Quixotic Paperie Spotlight Hop-Elisabeth Bell

Morning everyone! Thanks for stopping by, another fun hop for you today:)

Welcome to the Quixotic Paperie Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window Spotlight Blog hop.

If you have landed here from JUDY then you are hoping in the right direction. If not then hop over to Elaine's blog Quixotic Cards to begin.

We have an extra special blog hop for you today. The Quixotic Paperie DT plus our very special guest the talented KimGruetzmacher (from Crafts By Kim and member of the Susana's Custom Art and Card DesignDesign Team) have all been playing with the lovely new Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window Stamp to give you lots of ideas for your Winter makes.

But the reason why this is an extra special blog hop is that it is an introduction to our new once a month Quixotic Paperie Challenge which this month is:

Christmas Is Coming

Make a Christmas card and/or gift and join in the challenge see Quixotic Inspirations for all the details.

Inside View:

For my Quixotic Paperie Elisabeth Bell SCACD Winter Window make:

I had such fun with this image, it's such a classic Elisabeth Bell design don't you think? I coloured her in with my copics, and for all the snow I used my super favourite glitter pen by Viva Decor in Holo. Before I got these pens I was all, how can they be better than other ones-especially since I have every Stickles colour but these Viva Decor's are far superior! For one, they actually dry how you apply them-with dimension!! Also, when you use them with digital images they don't smear the ink! I also used the yummy new Cosmo Cricket papers in Mitten Weather-love em! The poinsettas I made using a Marriane D die, and then popped some Viva Decor Ruby Red glitter on some of the edges.

For UK/ EU customers this beautiful stamp is available at Quixotic Paperie. If you're in the US/Canada you can buy it direct from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.

You next stop on the hop is KIM-PaperBabe

Thanks very much for hoping by and enjoy the rest of the inspiration. Don't forget to join in on our new challenge...there is a fabulous prize up for grabs!

P.S. This card will be available for purchase in my Etsy Shop.

Quixotic Challenges DT Card-Pretty Pearls

Afternoon all! Hope everyone's having a great week! This week over at Quixotic Challenges the challenge is set by Kim and she wants us to add pearls to our project. Nice easy one:) Speaking of pearls, have you seen the new Viva Decor pens in stock at Quixotic Paperie? Utterly fab!

Last week I ordered 'Fairy Play' from the new Belles and Whistles Elisabeth Bell Collection so I just had to get her inked up! I used the gorgeous Girl's Paperie papers, some kraft cardstock available from Emma in her Folksy Shop along with 6 x 6 Kraft envelopes-her kraft stuff is fab quality! I've stitched all the edges as usual:) I had a go at making one of those adorable wrapped roses-I love them-and I popped it in the centre of the lollipop flower and painted Shimmerz in pixie dust around the edges.

I actually have joined in some challenges this time! I used the fab sketch over at Mojo Monday-it's been just forever since I played there! I'm also entering this at: Craftalicious (cute), Creative Card Crew (die cuts).

This card will be popping along to My Etsy Shop shortly-I've got 10% off all my cards over there right now as part of Etsy's Christmas in July sale. I've also added more new designs including some gorgeous wooden hanging ornaments which I've altered-this is the heart and home one:

For those of you that haven't really been to Etsy or Folksy before before you start your Christmas Shopping for this year do go over and have a look-there's such amazing pieces of work-I always found the prices excellent, and it's lovely to support someone's small business rather than giving more cash to big corporate companies;)

Hope you find some time to join in with us at Quixotic Challenges this week! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you leave:)

SCACD Blog Hop Release

Good Morning! And what a gorgeous day it is! Time has just flown by this month-been so busy! But today I'm back with a fabulous new release to show you!

We have all been dying to show you the gorgeous new collection by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Sampler Edition #5, and we know you've been just as eager to see them!

There is a fabulous line up for you today, with the SCACD Design Team, the Quixotic Paperie Design Team and our very special guest - Susanna Boyd of CardoftheWeek and Papercraft Planet! Lots of lovely inspiration!

The new collection is now available over at Susana's Custom Art & Card Designin the Elisabeth Bell section! And for those of you in the UK/Europe, the collection is also available at Quixotic Paperie, in stock and ready to go! How can you resist!

You should have hopped over here from Marti Wills -http://pezadoodle.wordpress.com/

If you're only just joining us, you may want to start at the beginning over onSuzanne Dean's Blog, as you definitely don't want to miss any of the gorgeous creations! If you get lost at any point, or just want a recap on all the info, pop on over to the SCACD Store Blog!

And here's my creation:

I was so excited when I got sent this adorable image called Wish Upon A Star! How cute! So fun to colour too! I used my copics to colour her in. All the papers are DCWV Nana's Nursery, and I used a couple of punches to make the flowers and swirls! The layout is courtesy of the fab sketch at Card Patterns. Wouldn't she perfect on a wall hanging/door hanger in a little girls bedroom?!

Well Thank's so much for joining us on the hop and stopping by my blog! I can't wait to see what everyone else has created! Your next stop is Dianne Prewitt - http://mypaperhugs.blogspot.com/

Have Fun!

Quixotic Challenges DT Card-Fold it!

Hi guys! Hope your week has been going well! Sorry for not being around the past week! Anyways, today is a new challenge over at Quixotic Challenges-we had a new rule change last week so if you haven't checked that out then make sure you have a little look. It was my turn to pick the challenge this week and I chose Fold It-either make something which has more than 1 fold or decorate alter something that has more than one fold! I decided to make a gatefold card-haven't made one for like forever so was quite fun, and it gave me another chance to use my new Martha Stewart scoring board!

Last week I treated myself to some of the gorgeous new papers Elaine has stock by Girl's paperie-aren't they fab! They're summery, and shabby chic-love em! I also had to snag myself one of the new Cosmo Cricket De-Lovely paper pad too:) If you haven't checked out the new stock at Quixotic Paperie then have a looky here-there's tons of goodies and you get 10% off right now to celebrate the shops 1st birthday by entering the code HAPPYANNIVERSARYQP at checkout!

I also used one of my fave Belles and Whistles images which you can grab here-she's been coloured with copics:)

I'm going to enter this card at the following challenges:

Charisma (flowers)

Cupcake Crafts (dazzle us-bling)

A Spoonful of Sugar (floral delight)

Stampin for the Weekend (summer)

Well that's about it from me-thanks for popping by and for any comments you might leave! Enjoy the rest of your week-see ya soon:)

Quixotic Challenges DT-Water

Afternoon guys! Hope you're day is going well! Me and Leo have been at my friends this morning for a playdate and lunch which was nice and before Ian goes off to work he's just setting up Leo's new bed-he's moving into a big bed now!

So since it's it's Wednesday again that means its time for another Quixotic Challenge and this week the theme is water-it can be a colour scheme, charm relating to a sea creature, stamp, lots of possibilities! I've chosen to use the absolutely gorgeous new Belles and Whistles stamp called 'Wishes'. How gorgeous is this image?! Really fun to colour too! I went with my basic grey Kioshi papers and followed the fab sketch over at Papertake Weekly. Haven't really used much in the way of embellies-just got my retro punches out again-especially since the papers are so pretty! Here's a little close-up:~

Don't forget to check out the other girlies DT samples-they're absolutely gorgeous! Hope you can find time to play along! Incase you're interested this card will be listed shortly in my etsy shop:) Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you leave me-love hearing from you!

A Traditional Christmas

Morning all! How's your week going so far? Tis almost the weekend! I can't wait for Saturday, off the NEC I go! Tis also Bonfire night tonight, I think we're going to a local display, haven't been to a display for years!

Today I've got quite a traditional Christmas card to show. I got this gorgeous stamp in my dt kit from Elaine, called 'Two Turtle Doves'. You can buy it here, and since Elaine is having 10% off at the moment, it's a bargain! The actual stamp is a heart shaped bauble with holly then this cutie inside but I masked the bauble off and just used the main image this time.

For the layout I've used the fab sketch over at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week and I'm also going to enter into the Belli Challenge who want to see raffia or twine.

Stuff: Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Two Turtle Doves stamp here, copics to colour, Basic Grey Wassail paper here, liquid pearls in silver pearl here, SU sentiment, twine from stash, pin from stash, charm from here, tulle in french vanilla here.

Here's a little image close-up:~

I think that's it from me today! Hopefully have something else to show you tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave me-love hearing from you! xxx

Quixotic Blog Hop Day!

Good afternoon everyone! Today we're having another Quixotic Blog Hop day, with each of the DT using the gorgeous Elisabeth Bell stamp for SCACD called Danni! That means there's a prize to be won! So what could you win? If you leave a comment on all the Design Teams blogs (links are further down) you will be entered to win the following:

1 Danni stamp (as used in all our creations today)

1 Bag of mixed charms

1 Bag of flat backed pearls

A winner will be drawn randomly on Wednesday 28th October at 1pm GMT.

A few pics today for my project! When I got my 2nd DT package from Elaine she sent me some of her newly arrived wooden shapes and in with the mix was this lovely large heart available here and such a bargain at 99p! When I saw it I couldn't wait to start altering it!

Here are some step by steps for the heart plaque:

• Paint the edges with Adirondack acrilyic paint dabber in Cranberry or similar and leave to dry.
• I used some Tim Holtz grunge shapes for the wings, I painted them in the same Cranberry colour and whilst wet spritzed some Shimmerz in Mudpie. Leave to dry until tacky.
• Apply Tim Holtz Sepia Accents (whilst still tacky) which will give it a protective finish, with a warm tint and used in this way (wet and with the Shimmerz) also gives a light crackled appearance. Leave to dry.
• Apply adhesive to the wooden heart and cover with paper-I used some MME which had been spritzed again with Shimmerz and inked with distress ink in frayed burlay and aged mahogany.
• File edges of heart to neaten.
• Wrap some tulle around the heart-I used Bazzill tulle in truffle available here.
• Adhere grunge wings to the heart with strong adhesive.
• Cut Danni out with a circle nesties shape and matt on brown core-dinations card.
• Colour Danni and mount onto the plaque.
• Add a butterfly from the brown Prima Say it In Pearls sheet

Here's the main pic of the card which matches the heart plaque. Danni is coloured with copics and Ranger Sepia Accents applied to image after the wings were painted with Shimmerz Spritz in Mudpie (combined with the Sepia Accents it applies a light crackled effect). Used more Prima Say it in Pearls . Machine stitching all around the edges of the MME papers and image. All other ingredients are from Quixotic Paperie.The layout of the card was using the fabby sketch over at A Spoonful of Sugar. Since I've also used Danni I think I fit the criteria over at Flutterby Wednesday too.

Here's some close-ups:~

Flower details:~
So here's the links of the other DT members that you need to visit and leave comments with, I haven't seen their projects yet so am off to visit them myself! No doubt they will have created fabulous creations though-they always do!

Elaine

Carole

Kim

Judy

Rosette (Guest DT)

Good luck! Thanks so much for stopping by today! xxx

Crafty Cardmakers Guest DT Card

Hello lovely crafty people! Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend and for those in the US that you're enjoying your long weekend!

Some weeks ago Vix emailed me to ask me to be a guest designer for her new challenge blog Crafty Cardmakers. I said yes of course and am very happy to have been asked and so this is my guest design team card! The challenge this time is a sketch-it's a nice simple one which you can either keep simple but of course can modify a bit and add 'extras' if desired. I've pretty much kept to the layout but have tilted the elements.

The papers I've used are all MME 29th Street Market and I thought this beautiful SugarNellie stamp called Reflective was a perfect match to the pretty papers. She's coloured her with copic pens and I then did my usual by adding distress ink in milled lavendar to the outside of the image and edges.

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp 'Reflective' buy it here, copic ciao pens, MME 29th Street papers, Prima flowers, spacer from Quixotic here, ribbon from stash, distressing tool (tim holtz), distress ink in milled lavendar, sewing machine, martha stewart valentine lace punch, woodware grass punch.

I'm also going to enter this at Creative Inspirations as their theme is lilac, purple and grey (the little branches are grey with a bit of distress ink added) and Copic Creations as their challenge this week is to use your fave colour combo using copics (first time entering there!).

If you've not checked out Crafty Cardmakers please do-especially if you're new to joining in challenges or even cardmaking-there is regular tutorials and useful information-and fabulous prizes! Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for popping by and any comemnts you might leave-they make my day!

Stamp Something DT Card-Birthday Somethings!

Afternoon everyone! It's Friday which means it's nearly the weekend-wohoo! But more importantly it means it's time for a new challenge at Stamp Something! This week we want to see your Birthday somethings-nice easy one:) I've gone all summery today with my card and used this Sugarnellie cutie called Daisy-she is just the sweetest isn't she?! Since I have gone all summery I'm entering this at The Pink Elephant and Cute Card Thursday's theme this week is Lazy Summer Days which works for this too. Over at Whimsy Challenges this week they'd like us to use ribbons and Papertake weekly who are celebrating their 100th challenge want us to pick our favourite so I've picked 4 seasons which was from 4th august. A new challenge blog Lala land crafts has just opened and their first challenge is flower power-so this works for that too:)

Stuff: Sugarnellie Elisabeth bell 'Daisy' stamp coloured with copics and promarkers, mme papers, core'dinations cardstock, sewing machine, prima flowers, mcgill and xcut flower punch, martha stewart heart punch, buttons from stash, ribbon from stash, rub on sentiment royal and langrick.

Can't wait to see your birthday 'somethings'. You must pop over to see the other dt work-tis gorgeous:) thanks for popping by and any comments you might leave-I love reading em! Huggles xxx