A Couple of Cuties from The Greeting Farm!

Hi all, Elaine here!

I recently created a couple of fun cards with a new favourite stamp set from The Greeting Farm. I thought I would drop by and share them with you over here today. :)

The stamp set is The Greeting Farm - Wild Child and it is currently available over in the Quixotic Paperie store along with lots of other fantastic TGF stamps and sets. As with all TGF images, the characters are a lot of fun to colour up and create with.

The images were stamped on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card and coloured with Copic markers.

Keep your eyes peeled for new arrivals and restocks over at Quixotic Paperie in the next few weeks. There are lots of fun stamps on the way!

Happy crafting!

~Elaine

Floating By With A Card & Some News!

Elaine here, dropping in with a card and some store updates for you!

If you follow the Quixotic Paperie Facebook page or receive the store newsletter you may be aware that I am taking a break from the distractions of Facebook for the whole of September (and possibly longer if I find it really helpful ;) ). As such, there will be no updates to our Facebook page this month. This blog, my personal blog and the store newsletter will be the best places to get all the latest updates and inspiration! I'll be joining the fabulous Delphine here on the store blog more regularly.

If you aren't currently subscribed to the store newsletter, you can sign up HERE. I try not to send newsletters too frequently, so you won't be spammed!

 

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Here are the latest arrivals and offers!  As you can see, there are a couple of pre-orders, and until the deliveries arrive, you can enjoy 10% off the entire ranges as noted below. :)

• The Greeting Farm Sept release & Spooky Kit PREORDER & 10% OFF Stock Due 05/09/2014
• Tiddly Inks clear stamps Fairies and more PREORDER 10% OFF! 
• NEW Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Dragon & Vampire Queen sets 
• Stamping Bella Restocks Just In! 
• NEW Susana Loves Stamps releases from SCACD 
• Dies by SCACD Restocks

I will leave you with a little card I created using some favourite recent arrivals in the store! Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have enjoyed your visit. :)

This card features the sweet mermaid and a sentiment from The Greeting Farm - Magical Beans kit along with the fantastic SCACD Stamps Kelp Forest Background stamp.

~Elaine

Fly with SCACD Stamps

I hope you're having a good weekend so far!

Today I'd like to share a little SCACD Stamps inspiration. I do love their mixed media style stamps, they are so versatile and work in a variety of styles, whether you like to art journal, create cards, tags or other projects.

I created a quick tag featuring a couple of the stamps from the Susana Loves Stamps range.  The gorgeous female silhouette is available either as part of the full Blank Canvas Collection #1 set or in the smaller Blank Canvas Women set. The wings are available in the Blank Canvas Wings set.

I stamped both the woman and wings using Versamark ink on white cardstock and embossed using different embossing powders before cutting them out to layer on my tag. The lettering was created using an alphabet stamp set from my stash. I created the tag background using Tim Holtz Distress Inks and stencils.

That's it from me. Stop by tomorrow as I'm sure Delphine will have something beautiful to inspire you with!

Stamping Bella Seniorita Gladys the SuperHero

Today's card features another of the latest Stamping Bella release stamps. These are still available to pre-order over at Quixotic Paperie, and will hopefully be arriving in stock soon.

Meet Seniorita Gladys the SuperHero, from the Christine Grove collection. I had the most fun colouring her up, chuckling to myself.

I stamped Gladys and her matching sentiment on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card before colouring with Copic markers.

For my background layers, I popped a couple of pieces of Core’dinations cardstock through a Tim Holtz embossing folder, and sanded the raised areas to reveal the lighter core. I covered the join between the two pieces on my card-front with a piece of white ribbon coloured using a Copic marker to match my image.

I hope you've enjoyed checking out my card today, thank you for stopping by!

~Elaine

Stamping Bella Senior-Ita Wanda says MWAH!

Today I'd like to share a card I created using an older Stamping Bella release.

This is Wanda, one of the fabulous Senior-ita stamps illustrated by Christine Grove.  LOVE her!

Wanda comes with coordinating sentiments, but I recently re-discovered this cute alphabet die set at the bottom of a drawer and couldn’t resist using it!

I stamped Wanda on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card before colouring with Touch Twin markers.

The alphabet die set I used is an old Quickutz set – Moxie Alphabet. I adhered the letters to my Distress Ink background before covering them with gold glitter pen and then Glossy Accents. I finished the card off with some gold sequins.

Year of The Horse with SCACD Stamps

Happy Friday!

Today I'd like to share a fun card with you, featuring some stamps from one of my favourite companies - SCACD Stamps.

I used a stamp which was released late last year - SCACD Stamps - Eastern Dreams - Peaceful Warrior (also available as part of the Eastern Dreams stamp set). Absolutely love this stamp, in fact all of the "Mechanimals" Steampunk animals stamps are favourites of mine, they are so much fun to play with.

I stamped Peaceful Warrior on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card before colouring with Touch Twin markers.

I also used a stamp set from the January 2014 "Montage" release, which is a collection of fun elements stamps. This card features Eastern Lanterns, available as a small set or as part of the full Montage Set #1 sheet. I stamped the lanterns with red ink on vellum before cutting them out and placing on my background. I then drew the string freehand with a fine-liner.

The background was created with inks and a Dreamweaver stencil.

Hope you have a great weekend!  Make sure you stop by on Sunday to check out Delphine's latest card, it is bound to be gorgeous!

~Elaine

Uptown Girl Maybelline Loves Mail

Hi folks! It's Elaine again with another card to share featuring one of the new Stamping Bella stamps. :)

The new release from Stamping Bella is currently available to pre-order and is expected in stock at Quixotic Paperie around 10th March (this date may change). The release is already proving popular, so if you would like to ensure you get the stamps as soon as they arrive in the UK, get your pre-order in now!

Today I'd like you to meet another of the new Uptown Girls - Maybelline. Such a pretty little scene, and even with all the detail it is pretty easy to colour.

All of the Uptown Girls come with the matching sentiment you see them pictured with. Of course, you can use them on their own, with die cut wording or another stamp depending on your preferences, but they do come with gorgeous sentiment stamps.

I stamped Maybelline and her matching sentiment on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card before colouring with Copic markers.

I'll be back on Friday to share another card! Thanks for dropping by. :)

Uptown Girl Paisley has a Prezzie!

I thought it was about time I started sharing some of my own cards over here on the store blog again, although the amazing Delphine has been sharing plenty of beautiful inspiration over here!

Today I'd like to share a card I created featuring one of the new Stamping Bella stamps. These are currently available to pre-order and are expected in stock at Quixotic Paperie around 10th March (this date may change). The release is already proving popular, so if you would like to ensure you get the stamps as soon as they arrive in the UK, get your pre-order in now!

Meet one of the new Uptown Girls - Paisley.  Isn't she adorable with that gift hidden behind her back? Love her stripy top too - I have a thing for stripy tops myself!

I stamped and her matching sentiment on my favourite Make it Colour Blending Card before colouring with Copic markers.

I hope your week is off to a great start.  Happy crafting!

~Elaine

Fun with the Stamping Bella Christine Grove Collection!

Hi folks, Elaine here!  It has been a while since I posted over here, apologies for that, but I'll be popping up more often from now on.

You may have heard about the latest releases from Stamping Bella.  These are ALL available to order over on the website now.  The new release is actually in stock now - it arrived on Saturday and pre-orders have been dispatched. I'm still waiting for the second part of my delivery, which includes the restocks of older Uptown Girls designs, but hopefully that will arrive soon!

This new release includes some fantastic new images that all come with a coordinating sentiment: the Christine Grove collection.  You really must check these out, they are H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S. ;-)

Here's a look at what I've done with them so far:

Mimi the Chick Misses You

Tallulah in her Tutu

Parker the SuperPiggy

Brilliant, aren't they?  I can think of lots of occasions to use them for, and they are sure to put a smile on the recipient's face!

Spooky Mischief with Perfect Poison

Hi folks!  It's me - Elaine - here with another spooky card to share.

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out the inspiration from this week and enter the giveaway in >this post<. Tomorrow will be your last chance to enter the giveaway, and Delphine will be here showing off the final spooktacular make in our little event!

The spooky little lady on my card today is PERFECT POISON from Annie Rodrigue's Moonlight Whispers range at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  There really are some fantastic spooky cute images in the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps range, catering for all tastes.

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Make it Colour Blending Card and coloured with ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.

Designer papers are Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor 6×6. The stunning corner diecut was cut using one of the new Dies by SCACD designs – Alice’s Clock Statement Corner. I added a little bow tied with the help of my Bow Easy template, and accented with one of the MFT Die-Namics Halloween Charms diecuts.

I hope you have been enjoying our spooky creations this week, I've certainly been thrilled by the makes the other girls have posted so far! 

Have a wonderful weekend,

~Elaine

Getting Spooky with Quixotic Paperie!

Hi folks, Elaine here with the latest post here on the Quixotic Inspirations blog.

It's starting to get a little chilly here, with October almost upon us.  October happens to be one of my favourite months of the year, I love Autumn and am also rather fond of Halloween.

With lots of Halloween themed stash in stock, it seemed like an ideal time to round up the Quixotic Paperie Design Team and Friends to share some crafty inspiration for this fun holiday.  So, starting today, we have a week of Halloween makes for you!

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GIVEAWAY INFO!

At the end of this post there will be an Inlinkz list for you to submit your name to be in our Halloween prize giveaway. We will be giving away a spooky THIRTEEN small prize packages (the items pictured below are included in the general prize pot, but please note, the winners will receive one or two items chosen by me, not everything in the picture).  All you have to do is enter your name and details in the Inlinkz form at the bottom of this post - please only submit your name ONCE.  You do not need to have a blog to enter.

Winners will be drawn at random on Monday 1st October 2012 and announced here on the blog.

SPOOKTACULAR DAY 1

Today I've got a fun little card to share, featuring one of the adorable characters from the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Too Cute To Spook" sets. 

My tastes are fairly wide ranging, and while I love darker and creepier images just as much, I am definitely a fan of "too cute to spook" images!  These Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps cuties are perfect either for makes aimed at children or at big kids like me.

I also used one of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Halloween Trinkets stamps.  These are perfect for creating clean and simple cards without an image, embellishing treat boxes/bags and of course as shown here, for embellishing cards.  The stamps fit nicely in punched or die cut circles (I used Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut around mine).

The designer paper is from an older Echo Park paper pack, but there are some awesome newer Halloween themed paper packs and pads in stock currently available in the Paper & Cardstock section at Quixotic Paperie.  Check out Graphic45 Happy Haunting, Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor (also in 6x6), Carta Bella All Hallow's Eve (also in 6x6), and My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Halloween.  You will also find one of my favourites from last year - Echo Park Apothecary 12x12 kit with 20% off!

I also used a couple of MFT Die-Namics dies: Stacking Stars and Solid Bracket Border.

And because I couldn't resist, a card I blogged last month using another of the stamps from one of the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps "Too Cute To Spook" stamp sets.

Spooky cute!  I'll leave you now, with the promise that one of the other team members will be along tomorrow with something fantastic to share.

DON'T FORGET - add your name to the Inlinkz list below to enter the prize giveaway!

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Baby Cards with Custom Decorative Tape

I love some of the clear sets available from companies like The Greeting Farm and Some Odd Girl. They are excellent value and some of the little accessory stamps are perfect for creating quick and easy notecards that are also totally adorable.

Today I’d like to share a quick look at how I used the Build-a-Onesie Girl & Boy sets from The Greeting Farm’s clear stamp range. These sets are ideal for creating all sorts of baby themed projects, particularly thank you notes and baby announcements – they look fab with minimal colouring!

After seeing an article in a magazine about creating custom decorative tapes using artist’s masking tape, I decided to dig out my rolls of tape and see how well it would work with markers. It worked pretty well, and is an awesome and fun way to put the little accessory stamps to use. I used Eclipse artist masking tape, which is a nice bright white and has a smooth surface. It is of course quite thin, and so you do need to use a light touch when colouring with alcohol based markers to avoid bleeding. It won’t stand up to a great deal of layering and will saturate quickly, but I didn’t have any problems with this quick colouring project.

I used ShinHan Touch Twin Markers to colour, and you will find the details of colours used at the end of this post. The onesies were stamped on Make it Colour Blending Card and cut out.

 

The final picture shows how the tape looks on the reverse side.

You could easily create enough tape for a set of cards – lay out long strips of the tape, stamp and colour up and then cut to size for each card. Fairly speedy and so effective, not to mention cheap!

Marker details... The list of markers may look huge, but some of the same colours are used throughout and many of them were used to build up the dotty backgrounds on the tape. I didn’t do a great deal of involved colouring/blending on these cards.

Some Of Our Favourites...Belles 'n Whistles

Got another in our 'Some Of Our Favourites' feature and today it is all bout the super gorgeous stamps from Belles 'n Whistles.

These stamps are definitely some of our favourites and I have some beautiful samples from the design team to show you. Elizabeth Bell designed these gorgeous illustrations and many of us who have been in the crafty scene for the last few years cut our colouring teeth using some of these beautiful images!

I shall kick off with this beautiful card from Judy using Little friends.

I know that many of you are getting ready for Halloween and Christmas - nothing like getting ahead is there? Well how about these cuties for your seasonal celebrations?

Elaine uses Little Witch With Broom for her lovely Halloween make.

How about for this lovely Christmas make also from Elaine using Rockin' Around.

So beautiful! Well there is more beautiful in the Belles 'n Whistles category in the shop so grab your coffee and enjoy your Sunday browsing.

Kim

Some Of Our Favourites...The Greeting Farm

So many beautiful stamps, so many beautiful images and The Greeting Farm has oodles of beauty don't you think? I've always had a soft spot for The Greeting Farm and Elaine stocks a whole range of these pretties.

I thought I would give you a Sunday treat and showcase some of the gorgeous makes using The Greeting Farm stamps from the Quixotic Paperie Design Team.

I just love these makes from Mary J using Creepin' Crew - Creepin'

Materials:  Bazzill Kraft cardstock,  BasicGrey Curio paper pad,  Whimsy Party Mini Letter Seals, Sew Easy Tool, Ranger Archival Inkpad in jet black

And who can forget this little beauty from Kim Costello using Miss Anya Hats Off Stamp Set

Materials: Oliver & Amelia - Just For You Set, Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Collection Kit

This little guy from Judy is just the cutest ever! He is Oliver from the My Favourite Thing Set

Materials: MME Stella and Rose 'Hattie', Bakers Twine 

This has got to be one of my all time favourite The Greeting Farm stamps Wild Sprout Ebony, beautifully demonstrated by the boss - Elaine!

Materials: TGF Ebony stamp, Memento Tuxedo Blank ink pad

Aren't they all beautiful? Well there is more inspiration in this slideshow, hope you enjoy and pop on over to see all the gorgeous The Greeting Farm stamps in Quixotic Paperie. 

Kimx

New Mo Manning Rubber from Stamping Bella - IN STOCK!

Three fabulous new Mo Manning rubber stamps from Stamping Bella are now in stock at Quixotic Paperie!

Love them all!  Plus they each come with a perfect sentiment stamp for your projects.

Popular designs from previous releases have also been restocked, so if you've been waiting for a stamp you should find it back in stock!

You can also easily check out the full range of Mo Manning stamps stocked, from both Stamping Bella and Stampavie by visiting the Shop By Artist section!

Copic Colouring Video - Hair #1

Firstly, a big thank you to all of you who left such lovely comments on my first Copic colouring video on Sunday! Hugely appreciated.

In future, I will try and add audio, but for now I have a couple more videos to share featuring the same image. These were all shot in December, so please bear with me on the audio! In the meantime, the Copic colours used are captioned at each stage, and the videos are available in HD so you can get a clear view of how I colour.

This second video shows how I coloured the hair on Mo Manning's "Kissy" for my Thanks Bunches card. As a little bonus, you can also see how I coloured the crown.

As you will see, this time I used my mid-tone first, rather than colouring from dark to light. My starting colour very much depends on the colours I'm using, and the effect I want to achieve - in this case I wanted a soft look, with some texture and depth.

The completed image:

You can find the Mo Manning Kissy rubber stamp from Stamping Bella here in the UK at Quixotic Paperie!


Cardstock used is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth.

If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask away in the comments section here and I will do my best to answer them! I hope you enjoy the video and find it useful – if you do, I’d love to hear from you.

Copic Colouring Video: Skintones #1

After lots of procrastination, I'd like to share my very first Copic colouring video with you all!

This first video will show you how I colour skintones.  Please note – I am not Copic certified, all colouring techniques have been self-taught through watching videos, checking out step by step tutorials and experimenting on my own. This video shows the way I colour – nothing more! I hope it will help some of you experimenting with your own style and techniques!

You will note that there is no sound! I shot this video before Christmas just after buying a new video camera, and I wasn’t quite feeling brave enough to add my ramblings to the mix. I have provided the Copic markers used at each step, and the video is available in HD so you can hopefully get a good look at my colouring style.

The completed image was used on this card – Thanks Bunches!

You can find the Mo Manning Kissy rubber stamp from Stamping Bella here in the UK at Quixotic Paperie!

Cardstock used is Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth.

If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask away in the comments section here and I will do my best to answer them!  I hope you enjoy the video and find it useful - if you do, I'd love to hear from you.

Elaine's Weekly Round-Up!

It's that time of the week again!  I'm here with a round-up of my cards from the past week or so. 

* Carmen Medlin for SCACD - Fresh Picked *

* Papers: My Mind's Eye - Gertie *

 

* Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Krafty Quotes Set #1 *

* Papers: My Mind's Eye - Gertie *

* Carmen Medlin for SCACD - I Want To Play *

* Papers: Memory Box Brioche *

Hope the weekend has been a good one - enjoy the rest of Sunday!

Nifty Fifties Release from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

The latest release from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps is now available on preorder at Quixotic Paperie!

You won't have long to wait for these fantastic new stamps - the delivery is due during the week beginning 14th February 2011!

Order between now and Tuesday 15th February to enjoy our Valentine's Day offer of free P&P on all orders over £45!

Here are my cards from this week using the new stamps!  I had a LOT of fun with these!

Have a fantastic Sunday!

Elaine's Creations - Round Up!

A quick round up of my cards for the last week!

PRODUCTS: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Lily Lemon, Bow-Easy, Marianne D Creatables Die LR0145

PRODUCTS: Mo Manning for Stamping Bella - Young Love, Prima "Madeline" 6x6 pad, Bow-Easy

PRODUCTS: Elisabeth Bell for SCACD - Cameo Rose, Echo Park "Be Mine" papers, Viva Decor Transparent Gloss Gel

PRODUCTS: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Stella Strawberry, Bow-Easy

Hope you've enjoyed checking them out!  Happy Sunday!