April-May Sketch no.6 Challenge Showcase and Random Winner!

What another gorgeous set of cards submitted  for the April-May Sketch Challenge!  Let's start off with our top faves and again, it was so hard to choose but we managed to get to our top 5!  So in no particular order...

Cheryl of She Stamps - beautiful use of papers and dies...

Tara of Craftilicious - a fun birthday card with lovely paper piecing...

Amanda of Amanda's Paper Palace - a gorgeous, feminine monochrome card...

Mari of Poydan Kulma - beautiful muted colours and love the off centre with the image...

Carrie of Carrie's Creative Cards - rich colouring and beautiful embellishing...

I think you'll agree that these are gorgeous and thanks to everyone else for joining in!

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Now on to the random winner of the gift certificate and Mr Random.Org chose...

No 2 - Tina of Handmade by Tina!  Congrats to you!

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The April-May sketch is the last of our challenges for now.  We hope you have enjoyed playing along with us for the past six months, but stay tuned as we have a little something up our sleeves for the blog!

Quixotic Paperie Sketch Challenge - No.6

Happy Sunday everyone!  Mary J here and it's time for new sketch!  Thanks to all of you who joined in with the March/April sketch - I love seeing your creative takes!  Check the post below to see if you're winner!

Okay, so here is my new sketch for April/May...

Here are the deets!

You can enter up to 4 projects and the projects can be anything you like (cards, scrapbook pages, tags, altered art, ATCs, Moos, notebooks etc, etc).  No restrictions regarding products used - simply follow the sketch and enter!  You can do whatever you like - flip, the square can be circle, add embellishments wherever - as long as we can see the main elements of the sketch!

The Quixotic Paperie DT will be using the sketch through the month on some of their projects so don't forget to check back (and their blogs) for some inspiration.

A random winner will receive a £15 voucher to use at Quixotic Paperie! 

And our three top favourites, as chosen by the DT, will be featured on this blog.

So get your crafty juices going!

Add a direct link to your project (not your blog) below and link to this post on your blog post entry.

You have until 15th May to show us your creativity!

   

March-April Sketch no.5 Challenge Showcase and Random Winner!

Another gorgeous set of entries again for the March-April Sketch No. 5 Challenge and you gave us another challenge in choosing our top 3!!

Okay, so the Quixotic Paperie Design Team have put in their votes for their three favourites from the entries to showcase here on the blog.  But we couldn't just choose three so this time we have five favourites!  So in no particular order...

Anita M

 

Nicolchen

 

Heidy

 Mandy

 Jess

 

Gorgeous cards everyone - thank you and everyone else for joining in!

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Now on to the random winner of the gift certificate and Mr Random.Org chose...

No 1. Susie Little!  Well done Susie!

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Want a chance to be showcased and win a £15 Quixotic Paperie voucher?!  I hope you can join us again for the April-May Sketch Challenge that starts tomorrow!

 

Celebrate you

Hi everyone!  Mary J here with a card using those gorgeous Quixotic Paperies goodies!

This gal is so elegant, don't you think?  She is Susana Loves Stamps - Classic Eyes or you can buy her in the Eyes of Dreams set of 4 stamps with a bonus stamp.  I used Viva Decor Pearl Pen and the Viva Decor Glitter Liner to highlight her headdress.  I used those gorgeous elegant papers from the My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks pad and the sentiment is from the Paper Makeup Little Moments Mini set.  Lastly, I finished it off with embellishing with beads for the flower centres and a rich touch of Prima lace.

And do you like the layout?  I used my March-April sketch - if you want a chance to win a £15 voucher to the store, see all the deets here!

That's it from me - see you next week!

* SUSANA LOVES STAMPS NEW RELEASE *
*KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS MARCH RELEASE*

*MAKE IT CRAFTY CHIPBOARD*
*WHIMSY STAMPS SENTIMENTS & DIES*
*ELISABETH BELL COTTAGE CUTIES FROM WHIMSY*
*SYLVIA ZET WEE STAMPS FROM WHIMSY*

Alice: Sketched

Hi everyone :)  It's Sandie here and today I have another Gorjuss card to share with you. I used this month's sketch inspiration when creating my card. You can find out just how you could be in with a chance of winning a £15 voucher for Quixotic Paperie store right HERE. 

For my card today I coloured up Gorjuss Alice. 

My papers are from My Mind's Eye, Miss Caroline: Dolled Up.  I used both classic circle and scalloped circle nestabilities to create the shape of my card, and to cut out my design papers. 

I tied some black and white bakers twine around the card front, securing it in a bow. Then I adhered some leaves and flowers on top of the twine.

You can find Alice and the rest of the Gorjuss girls HERE on the Quixotic Paperie store.
Thanks for dropping in!
Sandie
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February-March Sketch Challenge Showcase and Random Winner!

Ooops!  Sorry everybody - the winners were meant to be have announced ages ago but this has been sitting in draft!  So without further ago, here are the results...


What a fabulous set of entries again for the February-March Sketch Challenge we had a time hard choosing our top 3!!

The Quixotic Paperie Design Team have put in their votes for their three favourites from the entries to showcase here on the blog - thanks to the DT for making the hard decisions! So in no particular order:

 Pami of Pami's Creations for her sassy gorgeous Uptown Girl card...

Dorte of Hos Dorte with this yummy filled mouse...

 Rose of In Rosie's Book with this perfect card for a boy...

Fabulous creations everyone - thank you and everyone else for joining in!

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Now to the random winner of the gift certificate...[drum roll...]

Bilyana of Scrapbooking and Cardmaking for Beginners!  Well done Bilyana!

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Want a chance to be showcased and win a £15 Quixotic Paperie voucher?!  Well come and join in the March-April Sketch Challenge here!

January-February Sketch Challenge Showcase and Random Winner!

We had some gorgeous entries again for the January-February Sketch Challenge, thank you all so much for entering.

The Quixotic Paperie Design Team have put their noodles (aka heads) together and picked their three favourites from the entries to showcase here on the blog - thanks to the DT for making the hard decisions! So in no particular order:

Magda with this adorable baby make...

Amanda R with this cute, sweet make...

Craftilicious with this cool party gal make...

 

Stunning work girls - thank you and everyone else for joining in!

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Now to the random winner of the gift certificate.

Irene of All Occasions Cards, Papers and More!  Well done Irene!

Please get in touch with Elaine at 

Want a chance to be showcased and win a £15 Quixotic Paperie voucher?!  Well come and join in the February-March Sketch Challenge here!

I'm here when you need me...

Happy Thursday everyone!  Have you seen the new Stamping Bella Uptown Girls in the Quixotic Paperie shop?!!  Well, it's Mary J here and those who know me, know that I just luuuurve these fun, modern gals!!  As soon as Elaine put them in the shop last week, this one (plus others!) went straight into my basket and was delivered just in time for me to make this card for today....

This is Perry on her Laptop and it comes with that fab sentiment too!  The paper (another item that fell into my basket!) comes from the new My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks pad.  I used it to paper piece the armchair and you can see where I used my Copics to shade it to give it depth.

And do you like the layout?   I used the new Quixotic Inspirations no. 4 sketch - another one from me so I hope you like it and get to play along this month for a chance to win a £15 Quixotic Paperie voucher!  Check out the deets on the sketch post here! 

That's it from me today - see you next Thursday for more QP gorgossity!

Quixotic Paperie Sketch Challenge - No.4

A big thanks to everyone who joined in the last sketch - we had some beautiful entrants and we have some difficult decisions to make!  Winners will be announced on Saturday.  So it's the new sketch for February/March from me, Mary J, again and I hope it gets your creative juices going...

Here are the deets!

You can enter up to 4 projects and the projects can be anything you like (cards, scrapbook pages, tags, altered art, ATCs, Moos, notebooks etc, etc).  No restrictions regarding products used - simply follow the sketch and enter!  You can do whatever you like - flip, the square can be circle, add embellishments wherever - as long as we can see the main elements of the sketch!

The Quixotic Paperie DT will be using the sketch through the month on some of their projects so don't forget to check back (and their blogs) for some inspiration.

A random winner will receive a £15 voucher to use at Quixotic Paperie! 

And our three top favourites, as chosen by the DT, will be featured on this blog.

So what are you waiting for?

Add a direct link to your project (not your blog) below and link to this post on your blog post entry.

You have until 13th March to show us your creativity!

Please link your entries for this month's Quixotic Sketch Challenge below:

Cheers to you!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Mary J here with a classy card suitable for all my sophisticated work mates! 

This is such a cool gal - this is Kraftin Kimmie's Everyday Girls Sophia and she comes with two matching sentiments (including the one on the front of my card).  I used my trusty Bazzill Basics Kraft cardstock with papers from the Cosmo Cricket Upcycle pad.  For my embellishments, I used Marianne D Creatables Chinese Rose dies (currently with 25% off in the sale!) with 10mm pearl beads.

I used this month's Quixotic Inspirations sketch again, using the basic layout but with a square cardbase instead - it's not cheating, honest guv!!  You can still play along until 13 February for a chance to win a £15 prize!  Link your projects up here!

That's it from me today except to tell you [very excitedly] that the new Stamping Bella's Uptown Girls, Some Odd Girl stamps and My Minds Eye 6x6 pads are in stock now!  Check out all the new products here!