Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #39 ~ Anything Goes

Good Morning...

Here's my latest project for the current challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

It's an anything goes as I'm just so super busy... 

and I've whipped up the quickest card using the latest release

I painted a little background with some acrylic

All the images are trimmed with a little border and added to the front with dimensional adhesive.

the sentiment is stamped directly onto some glitter washi, yum.

click pic for listing

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative weekend!

HuGs Kim x

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 :)

Final Wild Sprout and Day of 2009...

"Woo Hoo!!! are you ready for the 4th and final Wild Sprout? Designed and styled by our very talented Amy... let me introduce you to THE cute and SASSY Stella...

Can you believe it's New Years Eve? I've had an amazing 2009 and still trying to fit a load more into it too LOL! But it means you will be able to get hold of these four stunning Wild Sprouts and the fun Talk Loud set tomorrow at the Greeting Farm.

The sweet and Sassy Stella has been coloured with my copic markers. How stylish is this girly I love her smart look and sleek hair style is gorgeous!!!

I have die cut these flourishes from coordinating paper, layered with double sided adhesive sheet on the top so that I could sprinkle on some fine glitter.. it is of course so difficult to capture all the sparkle. and I have made a little ribbon embellishment to represent the third rectangle in the sketch.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: Sugar Rush; Stamps: TGF; WS: Stella (release 1st); Talk Loud (released on 1st); Ink: memento: black; Copics: markers; Die's: Spellbinders: circles; Sizzix: heart; Cuttlebug: flourish border; Other: Polka dot ribbon; double sided adhesive sheet; fine glitter; decorative pin; Dimensional adheisve foam;

And here's the copic colours I used...
Skin & eyes: E000; R30; E95 & G21;
Hair: 100; N3; N1;
Clothes: B45; B21; R39; RV10;

Be sure to head over to Club Anya and the Greeting Farm's blog to see even MORE beautiful sneak peeks of the Gorgeous Stella and if you're playing along we're now on the 11th Day of SKETCHES! phew they've been so much Fun! Also we have a whole day of fun challenges and prizes tomorrow too, to celebrate Club Anya and Friends!

Now I have to apologise for not being round very much I'm still visiting family and have other crafty projects on the go and haven't had the time to reply to your wonderful thoughtful comments! They Mean so much to me and brighten my day... I will be back on track soon and looking forward to catching up with you all,

BiG Happy New Years Eve HuGs Kim :)

Club Anya and Friends Preview...

Good morning, I am SO excited to be back with yet another day of PREVIEWS at Club Anya,

Introducing the sweet eclectic Gigi designed again by the very talented Amy. She's got her own style, although I took the hippie look... think it was the colours in these new Basic Grey papers! Delish!

I used TGF Sketch #10 and have die cut some greenery to adorn the panel with Gigi! The 'Talk Loud' sentiment stamps are so fab and fun I have coloured the birdie with my copics too. The panel layer I have ripped to get the two shapes and all raised on dimensional adhesive foam.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: Origins; Stamps: TGF; WS: Gigi (release 1st); Talk Loud(released on 1st); Ink: memento & archival: black; Copics: markers; Die's: Spellbinders: labels 8; Sizzix: branches and leaves; Other: Wide grosgrain ribbon; adhesive gems; 3D foam;

As a treat and because quite a few ask me, I thought I would include the copic colours I used...

Skin & eyes: E000, R30, E95 & B41

Hair & Band: E53, E50, E31, 0 & Y08, E47

Clothes: 100, YG00, YG93, YG67, E39, E57

Now be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm's blog to see even MORE beautiful sneak peeks of the Darling Gigi and if you're playing along we're now on the 10th Day of SKETCHES! Wow!

Thanks for stopping by and yes there's another preview tomorrow too!!! Also to mention that on the first Our HUGE "IN WITH THE NEW at TGF" BASH will begin at 9am CST (3pm UK time) on Friday, SO many prizes....SO many chances to WIN! All to celebrate our NEW YEAR, NEW Club Anya & Friends Blog...and NEW RELEASE with ALL your friends at The Greeting Farm! Hope to see you there, HuGs Kim :)

Club Anya preview and 9th day of Sketches!!!

I'm SO excited to be back with another day of PREVIEWS at Club Anya....soon to be Club Anya and FRIENDS in 2010!

I also want to welcome LYSA ROHRER to Team Anya 02 as our next Guest Designer! We are THRILLED to have Lysa on board with us for the next three months and I can't wait!!! So if you get a chance pop over and check out her amazing work!!!

Meet Ruby, also designed by the magnificent Amy... isn't she so cute, fun, funky and totally fashionable? LOVE her! Ruby will be coming to you on the 1st of this month during our HUGE New Year's Day RELEASE PARTY and GRAND OPENING of CLUB ANYA and friends!

I used sketch #9 from TGF's 12Days of Sketches designed by the wonderful Jessica and coloured the sweet Ruby with my copic markers. I have added some tinting with distress inks.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Crate paper: little Sprout; Stamps: TGF; WS: Ruby(release 1st); Talk Loud(released on 1st); Ink: memento: black; Brilliance: coffee bean; Copics: markers; Tim Holtz: distress inks; Die's: Spellbinders: ovals; labels 8; EK success: border punch; WRMK: corner punch; Other: lace trim; adhesive gem; stitch tracer; 3D foam;


Don't forget that the 12 Days of Sketches are still well underway on the TGF Blog! Everyone is having a great time and there are more fun sketches to be used today! This contest will also run through Sunday 1/3/10 at 8pm CST to complete them and upload them to the appropriate galleries) will be entered into a drawing to win the ENTIRE TGF JANUARY RELEASE!!!


Now be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm's blog to see even MORE sneak peeks of the fabulous Ruby and the 9th Day of SKETCHES! Wow!

Thanks for stopping by and yes there's another preview tomorrow too!!! HuGs Kim :)

Club Anya Preview and some WILD News!!!

Hello everyone did you all have the best time this Christmas? 'Phew' we're still in the middle of visiting people and giving out pressies. Although we've had the best time ever this year and it has been non stop fun. Dillon managed to lose his front tooth too... bless him as the tooth fairy has a day off on Christmas day (ROTFL). But there's even more news to share....

I am SO excited today as for the first time EVER, TGF and Club Anya are JOINING FORCES yes we're previewing our new releases together for the HUGE JANUARY RELEASE BASH that's only days away!

We are SO excited to be previewing FOUR NEW SPROUTS....ALL styled by our very own Team Anya member... the talented AMY YOUNG! WHOO HOO!!!!!! Congrats Amy! Today's little cutie is named Chelsea.

I have coloured her with copics and yes I received a new set over the holidays too... fabulous surprise!!! This is Basic Greys new collection and I LOVE the greys and oranges together.

In addition, the TGF DT has another sneak peek at a SUPER fun new set called "Talk Loud", a word-art sentiment set that is new, totally fun and something we've never done before at The Greeting Farm! Be sure to check out samples from ALL of the TGF DT and Club Anya as you'll be nothing short of amazed!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: Sugar Rush; Stamps: TGF; WS: Chelsea (release 1st); Talk Loud(released on 1st); Ink: memento: black & grey; Copics: markers; Tim Holtz: distress inks; Die's: Spellbinders: ovals ; Fiskars: border punch; WRMK: corner punch; Other: ribbon; adhesive gem; 3D foam;


I'll be back with another cute sprout design tomorrow, but first, I have a few announcements for the week:

*Our HUGE "IN WITH THE NEW at TGF" BASH will begin at 9am CST on Friday, 1/1/2010 and run through 8PM with challenges, prizes, and FUN! Each challenge winner will receive a new Sprout of their choice, so be here to party with us! Live overseas? No problem! Challenges will be open through SUNDAY, 1/3/10 at 8pm CST. WINNERS will be announced on the TGF blog and CA blog on Monday, 1/4, along with the winner of the 12 days of Sketches contest. That winner will win the ENTIRE Jan. release.

In addition to each individual challenge, ANOTHER prize pack of the ENTIRE Jan. release will go to a random winner who completes ALL of the New Year's Challenges!

*Don't forget that the 12 Days of Sketches are still well underway on the TGF Blog! Everyone is having a great time and there are more fun sketches to be used today! This contest will also run through Sunday 1/3/10 at 8pm CST to complete them and upload them to the appropriate galleries) will be entered into a drawing to win the ENTIRE TGF JANUARY RELEASE!!!

SO many prizes....SO many chances to WIN! All to celebrate our NEW YEAR, NEW Club Anya & Friends Blog...and NEW RELEASE with ALL your friends at The Greeting Farm!

Thanks for stopping by and hope to be back tomorrow BiG Happy HuGs Kim :)

Flippin' Tutorial

Good Morning... I have posted this on the Club Anya Blog too and thought I would share it here too... So here it is, a tutorial showing how I made my little novelty flip book, so many of you remembered having one and were very interested in how I made it... well I hope my pictures help you create something special too!

I have printed off the Autumn Ian (I do quite a few to a page saves on printing more later) roughly about the scale of the rubber version so they will line up. (you will have to play with your own page/printer settings but there should be a way to edit you picture size) Simply take a ruler to your rubber to get the size.

Now you want to eye ball the image to be central where the die will cut. SO... while holding the die Mark the top central point. Remove die and Measure from the chin to the mark you've created. Jot this measurement down as you will need it for all of your pages.

Hold your ruler along the centre of the image and mark above head and below the feet with a little pencil mark to guide where the die will sit.

Lay the die in position and secure with a little low tack tape or de-tack on your clothes (or the palm of your hand gets rid of a good amount of sticky). Then cut with your die cut machine.

Simply erase any pencil marks and your first page is ready.

The same applies with your stamped image... Stamp in your usual ink...

Line up the ruler centrally as before and measure from the chin to the top of the die and draw pencil guides. Hope you can see I have '0' on the chin and I have measured from this point to above the head and a centre mark below the feet... just like in the first page.

Tape the die in position you should be able to use the same pieces of tape LOL and cut out. Continue with all your pages.

You will also need to cut a front and back to your flip book. I have applied double sided adhesive sheet to the back of my patterned paper before cutting and I will adhere it to some cereal box card so it's good and strong. Next have some fun colouring in your images.

Here I have made a jig to guide where I want the holes for my ribbon. I have simply cut a scrap of paper the same size as my pages and marked where I think the holes will go.

Here I have punched the cover and using my jig also means each page will get punched the same and they should line up to each other.

So... you should have the backing, the pages and the front cover all punched and they should line up with each other.

Now... it's time to cut off their heads arrrhhh this is the first scary bit, tee hee. You can use your jig too if it helps but I simply eye ball the blade to cut at the chin...

You can use this cut piece to line up the rest of your pages they should then match up with each other. If you have a good paper trimmer you might consider cutting a few pages at a time.

The next place to cut is at the hem of his top so the page will now be in three's - the head, the body and the legs.

Using ribbon or book rings it's time to simply secure your pages in place. Try it open so the ribbon isn't too tight on the hinge.

Check your pages and then decorate the front of your flip book.

Finished!!! I hope you get the chance to have a go and I'm very excited to see everyone's take on it so drop us a comment and let us know if you made one too!

Woo hoo only an week and Santa's on his way, tee hee hope you're all excited and ready for the festivities! Kelly should be gracing us with her talent tomorrow on Club Anya and there's something special to watch for starting at the greeting farm blog too! BiG HuGs Kim :)

CLUB ANYA BLOG HOP!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by! It's the official all customer Club Anya Blog Hop and as we need to have our posts up at 7pm CST (which is 1am UKian time) I won't be hopping until tomorrow. I can't wait to see all your amazing creations!

The COMPLETE LIST of hoppers will be posted at 7PM CST on the Club Anya Blog. We won't be linking individually as there are so many people and we want to make sure there is one central "place" to travel to and from :)

Also PCP chat will take place from 7PM CST to 9PM CST.

AWARDS will all be announced tomorrow morning on the CA blog.

So onto my little make... I love this new Miss Anya Love set, all three are so incredibly adorable and they will be available at midnight (CST) the 15th at THE GREETING FARM along with a few other releases.

I have followed the wonderful sketch #82 over at Friday Sketchers... Ok so I thought I would try something a little different and colour Miss Anya in pastels so she looked all romantic and soft. I started by stamping her first with versamark onto kraft so the outline wasn't so stark. I think she could do with a bit more work and think that I have lost some of the outline too! I sprayed a little fixative before trimming with my nestie.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: bittersweet; Kraft: PTI; Stamps: Miss Anya Love (release 15th); Ink: Versamark; Derwent: Pastel pencils; Tim Holtz: Distress Inks; inkessential white pen; Die's: Spellbinders: labels 8; MS: border punch; Other: Prima: rose; Blending stump; 3D foam;

So next you just need to hop back to CLUB ANYA for the list. Hope you are having fun! HuGs Kim :)

Flippin' Final Day of Anya Previews...

Hello and welcome to our final day of Previews from the Greeting Farm available on the 15th, so not long now... WoW! I know you're going to love this next set... STUNNING MISS ANYA LOVE!!!

This stunning set will only add to your Miss Anya Collection as it did mine and well it got my brain buzzing... Do you ever remember those wonderful flip page novelty books? Well that's the inspiration behind my next project...

I have used only ten of my miss Anya's that are in standing poses and thinking it could very easily work for the my guy set too for the little boys amongst us tee hee! I have stamped and coloured and cut each page. I had originally used book rings but the ones I have are HUGE and just swamped the front page, I also discovered a few things I would change to make it work better but don't worry I will be creating a tutorial for you to create your very own Flip book but you don't have to wait for me to try.

Hopefully you can click the images for a close look, it seems to only work on some of them :(

I could have taken more pictures but the combinations are endless some of them don't connect correctly but it's the novelty of it a bit like your very own altering bible LOL!

Well I used very few supplies in the making of this one...
Supplies: Patterned Paper: BasicGrey: lemonade; PTI: Kraft card; Stamps: TGF: Miss Anya Love (release 15th); All previous Miss Anya's; Ink: memento: black; Copics: markers; Die's: Spellbinders: labels 8; WRMK: Big Bite; Other: dotty ribbon; cereal box card; doubled sided adhesive sheet; 3D foam;

Thank you for stopping by today I hope you have a look at the rest of the teams Amazing creations on the Club Anya blog or

Jessica Diedrich (Club VP/DT Coordinator)
Kelly Booth

Pam Varnell
Amy Young

Suzi McKenzie (Guest Designer)

...please scroll down for the Stampin Chic's post today too! BiG HuGs Kim :)