New MDF Substrates - 'Bottle Of' - from PaperBabe

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We are Introducing the New Products in the PaperBabe Etsy Shop and Today I am sharing a Project I have made using the New MDF Substrates that match the 'Bottle Of' Stamp Set

I created a Mixed Media Portrait that will be part of our Halloween decor this year as I love how it turned out. I took a long time to put together but I loved every minute

I used an A4 Canvas Board which I covered using jointing tape (from Hubby's Shed) I then used polyfiller to smooth over the board this gave the whole board more strength. Next I smoothed more polyfiller through a brick stencil over 3/4 of the board and through a burlap stencil over the last 1/4. Once dry I painted these areas the bricks using magnolia and mushroom chalky paints and the burlap using magnolia and vintage blush chalky inks. I wanted to create brick wall and wallpaper effects.

I asked Hubby to cut a piece of routed wood for me to form a shelf (I love that my Hubby is so talented with wood) I painted the wood piece using white gesso, once dry I painted over the gesso with light brown watercolour which gave a nice wood grain effect. I fixed the wooden shelf to the board using my hot glue gun.

The bottles I painted all the pieces first using white gesso, then added colours using watercolour paints. I stamped the labels using Archival Ink in Black. I painted sold gold paint over the mermaid tears bottle which I had also stamped and painted bubbles on using the dot outline stamp from the Birthday Wishes stamp set. I dusted faint glitter onto the dragon dust bottle and used glitter glue over the fairy dust bottle. I glued all the pieces of the bottles together then attached to my project just like they are sitting on the shelf I made.

Next I created a Mini Portait of The Witch I imagined would be the owner of the Bottles. I stamped the 'Mayleedee Witchily' stamp onto white cardstock and coloured her using my coloured pencils, the background is watercolour pencils and water. I created a frame by first gluing the mini portrait to a piece of gold cardstock, then by die-cutting a piece of white craft foam using an ornate frame die and a square die. I then painted the foam using gold acrylic paint which once dry I glued over the mini portrait. I then attached the mini portrait in frame to the brick wall on my project. 

I painted over the whole project using 2 layers of Mod-Podge to seal

I have really enjoyed making this project it was a lot of fun. I have really started to enjoy making Mixed Media projects and I know I will be making more of them in future

Don't Forget to visit the Paperbabe Stamps Blog and my Teamies Blogs below to see more Gorgeous Projects 

Kim (PaperBabe)
Chris

Terri

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Krafty Hugs xx

Introducing - 'Bottle of' Stamp Set - from Paperbabe

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We have an Amazing New Stamp Set from Paperbabe Stamps Esty Shop to show you today 'Bottle of' and also some gorgeous Mixed Media stencils to match

I have had a lot of fun playing with this lovely set this week

 

below are a few ideas for how to put the bottles together 

 

I have been thinking up all kinds of magical and dragon potion ideas, I should have written them down lol

 

Here is my Project for today using the gorgeous stamps - I was humming 'Love Potion Number 9' the song from the film which is what inspired my make which I am going to frame for my Kraft Korner

 I used a Grey Board Plaque that I painted using white gesso, I then placed a piece of music score on top and painted white gesso over that to create a nice background for my watercolours. I stamped the bottle and stoppers repeating 9 times using masking paper to make them look like they are behind each other, I then watercoloured them like they are filled with magically potions. I stamped the swirling smokecoming out of one of the bottles which I handpainted over using watercolours. I stamped the label and the Love word onto the bottle fronts using the mask again. 

I handpainted the words 'Love Potion Number 9' and the numbers on the bottles. 

I then stamped one of the speckle stamps from the Spritz&Speckle stamp sets around the smoke, I also stamped bubbles using the dot outline stamp from the 'Birthday Wishes' stamp set.

I inked though the New 'Crackle' mixed media stencil using black soot distress ink.

I inked the edges using more of the black soot and painted shadows under the bottles to finish.

Please do check out the post over on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog and join the facebook group to keep up to date with all things Paperbabe xx

 

I will be back tomorrow with another project using the stamps with the new MDF Substrates that match perfectly

 

My Teamies Blogs are below for you to visit too..

 
Kim
Chris

Terri

Thank You so much for visiting today
Krafty Hugs xx

 

 

Introducing 'MDF Portrait Media Blanks - Flick & Fringe' @ Paperbabe Stamps

Hiya and Welcome to my Blog Today

This Week the Design Team are showcasing the New MDF Portrait Media Blanks - Please visit the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see Kim's gorgeous make and links to other Team Members Blog Posts - so much Yummy Inspiration

Today is my turn to Show my Make using the 'Flick & Fringe' variation

I had a lot of fun creating this and getting all painty. First I painted all the pieces using Clear Gesso, once dry I then painted 2 coats of White Chalky Paint

Next I painted the Face, Torso/Neck and a spacing disc using a basic flesh tone I mixed using Acryllic Paint

I then painted a base coat of a Lilac colour I mixed using acrylic paint

These base layers were a starting point for painting all the details onto the corect areas of the Portrait

I used Acryllic paints to paint the shading and details onto the hair pieces. I used the 'Mini Doll Face' stamp set to plot out her facial features which I then blended several flesh tones to add highlights a details to her face. Once dry I then painted in her Eyes, Eyebrows, Mouth

For her Blouse I stamped the 'Peony' stamp from the 'Oriental Zen' stamp set onto the prepared Blouse Pieces to create a Floral Pattern which I then painted using Acrylic Paints. Once all the pieces were fully dry I then used Tacky PVA Glue to fix them all together - I decided to mount her onto the Stand but is the option to hang on the wall instead using the hanging holes at the back

Thank You so much for visiting my Blog Today please visit again soon for more makes from me

Kraft Hugs xx

Paperbabe Stamps - New Release Introduction - Sparkle Bright

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Today I am sharing with you my Projects for the Christmas New Release Tomorrow over at Paperbabe Stamps - once you have finished checking out my cards please do head on over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see our Kim's Gorgeous makes and links to the DT Blogs for their Gorgeous makes too

These gorgeous Sparkle Bright - words stamps are so lovely to use is so many different ways I have made 2 cards to show just a couple of the ways you could use them for your Christmas Makes

This first card I first chose a simple backing paper from one of Christmas Paper Packs and teamed it with some lush brown mirror board. Then I chose inks that were similar colours from my  Inkpad collection 'Stormy Sky' and 'Worn Lipstick' distress inkpads and 'London Fog' memento inkpad, I used these to randomly stamp 2 of the Snowflakes and 1 of the Stars from the Stamp Set around the edge of a piece of plain white cardstock. I then stamped the script like 'Merry' from the set into the centre of the card and the 'May Your Days Be' and '& Bright' in sage green whispers inkpad off to the side above and below the 'Merry' - I finished with some red gems.

For this second card I chose to stamp on pearlescent cardstock so I had to chose some of my Permanent Inks to prevent colour rub off or smudging - I used Whispers Archival Inkpads in 'Starry Starry Night' and 'Azure Seas' which I used to stamp the words 'Merry' and 'Christmas' in a repeat pattern accross the cardstock. Once dry I nked over the edges using 'Whisper Blue' Whispers Archival inkpad and then mounted this background onto Swirly Mettalic cardstock to make the card front. I stamped the 'Merry' and 'Christmas' in the script like style onto a plain piece of cardstock trimmed to size using 'Blue' chalky ink. I inked the edges of this piece using 'Faded Jeans' distress ink, matted using an offcut of the swirly mettalic cardstock and attached to the card front using foam tape. I love using blue for christmas cards. I finished the card with some clear star gems

I realy like both of these cards and they were quick and simple to make which is perfect when you need to get a lot of cards made for the festive period

Thank You so much for visiting my Blog today and I do hope you will check out the Paperbabe Stamps Etsy Store tomorrow when the new stamps will be ready to purchase 

Krafty Hugs xx

Queen of Hearts - Digi - Paperbabe Stamps

Hiya and welcome to my Blog - Today the New Paperbabe Stamps were released into the Paperbabe Etsy Store - a brilliant set of Retro 'Pixel Fun' clear polymer stamps and a gorgeous Digi set of the 'Queen of Hearts' 

I am sharing my Design Team make using 'Queen of Hearts' who I printed in A5, I love this size image and she was so much fun to colour using my Copic Markers and Coloured Pencils

Here are the Copic Markers and Pencils I have used - along with the gold pens and black liner pen I used for her Crown 

Close up

I made the card with lots of layers and die cut hearts - I also added some mini cards and paper flowers

I love this Digi so much she reminds me of my much loved Collectors Edition Barbies I've had since I was 13 so Glamourous 

Thank you for visiting today please stop by the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see our Kim's Gorgeous Makes and links to the other Design Team Members Blogs xx

Krafty Hugs xx

Watercolour and You Quotes - Paperbabe

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Today over at Paperbabe Stamps Blog we are introducing you to the New You Quote Stamps in red rubber that will be available to buy over at the Paperbabe Etsy Store on Saturday 

I have used 2 of the 'You' set of Quotes in my watercoloured piece I teamed them up with the 'Because' from the 'Just Because' clear stamp set

I have used a mix of traditional watercolours and twinkling h2o's - the doll face picture was drawn using the 'Doll Face' Clear Stamp Set and the 'Portait Head & Torso' and the 'Short & Fringe' Mixed Media Templates 

The background I created using 3 shade of green/aqua h2o's and some table salt sprinkled on and left to dry

I added shading to her hair using a dark brown copic marker

I do hope you like my Project and will head on over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see the gorgeous creation by our Kim and follow the links to the Design Team blogs to see the beautiful creations from all the girls xx

Krafty Hugs xx

Introducing - Wonderland - Paperbabe

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Today over at Paperbabe Babe Blog we are Introducing the Brand New Wonderland red rubber stamps

The collection includes... Alice, Hatter, Checked Background and Roses

They will be available to buy from Saturday over at the to Paperbabe Stamps Etsy Store

Here is my Design Team Example made using the New Stamps

I created the background using the Checked Background stamp using 'Broken China' distress ink over pearlescent card, I then spritzed over using a mister bottle and some salt to blur parts of the background for texture.

I diecut the teapot and cups which i then inked over using 'Stormy Sky' distress ink, I stamped the medium rose and small leaves using the stormy sky onto the teapot then used a waterbrush over the rose section to blend the colour out.

I layers up all the parts of the card using teaparty cardstock, mirror board and a large doily. I diecut a pocket watch and stamped the 'Unbirthday' sentiment using Archival Ink onto the background

Here are close up pics of the coloured stamps

I coloured the Hatter and Alice using Copic Markers - I stamped them using 'London Fog' memento ink I love this pale grey colour as its so pale that it gives the 'no lines' effect once coloured xx 

For the eyes I have coloured the lashes using a Sakura Pigma Micron Pen 005 nib, and the White Highlights using a Sakura GellyRoll White Pen x

Copic Colours used...

 Thank You for visiting my Blog today - please visit again tomorrow for another Introduction from Paperbabe Stamps July Release

Krafty Hugs xx

So Adorimal!! - Paperbabe

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Today I am really excited to share with you some of my makes using the Brand New stamps that are available on Paperbabe's Etsy Store to buy from Saturday 23rd May eeeeks!



 This is a really cute set to create little Adorimal's - I really love all these cute Images that are so popular right now not only in the world of craft but in the world of planner's too - they team up perfectly with yesterdays preview 'Kawaii Faces'

Here are a few samples I have made using the two sets together

 For this card I have used the Stamps to paper-piece a  bunny onsie onto an Adorimal

I then used some more stamps to create these cute Bunny and Fox paperclips for my Planner's

Here you can see them peeking out from the tops of 2 of my planner's

I had a lot of fun incorporating them into my planner layout's in my A5 Blog Planner 

I hope you like the sample cards I made 

Now head on over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see more details about these gorgeous cuties and there you will find links to the other Design Team Members Blogs where you can see what they have created to show you too

Thank You for visiting - hope to see you again soon

Krafty Hugs xx

Introducing the Brand New Stamps from Paperbabe

Hiya and welcome to my blog

Today I am really excited to share with you some of my makes using the Brand New stamps that are available on Paperbabe's Etsy Store to buy from Saturday 23rd May eeeeks! 

The first is a really cute set to create little Kawaii Faces - I really love all these cute Images that are so popular right now not only in the world of craft but in the world of planner's too 

The second is a set of gorgeous Digi Adorimals - they are all so so cute 

Here are a few samples I have made using the two sets together 

I hope you like the sample cards I made 

Now head on over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see more details about these gorgeous cuties and there you will find links to the other Design Team Members Blogs where you can see what they have created to show you too

Thank You for visiting - hope to see you again soon

Krafty Hugs xx

Mayleedee Wonderland - Paperbabe

Hiya and welcome to my Blog... firstly I need to appologise, I was offline all day yesterday and my post which was scheduled didn't go live so I have edited and shared today instead 

This week at Paperbabe has been very exciting... loads of new products released including Mixed Media Templates in both the standard Doll Face size, the New Mini Doll Face size and the new Profile View Face size too they are all so much fun to use and the New Stamps are Gorgeous

Head over to the Paperbabe Blog to see the Gorgeous Projects from our Kim and the Paperbabe Team

Last but certainly not least we are sharing our Projects using the New Digi Image 'Mayleedee - Wonderland' who is stunning and a tribute to my Fave Ever! Book 'Alice in Wonderland' which is a fabulous 150 years old Wowser!!

Here is my project for 'Mayleedee - Wonderland'

I have coloured her using Copic Markers and for a change I used blendable coloured pencils over the top to add depth

I matched up some papers and flowers - I wanted to keep the layout simple so the Image is the main focus

The Sentiment I created using the Letters from the 'Watercolour Alphabets' set (also from Paperbabe and available on the Etsy Store

Thank you so much for visiting today and I hope you will visit the STORE to check out the Gorgeous Stamps, Digi's and Templates that are available - also pop over to the 'Paperbabe Fan Group' on Facebook to keep up to date and join in the Paperbabe Fun

Krafty Hugs xx

New Release Showcase for Paperbabe Stamps

Hiya and welcome to my Blog today Im sahring with you a make for Paperbabe Stamps

Have you been enjoying all the Sneak Peeks and projects throughout New Release Week - I know I have 

The new Profile Face stamp set is gorgeous you can create serious portraits but also really cool fairies/pixies so so lush

 

I have really enjoyed using the new Mixed Media Templates to match as its makes drawing to proportion so much easier, you can add to the picture freehand or stick to just the templates your choice really but so much fun especially if you aren't so confident with drawing - There are different hairstyles to chose from as you can see from the preview the lovely hair there is so different from the style I used in my picture 

Here is the sketch before colouring that I created using the Templates

I love how easy it was to create such a large picture (A4 size) all in perfect proportions, the lining up is easy as all the templates have line markers which you can change a bit once you are used to using them

I decided to use coloured pencils for my picture as I have used them for a while and i love the soft look of blendable pencils

 

I couldnt resist making her into a Pixie, I love the pointy ear so much - and Blue Hair well I just love that 

 

So here is my finished Pixie Portrait - I had a lot of fun making and colouring this lovely picture and now its framed and will be going up on my wall in my Kraft Korner very soon 

Thank you so much for visiting today and please do visit the Paperbabe Stamps Blog to see the links to the Design Teams Blogs where their projects are and to see Kim's work of Art on the Blog so so gorgeous as always 

Krafty Hugs xx

 Paperbabe DT