La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday

Hello Monday! Let us start the week as we mean to go - with a make!

Another Christmas Make as the challenge this week over at the La-La Land Crafts Blog is:

Winter Wonderland

So I've used Marci With Snowman for this Chrimbo make.

Brrr! LOL!

Don't forget to check out the other DT makes today and on Friday and to join in the birthday competition to win Copic Markers or link up your La-La Land Crafts makes into the August Customer Gallery to win a prize!

Also keep you eyes open for some more La-La Land Crafts related birthday celebrations
this week!

Right must dash, have good Mondays you all.

Kim

Sunday Round-Up

It has been a busy old crafty week this week, I've been pretty busy with cards for Creative Expressions and just as they finish I'll be doing some makes for Kuretake playing with their Alcohol inks and punches, not necessarily together! Then we have some fun coming up to celebrate La-La Land Crafts Birthday this month which you won't want to miss!

So another busy and creative week ahead! I'm hoping to fit in some personal makes as well this week, something a little different perhaps? I like to throw something different in the mix from time to time.

This Sunday I don't have any links to share with you I'm afraid but I do have a couple of Magazine articles to mention.

First up is a colourful two card article in Papercraft Essentials issue 71 using peel-offs as masks to make backgrounds.

The next article is me in my element tearing up cardboard and re-purposing book pages, maps, buttons and safety pins for Simply Cards and Papercraft Issue 88 and using stamps from Make The Day Special. 

And look I'm on the cover - Yay!

It's been a lucky month for me as I have three articles in three different Magazines - Papercraft Essentials, Simply Cards and Papercraft and Craft Stamper - I think that might be a first (and probably a last!) for me. Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket!

Oh and I lied! I do have a link for you and this one was spotted by my ever patient boyfriend David. Check out these nails you Superhero fans!

Kim

Ghosts Of Times Past

It is Saturday and that means it is my day on the Quixotic Paperie blog and I have another Artistic Outpost ATC make for you this week. I'm enjoying making these inky ATCs!

This one uses the Artistic Outpost stamp sets Bird Of A Feather and Windows And Doors.

I used Ranger Archival ink Coffee to stamp the girls and the sentiment and Archival Coffee and Sepia to add distress to the make. The door in the background is stamped in Archival Plum on a map collage background that I'd coloured with ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens from Kuretake.

The splash of colour was also provided using ZIG Art and Graphic Twin pens this time with some stamping.

Some further detailing was added with embossing and metallic rub.

All great fun but you really should have seen the state of my hands afterwards! I should have taken a photo!

ps. I've linked this up to the Artistic Outpost August referral program and whilst you are there also check out their lovely stuff.

Have an Inky Saturday!

Kim

New DT News!

Hey up folks, second post for today but don't worry it is just another quickie!

As some of you know already (and thank you so much for the congrats messages) I've got a new Design Team role with Creative Expressions and I've been busy working up some samples for an up coming Create and Craft show.

Got some very sneaky peeks, so hot of the press that you can see I'm only partly through my creative process as they are not yet stuck down as I make those final decisions of where to place things and if I need to add or take away!

A little peek of the You Look 'Scent' Sational and If The Shoe Fits stamp sets.

If you have some time then pop on over to say hi to the other new Creative Expressions
DT members.

Tracy Evans

Siobhan Fyffe

Hazel Harler

Sue Law

Gabrielle Price

Oh and check out the Creative Expressions Facebook page too!

Right I'll catch you all later, enjoy the rest of your Friday.

Kim

Pixie Dust Studio - Release Day!

Hi guys just dropped in to give you a heads up for the Pixie Dust Studio release:

They are all holiday inspired digi-stamps as you can see:

And super cute too!

If you pop over to the Pixie Dust Studio blog you can see them in action!

Catch you later.

Kim

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Tweens And Teens

Challenge time! It's Thursday and that means challenge day over at Pixie Dust Studio. This week the challenge is:

Tweens and Teens!

Bear with me on this one! What I thought was I would go for a tweeny teen that is into her patchwork and craft - what do you think? I've used Smore Candle Treats from the Pixie Dust Studio Winter release.

He looks very happy!

 But then so would I with toasted marshmallows! Yum!

Don't forget to check out the weddings themed challenge over at Cute Card Thursday this week as well. 

Have fun

Kim

Cruising Through Life

I thought I would try something a little different today for my Make The Day Special make. I've stamped out and coloured the Lawn Fawn Cruising Through Life bicycle stamp directly onto some designer paper.

If you look very closely you can see that the Basic Grey paper I've used has little bicycles on it - I thought that was perfect for the stamp!

I really like the sentiment that comes with this kit.

Have you tried stamping and colouring stamped images onto designer paper? What do you think, do you like the effect?

Have a fun and creative Tuesday.

Kim

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday

A Christmas start to the week for La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday! Yes it is still Summer and I'm trying to hang onto it for as long as possible!  *Sigh*

I've used the very cute Luka on Sled for my Chrimbo make today.

The Competition to win these:

is still open so check out the La-La Land Crafts blog to find out more!

Have a good Monday folks.

Kimx

Sunday Round-Up

A happy creative Sunday to you all! Yep, it is Sunday, it really does scoot around quickly, but then that is what happens when you loose track of time playing crafting!

I thought I would drop by this Sunday to share a couple of blog hop finds, the first being for the blog of Britt Kvilhaug - Life, Paper, Scissors. She has many gorgeous papercraft and scrapping makes to check out, I particularly love her 'Un-Art Journal' covers using Thickers very cool!

Next, you guys into your colouring of images have you been seeing the fab work of colouring 'without' lines? There are some fabulous examples from Zoe on the Make It Crafty Blog.  Or check out this lovely from  Melanie over at Paper Blessings. They just look so great, got a very illustrator/ artist look to them. Love them.

I'm a bit scared of trying this, don't think my colouring is strong enough but I'm going to give it a whirl LOL! I'll let you know how I get on and I would love to see your 'without lines' colouring so leave me a link to your make in the comments and I'm come on over.

Whilst I'm here I just thought I would also let you know that I have an article in the current issue of Craft Stamper on page 78.

I know some of you have seen it already and thank you so much for the congratulations messages you have been sending to me! You are so very lovely!

Ok, so I'm off now, but I'll leave you with one last link and this time it is for you nail varnish nutters (like me at the mo!). Need something to do with all that glitter you have been collecting in your stash? One beauty DIY tip coming up!

Big crafty hugs to you all, looking forward to seeing your 'without lines' colouring, don't forget to link up!

Kimx

It's A Sailor's Life For Me!

Shiver Me timbers! Avast me mateys!

Got a bit of a Sailor's theme going on for you today for my Quixotic Paperie DT make this week. It's a tag using papers from Echo Park Life is Good paper collection

with the cute Eric From Paper Makeup Stamps who is still on special offer with 15% off! The sentiment is from the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Pirate Sentiment stamps.

It's amazing what a bit of mix and matching can do for you!

The sale is still on so you can still bag a bargain and there are a few more days to get your application in to the DT call!

Have a creative Saturday.

Kim

Want A Chance To Win...? Give Away Alert!

Have you got that Friday feeling? Fancy doing something creative this weekend but not sure what? I'm like that sometimes I just need a focus otherwise there seems to be too many possibilities and I just get overwhelmed!

Well, if you are having one of those moments then don't forget Sarah's My Mojo Monthly. Share your inspiration and be in with a chance to win this gorgeous stamp set from 7Gypsies:

Whilst you are there you can get a peek into my mixed up head, you lucky things, and see some beautiful inspiration from Sarah too.

Have a fab Friday

Kimx

Snowboarding In Summer

It's Thursday and I have my DT card for both the Cute Card Thursday Challenge and the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge this week.

I've managed to merge both challenges again this week as the Cute Card Thursday Challenge is 'Clean and Simple' and the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge is 'Boys Will Be Boys' and the result is:

I've used the new Pixie Dust Studio Ski Dude from the new Winter release.

He looks very cool snowboarding!

Well hope you have fun with these two challenges.

Enjoy!

Kim

Snapfish And The Stamp Makers

Sounds like the title of a book doesn't it? Well it is the title of my Thursday evening from the last week in July. I was very lucky and got to do two things that I've been wanting to do for a while - visit The Make Lounge in north London and make my own rubber stamps and all courtesy of the folks at Snapfish UK and the Endelman team. Thank you guys. For those of you who don't know Snapfish is an online photographic printing service.

[update: I'm now part of the Snapfish affiliate program so there are affiliate links in this blog post]

Snapfish sponsored a crafty evening learning how to carve into Speedball Speedy-Carve with the lovely Zeena Shah to guide us on our way.

I went for a fruity theme and carved a citrus slice and a lemon!

I met a bunch of other crafty folk but we didn't get an awful lot of chat in, we were too busy trying to slice into the Speedy-Carve and not our fingers! Especially after a bit of fizzy wine too!

But not so busy that I couldn't fit in a cake between cutting!

I think I could get very use to this kind of thing!

We got to see some samples of the Snapfish photographic prints and the range of products they can provide like photos, printed canvases, calendars, books, mugs and they were all very good quality. I'm kinda looking out for when they do business cards and will look forward to trying out their services then and I will let you know how I get on with them when the time comes.

I would be interested to hear if any of you guys have used Snapfish before? What do you think?

But I'm definitely going to try carving more stamps - think I'm hooked!

Catch you later.

Kim

ps. see more fabulous hand-carved stamps on Vicky's blog Blush Crafts.

Friendship

My goodness I am finding this a very hard post to write. Some of you will know that I am a Londoner through and through and some of you will have been following the riots and looting that have been occurring across my city, that I love, and is even spreading through other major cities in England. I am just gutted, I don't understand how people can be so disconnected to the society that they live in that they feel they can do this to themselves and others just so that they can take their fill of pointless merchandise. What a piece of art the human is.

This is not a political blog, it is a blog about art and craft and making things so I shall show today's make in a hope of lightening hearts and to carry on.

It is Tuesday so it is my Make The Day Special DT make. I've used stamps from the Unity Bold Insight and the sentiment is from Unity Adventures In Happiness.

The background has been coloured with ZIG Kurecolor Refill Ink from Kuretake.

Hope you have a day full of Friendship.

Kim

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday + Competition

Happy Monday everyone! It's Inspiration Monday over at La-La Land Crafts but not only is it Inspiration Monday we are also celebrating La-La Land Crafts Birthday as well with a competition in which you can win :

A FULL 36 SET of SKETCH COPIC MARKERS

So pop on over to the La-La Land Crafts blog to find out how you can get your inky hands on these babies!

Back to the Inspiration this week and it is:

Making your own paper/chipboard embellishment

I've made a little paper ribbon on my Marci Genie Tag.

The papers are the stunning Butterfly Garden Collection from Pink Paislee (thanks Irina!) and I've added a little extra translucent colour and stamping just behind little Marci Genie.

Don't forget to go look at the other lovely makes from the La-La Land Crafts DT today and Friday and check out the competition whilst you are there!

Have a good Monday.

Kim