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Victoria Case for SCACD Release Day Hop!

Today sees another fab new release from SCACD Stamps!  This time it’s a new Victoria Case for SCACD collection, and we’re being revisited by a sweet character! There are SIX adorable new Aurora images, all being released today. They are being showcased in a fantastic blog hop, in which the Quixotic Paperie DT are once [...]

SCACD T.I.O.T #78: New Friends

This week for T.I.O.T we were set the challenge of using an animal stamp.  I ummed and ahhed for a bit before plumping for one of my very favourite Elisabeth Bell images – NEW FRIENDS (New Friends is available in the UK at Quixotic Paperie).  I just love the sweet style of this stamp, and [...]

Quixotic Challenge #34: Mo Manning – Cinderella

Time for another Quixotic Challenge.  These Wednesdays seem to come round so quickly!  This week’s challenge has been set by our lovely Emma Lockley. *** COLOUR COMBO *** Kraft/Brown, Pink & Blue I’ve used one of the gorgeous Mo Manning for Stamping Bella images on my card today – CINDERELLA!  If you’re in the US/Canada, [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge #39: Mostly Monochromatic

This one is a little late, but no matter, because the latest Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps challenge will be open for an extra week, as Kimmie and some other lucky Krafty Girls are off to CHA!  So no excuses, you have until 6th August to get your entries in, and you can enter multiple cards! The [...]

Stamping Bella – An Experiment in Simple

I don’t make a lot of cards that don’t involve colouring.  For some reason though, this week I have felt more like experimenting than colouring, so here are a couple of  “experiments”.  I don’t make a lot of truly “clean and simple” cards either, so these really are a bit of an experiment for me! Firstly, [...]

Bellariffic Friday on Saturday: Ipodabella

*** Scroll down or click the link to join in with the Viva Pearls & Glitter Across the Ocean Blog Hop *** Just a quick post to share my Bellariffic Friday card with you!  And yeah, I know it’s Saturday.  It has been another one of those weeks.  Onwards and upwards though! I used IPODABELLA.  Love her!  [...]

Viva Pearls & Glitter Across The Ocean Hop

A recent new addition to Quixotic Paperie has been 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 [...]

SCACD T.I.O.T #77: Sketch Challenge

This week for SCACD Try It Out Tuesday/Thursday we have a fab sketch challenge for you!  I decided to use one of my favourite images for this card – Charlotte from the Moonlight Whispers range by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps (Charlotte is also available at SCACD in the US).  I just LOVE her hair. I stamped Charlotte with [...]

Quixotic Challenge #33: Paper Makeup Stamps Snail Goes Miniature!

Kim Costello has given us a fab challenge over at Quixotic Challenges today!  *** Make It Miniature! *** Small cards, tags or notecards no bigger than 3 inches! Normally my cards are at least 5″ in size, so this was an interesting challenge for me.  I loved it!  The last two cards I blogged were [...]

Stamping Bella – Birthday Definition

*** Scroll down or click the link to see my Club Anya Monday Mania post! *** Just a quick one to show you this afternoon!  I love the definition block stamps from Stamping Bella.  So many uses!  I have as you can see, used BIRTHDAY DEFINITION BLOCK. Papers are from the yummy Echo Park Sweet Summertime Collection [...]

Club Anya Monday Mania: Be Inspired By a Book!

The wonderful and totally inspirational Amy Young emailed me a few weeks ago and asked me if I’d like to host a Club Anya Monday Mania challenge.  Errr. Yessssss!  Actually, joining in with the challenges at Club Anya is something I’ve intended to do for ages, so this was great fun for me! I’m a [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Release Day Hop!

Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps are releasing their new July images!  As you’ve seen over the last few day in our Krafty Peeks,  Annie Rodrigue has created the MOST FANTASTICAL FAIRYTALES!  There are six images in the complete set and one very special one that we have created from Annie’s original painting, Little Red Riding Hood.  And [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge #38: Beautiful Bows & Preview Day #3!

It’s the third day of Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps previews, and it’s also Saturday, so that means it’s time for a new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge!  Can you take much more excitement?! Time for another Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps preview!!!  If you missed my first one, check my Swan Princess post out, and my second preview yesterday was [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Preview Day #2 & A Quixotic Challenge

*** Scroll down further or click the links to see my Bellariffic Friday Post,   Mo’s DT Blog Hop Post & Kraftin Kimmie July Preview #1 ***  Time for another Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps preview!!!  If you missed my first one, check my Swan Princess post out!  You don’t want to miss the peeks at any of this [...]

Bellariffic Friday – Expectafellabella

*** Scroll down further or click the links to see my Mo’s DT Blog Hop Post & Kraftin Kimmie July Preview #1 ***  I’m not usually too bothered, but this week – THANK GOODNESS IT’S FRIDAY!!!  As usual, I’ve got a Bellariffic card to show you!  The challenge this week was to make a card following [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Preview Meets SCACD T.I.O.T

*** Scroll down further or click the link to see my Mo’s Digital Pencil Blog Hop post!*** It’s time for another round of Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps release previews!  Today starts things off, and the Krafty Girls have got some fantastic inspiration for you, showing off the latest release. As you will see, Annie Rodrigue has gone for [...]

Mo’s Digital Pencil Dream Team Hop!

*** Scroll down further to see yesterday’s post using Mo’s Buds Boy *** It’s pretty hard to believe a month has gone by already!  But it has, and now it is time for another hop with Mo’s Dream Team! This month I’m the hostess, and I asked everyone to come up with a card/project inspired [...]

WOYWW & Buds Boy Card

It has been one of those weeks.  One of those weeks.  Yeah.  A week deserving of both italics and bold.  It isn’t even finished yet.  Nearly…  Nearly.  That’s what I’m telling myself as I type this! Firstly, I thought I’d join in with WOYWW again this week.  This one was actually taken at the weekend, [...]

Mo Manning – Lizzy Laptop

Hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend!  I’ve mostly been pottering around getting bits and pieces done at a nice leisurely pace.  I’ve got a quick card to share with you, then it’s bed with a book! For today’s card I’ve used Mo Manning’s Lizzy Laptop image.  Love it!  You can now find this image in [...]

Quixotic Paperie Reminder & Something FUN!

*** For my Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge card please scroll down further! *** Hope you are enjoying the weekend!  Just a quick reminder from me – you have until Midnight tonight (UK time) to take advantage of the special offers over at Quixotic Paperie.  You can read all about them HERE.  Plus, there is lots [...]

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #37: Pink!

Check me out, four hours late posting my challenge card. Tsk!  I completely forgot I hadn’t scheduled the post. D’oh! Anyhoo, this week’s Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps challenge has been set by Krazy Krafty Girl Andrea!  She wants you to use lots and lots of PINK! For my card I’ve used another old favourite – POSY [...]

Bellariffic Friday: Huggabuggs!

*** Scroll down further for news from Quixotic Paperie! *** Hope you’re having a fab Friday!  A Bellariffic one, perhaps! LOL. The theme for this week’s Bellariffic Friday was “Huggabuggs!”.  It was a great challenge for me, as until now, I hadn’t used a single Huggabugg image!  Ever!  Can you believe that?  Tsk. I’ve used [...]

Quixotic Paperie News

*** For my SCACD T.I.O.T post please scroll down! *** Just a quick post! Firstly – Kim Costello has posted a fab tutorial for Color Me Copic on creating grass using Copic Markers. She used some gorgeous Elisabeth Bell for SCACD stamps for her project, which you can find at Quixotic Paperie, along with the [...]

T.I.O.T #75: Crazy Quilts – Elisabeth Bell – Howdy!

Time for another Try It Out Thursday with the SCACD DT! This week we would love to see you create a project with faux quilting/patchwork and faux or real sewing on it (think faux quilt squares, quilting patterns, faux & real stitching)!!  Fun! This happens to be prize week, so make sure you check out the challenge [...]

Quixotic Challenge #31: Pretty in Pearls At The Horse Show!

**** Please scroll down further to see my WOYWW post and my Wishes for Bella post. **** Time for another Quixotic Challenge!  This time that super crafty Kim Dellow has given us a lovely theme: *** PRETTY IN PEARLS *** Use pearls on your card/project in some way.  Flatback pearls, Pearl Paint, Pearl Pens, Pearl [...]