Quixotic Paperie 2nd Birthday Celebrations!

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Good Morning all! Hope you're all well!

Today is an exciting day! Why? It marks the 2nd Anniversary for Quixotic Paperie!

2 years ago on 1st June 2009, Elaine (Quixotic Cards) took the leap and opened an online craft store selling a small selection of crafty stash. Now, the store features stamps from favourite companies around the world, lots of pretty papers and embellishments and other papercrafting favourites.

To celebrate this year, we have a month filled with fun! Stick with us as we show off projects featuring products from around the store, bring you tutorials and tips, and throw the spotlight on some of the awesome stamp companies in stock at Quixotic Paperie! There will be prizes along the way (and a big one at the end of the month), so you won't want to miss a thing!

To get the ball rolling, this week there is a birthday special offer at Quixotic Paperie:

1st June to 8th June 2011

10% Off Throughout The Store!

(This does not stack with existing sale offers or discount coupons, and does not include Gift Certificates.)

Plus, the Design Team are all showing off their favourite creations from their time so far with Quixotic Paperie!

Pay a visit to the rest of the team to see a round up of their favourite makes.

* ANNIKA * ELAINE * JUDY *

* KIM C * KIM D * MARY * ROWENA *

But first, here are a few of my personal favourites!

I Love Whimsy Stamps and Crissy's Carousel Horses are my personal faves in the range-this is card I made last year featuring 'Wings of Hope'. The gorgeous papers are Basic Grey Olivia.

When Graphic 45 arrived at Quixotic Paperie these were the first papers I bought-'Halloween in Wonderland' and I am in love with them as they combine 2 of my favourite things-Halloween and Alice in Wonderland! I don't think they're limited to Halloween makes at all-I will be showcasing these papers next week!

This was the first image I used- 'Stepsisters'- when Mo Manning's images got turned into rubbah and is one of my favourite cards I've made-it very quickly found a new home after selling in My Etsy Shop. The papers are from one of my all time favourite pads-Tim Holtz 'Vintage Shabby'

One of my most recent cards using the fabulous Christy Croll image 'Alice'. I went a bit darker with this card and got out the Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland papers again! This card is still available to purchase here.

Don't forget to pay a visit to the other lovely ladies in the DT (links above). See you all again soon for more fun!

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Proud Momma

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Afternoon all! For those of you who have had a long bank holiday weekend hope it was a good one! I've popped on to show you a card I made over the weekend-it's a New baby Card and features the gorgeous stamp by Whimsy designed by Crissy Armstrong called Proud Momma. I coloured the image with my copics and also did a dotted background-great fun to do if you've got a bit of time to have an extra play!

I've used the gorgeous Prima papers 'Melody' stack and used te same papers for the little flowers I punched out. I added some pearls to the centres using the Viva Decor pearl Pen in Ice White (re-stock coming soon).

Close up of Image:
I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday (followed sketch)

Creative Card Crew-anything goes

Southern Girls-lace and pearls

Delicious Doodles-lovely lace

Totally Papercrafts-girlie and pink

Crafty Sentiments-Special Occasions

Wags and Whiskers-Stitches

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge-New technique (dotted background with copics)

Party Time Tuesdays-Anything Goes

This card will be in My Etsy Shop shortly here.

Also don't forget to enter my Huge Blog Candy Here.

See you tomorrows!

This week is going to be a fun one as it's Quixotic Paperie's Birthday and there will be tons of things going on-indeed I will be back here tomorrow with a fun make!

Birthday Wishes with Whimsy!

Just a real quick post today, am super busy but really wanted to show you this card that I made last week that's been waiting to be posted! This was actually a custom order for a lady in My Etsy Shop as she just loves the Whimsy Carousel horses (also available direct from Whimsy here)-who can blame her eh?!!

I used the yummy Olivia papers by Basic Grey and coloured the image, called 'Wings of Hope' with my copics. The glitter on the wings is the fabby Viva Decor glitter liner in Silver-my Stickles have become redundant now I've found this stuff!

Angle:

Close up:~

I'm going to enter this over at Creative Card Crew (cute and girly), and dutch dare (anything goes).

Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow for the next Quixotic Challenge!

Quixotic Challenge-DT Creation

Afternoon everyone! Hope you're all well and have had a lovely weekend so far-it's still quite hot here in the UK so we've been enjoying the sunshine:)

This week over at Quixotic Challenges Kim Costello (PaperBabe) picked the fab thme of 'miniatures' so you could make teeny note cards, alter a small box, maybe decorate a matchbox....lots of possibilities! I decided to make some tags:) I have just been loving the new Whimsy Stamps Release and I used the Whimsy Birthday Letter Seals-aren't they awesome! If you're in the UK/Europe you can get all your Whimsy from Quixotic Paperie or if you're in the USA order directly from Whimsy.

I'm going to enter them at Creative Inspirations-anything goes.

I'll be back probably tomorrow with another Whimsy creation to share! Thanks for stopping by!

Whimsy Rubber Stamps Release Day + Candy!

Afternoon everyone! Hope you're enjoying your day! Today is release day at Whimsy Stamps, with 2 new fabulous carousel horses and some cool sentiments from our very own Ann! If you've come over from Crissy's blog then you're on the right track, if not then head to Crissy's blog to make sure you don't miss anything! And, I did say there would be candy! Yup, Denise has kindly given me both carousel horses to give away as candy to a random commenter on this post! You'll have till Friday 21st May at noon EST to get your comments in!

Isn't this new horsey, Party Pony, just gorgeous?! So perfect for birthdays! I decided to use some Basic Grey Kioshi papers, as I thought they'd go perfectly with the image which I've coloured with copics. I've added some ink distressing in spun sugar too. You can buy all your Whimsy stamps direct from here-these new carousel horses are such a must have, and how fab are these new ticket stub sentiments-I love them! If you're in the UK and Europe you can also purchase them from Quixotic Paperie here.

I'm going to enter this card over at Crafty Cardmakers as their challenge this week is Inside Out and Create 4 Fun, as I used their fab sketch! At Stamp Something this week, their challenge is celebrate something which is perfect for this and Ooh La La whose theme is bright and cheerful.Here's a little dimensional photo:

Incase anyone's interested this card will be listed over in my etsy shop and my folksy shop shortly:)

Next stop on the blog hop is Debbie. Have fun hopping and good luck at winning the yummy candy on the hop. Don't forget to leave your comment on this post to win the new release!

Whimsy Digital Release Blog Hop!

Afternoon all! Hope you're enjoying yourself on the blog hop checking out all the fab creations featuring the New Whimsy Digital Designs!

If you've come from Patricia, your on the right track, if not head to the start at Denise's blog! Along with the blog-which you'll be pleased to hear is not as long-there is a Whimsy digi challenge which you can find here on the Whimsy Inspirations blog.

For this new release we at Whimsy are also welcoming a brand new designer called Melissa Jenkins-her new digi releases are available here-aren't they just fab! There's also new sentiments by Ann , ad a brand new Emma. But today, as you can see, I'm showcasing one of Crissy's new digital designs-called Gracie's Roses-I absolutely love her! She's so vintage and sweet looking isn't she!

Here's a close-up:~ Gracie has been coloured with copics, stickles added to her roses, and antique linen distress ink sponged around the edges of the image.

I used some more gorgeous Tim Holtz Papers available from Quixotic Paperie here, Shimmerz around the edges, yummy lace and my retro punches:) I've also followed the sketch over at Sketch and Stash. For anyone that's interested this card is available for purchase in my etsy shop:)

Don't forget to leave a comment at the end of this post for a chance at winning one of the fab prizes on offer from Whimsy! Your next stop on the hop is Sue!

A Serene Shy-Ann Whimsy DT

Evening friends! Got a Whimsy card to share with you today! I have got lots of things to show you that I've been making so I'll try and get organised and write my posts up for this week. How's your weekend been? Ours has been good-Ian's off at the moment having some holiday as his mum and step dad are visiting for the week and spending some time with Leo. Today we went to the seaside which was quite fun but the weather wasn't the best so we didn't venture for a dip in the sea!

Anyways...I've got a card featuring the beautiful Shy-Ann by Whimsy Stamps from the very fun and whimsical Mythical Collection. to show you!

I've coloured her in with my copics, added some yummy Shimmerz to her wings and then decided she needed something extra so I added lots of glossy accents. Love the effect of the glossy accents over the Shimmerz-really effective! I also added Shimmerz to the pretty Prima flowers available here. I've used the stunning Kioshi papers again from Basic Grey-just can't help myself-I think this must be one of my all time fave Basic grey pads. I also added some pretty tulle ribbon over the layers of the card. If you're in the UK and Europe over at Quixotic Paperie Elaine is having a sale on Whimsy stamps so do go check that out!

Here's a little close-up:~

For the design I followed the fab sketch over at Sketch Saturday this week and am also going to enter it at: Simon Says Challenge (things with wings), Practical Scrappers (ribbons, fibres and floss).

I've listed this card for sale in my etsy shop here if anyone's interested:) Well that's it from me-just a quick one today you'll be relieved to hear! I'll be doing my blog rounds this week to catch up with everyone. Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you leave me-I love hearing from you!

A Spoonful Of Sugar GDT Card

Afternoon guys! Hope everyone is well! Have been at the hospital this morning to see the orthopaedic surgeon about my back so am all sore after being prodded and what not. Anyways Debs asked the Whimsy DT if any of us would like to guest over at ASFOS this week and I just had to say yes! Super easy theme this week too-its a Happy Birthday theme since it's Debsbirthday tomorrow-so do pop over and give her some Birthday love!

I had to ink up princess Emma-isn't she adorable! I coloured her with my copics. If you live in the UK and Europe you can grab your Whimsy stamps here, if you're in the USA grab em directhere. I wanted to use some girly papers so I went with the basic grey Eva pack and used some Bazzill Bling for matting. The sketch I followed was at Creative Friday, totally new challenge to me. I used some pretty Prima flowers and painted them with Shimmerz for some extra sparkle:) I'm also going to enter this at Creative Card Crew who is also having a happy birthday challenge Allsorts (stitching) and Stamp Something (layers) Here's a little close-up:~

Ooo before I go can I ask you all to check out our Elaine's entry for the semi-final round of TGF Battle Royale, the challenge was to make candy packaging. Now this week the rules have changed-everyone only gets one vote (one comment=1 vote) so if you like our entry-personally I think it's utterly fabulous-please please vote for us! It's the last evening to vote and we really need them to get through to the finals! Thanks so much!

Right well that's it from me off to sort out dinner and then this evening I've got DT work to do and some wedding orders from my Etsy which I'm well chuffed about! Thanks so much for stopping by and for any comments you leave-they mean a lot!

Stamp Something DT card and Whimsy Spotlight!

Afternoon everyone! Friday already! The week has flown by it seems, been a busy one here, ready for the weekend for sure:) Hope you've all got some nice things planned for the weekend, whether it's a nice lie in or a day out somewhere:)

The challenge this week over at Stamp Something is to use a favourite layout, I'm totally loving the favourite theme we've had going on for a few weeks, and so does everyone else it seems if the amount of entries are anything to go by! For my card today I've used an old Papertake Weekly sketch by Dawny P, have used it lots and by tweaking a few bits every card has looked different. The image I've used is a Whimsy Hippo stamp-totally, totally love this one! Isn't she just great, with her big bum?! Hehehe! At the end of The Quixotic Paperie Whimsy spotlight week (over the weekend) there will be a fab Whimsy prize given away so keep your eyes peeled over at Elaine's blog;)

Stuff: Whimsy Hippo stamp from here, copic pens to colour, Cosmo Cricket Earth Love paper pad here (absolutely gorgeous btw!), mcgill buttercup paper punch, raffia lace here, pearls fromhere, core'dinations cardstock, distressing tool, buttons from here, silver cord from here

Here's a little close up:~

I'm going to enter this into a couple of challenges: Simon Says Challenge who want to see stitching, and Whimsy Stamps Challenges who are asking us to use our buttons.

Thanks so much for popping by and any comments you might leave-I love reading them all and hopefully will catch up on some blog hopping over the weekend:) Don't forget to enter my blog candy! Hopefully be back tomorrow with some sugary goodness;) Huggles xxx

P.S. I'll just tell yas all quickly about the specials on at Quixotic Paperie!

All DCWV Stacks now have a whopping 40% off - this offer lasts until all stock is gone.

ALL Paper Pretties stamps are now on very special offer at 25% off.

And from today - Friday 25th September 2009 to Friday 2nd October 2009 we have the following fantastic offers:

The Greeting Farm SINGLE stamps are all on offer at £5.00

Spellbinders Nestabilities are now available at 15% off.

K&Company papers are all 15% off.

All Brads including Jewel Brads and My Mind’s Eye brad packs are 10% off.

You can also enjoy 10% off Stickles, Ice Stickles and Liquid Pearls.

And last but not least, ALL Charms are on special offer at 10% off!

Slumber Party with Whimsy!

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is well and having a good start to the week:) Leo is much better today, bless him, and I got some decent sleep so I'm back in the land of the living, mostly anyways;)

The dt for Quixotic have a fun week planned starting from today, over the course of the week we'll be featuring different Whimsy stamps which you can check out and purchase from Elainehere:) I absolutely love Whimsy stamps, as the images are so unique and have such character, particuarly the animals! But for today I've chosen to use Pajama Time Emma, she's so cute in her snugglies:) I've been coveting her for a while and as luck would have it Elaine sent me her in my dt package:) First thing I thought was that I wanted to do a slumber party (sleepover as us Brits call it) invitation card. So as you can see that's what I've done, and well it just had to be all pink and girly didn't it! Here's a close up of Emma:~

I've made a large circular tag to pop the stamped invitation wording on so this fits in with Paperplay Challenges and over at The Secret Crafters challenge they want to see our cards for girls so this is perfect, the colour combo I've used is bang on with the one at the Our Creative Corner, love pinks and browns and Cupcake Craft Challenges want to see our use of distressing techniques!

Stuff: Whimsy Stamps 'Pajama Time Emma' available here, MME Laundry Line glittered paper stack here (I LOVE every single sheet in this stack-totally gorgeous!), Core'dinations cardstock in brownie, distress ink in worn lipstick, tim holtz distressing tool, su ribbon, su sentiment, Martha Stewart doily lace punch here, circle nesties, mini doily, organza ribbon from stash, copics to colour.

I'll be back tomorrow with any luck and later on in the week I'll have another Whimsy make:) Keep an eye out for the other Quixotic dt's Whimsy creations this week and stop by and show em some love! Thank you for popping by today and for any comments you might leave for me. Huggles xxx

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Simon meets Whimsy

Evening everyone! Hows your week gone? Not long till the weekend! Wohooo! I've made a really fun card to show you this evening!

I got the delicious DCWV Green Stack recently and decided today I'd stroked it enough and was time to play! The first thought when seeing the papers was that this adorable Whimsy Owl would just go perfectly-I think this owl is just the coolest owl image ever! The layout for the card is from Simon Says Challenge-tis Heidi's birthday today (Happy Birthday Heidi!!!) and there's a special prize for this weeks winner (I live in hope!). Am also entering this over at A Spoonful of Sugar as their theme this week is distressing, Practical Scrappers whose theme is stamps and Whimsy Challenges-they're theme is 'touchy feely' and over at Pollycraft Monday they want to see our animal creations!

Stuff: Whimsy Owl available here coloured with copics, DCWV The Green Stack available here (and on sale atm!), core'dinations cardstock, sewing machine, jute ribbon available here, mcgill and xcut flower punches, woodware grass punch, spacers available here, bling from stash, tim holtz distressing tool, distress ink in broken china.

Did you notice the cute clouds? They're actually from the Green stack too-that paper is such a fun collection-I just cut it out and went crazy with the silicone glue. hehe. Well that's it from me today, and I'll be back tomorrow with the my Stamp Something dt card so please come back and see me! Thanks so much for popping by and any comments you might leave-I love reading them and it makes me feel like i'm not just waffling onto myself! Huggles xxx

P.S. I mentioned earlier that I have 2 brand new copic ciao pens in light grape and green gray that are duplicates that I'd like to swap if you have any duplicates-just email or leave a comment otherwise I guess I'll pop em on ebay so I can get some newies. Thanks!

Pile It On DT Card-Mostly Orange

Good morning everyone!

It's Pile it On Time again and this week we've got a fab one- to use 'Mostly Orange' in your creations. You can create any item you like (card, scrapbook Layout, altered object, book etc) but it needs to be mostly orange and to combine it with at least one other challenge. The more challenges you combine the more goodies you could win! This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Whimsy Stamps and you could get your inky fingers on one if you enter! Denise of Whimsy Stamps sent me this super cool Whimsy Owl-is he not the most adorable owl you've seen? I love how he looks all dishevelled! As you might have gathered I had lots of fun using him!

Here's how I Piled It On:

Pile It On-mostly orange

A Spoonful of Sugar-I used their sketch

Dutch Dare-Cutting dies and/or shapes

Paperplay Challenges-fave sweets/candy-mine is chocolate orange

Stuff I used: Whimsy Owl coloured with promarkers, MME papers, core'dinations card, raffia, pearls and buttons from stash, nesties, cuttlebug, distress inks in antique linen and vintage photo, hero arts sentiment, prima flowers,

Don't forget to hop on over to see the other design teams creations too, they're fab! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Huggles