Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #114 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning,

Popping by to share my project for our current anything goes challenge over on the Paperbabe Stamps blog...

I challenged myself to a restricted palette and created this layered paper piece.

Not gonna lie it took some time, I would stamp and colour in watching tv with kiddies, then fussy cut everything too. I've used the flourishing hair as flourishing tendrils, stamped in victorian velvet oxide and fussy cut leaving a border.

I have stamped the dinky female faces portrait and 3/4 view, in pumice stone oxides and coloured using pink and red colouring pencils, with a little purple for shadows. As you can see I've only used the fringes from the wavy bunches and the rag tails mixed media templates to frame their faces.

I very lightly drew a heart shape in pencil and stamped a whole lot of blossoms using the same method as their faces, I only fussy cut a few individual flowers and kept bigger clusters to make the layering a little easier.

I added as many of the dinky hands as I could.

The flourish and grow stamp set can be found amongst the background and all stuck onto an ornate frame substrate.

I am pleased to be able to join these lovely challenges...

simon says stamp ~ Feminine

more mixed media ~ Anything Goes

Creative artiste mixed media ~ Anything Mixed Media Goes

a bit more time to craft ~ Anything Goes

Craft rocket challenges ~ Flowers

Through the craft room door ~ Anything Goes

Colour crazy challenge ~ Coloured pencils

We love 2 create ~ Anything Goes
Country view challenges ~ Eyes

Thanks for visiting, enjoy a wonderfully creative day!

HuGs Kim ♥

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Paperbabe Stamps June release Blog Hop ~ Surprise Box

Welcome to our June release Blog hop...

everyone is loving the new stamps and templates, as of course am I.

This smaller size can fit in all sorts of projects, I have so many ideas.

Onto my little project...

After I painted the mdf in a couple of coats in prussian blue, I then heat embossed the face and neck in gold powder and with the wonderful perfect medium pen I used the templates to draw the hair, and set the embossing powder for each step. Love the contrast of colours...

Tada I bet you weren't expecting this to be a box...

...you see I had the idea of paper piecing this hairstyle but needed something to hold the dimension and ended up laser cutting myself this box frame based on the MDF ornate frame.

I've used distress papers for all the solid colours and some vintage pattern K&Co paper for her clothing.

I stamped the face in distress oxides so that it wouldn't be too dark on the papers, I have used coloured pencils to add shade to her face and skin and a black pen to bring her eyes and lashes alive.

I edged the inside of the frame with gold ink to coordinate with the embossing on the lid. I certainly had much fun creating this, I love that it can be hidden back inside it's box, good to protect the papers I guess.

Here's the hop line up...

Paperbabe Stamps

Chris

Delphine

Terri

Kerrie

Tracey

Lozzy

Kim


And there's prizes too...

Thanks for visiting, hope you feel inspired,

Enjoy a wonderfully creative day

HuGs Kim x

Farm Fresh Creeper's ~ Preview Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to Farm Fresh Friday! We have a special post today featuring TWO brand NEW CREEPERS on the TGF Blog! Be sure to stop by and say hello to Tuesday and Friday! These WICKED SWEET new additions will be released on Sunday, August 1st during our 2-year anniversary celebration! Can you BELIEVE TGF is turning two?!?

Before we get to today's challenge, we have a SPECIAL announcement for you! Helping ring in TGF's second birthday is Tammy Maxvill, TGF's newest FARMER! Many of are probably familiar with Tammy's work and her awesome 3D projects from back when she was a Gardener for TGF! We are happy to welcome her back and know that she's thrilled to be here, too!

We are also excited to announce, should you have missed it this past Wednesday on the CA&F Blog, that Kristy Young has joined Team Anya as our AUGUST GUEST DESIGNER! Woo hoo! HOORAY for special announcements and for parties beginning! Can you sense the magic in the air!?!

But... sadly, we are also saying goodbye to two of our Critter Crew members this week, Sandra and Sparkle! Thanks for all your efforts and be on the lookout for a DT call coming SOON!

Let's get to the challenge! The wonderful MARY GILES has put together not one, but TWO sketches for you today, combined w/ inspirational elements we'd love to see incorporated in that sketch! Your mission? Choose ONE sketch and recreate it using the INSPIRATIONAL elements drawn into the sketch as well! TWO years-TWO choices, TWO previews today! You get to choose!

Here are the sketches:

   

The Farmers & Team Anya are gearing up for a HUGE 2nd Anniversary week and are joining forces ALL WEEK to bring you even more fabulous samples, ideas, and prizes! In fact, FOUR DT members have "hidden" Creepers up for grabs on their blogs today, so be sure and VISIT! We'll announce the winner on the TGF Blog tomorrow!

For now, I'd like you to meet Tuesday Creeper. I used Mary's sketch B on the right today and...... 

went completely wild with her hair, ha ha ha, these creeper's just ask for that quirky fun and who wouldn't love a day with hair this fun?  I have paper pieced her dress although the fabulous yellow gingham pattern is slightly lost... her underskirts have been treated with some glimmer paint for added girly funk! And I totally LOVE her crown, I've cut out a second and coloured using sakura stardust glitter, love the finish. Her boots are proper shiny with a little glaze too!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: the girls' paperie ~ paper girl;

Stamps: The Greeting Farm: Creeper Tuesday (release 1st Aug); roll call kit;

Ink: Memento & Archival: black; Copic: markers*; Sakura: stardust; clear glaze; Shimmerz Blingz: GoldGlimmer;

Ranger: distress inks: frayed burlap; antique linen;

Dies: Spellbinders ~ Nestabilities: circles; flower creations 3; 

Other: Bazzill Jewel Template; Adhesive gems; Hemp twine; vintage button; 3D foam;

*Skin: E000, E00, 11, 13, R20, eyes: G21, Hair: B91, 93, 95, 97, 99, Outfit: Y08, E43, Boots: RV34, E47 and a little colourless blender!!!

Be sure to visit the blogs of my teammates today and the Critter Crew, too!

ALL of these wonderful talented ladies have something amazing for you:

Kadie ~ http://www.mymindseyecreations.blogspot.com

Tammy ~ http://www.funpapercandy.com

Kim ~ http://paperrocksscissors.blogspot.com

Mary ~ http://alatteinkinfun.blogspot.com

Mercy ~ http://lordhavemercy-mercykerin.blogspot.com

Randi ~ http://www.thedarkmermaid.blogspot.com

Cindy ~ http://www.cindyhaffnerscorner.blogspot.com

Amy ~ http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com

Jessica ~ http://www.thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com

Kelly ~ http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com

Kim ~ You're here already tee hee

Kristy(Guest Dt) ~ http://youngstamper.blogspot.com

Pam ~ http://stampingpam.blogspot.com

Traci ~ http://wickedpixiecreations.blogspot.com

We'll be back tomorrow for ANOTHER stellar preview that you won't want to miss! The FUN is just beginning this week at the Farm-we are celebrating BIG!

Thanks for visiting have a wonderful creative day... BiG HuGs Kim :)

Farewell ICSketches Team ~ My finale sketch #36

Well, as the title indicates this is my last card as Inspirational Card Sketches... design team member :( sniff sniff, I will without a doubt really miss my weekly fix of free creativity with a wonderful sketch to follow, sniff. I'm sure I will continue to be ever inspired by Dawn's sketches and when possible have a go...

Well, Dawn sniff, has designed a fantastic sketch as always this week! Hope you have a look at the other design teams fantastic makes! sniff sniff. This week we are being sponsored by Lindsay Stamp Stuff and we got to use some of her wonderful images, sniff.

I turned the sketch on it's side because I could, tee hee and in place of the darker rectangle shape I have used the bingo card stamp image from Lindsay's. The background I have printed the tree image and coloured the trunk with my copic markers, then added some distress inks with a blending tool. The tree I have printed directly onto this gorgeous Cosmo cricket patterned paper, cut the foliage out and raised on dimensional foam.

I picked up these super gorgeous large bling brads while at Ally Pally and also the decorative punch which you can only just see behind the circle image.

I wanted to put the pictures of my journey with ICSketches sniff but there's a colossal amount to show and so I had to squeeze them into a neat little slide show instead, all thirty seven of them including the card that won my DT position, sniff.

Thank for all your continued support and following me, hope you get the chance to have a go on this weeks sketch, Happy HuGs Kim :)

Stampin Chic - Colour challenge?!!!

It's the turn of the colour challenge this week on Stampin Chic and we are not going to set a couple of colours you have to use, but rather a colour you can't use!
This week we challenge you not to use any white on your creation... have fun!

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Products used: Papers: PM Textured Card, Jesse Edwards collection, Blueberry Hill papers, Stamps: CCSR - Sentiments, Stampin Chic Party, Ink: Vivid - Black, Other: PM - pearls, flowers, felt ribbon, button, Doodlebug - brad, 3d foam, corner rounder,

Thanks for stopping by and there's still plenty of time to have a go at my blog candy, good luck Y HuGs Kim :)

ICS #20

Pop over to Inspirational Card Sketches.... there's another fabulous sketch designed by the very lovely Dawn it will hopefully inspire you, as it did me.

Our sponsor this week is a BRAND NEW company that was started by Melyssa Connolly. She has started Whimsie Doodles, a digital stamp and cutting file store, on etsy. If you stop by Melyssa's blog, you can find out about her Design Team Call!!!!

So using one of her adorable digi stamps I thought would be great for some dimensional paper piecing. I have printed the turtle onto three patterned papers and a plain white. I have then cut each section out and inked the edges and placed in position with dimensional foam. I have completed the turtle with some very much loved stickles glitter. The flame on the "Make a Wish" I have cut, raised and embellished with a little more glitter, LOL!

click on images for a close up.

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Basic Grey: marrakech; Stamps: Whimsie Doodles; Ink: colourbox, printer; markers: copic, inkssentials white; Die's: Nestabilties, embossing folder: Cutb'g; Fiskars: Apron Lace; Grosgrain ribbon: AC; Other: corner rounder,stickles, 3D foam;

Thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim x

ICS Sketches and News...

This Tuesday the very lovely Dawn brings you a fantastic sketch to inspire you, from Inspirational Card Sketches....

I thought I would try one of Dustin Pike's Fabulous designs, I printed onto cotton rag artists paper and coloured with my copic markers! The little addition is the stamp on the shield... it's one of BG boxer stamps. While the stamps were handy I also created a dimensional Rosette with paper piecing and glazed brad.

I have added a banner created with border punch and stamped onto the dp. Finished with a few rub ons and more stamping...

Materials:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, artists cotton rag,
Die's: Nesties - circle, dovecraft border punch,
Stamps: Dustin Pike's - bear knight, BG - boxer insignia, HOTP - sentiment,
Ink: Archival ink - black, copics,
Other: BG - boxer rub ons, BG - glazed brad, 3D foam,

This is a little fun one using Dawn's DT call sketch...

Now, a little while ago I won a stunning stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs through CPS challenge, it happens that the stamp I had one was forever out of stock and so I opted for this gorgeous bird song one and it arrived the other day...

I have coloured this time with my distress inks and water brush, loving this Cosmo Cricket papers and followed the colour theme through! Wanted to try different photo shoot so click on images to enlarge...

Materials:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket paper, watercolour paper,
Die's: Nesties - rectangles, labels 1, Punch - corner rounder,

Stamps: our daily bread designs - sing of the lord,
Ink: Archival Ink - black, Distress inks - various,

Other: Natural string, bg - brads, 3D foam, Tim's blending tool,

Now for the announcement of the new DT at ICS.

These ladies will be joining me, Terrie, Tricia, Olena, Karen and Fink. Please help me welcome and congratulate:

Alecia

Regina

Dolly

Wendi

Claire

Liz

Heather

Rosie

and also these ladies will be our GD Michele (June 2nd & 9th)Laurel (June 16th & 23rd)Heather F. (June 30th & July 7th)
So congratulations Ladies and welcome to the team hope you have lots of fun! HuGs Kim x

Hope you get the chance to have a go at this weeks sketch, looking forward to seeing your inspirations, thanks for stopping by, HuGs Kim