give them away as blog candy! Thanks Mel!

Some of the products have been used in the article so some of the packets have been opened and partly used but there is still plenty to play with as the packets are very generous.

If you are interested in winning all of this to play with then just sign up in Mr Linky below with a link to your blog so that I can contact you if you win. Please spread the word to your friends and followers with links and a picture of the candy if possible.

And of course - feel free to become a follower of my blog if you aren't already and you like what I do! :)

(If you do not have a blog then please link to this blog in Mr Linky BUT with YOUR name and keep an eye on this blog in case you win.)

The Winner will need to contact me quickly so that I can get the package out to them!

Open until 18th April 2010

Good Luck you lovely lot!

Little Miss Candy Contents:

One breast cancer care pink shopping bag

12x12 Patterned Paper Pack (28 papers)

6x6 Patterned Paper Pack (48 papers)

Make It Yourself Decoupage die cuts (4.5 sheets)

Make It Yourself Bubble Stick Ons (1.5 packs)

Make It Yourself Stick Ons (2 packs, both with one stick on used)

Make It Yourself Complements Small (2 packs)

Make It Yourself Complements large (1 pack with one sticker used)

Make It Yourself Glitter Borders (2.75 packs)

Make It yourself Velvet Borders (1 pack)

2 rolls of shaped border tape

TGF Royal Battle News - Week 4

Hey guys, how you all doing this lovely Sunday? Well I just wanted to thank you for the support and votes for Quixotic Stampers (Elaine, Emma and Rowena) in the TGF Royal Battle - my LO got through! Thank you!

This week it is Elaine's go and the challenge is Candy Packaging and here is what Elaine came up with - Mmmm sweeties :)



It would be great to get through to the next round so please vote for us again this week! You can vote by logging onto The Greeting Farm Gallery and leaving a comment on Elaine's lovely make. You only have one vote this time - please make it for us! Thank you!

Have a lovely rest of your day.

Kim

Curiouser And Curiouser! Cried Alice

I've been playing with paint and having a whale of a time! Why does playing with paint make me so ridiculously happy? LOL!

Well here is the result of a recent playing with paint session - an Alice in Wonderland inspired altered book page that has been rattling around in my head for a couple of months or so now.

I thought that I would enter it into the Sir Stampalot April Challenge which is all about 'Fantasy' and get this - you can win a Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter! Oh Boy Oh Boy! Yes you heard me right - quick, you have until Midday 29th April to get you entries in!

The details (skip to the pictures if you aren't interested LOL!):

For my altered Alice page I've used a range of techniques and materials. The background is painted in acrylics on an old book page and layered up on painted calico. I've used salt to give that broken-up speckled look and then a Tim Holtz mask to give the negative image shadow.

I really should have taken pictures of each stage as I was going along, but I didn't think it would ever get to my blog, LOL!

I've used Viva Decor glitter gel to add some dimension. Then stamped Paper Artsy and Tuesday Technique stamps on the background for the clock and clock parts.

Alice is from the internet and I've lightly coloured her with pencils - I wanted a tinted look rather than coloured look.

The Cheshire Cat was hand drawn using the recent Tim Burton film for inspiration. The key is a Stamps Away stamp on paper and then glazed onto the page with tinted Mod Podge (my new best friend!).

Of course I had to use fabric, lace, buttons and stitching LOL! Coloured, where needed, with acrylic paint. You might also have noticed some {Ippity} Stamps as well - the Mushrooms :)

This was such fun to do! It might take a bit longer than you average card - even at the rate I make cards! Which is very slowly!

Well thanks for looking

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend

Kimx

Materials:

Stamps - {Ippity}; Paper Artsy; Tuesday Technique; Stamps Away; Studio G Alpha

Colouring - Pencils; Acrylic paints

Inks - VersaColor; Archival black

Other - Buttons; Lace; Computer; Printer; Calico; Sewing Machine; Tim Holtz Mask; Mod Podge; Viva Decor; Glossy Accents; PrismaColor Illustration Markers

Pastel Nickie's Birdie

Hello Friday, Ok I blinked and the week vanished. If anyone knows where it went please could they send it back to me?

Got a bit of pink for you today with the super sweet Nickie's Birdie from Inky Impressions and I seem to be having a thing for button flowers at the moment - gone a bit button flower CrAzy :)

Hope you like this sweetie and have a super sweet Friday.

(oh now I just want some cake, all this talk of sweets!)

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Nickie's Birdie Inky Impressions

Ink - VersaFine Black; Colourbox chalk inks

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - My Mind's Eye Laundry Line

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

Other - Buttons; Thread; sponge; Circle nesties; Cuttlebug

Getting Ready For The Wedding Season

Have you met Fhiona and Fhinn? They are from Your Next Stamp which you can find over at Make The Day Special. Here they are getting married :) Ahhhh!

All the hearts and the sentiment come with the wedding stamp set which has lots of cute stamps such as wedding cakes, champagne flutes and wedding rings.

I've finished the card with a fabric and paper flower.

Have a fabulous Thursday.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Fhiona and Fhinn Your Next Stamp

Ink - Versafine onyz black

Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Papers - HOTP

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

Other - Pearl brad; Organza; Tulle; Martha Stewart corner punch

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 21

Get out your metal it is the Quixotic Challenge today and it is all going:

Heavy Metal

To go with this metal frenzy, Elaine has a fabulous special offer over at Quixotic Paperie:

10% off all charms, pins, spacers, jewels, pearls and Prima flower centres from Wednesday 14th April 2010 to Wednesday 21st April 2010

Perfect for this challenge!

Here is my DT make for the challenge. Originally I had decided to use some pins, but then I was overwhelmed by this urge to try stamping on sheet metal. I've been meaning to try stamping on metal so this challenge was just the perfect opportunity to give it a go!

The Stove / Oven is one of the wonderful Alota background stamps - I love them, they are just fabulous! Another of my favourite stamps (yeah, I know, I have lots of favourite stamps!) is the Belles and Whistles Tania Baking which Elaine has on special offer over at Quixotic Paperie.

So two favourite stamps have been matched with one of my favourite paper packs at the moment which is the Material Girl from Cosmic Cricket and the little bow was made with my Bow Easy Template.

So get out your metal bits and pieces folks.

Can't wait to see what you do with them.

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Stove / Oven Alota Stamps; Belles and Whistles Tania Baking

Ink - Archival black

Colouring - Copic pens; PrismaColor pencils

Papers - Material Girl from Cosmic Cricket

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

Other - Sheet Metal silver and copper; Thread; Ribbon; Bow Easy Template

Inky Impressions Flower Lili

Back to cards today! I've got an Inky Impressions girl for you and this is Flower Lili - so sweet!

I've matched her with some K & Co papers Que Sera Sera, one of my favourite packs, but I rarely use it. Do you have one of those paper packs that you just like to look at? It is too pretty to layer up on! LOL!

Little Lili is coloured with PrismaColor pencils (no surprise there!)

I've used one of the charms from Inky Impressions but I've cut off the hanging loop to leave a little dragonfly flitting about the button flowers :)

Thanks for popping by and catch you all later

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Flower Lili Inky Impressions

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - K & Co Que Sera Sera

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

Other - Charm; Buttons; Inky Dew Drops; Seam ripper; Lace

Welcome New Teamies!

Hello All,

Did you have a nice weekend? Spring seems to be here in London, the sun was shining on Saturday, so much so that I even had my legs out! Being someone that is forever stuck in her trousers, wearing a skirt is a rare event but I was wearing a skirt on Saturday. I know - ShOck.

Don't worry no pictures were taken!- I would not want to loose any followers/subscribers!

Anyway, I've dropped by to let you know who Emily has chosen to join the Make The Day Special DT:

Lucia Gattuso

Jo Willis

Jane Millard

Lesley Gillian

Cath Stannard

Kate

What a talented group of Girls! Go check them all out - you won't be sorry! I just can't wait to start working with them all!

Catch you all later

Kim

TGF Royal Battle News - Week 3

Something a little different from me today and something a little out of my comfort zone LOL!

The Quixotic Stampers (Elaine, Emma, Rowena and me) are through to round 3 of the TGF Royal Battle thanks to Emma and your wonderful votes :) Thank you all for your support.

Well, this week the challenge is a Scrapbook page and it fell to me to have a go! Oh Boy! Not something I do a lot of as you know!

I borrowed the lovely photograph from Elaine for this layout and matched it with paper from October Afternoon and stamps from The Greeting Farm.

I stamped out the clouds and then masked them and sponged on some pearlescent ink. Then I stamped the balloon and paper pieced it. The lettering was printed and then I doodled on them.

I love mixing fabric and paper and the flowers are made from fabric and I've added a bit of stitching to the layout as well :)
I would love you forever if you could cast your vote on my make by commenting in TGF forum and help the Quixotic Stampers to get through to the next round, I would hate to be the one that lets the girls down!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

xxx

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - The Greeting Farm

Ink - Archival black

Papers - October Afternoon

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

Other - Fabric; computer; printer; Fiskars border punchs

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;