Paperbabe Blog Hop - Wonderland Mixed Media

Good morning!

If You have arrived HERE from
Terri
Then you are in the right place in the Hop line up but if you only just arrived here then please do find the Hop List in this post and start from the beginning so that you havent missed any of the Gorgeous Projects from the Design Team & Guests. You will then also be in with a chance of winning the Blog Hop Prize

I'm delighted today to announce our blog hop celebrating Paperbabe Stamps BRAND NEW Alice Collection Mixed media Release! 

These are already available in the shop...

 Five wonderful new Characters including two animal sets to add to your collection, join us for tons of inspiration, and a giveaway as well!

To add extra fun to our blog hop... we are offering up a prize! 

of the whole Alice collection to one lucky winner.

Here are the details:

• A winner will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the designer's blogs and the PaperbabeStamps Blog to win. 
• Just leave a comment on any of the designer's blogs listed below or the Paperbabe stamps blog for your chance to win! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify but it increases your chances) 
• Deadline: You have until midnight on Monday, 26th Feb to leave a comment. 
• Please check the Paperbabe Stamps blog on Wednesday, 28th Feb to see if you are one of our lucky winners. 

Here's a sample from me...

I created my project into my A4 Art Journal using the Alice templates and the Mini Female Face stamp set. I then coloured her using a full set of Crayola pencils. The background I created using various Paperbabe stamps, watercolours, distress inks and handwritten quotes from my copy of Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. My Copy was printed in 1920 and has all the orginal artwork and poetry by Lewis Carroll.

Today, we’ve enlisted some super talented designers to inspire you with ideas on how to use these beautiful new stamps and templates! Hop along for lots of fun and inspiration!

Here is the entire blog hop line-up so you don't miss a single stop...

Kim

Chris

Delphine

Terri

Kerrie

Keren

Tracey

Lozzy

Alysha

Beata

Paperbabe Stamps

Have fun on the HOP!

Thank You so much for visiting my Post Today on my Blog for the Paperbabe Stamps Blog Hop

Krafty Hugs xx

Paperbabe Challenge - Dots Theme - Dillon Hatter

Hiya and Welcome Back to my Blog

Today I am sharing with you my Design Team Make for this Fortnight's Paperbabe Challenge over on the Team Blog

The Theme this fortnight is Dots, you can interpret this in any way you choose and if you enter over on the Team Blog you could WIN up to £20* of Paperbabe Products

Here is a Picture of what I created for the Challenge using 'Dillon Hatter' as my main focal point

I used a page from an old dictionary with some interesting words on which I fixed down onto the fancy card blank using Decomache Glue, I then inked through a Dotty Template using 'Milled Lavendar' and 'Seedless Preserves' Distress Inks. I love this template because it has many different sizes of Dot so you can really build up details. 

I stamped 'Dillon Hatter' onto plain white cardstock and coloured him using coloured pencils, using colours to match into the spots on the small piece of cardstock I used as a layer over the background. I love how he turned out because 'The Hatter' always wears such outrageous outifts

I stamped some words from the 'Just Because' Sentiment set all separately because you can with Our Kim's clever designing skills so you can make up sentiments to your own needs as the words you want to use  you can't alway find in the normal sentiment sets around on the high street. I spelt out. 'Just BECAUSE you make me smile' and this card I've made to give to my Boyfriend.... We have only been together since early December but he does make me smile every day.

I stamped the 'Curiouser & Curiouser' sentiment from the 'Mayleedee in Wonderland set, just because I love it... I am a huge Alice fan and all the quoted from the book inspire me daily which is when when i changed my name by Deedpoll last month I had to add 'Alyce' in as my middle name 

I added more spots using the Tiny 'Dot Clusters' from the 'Birthday Wishes' set and black ink.

To finish I just had to fussy cut 'Dillon Hatter', matt&layer all the pieces, ink the edges and then piece it all together.

I really like how the card turned out and I hope my Boyfriend will like it too as I am giving it to him today when I go away with him for the Weekend... this is becoming a regular thing now that we stay at each others houses at weekends because I live in Harlow and He lives in Frinton-on-Sea, both are in Essex luckily but still a long old trek to see each other each week... and of course I prefer staying at his as its so close to the Sea. The sea air has always made me feel so much better from when I was really young to now.

Paperbabe Products used in my Project:

Dillon Hatter - Red Rubber Stamp Set

Mayleedee in Wonderland - Red Rubber Stamp Set

Just Because - Clear Stamp Sentiment Set

Birthday Wishes - Clear Stamp Sentiment Set

*So, if you use Paperbabe Stamps in your projects you have the chance to win £20 of Paperbabe Stamps, otherwise the prize will be £10.

Please enter your fabulous projects in the linkup! on the Team Blog

Challenge ends: 16th Feb 2018

Thank you for joining in!

Thanks You so much for visiting my Blog Today, please do come back again soon as I will be making again more often now that I am finally under the right treatment from the doctors so my enthusiasum for making things is returning!!! Best News Ever!

Krafty Hugs xx

Paperbabe Challenge 'Picture Inspiration' Ultra Violet - Design Team Post

Hiya and welcome to my Blog - It has been a long time since I have posted anything here as I have had a few medical issues but all is good now so I am back and what better way to come back than with a Brilliant Challenge with Paperbabe Stamps

This Fortnight the Challenge is a Picture Inspiration Challenge, you can create anything you like inspired by the pictures below or the colours, any project you like but please do link up on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog for your entry to be entered for a change to Win up to £20* of Paperbabe Products

So, it's time to create anything inspired by the picture... this years colour is ultra violet so 'Our Kim' thought it would be fun to use. Use the picture or colours as inspiration!
As always be sure you use at least one paperbabe stamps product in your creations, and HAVE FUN

Here are some pictures of my Design Team Project for the Challenge

I was inspired to create my Favourite Character from a very famous DC Comics Movie 'The Suicide Squad' - 'Harley Quinn' I just love her so much. I created her using Templates and Stamps all available from the Paperbabe Etsy Shop

Female Portrait Templates 'Head & Torso' & 'Wavy Bunches' and 'Female Face Stamps'. Her untra violet roses background was made using 2 of the roses from the rose border stamp set and the 'Your Sparkle has not gone unnoticed' quote stamp 

watercolours were used for the roses backgroundwhich I built up using an older set from Paperbabe Stamps - the Roses Border set of red rubber stamps

I wanted to show that you dont always need the most expensive pencils available to create a shaded hair look so i used a set of 12 double-ended (so 24 colours) of Crayola Pencils that i got cheaply in my local Supermarket 

I am really happy with how the project turned out

Here is another close up of her pencil coloured hair - I love how using a black pencil under the colours adds some depth and texture to her hair

We would all love to see your entries in the challenge - so go get those craft materials out and ready to play, have fun

The challenge post will go live on Paperbabestamps blog on

Friday 19th Jan at 10am(UK/gmt).

you will have 2 weeks to enter your Beautiful Projects over on the Paperbabe Challenge Blog

 http://paperbabestamps.blogspot.co.uk/

*So, if you use Paperbabe Stamps in your projects you have the chance to win £20 of Paperbabe Stamps, otherwise the prize will be £10.

Please enter your fabulous projects in the linkup!

Challenge ends: 2nd Feb 2018

Thank you for joining in!

Thanks you so much for visiting my Blog today

Krafty Hugs xx

Don't be Afraid to Sparkle - Paperbabe Stamps Challenge - Picture Inspiration

Hiya and Welcome to my Blog

I'm so sorry that I have not been around much of late... I have been quite down but I am slowly starting to pick myself back up 

Today is a Challenge Day over at the Paperbabe Stamps Blog so the Team has been busy making pretties to share with you

The theme of the Challenge is a 'Picture Inspiration'

Paperbabe Stamps Challenges are open to everyone...

As usual you are welcome to combine with other challenges.

Please be sure to link your project below for a chance to win Paperbabe Stamps Gift worth up to £20*

 

You can create any project you like as long as it is inspired by the picture below or the colour scheme etc.

Here's the Picture inspiration...for the challenge 

For my Design Team Project I have picked out the colours from the colour scheme to use in my project. I made a cute little easel card that could be used for any occasion

 
 I picked out a patterned backing paper, complementary coloured cardstock in colours similar to the colour scheme and some silver mirror board for layering.

I created the easel card using a 6x6 cardblank and half of another 6x6 cardblank this time with a scalloped edge. 

The Backing paper I chose to use is A5 and I managed to make this card using only one sheet. First I trimmed a piece to a few mm smaller than the 6x6 cardblank to use on the base of the easel card i then layered using a green cardstock and silver mirror board. For the card front I trimmed a piece of lavendar cardstock to a few mm smaller than the scalloped edge, I then layered with silver mirror board. I trimmed the offcut from the A5 backing paper and attached to the left side of the card front.

I made the easel stopper using offcuts from the cardstock and papers, layer on top of each other and fixed in place using foam tape to created the raised stopper.

for the topper I cut a piece of linen cardstock which I then make an inky painty background using sage and pink inkpads, a waterbrush and an ink blender tool. I then stamped the Large Butterfly solid stamp (from the 'Butterfly Peridae' set) at a jaunty angle using a mauve ink. I added a sparkle trail using wet glue and dazzle dust glitter. I inked the edges using versamark ink which I then dipped into Snowflake Tinsel' embossing powder which i then heated using a heat gun.

I stamped and embossed the Large Butterfly details stamp (also from 'Butterfly Peridae') using versamark and the same embossing powder as before onto vellum. I fussy cut the butterfly, shaped the wings with a bone folder tool to created depth. i attached over the butterfly i had stamped previously using wet glue. The vellum butterfly gives the ellusion of movement to the wings. for the body i used a few little wooden substrate pieces from the 'Mixed Media blank accessories' pack. 

To finish I stamped the 'Don't be Afraid to Sparkle' sentiment stamp and the little antenae using grey ink.

I fixed the finished topper to the card front using foam tape for dimension.

So, it's time to create anything, use the picture or colours as inspiration as always be sure you use at least one paperbabe stamps product in your creations, HAVE FUN, and don't forget to link your project over on the Paperbabe Blog

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*So, if you use Paperbabe Stamps in your projects you have the chance to win £20 of Paperbabe Stamps, otherwise the prize will be £10.

Please enter your fabulous projects on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog
Challenge ends: 

 

Thank you for joining in!

Mayleedee Little Red - Sketch Challenge - for Paperbabe Stamps

Good Morning and Welcome to my Blog

Today is the start of  the fortnightly challenge over at Paperbabe Stamps Blog

The theme for this fortnight is a Sketch Challenge using the Image below as a guide for your project's layout... Create anything you like and as long as we can see the sketch in your design anything goes

Use the sketch in any creative way that you want, flip it, turn it be inspired by it. The flower can represent any image or embellishment and "paperbabe stamps" any sentiment.

Paperbabe Stamps challenges are open to everyone...

As usual you are welcome to combine with other challenges.

Please be sure to link your project below for a chance to win Paperbabe Stamps Gift worth up to £20*

Here is my Design Team project for the Challenge... I flipped the sketch 

I chose to use 'Mayleedee Little Red' clear polymer stamp for my main image and I coloured her using coloured pencils, I used ribbon and lace for my accent strip and the 'Thank You' sentiment from the 'Mayleedee Little Red' stamp set

I chose a pretty backing paper which i then chose pencil colours to match in with the colours in the paper, I fixed some paper roses to my card inspired by the speckles in the sketch

I hope you like my project and that it might inspire you to join in the challenge this fortnight... check out the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see more gorgeous inspiration from Kim & the Design Team

Krafty Hugs xx

Never Regret! - Wordage & Beautanicals - for Bee Crafty

Hiya and Welcome to my Monday Design Team post for Bee Crafty

Oh my Word!!! It has been a crazy week here at KraftyKezzlaHQ - we have no broadband at home for 3 weeks so I am having to use my mobile as a Wifi Hotspot which I do not have too much data left so I am having to use my internet sparingly - not good for a social media geek lol

So while I can not be online as much as I would like I have been moving all the bedrooms around in my house!! which is nuts as its 4 rooms that are now all topsy turvy while I sort through and delclutter... but it also means some good news... Hubby and I are moving our bedroom to the back of the house which will then leave me free to use the front room we are now in as my Work/Office/Kraftroom like we always intended to eventually... it is going to be amazing to be able to leave all my stuff out where I like and be able to shut the door at night without having to shift ot all away each night YAY!! It is going to be mega!!

Now back to my post after all that chatting lol

This week I am sharing with you an older make from me where I have used the fabulous 'Never Regret' - WORDage Stamp as the main focal point of the card and then created a flower from the leaves of the 'Maple' stamp and the larger branch from 'Branches' stamp set both from the BEAUtanical Collection

For the flower I repeat stamped the maple leaf onto pearlescent card, fussy cut them, embossed them from the reverse and layered them up overlapping to create the bloom, the leaves I stamped using the branche stamp which I also fussy and fixed under the flower.

I teamed these lush stamps with some pink, brown, kraft and cream cardstock, some circular dies, flatback pearl and some polka dot ribbon, on a 7x7" cardblank

Thanks You so much for visiting my post today - please come back to the Bee Crafty Team Blog again soon for more yummy inspiration from the Amazing Design Team

Krafty Hugs xx

Planning with my Bee Crafty Polymer Stamps

Hiya and Welcome to my Monday Post for Bee Crafty Stamps

This week I have been getting ahead with my 'Filofax - Planning' and I have decorated this week's pages and my May monthly spread using some of my favourite Bee Crafty polymer stamps

Bee Crafty Products used:

BEAUtanicals - Branches - polymer stamp set

BEAUtanicals - Tall Elder - polymer stamp

WORDage - Dream - polymer stamp

WORDage - Beautiful Things - polymer stamp

Inspired by Da Vinci - Script - polymer stamp

I really love to use my non-planner crafty stash in my planners as it helps me to expand on what I have brought for my planning, but also as I love to use my planner for memory keeping as well as planning my day to day stuff

I chose colours of stamping ink to complement the mushroom coloured leather of my current planner (I have a big colletion to choose from each month) 

I decided to use the same stamps for my weekly layouts in May as I used for my Monthly spread.

I stamped using versamagic chalky ink's in the following colours

Wheat: for the script stamp

Sage: for the larger branch stamp from the set

Sahara Sand: for the Tall Elder stamp (I just used the top part)

Jumbo Java: for all the Wordage stamps

I stamped them around the edges and over the notes section to leave the main pages blank for filling in the details of my week

I used the same stamps and colours for the my Monthly spread

I really like how the colours work with my chosen planner for May

Thank You so much for visiting My Blog today I hope I have inspired you to use your Bee Crafty Stamps in more of your projects as well as your Cardmaking

Visit the Bee Crafty Team Blog to see more inspiring makes from the Brilliant Bee Crafty Design Team

Krafty Hugs xx

Love and Chocolate - Black & White - for Bee Crafty Stamps

Hiya and Welcome to my Monday Post for Bee Crafty Stamps

Bee Crafty Products used:

Wordage - 'All You Need is Love' - polymer stamp
Fabulous Flowers - Star Flowers - polymer stamp set
Beautanicals - Branches - polymer stamp set

I hope you are all having a lovely Easter with your families & friends - I was inspired but Easter Chocolate for this make but went with a Black & White, Classic look instead of the traditional bunnies and eggs for Easter

Firstly I crocheted some white flowers and stitched through some buttons using white yarn. Then I repeat stamped the Star Flowers and larger Branch onto white cardstock using black versafine ink. I then spent some time fussy cutting them out

I then trimmed a piece of black card to 1/2 cm smaller than my 7x7 card blank. Then I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 1/2 cm smaller than the black piece. I ran some black card stock through my embossing machine using a burlap embossing folder and cut a strip of this to fit the width of my card. I layer the black and white card pieces onto the card blank using strong glue, I stamped the Love and Chocolate sentiment onto the top corner and mounted the black embossed strip to the card front using foam tape.

I then arranged the Branches, Crocheted Flowers and Star flowers and when i was happy with how they looked I fixed them down using my hot glue gun

I then fixed some gems using glossy accents to the flower centres, and scattered some around

I love how this project turned out as I really love non-traditional themes and colours during the seasonal occasions through the year

I made 2 more slightly altering the layout each time

Thanks You so much for visiting the Bee Crafty Blog please do visit again soon to see more Awesome Projects from the Amazing Bee Crafty Design Team, they are such a Talented Bunch 

Krafty Hugs xx

Visit Bee Crafty Stamps Blog to see more examples from the Talented Bee Crafty Design Team

Simplicity - Beautanicals - Black & White - for Bee Crafty Stamps

Hiya and Welcome to my Monday Post for Bee Crafty Stamps

Today I wanted to share with you a make that is a Simplistic make from black and white cardstock

I love the Black & White look its simple but dramatic as well

Bee Crafty products used:

BEAUtanicals - Tall Elder - polymer stamp

WORDage - Simplicity is Sophistication - polymer stamp

Inkables - Oval Lace - Template

A4 White Linen Card

First I stamped the Tall Elder stamp onto a piece of Linen Card using Versafine Ink, I then trimmed this piece about 1cm around the edge of the image. I stamped the Simplicity is Sophistication stamp onto an off cut of white card. I matted both these pieces using black card.

I then took a piece of pearlescent white card and trimmed to 5mm smaller than a 6x6 card blank, I ran this card through my embossing machine using the Oval Lace template underneath it to create a raised pattern on the card

In this picture you can see the pretty shine from the pearlescent card and the pattern from the template shows well too

I matted the pearlescent backing I created with some black cardstock and stuck to the front of the card blank using a strong glue. I layered up the Tall Elder image and the sentiment using some foam tape. I finished the card with some jet black flat backed gems.

Thank You so much for visiting My Blog today... come back soon to see more of my Projects

Krafty Hugs xx

to see more Design Team Projects from the Bee Crafty Design Team... follow the link below

http://beecraftybidford.blogspot.co.uk/