Opal the Optimist

Good morning!! Today I have a little White on White inspiration to share, featuring Opal the Optimist from Stamping Bella. 

I stamped my image onto Make it Colour blending card and coloured it up with copic markers. I cut her out in a circle using Nestabilites, and mounted it onto a scalloped circle. I used various dies and an embossing folder to add loads of extra detail and texture to the card. 

Sandie

xxx

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Happy Birthday and SALE!

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today with a little birthday card using the adorable Wryn - August is a busy month for me with LOTS of birthdays, so I'd better be ready!

I used the Tiddly Inks Happy Day clear stamp set for this card. I stamped Wryn on Make It Colour Blending Card, and stamped a little present too. I coloured with my Copics, then cut out my images. The red heart was made with a Greeting Farm die from the Film & Polaroid die set, and the sentiment is from the Tiddly Inks Happy Day set.

Copics used for Wryn:

Skin: E000, 00, 02, 11, R20

Hair: C3, 5, 7, 9

Outfit: R81, 83, 85, 89, C1, 3, 5, 7

And before I go, remember there is 10% OFF STOREWIDE until midnight tonight July 28th!
Thank you very much for your visit, have a great Sunday! Hugs,
Delphine xx

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Fairy Tenderhearted

Hello everyone! Delphine here to share a card featuring of the four new adorable stamps by Tiddly Inks - Fairy Tenderhearted...

My Fairy is coloured with Copics on Make It Colour Blending card. The sentiment is from the same Fairy Tenderhearted set and there are several others included and accessories too. I added a punched border I made with a Fiskars punch, a piece of ribbon and some pearls. Oh and of course I put a lot of stickles on my Fairy's wings!

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday! Hugs
Delphine xx

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You make me smile

It's with sadness today that I write this post.  I have been on Elaine's design team for Quixotic Paperie for 2 and a half years but I have now decided to step down from this fab team.  :(  A big thank you to Elaine for having me on board - not only have I loved playing with the gorgeous stash, it's been a privilege to have made friends with such a kind, sweet person too!  I will miss the team too - big waves to Sandie and Delphine!

So, for my last Quixotic Inspiration project I have made this card...

I love this wistful, sweet monster!  This is SCACD Oddly Sweet Moments and you can either buy him here or in a the set here.  I stamped him on my favourite Make It Colour blending cardstock and then coloured him in with my Copics and used my MFT Die-Namics - Fishtail Flags STAX to layer the papers.

Okay, well I am off for now for the very last time here at Quixotic Inspirations!  Thanks for visiting and take care!

 

Swinging here, thinking of you

Hi everyone!  It's Mary J here with another make using up some of those gorgeous Quixotic Paperie goodies!  Today I have a card for a friend who is going through a difficult time so I wanted to let her know she's in my thoughts...

I love this wistful girl.  She is Stamping Bella's Matilda on her Swing by illustrator Amariah Rauscher.  I stamped her on Make It Colour Blending card and coloured her with my Copics.  I also used MFT Die-Namics - Fishtail Flags Layers STAX with the sentiment that also comes with Matilda. 

Okay, I am off now.  Thanks for visiting and I will see you again soon with another Quixotic Inspiration make!

 

You are dino-mite!

Hello, it's Mary J here today to share some goodies I used from the Quixotic Paperie store!  I made this card using one of the super sweet characters from the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Cute-a-saurus...

I stamped him on Make It Colour Blending card and created the bed leaves using MFT Die-Namics - Vine Border and I stamped the matching sentiment from the set using Fishtail Flags stax.

I'm off now - thanks for stopping by and I'll see you soon with another Quixotic Paperie make soon!

  

A better place with you!

Hello everyone!  Mary J here with my regular spot to show you a card I made with some of my current favourite goodies in the Quixotic Paperie store!  I've made this card for a very good friend of mine who is always there for me...

This lovely lady is Gorjuss - Poppy Wood who I stamped onto Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured in with my Copics.  I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Ginger paper pad and the sentiment is from the Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls - Felicity & Blair.  I also used lots of My Favorite Things Die-Namics - of course!

Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose

Leaf-Filled Flourish 

Solid Bracket Border 

Designer Labels 4 Stax

 I'm off to start my weekend - woo hoo!  See you back here next Friday with another Quixotic Inspiration make!

Happy Holidays

Hello all - Delphine here for some Sunday inspiration! Have you seen the special offers at the store, 20% off The Greeting Farm stamps, Whimsy stamps, paper pads and more? See it all here, but hurry it ends tonight at midnight!
I made a little scene for my card with 4 stamps from The Greeting Farm and Make It Crafty.

I stamped an Anya from the Miss Anya Scarves set and a cute snowman from the TGF Keep Cozy set on Make It Colour Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and I masked them. I then used 2 Make It Crafty winter background stamps - the Winter Fence and a Pine Tree. I coloured everything in Copics. The sentiment is from the Keep Cozy set.

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit and hurry for the special offers!
Hugs
Delphine xx

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Holly in blue

Hello all! It's Sunday, so Delphine here today with a little Christmas card using one of the adorable Sylvia Zet stamps by Whimsy Stamps available from Quixotic Paperie...

This super cute image is called Holly. I stamped her on Make It Colour Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured her with Copics. To match my DPs, I added two Make It Crafty Six Point Snowflakes Chipboard that I layered. I painted the largest snowflake in white acrylic paint and the other one with a blue Copic, then I used Stickles on both and a gem for a bit of sparkle. I love these snowflakes! 

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit, have a great Sunday! Hugs
Delphine xx

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• Craft Stamper December Issue

Christmas Trees CAN be blue

Hello all! It's Delphine here for the last day of our Festive Christmas week! Have you all entered the Giveaway? If not, you have until 30th November to do so, all the details can be found here! For today, I made a card featuring a super cute Some Odd Girl stamp and some Make It Crafty chipboard perfect for the season...

And yes, of course, Christmas trees can be blue, why not ;)! First I stamped Ornament Tia on Make It Colour Blending Card in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured her with my Copics. I stamped the inside of the bauble with a motive that is part from the Ornament Tia set and my sentiment comes from the set too. And that gorgeous tree is by Make It Crafty from the Wonky Christmas Trees Chipboard set. I used the biggest tree - 6 parts that can be layered. I used acrylic paint to colour it and give it some texture - I actually painted it green first, but changed my mind and went for blue in the end :)! And at the top, I put a Delicate Snowflake Chipboard, covered in Stickles.

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit! Have a great Sunday! Hugs
Delphine xx

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• Craft Stamper December Issue
• Susana Loves Stamps Mythical Reflections
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• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & 3D kits

A Christmas Elf Banner

Hi everyone!! It's Sandie here with a sweet banner I made for FESTIVE THEMED WEEK here on the Quixotic Paperie blog!! 

My banner features the Christmas Elves Collection from Make it Crafty. I've used Make it Colour Blending card and copic markers for my images. 

Socks

Rocky

Floppy

Zippy

Tinkles

Duffy

I  hand cut the ribbon pennants. My patterned paper is from Echo Park and I've stitched them down onto the base. Then I layered on some white doilies, lace and baker's twine before adhering the images with 3D foam dots. I then tied the pennants together with deep red ribbon, and I tied little bells in between them. 

I also added some Make it Crafty lasercut chipboard from the Holly Decorations set which I've coloured with pencils and added some glossy accents to. 

Don't forget to check back on Saturday 24th November for a festive themed giveaway!

Sandie

xx

Winter Wonderland & Christmas Week!

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today with a wintery card to announce the beginning of a special week at Quixotic Inspirations! We are having a Christmas themed week, with lots of Christmas inspiration AND yes, a giveaway to watch out for during the week!

To start the week, I thought I would make a scene and turn it into a present to someone...

My scene is coloured with Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and features a Gorjuss Girl called Toadstools (I only kept the character) and Snowman With Scarf. For the background, I used elements from the new Make It Crafty Winter Backgrounds Collection - the bench is Winter Seat and the tree background was made with the Pine Trees stamps, a set of two different trees which you can combine as you want to create a forest.
 I added a Whimsy Stamps sentiment from the Holiday Notables 2 Set and die cut the shape with my Shapeology Die - Snowflake Notables 2 and cut off the snowflakes to have the shape fit my scene.

That's all from me today! Don't forget to stop by again this week for more Christmas inspiration and watch out for the giveaway! Have a great Sunday! Hugs
Delphine xx

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• Stamping Bella - new release, Uptown Girls & More!
• NEW MFT Die-Namics dies
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• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD 
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & 3D kits
• Saturated Canary Restocks Now In!
• NEW Make it Crafty Winter Background Stamps
• Whimsy Stamps October Release

Merry Christmas Wishes

Hello everyone! Delphine here with a Merry Christmas Wishes card, using stamps by The Greeting Farm including the adorable Holiday Anya Two!

Holiday Anya Two comes with the two little snowflakes and the sentiment and banner are from a clear stamp set also by the Greeting Farm called Sparkling Season. There are several TGF clear stamp sets available in the store which can be used on their own of course and are just perfect for lovely QUICK CAS cards!

I stamped everything on Make It Colour Blending Card using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured with Copics. I added a Six Point Snowflake Lasercut Chipboard by Make It Crafty to echo Anya's snowflakes and added little golden pearls to them.

That's all from me today! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great Sunday! Hugs
Delphine xx

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• Craft Stamper December Issue
• Susana Loves Stamps Mythical Reflections IN STOCK (due in 10-17 November)
• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD IN STOCK (due in 10-17 November)
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & 3D kits
• Saturated Canary Restocks Now In!
• NEW Make it Crafty Winter Background Stamps

A little bit of Christmas

Morning Crafter's t'is I Sheila once again here to share with you my latest make for Quixotic Inspiration, this week I'm cracking on with whittling down my Christmas card list.
For this one I did a bit of masking :-).

Images used for this cutie  I took two Make it Crafty images and put them together,

On Make it Colour Blending Card. I used one of the New Winter background stamps 'Winter Sign' along with Scruffy from the Christmas Elf Collection, don't you just think they look great together? :-).

For embellishment I used Make it Craft Chipboard along with Whimsy Layering snowflake die,

Make it crafty chipboard snowflakes, Make it crafty chipboard corner.

That's all from me for today have a fantastic week and happy crafting everyone :-).

xxxxxxx

A Winter Scene

Good morning everyone! It is Sunday, so Delphine here today! Before sharing my card, if you are looking for the Spookalicious Hop with SCACD Stamps and/or want to win some candy and/or if you have not seen Elaine's absolutely amazing card yet, you can and should definitely click HERE!

As for me, you may know I love making and colouring little scenes so when I saw the new Make It Crafty Winter Backgrounds, I could not resist!

My scene is coloured with Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card as always, and combines 4 Make It Crafty stamps: my cute little elf is Rocky from the Christmas Elf Collection, and for the background I used Little Village, Winter Fence and Pine Trees. All these backgrounds stamps are available individually or as a collection.
I also added an elegant snowflake chipboard, coloured with a dark Copic, covered in Stickles and decorated with a pearl.

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit, have a great Sunday! Hugs,
Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Saturated Canary Restocks Now In!
• NEW Make it Crafty Winter Background Stamps
• Whimsy Stamps October Release
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• NEW Whimsy Stamps release & restocks
• NEW MFT Die-Namics dies
• NEW My Favorite Things (MFT) Clear Stamp sets
• Impression Obsession DIES
• Impression Obsession Stamps *NEW*
• Some Odd Girl Stamps NEW RELEASE
• NEW Susana Loves Stamps "Eyes" release IN STOCK
• NEW Make it Crafty Rubber Stamp Release!
• NEW The Greeting Farm release including Big Anyas!

Eyes and Roses

Hello all! It's Delphine here today with more inspiration from the new Susana Loves Stamps Eyes Collection, Bon Jour Eyes - I just cannot resist those gorgeous Eyes!!! I thought I could make a simple scene using one of the fantastic Make It Crafty background stamps and here is the result...

The rose on my lady's hat reminded me of that Make It Crafty background and I just had to use them together. I stamped Bon Jour Eyes and Rose Garden on Make It Colour Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured both with my Copics. I cut out my lady and put her on foam squares for a bit of dimension. I kept my layout very simple as always and only added a Make It Crafty Swirly Corner (coloured with a brown Copic) and a tiny rose.

You can see all the gorgeous Eyes here and all the Make It Crafty stamps here to make beautiful scenes! And don't forget, if you order today, there is 10% off all the items in the store! It ends tonight at midnight UK time! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday! Hugs,
Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• NEW Whimsy Stamps release & restocks
• NEW MFT Die-Namics dies
• NEW My Favorite Things (MFT) Clear Stamp sets
• Impression Obsession DIES
• Impression Obsession Stamps *NEW*
• Some Odd Girl Stamps NEW RELEASE
• NEW Susana Loves Stamps "Eyes" release IN STOCK
• NEW Make it Crafty Rubber Stamp Release!
• NEW The Greeting Farm release including Big Anyas!
• Carta Bella Christmas 6x6 Paper Pads

Calling all strong women!

Happy Friday everyone!  Mary J here with a card using another of the new Susana Loves Stamps available in the Quixotic Paperie store...

This is my most fave of the collection!  She is called Adventure Eyes who I stamped on to my favourite Make It Colour Blending Card again and coloured in with my Copic Markers. I matched her up with My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy Boy papers which I distressed and then inked up the edges using my Ranger Archival Ink Pad in Jet Black. 

I framed the sentiment using the MFT Die-Namics Well Worn Greetings Dies and for the elements I used MFT Die-Namics Vine Border and MFT Die-Namics Royal Rose die.   Because I wanted one of the flowers to be smaller than the other, I just cut off a few of the larger petals before I rolled it up.

I hope you like my card as much as I enjoyed making it!  Have a fab weekend and see you next week!

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Some Odd Girl Stamps NEW RELEASE
• NEW Susana Loves Stamps "Eyes" release IN STOCK
• NEW Make it Crafty Rubber Stamp Release!
• NEW The Greeting Farm release including Big Anyas!
• Carta Bella Christmas 6x6 Paper Pads
• Prima Firefly 6x6 paper pad
• NEW MFT Die-Namics Dies

Boo!!!

Afternoon folks t'is I,... Sheila with you today to share my latest project  so without further ado lets get this baby on the road :-).

How adorable is this cute headless horseman from MIC, well I think he's adorable :),I stamped him onto Make It Colour Blending card, then I added a couple of make It crafty Chippie corners and a neat B&W gingham bow which I tied using my Bow Easy.
That is just about it from me for today folks have a fantastic week ohh and don't forget to go grab yourself a few bargains in the 10% off everything in the store sale!! :-) ..

Spooky Sunday with the Monstaz!

Hello all! Delphine here for my last GDT post and the LAST day of the Spooktacular Week at Quixotic Paperie! Have you entered your name to try and win one of the spooky giveaways? If not, just click HERE, but hurry up, it ends tonight!

For my spooky card, I used my favourite Halloween stamps and a few chipboard elements from Make It Crafty...

 

I stamped the Slimy House with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Make It Colour Blending card and coloured with Copics. On another piece of blending card, I stamped and cut out my 2 characters, Dracula from the Mini MonstaBoyz set and Morticia from the Mini MonstaGalz set. Both sets include three spooky/ cute characters each. The bats, cobweb corner and little pumpkin come from the Spooky Halloween Chipboard set and I have added a Make It Crafty flourish too.

We hope you enjoyed all the Halloween makes for the Spooktacular week, I know I loved seeing what everybody did and being a part of it - huge thanks again to Elaine for having me, it has been a great honour! Thank you very much for your visit and don't forget to add your name for the giveaways HERE! Have a great Sunday! Hugs,

Delphine xx