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The Greeting Farm March Release Hop – Anya Blooms

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Hi everyone! It’s hard to believe that in just the last few short days, MARCH has arrived!  With it comes the release of FOUR new stamps at The Greeting Farm! It’s been so much fun sharing the arrival of Anya Blooms, Blush Beatrice, CC Monday Morning, and the new Blush Crown stamp with you all this [...]

SCS Love Fest: Bring On The Bling!

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There’s some fun going on over on the Splitcoast Stampers forum!  SCS and their ten member companies are holding the very first “Love Fest”.  There’s lots going on, with challenges and chat from all the member companies including STAMPING BELLA! Today the Stamping Bella hostess challenge is starting.  You can see the challenge thread over [...]

Something Sweet for Bellariffic Friday

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Well, once again, the weekend is very welcome indeed!  This week has been a little stressful, and I am worn out.  Whining over – I have a Bellariffic Friday card to show you!  Before I do though, some news stuffs! Emily is having a sale at Stamping Bella!  Some lines are retiring and have already [...]

Follow Your Dreams in Black & Gold




Phew, bit of a stressful week so far.  Good job the weekend is almost in sight.  I haven’t been in the mood to colour, rather I’ve been playing with inks, paints and sprays!  I’m finally leaping in with both feet and exploring the world of mixed media and art journalling.  Don’t worry, I’m not deserting [...]

The Time To Relax…

Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls - Reilly Loves to Relax www.quixoticcards.com




I have another new Stamping Bella Uptown Girl to share with you today.  This one is so apt… Meet REILLY LOVES TO RELAX. Another very clean and simple card from me, I just had fun colouring and then popped the image on a card. Of course, with this cold that’s about all I’ve been capable [...]

A Little Uptown Sophistication

Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls - Audrey www.quixoticcards.com




I will be sharing a post on Sunday looking back at some of my favourite cards of 2012 – it’s a little exercise I do enjoy, I just haven’t been particularly motivated thanks to this monster of a cold that just will not go away! In the meantime, I have my first card of 2013 [...]

Final Card of 2012!

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This is another of the cards that should have been posted over Christmas, and is my final card for 2012. It’s a nice clean and simple one, but I do love it. No colouring, just ink and paper and a couple of dies. I stamped Stamping Bella – Hanging Ornaments with red SU ink on kraft [...]

Merry Christmas Sistahs!

Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls - Three Amigas - www.quixoticcards.com




This post was meant to go up on Christmas Eve, to convey my best wishes for Christmas.  Oh well!  Here are my belated Christmas wishes for you all… I used one of my favourite new Stamping Bella images - Uptown Girls Three Amigas (also available in the UK at Quixotic Paperie – the store will be open [...]

Hopping with a Magnolia Cutie!

Magnolia Stamps - Tilda in Ugg Shoes - www.quixoticcards.com/blog




Welcome to the MarkerPOP! & Shinhan Touch Twin marker blog hop! The ShinHan Artisans are joining up with the MarkerPOP! team today to share inspiration featuring a variety of stamps from the MarkerPOP! store, coloured with ShinHan Touch Twin markers which are also available through MarkerPOP! The hop starts today and will be open until [...]

Rain, Snow or Shine…

Stamping Bella - Uptown Girls Rain Snow Shine by www.quixoticcards.com/blog




I was hoping to post a fun and spooky Halloween card today, but unfortunately (as seems to be typical at this time of year) I simply ran short on time.  So, I wish you a spooktacular Halloween, but today I’m going to share something completely non-spooky! Before I share, I’d like to send my very [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Challenge – Paper Piecing

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Lola Lollipop - www.quixoticcards.com




Saturday again already!  I’m pretty happy about that, after a slightly manic week with lots of ups and downs.  I’m going to be indulging in some serious colouring therapy over the next couple of days. Today brings with it the start of a new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps challenge.  This week it’s pretty simple – PAPER [...]

Thanks For Being You

Dies by SCACD & MFT Die-Namics available at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk




Just a quick post today.  I’m wiped out.  We spent Thursday at a theme park with Paul’s sister and her family, I played catch up on Friday and today has been the usual Saturday round up of chores etc.  So, I’m posting this card and then I’m going to go and flake out! I created [...]

Hey There!

Some Odd Girl Stamps - Hey Kaylee - available at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk




Hope you’re having a lovely weekend.  The weather has been a bit patchy here, but we’ve been having a nice relaxing time.  Lots of crafting and colouring for me! I was having fun playing with crafty supplies last night, and had a sudden flash of inspiration!  It’s quite rare for me to sit, colour images [...]

Off To Neverland with Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Peter Pan - available at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk




Have you been checking out the awesome peeks from the new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps release over the past week?  Sadly I didn’t manage to join in with the previews this month, but the other Krafty Girls have been showing off some fantastic inspiration.  Today is of course RELEASE DAY!  All the new stamps are now [...]

Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps May Release Hop!




Time for the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps release day hop! This week we’ve shared previews of all the new stamps from Annie Rodrigue, Emilie Goulet and Cheryl Alger, plus that fantastic Everyday Trinkets sentiment set and now they are all available to buy! ** The new stamps will be available to order on Sunday 20th May from Kraftin’ Kimmie [...]

Urban Love

The Greeting Farm Creeper Crew available at www.quixoticpaperie.co.uk




Hope you’re having a good week.  Lots of positive thoughts and best wishes to any of you who are in areas of the UK affected by the awful events this week. Now, finally, I have something to show you!  Truth be told, I have a box filled with polybags, which in turn are each filled [...]