Quixotic Inspirations

Hello! wanted to stop by with a fun card I made using lots of goodies found in Quixotic Paperie

I followed Jen's fabby sketch over at Club Anya Saturday Sketch. I couldn't wait to use the adorable The Greeting Farm - Cheeky Chat She went so well with the yummy Basic Grey - Hopscotch - 6x6 Paper Pad Also used a little of the Bazzill Basics - Smoothies - Kraft Cardstock too.

You might just see that I have used the WRMK - Sew-Easy Stitch Piercer Tool + Straight Head and WRMK - Sew-Easy Piercing Mat this time I used it with WRMK - Sew-Easy Floss - Yellow, a little hand stitching finishes off the card so nicely... which Fits in very well to the FFF Challenge.

That's it from me today, hope it inspires... 

have a wonderfully creative day!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Simon Says Stamp & Show ~ Some Embossing...

Good Morning, ooh Monday already, hope you had a fabulous weekend and ready for this week's theme at Simon Says Stamp and Show....

Some Embossing

I have included heat embossing, distress embossing and dry embossing on my card. The ribbon isn't this yellow in real life must be my photography skills LOL!

You may spot too that I have used lots of Wendy Vecchi stamps throughout, with heat embossed edges on these flowers, coloured with distress inks and background stamp.

A stamped butterfly and Tim woodgrain texture fade for some dry embossing. The edges of the patterned paper have been treated with a little frayed burlap distress embossing.

The sentiment from this set was stamped over this Background, the frame was already embossed and so I simply added distress ink directly to it!

Hope it inspires and why not pop round the rest of the team to see some more embossing!!!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne 

Dan ~ Kim Costello <~ You're already here
Linda Coughlin ~ Lori Hassler ~ Lynne Forsythe
Nancy Crissinger ~ Nancy Wethington ~ Terry Wietsma-Girbes

Thanks for stopping by, have a super wonderful creative day!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Papertrey Ink ~ Customer Contest!!!

Papertrey Ink is celebrating it's 4th Anniversary! And Nicole is hosting a fantastic contest in which customers post and link their own favorite project from 2010 with a chance to win a huge gorgeous prize! See all the details here at Nicole's blog...

I'm going to re-post a project that I made back in June 2010, it's still one of my faves...

 Supplies: Patterned Paper: October Afternoon: fly a kite;

Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Lily of the Valley;

Ink: Archival: black; distress inks: antique linen; Gelly roll: stardust;

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels 4; Tags: PTI: butterfly;

Other: adhesive pearls, Pearl brads; 3D adhesive foam;

Thank you so much for stopping by, HuGs Kim :)

Craft Stamper Magazine ~ March Issue....

THE March issue of the Craft Stamper Magazine is out on sale, Friday 4th...

I have three articles in this issue... Thank you Katy!

I show you four fantastic ways to create woodgrain texture on your cards.

Using the gorgeous Lavinia Stamps.

A cute little card and seed packet set great for gardener!

and part of the stamping contrasts this month we got to use Sam Poole's delightful vintage sewing stamps. Where I created a pin box with pin cushion lid and a card.

Hope you get a chance to get hold of a copy there's some stunning pieces within!

Have a wonderfully creative day BiG HuGs Kim :)

SCACD ~ A New Day, Blog Hop!

Welcome to the 'It's A New Day' Stamp release from Susana's Custom Art And Card Design.

The Quixotic Paperie design team have the honour of joining up with the SCACD design team for a surprise blog hop to celebrate the new release of some lovely stamps from Elisabeth Bell, Carmen Medlin and Victoria Case. Stick with us and you could be in with a chance of winning a prize - but more on that later!

If you have hopped here from Marti Wills then you are on the right track. If not then pop on over to Suzanne Dean's blog Scrap Bitz to start.

For my make I have used Elizabeth Bell ~ Kim’s in Awe

Tando Creative - 6x6 Frame with Stand

Prima - 6x6 Pad - Reflections

I have coloured the image with copics, cut out and adhered to the front of the frame.

I have left the top of the frame open to allow the option of inserting a picture.

All the edges have been inked with gold paint!

For those of you in the UK and EU you can get this and the other lovely 'It's A New Day' stamps from Quixotic Paperie. For those of you in Canada and USA check out Susana's Custom Art And Card Design!

So I mentioned winning a prize...well if you check out the SCACD store blog Follow Your Heart and the SCACD facebook page you can join in to be in with a chance to win!

Right, the next blog to hop to is the wonderful Colleen Holmes

Have fun hopping!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Simon Says Stamp and Show....

Hope you had a fabulous weekend...

 and ready for this week's theme at Simon Says Stamp and Show is....

Some Love

I am a bit late with my sample...

I've made a card full of love, using Tim's Heart Wings die...

The heart is cut from chipboard, painted with Claudine Hellmuth Gesso. When dry the edges were inked, then I completely covered with distress stickles and while still wet I poured on some glitter. Now, the wings are cut from satin and double layered, the chipboard crown is coloured with silver paint dabber.

Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die was used to create the rose and the seam binding I coloured using distress ink.

and the wonderful sentiment from Crafty Secrets Bird Notes... It says: 'know the song in your heart and sing it like no one is listening'... how romantic LOL! The papers are 7 gypsies and embossed with the bingo texture fade.

Hope it inspires and why not pop round the rest of the team to see some more love!!!

THE director ~ Linda Elbourne 

Dan ~ Kim Costello <~ You're already here
Linda Coughlin ~ Lori Hassler ~ Lynne Forsythe
Nancy Crissinger ~ Nancy Wethington ~ Terry Wietsma-Girbes

Thanks for stopping by, have a super wonderful creative day!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Quixotic Inspirations ~ with a few challenges too :)

Hello! wanted to stop by with a little set made using lots of goodies found in Quixotic Paperie...

 I used the NEW MEMORY BOX 6x6 - PIXIE papers, the gorgeous Stempelglede - Just A Note... I mount mine onto EZ Mount - Static Cling Mounting Foam - 8.5" x 11" Sheet, It's a larger set so it will take pretty much the whole sheet :(

I then coloured the Pink Paislee - Artisan Elements - Frames  using distress inks and copper paint dabber. You might just see that I have used the WRMK - Sew-Easy Stitch Piercer Tool + Straight Head and WRMK - Sew-Easy Piercing Mat but just left the dentation without thread, a little faux stitching... which fits in very well with Dutch Dare - Stitching (Real or Faux). I've also used Martha stewart punch for the decorative top for Simply Create #35 - Use Your Punches and I've added a little paper swirl from Marianne D Creatables - Frames/Swirls LR0116.

I thought it would be nice to create a co-ordinating envelope in the same Pixie papers and I added a Tando Creative - Flourish 5 to the flap. I simply applied copper paint dabber, when dry, I adhered in place.

I was inspired by the fabby sketch  #99 over at card Patterns

That's it from me today, hope it inspires... 

have a lovely creative day and see you again next week!

BiG HuGs Kim :)