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Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge #76: May Flowers

*** SCROLL DOWN FURTHER FOR MY MAKE IT COLOURFUL POST! *** Time for a new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge!  This week we want to see FLOWERS on your creations.  You could use an image with flowers in, flowery papers, die-cut flowers, embossed flowers, mulberry roses etc  Whatever you like!  Our lovely Krafty Host this week [...]

Make It Colourful #16 – Black and a Splash of Red

Hope you’re all recovered from the excitement of the Royal Wedding yesterday!  Time to enjoy the remainder of the long weekend here in the UK.  The wedding may be over, but the offers are still on at Quixotic Paperie!  You have until midnight on Monday 2nd May to take advantage of Free P&P and other [...]

Bellariffic Friday – Heritage Tree

It’s time for Bellariffic Friday! This week the theme was to create something for Mother’s Day, or for someone important to you.  As Mother’s Day has been and gone here in the UK, I have created a card for my Mum’s birthday, which was the perfect excuse to ink up LULU’S HERITAGE TREE from Stamping [...]

Forest Fairy

Today brings not only that Royal Wedding everyone’s talking about, but a fun little release from SCACD Stamps!  Perfect.   Susana is releasing two new Victoria Case stamps From The Vault!   The new stamps – Forest Fairy and Spa Time Fairy are also available to order at Quixotic Paperie here in the UK! We’re [...]

Royal Wedding & Bank Holiday Special

QUIXOTIC PAPERIE ROYAL WEDDING/BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL FREE P&P ON UK ORDERS OVER £25 PLUS A SELECTION OF SPECIAL OFFERS! RANGER & TIM HOLTZ PRODUCTS 10% OFF! OFFERS END MIDNIGHT MONDAY 2 MAY 2011 MY MINDS EYE NEW 6×6 & 12×12 WHIMSY STAMPS APRIL RELEASE IN STOCK  *NEW* ARTISTIC OUTPOST STAMP SETS NEW BASIC GREY 6X6 PADS! [...]

Arthur

On Friday I posted a card featuring the adorable Annie, illustrated by Christy Croll and available in rubber through Stamping Bella.  Well, Annie comes in a set with another adorable stamp – Arthur!  Today’s card features him. Because I LOVE how Annie turned out in the POLAROID FRAME, I made a similar card featuring ARTHUR. [...]

Sundays With Crissy – Spring Is In The Air

Firstly, apologies!  My post for the Sundays with Crissy challenge is a bit late this month – brain like a sieve! As you probably already know, the challenge this month is Spring Is In The Air (or baby cards), and Crissy has the most adorable new spring-themed images available as digis through Whimsy Stamps.  I’ve used [...]

Bellariffic Friday – Polaroid Annie!

Yeah, I know, it’s Saturday.  My brain has gone into Bank Holiday mode, and I completely forgot to schedule my post for Friday.  D’oh!  So, here it is!  Better late than never!  This week’s theme was FREESTYLE!  So, I decided to do something I’ve been planning ever since I made THIS CARD.  I love playing [...]

Quixotic Paperie Easter Offer & New Arrivals!

*** FOR MO & ZO’S CARNIVAL HOP POST PLEASE SCROLL DOWN! *** Pretty hard to believe that Easter is already here, and with such gorgeous weather here in the UK!  Things are really rockin’ over at Quixotic Paperie with a TON of new goodies to drool over!  PLUS as it is Easter, I have a [...]

Mo & Zo’s Carnival Hop!

Clowns, Fairy floss, sticky fingers, squeals of delight and of course complaints of sore feet near the end of the day… Where are we?   *** THE CARNIVAL *** Hopefully you have just hopped on over from KERTTU’S BLOG. If you just popped on by and want to join us on the super carnival hop then [...]

Are You Ready For Some Fun?

Just a quick post from me to let you know that we have some fun coming up this week! Mo’s Digital Pencil and Make It Crafty are putting on a blog hop on Thursday 21st April 2011! You are not going to want to miss this one!

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps April Hop!

Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps are releasing their new APRILstamps!  As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have AMAZING new stamps for you to play with this month!  We have some beautiful FAIRIES just in time for spring, from Annie Rodrigue!  There are some more adorable Dress Up Kids from Steven [...]

Elisabeth Bell for SCACD New Beginnings Peeker & A Challenge!

Despite the fact that the days are flying by far too fast, I’m definitely happy it’s now Friday evening!  It has been a busy and slightly taxing week, so a chilled out weekend is in order.  I’ve got a card to show you featuring one of the adorable Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Peekers, but first [...]

Bellariffic Friday – Lindabella’s Sketch

I’m a little stunned that it’s Friday again, they come around fast!  Still, can’t complain, especially when it’s BELLARIFFIC FRIDAY! This week we had a fab sketch from Lindabella to play with.  I was planning on using an image, but when I sat down to make my card it seemed like a perfect way to [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps April Previews Day 1 – Krafty Quotes

It’s that time again!  Sunday 17th April will see the release of a fantastic new set of stamps from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps (available in the UK/Europe at Quixotic Paperie)!  Today the Krafty Girls are showing off peeks of the third set of ‘Krafty Quotes’! Each month there will be releasing a new set and each set will have [...]

Quixotic Paperie News!

The weather has turned a tad miserable here in Dorset, but I’m happy enough, because lots of gorgeous new crafty stash arrived today, PLUS Whimsy Stamps are back with another fantastic release!  The stamps and dies are expected in stock at Quixotic Paperie during the week beginning 18th April 2011.  You can preorder them now, along [...]

Cupcake Craft Challenge 137: Sponsor & Guest!

This week Quixotic Paperie are sponsoring the Cupcake Craft Challenge, plus I’m a guest designer for this week’s challenge! The theme is Doctors and Nurses, and I had THE perfect stamp!  Meet DONNA THE NURSE FAIRY from Paper Makeup Stamps (available in the UK at Quixotic Paperie).  Isn’t she fab?  Love the Paper Makeup Stamps [...]

Bellariffic Friday on Sunday: Monochromatic

Have you checked out this week’s Bellariffic Friday challenge over on BLOGGABELLA yet?  If not, grab a cuppa and go check it out!  Some gorgeous creations from the Babes and the Sistahood! The theme for this week was MONOCHROMATIC, and I chose to use a fab Christy Croll stamp on my card: ARTSY HOUSE (incl. [...]

Introducing The Peekers!

Introducing…The Peekers by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps! The Quixotic Paperie design team have once again joined forces with the SCACD design team for this blog hop to celebrate the release of THE PEEKERS by Elisabeth Bell.   We think you’ll agree, these are some of the most adorable images by Elisabeth Bell, truly capturing the mischief and [...]

WOYWW #96

After a trip to the dentist yesterday, the day was a bit of a washout.  So, today I’m playing catch up!  I’m trying to join in with WOYWW each week, who knows how long I’ll keep it up…LOL.  Here’s a link to this week’s WOYWW post over on Julia’s Stamping Ground. On my desk are [...]

Latest Belles ‘n Whistles Release!

Just a quick note to let you know that the latest Belles ‘n Whistles release is now in stock at Quixotic Paperie! This latest release includes 8 brand new images by Elisabeth Bell – Fairy Friends – and 8 of Elisabeth’s earlier stamp illustrations, originally released by Sugar Nellie and now available in high quality [...]

Bellariffic New Release – Mo Manning Catching Up

It’s an exciting day over in Bellaland!  Stamping Bella have a fantastic new release, which is all available now! I got to play with one of the latest Mo Manning images to make it into yummy rubber!  This is CATCHING UP and the adorable image comes with the perfect sentiment as seen on my card! [...]

Whimsy Stamps – Help For Japan

Just a quick post to let you know that Whimsy Stamps have put together a special set of digital images to raise funds for the relief efforts in Japan. Crissy Armstrong, Kenny K, Meljen’s Designs and Raindrop Echo Designs have all contributed designs for the cause. For the month of April you can purchase the [...]

A PEEK at my productive weekend!

Hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine was both relaxing and productive, can’t beat that!  I got caught up on a lot of colouring, most notably those ADORABLE Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps Peekers that are being released on FRIDAY! (click the photo for a closer look) So far I’m seeing lots of great feedback [...]

Happy Mother’s Day & Another Peeker!

Happy Mother’s Day to all you UK mums out there!  Hope you have a lovely day.  Unfortunately my Mum lives quite far away from us, so I won’t be seeing her today, but she’s very happy with her gift. And, what better day for another look at the gorgeous PEEKERS from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps?  [...]