Art Journal Page for Tiddly Inks Challenge

Bonjour à tous! Nouveau challenge chez Tiddly Inks and le thème est SOUS/DANS LA MER! 

Hello everyone! I'm back with our new challenge at Tiddly Inks and this time it's UNDER THE SEA! You can see lots of inspiration on our challenge blog HERE :)

J'ai décidé de créer une page sur le thème marin - avec des sirènes - dans mon journal, ça faisait longtemps - et ça fait beaucoup de bien!! J'ai utilisé des tampons du set Mini Mermaid Fun, disponibles aussi en digis sous les noms Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends et Octopi My Heart :)

I decided to create an art journal page, it has been a long time and it felt soooo good to dive into my journal! I used stamps from the Mini Mermaid Fun stamp set, also available as digis in Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends and Octopi My Heart :)

Image: Tiddly Inks Mini Mermaid Fun stamp set (Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends and Octopi My Heart in digis)

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card and acrylic paint, gel pen on Moleskine journal

J'ai créé le fond avec de l'acrylique principalement - Fresco et Distress Paint - et fait le sable avec du papier imprimé collé et recouvert d'acrylique aussi. J'ai ajouté un rocher au marqueur acrylique et des algues au stylo gel Pentel. J'ai tamponné, découpé et colorié tous mes personnages au Copic avec quelques touches de crayon Polychromos et je les ai ajoutés à ma scène. 

I created the background in acrylics mostly - Fresco Paint and Distress Paint - and I used DPs for the sand which I covered in acrylics too. I added a rock using acrylic markers and weeds using Pentel gel pens. I stamped, fussy cut and coloured all my elements in Copics with a few touches of Polychromos and I added them to my scene.

Rejoignez-nous avec toutes vos créations maritimes ;)! Merci de votre visite et bonne journée! Bises,

We hope you will join us for this challenge! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #92

Hello everyone! We are back with a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps and our theme is "FLOWERS/ GARDENS"! By joining us, you could win a Paperbabe Stamps Gift worth up to £20 for the store! So get those flowers out ;)!

Here is my make for today:

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Profile Face stamps

Templates: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Female Profile Curly Fringe and Mini Head & Torso Templates

Colouring: acrylic and Posca pens on canvas

I used the Mini Female Profile Curly Fringe and Head & Torso Templates to trace the outlines of my lady in pencil. I then coloured the background in acrylic paint and painted the skin and hair using paint and markers. I then added the face features thanks to theMini Profile Face stamps. Finally, I added black outlines with a Posca pen and doodled on my background. 

We hope you can join us HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Skrappy Challenge

Hello everyone! We have a new Krafty Skrappy Challenge for you at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, this challenge is for ANYthing but a Kard! We challenge you to make ANYTHING BUT A CARD! So you can create anything you want as long as it's not a card! So that means bookmarks, gifts, scrapbook pages, journal art, planner pages, tags boxes... pretty much anything that includes a krafty stamp! You have all month long to play, until Monday March 25th at midnight EST and you can enter as many times as you like! Just make sure to use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and make sure it's a new creation!
As soon as we have at least five entries, we'll be giving away a PRIZE! One lucky krafter will win a $20 Gift Voucher to the krafty store!

Also be sure to also share your creations on our Krafty Friends FB page! 

I've decided to make a little painting using the adorable Cuddles the Puppy set. I used an MDF Paperbabe Stamps substrate for the base :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp Cuddles The Puppy
Substrate: Paperbabe Stamps MDF
Colouring: Acrylic markers, Acrylic Paint, Posca Pens, Polychromos

I stamped my character in Wicked Black Hybrid Ink directly on the MDF oval shape. I painted everything using acrylic markers and paint then added littles details such as the leaves, blades of grass, flowers in paint and Posca pens. I also added some shading in Polychromos.
I then painted the flourished frame in acrylics and added dots in Poscas, then used glue to put my 2 MDFs together.

We hope you can play along! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Glimps DT - Mixed Media Ariel

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing my Glimps DT make, a summery creation with an adorable mermaid - Ariel. I decided to do a bit of Mixed Media and picked a Grey Board on which I created my background.

I created the background by sponging Acrylic Fresco Paint on my board then added a bit of Liquitex acrylic inks on the edges. 

I then added a rock, seaweed and details using acrylic paint markers and Sakura and Pentel Gel Pens.

You can (maybe!) see the details a bit better on this picture :)

I coloured Ariel in Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card then did some fussy cutting.  

Skin: BV20, E000, 00, 11, RV02, W3

Hair: E49, RV55, 66, 99

Purple: V09, 12, 15, 17

Blue: B00, 04, 06, 18, 37

Flower: RV04, 55, 66, Y26

And I stuck my mermaid on my board and added a few bubbles and also covered Ariel's body in Wink of Stella. 

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

Delphine xx

Wonderful Wednesday... and another mermaid ;)

Hello everyone! Today is Wonderful Wednesday at Kraftin' Kimmie so it's ANYTHING GOES! Break out your Kraftin' Kimmie stamps and get krafty!

We want everyone to be able to play along so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style but it must be a NEW creation! At the end of the month, one random winner will be chosen from all the submissions for the whole month and will receive a $20 Gift Card to the shop!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges and Wonderful Wednesdays, each month we will post a sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WWs during that month, you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if you need it!

Here is my make for today using a mermaid from the Sea Jewels set, a RUBBER stamp set that has been rereleased:)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Sea Jewels
Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card and Fresco Paint and Acrylic markers on Paper Artsy Board

Chipboard: Make it Crafty 5mm Alphabet Caps Chipboard
Other: Wink of Stella, Stickles

I stamped one of the mermaids from the Sea Jewels set and coloured her in Copics. I then did some fussy cutting. For the background, I used a Paper Artsy Board and used Fresco Paints on it.. I added details using Liquitex Acrylic Markers. The sentiment was done using MiC Alphabet Caps Chipboard, coloured with a Black Copics and covered in Stickles.

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, R20
Hair: E31, 34, 37, Y21
Pink: RV13, 14, 55, 66, T5
Gold: Y11, 26

Challenges I am entering:
Take it Make it Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps New Release and Birthday Hop!

Hello everyone! It's Paperbabe Stamps 3rd Anniversary month and we are here today to share a sampling of the NEW Paperbabe Stamps July 2016 Release with you!!

FOUR new mini stamp sets and THREE new substrate kits will be available to purchase on July 30th. You will find our new products HERE once they go live. 

To add extra fun to our blog hop... Kim is offering up a prize! Well two fantastic prizes!!

The Paperbabe Stamps entire July release and a £25 gift certificate to choose what you like from the Paperbabe Stamps online store!!!

 Here are the details: 

* TWO winners will be chosen at RANDOM from any of the designers' blogs listed below or the Paperbabe Stamps blog to win.

* Just leave a comment on any of the designers' 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 Sunday, 31st July to leave a comment.

* Please check the Paperbabe Stamps Blog on Monday, 1st August to see if you are one of our lucky winners

Kim has asked some great designers to join us in our birthday hop, here is the hop list:

Chris

Delphine (you're here)

Terri

Kerrie

Keren

Aimes

Katy

Trish

Kim

Kath

Paperbabe Stamps Blog

Now that you have all the details, here are my projects for today, using a combination of the 4 new stamp sets:

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps

Inks: Memento Luxe, Versafine, Stazon on Canson Montval

Aren't those images too cute?? I completely fell in love! 

I did not colour at all for this first card (shocking ;)!!), only stamped! To create my scene, I used... nineteen stamps!!! There are soooooo many stamps in these new sets which allow for plenty of combinations, and they are extremely simple to stamp!!

For card number 2, I used another animal, an adorable little rabbit...

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps

Colouring: Zig on Canson Montval

Die: Lawn Fawn

I love the sentiments, they are so sweet too :) For that card, I only added a bit of colour using my Zig wtc pens and went for a very CAS look with a lot of white space.
I have only used the rabbit (and the birds and a butterfly) in my cards, but you will see other animals in this release :)!

And here is project #3, a little ornament:

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps
MDF: Paperbabe Stamps
Colouring: Acrylic (Fresco, Pebeo, Ceramcoat, Liquitex markers) and Posca

I used some of the new MDF substrates, the coordinating MDF shapes for the Woodland elements, the oval and the frame. I stamped directly on the shapes after applying white acrylic paint. For the background, I painted my oval with a mix of acrylic paints (Fresco, Pebeo, Ceramcoat, Liquitex markers) and added a bit of Posca. The frame was covered in Pebeo gold paint, then I glued all my pieces together :)  

Thank you very much for your visit, have fun hopping and good luck!! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps April Release - Day 1

 

Hello everyone! Today is the first day of previews at Paperbabe Stamps, the DT are introducing new templates and stamps for April! And this new release is devoted to men this time! Kim has designed a versatile male face stamp set with layered eyes, separate lashes, ears, eyebrows, nose, and even stubble stamp - so everything to create the face you would like to see!

And of course, there are male templates too with three different hairstyles! 

Today's stamp set and templates are Standard Size - here is what I have created, about 9x12" piece:)

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Male Face Standard Stamp Set

Template: Paperbabe Stamps Male Face Template (Side Swept Bangs)

Colouring: Acrylic Paint, Markers and Ink mostly (plus a bit of Polychromos, Posca and Neocolor II) on Canson Fontenay CP

I challenged myself to use only (mostly) acrylics this time - scary for me especially when working big! I traced around my hair template, then aroud the face and neck templates in pencil. I coloured the skin tones in acrylic paint, then stamped the face details. I coloured them and shaded in Polychromos. I then did most of the background and went back to finish my man. The hair was done using mostly acrylic markers and the shirt is acrylic paint with Posca.

To see amazing inspiration, please visit my teamies on the Paperbabe Stamps Blog HERE! I'll see you tomorrow for another make, a bit smaller this time! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

April Krafty Peeks... Day TWO!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Day TWO of our April Krafty Previews at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! We're back with another fabulous stamp set to share with you today! Did you enjoy yesterday's previews? 

Today we are previewing an adorable new set of images and sentiments by artist Becky Pearce! Check out all the adorable stamps in this set called WHIMSICAL GNOMES! 

There are so many sweet little images that you can put together and mix and match! Plus SIX coordinating sentiments for a total of sixteen fun stamps!  

You'll see today's set featured in today's blog hop! Below you'll find links to all the Krafty Girls' creations and while you're visiting the blogs, be sure to comment and leave some love because one lucky krafty person is going to WIN a gift card to the shop! 

Here is my make for today:)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Whimsical Gnomes

Colouring: Copics and acrylic on Make it Colour Blending Card and grey board

I love creating little scenes on boards and had not done so for awhile so felt an urge ;) I created my background on a grey board in acrylic paint and markers and stamped some foliage, I coloured the characters in Copics, cut them out and pasted them to my board. It was really fun to make!

All of our new April clear stamp sets will be released on Saturday afternoon! Be sure to join us at the LIVE Online Release Party beginning at 2pm EST! Come join us to help celebrate the new release, check out lots of gorgeous krafty creations, have a chance to win some prizes and just have fun with us! Hope to see you there! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Spooky Fab Friday!

Hello everyone! It's Fabulous Friday time at Tiddly Inks and I have decided to go a little bit spooky - I just love witches and Halloween cards;)

Stamp: Tiddly Inks Too Cute To Spook Clear Stamp Set

Colouring: Polychromos and Acrylic Paint and Markers on Canson Mixed Media

I stamped my cute Wryn in Versafine and created the background in acrylics. The image is coloured in Polychromos :)

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It - Take A Stamp

Cutie Pie - Cute and Girly

Creative Knockouts - Clean and Simple

Don't forget to stop by the Tiddly Inks blog to see my teamies' gorgeous makes! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks Fabulous Friday!

Hello everyone! It's Fabulous Friday at Tiddly Inks, so you can see gorgeous inspiration by my teamies on the blog HERE! For today, I decided to go a little mixed media and used lots of pens and pens only to paint a little scene :)

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Laugh Clear Stamp Set (also available as digi HERE)

Colouring: Acrylic Markers, Tombow Dual Pens, Polychromos on Canson Mixed Media

Die: MFT

I stamped Faythe and the Butterfly in Versafine Onyx Black and creating my background watercolouring first with my Tombows. I then added details with my Acrylic Paint Markers, then coloured Faythe using my Tombows and Polychromos pencils. I added a bit of white highlights with a Posca Pen and that was it :) I really enjoyed myself making that one, the joys of playing and colouring ;)...

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Pens and Pencils

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, see you a bit later :)! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paws for Thought!

Hello everyone! It's Tuesday and time for a new challenge at Tiddly Inks!! Our theme this fortnight is "Paws for Thought", so think of all those little (or big) animal with paws ;)! I wanted to use one of Tiddly Inks cute dogs and make a scene, so paired up one with a Wryn I love...

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Happy Mail and I Wuf You clear stamp sets

Colouring: Acrylic Markers and Luminance pencils on Canson Mixed Media

I did a bit of masking to put my stamps together, stamping the dog first, then masking it, then I stamped my Wryn. I painted the background using acrylic markers and coloured my stamps using Luminance pencils - I just wanted to test the combination of acrylic and pencils and I quite like this one :)

Challenges I am entering:

Always Something Creative - CAS

Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - Masking

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

My teamies have great inspiration for you - take a look HERE! 

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

Delphine xx

For Cassandra.... help is needed!

Hello again :) I'm back for a special post today since Little Miss Muffet Stamps is sponsoring a special young girl, Cassandra, who is deaf. She is our friend Barbara's 11-year-old daughter, a little girl who attends public school and has asked for real-time captioning (RTC). RTC is where a captionist will type up what is spoken in class and display it on a tablet so she can read information that she has missed. Without it, she struggles every day and has to guess at the meaning of half-words and sentences. Anyone can imagine how vital it is for her to get RTC... it's so obvious... and yet, it is a fight to get it, which is quite unbelievable :(

So today's event at Little Miss Muffet Stamps is to raise awareness and help spread the word. You can read more of Cassandra's story HERE and sign the petition HERE if you would like to help. For each signature, the school administrators receive an email about the RTC request. 

To support this petition, Little Miss Muffet Stamps has released a dozen new images to play with. Plus there is a freebie in the store for everyone to join in! We'd love to see what you create... but more importantly, we hope you can sign the petition and help us spread the word!

Here is my make for this special cause, using the lovely Polka Dot Pals Amelia which seemed the perfect choice to me :)

Images and stamps: Little Miss Muffet Amelia, Penny Black and CC Designs stamps

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card, acrylic paint on white board

If you make a card and would like to send words of encouragement to Cassandra, please use the following address:
CART for Cassandra
P.O. Box 163462
Fort Worth, TX 76161-3462

Thank you very much for your attention and visit! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps new challenge and class giveaway!

Hello everyone! Today is the start of a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps, but before I come to it, have you all seen the Mixed Media Class Kim will be teaching???

You don't want to miss it, trust me - you can see all the details HERE!!!

AND there is a giveaway too - you could win a spot on the class, how awesome is that??? Click HERE for all the details!! Good luck ;)!

Today starts a new challenge and this fortnight, our theme is as easy as can be - ANYTHING GOES! We would love to see your Paperbabe Stamps, but you can enter using any stamps you want!

I went for a a mixed media make and did another scene on a little board with my beloved Mayleedee!

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee Rubber Stamp (also available as digi and clear stamp), Tiddly Inks sentiment

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and acrylic on board

I stamped Mayleedee on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics and cut her out. On a square board, I created a simple background in acrylic and added my sentiment. I then adhered Mayleedee to my background. 

Skin: E000, 00, 01, 13, 71, R20, 22

Hair: B41, T5, 7, 9

Dress: BV20, R35, 37, 39, 89, Y02, 21, 26, 28

Challenges I am entering:

Live & Love Crafts - In The Garden

Dream Factory - The Secret Garden

The Crafter's Café - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, hope you can join us at Paperbabe Stamps! Hugs,

Delphine xx

New images at Tiddly Inks!!

Hello everyone! There are some new images at Tiddly Inks, a bit different but oh so beautiful! This character is called Grace and is a fairy... and there are 3 images... and $1 each!!! I decided to use one them on a little board and make a scene - here it is!

Image and stamps: Tiddly Inks Grace, Penny Black and Kesi' Art stamps, Paperbabe Stamps (stars) and SOG sentiment

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and acrylic on white board

Other: embossing powder and Versamark

Just so you know, Grace has beautiful wings, but I cropped the image to match the scene I had in mind ;)

Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Wryn the Mermaid

Hello everyone! I'm back to share a little make featuring one of the NEW Tiddly Inks images released this week - the adorable Wryn the Mermaid! I created a little scene on a piece of board, using acrylics for the background and Copics for Wryn:)

Images and stamps: Tiddly Inks Wryn the Mermaid and Floating By set

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and acrylic paint on white board

I created the background using Fresco Paint and Liquitex Acrylic markers on a piece of white board, stamped the sentiment from the Floating By set in Versamark and embossed it in white. Wryn the Mermaid is coloured in Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card, cut out and put on foam squares for a bit of dimension.

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

Paperbabe Stamps New Release - Day 1

Hello everyone! Today is the first preview day of Paperbabe Stamps new release, and let me tell you, it's a fantastic one!!! Kim shared sneaked peeks of everything that is coming here, and today we are showing you the Mini Doll Face stamp set which contains all the little stamps you need to make a face - and there are templates too that you can use to draw the shape of the head, shoulders and hair too and which are just brilliant! The perfect addition to your collection to have fun creating faces! I am totally in LOVE!!! Here is what I did  for today:

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Mini Doll Face stamp set, A Lot Like Christmas set and templates

Colouring: Neocolor II, acrylic paint and markers on Canson Montval

Other: Stencil

To do my face, I selected the stamps I wanted to use from the Mini Doll Face set - because the set includes a lot of different possibilities - and placed them on the face template to position them, then grabbed them with an acrylic block. On my watercolour paper, I traced the outline of the face in pencil, then stamped my face. I painted the hair without a template, but there is also one if you prefer to use a template. I really wanted to try my face in a mixed media style although I have never coloured a face that way, but I had so much fun doing it! I used Neocolor II and a bit of acrylic paint. For the hair, I used acrylic markers and the background is Neocolor II. At last, I added the text which is the Paperbabe Stamps A Lot Like Christmas  text in white ink and added details with a stencil, and voilà! 

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It - Colour (#3)

Addicted To Stamps And More - Anything Goes

Don't forget to stop by the Paperbabe Stamps blog to discover all the possibilities behind these stamps and templates! Thank you very much for your visit, see you tomorrow! Hugs,

Delphine xx