Get Your Shabby Chic On

We all love a bit of distressing with a bit of Shabby Chic thrown in for good measure don't we? My make today is a follow on from my Shabby Chic make from last Saturday. It is a little Shabby Chic New Home Tag and I thought I would share some of the making process with you today.

What you will need:

Paper and card - Cream card, designer papers Pink Paislee Sweetness pad is perfect as it has some lovely Shabby Chic colours and the big flowers to cut out.

Image - I've used the SCACD Guardian Hearth and Home, perfect for my 'Home' theme

Glitter Glue - Viva Decor Glitter Liner Holo-Iridescent

Crystals - I've used some Prima crystals but you can easily use Flat Backed gems or the Viva decor pens with your Bazzill Jewel Templates

Other stash bits and bobs - Glue, leaf skeleton, keyhole, Alpha stamps, seam ripper, Blending foam/ tool

Inks - Distress ink, Archival ink Coffee and jet black

Layers, Layers, Layers! I want to matt and layer my tag so I cut out three sizes of tags with the cream card as the background and then the designer papers getting progressively smaller but only by a few millimetres. I've also cut out one of the lovely flower patterns from the Pink Paislee Sweetness pad, so pretty!

Inky Fingers! I wanted to slightly darken the pink layer as it wasn't quite the colour I wanted so used my blending tool and distress inks to roughly intensify the colour. If you haven't got a blending tool or even some of the Rangers foam, don't worry - dig out a clean make-up sponge!

Oh I'm just so distressed! Yep it is time to get a but distructive - be brave - you can do it! I use my seam ripper on the edges of the paper and card and if you aren't sure what a seam ripper is, or it is called something else where you are from, I mean one of these:

They are usually easily obtainable from your local haberdashery and you can often pick them up for under £1 (but I have seen them more pricey!)

Oooo Shiney! Glitter time is here again and I've used the Viva Decor Glitter Liner Holo-Iridescent on all of the card and paper edges to add more Shabby Chic sparkle. This step takes a little patience but it is worth it!

Ok so everything is dry, you have coloured your image and stamped out the sentiment so all you need to do is stick it all together and add your gems and extras!

Quick - Shiny distraction alert!

Enjoy your weekend!

Kimx

Tutorial - Colouring on Kraft paper with Prismacolor pencils

Hi Guys,

I thought for my Quixotic Paperie post today I would show you a simple tutorial on colouring on Kraft paper with prismacolor pencils.

Now be gentle with me.......this is my first time doing a  colouring tutorial on my blog! I also feel that it might be improved by doing a video rather than a series of pictures but bear with me and I might get brave enough to do that one day!!

So I used as my image the 'Little Dreamer' from The Greeting Farm available from Quixotic Paperie. You can also now buy your Kraft cardstock direct from Quixotic Paperie here.

Now colouring with pencils on Kraft gives a very vibrant colour and leaves a soft effect almost like using pastels. I rarely use Mineral Spirits for blending when working on Kraft. Instead I use my lightest pencil to do the blending work for me. I will explain as I go along!

 Step 1:
Stamp your image onto Kraft paper/card stock.  I like to begin with colouring with my lightest colour pencil. That is simply my preference. I feel that more colour can always be added....but it is much harder to take it away!  I am risk averse...so I start with the colour that is least likely to go wrong! So for this image I started with 'Beige' and coloured where I thought the highlights in her hair would land. In this instance I chose my light source to be coming directly at the back of her hair...not from the side. Don't forget to add little highlights with the 'Beige' on her pig tails!

 Step 2:
I took the darkest brown colour for her hair 'Dark Umber' and then added where the deepest shadows would fall on her hair

 Step 3:
To blend the darkest and lightest browns I took a middle shade of brown to blend them both together. I used 'Light Umber'. I blended with linear strokes (rather than circular) to give the hair some texture.  I did not want it to appear totally smooth.

 Step 4:
Finally for the last step in colouring the hair I took the 'Black' pencil and added a small amount to the very darkest places of her hair, for example, the parting of her hair and where the pigtails begin.

 Step 5:
I wanted to give her some ground to sit on so I used 3 shades of 'Cool Grey' to achieve this. I started with the lightest 'Cool Grey'. I then added a smaller amount of 'Cool Grey 70%', then finally just under her bottom where she is sitting I added the darkest shade of  'Cool Grey 90%'.

 Step 6:
  We are now going to add the reds for the strawberry and her hair bow and her skirt. I picked out 3 shades again to work with ; Blush Pink, Scarlet Lake, Tuscan Red (shown in the corner of the photo).  Add your pink  (lightest shade) first to the areas that would be lightest, the centre of the strawberry, the tips of the hair bows and the sections of her skirt. Then add the Scarlet Lake and finally the Tuscan Red to the deepest shadows. Blend them all togther with your lightest shade: Blush Pink. Go back and add more shadows to the darkest areas if you feel it is necessary.

 

Step 7: Finally colour the reamining areas of the image with your 3 brown shades that we used for the hair : Beige, Light Umber and Dark Umber. Start with the lighest colour and add to the centre of the rucksack, then add the Dark Umber to the edges of the rucksack and finally blend them all together with your mid brown colour.

Thank you for bearing with me so far. I appreciate this is a lot of text to read. I hope the photos show clearly how I acheived each step of the image. If you have any questions please ask and I will attempt to answer them.

I have not had the time to make this image into a card...but as they say 'It will be coming to a blog near you soon!'

Thanks for your visit today!

Judy x

Orange you a good friend!

Hello everyone!  It's Thursday so that means it's my time to show a card for Quixotic Inspirations.  This week I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Olivia Orange and the inside sentiment is from a Paper Makeup stamp set called Little Moments Mini Sentiments.

 

 

I'm also really pleased that Quixotic Paperie are now stocking my fave kraft cardstock - I love using this for my card bases.  I had a lot of fun colouring Olivia Orange in with my Copics - really great for practicing those shading skills - you can't help but do a good job with them!  

I highlighted the pearls in her hair and the dress trims with my Sakura clear Stardust pen - just right for those teeny tiny areas!  In the close up below you can also see where I've used my Viva Decor Pearl Pen in cream.  As much as I love my flat backed pearls and gems, sometimes you just need something smaller and Viva Decors allow you to control whatever size you want.  I gotta experiment more with them!

Okay, that's it for me today - see you next week with my very first tutorial!

Take Care

Hello! It's Kim here... 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. 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.

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

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

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Twinkle Twinkle

Evening! Bit late today but Picasa has not been my friend at all today:( Anyway here I am with a make featuring one of my fave lines from Quixotic Paperie-Paper Make-Up Stamps-along with fab character stamps from Monsters to Fairies they do some awesome Sentiments and just some really versatile images so if you've not discovered them yet you're in for a treat!

Today I've used this lovely sentiment which says, "We can't all be stars but we can twinkle". Love it! You can snag it here. The sentiments make such a lovely feature on a card I think!

I also dug out my Tim Holtz papers-Vintage Shabby-they're such a pretty pack! I stitched all the edges and distressed the edges and then went mad with some Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Silver around all the edges of the paper. And also a bit of Prima Say it in Crystals.

Be back next week! Rowena xxx

A Few From Elaine!

I'm a day late with this, but here goes!  A quick round up of some creations from me (Elaine) in the past week.

PRODUCTS: Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - New Friends, Marianne D In His Meadow papers, Bow-Easy, 4mm pearls

PRODUCTS: Mo Manning for Stamping Bella - Bye-Bye Girl, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 papers, Bow-Easy

PRODUCTS: Mo Manning for Stamping Bella - Bye-Bye Boy, Echo Park Little Boy papers

PRODUCTS: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Princess Petunia, Bow-Easy, Shimmerz paint

Hope this week is a good one for all of you!

Sparkly Saturday

Saturday is 'Sparkle Day'! I've got a sparkler for you today using the Prima clear stamps and Memory Box Pixie Paper with added sparkle from Viva Decor Glitter Liners!

Oh I do love a bit of sparkle as I'm sure you all do to! 

I've 'nested' the image on one of the fabulous Marianne Designs Creatable doily die cuts which works brilliantly with vellum by the way! For your charm fix have a look at the offers Elaine has at the moment!

That is it from me today.

Have a lovely Sparkly Saturday.

Kimx

Winter Friends by SCACD

Hiya folks! It is Friday! Are you all looking forward to the weekend?

I know I am !

But back to today...Friday is going to be my (Judy's) regular day for showcasing some of the lovely products available at Quixotic Paperie. And if I am feeling brave I might even have a wee tutorial here and there!

So onto the card. I have used the beautiful image by Elisabeth Bell from SCACD called 'Winter Friends'. The image is coloured with copics and a generous amount of stickles :). The papers I have used are from Marianne Design and are called 'In the Meadow'.  The arrangement of flowers is a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima flowers. The little pearl spray is available here. I always like to add that to my little flower bunches :)

Thanks for your visit today!

Judy xx

Copics used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20

Top: B000, B00, B02

Trousers: E41, E43, E44, E47,
Background: R000, R00, R20

Hair: Y13, Y17, E08

Hey dude!

Hello everyone, Mary J here!  Although not my very first time creating for Quixotic Inspirations, it is my very first time writing up a post directly on the blog!  I'll be here every Thursday with a new creation and perhaps even - and I'm committing myself now - some tutorials!

So my card today is using the uber cutie Ian from The Greeting Farm I Heart Sweaters stamp set.  I've been mulling over my valentine's day card for hubby Steve and ... well ... let's just say he's not the soppy type!  So all those hearts and red and passionate looking cards - they're a no no!  So this is what I came up with...

 

I told you it wasn't very romantic but it should suit him well!  And I love that sentiment "you warm my heart" - which is part of the I Heart Sweaters stamp set too.  I used my current fave paper pack My Minds Eye Fine & Dandy True Blue paper pack (which currently has 10% off so get over there QUICK!). 

Have a great weekend (afterall, it is nearly Friday!) and see you next Thursday!

You're a Sweetie...

Good afternoon! It's Kim here... wanted to stop by with a little card made using lots of goodies found in Quixotic Paperie

I used the NEW MEMORY BOX 6x6 - PIXIE papers, the adorable Oliver from The Greeting Farm - Oliver & Amelia - Just For You Set, coloured using copics. The sentiment from the set I have combined using Whimsy Shapeology Die - Ticket and the blank image from the Whimsy Friendship Ticket Sentiments Set.

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

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

BiG HuGs Kim :)

Shake It!

Good afternoon! It's Rowena here-I'm back after a little break and it feels great to be back with QP again! A while ago Elaine sent this fab Kraftin Kimmie image-Vivienne and I've finally had chance to get her coloured in and made into a card! I think this is a perfect Birthday card for a friend!

I decided to go for a classy black and white colour scheme with a splash of colour from the peacock feathers. I've coloured Vivienne entirely with copics, I also added a glitter spica pen on her hair. The flowers are made with some punches and I added a super sparkly Prima flower centre-love these! The bling I used is Bazzill-these are my favourite clear gems for sure-and with the templates they're even better!

That's it from me today-have a lovely afternoon/evening and see you again next week! Rowena x

Friends of Quixotic Paperie: Jane Johnson

The lovely Jane Johnson has been at it again, creating gorgeous cards! 

Firstly I'd like to share a very recent creation, using the stunning Guardian of Hearth & Home stamp by Carmen Medlin for SCACD Stamps.  This image is a favourite of mine, and Jane has created a beautiful card showcasing it.

You can view the card and full details over in this post on Jane's blog.  I love the magical effect Jane has created, and the dress looks so striking coloured in white on kraft cardstock.  Jane has also used Stempelglede stamps to accent, which leads nicely into the next cards I would like to share with you!

Over the past couple of months, Jane has created a number of beautiful samples using Stempelglede stamps. Rather than just show you one or two, I've put together a little gallery gathering them together.  Make sure you check out all the inspiration.  You can find all the cards on Jane's blog - Jane's Lovely Cards - and you can find the Stempelglede stamps over at Quixotic Paperie!

Friend of Quixotic Paperie: Pops

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend and enjoying a relaxing Sunday, maybe with a little crafting time thrown in!

Today I'd like to share a couple of recent creations by a lovely Friend of Quixotic Paperie - Pops!  Pops always creates lovely, detailed cards featuring adorable images and lots of gorgeous flowers!

This first card was posted a week or so ago, and was created by Pops for the Sundays for Santa group on Facebook.  The group is an open one, with the aim of making a Christmas card each week to try and avoid that November/December rush!

The image is Victoria Case - Snow Fun .  The ticket was created using the Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die and Whimsy Stamps Holiday Ticket Sentiments.

The second card I'd like to share with you is one Pops created using the adorable Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - Wish Upon a Star.

So sweet!  Again, Pops has embellished the card using the fabulous Whimsy Stamps Ticket Die, this time with the original Whimsy Ticket Sentiments set.

Make sure you stop by Pops' blog to leave her some love, and check out some of her other work!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January Release!

The latest fabulous release from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is now available to order at Quixotic Paperie!

There are SIX gorgeous images from Annie Rodrigue and FIVE adorable animals by Crissy Armstrong. 

The stamps will be in stock and dispatching on Tuesday 18th January - secure yours now, not long to wait!

Also now available - the latest Creatables Dies from Marianne D!

Check out all the latest additions under "New Products" at http://www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk/

Bee My Valentine!

Hey Guys, it is Saturday and that means you get a make from little old me today! I've got a little Valentine's make for you. I've used the lovely Memory Box Pixie papers with poor little Kraftin Kimmies Valentine Willard stamp but if you look at that splash of yellow thread you will see the Sew Easy Tool in action!

Thanks for popping by!

Kimx