Distress Stain Picture frame

Hello there, wanted to stop by with a little gift idea I have over at Quixotic

I wanted a gift for my sis from my two little ones, the top picture is of the handsome Dillon, then a little drawing he did in the middle and last but by no means least the adorable Maoleidigh! Not sure the photo shows them very clear!

 I have stained the wood with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Broken China, love the result! Then I have stamped Stempelglede - Grunge Collection on the frame and enhanced with perfect pearl powder.

The Make It Crafty - Butterfly Leaves - Lasercut Chipboard have been coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Wild Honey and Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Forest Moss.

Then embellished with Viva Decor: Glitter Liner - Holo Iridescent, I also rubbed a little of the glitter onto the frame too! 

Okay so... this will be my last post for a while as I'm having a blogging break...

Thank you so much for stopping by hope you have a fabulously creative day!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

A Person's A Person, No Matter How Small!

Here's a card I have over at Quixotic today,

I am so pleased with how it turned out it must have been one of the quickest cards to make and loving all the colours from these Crate papers. I totally adore Horton hears a who film...  which is the reason for buying this fantastic Artistic Outpost - Think & Wonder stamp set. Featuring quotes from Dr. Seuss... A person's a person, no matter how small. Just love it!!! The Pink Paislee - Artisan Elements - Swirls I have coloured using Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Weathered Wood, I blasted it with my heat gun and it dried on very nicely!

The faux Stitching was created using the WRMK sew easy and a black fine liner for the stitches.

I was inspired by the sketch over at Card Patterns...

Thank you so much for stopping by hope you have a wonderful creative evening!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Creepy Crew - Syren

Here's a little project I have over at Quixotic today,

I have been eager to colour this fabulous Creepy Crew - Syren from the greeting farm and had such fun! I have fussy her out and sprayed a generous amount of glimmer mist hard to see in the pic!

 I cut the swirls from the Marianne D Creatables - Frames/Swirls LR0116 adhered around for splashes and finished with a sentiment on the frame of Frames/Swirls LR0116!

The colours are inspired from the gorgeous Cosmo Cricket - 6" x 6" Mini Deck - Salt Air designer papers.

and this is the selection of copics I've used... nearly forgot to photograph them!

and here is a few challenges I'm entering...

Mystery Monday ~ with croppixie

Papertake weekly ~ Anything goes

SirStampalot ~ Anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by hope you have a wonderful creative evening!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Quixotic & Make it Crafty Celebrations!!!

Today is a joint celebration! As you may be aware, this is the month that Quixotic Paperie turned TWO! What you may not know is that it is also the month in which Australian company Make it Crafty is turning ONE!

Quixotic Paperie have been stocking the fantastic Make it Crafty range of products (Rubber Stamps - Lasercut Chipboard - Make it Colour Blending Card) since April 2011, and are one of the first places you can find them outside of Australia! We are thrilled to be celebrating with Make it Crafty today.

For my card I've used Make It Crafty - Mushroom House coloured with copics

and teamed it with My Mind's Eye - 6x6 Paper Pad - Stella & Rose - Mabel

To celebrate we thought that rather than a blog hop we would set a CHALLENGE using Make it Crafty products! To get inspired, hop on over to the Make it Colourful challenge blog where you will see the amazing creations our fabulous DT’s have created for this event! PLUS find out all the details on how you can play along!

OF COURSE THERE ARE PRIZES!

There are FIVE challenge categories and there will be FIVE GRAND WINNERS!

PLUS, PLUS, PLUS

There will be random winners throughout the whole month. The numbers have been pre-selected and as soon as an entry is added that matches that number they WIN! Winners will be announced soon after entry on the sidebar of Make it Colourful.

PLUS there’s MORE!!!

Quixotic Paperie have a little something for you too!! Make sure you pop on over to HERE to enter your name for a chance at MORE Make it Crafty Goodies!!

PLUS THERE’S MORE!!!

Zoe, the owner of Make it Crafty has a super duper HUGE Candy give away – choc-a-block FULL of Make it Crafty goodies!! AND I have heard a whisper that she is planning on having random giveaways on her blog throughout the month of July! All you need to do is leave her some love as she’ll randomly be choosing people who have commented on her posts throughout the last year!

PLUS THERE’S EVEN MORE!!!

You’ll also receive a set of steak knives when you... hahaa ONLY Joking BUT... for THREE DAYS ONLY you’ll be able to get 40% off Make it Crafty Digi Stamps when you enter the coupon code: CELEBRATE (Ends June 28^th)

So I do hope you will celebrate with us this month and get into the Make it Crafty spirit of FUN!!

Gift Set Tutorial

Over at Quixotic today I have a written a little tutorial on...

 creating a pencil and notepad gift set, so easy to customise and give as a special gift.

To begin take the cover off a mini notepad or jotter,

remove it on the back too Cut some kraft cardstock to recover the pad remembering to continue the cover to the back.

Use a corner rounder to shape the corners, simply hold a few pages at a time instead of struggling with too many.

Stamp A Pen Friend image on the front with coffee archival ink, ink edges.

Create a box envelope the depth of your pencils, I've used scallop circle die to give decorative flap.

Attach a large metal snap or (circle card and eyelet), then ink edges.

Secure some twine to the back before constructing the envelope.

For the cover cut three pieces of chipboard, two just a bit bigger then the box envelope and a spine the depth of pad and envelope.

Adhere patterned paper to the two large covers and ink the edges.

I've cut a strip of sticky back canvas for the spine, lay the covers and spine directly onto the sticky side allowing a gap between pieces.

Then adhere another strip of patterned paper to cover the two ends, and score the channel's to secure.

Next it's simply a matter of adhering the pad and the pencil envelope in place.

I've added more twine for tying a closure.

For the front, stamp and colour your image, fussy cut leaving a border and matt onto black card, then fix on the front with dimensional adhesive.

and here's the copics I've used!

I hope you feel inspired to try creating a little papercrafted gift too!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Quixotic Anniversary Celebrations ~ Kraftin' Kimmie

As part of Quixotic Paperie's 2nd Anniversary celebrations we are throwing the spotlight onto some of the fantastic stamp companies available from Quixotic Paperie.

This week it is the wonderful Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps in the spotlight.

We have some lovely samples to show you and would love for you to hop through the list below to see all the fabulous makes.

Kimmie started her stamp company in October 2009 and since then has bought us some wonderful images from some amazing artists: Annie Rodrigue with Moonlight Whispers, Cheryl Alger Designs, Steven Leary Designs, Crissy Armstrong with Crissy's Cuties and Jean Grant with Cindy and Mindy and now the latest addition Emilie's Etchings by Emilie Goulet.

The Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps range is available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie.  If you're in Canada/US then you can find the stamps at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps direct!

Which is your favourite? Too hard to choose!

As part of the celebrations and the spotlight today, we have a PRIZE GIVEAWAY!  

Pop on over to the Quixotic Inspirations blog to get all the details and enter the draw to win some fantastic Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and more!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Cinderella
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Goldilocks
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Mermaids - Calliope
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Moonlight Whispers - Antoinette
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Moonlight Whispers - Clara
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Moonlight Whispers - Piper

*Cosmo Cricket - 6" x 6" Mini Deck - Social Club *NEW*

So now for some more inspiration! Hop on over to each of the blogs below to see some yummy Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp goodness!

- Elaine - Judy - Kim Costello - Kim Dellow - Mary -

- Kimmie - Angie - Tara - Tracy -

Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoy looking at all the lovely Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

HuGs Kim :)

You are Fabulous and Gorjuss!!!

Here's a little card I have over at Quixotic today,

I have been eager to colour this cutie Gorjuss - Ruby - Rubber Stamp and had such fun! I masked her to very lightly spray the sky. The colours are inspired from these gorgeous My Mind's Eye - 6x6 Paper Pad - Stella & Rose - Mabel papers.

I have fussy cut a couple of the flowers from the patterned papers and finished with a sentiment from the gorgeous Stempelglede - Just A Note in the top corner!

Also I got out my WRMK - Sew-Easy Stitch Piercer Tool, used WRMK - Sew-Easy Floss - Yellow, with Sew-Easy Stitch Piercer Head - Zig Zag on the Sew-Easy Piercing Mat.

and this is the selection of copics I've used... Spilling over my pale.

  and here is a little list of challenges I'm entering... 

Copic Creations #51 ~ Copic Distressed/Vintage cards or projects. 

Make It Colourful Challenge! ~ Cast your Shadows

Papertake weekly ~ Anything goes

A Spoon full of Sugar ~ Here comes summer

Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ Things with tails
Card Patterns ~ sketch below

Thank you so much for stopping by hope you have a wonderful creative evening!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Quixotic Paperie - Second Anniversary!

Quixotic Paperie - Second Anniversary!

Today is an exciting day! Why? It marks the 2nd Anniversary for Quixotic Paperie! 

2 years ago on 1st June 2009, Elaine (Quixotic Cards) took the leap and opened an online craft store selling a small selection of crafty stash. Now, the store features stamps from favourite companies around the world, lots of pretty papers and embellishments and other papercrafting favourites.

To celebrate this year, we have a month filled with fun! Stick with us as we show off projects featuring products from around the store, bring you tutorials and tips, and throw the spotlight on some of the awesome stamp companies in stock at Quixotic Paperie! There will be prizes along the way (and a big one at the end of the month), so you won't want to miss a thing!

To get the ball rolling, this week there is a birthday special offer at Quixotic Paperie:

1st June to 8th June 2011

10% Off Throughout The Store!

(This does not stack with existing sale offers or discount coupons, and does not include Gift Certificates.)

Plus, the Design Team are all showing off their favourite creations from their time so far with Quixotic Paperie!
Pay a visit to the rest of the team to see a round up of their favourite makes.

* ANNIKA * ELAINE * JUDY *

* KIM C * KIM D * MARY * ROWENA *

But first, here are a few of my personal favourites!

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the fabulous Sasha from The Greeting Farm - Stamp Kit- Creeper Crew - Creepin',
MAKE IT CRAFTY LASERCUT CHIPBOARD, GRAPHIC 45 ONCE UPON A SPRINGTIME, stempleglede grunge collection.

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 Oliver & Amelia - Little Dreamer from the Greeting Farm, Stempelglede - Grunge Collection, My Mind's Eye - 6x6 Paper Pad - Stella & Rose - Mabel

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 The Greeting Farm - Cheeky Chat, Basic Grey - Hopscotch - 6x6 Paper Pad, Bazzill Basics - Smoothies - Kraft Cardstock, used the WRMK - Sew-Easy Stitch Piercer Tool + Straight Head and WRMK - Sew-Easy Piercing Mat, WRMK - Sew-Easy Floss - Yellow,

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the girls' paperie ~ paper girl, moonlit ride and accessories Viva Decor: holo iridescent glitter liner; 4mm flat back mixed pearls,

HAVE FUN and a beautiful day

BiG HuGs Kim :)

SCACD Carmen Medlin Blog Hop

The Quixotic Paperie design team have once again joined forces with the SCACD design team for a blog hop to celebrate the release of the fantastic new NATURAL BEAUTY COLLECTION illustrated by Carmen Medlin. We hope you'll agree that these are images to fall in love with.

There are SEVEN stunning images in this release,and they are available either individually or as a full set at a special discounted price!

If you’re in the UK/Europe you can buy the stamps NOW at Quixotic Paperie.

There is a special offer on SCACD Stamps during the next week - buy ANY FULL SET or FOUR OR MORE individual stamps from the SCACD Stamps range and receive a FREE STAMP (free stamp will be selected at random by Elaine)!

If you’re in the US you can buy the stamps NOW at Susana’s Custom Art& Card Design.

Susana is offering a Prima freebie to anyone purchasing the full set - see the SCACD Store Blog for full details!

On to the hop!

If you have hopped on over here from RENKATA'S BLOG then you are on the right track, if not then the first blog on the hop you need to go to is Elaine's Blog - Quixotic Cards.

I've used Dances with Dragonflies, coloured her with copics... and the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps - Moonlit Ride set.

The papers are Graphic 45 - 8 x 8 Paper Pad - Once Upon A Springtime which was the inspiration for my background scene. 

I've inked Make It Crafty - Swirly Corners - Lasercut Chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Broken China and added a few gems to create a little dragonfly. I then inked Make It Crafty - Fine Swirls - Lasercut Chipboard with Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Walnut Stain

and while I had my Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Antique Linen I coloured some seam binding.

I also added spica glitter to make her wings shimmer!

Thank you for hopping with us today! I hope you are enjoying the journey.

YOUR NEXT STOP ON THE HOP IS CRYSTAL'S BLOG.

Have fun BiG HuGs Kim :)

Good times...

Here's a little project I have over at Quixotic today,

I fancied created a shaped easel card, I've used one of those sassy Kenny K images.

Whimsy Stamps - Kenny K - Movie Star

then paired her with some Fancy Pants - 6x6 Pad - It's The Little Things

The Whimsy Ticket Sentiments Set is fantastic for all sorts of sentiments.

I've added a bit of spica glitter to give her movie star Hair!

These are the copic colours,

I have included a few challenges in my piece too...

Card Pattens ~ sketch 115
Papertale weekly ~ Bloom and Grow
Stamp Challenges ~ anything goes and blog hop
KKKG's ~ Die cuts and Punches

Pop on over to ELAINE'S BLOG to check out a preview of the upcoming Carmen Medlin for SCACD Stamps release. The new stamps are STUNNING, and there is a prize up for grabs!

ALSO....

I have some various copic refill ink for sale through my ebay listing... I have lots more colours then I've listed so feel free to ask if there's one you're after.

Thank you so much for stopping by Have a wonderfully creative time.

BiG HuGs Kim :)