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

Prince Charming Is All Yours!

Did you find your Prince (or Princess) Charming on the St Valentines Weekend? Oh look here he is LOL!

Prince Ian is a digital image from The Greeting Farm and I've matched him up with the beautiful Basic Grey Origins Papers which I got from Quixotic Paperie and have ruffed up a bit, ok, distressed!

I've coloured Ian with Copic pens and the background is coloured with Prismacolor pencils.

The Raffia Lace is also available at Quixotic Paperie.

I've popped this Prince Charming into my Etsy shop.

Hope you have a charming day :)

Kim

Materials:

Stamp - Prince Ian The Greeting Farm

Colouring - Copic Markers; PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor

Papers - Basic Grey Origins

Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue

Other - Raffia Lace; Gem brad; Distress ink; seam ripper

Circle The Tilda

So the weekend begins. Ahh lovely weekend. Tilda is here to celebrate the weekend with a Simon Says Paper piecing challenge. I've made a circle card for one main reason, I had run out of this lovely dark brown cardstock and the only piece I had left was this tiny bit! Bless! So with a little frugal jiggery pockery I managed to make it run to a couple of matts.

But why didn't I use another colour? Well I had already pieced the Tilda in these yummy Basic Grey papers before I realised I had no cardstock to match - D'oh!


Materials:
Stamp - Magnolia
Ink - VersaFine Onyx black
Colouring - PrismaColor Pencils; Sansodor
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual suspects - scissors, Double-sided tape; silicone glue
Other - Button; fluffy ribbon; Vellum; Nestibilities; Cuttlebug

Heart Felt Thanks

Last of the cards from last year that I haven't blogged yet but you might have seen it in Papercrafts Essentials :) and on my new slideshow - which I uploaded yesterday and just realised that I hadn't blogged this card yet - D'oh. Thought I better post the card quickly before anyone noticed ;)

This one uses BasicGrey Recess Paper pack, which I really like but you don't really see a lot of.


Materials:
Stamp - HOTP; Studio G Alpha
Ink - Versafine Sepia brown
Paper - BasicGrey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided glue

Show Me Ya Knickers

Mmm I wonder if that title will end up getting me a lot of strange hits on the blog? LOL.

A Sassy Crafts card today and have you seen the Third Coast Stamps over at Sassy Crafts? They have a sparky personality of their own with humour and quirkiness that is very cool. The papers are Basic Grey from the Eva Collection and I've done a touch of sewing and finished with lovely buttons from Buttons Galore.


Materials:
Stamps - Third Coast Stamps
Colouring - Prismacolor; Sansodor
Paper - Basic Grey Eve
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Buttons; Sewing machine; thread

Cupcake ATC And Some Blog Candy Alerts

How has your weekend been? What crafty stuff have you all been up to? I've made a couple of things but I've also been a bit distracted with Lego Star Wars on the Playstation - Oops! Hence the late post :) I could have just pretended that I was really busy with a project....!

We have some news at Kaboodle Doodles - we have a fab new guest designer Chris from Mudmaven Designs. She has some blog candy up on her blog as well so go take a look. All very exciting :)

As I am on the subject of blog candy Wendy has some at her blog Paper Therapy (great name for a blog!) she is giving away a scor-pal!

And one for the embroiderers Mary has a lovely group of threads to give away on her blog Needle'nThread.


Enjoy the rest of your day.

Materials:
Stamps - Papermania; HOTP
Inks - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Koh-i-nor Watercolours
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; silicone glue
Other - pearlescent glue

Is It Spring Yet?

It is very sunny here, no snow, although we did have a sprinkling last night. So again I'm looking forward to the spring time with the lovely Two Scoops papers from Basic Grey. I think the colours in this paper pack just scream spring to me.

The stamped image is the Country Girl Standing with Flowers from Alota and I've coloured her with some prismacolor pencils and Caran D'Ache pencils.

The ribbon slider is an acrylic blank that I've stamped onto with StazOn and painted with green, pink and white acrylic paints.





Materials:
Stamp - Alota Rubber stamps; Stampendous
Inks - Stazon; Colourbox chalk
Colouring - Prismacolor; Caran D'Ache; Sansodor
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Acrylic blank; Acrylic paint; Beads

I Lurve You

A little ATC for you today using Newton's Law paired up with BasicGrey papers. I will stop with the Love theme soon, promise!



Materials:
Stamp - Newton's Law Rory Tyger (Quick Cards freebie stamp); Studio G Alphabet
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Colourbox Chalk
Colouring - Marvy Le Plume watercolouring pens
Papers - Basic Grey
Usual Suspects - Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer; 3D-foam

More Men's Cards

Carrying on from yesterday here is another men's card. You can see the theme can't you? :) This card was completely inspired by the lovely cards Nicky recently posted on the Sassy Crafts blog. It was actually the first one I did and yesterday's card was the second card on the theme, don't ask me why I showed them this way round - no idea LOL!

I had a fun time yesterday at my creative embroidery class. Last week we were up to our elbows in paint - it was like being in kindergarten art class - it was such fun. This week we were making collages and next week we will be surrounded by colour again as we dye textiles, can't wait.

And back onto the subject of Chocolate (LOL). I was blog hopping yesterday and came across Eva's delightful makes at Made By Eva. Mmmm Yum. I am so going to have try that out.


Materials:
Stamp - HOTP; Papermania
Ink - VesraFine Onyx Black
Paper - BasicGrey Granola
Usual Suspects - Scissors; Square punch; Ruler; Silicone glue; Glue dots
Other - brad; Seam ripper; Bassill Kraft

Men's Cards

I am a very lucky girl. I bought a Kit Kat the other day and it had no wafer in it. It was ALL chocolate :) Yummy.
Anyway, I digress :) Card today is themed for men and uses BasicGrey and a bit of paper distressing.


Materials:
Stamp - HOTP; Papermania
Ink - VesraFine Onyx Black
Paper - BasicGrey Granola
Usual Suspects - Scissors; Circle template; Silicone glue; Glue dots
Other - brad; Seam ripper; Bassill Kraft

Growing Friends

I've always liked this cute image from Elzybells Art Stamp and it works so well with the sentiment's from Kaboodle Doodles Blossom Berry Brights Kit sentiments. I've used my promarkers with Twinkling H20s and a touch of Cosmic Shimmer. You might also recognise a bit of Basic Grey papers?



Materials:
Stamp - Elzybells Art Stamp
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black
Colouring - Letroset Promarkers, Ice grey 4, Black, blender; Twinkling H20s; Cosmic Shimmer
Sentiment - Kaboodle Doodles Blossom Berry Brights
Papers - BasicGrey
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Scissors; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape
Other - Hemp string; Sewing machine; Brads

Them Old Bones

ROOOAAAARRRRrr. Where is my Dinner?
I love these Dino stamps from Basic Grey they are just fab. So I had to make this card. Tee Hee.


Materials:
Stamp - Basic Grey
Inks - versaFine onyx black
Papers - Basic Grey Archaic
Usual suspects - Paper trimmer, 3D-foam; Silicone Glue; Double-sided tape
Other - buttons; hemp cord; Bazzill Kraft card

Thinking Of You Sugar

I'm loving distress ink watercolouring at the moment and it just seems to go so well with the Sarah Kay images. This one uses Basic Grey papers and embellished by cutting out the heart leafs from another sheet and giving dimension with silicone glue. The metal hearts were coloured with alcohol inks and the lace with VersaCraft ink. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado, the plaque and the corners are from Stamps Away.



Materials:
Stamp - Sarah Kay; Stamps Away; Inkadinkado
Inks - Tim Holtz Distress inks; VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaCraft Brick
Colouring - Distress inks; Derwent Inktense
Papers - Basic Grey Sugared
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Silicone glue; Double-sided tape; Scissors
Others - Pins; Lace; 3D-glue; Metal; Metal tools; Alcohol inks

Scissors...

Wahoo - I've found my scissors! They were hiding in my ribbon box and I looked everywhere for those naughty Minkeys :)

A card that hits two challenges' buttons today. Firstly it uses the lovely sketch over at Basic Grey Challenge blog and then it incorporates embossing for the Penny Black Challenge blog. Sorted :)

Details - the embossing used my cuttlebug and embossing folders and Core-dination card which I then sanded to show the core colour. The teal-coloured gems on the image are actually plastic beads that I cut in half with a button shank remover. The Penny Black image is coloured with Marvy Le Plume watercolour pens and cut out and shaped. I used a fine marker to add the extra stamen-like bits to the flower. Basic Grey Granola papers were used too :)


Materials:
Papers - Basic Grey Granola
Stamp - Penny Black
Inks - Distress inks
Colouring - Marvy Le Plume water colour pens
Usual Suspects - Silicone glue; 3D-glue; Double-sided tape; Paper Trimmer
Other - Button; Hemp string; Core-dination Black Magic card; Button Shank Remover; Fine Marker; Fine marker pen; Cuttlebug and embossing folder

Say Thank You with Flowers

Ok so it is not Spring quite yet but I just love Tulips and here are some for you. Made from the fab Basic Grey OffBeat paper which just gave itself to the tulip petal and edged with distress inks.


The petals were slightly curved on a knitting needle :) to give a little more dimension. Oh Spring how we love you :)


Materials:
Papers - BasicGrey Offbeat
Inks - Ranger's distress inks
Usual suspects - Scissors (main pair still missing in action); Glue dots
Other - Buttons; Embroidery thread; Cuttlbug and QuickKutz Sophisticate Alpha; Knitting needle

Give Us More Basic Grey

First weekend of the year - so what you all up to? Catching up with all those challenges then (like me?). Wishing you could find your scissors? Mine have vanished from in front if my very eyes. I've searched high and low. Now you may think that the other six pairs of scissors would suffice but Oh No they all have very specific jobs and I've lost my most used pair of course! LOL

Ok so just have time to post this before doing more scissor hunting! This one is for the new challenge blog for Sugar Nellie Stamps - The Sugar Bowl - which has a sketch to start them off. Thanks Girls.


PS. The sentiment was stamped onto the button with the Studio G alphas and Staz-on ink.

Materials:
Stamp - Leanne Ellis Sugar Nellie; Studio G alpha
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; Staz-on
Paper - BasicGrey Offbeat
Usual Suspect - Paper trimmer; Scissors (baa Humbug); double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Button; Wire; 3D-glue; Sewing machine; Embroidery thread

Thank You in Orange

So how is 2009 being for you so far? Part of me is looking forward to the new start to the new year and part of me still wants it to be Christmas. LOL. How about you guys?

Well the thank you cards are in the making and this one is using the Basic Grey Ambrosia papers and as it is a thank you card I'm putting it up for the Daring Cardmakers challenge which is - yep you guessed it - Thank you cards.


Materials:
Stamp - Studio G alphabet
Papers - Basic grey Ambrosia
Inks - Distress inks; VersaFine Onyx black
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Silicone glue
Other - Seam ripper

So 2009 Begins.....

Happy New Year

to you all, may 2009 be a good one for everybody. A bright and cheery card for the first of January 2009 and this one uses Basic Grey papers from the Euphoria range. The buttons were the smallest buttons I could find in my stash coloured with Letroset Promarkers and then sealed with glitter glue.

Hope that you are recovering from any New Year induced fuzziness :)


PS. Have you seen this little paper-world animation yet? It is amazing and well worth checking out.

Materials:
Stamp - Imaginisce
Ink - Versafine Onyx black; VersaColor Opera pink
Papers - Basic Grey Euphoria
Usual Suspects - Paper Trimmer; Double-sided tape; 3D-foam
Other - Buttons; embroidery thread; glitter glue; Letroset Promarker; Cuttlebug; quickutz Sophisticate Alpha dies; 3D-glue; Pink line marker pen

More is More...

I might have gone a bit overboard on this one :) No excuse I just got a bit carried away. This card is heavy!

I've used a few recycled finds such as some broken jewellery that someone gave me, not as a gift don't worry. People now know that I collect anything, particularly buttons and beads, so when they don't want their jewellery, or bits of fabric they give them to me. My boyfriend even goes out of his way to bring home bits of ribbons or old pieces of card for me - I'm a lucky girl :)

Anyway I digress - the card also uses the Basic Grey Boxer papers and I've coloured the Sarah Kay image with distress inks which is fast becoming my favourite colouring medium of the month.

The Christmas holiday challenge over at the Basic Grey Challenge blog is 'Going Green' so I thought I would enter this card with all it's re-used jewellery, buttons and mesh :)



Materials:
Papers - Basic Grey Boxer
Colouring - Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Usual Suspects - Silicone gel; Double-sided tape; Paper trimmer; Scissors
Other - Broken jewellery; Lace; mesh; Key charm; Button; Hemp string; pearl brads

Weekend Is Here

Weekends are fab aren't they? I've got an embroidery group to go to so thought I would give you a card with stitching to match the mood.

So what you all up to? It seems very quiet in the blogosphere at the moment doesn't it?


Have a fab weekend.

Materials:
Stamp - Pink Cat Studio
Ink - Versafine Onyx black
Colouring - Sansodor with PrismaColor and Derwent pencils
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; double-sided tape
Other - Sewing machine; Thread