My Creative Block

It's journal page Monday and I have a page I made a few weeks ago when I was going through a bit of a creative block. I think I might have said at the time that I was finding it hard to design and my blog was a little sparse as a consequence!

I'm now on the other side of that creative block and planning to be here for a while more, she says hopefully!

I don't know about you but I do hate it when Mr Mojo goes on holiday but I am learning that you have to just go with it and not beat yourself up. For me playing with paint in my journal really helps those creative lull moments because there is no pressure to produce the perfect item, it is just a place to play with no fear.

Total Art Journaling convert me! Can you tell?

By the way the butterfly is from the Unity Life Becoming Store kit, in case you were wondering!

Have a fabulous journal page Monday.

Kim

The Greeting Farm Notebook

Fancy a nice Sunday afternoon walk in the park? Well Anya and Ian did! It is the front of a notebook I made for the recent The Greeting Farm Altered Notebook challenge. I've had the digital stamps of Autumn Anya and Ian for ages and have wanted to use them since I got them but time and other projects always got in the way until now!

You can't get these as digital stamps any more but don't despair you can now get them as lovely mounted rubber The Greeting Farm Stamps in a fabulous kit with sentiments, Quixotic Paperie has them ready to find new parks to walk through! The papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love mini deck.

You might be interested in some new products at Quixotic Paperie? Elaine has been busy and there are lots of new yummies over at the shop. 

A brand new and gorgeous 6×6 paper pack from Memory Box is in stock – it’s called TINSEL.  Now also in stock are Marianne Designs paper pads and Creatables dies!  Basic Grey and Graphic 45 restocks have arrived, and the Belles ‘n Whistles Changeabelles collection is in stock!

PLUS there is a super sweet Whimsy Stamps preorder on – they are releasing some adorable new stamps by Meljen Designs!

Enjoy your Sunday walk!

Kim

I'm So Excited!

I hinted last weekend to the fact that I had some exciting news, well it has been announced now so I can shout it out here! I've got a new DT post working for the next six months with The Altered Element.

I first found The Altered Element when I was looking for an online stockist of Bondaweb and heavy Vilene pelmet (or craft Vilene if you prefer). I was so happy to find both in the same place at a very good price but that wasn't all, there was an amazing treasure trove of craft goodness and I could not resist dropping a couple of other items into my basket - tee hee!

So when I saw they were looking for DT members I just had to apply! I'm so excited that Lynne was kind enough to take me on and if you pop on over to The Altered Element Blog you will see the rest of the fabulous DT Members! 

Well I am just chomping at the bit to get started on some The Altered Element projects!

Have a wonderful Saturday you all!

Kimx

Eeek! Monster Mini Notelet Cards

Hi Guys, Can you believe it is Friday already? I certainly can't! I've been quite busy this week with various makes and projects, think that made the week disappear more quickly. 

I have some little notelets to show you today. I was having one of those scratching my head moments wondering what to do for my Make The Day Special DT make this week, as usual I had left it quite late and had played with several ideas that had not really panned out the way I wanted them to, when these cute little My Cute Stamp monster notelets popped into my head. 

So cute!

I've listed the finished notelets in my Folksy and Etsy shops, it was such fun making them that I might go and do some more :)

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge Make Your Own

Hey guys, here is my DT make for the Cute Card Thursday challenge which this week is:

Make Your Own

Making your own embellishments for your card! We are sponsored by the lovely Some Odd Girl Digital stamps and I have used the very cute Angel Kaylee for my make today, isn't she pretty?

Hope you have fun with this week's challenge.

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Some Odd Girl Angel Kaylee; Studio G alpha
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Papers - K&Co
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Inkssentials White gel pen; Crop-A-Dile corner chomper

Something Light And Entertaining

I look outside and see sunshine and a peek of blue sky, it is hard to believe that it was pelting it down this morning and I got somewhat soaked as I was out and about! Hey Ho, I quite like walking in the rain - I know I'm a bit odd! 

Needed a bit of sunshine for my blog today so I used some bright colours from the lovely Cosmo Cricket Togetherness paper pack available over at Quixotic Paperie. I thought it would be fun to match the colours with this cute little fellow Spyder from the new SCACD Victoria Case release. 

You can have a look at the new SCACD Victoria Case stamps over at Quixotic Paperie or If you're in the US/Canada you can buy SCACD Stamps direct from Susana's Custom Art & Card Design.

The golden yellow pearls finish the card, I haven't thought I would leave it simple!

Thanks for popping by.

Have a lovely day

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - SCACD Sypder Victoria Case 

Paper - Cosmo Cricket Togetherness paper pack

Colouring - Copic Markers

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

Other - Woodware border punch; golden yellow pearls; Seam ripper; Hexagon template

Autumn Colours

It might be raining and it might be grey but there is still glorious colour out there to behold! Autumn, what lovely colours, it just makes me think of cozy jumpers and brisk Autumnal walks, roast dinner on Sunday and snuggling under the furry throw on the sofa.

It is the simple things in life that give the most joy!

I think I might burst into song so I better go and do something creative in my workspace instead!

May this day be full of Autumn colours for you and the things that bring you joy.

Kimx

Sunday Jottings

You are all so lovely, the words of encouragement after my Monday post have been so heartening, thank you all so much. Well the week has been a very good one with some good news for the family and a little less worry. So I have my fingers crossed and keeping a positive outlook in hope that the good news keeps on coming for everyone and that your week has been good too!

I have another piece of news but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share it yet so we will just have to wait a little bit longer. I'm totally itching to tell! LOL!

On to my piece for today and it is a journal page using watercolours, marker pens, book pages and a bit of sequin waste.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Kim

World Card Making Day With Quixotic Paperie

Celebrate World Card Making Day with a Festival of Favourites! 

The Quixotic Paperie DT thought it would be fun to mark this year's World Card Making Day with a mini blog hop looking at our favourite Quixotic Paperie DT projects, products from the shop and card making tips, so grab a cuppa and join us! 

We would love to hear about your favourite projects, products from Quixotic Paperie or your favourite tips so feel free to share! 

One of my favourite Quixotic Paperie makes (apart from everything my team mates make!) is a card I made in January with the lovely Jerry from Paper Make-Up Stamps, so cute:

Materials: Paper Make-Up Stamps Jerry, Basic Grey Sugar Rush, Nesties

My favourite Quixotic Paperie Products: 

Elaine has so many things I love that I was mooching through the shop trying to pick some for this post and I just kept seeing things that were on my favourite or wish list! I tried to narrow it down otherwise this post would go on forever!

Well I can safely say that I love pretty much all of The Greeting Farm Stamps but here are a few of my favourite things that are a little less obvious looking at my blog :)

I just love this stamp from Prima:

Something I thought I would not need but as soon as I got it I was totally in love is the Bazzill Jewel Templates:

Then there are the gorgeous Graphic 45 papers, such wonderful designs and such beautiful quality I want to frame them!

My favourite tips:

1. I often 'gut' my papers to make them go a bit further, i.e. if I am layering papers I will cut out the bits of the papers that are covered and you don't see - makes me feel a bit better about using up my favourite papers LOL!

2. When I am sewing papers I sitck them together with a thin layer of silicone glue rather than useing double-sided tape so that I don't gum-up my needle with glue.

3. To make my double-sided tape go further I will often cut a strip the length I want then cut that in half lengthwise with stick-resistant scissors - and there you have it two strips for the price of one LOL!
 

There is more to see at the following wonderful blogs:

Elaine - Quixotic Cards

Emma - Something Sweet

Rowena - Crafty Pagan

Judy - Judy's Crafty Moments
Kim Costello - PaperBabe

Kim Dellow - Crafty Makes (You Are Here!)

Enjoy the hop and don't forget to share your favourites on your blog (link back to us so that we can see them) or in the comments as you hop around!

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 132

Have you looked over at Cute Card Challenge yet? We have an interesting challenge for you this week:

Tic Toc!

Any time related themes are good, sentiments, designs, images are all a go. I went for a clock mask from Prima, a new acquisition from my trip to Ally Pally last weekend (cheeky grin!).

I've used the lovely Diane Duda Believe stamp from Sugar Nellie and I was hugely inspired to get my Copic pens out again after chatting to Jo and Kim at the weekend and then seeing Elaine's amazing tutorial over at Colour Me Copic. 

I have a bit of fear associated with my Copics! I'll admit it! I usually reach first for my Prismacolor pencils as my safety zone so I thought I would break out of the safety blanket and go for it! Practice makes perfect!

I've used a book page coloured with acrylic paints, distress inks and finished with some yummy gold acrylic. Oooo So sparkly!

More sparkly, sparkly! Oh and some Mulberry paper roses amongst the sparkle :)

Hope your day is full of sparkly gold.

Kimx

Materials:
Stamp - Diane Duda Believe Sugar Nellie
Paper - Book page
Ink - Memento Tuxedo black; Distress Ink brushed corduroy
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Prima mask; Acrylic paints; mulberry paper; salt; sequin waste

A Bird On The Fence Is Worth Two In The Bush

I have an {Ippity} and Unity card for my Make The Day Special DT make this week and I've used one of the gorgeous stamps from the {Ippity} Totally Happy set available over at {Ippity} Inspirations, and I decided to match it with the Relax sentiment from the Unity Adventures In Happiness Store kit.

So relax! Have fun and enjoy your day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - {Ippity} Totally Happy; Unity Adventures In Happiness

Ink - Archival Coffee

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue

Other - Ribbon; Cuttlebug; Nesties; Bow-Easy Template

Quixotic Paperie Challenge Blog Challenge No. 43

Challenge time again at Quixotic Paperie and this week the lovely Rowena has chosen:

Gift It!

Create a gift project - calendar/candle/trinket box/wall hanger/etc.

Here is my DT make for this week and I thought I would make a CD cover. Do people still do compilation CD's for each other or do they just share downloads? LOL! Anyway this is my compilation CD gift.

I've used the lovely funky Basic Grey Offbeat paper and a little bit of Prima So cute, with the oh so cute Eye Pod from Paper Make-up Stamps both available at Quixotic Paperie.

Enjoy your Monster Tunes!

Kim

Materials:
Stamps - Eye Pod from Paper Make-up Stamps
Colouring - Copic markers
Paper - Basic Grey Offbeat paper; Prima So cute
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer

I Give My Heart To You

Aww Monday, Monday. Start of a new week. I am determined that this week will have a lot of positive outcomes for my whole family as we are going through the mill a little bit. But Life has its ups and downs and it is how you face them and work through them that makes all the difference I've come to realise in recent weeks.

So today I am giving you my heart to start this week in a spirit of love and support for all those going through rough times, we can work through our troubles and come out the other side stronger.

With love to you all.

Kim

xxxx

Butterfly Journal Page

Another journal page today and this one is full of doodle butterflies. The page was all done with Neocolor wax crayons, just my favourite watercolours at the moment.

Hope you have a butterfly day

Kim

Weddings With Make The Day Special

Hi folks, I have a sparkly wedding card to show you today using my favourite colour - teal! There is a lot of texture in this card as I have used a textured card and then the painted calico and glitter glue, giving it a slightly unusual look perhaps?

The stamps are from Your Next Stamps Fhiona and Fhinn wedding set available over at Make The Day Special.

Thought I would also tease you with some new stamps available over at Make The Day Special :) I know I am wicked to you, especially as it is Ally Pally tomorrow and I expect a lot of you will be going to the Big Stamp and Scrapbook Show?

These stamps are from the Lawn Fawn selection:

These sentiment stamps would match well with the banner stamps below don't you think?

And of course a little bit more spookiness for all you Halloween fans!

Have a spook-free, sparkly Friday.

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Your Next Stamp Fhiona and Fhinn wedding set

Ink - Versafine Onyx black

Colouring - Prismacolor pencils

Usual Suspects - Golden Heavy gel

Other - Cuttlebug; Nesties; Glitter glue; Calico; Acrylic paint; Calico

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 131

Hello my lovelies, I think you are going to guess from my card today, and some of my more recent cards, that I am in a real Goth-Emo mood at the moment.

So how about cute Emo? Is that possible? Well this one is my DT make for this week's Cute Card Thursday which is a lovely sketch from Leann.

When I first saw The Greeting Farm Sweet N Toxic stamp kit I fell in lurve and have been watching the stock in Quixotic Paperie with longing until I could bear it no longer - so weak! LOL! All the sparkly 'silver lining' was added with Viva Decor Glitter Liner Holo Irridescent.

Have fun with this lovely sketch this week!

Kimx

Materials:
Stamps - The Greeting Farm Sweet N Toxic stamp kit
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Colouring - prismacolour pencils
Paper - K&Co Que Sera Sera
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue; double-sided tape
Other - seam ripper; Embroidery thread; Viva Decor Glitter Liner Holo Irridescent