Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 22

We are getting our feet wet over at Quixotic Paperie this week! The challenge is:

Make A Splash

Create a make featuring a water theme in some way, so boats, scenes, pirates are all the thing this week.

Here is my DT make for the challenge and I went for a paper pieced scene using the yummy Crate Paper Brook kit with a little bit of Paper Doll thrown in!


I've inked around the edges of the paper to add dimension. The lighthouse and boat from the Paper Make-Up Sailing By set are stamped on the same papers then coloured them with a light touch of my PrismaColor Pencils.



Well I do hope you are going to sail away with us on this week's challenge!

Have fun.
Kim


Materials:
Ink - VersaColor various colours
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue; Scissors
Other - Sewing machine

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Papercraft Essentials Issue 54

Just a shameless plug for a recent article with templates I did for Papercraft Essentials Issue 54.


If you look really, really carefully you will see my cards on the cover too. Get your magnifying glass out LOL!


Still begging for votes for the TGF Royal Battle! If you have a spare moment please log in at the TGF gallery and leave a comment on our candy packaging! Thank you!

Scroll down for the winner of my recent blog candy and I'll be back tomorrow with a make (I hope!)

TTFN
Kim

We Have A Winner!

Hey All,

Thanks so much for entering my recent blog candy and spreading the word on your blogs. It was great fun popping around your blogs and saying hello!

Well I've drawn a winner with Random.org and the winner is:
Emma Lockley from Something Sweet

Congratulations Emma! Please send me your mailing address by email and I will get the goodies off to you!

Have a lovely day everyone.
Kim


Monday, 19 April 2010

{Ippity} Blog Hop Day

I'm Hippity {Ippity} Hopping today, it would be great if you would join me :)

I've mixed and matched two {Ippity} sets, Simply Home and Moon Beam and Heart Strings for you today. Both sets are available over at Emily's {Ippity} Inspirations Blog.

For a list of {Ippity} Hoppers please pop along through this link.

Happy Hopping all!
Kim

Materials:
Inks - Archival Black
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Mod Podge; Double-sided tape
Other - Fabric; Cuttlebug; Nesties; Marvy Le Plume pens

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Blog Candy! Blog Candy! Get Your Yummy Blog Candy Here!

This Blog Candy is Now Closed.
The winner was announced here

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


Saturday, 17 April 2010

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

Friday, 16 April 2010

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:
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


Thursday, 15 April 2010

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:
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

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

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

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

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:
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

Monday, 12 April 2010

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:


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

Friday, 9 April 2010

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:
Ink - Archival black
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue
Other - Marvy Le Plume pens; Ribbon; Kraft Card

Thursday, 8 April 2010

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


Wednesday, 7 April 2010

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:
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - Prismacolor; Sansodor
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue
Other - Beads; Flowers; Raffia Lace; Button

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

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


Monday, 5 April 2010

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!