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Gorgeous New Elisabeth Bell Stamps from SCACD!
Just a very quick post to let you know that the gorgeous new Elisabeth Bell designs from SCACD are available to pre-order from Quixotic Paperie! It’s a fantastic release, and includes some of my favourite Elisabeth Bell images so far! As soon as they arrive here, you know that some of them are sneaking off [...]
Wicked Wednesday is here again! When I start thinking about my life as a series of Wednesdays, it gets a little scary. Hah! On this particular Wednesday I’m slightly hyper, but I’ll tell you all about that on Friday. In the meantime, you know the drill, we’ve got another Quixotic Challenge for you! *** How [...]
This week over on the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog, my fellow Krafty Girl Andrea is asking to see flowers. Lots of flowers actually, a minimum of 3! Perfect opportunity to use up some of the gorgeous paper roses that I hoard but never seem to use. At the moment I’m trying to rediscover some of the [...]
Wednesday is upon us once more! Good job we’ve got another Quixotic Challenge to distract us from the rapid passing of the days! This week I have set the challenge, and I want you to…. *** Make A Splash *** Create a card/project featuring water as a theme in some way (think sailing stamps, pirates, [...]
A big, big thank you to everyone who voted for my team – Quixotic Stampers – in the TGF Royal Battle last week. Emma, Kim, Rowena and I are all thrilled to be in the fourth week of the competition! So many talented people taking part, it’s both a blast and also utterly nerve-wracking! This week it’s my turn, [...]
Time for another Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge! This time my fellow Krafty Girl Melanie (who totally rocks her Copics!) has asked for creations for boys/men. I mentioned my thing for all things piratical the other day, well, I also have a thing for dragons. That goes back to childhood too, I had an early obsession with [...]
The Greeting Farm – Spotlight
Just a very quick post to let you know that the gorgeous new larger stamp set from The Greeting Farm is now available to order HERE at Quixotic Paperie! The set will be arriving in stock and dispatching on Friday, so secure yours now! One of them is already earmarked to be whisked away to my craftroom!
Time for another Quixotic Challenge! This time the challenge has been set by Kim. *** Heavy Metal *** Use metal embellishments e.g. charms, pins, brads, foil etc You can make this as simple and easy as you like, or you can really go for it. I’ve gone for the former, while our fabulously creative Kim [...]
It’s another beautiful day here in Dorset. I’m having a chilled crafty day to help recharge my batteries a little! What better way to chill out than playing with some of Mo Manning’s fantastic images? As soon as I saw Mo’s gorgeous new pirate illustrations I fell in love. I am a sucker for all [...]
Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new April images! Annie Rodrigue has gone Medieval on us this month! As you may have seen over the last few days with our krafty peeks, we have a princess, a queen, a knight, a minstrel and a dragon!!! Also we’ve got another one of Annie’s incredible paintings [...]
Hooray for Saturday! I hope you’re having a lovely weekend. Time for another Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge. This week my fabulous fellow Krafty Girl Donna has a colour challenge for you. She would like to see RED BLACK & WHITE creations! For my card I’ve used one of the fab new release images by Annie Rodrigue, [...]
It’s that time again! Yep, already. Today marks the start of another round of Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews. The new release will be available to order on Sunday 11th April 2010. If you’re in the US/Canada then you’ll want to grab them from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps direct, or if you’re in the UK/Europe, I will [...]
This week I’m sponsoring the Pollycraft Challenge with an embellishment prize pack from Quixotic Paperie! The challenge this week is an easy one – “Anything Goes” – so no reason not to join in! Paula has some lovely images available, including the brand new release – “Critters and Cogs”. How cute is this robot? I’ve coloured [...]
Phew! The Quixotic Stampers (myself, Emma, Kim and Rowena) made it through to the second week of the TGF Royal Battle! Thank you to everyone who voted for Rowena’s fantastic retro card last week. This week, the lovely Emma Lockley has created a fabulous shaped easel card for our entry. For a closer look, pop [...]
Time for another fab Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps challenge! This week’s challenge has been set by super fabulous Krafty Girl Jeanne, and she wants you to get… A Little Punchy! Use punches or diecuts on your card! Nice and easy, right? Along with my favourite EK Success Flourish punch, I pulled out a McGill punch I bought [...]