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

Let's Be Friends...

Hello everyone! Did you know there are some adorable SCACD stamps by Sylvia Zet? And they are hard to resist!!! I have chosen Loli & Shellie for my inspiration post today :)

I stamped Loli & Shellie on a piece of kraft and coloured them using my Polychromos. Please note, this stamp is available as a single stamp, or as part of the collection set Adventures of Loli & Friends. I added a little butterfly, from the Some Odd Girl Flutter By Fairy set and a Make It Crafty Mini Dragonfly Chipboard - both are coloured in Polychromos too. The sentiment is from the Tiddly Inks Chloe and Her Friends set.

Thank you very much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your day! Hugs

Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• SCACD Stamps - The Elements Collection
• NEW The Greeting Farm stamps
• Some Odd Girl - New Stamps!
• Stamping Bella Feb 2014 Release IN STOCK
• Make it Crafty - NEW Spring & Tress Release PLUS Restocks!
• Tiddly Inks New Releases IN STOCK

SCACD Stamps Inspiration Part Two PLUS 20% OFF (ends tonight)!

Hi!  Elaine here with another fun SCACD Stamps round up of inspiration.  I should have posted this on Saturday, but sadly spent most of the weekend feeling sorry for myself.  Anyway, on with the fun!

Before I share some more inspiration from the SCACD designers, a quick reminder that the current STOREWIDE SPECIAL OFFER over at Quixotic Paperie ENDS TODAY (Monday 5th May 2014)! There won't be another offer like this for quite some time, so take advantage while you can! With a huge 20% off that's a lot of stamping fun from some fantastic brands.

Now, on with the inspiration! If you missed SCACD Stamps Inspiration Part One then click the link to see my previous post. also make sure you check out Delphine's post yesterday featuring "Fire" from the SCACD Elements collection - her card is a jaw-dropper!

The images below can be clicked to view a larger version for a closer look.

The Mechanimals are one of my favourite collections from SCACD Stamps.  So beautifully illustrated and so much fun. You can go to town colouring them in all sorts of colours, or keep it simple, they look awesome either way!

 

 

Another fun, beautiful release was the Eastern Dreams set, with a fantastic mechanical horse and an amazing dragon, not to mention the epic skulls!

 

 

 

 

 

Also available in the range are some adorable Elisabeth Bell stamps:

Join me again later this week for the third and final part of my SCACD inspiration round up!

Fire

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! Have you all taken advantage of the Storewide Sale? 20% off EVERYTHING until May 5th at midnight! Everything!

For my make today, I chose one of the new SCACD stamps from the Elements Collection (20% off too!) which I love so much and decided to try a different look. 

This gorgeous stamp is Fire and I stamped her with white ink on black paper. I coloured my image using Polychromos, leaving most of the white lines visible because that was the idea - there are only a few lines on the face and eyes that I covered. 

Fire is available as a single rubber stamp or as part of the Elements collection with includes 4 stamps and their accessories. Below are 2 examples of other cards I shared recently using Water...

and Earth...

You can find all the SCACD Rubber Stamps HERE at Quixotic Paperie - and US readers can find them at SCACD too! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday! Hugs,
Delphine xx

SCACD Stamps Inspiration Part One PLUS 20% OFF!

Hi!  Elaine here with some fun inspiration to share with you. I have been given permission to share some of the fantastic creations from the SCACD Stamps Design Team! I hope you're sitting comfortably. ;)

The SCACD Stamps range is an eclectic collection of stamping fun, with cute and cuddly all the way through to weird and wonderful. There are some beautifully detailed outline images which are ideal for colouring enthusiasts, and there are a host of stamps more suited to simple stamping and mixed media applications. Basically, there's a little something for everyone!

Until midnight on Monday 5th May 2014 you can enjoy 20% off the entire SCACD range in my storewide sale!

The images below can be clicked to view a larger version for a closer look.

The most recent release brought us the stunning "Elements" girls, a collection of four beautiful female portrait stamps with a twist.

For those of you with a taste for the cute and cuddly, you may not be aware that amongst the offerings from SCACD are a selection of adorable stamps designed by Sylvia Zet of Wee Stamps! These are only available in rubber.

 

 

 

 

The Montage release comprising Montage Set 1 and Montage Set 2, is a fun mix of images, and the SCACD designers have clearly had a blast creating with them. One of my favourites is Kathi Rerek's fish fossil card below.

I will be back tomorrow with some more SCACD Stamps inspiration to share! You can also pop on over to the SCACD Blog for a look at more of the SCACD fun!

SCACD Mixed Media Water fun!

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday and Happy Easter! 

I have been playing with the new SCACD Elements Collection, a collection of four stamps I am in love with! They come as a collection of four, but Water, Fire, Wind and Earth can be bought individually too. They can simply be coloured and used on cards and are also great to play and be a bit "artistic" if you fancy too! I have wanted to try new things for some time and have been very inspired by Elaine's amazing art, and the gorgeous SCACD Water seemed like the perfect stamp for what I had in mind.

I stamped SCACD Water in Versafine Majestic Blue Ink onto watercolour paper and started by watercolouring the background. Then I coloured my whole image using Faber-Castell Polychromos and added a bit of Pitt pen around my image. Next I tried to add some texture to my background, so I stamped text in Versafine Majestic Blue Ink, then dots in Colorbox White Ink, and then various circles in blue, white, and using a gold Pitt pen. At last, I wrote "believe" and "dream" and added gold with my Pitt pen on the borders of my card. 

You can find all the SCACD Rubber Stamps HERE at Quixotic Paperie - and US readers can find them at SCACD too! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Easter weekend! Hugs,

Delphine xx

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

I am Perfect

Good afternoon!! It's Sandie here with a little project I made at my little one's request. - An Altered Canvas for her wall. 

I gesso'd the canvas and then spritzed the background a mix of Glimmer mists and Dylusions sprays. As long as they were pink, purple or red, she was happy. The papers are Delight from Pima Marketing Inc.

The stamps is from called Leap of Faith and it's by SCACD. It's been stamped out with Dusty Concorde distress ink. The seniment is from Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions Stamps - The Right Words. To finish it off I added a punched butterfly. 

Have a great day!!

Sandie

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• New Tiddly Inks clear stamp sets - IN STOCK
• NEW Make it Crafty stamps IN STOCK
• Some Odd Girl Stamps - Latest Releases IN STOCK!
• Susana Loves Stamps NEW Curiosities & Mechanimals IN STOCK!
• Julie Nutting Mixed Media Dolls Stamps from Prima!
• NEW Stamping Bella Uptown Girls & Christine Grove IN STOCK!
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Release In Stock!
• The Greeting Farm May Stamp & Die Release
• Craft Stamper Magazine June 2013
• Saturated Canary Fairytales & Fables Release IN STOCK!
• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Fairy Dust release IN STOCK
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & MDF Kits
• Susana Loves Stamps NEW Mixed Media release
• Dies by SCACD - FOUR fab new dies

Carmen Medlin Fairy Queen

Good morning!! It's Sandie here and today I have a card to share, which features the beautiful Fairy Queen from Carmen Medlin for SCACD. 

I've stamped her out onto Make it Colour blending card and coloured her up with Copic markers. I've also added a little sparkle to her wings with Star Dust Stickles. 

The papers I used are actually Christmas themed Kaisercraft papers. I've kept the card really clean and simple and only added a small flossed button to embellish. 

Hope it inspires!!

Sandie

10% OFF STOREWIDE TILL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 28TH JULY! Orders will dispatch on Monday 29th July.

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Some Odd Girl Stamps - Latest Releases IN STOCK!
• Susana Loves Stamps NEW Curiosities & Mechanimals IN STOCK!
• Julie Nutting Mixed Media Dolls Stamps from Prima!
• NEW Stamping Bella Uptown Girls & Christine Grove IN STOCK!
• NEW Make it Crafty "Entertainers" rubber stamps!
• New Tiddly Inks clear stamp sets - IN STOCK!
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps May Release In Stock!
• The Greeting Farm May Stamp & Die Release
• Craft Stamper Magazine June 2013
• Saturated Canary Fairytales & Fables Release IN STOCK!
• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Fairy Dust release IN STOCK
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & MDF Kits
• Susana Loves Stamps NEW Mixed Media release
• Dies by SCACD - FOUR fab new dies