Paperbabe Stamps Alice Blog Hop!

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

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

These are already available in the shop...

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, featuring Alice :)

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Female Face Stamps Set (Mini)
Templates: Paperbabe Stamps Alice Portrait and Head and Torso
Colouring: Watercolour Markers on Canson Fontenay
Stencil: Paperbabe Stamps Polka Dots

Using Alice Portrait and Head and Torso templates, I drew my Alice on Canson Fontenay watercolour paper. I stamped her face using my Female Face Stamps Set (Mini) in Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Deluxe Ink. I watercoloured everything using different brands of watercolour markers (Zig, Winsor & Newton, Ecoline). I decided to add a few details in gold to match the brown and blue so I picked my Paperbabe Stamps Polka Dots Stencil and a Sakura gel pen to make gold dots. Then I added tiny dots and did some heart doodling ;)

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 (You're here!)

Terri

Kerrie

Keren
Tracey
Lozzy
Alysha
Beata

Paperbabe Stamps

Have fun on the HOP! Hugs,
Delphine xx

MiC Hop - Celebrating friendships with a hot cuppa

Hello everyone! Welcome to Make it Crafty Hop! 

One of the nicest past times with friends is sitting around having a cuppa and chatting, don't you agree ;)? So with that in mind, this month we are inspiring you with some gorgeous images illustrated by Krista Smith and a whole range of new chipboard designs relating to Friends, Coffee and Tea! 

Join us on the hop and be inspired for a chance to WIN one of two chipboard sets featuring the new friendship cursive sentiment designs. Trust me - they are amazing!! Simply leave a comment on each blog along the way as Zoe will be picking a winner from two random posts. Winners will be announced and contacted on Sunday 25th so get your hopping boots on! 

Here is my card for today:

Image: Make it Crafty Coffee and Yarn

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card

Chipboard: Make it Crafty Coffee Break Outline Sentiment, Scribble Circle Stars Frame and Mini Stars

DPs: MFT

I cropped and printed the sweet Coffee and Yarn digi and coloured it in Copics then fussy cut it. For the chipboard, I used the beautiful  Coffee Break sentiment and decided to put it in a Circle Frame to make it pop and also added a few Mini Stars to match the frame. I coloured all my chippies using a bit of Copics and then gel pen. Here is a close up on my image and the markers I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, RV02

Hair: E25, 31, 59

Eyes: B00

T-Shirt: R56, 59, RV99

Cup: E41, 42, 43

Here is a list of the blog hop in case you get lost along the way: 

Zoe

Delphine - you are here ;)

Lucy

Nicoletta

Lou

Sadia

Regan

Marika

Deborah

Andrea

Have fun hopping and good luck! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Queen of Hearts

Hello everyone! To celebrate the Alice in Wonderland release at Paperbabe Stamps, I am sharing a card using a gorgeous digi stamp called Queen of Hearts. I used the faint line version of the digi which comes with the regular digi with black lines, to have a softer look and nicer contrast with the eyes - very convenient!

I coloured the skin first, using E000, 00, 11 and RV02 for the cheeks and lips. 

I then coloured the background quickly using RV00. As you can see, I have drawn a square around my image - I did that with the die I knew I was going to use, to know where to stop colouring. 

I then coloured her hair with E19, YR27 and YR23 - a combo I don't often use but quite like! I also coloured her eyes in V12 and RV02, as a reminder of the background and pink on her face.

Next I did the crown. The red is R35, 37, 39, the gold is Y26 and the black is C9.

I then decided to add a bit of texture to my background, so I picked a Paperbabe Stamps Dots Stencil and applied brown ink using a dauber on my stencil. I then cut my image to fit the size of my die.

At last, I added the frame (MFT die) plus three Make it Crafty Heart Chipboard that I coloured in R37, then covered in stickles. To have matching hearts everywhere, I also added stickles on the heart of the crown.

Here is a recap of all the Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, RV02

Eyes: RV02, V12

Hair: E19, YR23, 27

Crown: C9, R35, 37, 39, Y26

Background: RV00

That's all from me today! Thank you for looking, have a nice Sunday! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Saturday Challenge!

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and our challenge this week is "WINTER"! Create a card, scrapbook page, altered item etc with a WINTER theme and submit your design for your chance to WIN!

Each Saturday we post a new challenge and you can enter as many times as you'd like. One winner per month will be drawn from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $40 Gift Voucher to the Shop! All entries are welcome but you must use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp in order to win!

And be sure to hop to the Shop because our FRUGAL FRIDAY SPECIALS are up with FOUR of our stamp sets on 40% OFF!

Here is my card for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Beary Big Hugs

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card, plus gel and glitter pens

I stamped the sentiment from the set and doodled a heart and a whole background. Then I stamped, coloured in Copics and fussy cut my little bear and put him on foam squares for a bit of dimension.

Copics used:
Bear: E40, 41, 42, 43, 44
Red: R35, 37, 39
Pink: R81, 83, 85
Black background: C5, 7, 9 + Distress Ink

We hope you can join us with your winter creations! Have fun! Hugs,
Delphine xx

February Krafty Hop

 

  Hello everyone! Today we are celebrating the amazing release of all our new February stamp sets at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! All THREE new sets will be available this afternoon in the Krafty Shop! So let's have a hop! First up is BABY LOVE! Then sweet WELCOME TO THE WORLD! And lastly the adorable WILD WORLD!

All the new sets will be available individually but if you have to have them all, we also have our February Gimme Kimmie's Kit which includes all three of the new stamp sets together and at a discount! But only for a limited time and while supplies last! 

Here is my make for today, using WELCOME TO THE WORLD :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Welcome to the World

Colouring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush on Canson Montval

I watercoloured my image using Zig pens and added a sentiment from the Welcome to the World set :)

Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Make it Crafty Challenge!

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share my card for our current challenge at Make it Crafty - ADD EXTRA DETAILS WITH A BLACK PEN. I think I went overboard with this one and decided to doodle a whole background for my image, the adorable Mila's Love Heart
. I have wanted to create that kind of cards for a while and the challenge was the perfect excuse to really try what I had in mind. So I made a doodled card, very inspired by Joanne Fink's work, which I absolutely love!

I first cropped my image in MS Word and drew a black rectangle to give me an idea of where I would stop my doodling and colouring.

I printed my image on watercolour paper and then I just doodled and doodled and doodled!! On the character, I added details to the heart and gave her a belt with hearts too. I coloured most of my image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and added a few details in different gel pens.

Make it Crafty Products Mila's Love Heart

That's all from me today! I hope you will give our challenge a try, it's fun!!! You can enter HERE! Hugs, Delphine xx

February Krafty Peeks... Day THREE and a Challenge!

  Hello everyone! Welcome to the third day of our February Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today's set is an absolutely adorable set form artist Emilie Goulet, called WILD WORLD!!

It's also Challenge Day and the challenge is ANYTHING GOES (as it always is during release week)! So create a card a card, scrapbook page or altered item ! We would love to see your KKS designs. You have a week to play and at the end of the month, a WINNER will be announced from all the weekly challenges for February! We hope you can play along for a chance to win a $40 Gift Certificate to the krafty shop!

Here is my make for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wild World

Colouring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush on Canson Montval
Other: glitter pen

I watercoloured my image using Zig pens and added a few touches of glitter pen here and there.

We hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes beginning Sunday at 11am EST at our LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY! 

All of the Krafty Krew and Guests listed below have lots of designs to share with you! Be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store EACH DAY of the week! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

February Krafty Peeks... Day TWO

 Hello everyone! Welcome to Day TWO of our February Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we have another precious stamp set to share with you, this time from artist Cheryl Grant and it's called WELCOME TO THE WORLD! 

Here is my card with it:) 

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Welcome to the World

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
DPs: Doodlebug and MFT

I coloured my image in Copics using the following markers:

Skin: E000, 00, 11
Hair: E27, 59, YR23
Clothes: B02, 93, 95, 97, 99
Toy: E23, 25, 27, 41, 42, 43
Background: B00, E41, W1

You will see this adorable set in action as you hop with the Krafty Team and Guests listed below. Be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store EACH DAY this week! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY on Sunday morning at 11am EST! Winners will be announced at the party! Hugs,

Delphine xx

February Peeks... Day ONE

 Hello everyone! Welcome to Day ONE of our February Release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! Today we have a sweet new set by artist Melissa Baker-Nguyen called BABY LOVE! 

Isn't it adorable? And you'll see we have a baby them this month with super cute sets!

Here is my card with BABY LOVE:

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Baby Love

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card
Dies: MFT
DPs: Toga

I used 2 stamps from the set and coloured in Copics, then used 2 dies by MFT and used a piece of Toga DP for the base of my card!

All the Krafty Team and Guests are listed below and be sure to hop around and leave some love at each and every stop because one lucky commenter will WIN a $10 gift voucher to the store each day this week! Plus we're doing a GIVEAWAY of the ENTIRE release on the Krafty Friends Facebook Page!

Be sure to join us at the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY on Sunday morning! Winners will be announced at the party! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Krafty Tutorial: Copic background

Hello everyone! I'm back to share a Copic colouring tutorial, since I love focussing on images and adding backgrounds to them:)! 

The stamp I am using is one of the two characters from the adorable Tweetie Pies set by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.   

First draw a rectangle in a pale colour to know where to stop colouring and draw the horizon line where the sky will "stop" in B000. Also draw the number of clouds you want using the same marker.

Colour the sky using B00 and B000. 

Add texture to the clouds, using BV20 at the bottom of the clouds, then a few dots in C1 over BV20 and a few spots in C0 at the top. Also draw the top of the grass section using the lightest green you plan to use for the grass - YG01 for me here.

Colour the grass area starting at the bottom with your darkest colour and go towards the top using lighter and lighter colours. The markers I used are YG01, 03, 17, 67.

To add interest, you can add bushes in the background, here using the same colours as the grass. I draw an outline in my lightest green and then fill the bushes starting at the bottom and making dots - here with G28 then YG67.

Continue the bushes with your lightest greens - here YG17, 03, then 01.

You can also add trees the same way and even using the same colours - that's what I did here.

Next colour your character as you wish (all colours listed at the end of the post). 

To give more depth to your scene, add darker blades of grass in the foreground. I used C7, BG78, YG67 and YG17. Also add a shadow under your character (YG67).

If you want you can add details with a gel pen to suggest flowers :)

Before I go here is the whole list of markers I used to colour my scene:

Sky: B000, 00, BV20, C0, 1

Grass and trees: G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Blades of grass: BG78, C7, YG67, 17

Skin: E000, 00, 11

Hair: 100, BV04, C7, 9

Eyes: BG93

Dress: C7, R35, 37, 39

Bird: B91, 93, 95, 97, Y17

Thank you very much for looking, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx