The Card That Wanted To Be A Bookmark

My make today is a mixed media bookmark that I made for Make The Day Special. It had a bit of a journey this bookmark! It started life as a card and I wasn't happy with it so I changed it to a tag and still wasn't happy with it! Finally it turned into a bookmark and I am reasonably happy with it LOL!

Do you get days like that too?

The main stamp is the lovely Suzi Blu Love Yourself - which you know how much I love LOL! I've also added a bit of faux stitching with the Unity Key To Joy Kit which is still on special offer another favourite kit!

Hope your day is less indecisive!

Kimx

Steampunk Lavina For Cute Card Thursday

Hey Guys it is Cute Card Thursday and this week we have a lovely sketch and are sponsored by Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps.

Yesterday I gave you a little hint of the card I was making for today on my WOYWW post, it was a kind of before picture. Here is the after picture!

I've used the gorgeous My Mind's Eye Meadowlark Dawn paper and tinted it with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks. That fab journaling plaque is also from the Meadowlark Dawn kit. I think the Meadowlark Dawn paper is one of my ultimate favs this year!

I've also added some extra interest by stamping out swirls and flourishes from the lovely Stempelglede Stamps Oriental Butterfly kit available over at Quixotic Paperie and I also used these stamps for the little butterfly.

This lovely lady is Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps Moonlight Whisper Lavina - just love her, well into my Steampunk at the moment! Have you seen the new Christmas themed Moonlight Whispers? Fab!

Right off I must go again, love you and leave you!

Have a lovely day and thanks for dropping in.

Kim

Materials:
Stamp -  Stempelglede Stamps Oriental Butterfly kit; Kraftin' Kimmies Stamps Moonlight Whisper Lavina
Ink - Versafine Onyx black; Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks
Colouring - Prismacolor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - My Mind's Eye Meadow Lark Dawn paper
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape; silicone glue; Scissors

What Is On Your Work Desk Wednesday - Yikes!

Mega quick post today to share with you the mess that is my work station - YIKES! I need to clear up! I've been so busy...excuses, excuses. 

I'm in the middle of my DT pieces for Cute Card Thursday and Quixotic Paperie and I have my gorgeous Stempelglede stamps out...more of that later! Then I shall be doing my Make The Day Special  DT make...Kate has some wonderful Christmas cards on the MTDS blog from yesterday - lovely!

More indication that I'm getting lots done? The floor is slowly but surely filling up! Soon I will be trapped at my desk unable to move!

Don't forget to pop other to The Stamping Ground to see all the other WOYWW creative messes!

Have a productive day folks!

Kimx

Enchanted Seamstress

As promised I have my first DT piece for The Altered Element to show you. Every month The Altered Element runs a themed challenge and for October the theme is:

Enchanted

If you drop by The Altered Element blog you can find out how to join in the challenge and be in with a chance to win £10 Voucher to use in the shop. You can also see all the lovely inspiration from the amazing DT.

I've called my enchanted make - Enchanted Seamstress and she is a small altered canvas panel in a frame.

I covered the canvas panel with some old dress pattern tissue which I picked up from a charity shop and then lightly covered with white Gesso. I used a little bit of Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks on the panel and then added a bit more texture with the inks and a Crafters Workshop Mask. The button and lace finish the panel.

I covered the frame with Gesso too then painted with brown acrylic paints. The final layer on the frame was PVA and Eco Green Paints Sand, once the paint was dry I then added low-lights with Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks. 

The image uses the Catherine Moore Mannequin Cafe 3 (which is on special offer at the moment!) and coloured with inks.

The wings I've made from one of my favourite products and I think this might be the first time I have shown it here on my blog - it is Lutradur a fabulous non-woven polyester material which has lots of different uses including colouring, stitching into and burning - all of which I have done here!

Before I go you might be interested to know that Lynne has a REDUCED section that she has been adding to in the shop. It is to make way for new stock - so time to go a shopping I think LOL!

Thanks for popping by.

Have a lovely day.

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Catherine Moore Mannequin Cafe 3; Studio G Alpha

Ink - Staz-on; Archival 

Usual Suspects - Golden Gel; scissors

Other - Gesso; Small Canvas Panel In Frame; Eco Green Paints Sand; Rangers Tim Holtz Distress inks; Crafters Workshop Mask; Button; Lace; Lutradur CS700 (70); PVA; Thread; Wire; Acetate; Sewing machine; Dress Pattern tissue

More Mixed Media Hearts For A Monday

Back to Crafty Makes today! Hope you all had a good weekend and managed to get lots of crafting done! I didn't do that much crafting over the weekend. I did manage to finish my first DT make for The Altered Element but you will have to wait until tomorrow to see it!

Today's make is part of a series of four mixed media cards I made a few weeks ago, each of them were different and I showed you one in September. Two of them I sent to family members and two of them I put up into my Etsy and Folksy shops.

The one I show you today is the one I sent to my mum :)

Happy Monday everyone!

Kimx

I *Heart* The BBC

It is not like me to express opinions on my blog for anything other than crafting stuff but when I saw this YouTube clip by the musical comedian Mitch Benn about the BBC I just knew that I wanted to share it. 

I love the BBC and it breaks my heart to think that it is being threatened because of certain greedy commercial forces (don't get me on this subject otherwise my blog will become extremely opinionated and I will start to sound like an angry old woman!). 

Anyway I hope you enjoy it :)

Anniversary Mini-Us, The Greeting Farm style

Welcome to the weekend folks. David and me had our eighth Anniversary last week! Eight years of being together and we still like each other! Actually, we still love each other :O 

(Hurrah! My crafting obsession hasn't completely scared him off yet!)

This card is a little anniversary 'Mini-Mes' of David and me :) Ahhh bless! (honestly that is exactly like us except we are just a little bit taller LOL!)

Have a lovely weekend you all!

Kimx

Cute Card Thursday - What's Buggin' You?

Another week has flown by at extra fast forward speed! For my Friday make I've got my DT make for this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge which is:

What's Buggin' You?!

Include a bug on your card. Ok so I went a little different on this one, well we see lots of butterflies, ladybirds and bees on cards and I love them all but how often do we see a beetle (other than ladybirds of course!)? Beetles can be pretty too! Tee Hee!

I thought that the lovely Flowers For Mom Elisabeth Bell SCACD stamp would make a cute little Autumnal gardener and found after a quick Google search that there is a red Autumnal beetle, so if you look amongst the leaves you will spot him!

Hope I haven't scared you away with my beetle :)

Have a lovely Friday.

Kim

Make The Day Special Sale And Gingersnapping!

Hey Guys, I've gone all distressed for my make today and I've used a stamp from the Unity Key to Joy kit with a sentiment from the Unity Life Becoming kit, two of my favourites Unity stamp kits. 

You might be pleased to know that Emily currently has a special offer on these two kits as well as on a number of the other big Unity store kits in the Make The Day Special shop! Wahoo! Today is shopping day!

My make was inspired by two challenges over at the fabulous Gingersnap Creations blog. The inchies are from the Gingersnap Creations challenge GC71 and the colour combo is from the Gingersnap Creations neutrals plus one other colour challenge GC72.

You will also find this card in my Etsy and Folksy shops!

Thanks for popping by folks!

Kim

Materials:

Stamps - Unity Key to Joy kit; Unity Life Becoming kit

Inks - Archival coffee; Various Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks;

Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; Golden Soft gel

Other - Calico; Corrugated card; Eco Green Acrylic Paint; Bondaweb

New Quixotic Paperie Challenge And Elisabeth Bell Stamp Spotlight Blog Hop

Welcome to the Quixotic Paperie Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window Spotlight Blog hop.

If you have landed here from Jacqui's Blog Cat's Whiskers then you are hoping in the right direction. If not then hop over to Elaine's blog Quixotic Cards to begin.

We have an extra special blog hop for you today. The Quixotic Paperie DT plus our very special guest the talented Kim Gruetzmacher (from Crafts By Kim and member of the Susana's Custom Art and Card Design Design Team) have all been playing with the lovely new Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window Stamp to give you lots of ideas for your Winter makes.

But the reason why this is an extra special blog hop is that it is an introduction to our new once a month Quixotic Paperie Challenge which this month is:

Christmas Is Coming

Make a Christmas card and/or gift and join in the challenge see Quixotic Inspirations for all the details.

Here is my Quixotic Paperie Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window:

I've used Viva Decor Holo Iridescent glitter liner to add some sparkle and the beautiful papers from My Mind's Eye Meadowlark Dawn and Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather with a little Heart pearl to finish.

For UK/ EU customers this beautiful stamp is available at Quixotic Paperie. If you're in the US/Canada you can buy it direct from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.

You next port of call is The Store blog: Quixotic Inspirations.

Thanks very much for hoping by and enjoy the rest of the inspiration. Don't forget to join in on our new challenge...there is a fabulous prize up for grabs!

What A Start To The Week!

Oh my goodness, what a start to the week! I found out yesterday that I was one of the runners up for The Greeting Farm Notebook challenge with my Walk in the Park Notebook.

But then I was doing my daily look through my reader and found that I was over at the Club Anya and Friends blog as the Monday Mystery card to CASE! Wow, you should go see how the Club Anya DT have CASEd it! Fabulous!

Wahoo! How exciting! I was so surprised on both counts!

Also the lovely Elaine has my Walk In The Park notebook up on the Quixotic Paperie front page as well! Yay me LOL!

That isn't all! The lovely Helene had my little Julia Bug Witch card posted up on the Alota Rubber Stamps blog in September and I'm on the Alota Rubber Stamps shop page too!

Tee Hee!

So before I go all completely gooey with excitement I thought I would share some news you might find really interesting:

Elaine is running a special stamping offer over at Quixotic Paperie:

Between 11th October 2010 and 13th October 2010 (i.e TODAY Finishes at 12 midnight tonight) you will find 10% off all in stock items (excludes pre-orders) in the Rubber Stamping section at Quixotic Paperie!

This includes those essential items - EZMount and Memento Inkpads, as well as a fantastic range of stamps!

Right, I have a huge list of things to do today, DT work and commissions. But also before you go the Quixotic Paperie and a special guest has a fab blog hop for you tomorrow...watch this space.

Catch you later my fluffy bundles.

Sorry for the unprovoked self tooting! LOL!

Kimx

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