Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #2 ~ Picture Inspiration

 Today is the next challenge over at the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

We have a picture for inspiration and wait to you see the amazing projects from the team to help jumpstart your creativity...

I went for a little folky play, the picture inspiration just seems to lend itself very well to folk fabrique Stamp set, 

I needed an anniversary card and thought of cramming the folk images into a heart. I placed my heart die under my acrylic block (stamp press for this occasion) then fitted the individual images into the shape.

I love the mirror images in the set, they really help with this sort of stuff!

So, this is just my worksheet test piece to plan my layout and colours, I will keep it somewhere to recreate one day(when I rediscover it while tidying up my workspace).

The colours... they really aren't my usual palette, love the turquoise, blues but purples are challenging... I went with it!

 I stamped the images for each colour I've planned, 

removed some stamps, then replaced some, 

and continued in this manner till I had completed my heart shape.

I felt the heart although there, was really asking for a little help, so...

I Die cut the heart from double sided sticky sheet (the glue one, not the tape one) then ever so carefully laid it over the stamped image phew, bit tricky. I left the backing on to add some distress ink to define the heart.

It is for an anniversary so I covered the sticky heart with glitter. 

I used Happy thoughts stamp set to fit on the die cut banner, the 'together' sentiment is stamped inside.

and here's the close up of the twinkly sparkliness, is that not very yummy?!!!

This card was so easy to make that I made four (as I was stamping so that it was one colour at a time etc etc... talk about mass produce and proper sized cards too, I just need to add different sentiments.

I do hope you pop along and have a go at our Challenge,

Have a wonderfully creative day!

BiG huGs Kim x

Paperbabe Stamps First Challenge...

Hello everyone, I'm so excited today as it's our first challenge over at the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

We have a sketch for our first challenge and wait to you see the amazing projects from the team to help jumpstart your creativity...

Well, I just had to take part in our first challenge didn't I?

 I turned the sketch on it's side and extended the word strip so it went along the whole card front(the hearts die cut).

The rectangle shape I used an oval instead, it's very close to the sketch lol...

 So, I opted for the flowers from my Oriental Zen set, for the pop of colour and Happy thoughts sentiment stamp set fitted very well to the wedding theme.

I first stamped the flowers using memento luxe inks, then the flourish outline of 'happy' in black ink. I then used the corresponding 'happy' to stamp in silver pearl embossing powder, I stamped the 'together' twice to give a shadow effect.

I really hope you take part it's for two weeks so plenty of time to join in the fun. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy a wonderfully creative day!

HuGs Kim x

I'm also entering my card to a few other challenges:

scrappers-delights - #29 Anything goes with die cuts

(pin)spirational challenges - Anything goes

Pennys challenge 190 - Anything goes

V's sweet ideas - #26 Anything goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #48 Anything Goes

Stamp and create - Anything goes

Paperbabe Stamps Summer Blog Hop

HELLO EVERYONE! 

WELCOME ALL to the Paperbabe Stamps Summer Blog Hop featuring new stamps... Kim thought it would be a lovely treat to see Paperbabe stamps in the hands of some of her talented stampy friends...

Just to recap the new release, "Folk Fabrique", "Doll Face", "Mayleedee Little Red", "Mayleedee Frost Fairy" and "Dillon Frost Sprite" are NOW in Etsy! and the WebShop

Be sure to stop by PAPERBABE blog if you are JUST beginning the hop and make it all the way to the PAPERBABE STAMPS blog to see the endless possibilities with these new stamps and to leave your comments along the way... as there are some fabby prizes to be had!

Prizes indeed! To celebrate there will be the ENTIRE AUGUST release and a very special not yet released (get it well before it's release in September) rubber stamp...  up for grabs to a very lucky winner!!!

It's great to be able to make a quick card with a detailed stamp... especially when you're up late making a mixed media piece lol.

These are the tools I used, mostly the black coloured pencil, to add shadows and depth to the image. The paint pen to add white to the eyes and outer glow.

 
I added just a hint of colour to her skin and eyes wanted them to pop. I'm sure you're itching to get on with the hop... So go, hop and be amazed...

Here's where you want to be:

Kim Costello (hello you're here)

Chris (DT)

Kerrie (DT)

Lady (DT)

Delphine (DT)

Jackie (DT)

Sandie
Katy

Joanne

Kim Dellow

Tricia

Paperbabe Stamps

THANK you so much for joining us on this Hop, we'll announce the winners on the Paperbabe Blog on the 15th when our Newest Challenge will be starting! You have until the 13th to hop with us and enter to win!

HAPPY SUMMER HOP DAY, everyone!!!
Have a wonderfully creative day
BiG HuGs Kim x

Frost Fairy Wish

Morning, I'm showing this card over at Paperbabe Stamps Blog today but I thought I would add my card here too...

I opted for the lovely Mayleedee Frost Fairy,

These are the copics I used to colour her...

Skin: E11, 13, YR000, YR0000, R12 Lips: R29

Hair: RV34, R56, R59

Dress: BG09, 10, 53, 57

Wings: RV0000, C0

Background: E40, 41, 43, 44, 50 ,51 Ground: C1, C3

The patterned paper are from an old prima pack. The snowflakes and ornament are spellbinder dies. I coloured the bauble with copics to coordinate with her hair. The 'wish' sentiment is from the set.

I couldn't leave the card without a sprinkling of glitteriness, so I went over her dress, and wings with wink of stella and glitter gel pen for her eyes and snowflakes.

And just to remind everyone that we're having a little blog hop here tomorrow, so see you then

Challenges I am entering:

Copic Marker Europe - Challenge 31 ~ BIG Hair

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Stamp And Create - Anything Goes

Penny Black And More - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today, Have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs Kim x

Take it, Make it Challenge: August

Any technique, from any 2014 issue of Craft Stamper!

There are nearly 200 techniques to choose from, so good luck with the decision making!

We HAVE to have the name of the technique, the name of the designer that demonstrated it  in the magazine, and which months issue it came from somewhere in your blog post, so make sure you make a note of it! Otherwise, you could be creating something that has nothing to do with Craft Stamper at all, and we can't have that, can we!!!!

Here's my take... it was NOT easy to pick just one

Using the one layer with masking and ink blending technique 

by Lydia Brooke Evans, in the June issue.

I loved the added colours to the inked stamp, it took a few attempts to get that technique down. I used distress inks as my base colour then pigment ink to add the purple colour. The flowers and leaves are from my Folk Fabrique due to be released on the 8th August. I created a mask from frisket film by die cutting a rectangle from the centre, this would definitely be a great card to reproduce for mass card making. The sentiment is my Just Because stamp set, I just stamped the flourish outline and added the 'just' above.

I hope you join in all the details are here

And if you have time pop over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog, we have a few new members to our team, so give them a warm welcome :)

I'm also entering this to craft your passion challenges:

flower power

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderfully creative day!

HuGs Kim x