Remember Me?!

Hello!! Wow it's been a long time!! But I'm back from having a blog and DT break which I needed to keep up with Christmas orders in my Etsy shop. I'm so glad to be back with Quixotic Paperie-thanks Elaine for having me back!!

And I'm back with a funky Birthday card to show you that I made last night! A while ago Elaine sent me this fab Kraftin Kimmie stamps-Vivienne and I've been dying to get her coloured up! I decided to go for a classy black and white theme with a splash of colour coming from the peacock feathers. The papers are an old DCWV Creme de la creme stack-an oldy but a goody!

The flowers are made with some punches and I added a Prima flower centre-can't beat them for sparkle! Oo the sentiment is also 1 of 2 sentiments that actually come with the stamp-bargain!

Here's a little inside shot! Grabbed a MS punch to fancy up the inside corners!

Don't forget if you haven't checked it out already there's a big sale on at Quixotic Paperie-who can resist a January sale!

Ooo it's good to be back!! If anyone is interested in purchasing this card it will be up in my Etsy shop shortly in this section here.

Thanks for stopping by! Me and hubby are off out shortly for a meal and to catch a film at the cinema as it's my Birthday today-28! See you soon! Rowena xxx

Quixotic Challenges-Move It Move It!

Afternoon guys!! How's your weekend going? Everything's great here:) Had to come on and show you my DT card for Quixotic Challenges-was so fun to make-you'll have to go check out the other girlies work for the challenge-it's fab! So Kim (paperbabe) set the challenge this week and she chose 'move it, move it'-basically you need to have an element on your card that has movement-such as a tag you pull (like I did), a slider card, a spinner card etc:)

Last month I bought the fabulous Fred and Ginger stamp by Kraftin Kimmie and I've been eager to ink it up!! It also comes with a sentiment stamp that says 'love bites' hehehe. For my moving feature I added a pull out tag. The tag is actually one of my Vampire Blood tags available in My Etsy Shop. All the papers I used are Basic Grey Eerie from last year.

On the image after it had been coloured (with copics) I decided it needed something else so I popped some Crackle Accents on and went to bed. When I went to finish my card off I thought the crackle accents had gone off until after a while I realised I'd put matte accents all over it! Anyway I did a rescue by putting lots of rock candy crackle on:) Phew!

Inside:

Angle Shot:

If you'd like to buy this card it is available Here.

Challenges Entered:

Shabby Tea Room: Tag You're It!

Simon Says Stamp: Holiday Fun

Friday Sketchers: Sketch

Sir Stampalot: Distress it

If you're after some new Christmas and Halloween goodies go check out all the fab new arrivals at Quixotic Paperie here.

Right, gonna go and crack on with some more work-thanks for stopping by!! Be back soon!!

Quixotic Challenges DT and More

Morning everyone! Hope your week is going well so far! Am a bit late this week (what's new) but I'm going to show you my Quixotic Challenges DT card! The challenge this week was set by the gorgeous and super duper talented Elaine, and she picked a beach theme. I've had this Kraftin Kimmie beach babe stamp-Florence for ooo a good month now and she really deserved an outing so here she is:

Stuff:

Stamps~KK Florence and sentiment by Unity stamps

Medium~ Copic sketch

Papers~ Cosmo Cricket-DeLovely

Embellies~ Retro punches, Prima E-Line Crystals for flower centre, Raffia Lace, buttons

Other~ Janome sewing machine, white card, kraft from Emma's Folksy Shop

I'm going to enter this card over at Creative Inspirations who are having an open theme this week.

Have you seen all the new yumminess over at Quixotic Paperie lately? Elaine has had sooo much fabulous new stuff in stock-I'm lovin these new Memory Box Papers

Aren't they lush? Fab quality as well! Also all the new CC Designs Halloween stamps have just arrived and since this offer is on this weekend it's a perfect time to buy some new stash: 10% off Paper Makeup Stamps, The Greeting Farm and all Tim Holtzstash! Only between now (6th August 2010) and Monday morning (9th August 2010), so be quick!

Am really sorry I've been such a bad blogger-I just can't seem to keep up with it right now as My Etsy Shop has really took off-all my hard work has paid off and now I'm super busy! In fact Leo will be going to Nursery school-he's have a settling in period next week- so that I can get my work done cos right now I'm staying up till 3am to get orders completed. It's really nice having my own official business though it's lots of work-I'm probably working like 60 hrs a week right now-but it's fun, and all mine:)

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave-I really appreciate each and everyone:)

Viva Blog Hop with Quixotic Paperie and SCACD

Good morning everyone!!! Fun post for you today-fab way to start a Friday! As you probably know there's been a recent new addition to Quixotic Paperie which is the Viva Decor product line. We have all fallen in love, and so, we're having a little blog hop to celebrate!

Joining the Quixotic Paperie Design Team on this hop we have the fantastic Susana's Custom Art & Card Design Design Team! Susana is a good friend of Elaine's and SCACD has become like an international sister store to Quixotic Paperie! We're collaborating on some crafty adventures, and this is hopefully the first of many!

We hope you will join us on this hop and be inspired in ways to use the Viva Decor product range! You will also have the chance to win some fabulous candy - both Elaine and Susana will be giving away a pack of the most popular Viva Decor Pens (Ice White Pearl Pen, Holographic Glitter Liner and the Clear Gloss Gel Pen).

All you will have to do to win is answer a question at each store blog - 1 entry at each STORE blog per person please! Both blog candy draws will close on 31st July 2010.

In the UK/Europe you can find Viva Decor products at Quixotic Paperie. If you're in the US/Canada then Susana carries the Viva Decor range at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design.

Right then lets get going!

You should have hopped over here from The SCACD Store Blog. If not, you might want to pop over to the Quixotic Paperie Store Blog and start from the beginning!

I decided for my make to have a play with the fab new Kraftin Kimmie stamp Arianna. Isn't she fab! I coloured her in with my copics and then applied the Viva Decor pens on top. I used the Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Ruby and Glitter Liner in Gold on her hair. I added some Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Silver to her fins and around the Tim Holtz ticket-love these! You can also buy the glitter liners from Susana Custom Art and Card Design here. After I coloured her and added all the glitter I realised I'd kinda coloured her to make her look like Ariel in the Little Mermaid:) The thing I love about these Viva Decor pens is that you can really add dimension with them-every other product I've used always dries flat but this just keeps its shape! Fab! The papers I used are all from the newly released Olivia Paper pad by Basic Grey.

For the layout I used the fab sketch over at Simon Says Stamp. Here's a little close-up:~

You can also find the stamp I used today at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design with all the other yummy Kraftin Kimmie stamps here.

Well that's it from me!

Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Lori. Have fun!!! Thanks so much for stopping by and for any comments you might leave!

Quixotic Paperie Store's 1st Birthday Celebrations!!!!

Hello everyone! Up bright and early here today for the 1st Anniversary of the Quixotic Paperie online store, and we're having a very fun celebratory blog hop! If you're already following the hop, you should have hopped over here from Judy's Blog. If not, then hop back to the beginning at the Quixotic Paperie Store Blog. You won't want to miss a stop, as in addition to lots of fantastic inspiration, there are some prizes on offer (full details on the Quixotic Paperie Blog).

Quixotic Paperie was started on June 1st 2009 by Elaine Hughes. Having been an avid crafter (and craft shopper!) for a number of years, Elaine wanted to share her passion and see where it might take her - so,Quixotic Paperie was born! Since then, the store has grown, and now stocks a fabulous range of rubber stamps from around the world: The Greeting Farm, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, SCACD Stamps, Paper Makeup Stamps, Belles 'n Whistles, the Mo Manning for Stamping Bella range, Stempelglede and more! In addition, the store carries a large range of charms and embellishments, and a host of gorgeous papers for all your crafty projects! If Elaine loves it, you will probably find it at Quixotic Paperie!

In November 2009 the Quixotic Challenges blog was started, where you can find weekly inspiration from the wonderful Quixotic Paperie Design Team, and join in for the chance to win a monthly prize.

It has been a fab and wonderfully crafty year and here's to another one and hopefully many more to follow! I have been absolutely honoured to have been a part of most of this first year by being on the DT:)

To celebrate QP's 1st birthday I've made a card using probably my favourite image from Kraftin Kimmie stamps called Marie Antoinette-she's such a fun image! The papers I've used are a mix of Tim Holtz and some Basic Grey. I've kept it quite simple really, I've stitched all the edges on my sewing machine and the swirls are from my new EK success punch that I got at the craft show on the weekend. I had to add some of the fab Prima e-line pearls too! Here's a little close-up:~

Thanks so much for joining us on the hop-enjoy your next stops! Your next stop is the super talented Simonne-have fun and good luck! I'm off to check out all the fabulous creations too:) xxx

Let Them Eat Cake!

Evening all:) Hope you're doing well, and are having a nice week-Friday tomorrows so almost the weekend! Got anything fun planned? Not sure what we're upto but me and Leo are going to my mums on Saturday which will be nice:) My mum's hobby is art so Leo always has lots of fun painting with her:) Anyways..

Last weekend was the new Kraftin Kimmie release which I always look forward to as I just love the quirky stamps, and the cuties too:) When I saw this card made by Elaine as her sneaky peek I knew I had to have that stamp! Along with Alice in Wonderland I also love Marie Antoinette-how gorgeous is the dress in this image-was soooo much fun to colour! I haven't made an easel card since December so thought I'd have another go-they are just so special I think! I made my easel card so the front was 6 x 6-can't be doing with any smaller than that really-there never seems to be any room left! If you've not had a go at making one yet here's a fab tutorial by Jacqui with simple instructions and piccies. Here's a front on piccy:~

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:~

Simon Says Challenge-The Movies-Marie Antoinette

Practical Scrappers-Glitter/Bling

CCT-Touchy Feely-the yummy Prima lace

ABC-S is for Sparkle-glitter and glamour dust

The flowers I used are from the Prima E line-such fab value aren't they? I spritzed them with Shimmerz in Mudpie then sprinkled a little glamour dust over them. The leaves have got a touch of stickles added in eucalyptus, and all the pearls are once again from Prima's fab E Line. Ooo almost forgot about the lace-I've never bought any Prima lace before until the weekend and oh my-it is so special! You'll know exactly what I mean if you've got some and if you haven't you need to!

Once again this card shall be popping along shortly to my etsy shop;)

Thanks for all the lovely comments you've been leaving me-I so appreciate them-and thanks for popping by today! See you tomorrow:)

Quixotic Paperie DT-CASE us

Good afternoon all! I didn't think I'd be here writing this actually as my internet connection has been off all day! I hate it when that happens! Anyways, am here now:) Before I start with myQuixotic post I'd just like to say thank you to all of you who voted for my card over at TGF Royal Battle-our team The Quixotic Stampers are through to the next round!

So the challenge this week at Quixotic Challenges is to CASE one of the Design Team members work-this could be a particular past creation or just their general style. I chose Simonne-our newest member of the team-her work is absolutely gorgeous! I'd recently treated myself to this beautiful Kraftin Kimmie Bird fairy-(unfortunetly its just gone out of stock but I'm sure it'll be back real soon!) and I found this gorgeous card here made my Simonne a few weeks ago so I had to CASE it! I've used the same papers which are Basic Grey Origins-sooo lush! The sketch is courtesy of the OCC. I used one prima flower which I painted with Shimmerz and added a little yellow rose to. I hope I managed to capture her style! It'll be very fun seeing the entries this week-to see who CASE's who!

Here's an image close-up:~

I'm going to enter this in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me: fairies or Wings

Cute Card Thursday: Dimensions (silicone glue is used to create this)

Pile It On-Animals

Papertake Weekly-open

Simons Says-distressing-ink distressing using spice marmalade

Everybody Art-Spring

For anyone that's interested this has gone on sale in my etsy shop:) Well that's all from me today. Pop back tomorrow as it'll be a double posting day and I'll have some big news to share!

One For The Boys-Quixotic Challenge

Afternoon friends! How's everyone today? I'm doing good, having a nice week so far, and had so much fun last night making this card for todays new Quixotic Challenge. It was Judy's turn to pick the theme, and she chose 'One for the Boys'. It took me a while to decided what to do but then I looked in my Design Team package again and thought I could do something fun with this fab new Kraftin Kimmie stamp 'Polly The Wench' which you can grab here. I also got sent the fabPirate sentiment set by Kraftin Kimmie which are so useful, saves ages rummaging around in draws for the perfect message! So that's how the saucy card came about! Polly was sooooo fun to colour, love her hair!

About 2 years ago I bought the DCWV Once Upon A Time Stack in 12 x 12 AND 8 x 8 and until now have never used a single page, I just adore the papers but never found them really useable if you know what I mean! Anyways, how perfect do they go with Polly! I also added this fun pirate charm available here. Can you tell I had fun making this!

I'm going to enter it into the following challenges:

Midnight Madness-Sketch Challenge

Cute Card Thursday-metal

Stamp With Fun-stitching

I also used some gorgeous black lace from Elaine's shop available here, the polka dot ribbon is Bazzill. Here's an image close-up:~

Well think that's it from me, hope you can join in the new challenge with us and look forward to seeing what you create! Thanks for stopping by today and for any comments you might leave-love hearing from you:) xxx

Quixotic Challenge #3-Kraft and Red-DT card

Afternoon all! Hope everyone's well! Half way through the week already, where is time going! Back today with another Quixotic Challenge, the theme this week was picked by the fabulous Judy, who chose kraft and red-but if you don't have any kraft you can use brown instead. Beautiful combo and it gave me a kick up the bum to use my kraft cardstock that I've been eyeing on the shelf for ages!

Since I saw Amy's beautiful Sweet November fairy stamps I had to have them! They are so funky, I just love em so I've used Fidget Goblinspider on this card-seriously are these not the best named stamps ever:) There's 4 of these beauties available and you can buy them all fromQuixotic Paperie here. Total dream to colour too:)

Stuff: Fidget Goblin spider available from Quixotic Paperie here, copics to colour, Shimmerz blingz paint in fire engine red to colour her hair available here (LOVE this stuff!), Basic grey nook and pantry paper available here, sewing machine, kraft cardstock from stash, hero arts anytime sentiment available here, buttons available here.

Here's a close-up:~

I'm going to enter this over at Creative Inspirations who want to see some sparkle and Flutterby Wednesday who has an open challenge, as long as your project has wings:).

I hope you can join us this week for our kraft and red challenge. If you don't have any kraft you can substitute with brown:) Look forward to seeing your creations! Thanks for popping by and any comments you might leave-love hearing from you.

Quixotic Paperie DT project

Evening everyone! Hows your weekend been? All is good here, nice chilled weekend, just had a yummy chinese takeaway and gonna watch the x-factor results show in a sec! I am totally lovin Stacey and Jamie (I LOVE his hair!). Anyways...

On Saturday I got my second DT package from Elaine for Quixotic Paperie, ohhhh it was full of goodies-thanks Elaine! Was hard to chose what to make first. As you can see though I went for this totally adorable girly by Kraftin Kimmie stamps (Moonlight Whispers) 'Charlotte' available from QP here. She is just the cutest right? She reminds me a bit of both Angelica from the Rugrats and Lola from Charlie and Lola. Anyways...she was such fun to colour, especially the hair-I think curly hair on girls is so cute! I also made a little gift box to go with the card from a Papermania template I bought a few weeks ago.

Stuff: Kraftin Kimmie stamp (moonlight Whispers) 'Charlotte' available here coloured with Copics, Basic Grey Bittersweet papers, Bazill tulle in truffle from here, heart charm from here, mesh butterflies from Steph (thanks Steph!), red organza ribbon from stash, sentiment by dcwv, sewing machine, SU choc chip cardstock, fibres from stash.

Here's a little close-up:~

I'm gonna enter this into the follow challenges: Ildi Co's Creative Challenge-In stitches, Paperplay Challenges-Favourite Embellishment (Ribbons), If The Shoe Fits-Bling (on the butterflies)

Thanks for popping by and for any comments you might leave-love to hear from you! Enjoy the rest of your evening xxx