Tutorial - Mixed Media Halloween

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Mixed Media Halloween scene. I chose to use 3 super cute Halloween stamps sets from the Kraftin' Kimmie Store - MINI MONSTERS, HAUNTED HOUSE and HARVEST BLESSINGS. I stamped elements from the Mini Monsters and Harvest Blessings set in Wicked Black Ink, did some fussy cutting and colored them in Copics.

Bonjour à tous! Je partage aujourd'hui un tuto sur une scène Mixed Media :) J'ai utilisé 3 sets de tampons Kraftin' Kimmie - MINI MONSTERS, HAUNTED HOUSE et HARVEST BLESSINGS. J'ai tamponné mes éléments à l'encre Wicked Black Ink, découpé mes images et je les ai mises en couleur au Copic.

Skin/ Peau: E21, 50, 51

Purple costume/ Costume violet: V09, 15, 17

Red Costume/ Costume rouge: C7, R35, 37, 39

Horns/ Cornes: E41, 43

Balloons/ Ballons: G28, YG01, 03, 17

Pumpkins/ Citrouilles: Y35, YG95, 99, YR04, 07, E08, 19 

Cat/ Chat: C2, 4, 6, R20

Now to the background:

Et maintenant le fond:

I used a square grey board and covered it in red, orange and yellow paints applied with a sponge.

J'ai utilisé un carton carré que j'ai recouvert de peinture rouge, orange et jaune, appliquée à l'éponge.

To add a bit of interest to my scene and really have a Halloween feel to it, I stamped the HAUNTED HOUSE in Versafine.

Une fois le fond sec, j'ai tamponné la maison HAUNTED HOUSE à l'encre Versafine.

I then coloured the house using Pitt pens and gel pens. I also created a hill using acrylic paint and a sponge so the house would not be floating in the air ;)!

J'ai colorié ma maison au feutre Pitt et j'ai aussi créé une colline avec mes peintures acryliques pour éviter que ma maison ne flotte dans les airs ;)!

Next, I decided to add a bit contrast to the sky, so I added a bit of Ruby Red Hybrid Ink with a sponge dauber on the edges of my sky, then some Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I also stamped a little ghost and 2 stars, coloured with Posca pens.

J'ai ensuite tamponné avec une mousse de l'encre Ruby Red sur les bords de mon ciel et de la Distress Chipped Sapphire. J'ai aussi tamponné un petit fantôme et 2 étoiles, coloriés au Posca.

I then glued my elements on my board. The only character which I put on foam squares for a bit of dimension is the little purple monster.

J'ai collé tous mes éléments sur mon fond. Le seul élément collé sur mousse 3D pour avoir un peu de relief, est le petit monstre violet.

And lastly, I added a bit of gold to the edges of my board and some gel pen touches here and there. And voilà :)!

Enfin, j'ai rajouté du doré sur les bords de mon carton et des touches de stylo gel - et voilà :)!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fab Monday everyone! Hugs,

Merci de votre visite, bonne journée à tous! Bises,

Delphine xx

October Krafty Peeks... Day FOUR and a CHALLENGE!

  Hello everyone! Welcome to Day THREE of the October Krafty Peeks at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! 

Today is our final day of peeks and the LIVE ONLINE RELEASE PARTY is this afternoon at 2pm EST! Hope to see you there;)!

Our final set is by fabulous artist Becky Pearce! It's called REINDEER GAMES and it's totally adorable!!! 

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 with any stamp but if you use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp, you'll double your chances to win! We would love to see your KKS designs. At the end of the month, a WINNER will be announced from all the weekly challenges for October! We hope you can play along for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to the krafty shop!

Here is my make for today :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Reindeer Games

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card and Acrylic Paint on White board
Chipboard: Make it Crafty Snowflake and Heart
Other: Stickles, Glitter Paste, Embossing Powder

We hope you can join us for all the fun and excitement and prizes beginning today at 2pm 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 EACH DAY OF THE PEEKS will WIN a gift voucher to 

tamps.com/">the store and the winners will be announced at the party today! Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Krafty Komeback!

Hello everyone! It's time for a Krafty Komeback! How about a Halloween comeback, with one of my all times favourite stamps by Annie Rodrigue :)? As you know lots of the rubber stamp sets at Kraftin' Kimmie have long retired and are not available for purchase anymore and a few of our faves are being rereleased in CLEAR! And today we're announcing a new one!

So, as I was saying, Annie Rodrigue has revamped this fabulously spooky image and some of the sentiments have been changed too, so even if you have the original from years ago, you'll want the new WITCHYPOO!!!

Here is my make for today, another mixed media board:

Stamp: Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Witchypoo
Colouring: Copics on Make it Color Blending Card and Fresco Paint and Distress Paint on white board

I coloured Witchypoo in Copics and fussy cut it. I did a background on a white board using Fresco and Distress Paints, then stamped a few elements in black using stamps from my stash. Then I put my witch on foam squares for a bit of dimension - and because she is flying ;)!

The Krafty Krew DT members listed below have created some spooky creations to inspire you so be sure to hop around! Then hop over to the shop because WITCHYPOO is NOW AVAILABLE!

It's also Frugal Friday and we've got FOUR sets on sale 40% OFF! But only for the weekend and only while supplies last! So be sure to check them out!

Happy hoppin'! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Art Journal for Fab Friday!

Hello everyone! It's Fabulous Friday at Tiddly Inks and I have decided to take out my little Art Journal and have a play - a long play, but so much fun! This is Page 6 of my journal, featuring the latest Tiddly Inks image released - Wryn My Happy Thought - and she is just too cute!

Images and Stamps: Tiddly Inks Wryn My Happy Thought, Artemio, The Greeting Farm, Marianne Design, Kaisercraft

Colouring: Copics, Acrylic Paint, Posca pens, Gelatos

Stencil: CC Designs Heart Stencil

I added a lot of hearts but I kept seeing hearts when looking at this cute little Wryn ;) The background was done using acrylic paint - Pebeo this time and Distress Paint - I used a heart stamp by The Greeting Farm and circles by Artemio, added a bit of texture with a KAisercraft stamp. I used Posca markers to add little dots here and there, a bit of doodling and to outline the hearts. The alphabet is by Marianne Design. 

To colour Wryn, I used Copics, then glued her to my page.

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71

Hair: 100, BV04, T7, 9, V06

Outfit: E41, 42, 43, V01, 04, 06, 09

Challenges I am entering:

Happy Little Stampers MM Challenge - Paint (entry #2)

Mixed Media World - Love is in the Air

Mixed Media Mojo - Hearts

For more inspiration by my talented teamies, please visit the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog HERE! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps February Release - Day Two!

Hello everyone! Today is our second day of previews at Paperbabe Stamps and you're going to see lots of dots everywhere - as stamps and stencils YAY!!! First, there is the Pop Dot Set which is a polka dot stamp set with four stamps with dots in different sizes. For my first 2 cards, I combined the dot stamps to the Birthday Wishes Stamp Set we introduced yesterday:

I used one of the dot strip from the set which I stamped several times in a pale pink ink to create the background. I then stamped 2 words from the Birthday Wishes Stamp Set, stamped the candles in purple and the flames in yellow.

For this one, I stamped everything in Versamark and embossed using gold embossing powder. I started by creating a dotted border with another strip from the Pop Dot Stamp Set, then stamped words and the bubbles from the Birthday Wishes Sentiment Set. 

For my last card, I used one of the four new dotted stencils being released - there are 4 stencils, with 4 different sizes of dots! I used the bigger dot stencil on a piece of watercolour paper first painted with Distress Paint - and used Glitter Paste on my stencil to create those yummy dots. On another piece of painted watercolour paper, I stamped the word Celebrate from the Birthday Wishes Stamp Set and added glitter paste on the edges, then adhered it to my dotted background :)

Don't forget to stop by the Paperbabe Stamps Blog for great inspiration by Kim and Chris! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Tiddly Inks Challenge!

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday! We have a new challenge for you at Tiddly Inks and it's "THANK YOU"! For my card, I used a fairy image I love called Grace - AND it's only $1!!! Here is what I have done with mine:

Images and Stamps: Tiddly Inks Grace digi, Paperbabe Stamps (stars), Kaisercraft and Marianne Design (Alphabet)

Colouring: Copics on Make it Colour Blending Card, Distress Paint on Canson Montval

Skin: E000, 00, 11, BV20

Hair: BV04, C5, 7, 9

Outfit: BV000, 00, 01, V01, 000

Wings: BG000, V000, 01

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

Delphine xx

Paperbabe Stamps New Release Day 2

Hello everyone! Today is Day 2 of our new release at Paperbabe Stamps and today it is all about Quotes :) Kim is releasing gorgeous art quotes in red rubber in different beautiful fonts :) They are perfect for cards, by themselves or with a character, on art journal pages or in mixed media pieces - lots of possibilities!!! I really enjoyed creating this card and just had to use this quote about art...

Stamps: Paperbabe Stamps Art quote 

Colouring: Neocolor II, Distress Paints, ink pads

Other: Kesi 'Art splatter stencil

I did the coloured background first using mostly Neocolor IIs. Then, to create the heart form, I cut a heart in a piece of acetate and then used the negative form as a mask for my background. I used a splatter stencil to create splatters with inks inside my heart. 

Challenge I am entering:

Take It Make It - Anything goes (#2)

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

Delphine xx

HUGE sale at Quixotic Paperie - 25 and 40% OFF!

Hello everyone! The HUGE spring sale with 25% off your favourite brands is still going on at Quixotic Paperie and some items are now 40% OFF - like Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! My card features a 40% off stamp and 40% off corner die I love :)

I stamped Wendy by Kraftin' Kimmie on Make It Colour Blending Card and coloured her in Copics then cut her out. For the background, I used watercolour paper with Distress Paints and a couple background stamps, then I added the sentiment which comes with Wendy and to finish off the card, I added two corners I die cut with my SCACD Classic Corner Die Set (also 40% off!) and coloured them in Copics. 

Challenges I am entering: 

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday - Anything Goes

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for your visit, enjoy the rest of your day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Art Journal Page - Paperbabe Stamps Challenge #8

Hello everyone! And welcome back to a new challenge at Paperbabe Stamps!!! This time we are back with an awesome sketch for you! You can use it for a card, scrapbook layout, mixed media, whatever you like - have fun! AND we would love to see your Paperbabe Stamps in action, BUT you can now use any stamps you like!

I've been feeling a bit blue these past days and felt the urge to do an art journal page - this is the 4th page in my journal, you can see the others HERE - and so I kept the shapes of the sketch in mind to create it. Here it is, featuring the gorgeous MayLeeDee I love so much!

Stamp: Paperbabe Stamps Mayleedee mounted rubber stamp (also available as clear stamp and digi)

Colouring: Copics and Prismacolor pencils on Make It Colour Blending Card for Mayleedee

Background: Distress Paint, Gelatos, Pitt Artist pens

Other: Stencils, Stickers, Toga DP, text stamp

I stamped Mayleedee on Make It Colour Blending Card, coloured her in Copics plus some Prismacolor pencils, and cut her out. For the background, I used a piece of Toga DP for the hill, stamped text on it and used Pitt Artist Pens to add shading. The sky was made with Distress Paints, Pitt Pens and Gelatos and I used two stencils with ink and embossing paste. I added Gold stickles for a bit of sparkle. I finished by the stickers and little golden heart.

Challenges I am entering:

Take It Make It Challenge - Stencilling (#2)

Simon Says Stamp - Add A Little Texture

We hope you can get creative and join us at Paperbabe Stamps :)! And for gorgeous ideas with the sketch, please visit the blog to see my teamies' fantastic makes! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Krafty Hop Day!

Helloooo!!! Exciting day!!! It's our FEBRUARY RELEASE Day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and we're celebrating with a Krafty Hop! So grab yourself a cuppa, sit back and be prepared for some krafty eye candy!

Over the last few days in the Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of amazing creations featuring new stamp sets from all of our artists including a new one, for our February Release!! We know these new stamps will inspire you to make your own fabulous creations!! This month's sets are all about books and friendship... two great themes! We've got an elegant new sentiment set called HELLO, FRIEND! There's a super cute new kids set from Cheryl called BOOK PALS! And of course, we are so excited to share two new Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit inspired sets from Annie featuring GANDALF and GALADRIEL! Lastly we are thrilled to have another incredibly fun set from Emilie Goulet called SQUISHY HUGS!

You will get to see ALL of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our February Krafty Hop! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each stop because one lucky stamper will win a $10 Gift card! When you're done hoppin', be sure to head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Shop because all the new stamp sets are NOW available!

And don't forget... if you need it all, we have a Gimmie Kimmies Kit which features ALL the new February stamps at a discount! But only for a limited time!!

Here is my project for today, featuring Gandalf :)

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie Gandalf and background stamps

Colouring: Copics on Make It Colour Blending Card and Distress Paints on watercolour paper

I went for a colour scheme of balck and yellow/ gold - coloured Gandalf in Copics, cut him out and put him on a Distress Paint background. The sentiment is the one that comes with Gandalf :)

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

Delphine xx