Mail Art For A Long Weekend

Hi Guys, hope you are having a good weekend. For those of you getting the two bank holidays - hope you are having a lovely LONG weekend - could get use to this!

Got a little mail art for you today, something a little different from my usual cards. I've decorated an envelope using the fabulous Artistic Outpost stamps and some journal stamps I already had in my stash.

I've used the fabulous Ephemeral Background set which is just so useful.

With the wonderful Steampunk Stamp set which has so many fabulous Steampunk themed stamps to keep me busy for a good while yet!

I think you can tell I love these stamp sets!

My list of projects using them are getting a little out of hand!

Don't forget the Quixotic Paperie weekend special:

FREE P&P ON UK ORDERS OVER £25

PLUS A SELECTION OF SPECIAL OFFERS!

RANGER & TIM HOLTZ PRODUCTS 10% OFF!

OFFERS END MIDNIGHT MONDAY 2ND MAY 2011

Catch you next week.

Kim

A New Gorjuss Girl - Little Heart

Wooo  hoooo...is anyone excited??? I am....once this is all posted I will be sitting down watching The Big Day! I can still remember watching Charles and Di getting married on an old colour telly that we hired for the day! 

Even my kids are excited about today....maybe that is because they are getting the day off school!

OK down to business. Today I have to share with you some gorgeous goodies from Quixotic Paperie. Can I just say that Elaine's shop goes from strength to strength. I have to resist temptation to buy all the lovely goodies she has in stock. I feel incredibly lucky to be designing for her. Here is the  link to all the 'New Arrivals' . See if you can resist!

 

This Gorjuss Girl is called 'Little Heart' and she comes with some lovely little additional images. The papers I used today are from Prima 'Moulin Rouge'.

Don't forget that this weekend there is special offer of free postage on any orders over £25.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Judy

Victoria Case for SCACD - PreOrder!

SCACD Stamps have just released two adorable new Victoria Case images.

Isn't that deer gorgeous?! 

The stamps are arriving here at Quixotic Paperie during the week beginning 2nd May 2011, and you can preorder yours now! 

Perfect time to order some other new stash and take advantage of the Free P&P on UK orders over £25 this weekend!

Royal Wedding & Bank Holiday Special Offers!

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QUIXOTIC PAPERIE

ROYAL WEDDING/BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL

FREE P&P ON UK ORDERS OVER £25

PLUS A SELECTION OF SPECIAL OFFERS!

RANGER & TIM HOLTZ PRODUCTS 10% OFF!

OFFERS END MIDNIGHT MONDAY 2 MAY 2011

MY MINDS EYE NEW 6x6 & 12x12

WHIMSY STAMPS APRIL RELEASE IN STOCK

*NEW* ARTISTIC OUTPOST STAMP SETS

NEW BASIC GREY 6X6 PADS!

MAKE IT CRAFTY STAMPS - CARNIVAL!

MAKE IT CRAFTY LASERCUT CHIPBOARD

GORJUSS STAMPS IN STOCK!

NEW COSMO CRICKET 6x6 PADS!

NEW TIM HOLTZ GOODIES!

EZ MOUNT BACK IN STOCK!

ECHO PARK 6x6 PAPER PADS

A sweet wish

Mary J here with a card to show off some of my current faves from Quixotic Paperie!  Now, don't fall over but my make today does NOT use a stamp!  I know, what was I thinking?!!  But I fell in love with this cupcake die by Marianne D Creatables - it really is super sweet, huh?!

 

 

Of course when I think of cupcakes I normally think of birthdays but actually I'm finding it is really versatile by using "sweet" - sweet wishes, sweet friend, thanks for being sweet, you are too sweet - see what I mean?!  I'm gonna get a lot of use out of this!  I teamed my cupcake up with paper from the Echo Park Little Girl collection kit - I haven't got much of this left  :(  so must try to make it last longer!  You can't see it in the photo, but I also used my transparent Viva Decor gloss pen on the pink cherry to help make it POP!

That's it from me today - see you next Thursday!

Customer Spotlight: Jenny "My Inky Hands"

Time to throw the spotlight on another of our fantastic customers!  This time, I'd like to share a few cards by JENNY - MY INKY HANDS featuring those adorable Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps Peekers.

Gorgeous, aren't they?  Thank you for letting me share them, Jenny!

OK, it's not a totally new card

...but I wanted to show you something with a brand new stuff Elaine has in!

Here you can see Brooklyin Babe from Whimsy Stamps and two really exciting new background stamps from Make It Crafty carnival collection - Circus Tent and Ticket Booth.

And, of course, my favorite Treasured Moments Tickets as well.

And, of course one of the Joys Of My Life - a bakers twine, lol.

And intricate corner is from a laser cut chipboard set now available from Quixotic as well!!

And to show you a full extent of gorgeousness of those laser cut chipboard embellies, just look at that:

And those beautiful filigree circles and flower centers and corners - all cool laser cut chipboard which I just lightly sponged with metallic acrylic paint. It warms my heart to see that stuff now more readily available in UK and Europe as well, hurry before Elaine runs out of stock! Soon you won't see a card of mine without them ....sooo effective and versatile.
And I'm easily obsessed, lol

Oh, and see all the pearls? I have recently become terribly clever (cough) and cost-effective and don't get self-adhesive pearls and gems any more.Instead I get loose flat back ones and just stick them on either with Tombow or glue gel. Quixotic has a good colour selection in 2 different sizes here. Next time I'm putting in an order I'm gonna try out THOSE, just look at the colour!

 Now, that's it from me this week - see you again here next Monday!
Hugs

Right Ho!

Hey all, I missed you all last week, but I'm back, from out of space and I have a make using my new favourite vintage stamps, the Artistic Outpost stamps that Elaine has stocked over at Quixotic Paperie.

There are two sets in this make the The Ephemeral Background set and the Steampunk Stamp set.

A bit of Ranger Distress ink colouring and Elaine has the new Distress ink stains in stock. 

Before I go have you seen the fabulous new items in stock? Well worth a look-see:

NEW BASIC GREY 6X6 PADS!

MAKE IT CRAFTY STAMPS - CARNIVAL!

MAKE IT CRAFTY LASERCUT CHIPBOARD

GORJUSS STAMPS IN STOCK!

NEW COSMO CRICKET 6x6 PADS!

PLUS From 21st April 2011 to midnight on Monday 25th April 2011 all UK orders

over £30 will enjoy FREE P&P

Time to stock up me thinks!

Have fun!

Kim

Little Freiend - Belles and Whistles

Hiya folks,

Happy Easter you you all! I hope you all have a wonderful  sun-filled weekend.

Today is Friday and that means it is is my turn to share with you some lovelies from Quixotic Paperie.

First up we have this gorgeous stamp 'Little Friends' released by Belles and Whistles, available to but here in the UK from Quixotic Paperie.

So now a whole bunch of Elisabeths' Sweet Art' (originally from Sugar Nellie) have now been released again. Click here to check out the whole collection.

I have coloured the image with prisma pencils and have used chalk for the sky background.  I also used some Go Kreate dies to cut the wavy shapes....I quite like it!

Thanks so much for your visit today :)

All your comments are very  much appreciated!

Judy xx

Easter Weekend Offer & Latest Arrivals!

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Well, the sun is still shining here in Dorset.  Fingers crossed the weather forecasts are correct and there will be lots of lovely sunshine over the Easter Weekend!

Lots to update you on today, but first a special offer for Easter!

21st April 2011 to midnight 25th April 2011

FREE P&P ON UK ORDERS OVER £30

Happy Easter everyone! :)

Now, on to the latest arrivals!  There are lots of gorgeous new goodies in stock, and you can see them all with ease under New Products at Quixotic Paperie.

The fabulous new GORJUSS STAMPS arrived yesterday!  We have the kling mounted rubber stamps and also the A6 clear stamp sets.  They are all irresistible!

Restocks of those popular MAKE IT CRAFTY STAMPS have arrived, along with some new additions including the fantastic new Carnival themed stamps.  LOVE these.

We also now have the fabulous MAKE IT CRAFTY LASERCUT CHIPBOARD.  Gorgeous packs of detailed lasercut chipboard to embellish your projects - perfectly sized for cardmaking!

Lovely new 6x6 paper pads have arrived in stock from COSMO CRICKET and BASIC GREY this week.

PLUS some yummy TIM HOLTZ goodies have arrived in stock including the CROWDED ATTIC PAPER STACK and KRAFT GLASSINE STASH.

PHEW!  Plenty to choose from. :)  Have a fantastic weekend, whatever you're up to!

~Elaine

Just a note...

Hi everyone, Mary J here!  I hope your week is going well and there is lots of sunshine wherver you are like there has been in the UK!

My card today uses one of the new releases in Elisabeth Bell's Spring release called Letter to a Friend - I write a lot to mine so this is going to get a lot of use!

 

Isn't she great - it really looks like she's being thoughtful, ready to write her message!  I matched her up with that gorgeous paper from the My Minds Eye Stelle & Rose Gertie paper pad and added those gorgeous beads in the roses - you can buy different sizes of these beads here.

The Spring release set is really gorgeous and you can get the whole set here and it's currently in offer for £23.99 - that's 25% off!   That works out to less than £4.80 each (normally £6.45 each!).  Also in the shop are the new Kraftin' Kimmies - the fairies are just GORGEOUS!  Some of those will probably find their way into my shopping basket...


That's it from me today - enjoy the rest of your week!

Shabby Chic with Artistic Outpost

Evening! Running very late tonight but wanted to make sure I popped on and showed you these little lovelies! I am absolutely in love with Artistic Outpost and all their gorgeous designs and they fit really well with 'my style' so it's great fun playing with them! I've used the Set 'Birds of a Feather' to make these 3 bookmarks with. personally I think a bookmark is one of the most lovely little gifts you can get-especially if it's been handmade-something you keep for years and use, and just so pretty!

All the papers are from Basic Grey and I've inked them all up also. You'll be seeing lots more Artistic Outpost makes from me so keep tuned!

Don't forget to check out all the New Arrivals at QP-Elaine's house must be a lovely little treasure trove of stash! I'm especially loving the new 6 x 6 Cosmo Cricket pads.

Be back again soon! Rowena

A little showing-off and some Copic tutorials...

Hi, I am Annika The Messy and I'm the new girl here ... so be gentle, OK?! :)

I'd like to show you couple of cards I made last week:

Those cards are both featuring new stamps from Whimsy Stamps April release and the good new are they are on preorder HERE on Quixotic Paperie - along with a cool ticket stamps with a matching ticket die I used on the first card. One of my most versatile sentiment sets ever!

I also quite recently made a little video tutorial on how to colour facial features of Kenny K images the way I do it - I love to add them a bit of dimension and drama. The image I'm colouring is called Kitty Katastrophy.


And if you are curious how to do the Copic sky like on the second card - it's really easy and I have a little tutorial here:


Oh, and do you know what I'm REALLY excited about? Echo Park 6x6 pads, that's what! I have always been a fan of their papers and having them in scaled-down card-friendly format is just what doctor ordered!

And I am really curious about the Sew Easy tool which is now back in stock - if ANYTHING makes paper piercing and hand stitching a bit faster and more effortless the it's a must-have!

OK, I'll stop babbling now before somebody stuffs a sock into my mouth!

Wishing you all loadsa fun crafting and I'll be back here next Monday!
Hugs
Annika The Messy

Customer Spotlight - Katy - Magnolia Girlie

Today I'd like to put one of our fantastic crafty customers in the spotlight for a moment!

The lovely Katy - Magnolia Girlie, has been playing with the new Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Peekers stamps, and has already blogged a couple of gorgeous cards featuring them!

Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Hey Birdy Peeker

Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - New Beginnings Peeker

Lovely, no?  Do pop over to Katy's blog and leave her some love, I know she'd be thrilled to hear from you!

Thank you Katy, for allowing me to share your cards!

If any of you would like to be in the spotlight (blog or no blog) just drop me an email with pictures of your cards featuring stamps/products stocked at Quixotic Paperie, especially if you've been playing with the adorable Peekers!

Foo!

I know what you're thinking - what?!  Mary J been working too hard and can't speak properly, heh?  Let me explain the title of my post by introducing you to Foo!

 

 

This little cutie Foo is by Paper Makeup and comes with that cool sentiment too - I have plenty of these days as I'm sure we all do!

I used my trusty Bazzill kraft cardstock and that checked paper is from the My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Hattie paper pad (I'm sad cos there's not much left of mine!) and you can buy sublime Divine Twine here!

Have you been to the Quixotic Paperie shop recently?  Echo Park 6x6 pads have arrived (get behind the queue!), along with the Summer Days 12x12 kit and Fancy Pants Beach Bum and Beach Babe 6x6 pads.

Whimsy Stamps April release is on preorder, due to arrive next week and lastly, restocks of the Sew-Easy tool and Bazzill Basics Jewel Templates arrived!



That's it from me today - thanks for visiting and see you next week!

Let's Hang!

Hello, it's Kim here running a bit later then usual, busy time with the little ones on Easter holiday...

I still haven't inked all the wonderful characters in the The Greeting Farm - Stamp Kit- Creeper Crew - Creepin' and picked the fabulous Noah for my card. Used my favourite My Mind's Eye - 6x6 Paper Pad - Stella & Rose - Mabel and heat embossed the sentiment.

These are the copics I used! I went for sun kissed dreds with a beachy look!

Now why not check out....

WHIMSY STAMPS APRIL PREORDER

ECHO PARK 6x6 PAPER PADS

FANCY PANTS BEACH BUM & BEACH BABE

ELISABETH BELL FOR SCACD PEEKERS

BELLES 'N WHISTLES APRIL RELEASE

CRAFT STAMPER MAG - MAY 2011 ISSUE

Thanks for stopping by hope it inspires!

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Whimsy Stamps April Release Preorder!

Whimsy Stamps are back with another fantastic release! 

The stamps and dies are expected in stock at Quixotic Paperie during the week beginning 18th April 2011.  You can preorder them now, along with expected restocks of popular items!

**LATEST ARRIVALS**

ECHO PARK 6x6 PAPER PADS

FANCY PANTS BEACH BUM & BEACH BABE 6x6

ELISABETH BELL FOR SCACD PEEKERS

BELLES 'N WHISTLES APRIL RELEASE

CRAFT STAMPER MAG - MAY 2011 ISSUE

Introducing: Annika - Another Messy Crafter!

I am thrilled to announce that we have a fabulous new addition to the Quixotic Paperie Design Team!  I'm sure many of you are familiar with her work already, but if not, you are in for a treat!

** Annika Ryan - Another Messy Crafter **

Do pop on over to Annika's blog and check out her gorgeous work.  While there you will find lots of cards featuring Whimsy Stamps and Make It Crafty, both of which are stocked at Quixotic Paperie.

Here are a few of my favourites from Annika's blog!

Whimsy Stamps: Valerie's Spring Rain

Whimsy Stamps - Kenny K Troublemaker

Whimsy Stamps - Smell the Flowers

Whimsy Stamps - Tippy by the Tail

As you can see, Annika's work is fabulous, not only because of her colouring, but in the layouts and use of patterned papers and accessory stamps.  Totally inspiring!