Cute Card Thursday - 122

Cute Card Thursday Challenge day and this week it is:

A Sketch

and I can't believe it but I've missed the sentiment off from the sketch! Oops! I always forget something!

Here is my DT make this week, as the challenge is sponsored by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps I thought I would use the fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie stamps Marie Antoinette available over at Quixotic Paperie.

I've had her awhile and have been meaning to ink her up!


I made some little fabric roses.

Used my PrismaColor Pencils to colour her.

With lots of distressing inks and Viva Glitter liner to add some sparkle.

Hope you have a lovely day.

Kim

Materials:
Stamp - Kraftin' Kimmie stamps Marie Antoinette; Prima postcard; Crafty Individuals Door

Ink - Ranger distress inks; Versafine Onyx black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - Papermania (I think)

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

Other - Viva Glitter Liner; Fabric; Book Page

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 33

It is Quixotic Paperie Challenge day and this week our challenge is:

Miniatures

So that is makes under three inches. I've made a 3x3 :)

Just a little monster baking some fairy cakes.


I've used the super cute Duncan from Paper Make-Up Stamps matched with Crate Paper from the Paper Doll collection. The sparkle is Viva Glitter Liner.

Elaine has some new things in the shop, some lovely Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and Chrissy Armstrong stamps from Whimsy Stamps, well worth a little look.

Have fun with your miniatures!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Duncan Baking Paper Make-Up Stamp; Studio G Alpha

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Paper - Crate Paper Paper Doll Collection

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Silicone glue

Other - Viva Glitter Liner;

What? Christmas? In Summer?

Did you see the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday this week? Yep, you guessed it, it is:

Get A Head Start - Christmas

Oh boy - it is only just Summer! I think I might be buying my Christmas cards this year. I thought as it is Summer I would go a bit more towards the bright contemporary Chrimbo colours!

You might recognise the lovely Whiff Of Joy Oakley with Bauble stamp, he is one of my favourite Christmas stamps, I think it is the big comfy jumper that does it.

Merry Christmas one and all

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Whiff Of Joy Oakley with Bauble stamp; Stamps Away

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; Rangers distress inks

Papers - My Mind's Eye

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

Other - Cuttlebug; Nesties; ES Punch

Gingersnap Creations And Make The Day Special

What a difference a week makes. Last week was full of sunshine and warmth, it was beautiful. This week it has been wet and dark. I'm so glad that we had our staycation last week and not this week!

I have made a little picture for you today. I was having a play for my guest DT piece for the Gingersnap Creations Spicy Supply Challenge which this month is:

Markers

I've used my Marvy Le Plume watercolour markers to make this piece. The mini-frame is made from cardboard and coloured with the watercolour markers and a touch of pearlescent paints. I stamped the gorgeous Unity June Store kit butterfly available at Make The Day Special with the markers onto stamping board.

Thanks for popping in today.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Unity June Store Kit

Colouring - Marvy Le Plume Watercolour Markers

Other - Pearlescent paints; stamping board; cardboard; PVA; Newspaper; Mod Podge

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 32

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Day and this week we have some lovely photo inspiration from Simonne:


You can use anything from the piccy, colours, shapes etc. I've gone for a bit of colour and a bit of the shapes from the metal screen and the big cushion to give this odd little card!

I've used Paper Make-Up Stamp Automation in love with Fancy Pants About A Girl paper, both available from Quixotic Paperie.

Looking forward to see where the picture inspiration takes you this week.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Paper Make-Up Stamp Automation in love

Paper - Fancy Pants About A Girl

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Usual Supsects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; double-sided tape; scissors

Other - Crop-a-dile; marker pens; vellum; nail file

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 31

Have you seen this week's challenge over at Quixotic Paperie?

Pearls

It is all about adding pearls to your makes this week and I think I might have won the who can add the most pearls competition LOL!

My DT make uses some word art from the wonderful Paper Make-up which you can find at Quixotic Paperie, this one is called 'We Can Complain'.

The paper is the My Mind's Eye Meadowlark Dawn, which I might have already told you how much I lurve this paper pack LOL! The lace is Prima and it is so very touch feely! Totally strokable!

Then of course there are the pearls, and yes I did put each one on individually - mad or what? LOL!

SALE! SALE! SALE!

Did you know that Quixotic Paperie has a fabulous Sale and some yummy Special offers that are on until tomorrow (Sunday 11th July 2010) so pop over now to grab yourself a bargain!

Hope you are having a totally strokable bargain filled day!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Paper Make-up 'We Can Complain'

Papers - My Mind's Eye Meadowlark Dawn

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; double-sided tape

Other - Pearls; Prima lace

Life Becoming

I just love these gorgeous stamps from the June 2010 Unity release Life Becoming, just so pretty. So perfect for shabby chic and vintage makes but I love them for simple makes too, like today's offering for you which is a simple make.

These beautiful stamps are available over at Make the Day Special. For my make I stamped them out on scraps of left over K&Co paper then added a bit more colour with some coloured pencils.

Hope that you enjoy your day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - June 2010 Unity Store Kit Life Becoming

Ink - Archival Sepia

Paper - K&Co

Usual Suspects - paper trimmer; Scissors; Silicone glue

Other - Coloured Pencils

Cute Card Thursday - School's out

It is Cute Card Thursday and this week the challenge is:

School's Out For Summer

My DT make might be slightly more focussed on the School part than the Summer part LOL!

I've always loved this little Wild Sprout Annika stamp from The Greeting Farm, I think it is her hair!

I've doodled a stalk and leaves for the button to make it into an apple for the teacher.

Summer holidays are on their way!

Have a lovely Summer Day

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Wild Sprout Annika stamp from The Greeting Farm

Ink - Versfine Onyx black

Colouring -PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Papers - October Afternoon

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

Other - Button; Crop-a-dile corner chomper thingy; Cuttlebug; Embossing folder

Gingersnap Creations Theme Challenge

My first make as Visiting Artist for Gingersnap Creations and the theme is:

Heat

Oh the lovely Summer months, so nice to see blue skies and sunshine! So I thought I would go full on vacation feel for my make.

I've used multimedia techniques to make this Summer picture. To give you an idea of the scale you can see the make mid-production at this post here. It is 21x22 cm and I'm planning to make it into the front cover of a homemade sketch book for my multimedia playing.

I've added texture with newspaper, some corrugated card and if you look closely you will see a doily too. There was lots of acrylic paint, masking and stamping involved. Great Fun!

The image was saved from a newspaper, I could not help myself - I loved it and just knew I would use it somewhere!

So the Heat is on, don't forget to check out the fabulous challenge over at Gingersnap Creations!

Catch you later.

Kim

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

It is WOYWW and this week I've cheated a bit! This is actually a picture from last week as this week there is nothing on my work desk as my boyfriend and I are on Staycation!

I thought I would show you a peak of a make going up later today for Gingersnap Creations. You will notice that this is actually my kitchen which is my overspill studio LOL! If I'm doing anything that needs space then I move into the kitchen to spread out.


Love sharing my mess with you all! Don't forget to check out Julia's blog were WOYWW starts.

Will be showing you the completed make later this afternoon.

Kim

Cute Card Thursday - Fruity

Have you all seen the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday? We are asking you to get

Fruity

this week. Well I just had to use one of my favourite stamps from Summer 2009, it is the lovely Elizabeth Bell Willow with Fruit Basket from Whiff Of Joy. I've also used some of my favourite HOTP press papers that always make me think of Summer and picnics.

Hope you have a fruity weekend.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Elizabeth Bell Willow with Fruit Basket from Whiff Of Joy

Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black

Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Paper - HOTP

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

Other - Buttons; Thread; sewing machine

Visiting Artist At Gingersnap Creations

I'm so excited! You might have noticed a new banner in the DT section of my sidebar? I'm tickled pink to say that the guys over at Gingersnap Creations have asked me to be one of their visiting artist for July - such an honour - thank you guys!

If you haven't checked out Gingersnap Creations then make yourself a cuppa and go have a peruse, you will be glad you did. Sharon and Ali, with their design team, have themed challenges, that last a month so plenty of time to get a make done LOL! But there is also loads more, with lots of inspiration, tutorials, techniques to help you expand your crafting - wonderful!

Right I better get on with my visiting artist pieces for the month LOL!

Kimx

Layers Of Color Distressed Tag

Anyone visiting my blog for WOYWW will have seen some yummy Layers of Color stamps from Make The Day Special and my tag templates - so do you want to see how it all turned out?

Well here it is a little distressed tag using the Layers of Color stamp set called Joyful Noise, hope you like it!

I love distressing - I just get completely covered in ink and it is great fun messing up pieces of paper. I'm sure by the time David gets home all the furniture in the flat is all covered in ink too!

Kimx

Materials:

Stamp - Layers of Color stamp set called Joyful Noise

Inks - Rangers Distress inks; Archival coffee

Paper - HOTP

Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicone glue

Other - Crop-a-dile; Eyelet; seam ripper; fibres

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 30

Quixotic Paperie Challenges is back from a little break with Judy's challenge which is:

A Fabulous Sketch

We have a little change in the challenge rules so don't forget to check them out and join in.

My DT card is all stamp work with no designer papers, I've made the background paper with the large stamp from the gorgeous Stempelglede Ornamental Butterfly stamp set. The little butterflies and corner decorations are also from the Stempelglede Ornamental Butterfly, so pretty!

I've added some lovely hot coloured lace as well and the cute little girl in her Mum's clothes is All Grown Up from Elizabeth Bell SCACD.

Can't see your take on Judy's Sketch. Have fun.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Stempelglede Ornamental Butterfly stamp set; All Grown Up from Elizabeth Bell SCACD

Inks - VersaColor various colours; Colorbox various colours; Versafine Onyx black

Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

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

Other - Lace; Marker pens; Cuttlebug; Nesties

What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

What is On Your Work Desk Wednesday and this Wednesday I have some peaks into my DT makes for tomorrow.

I have my Cute Card Thursday make almost finished with just the image to colour and I have my Make The Day Special make almost done and I'm using some yummy Layers of Color stamps. For an extra clue as to what my Make The Day Special make is going to be you might be able to spot my tag templates sitting on my desk - Hmmm I wonder what that will be? LOL!

Thanks for popping by to see my untidy creating, don't forget to check Julia's fab WOYW blog post (where it all started!) for this week!

Back later with the Quixotic Paperie Challenge make.

Kimx

Sewing Patterns In Pink

My card today uses some more of the yummy Hero Arts Stamps sewing-themed stamps - I did warn you that I had a soft spot for sewing-themed stamps didn't I? So I've gone with a totally stitchy theme for my card with some fun sewing machine stitching and thread and button embellishments.

I've paper pieced the pattern on mulberry paper to give a bit of texture and pink designer paper.

The little card bobbin embellishment was made by stamping one of the Hero Arts Woodgrain stamps on card and cutting the shape out then wrapping it with thread.

Thanks for dropping in.

Have a lovely day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Hero Arts Simply Handmade and Wood Grain

Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black

Paper - My Mind's Eye

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

Other - Thread; Button; Sewing machine; Mulberry paper

What A Diva

I didn't think that I would have this card up to show you today. It wasn't that I hadn't finished it, I had, but I had not photographed it until moments ago.

Elaine sent me some beautiful My Mind's Eye papers Meadowlark Dawn to try from Quixotic Paperie and the shabby chic black and off-white colour scheme just shouted a simple colour combination with a highlight colour to me and turquoise is sooo one of my favourite colours!

Thought the colours work perfectly with this little Diva which is one of Mo Manning's lovely illustrations available as a rubber stamp at Quixotic Paperie.

I've used some flat backed pearls, some that I've coloured with my Copic pens, and a large pin with a pin cap to embellish the card.

Hope you are having a good Diva tantrum day!

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Mo Manning From Stamping Bella Diva

Colouring - PrismaColor pencils; Sansodor

Paper - My Mind's Eye papers Meadowlark Dawn

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

Other - Large Pin; Flat backed pearls; Pin caps; Copic pen

Make The Day Special Blog Hop Winner

Winner, Winner! The winner (as chosen by Random.org) from my blog for the card and mini-hanger I made for The Make The Day Special Blog Hop is:

Jan from Art By Jan!

Congratulations Jan, send me an email (my email address is in the sidebar) with your mailing address and I will get the makes off to you!

Don't forget to check out the Make The Day Special blog and the blogs of the other MTDS DT for more winners!