Pencil time... Let's go to the beach!

Hello everyone! After Distress Markers, today is pencil time... and time for some Make It Crafty inspiration and time for a new challenge at Cupcake! The challenge this week is "All At Sea" and we are generously sponsored by Marianne Design offering a stamp, 2 dies and ribbon trim! 

Bonjour à tous! Après les marqueurs aquarellables, les crayons aujourd'hui... une scène Make It Crafty et le nouveau challenge de Cupcake! Cette semaine, le thème est "Tous à la mer", il faut faire un projet en rapport avec l'eau. Nous sommes sponsorisés par Marianne Design qui offrent un tampon, 2 dies et du ruban!

For my scene, I have used 4 Make It Crafty digis that I merged using Word - Ebony At Beach, Sandy At Beach, Sandcastle and my favourite background The Beach. I coloured my scene using Neocolor IIs which I love for their intense colours on the sky, sea and sand. The rest of the scene is coloured with my Polychromos. I added a CC Design sentiment and a little heart button with twine. 

J'ai utilisé 4 images Make It Crafty que j'ai combinées avec Word - Ebony At Beach, Sandy At Beach, Sandcastle et mon fond préféré The Beach. J'ai colorié le ciel, la mer et le sable avec mes Neocolor II (j'adore ces couleurs intenses!), et le reste avec mes Polychromos. Sentiment CC Design et un petit bouton coeur.

 Images: Make It Crafty Ebony At Beach, Sandy At Beach, Sandcastle and The Beach, CC Designs Summer sentiments

Colouring: Neocolor IIs and Polychromos

Other: Heart button and twine

Challenges I am entering:

Kleuren met potloden - CAS

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (entry #2)

Crafty Calendar - Sunshine and/or showers

Sweet Stampin' - Anything but birthday

Digi Haven - Use a button

That's all from me today, thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Merci beaucoup de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Distress Markers & SOG

 Hello all! I am here today for my Quixotic Inspirations post and this week, I decided I would give Distress Markers a go (my 4th attempt) and use them for a gorgeous fairy by Some Odd Girl - Fairy Magic! 

Bonjour! Me revoilà avec la carte que j'ai faite pour Quixotic Paperie et cette semaine, j'ai décidé d'utiliser mes marqueurs aquarellables Distress Markers - 4e tentative - pour colorer une jolie fée Some Odd Girl - Fairy Magic! 

The sentiment and gorgeous Fairy are from the same set (Fairy Magic), the DPs are by Prima from the Melody and Moulin Rouge 6x6 paper pads. I have added 3 punched flowers and a few pearls. To colour my image, I used Distress Markers and I even wrote all the colours:)! Here is a close up on my image and list...

Sentiment et fée viennent du même set Fairy Magic, papiers Prima des packs 15x15 Melody et Moulin Rouge, 3 petites fleurs et quelques perles. Gros plan et liste des marqueurs aquarellables Distress utilisés:

Skin/ Peau: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo

Hair/ Cheveux: Scattered Straw, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain

Eyes/ Yeux: Broken China

Dress/ Robe: Chipped Sapphire

Wings/ Ailes: Tumbled Glass, Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord

Flowers/ Fleurs: Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar

Greenery/ Verdure: Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint

Ground/ Sol: Old Paper

Background/ Fond: Pumice Stone, Stormy Sky

Challenges I am entering:
Some Odd Girl - Sketch (thank you for a fantastic sketch, I love it!)
Stampin' For The Weekend - Die Cuts or Punches
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

That's all from me today, have a lovely Sunday! Hugs,

Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Fairy Dust release IN STOCK
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Release In Stock!
• BACK IN STOCK: Tiddly Inks clear stamp sets
• Craft Stamper Magazine May 2013
• The Greeting Farm LIMITED EDITION Release & Die Set
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & MDF Kits

Sweet Ruby for Copic Marker Europe

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing a "Just because" card I made for Copic Marker Europe, with an image I just love, the adorable Whimsy Stamps Ruby by Sylvia Zet.

Bonjour à tous! Aujourd'hui je vous montre la carte que j'ai faite pour Copic Marker Europe avec une  image qui me fait craquer - Ruby tampon de Whimsy Stamps par Sylvia Zet. 

I stamped Ruby with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured my image. Then I added a CC Designs Butterfly that I cut out and put on a 3D foam square. For the banner, I used my CC Designs Scrolling Banners dies, stamped a Make It Crafty sentiment from the Just Wanted To Say sentiments set and coloured my banner with Copics.

J'ai tamponné Ruby à l'encre Memento Tuxedo Black et colorié mon image. Puis j'ai ajouté un papillon CC Designs Butterfly que j'ai découpé et mis sur mousse. Pour la bannière, j'ai utilisé mes découpes CC Designs Scrolling Banners et tamponné un sentiment Make It Crafty du set Just Wanted To Say sentiments.

Skin/ Peau: E0000, 000, 00, 02, 11

Hair/ Cheveux: E49, 55, 59

Clothes/ Vêtements: C0, 1, 3, R81, 83, 85, RV00, 02, 91, 93, 95, V09, 12, 15, 17

Flowers/ Fleurs: R81, 83, 85, Y15, YG91, 93, 95, 97

Butterfly/ Papillon: RV19, 14, 13, 11

Sky and Clouds/ Ciel: BG0000, BV20, C1, 0, 00

Grass/ Herbe: G28, YG03, 17, 95, 97, 99

Challenges I am entering:
Cutie Pie - CAS

Thank you very much for your visit, have a beautiful day! Merci de votre visite et à bientôt! Bisous,

Hugs

Delphine xx

All That Scraps Review and Without Words Reminder:)

Hello everyone! If you are looking for my Creative Romance candy, please click HERE!
Bonjour à toutes! Si vous cherchez mon candy Creative Romance, c'est ICI! 

Today is review day at All That Scraps and I am reviewing an adorable stamp from the Sweet November range - meet (if you haven't before;)!) Fairwee Josie's Brella! And I would also like to remind you that you still have time to enter our challenge at Without Words - April Showers: Focus on Blue!

Aujourd'hui la DT d'All That Scraps passe en revue les nouveautés du mois de la gamme Sweet November et j'ai utilisé une adorable petite - Josie's Brella! Et j'en profite pour vous rappeler que vous avez encore le temps de participer à notre challenge de Without Words où l'on souhaite voir vos cartes bleues (avec ou sans pluie, mais avec un style simple et une image coloriée par vos soins!)

Stamp: CC Designs Fairwee Josie's Brella

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card (or here for Europe)

Die cuts: CC Designs Clouds and Mini Alpha & Numbers dies

DPs: Stamperia

Other: Handstitching, pearls

Challenges I am entering:
Papertake Weekly - Weather With You
Top Tip Tuesday - Say It Isn't Sew (entry 2 - handstitching again but some day I will use my machine and make straight regular lines LOL!)
Marker Pop - April Showers
Crafty Calendar - Sunshine and Showers
Deep Ocean - Favourite Colour Combo (anything with blue!)

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

Fairy Dust at Quixotic Paperie

Hello all! If you are looking for my Make It Crafty Entertainers Blog Hop Post, please click HERE!

It is Sunday and today I am sharing a card I made with one of the NEW Fairy Dust stamps by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD available from Quixotic Paperie! It is a collection of 6 adorable fairies and the one I am featuring today is called Looking For Love:)

I stamped Looking For Love on Make It Colour Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and coloured her with Copics. I stamped my image a second time and coloured only the keyhole frame. I cut it out and put it on 3D foam squares for a bit of dimension. The DP is My Mind's Eye and I added a tiny bit of ribbon and a little heart.

My little Fairy and the other five from the Fairy Dust collection are available on preorder and due on 24th April! You can see them all HERE!

Challenge I am entering:
Moving Along With The Times - Fantasy and Fairies

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday!
Hugs
Delphine xx

*** Latest Arrivals ***

• Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamps - Fairy Dust release PREORDER Due in 24th April
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Release In Stock!
• BACK IN STOCK: Tiddly Inks clear stamp sets
• Craft Stamper Magazine May 2013
• The Greeting Farm LIMITED EDITION Release & Die Set
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & MDF Kits

A bit of news and candy:)

ETA 1st May: CANDY NOW CLOSED

Hello all! If you are looking for my Make It Crafty Entertainers Blog Hop Post, please click HERE!

Why am I here today I hear you say? Well I am back with some exciting news! I have been asked to join the team of a new challenge blog starting very soon - A Creative Romance! My teamies are super talented and I am really honoured to get to play with them! To find out a bit more about them, you can take a look at their posts on the challenge blog;)! 

And we are all offering candy to celebrate our launch! To win my sweet surprise candy, leave a comment at the bottom of this post and please become a follower of A Creative Romance! And while there, you can visit my teamies' blogs and leave comments to try and win their candy too! 

We can't wait to get started and we hope you'll be able to join us! See you very soon!

Hugs

Delphine xx

ETA 1st May: CANDY NOW CLOSED

Tilda's Town #49 DT card

Hello everyone! If you are looking for my Make It Crafty Entertainers Blog Hop Post, please click HERE!

It's Friday, so it is also time for a new challenge at Tilda's Town and with the appeal of the new collection we couldn't resist having a "Once Upon A Time" challenge! As always you can win a $10 Gift Certificate to Tilda's Town, the store for all your Magnolia needs and more, with free worldwide shipping:)

Once again, I made a simple card with a bit of handstiching and the adorable Tilda in Cotton Dress... 

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda in Cotton Dress, CC Designs Magical Wishes sentiments set

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card (or here for Europe)

DPs: Stamperia 

Other: Handstitching, pearls

Challenges I am entering:

Top Tip Tuesday - No Machine Sewing (Handstitching - there is NO way I could do something regular with a machine :)!!!)

You can see my teamies' gorgeous creations on Tilda's Town blog HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, see you tomorrow for a bit of news...

Hugs

Delphine xx

Make It Crafty Entertainers Blog Hop!

Hello everyone and welcome to the MiC Entertainers Blog Hop! If you have come from my lovely super talented friend Ruby, you are in the right place! If not or if you are just joining, you may want to start at the beginning HERE!

It's SHOWTIME at Make it Crafty!

We're a tapping our heels together with a tap a tap tap,
Clanging the symbols and beating the drums with a bang a bang bang,
Pulling rabbits from hats and lifting our legs - oooooohhh ahhhhhhh,
Singing our hearts out and jamming to the beat -  doo do do daaaaa...

It's time to be entertained at Make it Crafty with the
new Entertainers Collection of digi and rubber stamps!

You'll find all the new digital stamps here and you can now pre-order the rubber stamps here!

And of course you can't have a GRAND SHOW without a DOORPRIZE!
So don't forget to leave comments along the way for your chance to
win hidden prizes and be in the draw to win one of the grand door prizes!

One person will win the full collection of digi stamps
and another will win the full collection of rubber stamps!

For my card, the French girl that I am had no choice other than to choose what I've chosen hehehe... Oh la la ;)! Here is my make:

Images: Make It Crafty Stage, Can Can Dancer Rachel, and a Stage Background from the Stage Backdrop Collection, CC Designs sentiment

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card (or HERE for Europe)

DPs : Prima Moulin Rouge :)

Embellishments: Make It Crafty Ornate Corners, MS punch, ribbon and gem from stash

The floor and curtain are part of the Stage image, which is a big stage but that I cropped and the background is a background image I mirrored and cropped to fill the space as I wanted - I just had to put the Eiffel Tower there;)!

Challenges I am entering: 

Inky Impressions - Punches/ dies

Papertake Weekly - One Paper Taker

Your next stop on the hop is our lovely Kasey! Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping:)! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

All That Scraps Review

Hello all! Today is Review Day at All That Scraps and my card features a gorgeous Lil Lolita - Bride Willow! 

Bonjour à tous! Nous vous proposons aujourd'hui chez All That Scraps un petit retour sur les nouveautés du mois avec les tampons Lil Lolitas et Drozy's Darlings. J'ai choisi une jolie mariée pour ma carte - Lil Lolita Bride Willow! 

Stamp: CC Designs Lil Lolita Bride Willow

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card (or HERE for Europe)

DPs: Bo Bunny

Embellishments: MS punch, ribbon, pearls

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Wednesday! Merci beaucoup pour votre visite et bon mercredi! Bises,

Hugs

Delphine xx

Cute and Cuddly

Hello everybody! I told you I was back ;) - back today for the new challenge at Cupcake! This week, our lovely Donna has chosen the theme of "Cute and Cuddly" and we are being sponsored by My Mum's Craft Shop, generously offering a £10 Gift Voucher to the store!

Bonjour à tous! Je vous avais bien dit que j'étais de retour ;) - aujourd'hui pour le nouveau challenge de Cupcake dont le thème est cette semaine "Cute and Cuddly" (pensez animaux, nounours...) et nous sommes sponsorisés par My Mum's Craft Shop qui offre un bon d'achat de £10! 

 Stamps: La-La Land Crafts Sweet Friends Marci, CC Designs AmyR Be Happy Sentiments

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card (or HERE for Europe)

DPs: Bo Bunny

Embellishments: Cuttlebug Vintage Die, MS Punch, Lace

Challenges I am entering:
Card Mania - Punches and/or die cuts
Stamp And Create - Use at least one die
Whimsy Stamps - Pretty In Pink
Stampin' For The Weekend - Friendship
Paper Creator's Crafts - All About Spots

You can see all my teamies' adorable makes HERE, we hope you'll be able to join us! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day - despite it being Monday!
Vous pouvez voir les créations du reste de la DT ICI et nous espérons que vous pourrez nous rejoindre! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée - bien qu'on soit lundi! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

The Greeting Farm Limited Edition at Quixotic Paperie

Hello all! I'm back LOL! I had not completely disappeared, I had an amazing weekend demoing at the Version Scrap craft show in Paris last weekend, but then I got ill and was really unwell hence the little break:)! But I am much better now and back with a card I made with one of my new stamps from Quixotic Paperie! 

Bonjour à tous! Je suis de retour :)! Je n'avais pas complètement disparu mais après mon weekend de rêve à Version Scrap passé à colorier avec mes Copic, je suis tombé malade et j'ai donc fait une petite pause le temps de me remettre d'aplomb! C'est chose faite - me voici donc de retour avec une carte que j'ai faite avec l'un de mes nouveaux tampons de Quixotic Paperie! 

My card features one of the adorable Greeting Farm Limited Edition Stamps you don't want to miss - Queen Bean! 

Voici ma carte avec un adorable tampon The Greeting Farm, une édition limitée à ne pas manquer - Queen Bean!

I stamped Queen Bean on Make It Colour Blending Card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and coloured her with Copics. The DP is by Toga and I stamped a CC Designs sentiment on it. For a nice touch, I added a Make It Crafty Delicate Corner coloured with my C9 Copic.

J'ai tamponné Queen Bean sur mon papier Make It Colour Blending Card avec de l'encre Memento Tuxedo Black, puis je l'ai coloriée aux Copic. Papiers Toga, sentiment CC Designs et chipboard Make It Crafty Delicate Corner colorié avec mon Copic C9.

Skin/Peau: E0000, 000, 00, 02, 11

Hair/Cheveux: E49, 55, 59

Outfit/Tenue: V0000, 01, 09, 12, 15, 17, Y26, W0, 1, 3

Background and ground/Fond et sol: RV00, W1, 3

Challenges I am entering:
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun - Girl

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely Sunday!
Merci de votre visite et bon dimanche! Bisous,
Hugs
Delphine xx

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• The Greeting Farm LIMITED EDITION Release & Die Set
• Make it Crafty Chipboard Embellishments & MDF Kits
• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Release In Stock!
• Susana Loves Stamps NEW Mixed Media release
• Dies by SCACD - FOUR fab new dies

Little Miss Muffet and Simply Betty Stamps combined release - Day 2

Hello everyone! And welcome to Day 2 of the special 3-day event celebrating the Little Miss Muffet and Simply Betty combined release - a Tea Party Release! And I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for the event:)! Thank you so much again for having me:)!! 

 Yesterday started with a fantastic blog hop and prizes for which you can find all the details HERE! Today is about inspiration and tutorials... and prizes too! You can see it all on the Simply Betty Stamps and Little Miss Muffet blogs!

I couldn't resist making a little scene and I had so much fun making this one!!! There are fantastic characters being released but also tons of accessories, everything you need for a tea party, cakes, dishes... and so much more! I filled a tray with little cakes and in the end, I used... 28 images for my scene!!! Here it is...

I coloured my scene with Copics of course, and here is a list of where to find all the elements I used: 

Gertrude Lena Hatter

Cora Agnes Hatter

Tea Party Tables & Chairs Combo

Cozy Café

Tea Party Dishes & Trays Combo

Tea Party Lots-a Food Combo

and my sentiment is by Kraftin' Kimmie...

Challenges I am entering:

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

There will be some more fun tomorrow, with games and prizes - don't forget to check the Little Miss Muffet and Simply Betty Stamps blogs! Thank you very much for your visit! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

All That Scraps 6th Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Big day today, All That Scraps is 6! And what better way to celebrate than with a hop? If you have arrived here from my lovely teamie Simone, then you are in the right place! If not, you can start at the beginning HERE!

And with the hop, comes a prize:)! A $25 Gift Certificate to All That Scraps! YAY! To be in the chance of winning it, don't forget to leave comments on each blog - you have until Saturday 6th, 7am CST!

And before sharing my little card, a Very Happy Birthday from me to ATS too! I feel very priviledged to be a part of this amazing team and be able to celebrate with them today!

I wanted to use the adorable Balloon Peep and combine it, I thought the super cute Fairwee Piper and Mia from the April release would work well with him! I coloured them with Copics, added a banner I made with the CC Cutter Frilly Banner Die and punched two borders with my Fiskars punch. The DPs are Doodlebug, Echo Park and Bella Blvd for the Happy Birthday stripe. 

Your next stop on the hop is the sweet Jay Jay! Thank you very much for stopping by, have fun hopping! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

Birthday scene - Copic Marker Europe DT

Hello all! Today I'm sharing some birthday inspiration I have made for Copic Marker Europe. I've made a little scene that I framed and thought could make a nice present. Very simple, 100% Copics - as often!

Bonjour à tous! Aujourd'hui, je vous montre un petit cadre d'anniversaire que j'ai fait pour Copic Marker Europe.  Très simple et 100% Copic comme j'aime!

Last year, I made the same kind of scene using 3 Tildas, I thought it would be nice to try it with different characters, so here they are! For this scene, I have merged 4 digital images by CC Designs - from left to right Birgitta Blowing Hearts, Bouquet Birgitta, Balloon Lucy and Presents on which Bouquet Birgitta is sitting - and the sentiment is by Magnolia. Here are my characters one by one with the Copics I used for each...

L'an dernier, j'avais fait le même genre de scène en utilisant 3 Tilda et j'avais envie d'essayer avec d'autres personnages - des CC Designs cette fois - de gauche à droite, Birgitta Blowing Hearts, Bouquet Birgitta, Balloon Lucy et Presents sur lesquels Birgitta est assise. Le sentiment est un tampon Magnolia.

Birgitta Blowing Hearts

Skin/Peau: E0000, 000, 00, 21

Hair/Cheveux: E41, 49, 55, 59

T-Shirt and shoes/T-shirt et chaussures: RV91, 93, 95, 99

Trousers/Pantalon: B93, 95, 97, 99

Hearts/Coeurs: R27

Stool/Tabouret: E41, 43, 44

Ground/Sol: W0, 1

 Bouquet Birgitta

Skin/Peau: E0000, 000, 00, 21

Hair/Cheveux: C3, 5, 7, 9

Dress/Robe: R81, 83, 85

Shoes and socks/Chaussures et chaussettes: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

Wings/Ailes: BG000

Bouquet: BV000, 11, E51, 53, Y15, YG17

Presents/Cadeaux: B32, 34, 37, 39, BV000, 00, 01, 02, 04, 08, Y11, 21, 26, 28

 Balloon Lucy

Skin/Peau: E0000, 000, 00, 21

Hair/Cheveux: E11, 13, 15, 19

Dress/Robe: V000, 01, 09, 12, 15, 17

Shoes/Chaussures: E31, 33, 35, 37, 51, 53

Balloon/Ballon: RV0000, 000, 02

Challenges I am entering:

Charisma Cardz - Happy Birthday

Color Me Creative - All About Hair

Crafts 4 Eternity - Cute As You Like

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything But a Card

I hope you like my little frame! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! 

Merci de votre visite et bonne fin de journée! Bisous,

Hugs
Delphine xx

Cupcake and Without Words DT

Hello again! I'm back to tell you about the new challenges at Cupcake and Without Words:) At Cupcake this week, I have chosen the theme "Get your kraft on" and I would like you to "Colour on Kraft"! We are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl, very kindly offering a £10 Gift Voucher to the store!

At Without Words, the theme this month is "Little April Showers- Focus on BLUE"! We are very lucky to be sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts, offering a £10 store voucher for the winner!

Here is my card, with blue colouring on kraft :)...

 Stamps: The Greeting Farm Anya Rain, CC Designs AmyR Winged Greetings

Colouring: Polychromos on kraft

DPs: Bo Bunny and Alyssiane

Challenges I am entering: 

Totally Gorjuss - Something Blue

Sweet Stampin' - Girly

The Corrosive Challenge - Spring Fling

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (entry #2)

We hope you'll be able to join us at Cupcake and Without Words! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day!

Hugs

Delphine xx

ATS April Previews

Hello everyone! It is already April and time for a new release at All That Scraps! It is the first day of previews and the stamps are available NOW from the store! My card today features an adorable Sugarplums couple (but 2 separate characters)...

Stamps: CC Designs Groom Trevor, Bling Emma, Wedding Labels and Romantic Grunge (the flourishes)

Colouring: Polychromos

Ink: Versafine and ColorBox

To win some new stamps and see my teamies' fantastic makes, you can visit the ATS blog! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Hugs

Delphine xx